Chapter 246: Facing the Stanley Chamber of Commerce
Entering from the city gate of the inner harbor of Port O'Brien, there is an extremely wide road. This road leads directly to the dock of the outer harbor near the sea. Countless horse-drawn carriages pass through this road called Boli Avenue every day.
In the center of Boli Avenue, there is a gorgeously decorated mansion. From the eyes of passers-by on the avenue, one can easily see the influence of the characters or forces in this mansion in the local area.
This mansion is the headquarters of the Stanney Chamber of Commerce. On the surface, this chamber of commerce controls the internal and external trade of Grave Territory; but secretly, they can be called the underground lords of Grave Territory.
At this time, the atmosphere inside the Stanney Chamber of Commerce headquarters did not have the sense of splendor that the gorgeous mansion gave people. Instead, it was miserable.
In the conference room, a dignified-looking old man sitting at the head of the long table looked very ugly. At this time, some middle-aged people and even young people below were constantly communicating and even making noises.
The old man at the head of the group became more and more noisy as the others below, and his face became more and more ugly. Finally, when the noise reached a critical point, the old man broke out.
"That's enough! Shut up!" the old man shouted angrily. Obviously, the old man's power was very effective on the other people sitting around the long table, and the people who were still noisy fell silent instantly.
"Noisy, noisy, noisy, what are you arguing about?! There has been no result in arguing for a long time, so what's the use of you?!" The old man slapped the table with his palm, and actually made a big palm print on the table.
Everyone below saw the old man getting angry, and they were all silent. For a while, no one dared to say a word. After an awkward moment of silence, a middle-aged man who seemed to have a lot of status and was sitting on the right hand side of the old man spoke boldly, but he could still feel the fear of the old man's mood at this moment from his cautious tone.
"Mr. President, it's not that our army is incompetent, it's just that the Communist army is too cunning. No, what did I just say? Well, Sir, it's not that we can't think of a way. It's just that this lord's background is a bit big. By the way, The ability of our Stanislav Chamber of Commerce may not be able to compete with the lords assigned by the St. Child family."
It turns out that the old man is the president of the Stannie Chamber of Commerce, and the dozen or so people here are the management of the Stannie Chamber of Commerce. A few days ago, after the Stani Chamber of Commerce learned through its own channels the background of the upcoming new lord of the Grave Territory, the entire Stani Chamber of Commerce was in a state of despair.
The previous lords only had the title of Viscount, and they all belonged to the kind of small nobles with no background, and they were unwilling to be the puppets of the Stanislav Chamber of Commerce; the new lord is not only a count, but also has Sheng Chai behind him. Thinking about the behemoth of the De family, everyone in the Chamber of Commerce must be even more unwilling to be controlled by the Stanney Chamber of Commerce.
But because our lord, Earl O'Brien, carries the famous name of the St. Childs family, it is impossible for the Stanney Chamber of Commerce to deal with this new lord according to "customary"; this name is usually used in Greif led the powerful president, vice-president, and branch presidents with frowns.
After another long silence, President Stannie spoke: "The new Earl O'Brien should arrive here in the near future. We must find a way to protect the interests and status of the Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible."
After a pause, President Stannie looked around at the faces of everyone present and said slowly: "According to intelligence, Count O'Brien is a mage. It is said that he is very powerful and relatively young. Generally, mages have a relatively strong desire for power. Low, we can contribute a lot of magic materials when necessary."
Everyone below heard this and understood in their hearts that they were trying to compromise with the new lord! However, this was a desperate move. Facing O'Brien, who had a terrifying background, they had no choice but to cut the flesh and bleed it.
All the vice-presidents and branch presidents listened quietly to President Stanley's words. The next step is probably to assign tasks and ask everyone here to come up with some materials. This is a topic that everyone is concerned about - no one wants to suffer a loss.
However, before President Stannie could say anything, a deafening sound came from outside the conference room, startling everyone. President Stannie, who was sitting at the front, was the first to react. He lowered his face and whispered to the guard standing behind him: "Kelly, go out and see what's going on."
After escort Kelly whispered that he obeyed the order, he walked towards the door of the conference room. But when he just walked to the door and was about to open the conference room door, an accident happened. "Peng!" There was another loud noise, and because the distance was closer, the sound was louder than the previous one.
I saw the door of the conference room turned into a piece of debris flying in with a loud noise, and the guard Kelly who had just walked behind the door of the conference room was blown away by the air wave generated by the explosion of the door, and was hit hard. on the long table among the crowd. The long table was quite sturdy, and the table legs only shook a few times when hit by the burly Kelly, and then stabilized again.
The table was stable, but the people sitting around the table were not. Everyone, including the president, stood up in a hurry. No one cared about the debris from the door flying on them. They all looked intently at the front wall of the conference room that had turned into a big hole.
The dust gradually settled, and a voice that could not be distinguished between a man and a woman came from the hole: "You don't need to contribute any magic materials to this earl. The Stanley Chamber of Commerce can just change its name to O'Brien." Hearing these words, everyone in the conference room felt a shudder in their hearts, and the pupils of President Stanley, who was at the top, suddenly shrank.
When the dust settled, a figure covered in a black robe appeared in front of the management staff of the Stanley Chamber of Commerce. This person took out his black robe, holding a dark green staff in his white jade-like hands, and a giant wolf with golden fur lying beside him. Judging from the debris in front of the giant wolf's claws, the explosion of the conference room door was obviously caused by the giant wolf.
Looking at the guard lying on the ground outside the conference room door and Kelly lying on the long table groaning, President Stanley couldn't help but feel angry. But he was old and wise, and he didn't show this anger at all. Instead, he put on a smile, walked out from behind the table, and greeted the black-robed figure standing outside the conference room.
"This must be Lord Earl of O'Brien, right? Oh, sorry, I should call him Lord Lord. I wonder why Lord Lord came to the headquarters of our Stanley Chamber of Commerce instead of settling down in the Lord's Mansion after arriving at O'Brien Port?"