Paris, within a luxurious club not open to the public, several titans of the French financial world gathered together.
A kindly-looking old man asked with a chuckle, "I heard that little Nino ran into some trouble, how is he now, has he completed the task?"
If you weren't familiar with him, you'd never know that this benign-looking elder was the biggest bloodsucker in the French financial sector.
The most frightening thing was that, no matter the circumstance, he always had a chuckling demeanor, even when committing murder.
"Enough, Old Duke, save that look, we're all old acquaintances here, who doesn't know whom? Acting every day, aren't you tired? We're all fed up watching."
The comment came from Dumas, who often clashed with him due to conflicting interests.
Conflict aside, it didn't stop everyone from collaborating to make money. For the sake of the Panama Canal project, they were all sitting together again.
