Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Eugenie expressed her full understanding of Nucingen's desire to verify the authenticity of the banknotes, and asked Nucingen to check the authenticity by herself or find someone to verify the authenticity - 600 million is not a small amount, and the banknotes appeared only recently For new things, as a banker, Nucingen should be careful, which is the right thing to do.

Partnering does not mean immediately establishing unshakable trust with each other.

But Nanon was very angry, thinking that Nucingen's move was an insult to Mr. and Ms.: "Ms., Ms. went to all the banks in Saumur and the neighboring areas of Anjou in order to exchange these banknotes."

Eugenie had to appease Nanon first, and turned to talk to Nucingen to divert Nanon's attention: "Mr. Nucingen, since I have injected capital into Nucingen Bank, should you tell me about it?" What about Portugal?"

Nucingen raised his head and observed Eugenie's expression carefully. He was not sure whether Eugenie just picked up a topic temporarily to save himself from embarrassment, or whether she really cared about the situation in Portugal.

In Nucingen's impression, ladies care about their jewelry boxes, cloakrooms, or the gossip of the upper class, and very few people care about the changes of government officials, in order to use it as a talking point in the social arena to show Be well-informed yourself.

He had never met Eugenie who asked for news from foreign countries as much as Eugenie.

Eugenie let Nucingen scrutinize her, and her eyes were already shining with the light of gold coins.Nucingen understood, and his expression became serious: "Miss Eugenie, what do you mean?"

Eugenie smiled, and her confident smile shrouded her ordinary beauty in a halo, making people afraid to look directly at her.She said: "Since I have already invested in Nucingen Bank, I should always contribute my own strength to the bank's business."

Nucingen stood up excitedly, and just about to speak, he remembered that there were two managers in the office who were checking the authenticity of banknotes with him, so he had to try his best to suppress the agitation and wait patiently for them to give him a result.

For Nucingen, the result of the authenticity of the banknotes is now obvious. His mind is full of Eugenie's harvest on the Tunisian public debt, and he fantasizes that the Nucingen Bank will follow in Eugenie's footsteps and make a profit in the Portuguese debt. There was a lot of turmoil in the bond trade.

"Miss Eugenie, as you know, the Portuguese royal family has completely lost its governing power." After a while, Nucingen calmed down a little, and implicitly pointed out that an emerging regime would try its best to combat speculation.

Eugenie didn't look at the two managers who were counting the banknotes—Nanon was looking at those two people fiercely, let alone tampering, as long as those two people said that any banknote was fake, Nanon would directly teach them to recount it. be human.

She looked at Nucingen: "You are right, Mr. Baron. I am very surprised that as the largest bank in Paris, I didn't find in the books the bank's gains in Portugal last year." [-] In [-], it was the initial moment of the rise of the Portuguese National Assembly. As a banker, he should have gained something no matter whether it was the public debt of the Portuguese royal family or the investment of the new government.

As soon as the words fell, Nucingen's face turned red and swollen. This was something he regretted. The price of government bonds has also become stable from turmoil.

Eugenie ignored Nucingen's embarrassment, and watched the two managers dutifully counting the banknotes in boredom—if only there was a banknote machine.This really can only be thought about, Eugenie knows nothing about the principle of money counters.

Time passed little by little, and the two managers finally counted and assured Nucingen that every banknote was genuine, and the amount of 600 million francs was not a lot.The two looked at Eugenie with admiration, even Nanon with admiration—anyone who has personally touched 600 million francs is worthy of admiration.

Nucingen waved his hand to signal the two managers to deposit the banknotes into the bank's vault, issued a receipt to Eugene himself, and looked at Nanon again.

Eugenie shook her head slightly: "Nanon is one of the people I trust the most, and she has the right to know everything about me."

Nucingen looked back at the burly woman, and found that her eyes were very calm, and her face was not agitated by Eugenie's trust. It seemed that the two of them had reached this recognition long ago.

He was very glad that he had always maintained respect for the burly woman, even though he still didn't know the relationship between Eugenie and this burly woman.

Now is not the time to clarify this relationship, because Eugenie has already said: "But Portugal is the Portugal of Europe. Do you think the Holy Alliance will allow any country to have a national assembly that is above the royal family, even if it is not their own country? Your royal family, sir Baronet?"

Nucingen shook his head. The Holy Alliance acted as the European police. They maintained the status of the royal family. Even Napoleon could only bow his head in the face of the Holy Alliance that had not yet formed an alliance.What's more, Portugal's National Assembly, needless to say, will not be monolithic. They are also composed of interest groups. Once they stabilize, conflicts will arise between the interest demands of various groups.

