Glorfa looked towards the door, and in came a middle-aged gentleman in a tuxedo, followed by a young waiter in uniform and white gloves, pushing a dining cart into the banquet hall, filled not with champagne or cakes, but with bunches of sparkling silver roses, which were all forged from white gold, and the craftsmanship was amazing.

"That gentleman is Goodman Sachs, Alberton Weinstein's secretary." Palatine introduced to Glova at the right time, "I heard that Mr. Weinstein has not been in good health recently, and went to the spa villa in the country to recuperate, and he can't come to his old friend Jacob Fogel in person, so he sent a secretary to attend the charity dinner on his behalf, and also sent an ingenious gift, a thousand platinum roses, which is really luxurious and romantic, no wonder people say that Mr. Weinstein was a suave lover when he was young." ”

"What a big stroke, worthy of being the richest man in the empire, the voter of Pluto, the goddess of wealth." Colossa couldn't help but admire.

The two most famous businessmen of the empire are Jacob Fogel, a banker, and Alberton Weinstein, a magic energy tycoon who started in business.

If you compare these two top richest people, most people admire the latter more. Jacob's wealth came mainly from inheriting the family estate, and the Fogel family had been a tax contractor and indulgence dealer for the royal family a hundred years ago; Alberton started from scratch, relying on his ingenuity to make epoch-making improvements to the purification technology of the magic crystal, promoting the 10% purity of the magic crystal to become the world's common emerging industrial energy standard, and he also relied on the operation of the "International Magic Energy Company" and a variety of patent licensing fees to quickly accumulate rich assets, becoming a business idol in the minds of countless small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in this era.

The Holy Assanian Empire was not yet a country where the bourgeoisie dominated the mainstream of society, and more than 1,600 years of imperial and clerical rule made the atmosphere of the whole society more conservative, and the conservative forces represented by the aristocracy and landlords still held the right to speak in the country, and such an environment was not friendly to industry and commerce. If you want to do big business in the imperial capital, one of the most basic prerequisites is to squeeze into the social circle of the upper class and hug the thighs of the aristocracy and even the royal family.

Alberton Weinstein also took care to maintain friendly relations with the aristocracy, but he was not as focused on catering to royal dignitaries as Jacob Fogel, he was able to grow his business mainly on his own ability, in addition to being the richest man in the empire, he also had two admirable titles - one of the greatest legendary mages in the world of Vares, and the elect of Pluto, the powerful goddess of wealth.

It is said that Weinstein is a level 30 legendary mage and a level 5 archmage, even if he does not consider his huge wealth, his personal strength alone is enough to run rampant in all planes of the multiverse, not to mention that he also has a wide range of disciples, and many of the famous high-level mages in the current Varess countries are his protégés, and the breadth of his connections has long exceeded the boundaries of the empire.

The empire nominally adhered to a single faith, but in fact, in addition to the Church of Pero as the state religion, there were also a very small number of deities who received limited preferential treatment, the most important of which were the followers of the goddess of wealth. Because Pluto, the goddess of wealth, was one of the most important allies of the sun god Pero in the pantheon, and the emperor and the church on earth had long recognized that the believers of the goddess of wealth could play a positive role in promoting the country's economic development and creating social wealth, they adopted a blind and blind attitude towards Pluto's followers, neither encouraging nor suppressing them. As a result, the Pluto believers in the empire were given a more relaxed living space, and they all followed the example of Weinstein and devoted themselves to creating wealth in all walks of life.

The imperial government was well aware that the Pluto believers had made great contributions to the country's finances and taxes, and had great respect for celebrities like Weinstein, while the conservative forces in the church were quite complaining, and the "universal patriarch" Gregory openly criticized the believers of the goddess of wealth for their moral corruption on more than one occasion, and in order to make money, they were not afraid to break the law and discipline, and the greedy and selfish "money worship" atmosphere was prevalent in society, and Weinstein could not escape the blame.

Weinstein did not publicly refute Gregory's criticism, but tensions between the two sides have long been a common knowledge in the city's high society circles. Prince Frank had great respect for Weinstein, and once deigned to attend a special course on "national economics" taught by the old man at Imperial University for government financial officials, and regarded himself as a protégé of Weinstein.

Oddly enough, compared to Prince Frank, who considered himself a student of Weinstein, Weinstein's harshest critic, Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory Constantine, understood his scholarship more thoroughly, and once summed up Weinstein's socioeconomic theory in three sentences in a sarcastic tone:

"The direction of reform is to look at money in everything."

"There's nothing in the world that money can't do; If there is, then throw more money".

"The world would be a better place if everyone could persist in selfishness".

At this time, two strings of arpeggios were played, and the guests stopped their conversation playfully, turned to look straight in front of the hall, and waited for the protagonist of tonight's banquet, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, to make an impromptu speech.

With a smile, Prince Frank walked over to the cart full of platinum roses, picked up a rose and nodded to Goodman Sachs, asking him to thank Mr. Weinstein for his generosity in helping the poor stray dogs on the streets of the Holy City.

After Prince Frank's speech, the hall burst into applause, mixed with suppressed laughter.

There may be a few affectionate ladies and ladies among the guests who genuinely sympathize with the tragic plight of stray dogs, but most of them do not think that it is worth spending a copper on it, and the patrol policeman's stick can have a more effect on purifying the street environment than the so-called "stray dog rescue station". Of course, no one dares to demolish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in public, not to mention that they will all benefit from this hypocritical charity dinner, spending a little money in exchange for big benefits, and tomorrow the newspaper will publish an article full of beautiful words to praise their kindness - the celebrities who participated in the charity dinner are willing to spend thousands of dollars to save stray dogs, and of course they are qualified to be regarded as moral models by the whole society.

Frank wrapped up his passionate and witty speech, and the highlight of the evening—the charity fundraiser—took place. The platinum roses sent by Weinstein became props for fundraising, and the graceful maids, wrapped in sexy light veils, carried trays full of platinum roses and walked lightly through the crowd, smiling and whispering, selling the souvenirs worth 10,000 gold to the guests.