Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 979 961. The capital chain is broken

Lan En looked at the hesitant steps of the dwarf financier, whom he was familiar with and could even be considered a partner, and the intelligence chief sitting across from his desk with an amused smile on his face.

 A bad feeling suddenly came over me.

 “You just said, mine”

The wine glass in Lan En's hand was still raised in the air, but his face that looked like a fine piece of art turned his head and looked at Taller with a dull expression.

 “Savings?”

As if trying to hide his smile, Taller raised the large wooden cup containing Redania beer and covered his face with a drinking motion.

However, the suppressed laughter of "吭哧吭姧" still couldn't be concealed, and the spilled cold Redanian beer also wet his collar.

Even though the dwarf’s legs were short and Siloton’s steps were as hesitant as if he was about to go to the gallows, it was enough time for him to grind from the door of the guest room to the table.

 The dwarf's short, stocky body should have been like an iron pillar, or an oak barrel for wine.

But Sileden is now as wilted as an eggplant beaten by frost, and his chin is almost touching his chest.

 The whole person felt exhausted.

The standard of the tavern in this village is getting closer to the wealthy businessmen's clubs in the big cities.

 “That’s it. Well, how should I put it?”

The lips covered by a thick red beard were pouting.

 The more he behaves like this, the worse Lan En feels.

Sighing, he walked to the table where Lan En was sitting, jumped on his two short legs, and hit his **** on the bench.

This angle looks more like a meat ball.

 “Shut up!”

 “I’ll just tell you the truth”

 His eyes were wandering around under Lan En's gaze.

Taller, who was next to him, seemed to have just realized the etiquette he should have as the first person to sit down at this table.

Sileden Giancardi, a dwarf financier who has been in human society for a long time, first choked and cursed at the intelligence chief across the table.

Sileden took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to look up at Lan En, who was blinking, and seemed to finally accept his fate.

 Seeing that Siledon was dragging his feet and couldn't beat him with three sticks, Taller intervened from the side.

 After finishing speaking, Siledon let out a long sigh of relief, as if he had accepted his fate, let go of the heavy burden in his heart, and seemed to have relieved himself of his anger.

 But he was immediately interrupted by the red-bearded dwarf.

“Lan En, I invested in your personal account and caused a problem in the capital chain.”

 After cursing, he faced the demon hunter beside him with an apologetic and regretful expression.

He raised his hand to greet Gatis to serve several plates of food and drinks. Gatis saw three people at the table, so he put three silver forks on the plates.

“If you smile again, I will hammer your front teeth into your buttocks!”

He lowered his head and muttered: "I don't have anything to say about what you want to do with me. But if you give me some time, I will help you make up for it even if you borrow money from home."

Thileton had been hanging out in human society for a long time. In order to socialize, the dwarves' "I" changed their oral habits a lot.

But now, he was upset and kept talking about ‘I’.

"No." Lan En had roughly guessed what the problem was now, and he opened his mouth, "Sileden, you are talking about my personal fund? What happened?"

 “I, I ran that personal fund too hard.”

Now that he was discouraged, Siledon simply gave up on himself and continued talking.

His hands pulled his fiery red beard into a mess.

“You also know how excited investors are about a foundation that can operate as they wish.”

“I used that fund to invest everywhere, buying assets and shares, including shares in a shipping company in Novigrad, a ferry company on the Pontar River, and...”

Thilloton named many companies and assets in succession.

 They all sound good.

“But didn’t I tell you that you don’t need to care about the rate of return?”

 But Lann didn't care much about money in the first place, or he didn't care much about money since he got out of the initial embarrassment.

Taller responded to Lan while holding a silver fork and eating newly served slices of cheese and ham.

“Even if a financier is not greedy, you can’t expect him to refrain from investing when he has a lot of liquid funds, right?”

"Yes, I couldn't help it." Siledon lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "I unknowingly made the stall too big and too fast."

“The source of that person’s fund is very easy to find out. He is also the manager of the Valyrian Steel Chamber of Commerce, and he is already a person of concern.”

Taller nodded at Silloton with the silver fork in his hand while supplementing Lan's situation outside of finance.

“When everyone knows that this is your personal fund, the operation of this fund is almost smooth in terms of policies, and the speed of circulation is much faster than other funds, do you understand?”

 Taller emphasizes the emphasis on the word ‘your’.

Of course Lan En understands that his prestige and intimidation on the battlefield of Sodden Mountain cannot be forgotten by anyone who knows about it.