This allows capital to take advantage.

Nucingen's eyes brightened: "You think we can..." Unknowingly, he used the honorific address for Eugenie.

Eugenie nodded: "Although it's not the best time yet, we can spread the word and reveal the speculation that the Holy Alliance may intervene in Portugal and Spain to those who want to know."

In this way, there will be fluctuations in the public debt of the two countries, and he and the Nucingen Bank can benefit from it.

Nucingen felt that he couldn't keep up with Eugenie's train of thought. He only talked about Portugal just now, so why is there something about Spain now?

But Eugenie's gaze was so firm, and her expression so calm, that all of Nucingen's doubts were replaced by a probing sentence: "So miss, how much money do you plan to use?"

Eugenie's real target is Spain, because Portugal will introduce a new constitution in [-], and it will be recognized by the king. It will not be until [-] that the king's son will rebel against the army and re-establish the monarchy. dictatorship.

And the second revolution in Spain is imminent.It was this revolution that the Holy Alliance really intervened in.On this point, Eugenie was temporarily unable to tell Nucingen bluntly—she couldn't explain the source of the news.

If Nucingen had a keen sense of touch and found the direction she was really pointing at with her sword, and followed her to drink soup, Eugenie would not have set up any cover-ups.So she answered very seriously: "I think only 100 million francs will be enough at first, 50 francs will be invested in Portuguese public bonds, and 50 francs will be used in Spanish public bonds."

Even Nucingen, the biggest banker in Paris, admired Eugenie's generosity.He thought for a while, and then asked: "How does Miss think the bank needs to cooperate with your actions?"

This is more up-to-date.Eugenie nodded in satisfaction: "Does Bank Nucingen have offices in Portugal and Spain?"

Nucingen nodded proudly: "Miss, the business of Nucingen Bank covers the whole of Europe."

Eugenie felt relieved: "If that's the case, I think it's better to do both."

After finishing speaking, seeing that Nucingen did not understand what she meant, Eugenie asked him to sit closer, and softly expressed her plan.The more Nucingen heard it, the more he found it incredible, mainly because he didn't expect a lady to be more courageous than him, a banker.

"However, if you go short in Portugal and go long in Paris, one side will always lose money." Nucingen really couldn't figure it out, and he had to question in embarrassment if he combined the short and the long.

Eugenie did not laugh at him, but patiently explained to him: "Mr. Baron, although we operate in two places, it does not mean that the funds invested in the two places are the same." They are not compatible, and they are not in the same market.

Nucingen nodded thoughtfully. After thinking for a while, he finally understood: "Miss, you want to use news from Portugal and Spain to influence news from Paris, right?"

Although it missed, it was not far away, Eugenie nodded affirmatively.Nucin simply wanted to ask Eugenie how much money she would spend to stir up the domestic markets of Portugal and Spain, but remembered that she would complete the investment through the offices of Nucingen Bank in the two countries, so she shut her mouth.

He still has to think about whether Nucingen Bank should follow the investment.

Eugenie gave Nucingen a meaningful look, and stood up with a smile: "Since there is no problem with the funds, then I will go back first. Please prepare 100 million francs for me, Mr. Baron, and I will invite you in three days." Mr. Grassan is coming to fetch it. He will have my power of attorney."

The long-lost name of Grassang suddenly appeared, making Nucingen's nerves tense: "Miss's public debt business, should I still entrust Mr. Grassan?"

"Only the public debt business in Paris." Eugenie replied lightly, as if she did not know that the Nucingen Bank itself was engaged in public debt transactions.This made Nucingen understand that although he had received Eugenie's investment, he had not gained enough trust from her.

Trust cannot be built without going through a few pleasant rounds of working together.

Three days later, Grassand did not come to the Nucingen Bank alone. He was accompanied by Mr. de Pompon who also came to Paris from Saumur.When Grassan introduced him to Nucingen, there was a kind of inexplicable pride in his tone, which made Nucingen, who met Te Pomphon for the first time, think that the two were not hostile in Saumur:

"Mr. Te Pompon, formerly the President of the Saumer Junior Tribunal, is now a partner at Danville Law Firm."

"Hi sir, it's an honor to meet you." Nucingen cordially shook hands with the former president of the court and now the new partner of the law firm, and quietly looked at the 30-year-old, but still dressed as a youth people.