Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

"But I wonder what exactly Lord Pantalone intends to do to Mondstadt? Ah... I mean, this is such an important matter, I'd like to confirm it."

Anastasia looked at the messenger in front of her and asked cautiously.

After hearing Anastasia's question, the other party glanced at it and then took out a plan and handed it to her.

After glancing at the proposal submitted by the other party, Anastasia couldn't help but utter a sound of doubt.

"The Lawrence family? If I remember correctly, the Lawrence family should be one of the old noble families from the Mondstadt era, right? What does that foolish and short-sighted old noble family have to do with Lord Pantalone's business plan against the Mondstadt winery?"

Anastasia couldn't help but show a puzzled expression.

She didn't quite understand what connection there was between the old nobles of Mondstadt and Lord Pantalone's business plans.

After all, in her view, those old nobles were arrogant and unintelligent, always having unrealistic fantasies in their minds. She simply couldn't imagine what use those good-for-nothings could possibly have.

Seeing Anastasia's puzzled and confused expression, the other party glanced at her disdainfully and said.

“Utterly foolish. This is the wisdom of the wise Lord Pantalone. You should know those old nobles who are attached to the glory and power of the aristocratic era, who are always thinking about reviving their great family and regaining power and glory, right?”

"Those old nobles may not be of much use, but their status and historical position can still play a role. Don't those foolish and arrogant old nobles want to revive the glory of a great history?"

"Then let's help them. As long as they become our Fools' white gloves in Mondstadt, we can use the historical status of these old nobles to indirectly interfere in Mondstadt's internal economy."

"At the same time, since this is an internal matter of Mondstadt, and we only provided the funds, even if the truth comes out in the end, this matter will have nothing to do with us, the Fatui, or the Northern Bank."

Upon hearing this, even Anastasia, who was slow to process information, realized why they needed to utilize these old nobles.

Because they don't need to use force to interfere in Mondstadt's internal affairs, they only need to provide some funds, and these old nobles will naturally become their tools.

Moreover, driven by their obsession with reviving the glory of a great history, those foolish and arrogant old nobles will jump into this pit even if they know they are being deliberately used.

Their obsession with the revival of their family outweighs everything else in Mondstadt, so it wouldn't be surprising if they were to betray their own country.

Thinking about this, she also realized how terrifying Pantalone was, which made her sigh that he was indeed the wise Lord Pantalone.

Those who can become executives are all monsters.

This further increased her awe of the executive officer.

"Looks like you're not too stupid."

The Fools' messenger sneered.

"However, this is only part of the wise Lord Pantalone's plan. As for the rest, it's not something you can know right now. Your only responsibility is to negotiate with the current head of the Lawrence family. Don't make any mistakes. You should understand what you're doing."

“Understood,” Anastasia replied, taking a deep breath.

Chapter 26 Lawrence is too good to pass up.

After Anastasia received the instructions from above, she found the Lawrence family, one of the representatives of the old Mondstadt nobility, as planned.

And he successfully connected with Schubert Lawrence, the contemporary owner of Lawrence.

In exchange for promising to help revive the Lawrence family, Schubert agreed to the Fools' delegation's request in exchange for the family doing a few things according to the Fools' demands. Schubert agreed to the Fools' delegation's request almost without hesitation.

For Schubert, anything that would allow him to regain the glory of the Lawrence family was worthwhile.

Let alone being a puppet, he could easily betray Mondstadt.

However, to Schubert's surprise, just when he thought this would come at an exceptionally high price, the task the Fools' delegation asked him to do left him completely bewildered.

"The Fools have specifically targeted the Lawrence family to place a large order for Mondstadt specialty wines?"

Schubert couldn't understand why the Fools would buy so much wine.

Logically speaking, the Fools' purchase of so much wine would be completely useless, and given their thought process, they couldn't possibly understand why they would order so much Mondstadt specialty wine, or what connection it had to the revival of the Lawrence family's history.

Anastasia, who was Schubert's negotiator, responded indifferently.

"You don't need to worry about so much. Just do as we say. With the historical status of your Lawrence family, just use your family's influence to attract as many wineries as possible to join the game."

"It's possible, but we simply don't have that many orders in stock."

Schubert racked his brains but couldn't figure out what Zhidong was going to do with so much wine. Even if everyone in Mondstadt drank wine with every meal for a whole year, they still wouldn't be able to finish all of it.

This made him suspect that the Fools had no intention of paying for or giving money to these orders.

"What's there to be afraid of? Just turn it into futures trading," Anastasia said, shrugging.

"Futures?" Schubert was taken aback upon hearing this, a look of confusion appearing on his face.

Seeing the puzzled look on Schubert's face, Anastasia leaned against the wall and explained the concept of futures to Schubert.

"In simple terms, futures are contracts to buy goods in advance with a pre-determined delivery date. In other words, you buy a contract with money. The contract does not buy the actual physical goods, but the goods that will be produced within a specified time in the future."

"For the Fools, the agreed timeframe in this contract is generous enough. As long as payment is made within the stipulated time, there is no breach of the contract. You can treat this futures contract as an item and sell it to other Mondstadt merchants."

"At this point, as long as we claim that there is a shortage of high-end liquor and production has been suspended, we can attract private investment to purchase more futures contracts and obtain enough working capital. Then we can let Mondstadt people expand their production lines. After other Mondstadt merchants see the profits, they will naturally get involved as well."

As Anastasia explained to Schubert, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly as well.

No wonder he was the old man Pantalone who controlled the economy of winter and opened the Northern Bank in seven countries.

It's no wonder he became a "rich man" among the Fools' executives, possessing an extraordinary understanding of wealth and contracts.

This method of swindling money and operating is simply a way to get something for nothing.