To these members of the Saul family, what does the family represent?

Is it an honor?

Maybe a little bit.

After all, their ancestors and the ancestors of other high-ranking families jointly founded the neutral universe country "Karembel". From the historical achievements of this universe country, there is no doubt that the ancestors of each of their high-ranking families are great.

But over the centuries, this sense of honor has long been forgotten.

For most of the current high-ranking family members, the greatest significance of the family to them is that it has brought them this inherent privilege and a luxurious life that ordinary people cannot even imagine.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Not to mention these people have been enjoying a luxurious life from the moment they were born.

If you tell them that their wealth will become less and less, and they may not be able to maintain their current life in the future, they will definitely not accept it.

The family business managed by Lorraine has a somewhat unsatisfactory quarterly income. Thinking about it carefully, they seem to have heard of this before.

It's just that at that time, the income from most of the Sol family's properties was very high, and Lorraine managed only a small part of the property, so no one took this matter to heart.

In the final analysis, this is not something they need to worry about. As long as the money is in place, the management of the family industry can be left to the patriarch to worry about.

But things are different now, the clan leader is dead.

This made a huge question suddenly thrown in front of them, that is, who should take over the family business.

At first, as the brother of the former clan leader, Lorraine Saul wanted to take over the power of the family, but the other members of the family had no idea.

After all, the position of patriarch must belong to the direct members of the family.

The direct members of this generation basically only include the former clan leader, headed by their three brothers.

After the death of the former patriarch, the third oldest son, Gawain Thor, was simply unable to compete. The second oldest son, Robert Thor, the son of the former patriarch, was an illegitimate son. Not to mention the direct members of the family who looked down upon him, even those from the collateral families looked down upon him.

, and they often gossip behind their backs.

After all this going back and forth, wouldn't Lorraine Saul be the only one left?

However, at this stage, due to the former patriarch's monopoly on power, other branch members who lacked a comprehensive understanding of the family business did not immediately realize whether Lorraine Saul's personal abilities were up to par.

I just know roughly that Lorraine Saul has been managing a number of family businesses for a long time. I guess no matter how bad his management skills are, he won't be that bad.

As a result, the data pulled out by Robert was slapped in the face. Once compared, many people were immediately shaken.

And Robert took advantage of the victory and posted the income from the part of the industry he managed directly next to Lorraine's industries, making a simply eye-catching comparison chart.

I have said before that Robert has management skills, and even the management skills he showed are better than those of his father.

Although the shares he previously held were smaller than Lorraine's, the number of family properties he has managed for a long time is more than three times that of Lorraine.

The average quarterly income of each industry is basically above the average of all the family's industries.

In addition, some of the industries that Robert focuses on are among the top five or even top three in terms of revenue every quarter among the family-owned industries, and have won the first place several times.

This contrast can only be said to be too stark.

In this process, Robert actually used a method to secretly change the concept.

The original purpose of this family meeting was actually to elect a new patriarch, but Robert did not mention this issue at all, but quietly changed it into the question of 'Who should manage the family industry?'

question.

If the topic of 'new patriarch' is to be discussed, then for him as an illegitimate son, this level of status is very disadvantageous.

But once we turn to the question of ‘who should manage the family business?

Then the focus of everyone's thinking will unconsciously shift from lineage and identity to management ability and money-making ability.

In this area, Robert's advantage is almost overwhelming.

In a high-ranking family like the Sol family, the two things of the family industry and the patriarch are themselves tied together.

In other words, as long as the family property falls into Robert's hands, Robert is equivalent to controlling the real power and lifeblood of the Sol family.

Under this premise, it no longer matters who sits on the position of clan leader.

Without real power, it’s useless even if you sit in that position. In the end, it’s not me who has the final say?

By the way, although Lorraine was evaluated by the former patriarch as having a high vision but a low hand, and having average management skills, she was actually not that bad.

It is true that among the industries he manages, there are two industries that have monopolies and can make money almost with eyes closed, but on the contrary, these two industries are not the only ones managed by Lorraine.

Except for two excellent industries, other industries are relatively average, and some are even quite poor.

The industries that make money subsidize those that don't. After going back and forth like this, the total income of the industries that are managed by Lorraine has been pulled to a touching position?

Although what Robert said before is true, it also used some verbal skills.

At this moment, Robert's sharp words, coupled with the increasingly loud responses in the conference room, made Lorraine so angry that she fainted on the spot.

Lorraine's fainting caused a commotion and brought the meeting to an end.

Considering it from the perspective of 'earning ability', Robert has already won the support of most of the Saul family members.

After everyone dispersed, Gawain lazily walked over.

Robert saw this, nodded slightly, and then said thank you softly.

Needless to say, the person who took the lead in speaking out at that time was Gawain.

Even thinking about it carefully, it was Gawain who used laughter to control the situation in time and prevent it from getting completely out of control.

The third son of the Sol family may not be as simple as he seems.

Facing Robert's thanks, Gawain smiled.

"You don't need to thank me. I'm doing it for myself. Lorraine is not that material. If our Sol family's industry is destroyed by him, then won't I have no money to spend?"

Having said this, Gawain's expression suddenly straightened.

"Then what, after you take over the family business, I want to ask you to do me a favor."

After hearing this, Robert tensed up slightly.

"Please say."

"After you take over, can you advance 200 million to me?"

"Two hundred million? What do you want to do?"

Although their high-ranking family's wealth is astonishing, two hundred million is not a small amount. This made Robert a little confused about Gawain's thoughts for a while.

And just when he was thinking this, Gawain spoke...

"I lost all my money while filming a movie before. I fell in love with a super large luxury spaceship. I wanted to buy it and have a party, but now I have paid a deposit and have no money to pay the final payment."
Chapter completed!