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Chapter 30: Chapter 30 “Deep Blue Jewelry Store” and “Collecting Rent” (Request for Chase Reading)

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“Young Master, the internal personnel involved have all been sorted out, and a letter has been sent to Father.”

Hearing William’s words, Milton Cheney gently rubbed his eyebrows.

“Have they paid all the due rent?”

“Some of it has been collected, but several Noble families who run the shops have asked for more time.”

“Hmm, I understand.”

Milton Cheney replies quietly, implying his comprehension.

There was no denying that the Golden Lion Market that his father, Earl Arthur, had entrusted to him was a mess.

While everything seemed well on the surface, the reality was far from it.

Corruption was rampant among the underlings, and slackers lazed about.

A number of shopkeepers in the market haven’t paid their rent for quite a while, too.

These large families could easily afford the rent, yet they still delayed the payment, which was starting to vex Milton Cheney.

Cheney wasn’t sure whether Earl Golden Lion was unaware of the situation or was intentionally testing him. Needless to say, he had been busy recently.

After thoroughly investigating the matters at hand, Cheney realized that he could not entirely blame Earl Arthur for the improper handling of money by his subordinates – Earl Arthur rarely checked financial accounts.

Now, Earl Arthur’s jurisdiction spanned the entire Far East Territory, with Far East City being just a part of it.

The Far East Territory comprised over a dozen separate cities.

As single-handed management was impossible, Earl Arthur had promoted some commoners to assist him.

Among them, Moss had always been in charge of the finances of the Golden Lion Market. Moss’s greed was a clear indication of the prevailing situation.

However, this was not because Earl Arthur lacked judgment. In his early years, Moss had indeed proved to be diligent and committed.

But once a person attains power, they start losing self-control. Moreover, some influential families in the market were involved in these matters as well.

we take a more direct approach

turned to William with a suggestive

hearing this, William let out a sneer, “Of course, we can.

these shops to continue trading, which prevented him from just shutting them

after a moment’s thought, he

run by the nobility have their purpose. Clearing out all of them would disrupt

at all isn’t an option either – they’ll start seeing us as pushovers

wasn’t out of the question, but preserving the relationships with these families over outstanding rent didn’t seem worth it. This was something Milton Cheney

to strike a

begin with

paper lying in front

the document and read out the name—Deep Blue

the time Milton Cheney and William had arrived at the Deep Blue Jewelry Store, it had

them were ladies of the nobility, donned in lavish gowns and headpieces, adorned with

noble gentlemen as

was a boutique run by the

person in charge was a jeweler from the

largest jewelry store in the Golden Lion

for fine jewelry, fashion

integral part of the jewelry store was

the window and displayed goods for sale – mostly delicate pieces of jewelry and expensive

imagine that such a huge jewelry store would ever fail

Royal Family Gold Lion’s representative wishes

an apprentice at

object, scanning Milton and William briefly

middle-aged man dressed as a merchant was led to Milton Cheney by

proceed inside the

merchant promptly nodded and guided Milton and William to the

in the Jewelry Room, Milton instinctively surveyed the

essentially a room designated for

were scattered randomly across the table, and Milton was

about previous regulations at the Golden Lion Market. Now, under my management, everyone will operate under my

hands over a badge to the

swiftly accepted the badge for inspection, dulie examined it,

authority and affiliation with the

master, we will adapt to

running the jewelry store

Milton was

by catching up with the outstanding rent.” Cheney’s