Does David Leboeuf love money? That's true love. He is just a money man. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is full of money.
Of course, this is also related to his own experience. When he was young, he caught up with the French Revolution and was forced to move around. Naturally, he experienced all the hardships in the world. How many times did he go through many hardships when he was a hero with only a penny?
As a result, he naturally paid special attention to money. In fact, Leboeuf was very similar to the Jews. Later generations said that Jews were the best at doing business and would make a lot of money. Is this impression correct? You can say yes or no.
Because the reason why Jews do business is that European countries generally discriminate against them, they are not allowed to own real estate, and they are not allowed to be officials. If they want to survive, they can only do business. For Jews, this is the only livelihood.
Gotta know.
The same is true for Leboeuf. He himself is not actually a miser, but his several downfalls forced him to seize every opportunity to accumulate wealth, because if something happened, he would have to rely on this to survive.
People are forced to come out, and no one is born good at anything. But today is different. For Leboeuf, although his old benefactor usually treats him like a normal person, he is kind to him at critical moments. This kind of kindness is too great.
It's so precious that it won't be too much for him to repay it in his lifetime, so it's okay to get benefits from helping others, but not with Li Xiao.
He immediately refused flatly and said: "Uncle, I still owe you this little money? You don't need to do this with me!"
But Li Xiao still insisted: "Uncle Leboeuf, you must take this share, otherwise it is very likely that my identity will be exposed... Think about it, I gave 10% to Pelleni, so it is impossible to contact the center.
You don’t care, you must accept this 5%!”
LeBoeuf hesitated, because Li Xiao's excuse seemed to make sense. His previous work style was to pluck the goose's hair, so there was no reason not to take advantage of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! But he instinctively felt that there was something wrong with Li Xiao's excuse, as if
Something is wrong!
But just when he was hesitating, Li Xiao had already pressed in regardless: "Then it's decided, Uncle Leboeuf, you are also the major shareholder of Wallachian Oil Company, you have to help us pay more
What a strength!”
Leboeuf shook his head in amusement, and did not refuse any more, but smiled and said: "It seems that I have also boarded your pirate ship. Tell me, what help do you need from me?"
Li Xiao replied: "You still need to put more pressure on the Provisional Republic of Wallachia through diplomatic channels. Now the British are messing up our affairs inside, and the Bretianu brothers are using this to take advantage of us!"
Leboeuf sneered: "It's the British guys again, these troublemakers like to play this kind of trick the most! Is it that Cohun again who is doing the trick?"
Li Xiao nodded and said, "That's him. It seems he wrote a letter!"
Leboeuf smiled: "That's why I'm here. That old guy in Pelleni also heard the news and knew that Cohun was causing trouble, so he sent me here to support you!"
Li Xiao and Vishniak suddenly became happy and cheered: "This is great, it will be easier for us with your help!"
But Leboeuf was not as optimistic as they were. He shook his head and said: "Don't be too happy, either. This old guy Pelleni and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs don't have much interest in dealing with Wallachia's affairs now. France's focus is still domestic.
This group of gentlemen has no intention of meddling in other people's affairs until the revolutionary movement of the Communist Party of China has completely settled all this."
Leboeuf sneered slightly and said: "It's just that your performance in Wallachia was so good that Pelleni saw some hope of achieving political success, so he made an exception and let me express his gratitude. I truly support you.
Don’t even think about it, Pellaini can’t stand up to the British. Now all the officials are wise enough to protect themselves, so they won’t take the initiative to cause trouble!”
Li Xiao was not particularly surprised by this. Bureaucrats do not distinguish between nationality and race. Bureaucrats all over the world are all the same. They all adhere to the concept of not taking responsibility, not taking responsibility, and not expressing their opinions. It is better to do less than to do more.
So Li Xiao didn't expect the money-loving Pelleni to really fight against the British for him. He just wanted to use the tiger skin as a banner and the chicken feathers as arrows.
But Anton asked naively: "Can't you make him sincerely help by giving him 10% of the shares?"
These childish words made Leboeuf burst out laughing. He patted Anton on the shoulder and said with a smile: "My child, remember what Uncle Leboeuf said. Although money can make all the difference, people like Pellet
A clever little guy like Ni is not only too lazy to push the odds, but he is also very good at opening his mouth. It is impossible to feed him! Even if you give him more money, he will still drop his chain when it is time to drop it! The key is
The time will definitely be unreliable!”
Li Xiao also said: "What's more, we can't give that greedy guy too many benefits, otherwise we wouldn't be marrying him this time. Just give him something sweet, borrow his name, and ask him not to do us bad things."
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"You're right!" LeBoeuf nodded repeatedly, "Only you can rely on yourself. If you rely on heaven and earth, you can't rely on your parents. You're not a real man!"
After sighing with emotion, Leboeuf asked again: "Andreka, what are you going to do?"
Li Xiao smiled and replied: "This requires your cooperation. Tomorrow we will visit Perrier together. You will put pressure on him from an official and superior point of view, and I will put pressure on him from a personal and financial point of view, forcing him to be more
Put strong pressure on the Bretianu brothers and let them know that France and we are very unhappy!"
LeBoeuf replied cheerfully: "That's no problem! And then what?"
"Then..." Li Xiao asked with a smile: "You must have friends who are conservatives in the National Party, right? Even if you don't have friends of your friends, you should have this relationship, right?"
Leboeuf smiled and said: "Of course there is, indeed! It's time to visit the brothers' enemies, otherwise they would think that we only have them as cooperation partners!"
Smiling, Leboeuf suddenly asked: "Andreka, how far have you completed your mission here? Don't just focus on squeezing money from the Wallachians and forget about the real thing. I'm starting from diplomacy."
We have heard some rumors through the channels. Nicholas has been in a very bad mood recently and his temper is getting worse day by day. That tyrant has no reason to go crazy!"
Li Xiao immediately attracted attention and quickly asked: "What happened again?"
Leboeuf sneered: "What else can happen? He is not dissatisfied with the status quo. That guy wants to repeat the glory of 1814 and conquer Paris again. He yells about hanging all the mobs every day.
The passivity of Prussia and Austria is entirely due to incompetence and weakness. In short, they are cursing each other every day. They are dissatisfied with the Russian Army's procrastination and watching the revolution spread in Europe. They are thinking of changing to a minister of war, and then your two cousins do this