Surviving as a Writer in the British Empire - Surviving as a Writer in the British Empire chapter 32

Bearings Scandal(1)

“Mr. Miller, please be honest.”

I spoke with an extremely serious expression and voice.

I’ve never been this serious since I worked for him.

“Really… would this be enough for a present for the children?”

“You know better than I do.”

I had no idea that telling me to believe in myself would feel so irresponsible. I saw Mr. Miller’s expression.

I’m sure it is. that old man Apparently, they are confident that the kids have been playing with me for the first time in a while! Don’t let me grow up!!

Let’s see. If I go down to Ashfield, I will generously show the dignity of my 10-year experience playing with my younger siblings. I will make the word ‘I like my uncle!’ come out of the question ‘Do you like my father or my uncle?’

Unlike parents, uncles have a huge advantage over children.

That’s just doing what you want without thinking about the next day!

‘As soon as we go, we have to blind them with sweet candies and toys. In addition, if you read the new short story I secretly wrote, that’s three games!’

With a perfect strategy to never lose, I bought stuff.

But for some unforeseen reason, I had to be more tied up in London.

“Uh, so… you sent an official letter from Scotland Yard to the ‘author’ Hanslo Jean asking for cooperation in the investigation? As a publisher?”

“hahahaha… Yes, that’s right.”

“Even the content is about stock price manipulation?”

“······yes.”

In the end, the string of patience that I couldn’t stand was cut off.

The reason is absurd.

“No, you asked for advice from an ‘author’ who is not an economist!?”

What is this, what is this?

***

“Oh, stupid things!!”

Gregory Villiers ran amok.

His direct subordinates, John and Harold, had to swallow their saliva and bow their heads.

No, I might be really crazy.

And it was worth it.

No matter how much the British Empire’s best duke, the Villiers family, could never pass lightly, so much money flew into the air.

“Where are you, where did the information leak!!”

Gregory couldn’t help but think so.

The so-called country where the sun never sets, the British Empire is right now shining the brightest in the world.

However, its origin, the British Isles, and its primary industry were too poor to fully handle the food situation of this sunless country.

So Britain was importing most of the food it consumed domestically from cheap plantations in Central and South America, especially Argentina.

If it doesn’t work inside, outside. It is indeed a British judgment.

And it was all being done in the name of Barings Investment Bank.

As people cannot live without rice even if they live without money, the value of Barings is as great as that of a national project. In other words, if you get this bank, you will have unlimited power.

So, Gregory burst out.

A coup in Argentina.

Fortunately, it was a bad harvest.

Barings Bank had most of its assets in Argentine government bonds, and when the coup prevented it from playing a role in supplying food, the stock price naturally fell.

Gregory knew.

Anyway, the British government has to save Barings Bank because of the food problem.

It’s probably going to cost a lot of money, but that’s not his concern.

Then, if you pick up the stocks of Barings Bank, which has fallen into the abyss, here!

─hahahaha! Everything is going according to plan! With this, Charles, Ader, and those pesky bastards won’t have to bother anymore!

He then celebrated himself by opening a bottle of French wine he had been saving for a long time.

If this continues, his power will rise rapidly.

You will be able to stand tall as the successor in an instant, overtaking your second son or uncle who is not like you.

That’s right… Gregory also had a time when he thought that way.

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“What the hell are they doing, these dog-like bastards!!”

He threw away the goblet in his hand.

Glass shards bounced in all directions with a clicking sound.

Still, he couldn’t hide his excitement.

Contrary to his expectations, the government quickly found a substitute for Argentina.

“Southeast Asia! Southeast Asia!!”

It was an unexpected flow.

It is also true that Southeast Asia is far from England, so transportation costs are more than twice that of Argentina, a South American country.

The problem was the cost.

As soon as a proper route was pierced, the productivity that spewed out of the enormous population exploded like a clogged dam bursting.

It’s as if he couldn’t sell because he didn’t have a way to sell, not that he didn’t have anything to sell.

And the bondi price is set according to production and demand.

Given this situation, the price was nothing short of bargain compared to Argentinian goods, which had skyrocketed due to Creole labor costs.

It sounds like there is no competition.

“aaa!”

Is that all? With bad timing, whistleblowers pointed out the lax management of Barings Bank, and Barings was heading into a situation that even the Bank of England could not save.

In the end, Barings’ stock price is just falling into an endless abyss, as if proving that there is even a lower bottom.

And the one who brought out all this flow…

Conquistador Spanish Investment Bank.

In fact, it was a ghost company that could not be found in Spain.

“Get off now!! Don’t think anyone will come in until we find out who these bastards are!!”

“Yes, yep! All right!!”

John and Harold went out of business. However, they did not have the jaw to dig the back of the unknown ghost company.

The place they ran to would not have any information they wanted.

Rather, it is an inconspicuous corner room in the Villiers mansion where they started.

The answer was there.

“Oh, it is very noisy. Do you think it is a house where you live alone?”

“······Youngest boy.”

The youngest member of the Villiers family, Vincent Villiers.

The youngest, whom no one expected to become the heir to the ducal family.

That’s why the boy, who is causing waves in the London stock market by using the borrowed name of a Spanish company, runs out with cold eyes. He quietly looked down at the two servants who killed him in his previous life.

Then he turned his head and met the eyes of the person waiting for him.

“Now, did I tell you? It will be like this.”

“…”

“What are you going to do now, Mr. Ashburn? I think I gave the person who was once my tutor a chance.”

