Chapter 136 Finding a bargain (Ch 136)

“It sounds like you’re taking advantage of me.”

After listening to this, Anke spoke in a casual tone.

Fulei smiled and shook her head, and said sincerely: “Since I proposed an alliance, I will definitely not let you suffer any loss.”

“As long as we reach a cooperation, my family and I will do our best to help you.”

Anke sat up straight, looked at Fulei with interest and asked, “To be honest, I feel that with your talent, you should be able to ascend to the position of Patriarch of your family without me, right?”

Fulei nodded confidently, then shook her head and said, “That would take a lot of time and sacrifice.”

“Besides, my goal is not just the position of family head. By cooperating with you, I can plan more things.”

“For example… the title and military power, these are things that are difficult for me, as a woman, to obtain without your cooperation.”

Anke looked at the confident woman in front of him, and for the first time, he felt a sense of admiration for the women in this world.

If Frey was born in the peaceful era when there was no magic on Earth, she would be a heroine, but at least an ambitious businessman…

“To put it bluntly, it’s just that you use me and I use you. It sounds fair…” Anke murmured as he thought.

Anke is not like Thram, who thinks it is cheap to form an alliance with mortals.

There are massive amounts of ready-made resources and energy right in front of us, and Anker doesn’t even have to do anything, he can get them with just a little cooperation. Why wouldn’t he want such a windfall?

It just so happened that Anke had been worrying about how to fit Anselion into the new Council after the Council fell.

Now, with the support of the Qiu Renier family, which has such a powerful background, and the secret operations between himself and Urrutia, he could even gain more for Anselion in the new Council.

Anke breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: “Then it’s a pleasure to work with you, my agent.”

Fulei breathed a sigh of relief, held Anke’s hand and said with a smile: “I won’t let you down.”

In this way, the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two parties was quickly finalized.

Anke had never expected that what was originally a trivial matter like finding an agent would end up earning him a reliable ally.

In the following period of time, Frey, as Anke’s agent, quickly handled all the invitations from the outside world for him.

Anker also accepted an interview with Soshara Weekly as she requested, and finally announced to the whole country the fact that he had returned to the political arena.

The response from the outside world was also extremely strong, and a wave of star-chasing craze swept across almost the entire country.

And with Frey’s instruction, many peripheral products under the Anker name were also sold out and were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves.

Nowadays in the Kingdom of Fiore, many fashion stores, magazines and newspapers would publish news and posters about Anke every few days.

Through Fulei’s hands-on operation, Anker’s fan groups have emerged all over the country, connecting with each other, managing themselves, and maintaining internal order.

Therefore, the trend of fans blocking doorsteps to chase stars like perverts, as before, is gradually improving.

With a highly capable agent like Frey, a large amount of money soon flowed into Anke’s pocket.

This shocked Anke greatly, because in just one month since he officially became an idol, he had earned nearly half of Anke’s total assets.

No wonder so many people on Earth are trying so hard to become famous and make their debut.

Some people can earn more money than an ordinary person can earn in their entire life as long as they know how to look good, lip-sync, and use AI acting. Anyone would be happy to do this job.

However, although Anke’s idol business level is not very good, he still resisted the temptation. There is no such thing as sleeping with fans and evading taxes…

Anke’s entertainment business developed rapidly, but he also had to personally take care of the development of the guild.

Chairman Makarov has been increasingly anxious to step down recently, and he has to talk to Anke about this every now and then.

Anke had no choice. In order to participate in future plots, he couldn’t intervene in the role of president now, so he had to temporarily let Gildarts take the blame.

The new guild hall had already taken shape. Anke and Makarov sat on a low roof, chatting while overlooking the guys busy on the construction site.

“Laxus, that guy, has never shown up in the guild since he came back to help you fight off the Phantom…”

Makarov is indeed an expert at chatting about household matters, and the first thing he says is the household chores that give Anke a headache.

Anke couldn’t say that Laxus had come to the guild several times, but he just avoided you…

He could only smile and comfort her: “He is also an S-class wizard, very busy. How can he play every day like Natsu and Gray?”

The Ice and Fire brothers, who were slacking off at Lucy’s house at the moment, said: I’m suing you for slander! He slandered me!

Makarov sneered, and said in an old, rough voice:

“A few days ago, I heard that Laxus said that you were not ambitious and actually became a soft idol, which brought shame to the guild… How could he be so lenient?”

Anke laughed dryly twice: “As for this matter, maybe… he is also concerned about me and is afraid that my strength will decline.”

This kid Laxus, also known as Tsundere Laxus, with a pen name of Stinky Face and a nickname of Arrogant Monk, has had a stubborn and obstinate temper since he was a child.

If he actually said something nice, Anke would definitely think he had seen a ghost…

Makarov’s wrinkled face was full of loss, and it was obvious that he still had very high expectations for his grandson.

Laxus’ love for the guild is no less than any other member of the guild. If his character was a little better, he might have been able to become the fourth president.

After a moment of silence, Makarov put aside the issue of Laxus and asked, “How’s your idol career going?”

Anke nodded and smiled relaxedly: “Mira found me a reliable agent, and I’m doing fine now.”

Makarov sighed with emotion and said, “A few years ago, I asked Marcus to learn how to do business. I didn’t expect that it would be your deal that would be successful in the end.”

Anke blinked and quickly recalled Marcus.

He was a member that the president had high hopes for, and he had also been featured in Soshara Weekly. He was a famous wizard businessman.

“There is one more thing. Juvia has applied to me to join the guild. What do you think?” Makarov said slowly, crossing his legs.

Anke nodded. This was expected. “Let her join. Although she made mistakes, fortunately Juvia has a good character and can accept her.”

Makarov smiled and said, “I thought so too, but there is another person…”

“Iron Dragon Gajeel, I want to recruit him into the guild.”

Anke was stunned for a moment, then he exhaled with relief.

Makarov is still Makarov after all, and he will not turn a blind eye to such a young man who has gone astray…

Anke did not express his opinion and said, “I don’t care. Everyone may have opinions.”

“Those things… maybe time will atone for his sins.” Makarov looked at Anke and recalled:

“Actually, I accepted Gajeel because I felt that he was very similar to you before you joined the guild.”

Anke glanced at him and pouted, “How is it similar?”

“Same bad personality.” Makarov laughed.

“I’m too lazy to care about you.”

Anke rolled his eyes, then didn’t want to talk to this old naughty boy anymore, so he turned over and jumped off the roof to find Erza and the others.

Makarov looked at Anke’s back as he walked away, and said to himself with emotion:

“There are many children like you in the world who love solitude, but no one can endure loneliness forever…”

“Bringing the noise and company to you is the only thing I, a useless old man, can do.”