Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

These people nodded in agreement.

Xiao Ce smiled and said, "Alright! Let's get straight to the point."

"First of all, let me tell you that I have already sold 20% of our Darklight brand in exchange for the naming rights to the castle that was just auctioned off, as well as a three-year free lease! So, we only have 80% of the shares left."

After saying this, Xiao Ce paused for a moment and did not continue.

Instead, they looked directly at these individuals...

Seeing that Xiao Ce had stopped speaking, these people said, "Mr. Ce, please continue..."

Xiao Ce thought they would find it inappropriate.

"Don't you see anything wrong with this deal?"

After Xiao Ce finished speaking, these people all shook their heads and said...

“There’s nothing wrong with it. That castle cost so much money to acquire. If our Dark Light brand can get the naming rights, the advertising effect will be ours.”

"Furthermore, we know that the castle was auctioned off jointly by John Jonard, the representative of the Western Guild, and the four major families: the Rust family, the Gallux family, the Aurelius family, and the Jaeger family. So, if I'm not mistaken, they will all hold shares."

Xiao Ce nodded.

These people continued their analysis: "Although they didn't pay much and only acquired 20% of the shares, which seems like a large share and a great deal... in reality, we have gained an invisible advantage. Mr. Ce, you want this castle to use as our brand's headquarters in the future, right?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "That's good. I'll also renovate it into a one-stop, high-end brand store. It will bring together all of our Dark Light products, turning the castle into a shop where everyone can come in..."

The group nodded: "That's great. Actually, even if those four major families and the Western Association's representative did nothing but quietly act as mascots... they would already have achieved twenty percent of their potential... These things can't be bought with money!"

Xiao Ce was quite satisfied after listening to what these people said.

These people truly deserve to be called top performers in their respective fields.

You know, this is not easy... In fact, even people from the twelve families wouldn't have this kind of thinking.

One of them continued, "That's right, Mr. Ce. So, the biggest problem now is, do they know we've joined? If they do... they might actually withdraw from our cooperation because of us... After all, if word gets out that we're cooperating with them, they'll lose face..."

"So, this is what you should be worried about!"

Xiao Ce smiled and said, "Alright, you don't need to worry about that! My idea is very simple: the four families, including the Western Association president, will share 20% of the shares equally, which is 4% for each family!"

"I plan to offer 40% of my shares for you to subscribe to. If you agree, 40% of the shares will cost 100 billion soles! The specific subscription method is up to you... Do you have any objections to this?"

These people looked at each other and shook their heads to indicate that they had no objections.

Moreover, they reached an agreement at almost the same time.

“No problem... We'll split the shares equally, and then the eight of us will share the 100 billion soles. We'll pay it all together…”

After hearing their story, Xiao Ce was surprised by their unexpectedly cheerful response.

Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?

These people shook their heads almost simultaneously: "Actually, there's no need to even consider it. It averages out to a little over 10 billion soles. While that's a lot, it's definitely not much..."

Xiao Ce then asked, "Then why don't you ask about the rate of return, or..."

These people looked at each other: "Mr. Ce, please don't mind. First of all, we trust Mr. Jin; secondly, we trust you; and finally, we trust Ms. Boudica."

“Mr. Ce, since Mr. Kimberly invited us here, we'll be frank... We don't care about making or losing money. We just want to make friends. We're attracted by Ms. Boudica's background and Mr. Ce's abilities..."

These people are very direct.

Xiao Ce naturally understood what they meant; these people were very direct.

Kimberly then said to Xiao Ce, "Brother Ce, they all know about Lady Boudica and the Targaryen family. They also strongly support your efforts to reclaim everything from the Targaryen family!"

"Because they are well aware of the conflicting interests between the Targaryen family and the William royal family. If you want to reclaim the Targaryen family, you will inevitably have to regain the British Empire's imperial power... Of course, don't misunderstand me, the point of me saying all this is that they believe that once you seize the imperial power, the Darklight brand will be guaranteed to make money..."

Xiao Ce had expected them to be direct, but he hadn't expected them to be this direct.

Xiao Ce smiled and said, "Alright! In that case, let's cooperate happily. Mr. Jin, please draft a contract, and we'll have it notarized at the notary office first! That is, each of your eight families will hold five percent of the shares!"

At this point, one of these people said, "Mr. Ce, we own more shares than those of John Jonard who represent them. They are prejudiced against us businessmen!"

Xiao Ce smiled and said, "I came here to correct the prejudices here... How can the Illuminati say one thing and do another? What's their slogan in Lingas City?"

These people subconsciously said, "Money is everything... but that's just a slogan."

Xiao Ce said, “Everyone! You don’t need to worry about this! The Illuminati shouts about freedom and equality... but they do indeed divide classes very clearly... I’m here to break down these things! You have no objections, right?”

Everyone nodded: "Of course we have no objection. We'd love to pay more money... in exchange for more shares..."

Xiao Ce said with a smile, "Don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future... as long as you have no objections! As for John Jonard and the others, they don't deserve any objections!"

Xiao Ce's words still surprised everyone.

So crazy!

However, they had no doubts!

The man before me exuded a leadership quality that commanded respect and admiration...

"Mr. Ce, then we will follow your arrangements!"