Eugenie with money [Grandet]

The change of the Marquise de Teygou was beyond everyone's expectations!

Annette looked at the face she could hardly recognize, and sighed sincerely: "Marquise de Taigou, how did you do it in such a short period of time? If I met you on the street, I would not dare recognize you."

Mrs. Taigu was already numb to the flattery, and she didn't take Annette seriously: "This is the method Miss Eugenie told me. She is preparing to study the mask in depth, and it will not take long to put it into production. By then The Baroness can try it."

Eugenie had said at the door what she was studying, and now Mrs. Taigou said the same thing, which seemed to be true.Annette secretly kept it in her heart, thinking that she could explain to her husband when she went home, and after a few polite words with Mrs. Taigou, she walked away to find a place to sit—she needed to digest Nucingen and Eugenie. The shock she received from Mrs. Taygu.

Every shock is equally huge, almost subverting her perception of the status between men and women.

Countess de Longel was also affected by Annette.She also received the invitation, and even arrived a little earlier to show her unusual relationship with Eugenie, but Eugenie was still the same arrogant, and did not take her distant aunt seriously.

Let the Marquise de Teygou entertain her!

Can Taigu compare to her?She didn't go to the countryside in other provinces because of her debts, nor did she disregard her status as a tutor for the daughter of a local rich man!

As a result, the wives who came one after another talked and flattered the person who was a tutor one by one, and left her, the wife of a diplomat in Germany, in the cold!

If, if Eugenie had not been so haughty, Lascarga would not have been seduced by the Baroness Adolphus, and turned to the lady of the Adolphes family.

Is it still too late to persuade Lascarga to pursue Eugenie again?Countess de Longer was a little uncertain because of Grandet.

Look, now the provincial man is walking with his daughter on his arm. Both of them have disgusting smiles on their faces, as if everything is under their control.

Countess Longer gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, but she had a very kind smile on her face. She just wanted to go to Eugenie's side to show her closeness to her, but she found that she couldn't squeeze in Eugenie's side.

"Miss Eugenie, the Marquise de Taigou said that her face was given by you. Can you tell me what it is?" As soon as Eugenie found Madame Taigou, she began to question her.

The other ladies pricked up their ears, eager to hear Eugenie's answer.

It seems that Mrs. Taigu's advertising effect is very good.Eugenie, who felt piles of gold coins beckoning to her, smiled very sweetly: "Countess, different skin needs different masks. I will give you some samples when the banquet is over."

The guests who were first shocked by Mrs. Taigu's skin were shocked by the luxurious restaurant before the banquet: the mansion of Marquis Yuande Taigu occupies a huge area and is very majestic. Outside the living room and two small lounges, the rest is the dining room and kitchen.

After Eugenie moved in, she didn't change the layout of the mansion, but just redecorated it: the old sofas were all replaced with new palace-style sofas, which were so soft that people didn't want to wake up.

The wall coverings used to decorate the walls are produced in Brussels, and ladies are willing to use them to decorate their boudoirs.

In front of the huge glass windows, dark green velvet from Bavaria hangs down, and the hooks that evoke them are shining with charming gold. You can find that it is made of pure gold, even if you don't have a particularly unique vision.

In the middle of the large dining table, silver candlesticks are lined up one by one, and above the head there are hanging candlesticks decorated with crystals. Reflected by the crystals, the light of hundreds of candles illuminates the entire restaurant brightly and warmly.

Grandet sat down at the master's seat without hesitation. He tried his best not to look at the pewter sticks, nor at the gold hooks, nor even think about how much the tablecloth was worth per meter.Today he is the master, he can only watch helplessly, these people in front of him quickly eat the delicacies that he paid for, this alone can make the expression on his face very serious.

After raising his glass to toast, Grandet began to experience the greatest pain in his life: the foie gras was very smooth, and Grandet could only eat one franc when the guests took a bite.But the sea bream that was served next made it even more difficult for Grandet to breathe, and he really wanted to have this food, worth ten francs a mouthful, taken away.

What's more, Eugenie and Mrs. Taigou found the matsutake somewhere. This is winter, so is it the season when matsutake should appear?

"Baron Grandet," Nucingen unknowingly raised his glass, intending to toast Grandet. Grandet almost bit his lower lip in response to his blessing. Those who didn't know it thought that Nucingen was forcing him debt.

