Chapter 433 Stacking Connections

Noticing that Larissa was a bit nervous, showing anxiety about getting business with him, Lothur considered what to do with her to take advantage of the situation.

'For now, I don't need coins since I have enough to pay my bills in the short term.' He was silent as he looked at this woman's beautiful face. 'But one of the main points of the Ritter Motor Company and the cars I will produce is not about coins, but about connections.'

Lothur knew that in this world, for someone to be successful in cultivation, they naturally needed coins. With these resources, they could buy all kinds of things to facilitate their cultivation, defensive and offensive items, techniques, in short, everything relevant to one's growth.

So coins were naturally essential to him.

But this was not all, much less the main reason for him to start a business with several partners. After all, if it were only coins, he could easily achieve this by selling parts of his organization to just one or two powerful families in the province.

However, Lothur did not just want this. He also wanted allies, people, and organizations that could be in his influence network and help him in different ways.

As such, he considered how much help this woman could offer him if she became one of his partners.

'I don't know if this will connect me to the Carstensen family, but having her on my side is certainly a way for me to access that organization. But, on the other hand, she herself is quite talented and certainly already has a good influence in the province.'

Larissa already had a cultivation level close to that of patriarchs of lesser noble organizations in the province. So he thought that she might already have a good influence locally was not an exaggeration!

Not only that, this woman, just like Rebecca, was close to finishing her activities in Sector 6 and graduating. So she could leave her student life in a short time and start something more relevant in the province.

Then he had to consider what the addition of this person would mean in his plans. "What exactly do you have to offer? Oh, right, I'm not talking about coins, although that will have its relevance."

She understood that he wanted to know how this business deal would benefit him in ways other than financially. "Well, you will have someone who can introduce you to people inside and outside the province and speak for you in the Carstensen family. At the same time, I plan to create my own family after the Secret Realm, so you will have that organization as an ally."

"Create your own family?" Lothur asked in surprise upon hearing that.

"Yes, I already have several of my fellow members in Angelic Feathers interested in joining my family after they graduate from the academy." She commented on that relevant fact. "Remember those three who were with me that other day? They will all become part of the family I intend to create."

"Oh?" Lothur was pleased to hear that since, from what Larissa was telling him, the family she would create would already be born quite powerful. But then he touched on another subject. "Do you intend to participate in the Secret Realm?"

"Yes, of course. That's the only reason I haven't graduated yet." She said to him, looking at him with interest.

"Are you already guaranteed a spot?" Lothur questioned her, already thinking about what might happen very soon.

"No, even though my position in my family is not bad, and they have spots in this event, I was still left out of the chosen group." She said, more or less understanding what he was getting at.

"Are you asking this because you think you will take my spot?"

Lothur smiled, nodding positively. "Unfortunately, they transferred me to Sector 6. So I'll have to get that spot."

She looked at him earnestly upon hearing that, knowing that Lothur's chances against her would be slim but that it would make no difference to try to demotivate him. "Hehe, very well then. I hope to meet you during the competition."

"Hmmm." He nodded, knowing she was not taking him seriously, but wondering how surprised she would not be in the future.

Then Lothur returned to the main subject. "It's not impossible for us to do business." He smiled and explained. "You don't have to worry about the Secret Realm slots. I'll manage that on my own. But I hope you won't be too disappointed about losing the slot to me and damaging our business."

She looked at him cautiously and said with sincerity. "That wouldn't happen even in that scenario you're imagining."

"Well then, hehe." Lothur continued. "So I can propose a deal on 3% of the Ritter Motor Company."

"How much will you want for that? I can pay 50% above the average amount for 1% the Koch family paid for their fraction." Larissa stated her financial limit at the moment.

Lothur showed one of his index fingers to her, waving it negatively. "Let's not talk about the coins right now. I want to clarify that if we make a deal, I will sell you 3% of the company, and you will have the same responsibilities as the shareholders who participated in the previous auction. But you will have some different rights and duties."

"What are you talking about?"

He replied. "You will have no voting rights, and I will have your voting rights until I hold a new auction to sell more fractions of the company."

She knew that he wanted to have control of this company so that he could lead without bureaucratic and political problems at the initial moment of the company. Since she was not against that, she accepted it without difficulty.

"But you will have to contribute to all the scheduled investments, including the recent one, which has already happened." He brought up this point that she was not yet aware of but that she saw no problem.

"All right."

Lothur continued. "More importantly, you will have to pay a fee for this fraction of Ritter Motor Company that will equal 30% of the lowest bid value of the auction I will hold in the future to sell more fractions of the company."

Hearing this, Larissa noted that she would pay quite a bit for this fraction, much more than the families who participated in the previous auction that Lothur held at the local hippodrome.

'This will be costly, but I will probably have my own family to pay for it by that time. And I will pay much less if I agree to it now than if I wait to join this society only in the future.' She clasped her hands together, feeling that this deal would still be good for her even if Lothur were a vile fellow who was making her bleed.

'If the Ritter Motor Company dominates the empire, something very likely to be achieved in a short time, the profits will be unimaginable...'

After a while in silence, she said. "All right. I agree to those terms."

With that decided, it was not long before the two signed an agreement similar to the ones this young man had made earlier. But with the caveats, he would continue to have 51% of the vote until that promised occasion.

In the end, the two said their goodbyes, each going their way to solve their problems!