"Dad, you're back? Is there anything looking for me? ”

In Baron de Beauwon's study, Lola pushed open the door to the study and looked at her father, who had just returned, in amazement.

It's no wonder that Lola is strange, lately her father has been staying at home and living in seclusion, just handling affairs through the rewards of Guò's subordinates, and occasionally letting Lola herself do it for her when he has to attend any event. So when she heard the servant's report, Lola thought it was fake news.

"Yes, it's back." Sitting at the desk in front of the desk, the baron raised his head, then showed a flat smile to his daughter, and then made a gesture for Lola to come over, "Lola, sit here, Daddy has something to tell you." ”

Although the smile looked kind, Lola shuddered slightly, because she didn't feel any warmth from the smile at all.

Baron de Beauwon's chubby face had been a little thin lately, but the shrewdness in his eyes had not faded a little. Because he has been staying at home all day and not going out recently, his face has become much whiter, and with that slightly stiff expression, it makes him look a little sinister.

The atmosphere of this study is also very strange, it is obviously decorated with gold, and all kinds of objects set with gold and jewels shine, but this study has an eerie and dead silence.

Now that I'm in power, I''m going to have to replace everything in this study...... After a moment's pause, Lola thought to herself.

"Dad, do you have anything to tell me?" After walking to her father's side, Lola looked at her father with the most enthusiastic attitude she had. "You just came back, didn't you? Why don't you take a break? ”

"No, there's no need to rest. I'm feeling pretty good right now. The baron waved his hand slightly, as if he was a little tired, "Ah." I haven't been out for dozens of days, and I have a meeting today, and my brain can't keep up, haha! Looks like I've been getting rusty lately......"

"Don't say that, Dad, you're just not in good shape lately......" Lola hurriedly comforted her father, "As long as you recover, we can still do whatever we want." ”

"Really? I hope so......" the baron still smiled, "I've been working hard for you lately, child......"

"That's what I'm supposed to do. Father. Because of her father's approval, Lola was a little excited, and quickly lowered her gaze, "Now if I don't share the hard work for you, who can help you?" ”

"yes...... Yes......" The baron's smile grew wider. "You're the only one who can inherit my business now, aren't you?"

Although this sentence could have made Lola very excited at any other time before, in the current environment, Lola only felt a kind of indifference from her father's body, which seemed to have lost a bit of hope, which made most of the joy in her heart disappear at once.

Since the death of his son Maurice. The kind smile on my father's face, which had been formulaic, was gone, and even if he smiled every day, he couldn't make people feel like a spring breeze, but felt a little crazy in his heart. It is for this reason that the baron's servants and assistants have all been whispering and trembling these days. lest he do anything wrong, and cause his master to bring a terrible punishment.

However, although the attitude has become increasingly gloomy. But the baron slowly calmed down from this catastrophe, except for the first few days when his love went out of control and he was furious. Later, he rarely got angry with anyone, and he didn't even express his sadness before outsiders. This kind of self-control also really makes many people feel admired.

However, since learning of her brother's death, Lola feels that her father has fallen a lot, although he still has the same shrewdness and sharpness when making decisions, but it is obvious that he no longer has the pride of being arrogant and confident.

A person who was originally so powerful turned out to have a blow that he couldn't withstand!

When she thought of this, Lola couldn't help but feel a sense of pity for her father. Deep down, she began to wonder if she should have children in the future, and whether she should create weaknesses for herself for no reason.

Unlike the protagonists in many dramas, until now, she still has no regret about killing her brother Morris with her own hands and making her father so decadent, let alone sleepless at night. In her mind, it was a necessary price to pay for carrying on her father's business, and nothing more, she just did what she was destined to do.

Today, when her father began to decline, she is even more eager to hope that she can grow up more and make her father's great cause more brilliant.

At the same time, deep down, jealousy is still gnawing at her little affection, and Lola knows very well that if it is herself who dies instead of her brother, her father will not be able to come to this point even if he is sad.

"Okay, we don't need to say so many polite words between father and daughter, I haven't told you yet, have I? My intention to go out today. After smiling and looking at his daughter, the baron talked about his itinerary, "Today I have received a short notice from the Count of Argoo, so I have made a special trip to attend the special board meeting of the Banque de France. ”

"Special Board Meeting?" Lola's expression became more solemn, "For what?" Is something big wrong? ”

As a well-known banker, Baron de Beauvois has always been one of the most powerful members of the board of directors of the Banque de France, and is also rumored to be a strong candidate for the next president of the Banque de France.

"It's not a particularly strict thing, it's just that we have to discuss putting a particularly large sum of money."

"Money? How big is it? ”

"Twenty-five million." The baron raised an eyebrow, then replied leisurely. "And it's raised and delivered in a short period of time."

"Twenty-five million!" Although the baron's tone was very relaxed, Lola was still startled.

Because this number is so large that it is almost beyond the capacity of the average financial institution to raise funds. Even the De-Beauwang family now has hundreds of millions of family assets. It is impossible to come up with such a large amount of cash in a short period of time, and I am afraid that only a national bank like the Banque de France is available. I guess I was able to raise such a huge amount of cash in a short period of time.

