Some New Ideas

The new style of housing construction in the Golden City seemed to have opened the curtain on something.

Over the following period, all kinds of favorable news broke out almost every day.

Anyone who used the Magic Net, whether commoner or noble, was surrounded by such information at every moment.

Overnight, it seemed as though everything required steel, and demand for it began soaring by the day.

In such an environment, steel prices naturally continued to rise.

Golden City.

Clarkson Family.

Those within the family who held real power gathered together, and everyone fixed their gaze on the family head.

"Patriarch, why hasn't our family bought steel yet? Morrison and the others have already made more than triple their money. If this continues, families that used to stand on equal footing with us will all be able to step on us."

"Where is the boldness you had in the past? Our Clarkson Family has done business for generations. When has this vast family fortune ever been built without risk?"

"Steel prices are rising every day now. If we don't enter the market, it really will be too late. The rate of increase will definitely slow down later."

"Steel was already a necessary metal for making weapons and tools. Not to mention that Rost Territory has launched so much Magitech Machinery, all of which requires steel. There are other things as well; people are pouring into these industries, and demand for steel is so great. Isn't a price increase perfectly normal?"

"Even if we fail to sell our steel futures, haven't we still obtained all that steel? Don't our many businesses need steel as well? We're preparing to enter Magitech Industrialization—wouldn't that require steel?"

"..."

The Clarkson Family had engaged in commerce and trade for generations, on an enormous scale. That