Because of his identity, Grassan, who was arranged to sit at the end, was the only person present who understood Grandet's feelings best—the other person was the hostess of the banquet—he looked at Zheng and De Eugenie, the Countess of Seth, who talked and laughed freely, sighed inwardly, feeling that Adolphe, who had only arrived in Paris yesterday, had no hope at all.

Let the German curry favor with Grandet, and now the more attentively he toasts Grandet, the more disgusted Grandet is with him.Grassan thought maliciously in his heart.At the end of the banquet, when the guests began to leave, Grassin realized that he was wrong, and Grandet actually asked Nucingen and his wife to stay.

Grassin, who was lingering and refused to leave earlier, attracted Grandet's attention. He finally remembered that this person who was still being used by him was also a banker, and he still had a public debt, which he had not yet paid. own hands.

So Grandet stopped Grassand and asked in his own tone: "Hey, Grassand, did you forget to give me something?"

Grassin shuddered at the question, and looked at Eugenie involuntarily. 40 francs is not a small amount, and a banker's credit is also very important, especially in front of his competitors.

Eugenie said to Grandet very lightly: "I used the 40 francs for my father." The tone was light as if she only used forty francs.

Grandet's eyes bulged out, and he looked at Eugenie bitterly, unable to say a word.Nucingen and his wife looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't expect to stay, and the first thing they heard was the question of the ownership of such a large number.

If 40 francs is no different from [-] francs in Eugenie's eyes, and Grandet has not yet opened his mouth to blame, then how much is the total amount at her disposal?

Grandet recovered his voice at this moment: "Miss, can't you explain to me what's going on?"

Eugenie was still laughing: "I was just about to explain it to you, father. The ladies are very interested in Mrs. Taigou's skin getting better today, aren't they, Mrs. Nucingen?"

Annette, who was confused when asked, nodded honestly, and heard Eugenie go on to say: "That's because I used a mask on her. I found that the mask has a strong effect on improving the skin of the ladies." , not ordinary powder and ordinary rouge only improve the surface."

"So," Eugenie's smile disappeared, and her voice was full of determination: "I decided to build a factory specializing in the production of facial masks, so as to make women in Paris, France, and Europe more beautiful."

Grandet smiled contemptuously: "Is it useful to be beautiful? Who is willing to spend a franc for the so-called beauty?"

Eugenie ignored Grandet's ridicule. Anyway, the money was already in her hands, and it was impossible to return it. Letting Grandet vent his anger would not change this fact.

"30.00%." ​​Eugenie looked at Grandet calmly: "I will give you 30.00% interest every year. What do you think, Dad?" Compared with the 600 million that Grandet will give out, 40 Eugenie willingly offered three per cent interest in francs a year.

Grandet still had hundreds of sarcasm left to say, but he was blocked by the amount of interest, which was already equivalent to the interest of buying public bonds, and there was no loss for Grandet.

Nucingen looked at Grandet, then at Eugenie, and found that the daughter had fully grasped her father's weakness and knew whose side she should be on: "Monsieur Grandet, I'm afraid you don't know beauty Ladies, they are willing to sell their husbands in order to become beautiful."

This analogy really made people unable to answer. Annette originally wanted to say that she was willing to spend money to buy a mask to make Mrs. Taigu's skin better, but now she had to keep silent.

When Grandet met Nucingen for the first time, he still didn't believe him, so he looked at Grassand unknowingly.Grassan nodded responsibly. He didn't want to be involved in the fighting between the father and daughter at all, but it was already too difficult to deal with it.

"How much does it cost you to make a mask? How much are you going to sell? Can you guarantee a profit, and will someone else develop the same product?" Grandet asked one after another.

Eugenie looked at the Nucingens and Grassand, and did not answer Grandet's first two questions, but said: "Don't worry, I will guarantee your interest regardless of whether my factory is profitable or not. I want to pay you back." No one understands women's skin better than I do, and even if someone else's looks the same, it can't be more effective than mine."

When Eugenie looked at the three of them, Grandet realized that he was confused and should not ask the first two questions in front of outsiders anyway, so he shut up angrily and prepared to wait for Nucingen After the people leave, I will settle the score with Eugenie.

He had already forgotten that what he wanted to investigate was not whether Eugenie's products could be sold or whether he could make money, but that Eugenie withdrew her own money from Grassand without going through him.