Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Everyone's eyes, following Mrs. Taigou's eyes, caught the figures of the two ladies. Some of the ladies who had seen the two embarrass Eugenie had a look of hatred in their eyes.

For women, it is the heinous villains who prevent them from becoming beautiful.Just now everyone hated Mrs. Taigou, but now they hate the Countess Longer and the Baroness Adolphus!

Annette, who welcomed the last guest into the living room, immediately found that the atmosphere in her living room was unusual.As the host, she had to walk quickly to the couch in an attempt to guide the conversation.

It's just that she didn't know what everyone was talking about just now, so she could only smile and ask Countess Longer who was standing outside: "What are you talking about, you look so happy?"

The Countess Longer had never suffered such a great humiliation in her life. She thought that Annette was mocking herself—she looked down on this woman of bourgeois origin—and said angrily to Annette: "Baoness, I always thought that your taste It is very noble, and those who come and go are noble people.”

Eugenie has always believed that speaking frankly is a virtue, not only does she not have to think about how to say it tactfully, but also the listener will not have ambiguity because of her own understanding.

For example, if Countess Longer directly told Annette that she was excluded by her guests, Annette, as the host, would have to find a way to relieve her.

But she has to talk about something noble and noble, so she won't be welcomed by people—Although Nucingen has a baron title, the guests all know the origin of his title, which is similar to Grandet's, but a few years earlier Years only.

Now everyone still calls Annette a bourgeois woman behind their backs. A nobleman with a higher family background and no urgent need for money would disdain to send invitations to their husband and wife.So the Nucingens seemed to be able to invite quite a few people, and many of them, like the Eugenie father and daughter, would be called nouveau riche by Mrs. Taigou's former friends.

Countess Longer's words not only stabbed the hostess Annette, but also made many guests angry.

Eugenie didn't have a high tolerance for people who put the abacus on her, and she laughed after she finished speaking, and the smile made the heart tremble: "Countess Longer is so noble, and her taste is so noble. I should really feel flattered to invite our father and daughter to visit us this time."

You have good taste, why did Grandet send you invitations as soon as he arrived in Paris?

Everyone remembered that the Countess of Longer appeared several times in the social arena with Eugenie at the same time, and several of them directly laughed contemptuously at her courtship and flattery.

Several people have seen the accusation made by Grandet against the Countess Longel at the door just now.

Countess Longer felt that she was not breathing well, and looked at Eugenie angrily, and found that after she finished saying that, she ignored her own reaction and turned to answer the question of a lady beside her.

Continue to accuse Eugenie?Countess Longer knew very well that she did not criticize Eugenie's position, especially after Grandet accused her, the relationship between the two of them was useless at all.

If Eugenie was accused of kinship again, Countess Longer would be considered to be doing it for Eugenie's wealth. Although this is true, secret actions and public knowledge are two different things.

For people in the social arena, sometimes maintaining dignity is more important than gaining in the dark.

Seeing that the other guests showed disapproval expressions, Annette had to smile and extend an invitation to Countess Longer: "Countess, can you come to the lounge for a while?"

Countess Longer knew that she had to go, she accepted Annette's invitation with a forced smile, and gave Laskaga a look with her eyes before leaving.Although Lascaga did not participate in the conversation of the ladies, he knew that it was not a good time for him to show his love to Eugenie, so he shook his head slightly.

No one cares about the interaction between their mother and child. The male guests are more interested in what Nucingen said at the gate just now. Ge Langtai is a partner of Nucingen Bank. A partner of Qingen Bank.

It's a pity that Grandet didn't cooperate very much. He used his usual dodging methods, saying that he didn't know anything about investment, and everything would be decided by Eugenie and Nucingen.

This made the young people present look at Eugenie even more fiercely, and started a quiet fight for the seat next to Eugenie when she was dining.Grandet saw everything in his eyes, and only when he found nothing, he calmly tasted all the dishes of Nucingen's house, and then said something reassuring to Nucingen who was sitting next to him: "I think , I can return your account book to you later, Lord Baron."

Nucingen wanted all his guests to disappear, so he even broke the most basic etiquette. Before the other guests left, he had already invited Grandet and Eugenie to his study.As for Mrs. Taigu, Annette accompanied her to continue the discussion about the mask.

