Chapter 390: Ponzi scheme (4)
Orsini, observing the people gathered for the investment briefing, recalled Fabio’s saying:
“Money has the power to turn people into moths to a flame.”
The people here were exactly like that.
They had no idea that Fabio was planning to execute a grand /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ scam, and yet, they were eagerly diving headfirst into the inferno, just wanting to make money.
“Good evening, I’m Angelo Orsini.”
At those words, the applause from the gathered crowd poured out.
In a trading city, especially in Lyon, the best port city of the Kingdom of Lyon, the response to a mere foreign merchant was an overreaction...
But no one here pointed out such trivial things.
No, they didn’t even have the mental capacity to do so.
‘If you invest in that stock, your money will multiply.’
They’d put in one gold coin and see it become two—who cares about the small details when they can see that miracle?
“Before we begin the investment briefing, I would like to sincerely thank the mayor and Manager Montblanc for arranging this event.”