Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Eugenie shook her head indifferently: "Then they have to dare to mock me in front of me."

Domineering and decisive are what Eugenie is like now, but Mrs. Taigou has nothing to refute.The Paris high society showed obvious hostility to Eugenie, only Countess Longer and Baroness Alfredaus. Eugenie made accusations, but no one dared to say anything about Eugenie's association.

In silence, the first act ended.No one in Eugenie's box knew what the program was tonight, and everyone was digesting Eugenie's words.

The theater bell rang to remind the audience to visit friends during the intermission.The door of Eugenie's box was knocked immediately, Nanon dutifully opened the door, and found that standing at the door of the box was the Baron Nucingen whom he had met once.

She bowed her knees to the baron silently, then walked up to Eugenie and sat down beside Eugenie, with an attitude of fearing that Eugenie would suffer.Eugenie rose to meet Annette who had come with Nucingen.

Mrs. Taigou felt that Nucingen must have something to discuss with Eugenie, and wanted to take Nanon out for a walk.But Nanon didn't move an inch, which embarrassed Mrs. Taigou.

Eugenie said to Te Pompon: "Mr. President, can you send Mrs. Thicoud to the Count Seth's box? Just now I saw the Countess paying her respects to Mrs. Taicourt."

Satisfied with this relief, Mrs. Taigou left the box to visit her old friend.

Nucingen had already seen Nanon's style, and he said to Eugenie without hesitation: "Miss Eugenie, today I heard that Mr. Grassand said that you want to deposit the money in his bank, not to issue public debts immediately." Buying and selling. Don't you trust your bank?"

Annette wants to talk to Nanon at this time, so that Nucingen can talk to Eugenie at ease.However, no matter what she said, Nanon just nodded or shook his head, and refused to say a word.Annette also had to be quiet to hear Nucingen's straightforward question.

This made her a little uneasy, and felt that Nucingen was not tactful enough, so she looked at Eugenie apologetically, trying to make up for her husband.

Who knows that Eugenie didn't care about Nucingen's tone, she just nodded to him: "Yes, Mr. Grassan deposited the 100 million francs in his bank at my instruction. But it's not that I don't believe myself However, I feel that this time the public debt operation is closer to success if it is carried out by Mr. Grassan.”

Nucingen raised his eyebrows in disbelief, waiting for Eugenie's next explanation.Eugenie didn't show off, and asked directly: "I remember I told you, Mr. Nucingen, we can't only invest in the public bonds of Paris, but also invest in the public bonds of Portugal and Spain, right?"

Seeing that Nucingen nodded in recognition, Eugenie continued: "Because the Nucingen Bank has offices in various European countries, the purchase and sale of public bonds in Portugal and Spain can only be done through the offices, isn't it?"

Nucingen then nodded, and Eugenie went on to say: "If people find out that the Bank of Nucingen or myself invest in different directions in the two countries and in Paris, what will be the consequences, Mr. Nucingen, you It's not hard to imagine."

Not difficult, especially in the domestic markets of the two countries, since Eugenie or Nucingen can only give orders from a distance, they are likely to be surrounded and suppressed, resulting in investment failure.And the investment in Paris will also be borrowed by those who want to invest in the other two countries to fail, creating unfavorable news for Nucingen Bank, and thus continuing the failure.

Such a result is what Nucingen does not want to see.

He couldn't help following Eugenie's train of thought, thinking of the terrible consequences, he was extremely thankful that he came to visit Eugenie in time.Soon, Nucingen realized something was wrong: "Miss Eugenie, you told me that the two investments are not equally distributed, and there is no guarantee that both sides will make a profit, so why?" Yeni is sure to make money at both ends?

"It's true that it won't be distributed equally. I remember that in addition to the capital injection, I still have 40 francs deposited in the Nucingen Bank. I think it won't be long before the 40 francs will be remitted to Portugal and Spain for me."

Nucingen felt that he couldn't figure it out again, but he didn't ask any more questions, because as long as the money was remitted through the Nucingen Bank's office, then he could clearly know the movement.

During the discussion between the two, the second act had already begun, and Nucingen and his wife stayed in the box.When the bell rang for the end of the second act, the door of the box was knocked again. Nanon was still silent but quickly opened the door, and then invited Bono and Alphonse in.

Madame Taicourt had to be escorted again by M. de Pomponne to visit friends, and Nanon occupied Eugenie's place without giving way.Nucingen gave up another seat close to Eugenie, automatically sat in the back row, and refused to leave the box.

