"The monthly Aden Square Food Ranking update is approaching again. Our union's restaurants have been in the top 18 for eighteen consecutive months. The union leader hopes that everyone will continue to give their full support to our union's restaurants this month. Here is this month's restaurant list. Every vote from our staff is crucial. Unity and mutual assistance are the principles of our Aden Square Merchants' Union and the foundation of our presence on the Nolan Continent." In a large conference hall with more than thirty people, a middle-aged man with his hair neatly combed stood and spoke loudly. Two servants went up and distributed a stack of white lists to each person.
The meeting hall was mostly filled with men, dressed in luxurious clothes, with expensive accessories visible in their every move. Anyone you could pick out here would be a well known big boss in Aden Square, and also a core member of the Aden Square Merchants' Union – a council member.
However, they all sat upright and silent, listening quietly to the middle-aged man speak.
Sitting in the corner was a woman dressed in a bright red dress, with fiery red lips and a slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, watching the scene with a hint of mockery. She simply sat quietly without saying a word, a coin that was half dragon coin and half gold coin seamlessly joined together nimbly spinning between her fingers.
"President, is there anything else you need to instruct us on?" the middle-aged man asked humbly, bowing slightly.
All eyes turned to the old man, filled with respect and a touch of awe.
Jeffrey • Morton, the founder of the Aden Square Merchants' Union, co-founded the Aden Square Merchants' Union with the Buffett, Dodge, and Marquez families. After more than fifty years of development, it has become a renowned merchants' union across the continent. The Morton family is also very famous on the Nolan Continent, holding a dominant position in the spice market and also having a place in the fields of grain and cloth. Their business empire has long since encompassed the entire Nolan Continent.
"Why are you here?" Jeffrey ignored the middle-aged man's question and looked up at the woman in the red dress sitting in the corner. Although his face was expressionless, but his sharp gaze revealed his displeasure.
Everyone's eyes were drawn to the woman. Her bright red dress made her stand out in the conference room, especially since she was the only woman in the room.
She looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, with long, wavy brown hair casually draped over her shoulders. She was quite beautiful, but her eyebrows were raised to the sides like two small knives, which did not make her look delicate, but rather gave her a somewhat strong feeling.
Her fair face needed no makeup, but her lips were an extremely bright red, as vivid as the red dress she wore, creating a striking contrast with her snow-white skin. It was a face and her sexy red lips that were unforgettable at first glance.
The crowd's gazes towards her did not turn mocking when Jeffrey called her name, they waited quietly for her response.
The coin between her fingers stopped spinning. Xi Er • Buffett held the coin, whether it should be considered a gold coin or a dragon coin in her palm, looked up at Jeffrey, and smiled without a trace of fear or hesitation, saying, "President Jeffrey, as a representative of the Buffett family, why can't I attend the merchants' union's board meeting? Although our three families generally don't overly participate in the union's decisions, but we shouldn't forget that we are also founders of the union and hold the title of permanent board member, right?"
Xi Er's tone was calm, but her gaze toward Jeffrey was somewhat sharp, and the age difference did not seem to instill any respect in her.
The entire conference room fell into a deathly silence, everyone watched this scene without daring to make a sound.
The head of the Buffett family is also one of the founders of the Aden Square Merchants' Union. The money shops bearing the Buffett family's half-gold, half-dragon emblem have spread throughout the entire Nolan Continent. With a deposit slip from a Buffett money shop, one can withdraw all the money at any Buffett money shop on the continent. This greatly reduces the trouble and danger for merchants carrying huge amounts of cash. Even the ruling classes of various races have guaranteed the safety of Buffett money shops, making it the undisputed number one money shop in the world.
But this Xi Er • Buffett was no ordinary pretty girl. She started frequenting money shops at the age of three, became a junior accountant at a money shop at six, and owned her first money shop at the age of ten.
On her eighteenth birthday, the head of the Buffett family announced that Xi Er • Buffett, having completely defeated the second generation heir of the Buffett family, had become the first in line to succeed the head of the Buffett family as the eldest daughter of the third generation.
While this decision by the Buffett family seemed absurd to outsiders, but the family remained remarkably calm. Ian • Buffett began to step back from the front lines, and the power transition within the family proceeded in an orderly manner. Everyone began to cooperate with Xi Er to become the helmsman of Buffett's giant ship.
Those who truly follow the Buffett family are not surprised by all of this. Xi Er's sudden emergence has accelerated the Buffett money shops, a giant ship that has been sailing steadily for decades. Her unique personal deposit model has broken the Buffett money shop's single function of depositing and withdrawing funds in different locations.
The stable monthly interest rates attracted many ordinary people to deposit their surplus cash in Buffett money shops, where the convenience of easy and quick withdrawals made it easy for Buffett money shops to attract large deposits, largely solving the problems of high costs and risks associated with transferring gold coins between different locations.
"Xi Er is a genius." This is the only evaluation Ian • Buffett, who never praises others, has given to Xi Er in the outside world. This alone is enough for her to establish herself in the Buffett family.
For the board members present, Xi Er's reputation and status were still somewhat inferior to Jeffrey's, but her age of eighteen gave her unlimited possibilities. The Buffett family's giant ship was still accelerating, and she could stand at the top of the entire business world for the next few decades. How long could Jeffrey live? He didn't even have a qualified successor.
"Choosing a young girl to lead the team, that old man Ian, it seems he's been fishing too much, his brain has been eaten by fish." Jeffrey's mood didn't change at all because of Xi Er's somewhat provocative words. He reached for the black cane on the table, stood up, and turned to walk towards the door with a hint of disdain in his tone.
The board members present all stood up to show their respect for his departure.
"The current merchants' union president's five years term ends next summer. This time, the Buffett family will not withdraw from the competition for the presidency." Xi Er remained seated, watching Jeffrey's retreating figure, and smiled. "Moreover, I think you could follow my old man's example and find a young girl, it would be better than your successor who is trying to poach your position."