It can be seen that Nucingen is very concerned about this large investment and has a very humble attitude towards Grandet.However, when Grandet was in Saumur, he was used to being flattered by the Crochet family and the people of Grassand, so he didn't think his attitude was unusual.

"My lord, I think we, those of us who are going to be partners, should be open and honest." Grandet stammered in a tone that gave Nucingen a headache, and wanted to be frank with Nucingen.

Nucingen rubbed his hands excitedly: "Yes, you are right, Monsieur Grandet."

Eugenie looked up and studied the ceiling of Nucingen's house, and felt that Nucingen would not be satisfied with the ensuing conversation—as a person who has been engaged in transactions, Grandet is very particular about reciprocity.He called Nucingen your lord baron, and it was a mistake for Nucingen not to know how to pay back.

Sure enough, Grandet, who claimed that he knew nothing about investment, criticized the books of Nucingen Bank as useless, and expressed great indignation at the bank's annual profit of only 30.00%[-]: only a percentage higher than the yield of public bonds Eighth, if the account books are not falsified, it means that Nucingen is not doing well.

Nucingen, who was sweating layer by layer, looked at Eugenie with despair.At this time, his heart was broken. If it wasn't for the support of his determination that he had dealt with all kinds of people for many years, he might have just stood up and kicked Grandet out of his house.

It is an absolute shame and humiliation for the biggest banker in Paris to be questioned about his business ability.

Eugenie felt that Grandet's role had been brought into full play, and further talking about it might backfire, so she said to Grandet, "Father, I remember you said that the investment in the Bank of Nucingen was done by me." of."

Nuqingen's eyes lit up, and he realized that he was asking for trouble by flattering Grandet.At this time, Eugenie was a perfect angel in Nucingen's eyes, and he couldn't help but want to worship her.

"Yes, Miss Eugenie, I think we can reach a consensus soon." Nucingen clasped his hands together, wishing Eugenie could say the word agree.

Eugenie glanced at him quietly, without the usual smile on her face, and said seriously: "Monsieur Baron, I think what you said before the banquet started is right, we are partners."

Nucingen nodded sharply: "Yes, miss, from the moment your funds are injected into Nucingen Bank, we are partners."

"But in my impression, the shares among the partners are all divided equally."

The smile on Nucingen's face froze, and Grandet looked at Eugenie with satisfaction, and then said to Nucingen: "She is right, I am too old, confused, forget All partners have to share the shares equally."

Nucingen felt that he should borrow Annette's smelling salts, maybe he would need them when he passed out.He squeezed out an expression uglier than crying: "Miss, I think Mr. Grandet should know that not all partners share shares equally, and everyone's shares should be distributed according to the amount of investment." .”

"I remember that in the account book, your initial investment was only 500 million francs, and now I want to contribute 600 million francs. If I divide it equally, I will still suffer." Eugenie glanced at Grandet resolutely. Nod of approval.

Nucingen really cried: "Miss Eugenie, you have read the bank's books. Although my initial investment was 500 million francs, the assets of Nucingen Bank are now 500 million francs. You Invest now, not at the same time as me.”

"Is that so?" Eugenie said with a confused face, "I don't know very well, maybe you are right. Then Mr. Baron, can our shares really not be divided equally?"

The angel suddenly turned into a demon who wanted to swallow his own profits, but Nucingen had to continue to deal with the devil—if Eugenie's 600 million francs were not invested in the Nucingen Bank, it would be invested in other banks .There is more than one BNP Paribas, and the Nucingen Bank is said to be the largest bank, but there are two or three other banks that follow.

With an investment of 600 million francs, there will be uncertainties about who is the largest bank in Paris.This is why Nucingen has been seizing Eugenie's investment.

"30.00% one, no more." Nuqingen gritted his teeth and made a concession.

Grandet stood up angrily: "30.00% five, no less." He looked at Nucingen viciously, as if he was going to bite someone in the next second: "You can't, I don't have knowledge, Eugenie doesn't I understand, you can't make the equal share so small because of this. It's not kind, immoral, it's robbery."

Talking honestly and morally to a banker is something only Grandet can do.Apparently, Nucingen had never encountered such a person who criticized his moral standards face to face, and he also stood up and walked around the study, with the anger on his face no less than that of Grandet.