hotmtlnovel 129. Corleone-style negotiation (please subscribe!)
129. Corleone-style negotiation (please subscribe!)
Downstairs, Hermione and Ronald are still arguing about whether Fleur should borrow money from Dunn, and upstairs Dunn has brought Mera dressed to the room of little fat Louie.
I didn't knock on the door, I just broke in directly.
Louis had just taken a shower and was getting dressed under the service of two house-elves.
Seeing someone breaking in in the mirror, he turned his head angrily and was about to curse, and saw Mera behind Dunn froze for a moment.
Mera is no longer the dirty little girl. After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, her whole person has changed greatly.
A frown and a smile, all with a feeling of blush and heartbeat.
Louie heard the pounding of his own heart, something he had never experienced before.
Oops, is this the heartbeat?
Just when Louis was at a loss, something happened that made him extremely angry.
When Mera saw his master, she didn't come to salute the first time. Instead, she lowered her eyebrows and stood respectfully behind Dunn, as if Dunn was her master.
He opened his mouth to swear, only to realize that his tongue was still stuck to his palate and couldn't move, so he could only stare at Dunn with extremely angry eyes.
Dunn reached into his pocket, and Louie thought he was going to get his wand, so he hurriedly backed away, nearly hitting the mirror behind him.
Unexpectedly, what Dunn took out was a piece of parchment.
In Louis' stunned expression, Tang 957 En threw the parchment in front of him.
"pick it up!"
My mouth is sealed and I can't speak, so I need to communicate in writing?
Louis comforted himself in this way as he picked up the parchment.
But right away he realized that he was wrong, because the parchment had a contract written on it.
To be precise, it should be an IOU.
The Delacour family borrowed 10,000 Galleons from the Corleone Family, and agreed to repay the 100,000 Galleons with interest in ten years.
Only seeing this, Louis raised his head and looked at Dunn in shock.
Ten times in ten years, the goblins of Gringotts are not so greedy!
Dunn looked calm.
Lending has always been the Corleone family's forte.
The loan interest he gave to Louis was already very low, and higher interest rates abounded in the Corleone family's past loans.
Most importantly, no one borrowed money from the Corleone family and dared not pay it back!
Of course the process is still going.
Before taking the loan, Dunn dutifully described the "good prospects" of the contract to Louie
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"The Delacour family's deposit in Gringotts is only a few thousand Galleons, and now the Corleone family is willing to lend 10,000 Galleons to the Delacour family. Do you know what this means?" 5
"You go to the goblins at Gringotts to borrow money on the same terms, and I guarantee you won't get a single penny from them!
"It's not a loan, it's an investment."
"I'm investing in the future of the Delacour family, and that's a huge risk to me!95
"After all, no one dares to say now that the Delacour family can still take back the manor and land left in France. If you don't pay the money, I will suffer the most."
"Don't say anything, I can kill you to pay for your life. The Corleone family will never kill people because they can't get back the money they lent. After all, if they kill someone, they can never get the money back, right?"
"Besides, your life is worthless in my eyes.
Louis was silent.
Dunn's words were arrogant, but they were the truth.
If France can recover, as long as the Delacour family can get back the manor and land, it will be very easy to pay 100,000 Galleons.
If he can't get it back, Dunn's loan of 10,000 Galleons will really be in vain.
It's unfair, but at the same time it's very fair!
Louis would have intended to "give in" if he hadn't gone on to read the latter clause.
In view of the noble friendship of the Corleone family who selflessly reached out to the Delacour family in their most difficult times, the Delacour family is willing to present the groom's daughter, Mera Hilde, to the Corleone family.
Yep, just a giveaway!
Louie raised his head angrily, and the fingers holding the parchment had crumpled the contract because (cgdb) was too hard.
If it made sense for Dunn to lend him money before, now it's a direct robbery.
He must have taken a fancy to Mera's beauty and wanted to take it for himself!
Damn, why didn't I realize that Mera was so good-looking before?
Although his mouth was gagged, Louis raised his head very stubbornly, expressing his dissatisfaction and protest to Dunn with his eyes.
You can borrow money, but never give a maid!
Dunn glanced at the two house-elves next to Louie.
"You go out first!"
Louie knew that was what Dunn meant to talk to himself alone.
In front of Mera, he was hard-hearted.
Upon Louis' instructions, the two house-elves exit the room.
Louis felt that the next step was to negotiate formally, the two sides negotiated the price, and then finalized the cooperation.
This is how he used to watch his father sign contracts with people.
Dunn took out his wand and conjured up a quill and an inkwell.
Louis suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.
Aren't these things supposed to be the last step?
Immediately after him, he saw Dunn's wand pointed at him.
"You have made a mistake from beginning to end, I did not come to discuss with you, but to inform you to sign! 55
"I made an offer that you can't refuse, you can either sign it or leave your brains on this contract!35
An aura of cruelty and terror burst out from Dunn's eyes.
Louie is only an eleven-year-old child, who has experienced all this, and sat on the ground in fright on the spot.
Soon a water stain was printed on his trousers.
Dunn's indifferent voice sounded again.
"Do you need me to repeat what I just said?"
Louie was so frightened that he immediately grabbed the quill.
Just as he was about to sign the contract, he suddenly raised his head and pointed to his mouth to indicate that he had something to say.
Dunn conjured up a piece of parchment and threw it in front of him.
Louis scrawled on the parchment the next line:
"Mr. Corleone, ten thousand Galleons is a little short, and I would like to borrow a little more."
Now it's Dunn's turn to surprise.
Where did Louis have the courage to make such a request in front of him?
He looked curiously at Louis, who looked sincere and frightened.
"How much do you want to borrow?"
Louis raised two fingers at first, and then seemed to have made up his mind, and all five fingers were straight.
Before Dunn could laugh at his whimsy, Louie took a quill brush and left another line on the parchment.
"If you agree, I can send you two more!"