 Giving the green light to your own personal fund is a gesture of goodwill that is not even considered deliberate. The fund operates among several northern countries. Documents that usually take ten and a half days to be approved may be obtained by Silerton on the same day of application.

Just as passionate and technical battles fascinate Lan En, this fast-moving financial circulation also fascinates Siledon as the controller.

 Furthermore, with constant success and constant stimulation, Lan En has forgotten what Lan En said at the beginning that he "doesn't care about the rate of return."

If Siloton was not a man with ambitions in the financial field, he would not have left Giancardi Bank to serve as the steward of the Valyrian Steel Chamber of Commerce.

Thileton put the account book of his personal fund on the table with a bang, and pushed it to Lan En beside him without a word.

The witcher began to look through the pages quickly.

 He is not an accountant, he is just a liberal arts student.

  But with the computing power of the biochemical brain in the brain that has now been unlocked to the [People's Union-Junior High School] level, the difficulty of analyzing this ledger is not even higher than simply writing it down.

　　Just like turning the pages of a book, the pages of the account book clattered past.

A moment later, Lan En already knew what happened to his personal fund from the most intuitive record, the ledger.

ˆ It is indeed what Silerton said frankly at the beginning - the capital chain is broken.

 When a large amount of assets is managed, appreciation is almost natural. If there is no intervention from other people's financial operations.

 In the traces of Silerton's financial operations, Lan could feel the process of him getting happier and letting his guard down more and more.

 From the beginning of cautious investment, I was gradually led away by the pleasure of successful investment and rapid asset growth.

 Once an investment is successful, it’s time to move on to the next project.

 Even the equity and assets obtained from the previous project are mortgaged to the bank for loans, and then invested in the next investment.

 It would be fine if we could continue to make profits, but this ideal situation is completely elusive.

It's okay to suffer a slight loss. As long as the loan ratio is not high, the operation of the fund itself will be fine.

 Even this kind of operation can enhance the activity of funds.

 But it seems that Shillerton’s investment behavior was a bit too radical later on.

 So much so that during the operation of the capital chain, an invested company went bankrupt, and subsequent funds were stuck.

Strictly speaking, Lan En’s funds and assets are still there. But if no new funds enter the flow process and the capital chain is revitalized, these things will eventually disappear.

 This is one of the reasons why many companies are operating well one day and declare bankruptcy the next.

 “You’ve been tricked.”

 Lan En closed the account book and said helplessly with his lips curled up.

“Your character flaws were caught by others, and they set a long series of traps to lead you to this point.”

 The previous series of investment successes are like grains of wheat sprinkled on the road to lure the rooster into a trap.

"ah?"

Thileton raised his head from his depressed state and looked at Lan En blankly.

As a person who was led into a trap by taking advantage of his character shortcomings, that is, his love for petty gains, Siledon is the one who can’t see clearly right now.

The dwarf jumped off the stool dully, took the account book, and said in a deep voice.

“Only 32,000 Oren coins are missing! Only 32,000 Oren coins are missing and I can make use of this asset!”

 Sileton has not never encountered investment failures, or even larger-scale investment failures. But this time, he put in the funds of his friend Lan En.

This made him look embarrassed.

 In fact, managing the affairs of the Valyrian Steel Chamber of Commerce is his main business.

For the Valyrian Steel Chamber of Commerce, which is significantly expanding its market share, this amount of money is simply the size of a fingernail.

 But he still came to see Lan En in person, wanting to explain his mistake face to face.

“I will borrow money from my hometown and revitalize it anyway. You don’t have to worry, man.”

At this time, Siloton patted Lan En's arm and comforted him.

At the end of the sentence, the red-bearded dwarf pursed his lips.

“You can find a fund manager after I sort out this mess.”

 “No, it won’t come to that, Siloton.”

 Lan patted the dwarf on the shoulder.

 “You were just deceived, there is nothing wrong with the ledger at all.”

“But I have no shame in taking care of your personal fund anymore.” Siledon shook his head unmoved.

"Besides, maybe people do have their limits. Taking into account both the Chamber of Commerce and the personal fund is beyond my own control. Just like you said, I was tricked by someone. That was because I didn't react because I didn't have enough energy. It’s because of my bad habits that I fell into the trap.”

 “I’m sorry, Lan En. It seems that I am really not suitable to manage your personal fund anymore.”

After saying that, the red-bearded dwarf sighed and walked back to the guest room.

But halfway through, he turned back with a troubled brow.

Grinding his teeth, he put the silver fork that had just been put into his sleeves and should have been placed next to the plate, and pressed it heavily on the table.

 (End of this chapter)