Before Bono could say flattery, Eugenie said: "Monsieur Bono, do you publish the news of Paris to the Portuguese or Spanish newspapers?"

Bo Nuo was taken aback, but quickly realized: "Of course, if this is a beautiful lady's request, I will spare no effort to fulfill it."

Eugenie shook her head: "No, this is not a request from a beautiful lady, but money, a request from you with a lot of money."

Nucingen straightened his body. He thought he knew what Eugenie was going to do. He stared at Bono, waiting for his answer, not even caring about Annette whispering to Alphonse again. on.

Bono did not think about this possibility, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Miss Eugenie, please believe that I respect you. But you know, I am a journalist, and professional ethics require me..."

"Mr. Bono, I think you have misunderstood me." Eugenie chuckled lightly, "I will not ask you to report unprofessional ethics, but to send some definite news to Portugal or Spain in advance. people know."

"That's right," Nucingen joined the ranks of persuasion: "Please believe that the news of the Nucingen Bank is well-informed. And Miss Eugenie, as a partner of the Nucingen Bank, has the right to obtain the information collected by the Nucingen Bank. All news."

The two people who were whispering stopped talking, and everyone's eyes were on Bono, which made him both satisfied with being valued and embarrassed to make a decision immediately.Bono quickly grasped the key point: "You said that Miss Eugenie is a partner of the Bank of Nucingen, are you joking?" A partner of the Bank of Nucingen is not something that can be done with hundreds of thousands of francs.

Nucingen nodded proudly, not even bothering to affirm it with words.

Bono tentatively asked: "Then, can I report this news in the "Journal de France" first? You know, Mr. Baron, that the public wants to know any news about the Bank of Nucingen."

Nucingen did not answer, wishing to know Eugenie's opinion first.Eugenie felt that there was nothing to hide. On the contrary, investing in Nucingen Bank herself could increase the trust of the people, and she was happy to see the result.

"If possible, I would like you to add this sentence in the article, that is, Miss Eugenie from Saumur, who longs for celibacy, has become the new partner of the Bank of Nucingen." Eugenie seemed to be joking.

Nanon's body trembled, and after glancing at Eugenie he remained silent.However, Bono spoke eloquently: "No, Miss Eugenie, you can't hurt a person who has an unrealistic but sincere admiration for you like this."

"Five hundred francs, plus this." Eugenie asked with a smile, "as if you were to open the blinding phantom for the young people of Paris."

"No, you know I'm an ethical journalist." Bono declined, preferring that the Phantoms remain.

"A thousand francs." Eugenie continued smiling.

"The conscience of a journalist..."

"Fifteen hundred francs." Eugenie's smile did not change.

"Miss, you know this joke is not funny at all. If it weren't for me, people would probably think you meant it."

"The last time, two thousand francs." Eugenie was still smiling, looking at Bono without any emotion.

"Miss, I'm going back to Saumur tomorrow, please come and arrest you." Nanon, who had been silent all this time, spoke at this time, her face was very serious, with unquestionable determination: "Otherwise I will never Go back to Saumur and stay by your side. None of these people will try to take advantage of you."

Bono, who heard the relationship between Nanon and Eugenie from the conversation, was not at all annoyed by being despised by a servant, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief - if Eugenie raised the price again, he didn't know if he could Resist the temptation to publish news in the newspaper that you don't want to believe.

But from Eugenie's resolute attitude, Bono was sure that she was not joking.The idea of ​​celibacy was not even a whim of Eugenie's.This made Bono and Alphonse look at each other. The two shocked young people left soon after. They needed time and space to digest the news they received.

"Do you think she's serious?" Bono asked Alphonse, who was also out of his mind, smoking a cigar.

Alphonse nodded: "She's not kidding. I think she's serious. But I can't figure out why she would do this. Ladies, especially those who want to show their talents in the social world, who doesn't want their pursuit More suitors, and when appropriate, use suitors to achieve your own goals?"

"She thinks that with money, she can achieve what the suitors have done." Bono thought of Eugenie's quiet bid just now, and he already believed in his heart that if he followed Eugenie's hope and offered to Portugal or If you submit an article to a newspaper in Spain, you will get rewards beyond imagination.

How to choose between the visible return and the illusory pursuit of maximizing returns made Bo Nuo fall into deep thought.