"How can it be so big? Does the other party have such a credit limit? Is it a loan to other countries? What is the interest rate? What do I need to use as a guarantee? "Even if you know that there must be some deep meaning in it, the instinct in the blood of a banker. Lola still asked a series of questions.

"Not to a certain country, but to a person...... Your Excellency, to be precise. The baron explained to his daughter unhurriedly, "At the request of the President himself, the Banque de France is prepared to lend Monsieur President twenty-five million francs in order to meet the occasional need, and today a group of our directors have been meeting to discuss this ......"

At this, Baron de Beauwon's face visibly twitched, clearly smiling at something. "Hey, what's the occasion? Everybody understands it! This is a special fund to hang the Republic, and he wants to take the money of the French people to snatch the crown of France......"

"Does he want the money to buy his henchmen and help him stage a coup d'état?" Lola understood what her father meant.

"Obviously, we're just curious if he's going to do it this year or next." The baron replied coldly, "However, I didn't expect him to have such a big appetite and want to take so much from us at once!" ”

"What do the board members think? Don't agree? Lola asked in a low voice. After all, it's too much......"

"Disagree? Why not agree? Contrary. After much discussion, we unanimously decided to approve the president's personal loan request and send him the money within a few days. Baron de Beauwin waved his hand, "So." I dare say it won't be long before we're going to shout long live the emperor to another person. Oh, the Bonaparte family will once again bring glory to France! ”

Although it seems to be a compliment. But the baron's tone was very frivolous and sarcastic, and it was obvious that he had no respect for the future Emperor in his heart.

"But...... Father. If you don't like Mr. President's words, why do you want to help him......" Lola's face showed a hint of hesitation. "It's all in this age, and we're ...... Why should we put an emperor on our heads? Isn't the republic good? The more power is decentralized, the easier it is for us to find agents in politics and the easier it is to exploit loopholes. It is better to have seven hundred men arguing in the Palais Bourbon now than just one man giving orders to us. Why do we need an emperor? This emperor was neither noble, nor genius, nor even French! How can he make us subservient? ”

"Underdog? No! You see only one aspect. The baron shook his head, "Yes, we may indeed have to be respectful and flattering to this man, but that doesn't mean how high he will be...... He is just a product born out of need, and we need Him and He needs us in the same way. ”

"Need?" Lola asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, we are all fed up with the endless turmoil and turmoil of the past few decades, and we need a strong man to unite the forces of all sides, to command a centralized state, to command the army and the government, and let him maintain order in the whole country, and maintain the one we have worked so hard for! It doesn't matter whether this person is wise and great or small and ridiculous, the point is that we just need such a person! Moreover, Mr. President also deserves our respect, and he does not have the surname Bonaparte for nothing......"

"That is, is it necessary for the emperor to maintain order, to confirm what we already have, and to rule out any new revolutionary risks?" Lola gradually understood what her father meant, "He will rely on us to govern the country?" ”

"Who else can he rely on but us?" There was a hint of cunning on the baron's face, "He relied on the army to seize the country, but the army is a monster that swallows gold, and if he wants to maintain the army, he needs money, and he has to count countless dollars, and in the end, he still has to rely on us?" Moreover, there is an even more important reason why we need him. ”

"On what ground?" Lola asked in a low voice.

"We need him and his empire to rush out and seize our country's rightful place in the world! and more wealth and profit for us......" The baron looked up at his daughter, "France is too small, even if everyone bites each other in small France, there will not be much profit, we must rush to the whole world!" In the coming era, it must be an era of accelerated foreign aggressiveness, an era full of violent conflicts with foreign countries, and in this context we need a strong man to lead the empire to do this, and a weak republic cannot achieve this necessary step. Whether it's France, or the rest of Europe, I'm convinced that we will eventually expand in the world and then have a violent conflict. ”

"Expansion?" Lola finally understood.

"yes, Lola, didn't you notice? I've been expanding our family's business overseas for a long time...... And I'm not the only one doing this, our peers are also exporting capital to seize the market. The baron smiled and nodded, "As time goes on, this business will get bigger and bigger, and eventually we will find that we need an empire to protect our interests so that no one dares to threaten our overseas assets - if this is the case sooner or later, why don't we just prepare for it sooner?" The empire may lack freedom, but it is powerful enough! We can't learn from the British, the Strait can give them peace of mind, but France has to face the dilemma of being attacked on several sides, we have to maintain the suppression of the enemy on the mainland, but also expand the overseas territory, then no empire is absolutely not good, as for who the emperor is, it doesn't matter, the people like it to call it Bonaparte, then call it Bonaparte, we don't care. ”

"That's right...... That's it......" Lola muttered to herself.

"Lola, I'm glad you have the kind of attitude that doesn't look up to anyone, but sometimes you have to learn to take a long-term view." The baron looked at his daughter indifferently.

Lola was silent, her heart full of admiration for her father.

Only now did she understand that even if her father reached this point, he was still a big man that she could only look up to, and she had to continue to watch her father with wide eyes and learn the essence from his every move, and only then did ...... Only then is he qualified to inherit his father's career and even carry it forward.

"By the way, daughter, have you been painting lately, show your recent painting to Dad......" Suddenly, the baron changed the subject, "Dad, I haven't seen it for a long time, it's rare to ......be in a good mood today" (to be continued...... R1292