Shadow Empire

Chapter 95 The Growth of the Foolish Son and the Upcoming Serious Situation

In some liquor stores that specialize in selling alcoholic beverages, there are often only a few bottles of high-end liquor. If customers need more, the owner will call the upper-level supplier to request the goods, or transfer the goods from other peers.

High-end wines are more expensive and require more capital, so they are not the best choice for profit-seeking businessmen.

The situation is the same here in Jingang City. There is a market for mid- to high-end wines, but sales are definitely not as fast as those of low-end wines.

For businessmen, the ultimate goal is to make funds roll quickly. Even if the profit from one roll is only 5%, as long as it rolls fast enough, the 5% profit can double his principal in a short period of time.

But if the rollover of funds is difficult, that is, the changes in the three forms of principal - goods - sales are very slow, even if the profit is 100%, the money they earn in the same period may not be more than 5%.

This led to a very special situation. Before the implementation of the Prohibition, the merchants who were qualified to know about this and began to stockpile alcohol, almost all stockpiled mid- and low-end alcohol. No one stockpiled high-end alcohol at all!

Even if some people stock up a little, it might be only a few hundred or a thousand bottles. Any more would not be cost-effective!
In fact, this is true. Mid- to high-end liquor that used to cost five or six yuan now costs eleven yuan, which has doubled.

But the price of wine that used to cost 59 cents is now two yuan, which is an increase of nearly three times. In fact, in the past two days, the growth rate of terminal sales price of low-end wine has begun to slow down because there is no shortage of low-end wine. However, the price of high-end wine has begun to increase faster because the inventory is small and the sales volume has remained stable.

Mr. Pasretto hopes to use this batch of wine to open up the market for high-end wine, and the batch of wine in Lans's hands gives them such an opportunity.

Even if they get it, they won't sell it to the outside in a short time.

If Lance felt that the world was full of beauty because of the huge fortune he had just obtained, then there was another person who had the same idea as him and was even happier!
For Arthur, this was the first time he made a lot of money without doing any evil, so he couldn't help but share his joy with his family by showing off.

“I sent it!”

At the dinner table, he couldn't help but brag about it to his father and mother. What Williams disliked most was the way he showed his emotions on his face, without any trace of himself.

This is also the reason why he would not choose Arthur as his successor. Such a person would be taken advantage of in the political arena, put into an oil barrel and thrown into Angel Lake.

He tapped his knife and fork together and looked at Arthur. "It's dinner time now. You have to learn to be quiet."

The young wife sitting opposite him interrupted him with a smile, "It's hard for Arthur to do anything right. I think it's okay to make him happy. Besides, there's only our family at the table, no one else."

Congressman Williams is more tolerant of his beautiful, young wife, whom he particularly likes.

This is a very special mentality. Sometimes they get along like a couple, but sometimes he feels like this is a daughter, so he will be particularly indulgent and doting. "Okay, you have the final say here."

The woman turned to look at Arthur, equally happy, "Tell me, it was 'us' who sent it."

Arthur was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that his mother accounted for a large part of the second investment. Suddenly he became a little alert, "We agreed to give you 300,000."

The woman manipulated her knife and fork gracefully, "Do you have any?"

Arthur looked at her with an expression of disbelief, then looked at his father, but Senator Williams had no intention of helping him. "This is a matter between you and your son. I don't know, and I won't intervene."

The woman blew her husband a kiss across the table, then looked at Arthur, "We agreed on half, did you forget?"

Arthur didn't say anything. She said in a very sad tone, "I raised you from childhood to this age, and now for a little money, you don't want to talk to me."

"Besides, do I want much?"

"If I didn't have this money, you wouldn't be able to earn even a penny of this income, let alone so much!"

Arthur felt his blood pressure rising. In fact, the income from the money he invested later was not as much as he had imagined.

He followed Mr. Jobaff's advice and stockpiled a large amount of cheap, low-end liquor. Through some connections of Councillor Williams, he was able to get it for about one dollar and thirty-five cents.

So far, each bottle has only brought him a profit of 85 cents, and the profit does not exceed 160,000.

Originally he only needed to give his mother 50,000 out of 160,000, but now he has to give 80,000...

When he came to his senses, he immediately agreed. He originally thought he would have to give a lot more, but now thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he couldn't give much.

