CH 21.2

“Hey, watch it. You looked like a hunter waiting for herbivores to get trapped.”

Zoe’s words were half right and half wrong.

I thought about tying Zoe next to me for a while, but I gave up. She wasn’t a herbivore but a carnivore.

Zoe as a cute rabbit or deer with big eyes? It didn’t go well with her.

“Okay, let’s wrap this up.”

I clapped my hands as I joked over what Zoe said. She stood up and listened, focused.

“People who left their deposits at Phoenix Bank started withdrawing all of their money at once, right?”

“Of course. My guild offers an interest rate thrice as big. Diana, I wanted to ask you now. Are you really going to give them an interest rate thrice as big as Pheonix Bank”

“I promised them that, didn’t I?”

Zoe looked at me with a distrustful look.

I found the depositors to shake the Pheonix Bank up.

And I sent Zoe’s subordinates to meet them and recommend them to change their Bank in return for three-times higher interest.

It was not exactly a bank but a treasury guild. I built one because it was easier to establish a treasury guild than a bank.

People wouldn’t believe what Zoe’s subordinates said. Therefore, I paid interest to some people in advance. Among those who received interest, the words about how it was an excellent place to invest and a reliable place spread.

Then people came on their own and began to entrust their money to the guild.

‘It could be considered as fraud.’

However, it was okay since I didn’t intend to cheat them; I would pay all their deposit interest as promised.

“Where are you going to get all that money?”

“Auntie, you still don’t know? I have a lot of money. I’m not saying that I have three times the amount of the principal; all I need is just three times the amount of the interest.”

Was there anything bigger than an elephant’s booger? Zoe’s opened her mouth wide in shock.

To be honest, I couldn’t cover all of the interest with my own money alone, so I decided to use the money my mother left for me.

“Are you sure you’re 13? I won’t do business with you. You’re too aggressive.”

“That’s not true. You have to run a business with someone like me. Someone who won’t get hurt even if they fail.”

When I raised my chin, Zoe laughed. I gave her some time to feel proud of me.

“Tell what your plan is.”

She dragged a chair and sat in front of me.

“If the deposits are withdrawn at once, Phoenix Bank will collapse. But there’s no way Julia would leave this matter alone. Especially because it’s related to Phoenix Bank.”

I think it’s related. The reaction she showed when she brought up Phoenix Bank was evidence.

“If she doesn’t do anything, Julia could invest a little in Pheonix Bank anyway.”

That was just for a cover so that she could at least still receive dividends from the Bank’s profit.

She had to make sure that there was a hole to escape legally.

“The royal family make investments everywhere. Isn’t that a problem too?”

“She has investment before becoming a Queen.”

“That’s even weirder. Didn’t she used to be poor?”

“That’s why the relationship between Julia and the Phoenix Bank president is suspicious.”

Zoe raised her hands, implying that she would not intervene further.

“Phoenix Bank will collapse.”

“Yes, they will. What about the twilight mansion? Didn’t you do this because of the twilight mansion?”

“That’s right. That’s why Phoenix Bank, which holds the twilight mansion as collateral,….”

I smiled meaningfully.

“What? What is it? Tell me.”

Zoe looked at me anxiously as she was dying to know my answer.

“I’m going to buy it.”

“What?”

Zoe finally dropped the cigarette she was holding in her hand.

After meeting her, I became busier.

Since no one could know that the Irenberg family made a move, I had to find someone to meet Phoenix Bank president on my behalf.

I searched through my memories in the past and looked for someone who could be my proxy, but I couldn’t think of any suitable person.

At times like this, I resented my parents for not introducing me to a trustworthy family.

“I need a new person…”

When I made the treasury guild, I immediately gave up on asking for help from Zoe’s subordinates who worked with me.

‘Zoe’s people are rough with words and actions. I don’t see anyone among them who could take over the Bank.’

If one were rich, what they look like wouldn’t matter, but when they had to pretend they were rich, the most important thing was to look plausible.

I didn’t have anyone in mind, and Zoe’s people weren’t an option either. However, giving up was also never an option,

“Let’s write down the criteria first.”

The conditions had to be met by someone who could handle Phoenix Bank on my behalf; I wondered what kind of person it was?