Mixed Blessing System

As the night progressed, many interested in the next day’s auction were already aware of the arrival of many groups in this city.

Even Saints had been sensed arriving in Peters City, and precisely because of this, several of the nobles of the empire were already gathering in the hotels and restaurants of this city.

These people were experts with centuries of experience. They were not stupid to think they alone could get into the Ritter Motor Company with so many interested people in Peters City.

…

In a hall of a local hotel, a group of 5 Transcendents was gathered around a table.

There were a few plates of food and glasses of wine.

However, none of these well-dressed men and women were paying attention to their plates.

“Folks, I have gathered you here because, with so many envoys from the major powers of the empire and even from outside Leopoldine, we will have no chance of getting into the Ritter Motor Company if we are separated.” A level 17 man, a patriarch of a large family in the empire, said this to these people.

“Well, I propose an alliance between our houses. Let’s pool our resources and acquire a fraction of the Ritter Motor Company!”

Everyone there immediately agreed with this man’s suggestion.

Another nobleman then said. “But what would this partnership look like?”

The strongest one there said. “We will come together in a company that will control our fraction in the Ritter Motor Company.

In that group, we will have to choose a leader to represent our interests within that company. Still, we will divide the profits and responsibilities equally.”

“Will that work?” A woman asked.

“Yes, part of the Ritter Motor Company’s shareholders already do that. Someone named August Klossner seems to have managed to buy 4% of this company by allying with the wealthy local merchants.

That was long ago when the company hadn’t even launched its cars yet. Now we can do the same as that person to achieve our goals here.” He said, confident that this auction would be much more crowded than the first one.

…

Simultaneously to this meeting in that hotel, in a restaurant, another group was meeting for the same purpose.

“Duke Meyr, Bartels, Schedl, we have no alternative but to get together to contest the bids in the Ritter Motor Company auction.” One of the dukes of Leopoldine said solemnly. “Even the Jansen family is in Peters City, so we will be left out of this magnificent deal if we don’t have a lot of capital on hand.”

“My family has a lot of gold coins… Do you think we can’t get a fraction for ourselves?” One of the most uncomfortable with this idea said this.

“I don’t doubt it. But I believe that to get a mere 1% of the Ritter Motor Company, any one of us would have to use all of our families’ resources.

What will we do after that? How will we fulfill our responsibilities?” That person asked, looking into the eyes of the man who asked him that. “Are you willing to see your family go bankrupt? The Ritter Motor Company will not distribute its profits in the short term. They are focused on expanding their operations.”

“That…”

The men in that group had nothing to say against that, feeling that every slice of the Ritter Motor Company would be hugely competitive to get.

“I agree with you. Let’s form a partnership to get into that company.”

“But how exactly will that work?”

“Well…”

…

“What? You want to buy my family’s shares of the Ritter Motor Company?” Gomeric rises from his armchair upon hearing a business proposal from a group of nobles of the empire.

In his meeting room at the Becker family headquarters, six patriarchs of families from various provinces of the empire were sitting there in the vicinity for this conversation.

Hilda was together with some of the trusted men of this family, attending this meeting requested by this group 1 hour ago.

The strongest man of that group, level 16, leader of the newly formed alliance of their families, smiled and said. “Gomeric, we have a great proposal for you, haha.

At the last Ritter Motor Company auction, the founder collected about 22 million silver coins for 49% of the company. That’s just under 4.5 million bronze coins per 1%.

We are here to offer you 70 million bronze coins for 4% of the Ritter Motor Company.

Your family would still own 3% of this company, so we believe this would be a very good deal for all of us.”

Upon hearing those words, Hilda and Gomeric were open-mouthed at the proposition from these people.

If they accepted this, they would profit over 50 million bronze coins!

For an investment of a few months, this was a significant return!

However, neither of them was foolish enough to accept that immediately.

“Patriarchs, at the moment, we have been advised by the management of the Ritter Motor Company not to negotiate our shares. We won’t be able to talk about it until after the auction is over.” Hilda said, pushing those people away from their goal there.

“Are you sure about that?” Another person there asked. “We may not keep our offer after the auction…”

“We are willing to take the risk. In any case, we are delighted with our position and have no intention of disposing of it now.” Gomeric smiled.

While those people refused to give up this business easily and made their comments trying to convince the people in this family, Elke entered that room unannounced.

“What’s going on here?” She asked, surprising those people with her powerful level 18 aura.

‘Divine Soul Transcendent?’ Those people there to negotiate with the Becker family were quiet momentarily, staring intensely at this red-haired beauty.

“Elke, how nice of you to return. These people are here to negotiate our holdings in the Ritter Motor Company.” Hilda said to her daughter, causing those people to frown.

“Elke?”

“Elke Becker?”

Those men knew who Elke was and, as such, couldn’t help but swallow their salivations upon discovering that this girl, who wasn’t even 18 was already at level 18. 𝘰𝑣𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

‘How is this possible? What are they giving this girl?’

‘Does the Becker family have someone that strong?’

Gulp!

Elke already knew what was going on there, as she had been called by her parents moments ago. But she pretended to have just found that out and said. “So that’s it… Please, focus your coins on tomorrow’s auction. The Ritter Motor Company will not accept any side trades of our holdings the day before the auction.”

“That’s…”

These people knew that Elke was part of the controlling family of the Ritter Motor Company and finally gave up on this attempt.

“Well, I hope to see us again soon.” One of those men said that as he smiled bitterly. “I expect the Becker family remains open to talks. We will be back with a new proposal in a few days.”

“We will wait for that.” Gomeric smiled.