Seeing that he agreed so readily, the woman felt much better and asked, "How much money did you make in total?"

Arthur suddenly became alert, "What do you want to do?" He felt that this was not powerful enough, so he raised his voice a little, "That's my money!"

The woman looked at Congressman Williams, who took a napkin and dabbed the corners of his mouth. "Answer your mother's question."

Arthur looked at the two of them and wanted to not answer, but Senator Williams' gaze put a lot of pressure on him. He could only whisper, "About 500,000."

Congressman Williams was also stunned, "So many?"

He thought that maybe 200,000 or 300,000 yuan might be the limit, but he didn't expect that his youngest son actually made so much money. He quickly realized the core problem, "Where did you get the capital?" he explained.

"My mother gave me 250,000 yuan, and I borrowed 250,000 yuan from Qiaobafu. Then I mortgaged some of my watches, cars and other things to the bank and got more than 100,000 yuan."

"Before this, I took out all my money, two hundred thousand, and stocked up a large amount of high-end wine."

"My capital is actually more than 800,000 yuan, and I only made more than 500,000 yuan, which I don't think is much at all."

Congressman Williams' expression was a little serious. "I hope you didn't abuse my name." He paused and said, "I didn't expect you to make such a big deal. Get rid of these things in your hands as soon as possible."

Arthur was a little confused. "They said the price will go up even higher in December. If I sell it now, I'll make a lot less money!"

"I'm not negotiating with you, Arthur, I'm ordering you to do as I say!" Congressman Williams' attitude was firm.

The woman sitting opposite coughed, "Honey, why don't you explain to your stupid son why you did this?"

He didn't want to explain. "I think he just needs to know how to do it. As for why, it makes no difference to him whether he knows or not."

"But you said so..."

He began to explain, "You have too much alcohol in your hand. We have just joined the Temperance Alliance. In order to show our determination to prohibit alcohol to those in higher positions, we must make some achievements."

Arthur's mother added, "Catch some liquor dealers."

Councilman Williams nodded, "Yes, dear, catch some liquor dealers."

"If you're just playing around, I can do whatever you want, but you have millions of bottles of wine in your hands. Once those bastards who have long been dissatisfied with me find out about this and report you to the state government, I can't protect you either."

"So for your own safety and the safety of your family, you'd better dispose of all your alcohol within a week."

"You have already made five or six hundred thousand, be careful that greed will make you lose it all!"

Arthur still wanted to struggle a little longer. By December, his profit would be at least 700,000 or 800,000 yuan, or even more!

But the look in Senator Williams' eyes frightened him, and he finally lowered his head, "I know."

Congressman Williams thought for a moment and said, "Let James help you dispose of the wine. I will let him give you the money without moving a penny."

James is William's half-brother and the eldest son of Congressman Williams, James Williams, a young political upstart in the city of Golden Harbor.

Although this batch of wine is a hot commodity, if used well, James can gain the friendship of many people.

His friendships with these people are his own, and only the connections that James has built himself are his own.

If I don't help him build his own network of contacts and interests when I still have the ability, the moment he closes his eyes, the "Williams Family" will be served on the table!
Millions of bottles of wine are enough for James to become good friends with these tycoons, both openly and secretly.

Arthur wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing. This was how it was in this family. No matter what, it belonged to James.

And he is just a dispensable "stupid son".

After lunch, Congressman Williams called James over and said, "Your brother has over a million dollars' worth of wine. Please help him get rid of it as soon as possible. You know what I mean."

James looked at Arthur in surprise. In his impression, this idiot could only cause trouble and bring trouble to Congressman Williams. Apart from that, he could not do anything else.

"Hey, what's that look in your eyes?" Arthur was immediately dissatisfied. "Can't I just make some money?"

James couldn't help laughing, "Of course, I just find it a little unbelievable..." He smiled, and his expression looked like he was saying "Our idiot has made it big."

Congressman Williams paid no attention to the "interaction" between his sons, but simply urged, "Be quick."

"In order to gain more attention, the governor will definitely try to come up with some eye-catching results. Don't let us become the target!"

James also put away his smile, "I understand. I will contact those who need these wines this afternoon."

"What are they, by the way?"

“Any high-end wine?”

(End of this chapter)