Amid the melodious music played live by a 20-person orchestra, the cocktail party hosted by Count Aldridge officially kicked off.

Although the memory in his mind has fully shown Donald what he needs to do in such a social situation, this memory belongs to someone else after all. Donald himself is not a topic that he likes to pretend to be familiar with a group of strangers and talks about topics that he doesn't even know what the meaning is.

But Sevit Taros seems to like this kind of activity very much.

It’s not that he is so talkative, but in fact, this guy’s personality can be said to be very bad. He talks to people to enjoy the pleasure of being flattered by nobles or big capitalists, probably to make up for the loss he felt after being bullied in his family by those who were not much different from him in his position.

What is somewhat helpless is that Sevit Taros does have this capital. As the ruler of Renas, East Desertshire, even if he abandons the giant Taros family, there are still quite a few people in the county trying to curry favor with him.

And this means that even though Donald stood still, his existence still shone like a firefly in the dark.

Unfortunately, what they attract is not pure and simple children, but a group of bed bugs who pursue fame and fortune.

For example, Viscount Joyce in front of him.

It must be stated here that the title of aristocratic only reflects a person's official status recognized by the Ryan Empire, rather than his true social status.

Similarly, titles cannot represent a person's power or something else.

The best example is Donald and Adrien, who died of an "accident", both of them are viscounts, but the former is the ruler of Renas. In his name, whether it is real money or various factories and shops, they are at least two levels better than the latter.

Don't get me wrong. This is not to belittle Adrien. He does not have an earl-level family to support him. Even in this case, he can still compete with Sevit Taros, who is the life goal of exploiting Renas for the position of mayor, which is enough to face his family in the same viscount.

The gap between Viscount Joyce and him is probably not much different from the gap between him and Donald...

To put it bluntly, this viscount only inherited a name to a large extent, and the assets under his name are pitifully small.

According to what Sevitt remembers, he was the one who instigated Sevitt to cooperate with him to seize the mineral company. Because of his lack of capital, this guy especially likes to be a broker. By engaging in speculation in the aristocratic circle, he specifically provides insider information to some nobles with relatively closed news or simply helps them to seize the profits of their own, with the purpose of being able to make money on the other party.

It’s true that he really made a fortune in the aristocratic circle by relying on such things. After all, most nobles focus on enjoyment, and few people think about making profits for themselves by bullying weaker families or capitalists all day long.

Many times, even if they think about it, they won’t do it, because it will be a big blow to their reputation.

However, Joyce and Servet can be said to have a similar stinking taste. If it is a bit ugly, it can be described as collusion.

"Dear Mr. Sevit, please allow me to tell you a great news. The mining company has been unable to continue to support it recently. The debt they have accumulated has completely interrupted their capital chain. The pressure we have put together has caused problems in other industries of the Steve family. According to reliable news, the lady is preparing to sell the mining company at an auction later tonight."

Joyce's expression was always a little exaggerated when he spoke, but today he saw that Sevitt, a rare mask-wearing and standing aside with a gloomy face, stood aside and drinking with a somber look, and he spoke with a little cautious.

The assassination that occurred in Renas some time ago had already spread in the aristocratic circles in East Germany. He naturally knew that it was said that the assassination killed all the guards around Sevit Taros, causing him to suffer huge losses.

Joyce has also heard about Adrien recently, so he subconsciously thought that the other party was in a bad mood because he had too many worries. Even if such a beautiful and thrilling lady stood beside him, it was still difficult for him to relax his eyebrows.

In fact, this is a gesture that Donald put on to avoid excessive communication with people. After all, there is no requirement that guests must have a smile on their faces.

"Well, I'm going to participate in the auction."

This mineral company is a must-have industry Donald has, and this company is indispensable for his Howling Forest Development Plan, so he is too lazy to talk nonsense to Joyce and directly expresses his intentions.

And his statement made Joyce stunned.

"What do you want that mineral company to do? This is not in line with our original agreement."

In this cooperation, Joyce was a middleman, responsible for the nobles or big capitalists who were interested in the mineral company. In the original contract, Sevitt required 30% of the shares of the mineral company, and the price he paid was to oppress those chambers of commerce that had cooperated with the Steve family in his own name and let them put pressure on the Steve family.

This kind of effort is big or small, and it is a happy ending for everyone to occupy 30% of the shares.

One of the other two parties involved in the cooperation was a well-known mining tycoon in Dongde County. He wanted a mining company to enhance his own strength, and the other was Viscount of Mata City. What he wanted was a bit weird.

He doesn't want shares or money, but wants the women of the Steve family.

After the death of Baron Steve, he left behind a mother and daughter, who were said to be two extremely beautiful women, and they were the ones he liked.

The idea is simple, to destroy this family first, because Baron Steve's title is the lowest, once his strength is not good, it is actually no different from a civilian.

The above is all about the contract.

"I have money, can't I auction it?"

Donald slowly drank fruit wine and continued to say to Joyce, who was embarrassed and anxious,

"According to the rules, compete fairly, and those with higher prices will get it!"

"Are you breaking the agreement between us? It's been a long time since... Viscount Philip and Mr. Theodore have been planning for this day for a long time. You suddenly intervened. Not only is it difficult for me to explain to them, but those two probably won't agree... Viscount Philip is here, why don't you both talk?"

Joyce has no choice now. As a broker, this is the situation that he fears the most. These three are people he can't afford to offend, and the person in front of him is obviously in a very bad mood now. It's not a good idea to anger him at this time.

As soon as he saw Viscount Philip walking here, Joyce thought of pushing the trouble out and letting these big men discuss the result by themselves.

Following Joyce's gaze, Donald saw the middle-aged man with a fat body walking quickly towards him.

To be precise, he was walking towards Stephanie.

"Oops......"

Joyce's face turned a little ugly after he noticed this. He knew Viscount Philip's virtue very well. The stallion he wanted to get on when he saw a beautiful woman was the most appropriate title for him.

Relying on the family business accumulated by the previous generation, this guy has harmed many people.

Judging from his current appearance, he obviously wanted to continue his usual behavior.

This is true. Philip attended this cocktail party to hunt for beauty, and the beauty in front of him was undoubtedly one of the most eye-catching people in the entire cocktail party.

Of course, Philip is not a fool. Most of the time, after discovering the target, he will confirm the other party's male companion before deciding on his way of action.

But this time, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't remember who the "little white face" next to the beauty was. As a social master in the aristocratic circle of Dongde County, since he had no impression in his mind, it meant that the other party was not a real high-level figure.

Then what else to worry about?

"Beautiful lady, please allow me to invite you..."

As a gentleman, of course, you must first communicate with this lady in close communication with a reasonable reason.

Inviting to dance a dance is undoubtedly a very good start. This is a very normal invitation in the upper class and will generally not be rejected, not to mention that his identity is the best among the people present.

Unfortunately, he found the wrong partner in estrus.

"Shut your mouth and go back to your pigpen right now, otherwise I don't guarantee that you will be able to stand and leave here today."

Since he is destined to be an enemy, Donald naturally would not give this guy a good look, not to mention that what he wants to show today is a person who has always been arrogant and domineering but is in a very bad mood at this time.

Hiss ~

Joyce next to him immediately took a breath after hearing this.

Joyce knew Viscount Philip would be rejected, but he did not expect to be rejected by such humiliating words.

Even the bystanders felt too much, let alone Viscount Philip, as the person involved.
Chapter completed!