[Comprehensive] Tragedy Subversion

"Sherlock, are you listening to me and Bassanio?" Antonio asked sharply.

Coming here to borrow money from a Jewish businessman whom I have always looked down upon already made me feel very humiliated.Seeing that the person on the opposite side seemed to be wandering away, Antonio felt even more insulted, and felt annoyed for a while.

Lin Anan suddenly came back to his senses, his mind was still a little behind, and he asked blankly: "What did you just say? I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well, so I didn't hear clearly."

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Antonio, who is a Christian, has always been at odds with Shylock, sneering at him every time he meets.He even called him a vicious dog, spit on Sherlock's Jewish robe, and even kicked him.

Being humiliated like this, Shylock is naturally annoyed, but the Jews have always been treated unfairly like this, so what can he do?They can only knock out teeth and swallow blood, and at most it's just a few words of quarrel.

Antonio is a wealthy merchant in Venice and owns several merchant ships, which are worth a lot of money.

His good friend Bassanio was originally quite rich, but Bassanio only knew how to eat, drink and play, and wasted money.

But in just a few years, all the inherited family business was squandered.That's not to mention, in order to maintain his dignity, Bassanio borrowed money everywhere, and now he owes a huge amount of debt, a large part of which is Antonio's.

Is there any other way in this world that can help an unproductive slut get rid of debts and continue to live a prosperous and unrestrained life?

There is only one, and that is to marry a rich wife, and use the wife's money to repay the debts owed to oneself and to enjoy herself.

Although Bassanio did not know how to make money, he had a flexible mind and quickly thought of this idea.

He has a good background, good looks, good eloquence, and is good at attracting women.Therefore, marrying a wife with a large dowry became Bassanio's goal.

It just so happened that there was a rich man in Belmont with only one daughter.This rich man can be said to be incomparably rich, and all his property was left to his daughter Portia after his death.

There is a saying in the West: If there is a [-]% profit, capital will be ready to move;

This is still a profit that can only be obtained by taking huge risks, and marrying a rich and beautiful wife can be said to be worthless. Who would not like it?

For Portia's huge dowry, not to mention Bassanio, a rascal with a dying family, even the Prince of Morocco, the Earl of the Palatine, the Duke of Germany, the Baron of England and other nobles would go all the way to Belmont. Miss Portia proposed marriage.

Before Bassanio's family property was completely exhausted, he followed the Marquis of Montefora to Belmont and met Miss Portia.

Although Miss Portia is clever and quick-witted, she is not deeply involved in the world and is very simple.A libertine like Bassanio, who has been in the world of flowers for many years, is clever and well versed in the minds of girls.He only spent a little thought, and he left an excellent impression on Portia.

At that time, Portia was still young, and her shrewd father was still alive, so Bassanio returned without success.

Facing his own financial difficulties, and thinking of Portia's beauty and huge family property, Bassanio immediately set his mind on her.

However, traveling from Venice to Belmont requires travel expenses, and Bassanio is used to enjoying it, and he doesn't want to make himself ashamed and damage his handsome and unrestrained image.

Besides, Portia is not deeply involved in the world, and he doesn't have much contact with people, so he listened to his subordinates for many things.As long as he is generous and rewards those servants heavily, they will talk about their own benefits in Portia's ear and help him slander his competitors.

Portia is a charming young lady raised in a deep boudoir. She likes handsome and handsome men, but she is not interested in shabby and unclean men.If you want to completely conquer her heart, you must dress yourself according to her preferences.

Adding the above three things together requires a considerable amount of money.However, everyone in Venice knew about his large debts, and no one was willing to lend him money.

In order to borrow money, Bassanio had to go to his old friend Antonio. In order to persuade Antonio to continue lending money to himself, Bassanio had to tell his plan.

Antonio's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this.It is not unheard of that Portia's family is rich. As long as the rich Portia becomes Bassanio's wife, is he afraid that Bassanio will not pay back the debt?

However, in order to obtain huge profits, I have invested my family property in merchant ships, and even borrowed a considerable amount of money from others. Most of the valuable things in my hand have been pledged. Where can I get 3000 yuan?

Antonio took Bassanio to search all the merchants in Venice.

However, they all knew that Bassanio was unreliable, and they also knew that Antonio had borrowed a lot of money. They didn't know whether Antonio's merchant ship could return smoothly, so how could they lend him such a large sum of money?

The people who proposed to Portia came one after another, and Bassanio was afraid that he would be late, and it would be bad if Portia fell in love with someone else.He repeatedly asked Antonio to find someone to lend him the money, otherwise the money he owed him would probably not be repaid in this lifetime.

