Chapter 265: Xio: What Are You Two Doing?
"Acting... is so exhausting..."
Klein lay sprawled on the bed, his arms and legs spread wide, unwilling to move even a single finger.
With his brief vacation over, his mission had resumed. Mr. Rustig, the mysterious investment genius who had risen to fame in Backlund's high society, was back in action.
His latest task was to keep hinting to those greedy merchants and nobles that a newly established mining company had some major favorable news.
He had already dropped hints to several groups.
The Society's propaganda machine had seized this opportunity to launch a full-scale campaign. All sorts of rumors, some true and some false, had quietly begun circulating through Backlund's upper-class circles.
Over the past two days, several nobles and members of parliament had already expressed keen interest in the mining company through various channels, hoping to purchase shares or so-called "pre-IPO shares" in that shell company through him.
Charles's instructions were to keep them dangling for now. Once the buzz grew a little stronger, he would arrange for them to meet the mining company's representatives. That way, they could drive the shares' value even higher. After all, scarcity drove up prices. The more people knew about it, the more would want a slice of the pie. It was the perfect opportunity to stage a little "highest bidder wins" spectacle.
And once more people joined the bidding, more members of high society would be swept into the storm, making the mission all the more effective.
"So tired... I'm so tired..."
The exhaustion was not merely physical, but emotional as well. Although everyone interested in the mining company belonged to the wealthy or powerful upper classes, watching them fall step by step into a trap he had personally laid still stirred a