“…”

“I will be loyal to the sinking Gregory to the end, or else.”

would you hold my hand

Like a demon, enchanting.

Like an angel, beautifully.

The boy’s voice cut deep into the mind of a mere economist…

***

London Stock Exchange.

Inside the dome where the warm sun was pouring in after a long time, the men sitting in the corner were chatting with pipes in their mouths.

“Have you seen ＜Temple Bar＞ this month?”

“Ah, are you talking about ＜Vincent Villiers＞?”

“Yes, that.”

“of course. Now, I brought it here.”

One person pulled out a book from Sook from his bosom.

As long as it is a place where those who control the economy of London, no, the world are gathered. ＜Vincent Villiers＞ was a topical work here as well.

Isn’t that stimulating first of all, and it was all the more so because the characters appearing in the work were strangely related to them.

“Hey, I don’t know how you wrote this…”

The employee who brought the magazine, Harrison, murmured in admiration.

Of course, he wasn’t the stock exchange fund manager that people often admire, nor did he manage money all day like a bank teller.

It was just a general affairs and administrative position common in large corporations.

However, even as a school puppy, if it is 3 years old, ‘I came, I saw, I won (Vēnī. Vīdī. Vīcī).’ I know the degree.

Since there are rumors that I have heard, I knew roughly what the money was like, and with that knowledge, ＜Vincent Villiers＞ had a corner that matched quite a bit.

And that amplified his interest even more.

Do you see as much as you know?

Employees met their desire for intellectual superiority by seeing the reflection of reality in novels that others might not know about, so they could confidently say that they were enjoying themselves more than others.

Harrison shook his lips excitedly at his colleagues.

“It was the same with the last wheat short sale, and this time it was really good.”

“Yes, yes. Thanks to that, Gregory, that bastard’s plan was watered down.”

“It’s easy for the devil to come up with an idea not to start a war for their own benefit. He will be punished.”

Opium War? What is it? Are you eating?

Now in their 30s, they don’t know about the war that happened on the other side of the world 50 or 40 years ago.

I’m still busy drying and killing ants, but if I care about that, it’s hard to make a living.

So, Harrison began to shout even more as a god at the sight of his comrades sympathizing with him.

“After all, isn’t that right? Through this incident, he brought Ashburn under his command!”

“okay. Ashburn is old, but as an economist who has also been worn out in the business world, he will be a big axis in Vincent’s business in the future. Ah~ I envy you, I wish I had a subordinate like that.”

“That sounds not funny. Do you have such a competent underling under you? I’m sure he’ll get promoted right away and take care of you.”

“what? child?”

“why? Please give me this report on time.”

They giggled and flipped through the pages of Temple Bar in the corner, discussing their predictions.

So, I didn’t notice.

Behind them as they happily flipped through the magazine, the boss opened his eyes and stabbed him in the back of the head before he knew it.

Damn-!

“Oh, my head!!”

“Harrison. Your arms are stretched, aang?”

“Boo, manager!”

“You mean you were here without uploading the documents I said?”

Taking his eyes off the magazine, Harrison met the bald manager’s eyes and was speechless until the manager’s angry, demonic face took away his magazine.

“Ahahahaha, then let’s talk.”

“Oops, time is running out already… we’re going to stop going in.”

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Quickly, my colleagues hurriedly turned off the pipe and quickly left their seats.

While Harrison, who was left alone, looked at them with resentment, his boss waved Harrison’s magazine and said,

“I will return this when I get off work. And, this month’s salary is reduced!”

“Oh my God, Manager, you are too good!”

“What’s the point of playing around during work hours! Thank you for not taking the punishment!!”

The manager snorted and said so.

Eventually, when Harrison went back to work, the manager shook his head and opened the stolen magazine, ＜Temple Bar＞.

“Tsk. Anyway, I’ll go home and see. These days, things are easily and easily saved.”

I know who you don’t want to see.

Of course, thanks to that, I came up with a good excuse, so I can see it at work instead of on my way home from work.

The manager secretly flipped through the magazine slowly.

And deep down I understood why Harrison had made such a fuss.

Certainly, this episode was also fun.

If what Harrison had was the knowledge of the dog near the school, what he had was that of the principal’s cat.

That wealth of knowledge made the taste even deeper. While turning the pages with the climax approaching like that.

‘······uh?’

He felt a sense of deja vu.

As I just said, he has been behind the London Stock Exchange for a long time, enough to be called Harrison, and has the knowledge and information of the weight of the position of manager.

“This, no way…”

So, in his eyes, there was something more than Harrison.

Although the local situation in Argentina is only revealed lightly in the work. This is totally…

‘Argentina, if this is not Gregory, but Gibbs & Sons…’

As I look at my recent work, the contents that flowed from conversations with high-ranking people pass through my mind.

The economic depression that began in 1890.

bailout from the Bank of England.

Above all, a coup…

If, very if, this story from the novel could be possible in real life. No… What if it’s already happened?

“Stop, no way!?”

it happened

The manager hurriedly picked it up and headed ‘above’.

“Boss! Where are you going?”

“Disregard this and finish what you are doing! I’m in a hurry, so I’ll drop by for a while and then I’ll go home right away!”

If his reasoning is correct, this would cause a stir in the London Stock Exchange. He ran so fast that his feet sweated.

and after a while

The Securities and Exchange board of the London Stock Exchange has declared an outright trading ban on current Governor William Rutherdale and former Governor Henry Hux Gibbs of the Bank of England.