Don't look at Antonio's dislike of Shylock at ordinary times, thinking that he shouldn't live in this world.But at this time, he still thought of Sherlock, so he took Bassanio to find Sherlock.

Just as Lin Anan crossed over and found out who he was, Antonio and Bassanio arrived.Lin Anan's mind-wandering just now was receiving Sherlock's memory.

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Lin Anan understood her situation, gathered herself together, and said, "I dare not lend you the money, lest you call me a vicious dog guarding wealth in the future, scold me, and spit on my robe .”

Antonio has always despised the Jews, even when he borrowed money from them, he still looked down on them. Hearing this, he sneered and said, "I can't wait to scold you and spit on you again. Since you dare to do it, why don't you admit it? I'm not If you don't pay back the money, don't you know my net worth?"

Lin Anan said: "Okay, this is what you asked for. But I have a condition, if you don't pay off the debt within three months, I will demand all your property as compensation."

Antonio calculated briefly that his merchant ship would return to the port within two months instead of three months. By then, let alone 3000 yuan, even 3 yuan would be enough for him.If something happened to his merchant ship, he would go bankrupt by then, and Sherlock would not get any benefit.He nodded and said, "Okay, then sign the contract."

The three of them found a notary, signed the contract, and Lin Anan gave Bassanio 3000 yuan.

Bassanio did not rush to Belmonte immediately after receiving the money, because he needed the money to arm himself well first.

After Bassanio and Antonio left, Lin Anan began to write letters to him.This letter was written to Miss Portia, and it contained Bassanio's past affairs and why he proposed to Portia.

After writing the letter, Lin Anan was worried about handing the letter to Sherlock's servant Launcelot.There is no other reason, this Launcelot betrayed his master and defected to Bassanio because he was greedy for Bassanio's tips.Who knows, will Launcelot secretly open the letter to read the contents, and then run to tell Bassanio?

Lin Anan personally delivered the letter to the post office, and called Launcelot over after returning home: "Didn't you always envy Mr. Bassanio's generosity, and now you have a chance. This gentleman is going to Belmont to report Miss Portia proposes, you might as well go with him, maybe you can have a good future. This is your salary, count it carefully."

Although Launcelot doesn't like Sherlock, he also knows that he is a Ding Mao and a Ding Mao, and he will not take advantage of others, and will never deduct his wages.After receiving the salary, he stuffed it into his pocket without even counting it.

Lin Anan glanced at him casually, and asked, "Are you afraid that I will deduct your wages?"

Launcelot replied reluctantly: "You are not that kind of person."

Launcelot went away rejoicing.Lin Anan sneered slightly, Sherlock didn't give you a dollar less, it's just that he didn't like to show off his wealth like Bassanio and rewarded people everywhere.Since you think it is good to serve Bassanio, I will help you. I hope you will not regret it.

Lin Anan took care of Launcelot's affairs and was thinking about how to go next.Sherlock's daughter Jessica came suddenly and said, "Dad, I have something to go out."

Lin Anan took a scrutiny at her, thinking, I'm afraid it's not something, but going out to talk about the case?In the original book, she and Luo Zhuolun swept up Sherlock's family property and eloped.

Lin Anan looked at the joy in the corners of her brows and eyes, and was secretly vigilant in her heart, she must be careful, and don't be fooled by those two people.He said in his mouth, "Go."

Seeing that Lin Anan didn't stop her, Jessica was overjoyed and hurried out to go on a date.

Looking at her cheerful back, Lin Anan shook her head involuntarily.Jessica, do you really think that Luo Zhuolun really likes you?I don't want to stop your affairs with Luo Zhuolun, but I want to see if Luo Zhuolun will love you as he said if you can't get Sherlock's property.

Lin Anan began to count Sherlock's property, and sent all the valuable and portable things to the bank's safe for storage.

After doing this well, Lin Anan thought, now there is no need to worry about Jessica taking the money and running away.After thinking about it, no, what I thought was still too simple.

Putting money and things in the bank can only ensure that Jessica will not be able to get them temporarily, but when Sherlock closes his eyes and stretches his legs, won't all the things still fall into Jessica's hands?

Luo Zhuolun is not a fool, he would not fail to think of these things.As long as he continued to make promises to Jessica, he would always get Sherlock's property in the future.It seems that this trick can not solve the problem.

Lin Anan frowned, thinking about it.Anyway, Jessica doesn't like her father's character, and she wholeheartedly admires Antonio, so it's better to draw the salary from the bottom of the pot.