Global Lord: My Undead Can Undergo Fission
Chapter 266 The Keli Family in a Dilemma

Chapter 266: Chapter 266 The Keli Family in a Dilemma

As the most outstanding talent of the contemporary Keli family, Rory knew their situation all too well.

Although the Keli family was the largest commercial family in the Sea Alliance, they focused too much on commercial operations. They owned their islands, but they didn’t have anything uniquely their own.

It could be said that the reason why the Keli family had developed into such a huge entity was because of their massive maritime transportation system; the family established a powerful commercial platform, and that was all.

However, if one delved into the details, one would see that the entire Keli family was simply reselling goods.

They bought different things from various places and sold them elsewhere, enabling the flow of goods and profiting from the price difference, that was all. And now, Material Trading House was doing this faster, better, and with less risk.

Due to the direct coverage of Material Trading House, the Keli family lost any advantage they might have had.

In the following days, everyone began to notice that things were exactly as Rory had said.

The Keli family kept pressuring various powers to boycott Material Trading House, but this only worked a little in the beginning.

As Material Trading House continued to develop, smaller islands and powers could get what they needed from them.

Of course, whether buying directly or using it as a transit hub for transportation, they could achieve their purposes.

So these people began to gradually build Material Trading House’s outposts on their own territories. With more convenient and cheaper channels, they naturally began to neglect the businesses of the Keli family.

In this way, some smaller places were gradually covered by Material Trading House, and it continued to expand its scale.

Some larger powers and islands were also gradually affected and began to join in. The business of the Keli family kept shrinking, becoming weaker and weaker.

The people doing this were far too many; they couldn’t consider all of them enemies.

Let alone whether they could win in a fight, if they did do so, the top powers would not let them off easily.

And at this moment, even the top large islands had begun engaging with Material Trading House. Some powers up there began to introduce it. As a result, the business of the Keli family was even more impacted.

At this point, the Second Young Master of the Keli family was at his wits’ end; he couldn’t have imagined that what seemed like a simple matter turned into such a problematic one in his hands.

Usually reliable tactics were now of no use.

He had been making moves continuously, but Rory seemed to be watching an idiot, showing no response at all, and naturally resolved all his offensives, making himself grow weaker still.

"This won’t do, I can’t go on like this, how will the family think of me if it continues?"

"Second Young Master, why not drag the others down with us? If we can’t solve this, neither can they. As long as they have also tried, then it’s all the same."

"You’re right, but how are we going to solve this? If we come up with a solution after some thought, that would be a great merit," he believed his father would also see something.

"For the time being, we can only wait."

"Wait? What do you mean?" The Second Young Master looked at his staff with some surprise.

The staff whispered, "We wait for Material Trading House to develop; the more they offend, the more people will be against them. Right now, there are too few people who can unite; we need to wait until everyone can come together."

Although the Second Young Master was not as capable in business, he was extremely talented when it came to scheming.

"So that’s it, we’ll just wait then. I’ll go back and apologize first, and let Eldest Brother and Third Young Master have a go."

The Second Young Master suddenly felt much better. Indeed, as Material Trading House developed, although the Keli family suffered the most loss, they could withstand it, as they belonged to a large family with substantial business.

Although the family had always focused on commerce, they had not completely neglected other areas.

However, there were also many smaller powers engaged in this same kind of goods trading. Now these smaller powers were being squeezed by Material Trading House, and many could no longer continue.

When Material Trading House developed to a certain level, these people would definitely band together voluntarily.

At that time, as long as his family took the lead, they would surely be able to control everyone. If done well, they might even be able to unite them into an Alliance, propelling himself and his family even further.

Thinking of this, the Second Young Master’s face was filled with smiles.

But as he was about to leave, the Second Young Master hurriedly rubbed his face to make himself look sorrowful.

Back at the family, facing the ridicule of others, the Second Young Master kept silent, his head bowed as if he had completely given up. This attitude made him seem somewhat dull to others.

"I can’t handle this matter anymore. Since Eldest Brother and Third Young Master are so eager, why don’t you two try to solve it."

When the bickering reached its peak, the Second Young Master suddenly spoke up.

In an instant, the voices on both sides stopped abruptly. They were just criticizing the Second Young Master, eagerly seizing the opportunity to suppress him, but they had forgotten that the issue had not yet been resolved.

During their heated arguments, the Second Young Master hit the nail on the head.

The Grand Duke was also troubled; at this moment, he realized what these people were up to.

"This makes sense, you two should go as well, come up with a solution together. If anyone can solve this, it would be a great contribution to the family."

Eldest Young Master and Third Young Master, hearing this, could no longer pretend to know nothing.

So the Eldest Young Master steeled himself and said, "I understand, although the specific methods might be a little different from what I thought, I still have some ideas."

The Third Young Master also said, "I do as well, but we need to take the long view on this issue."

Initially, they had not considered these issues, so they did not feel much about it. But when the matter was laid out in front of them, both discovered how difficult it was to resolve.

After all, there were only a few tactics the family had used before, and the Second had already tried all of them to no avail, so they would surely face the same outcome.

They did not think the Second lacked competence; on the contrary, after competing for so long, they knew each other very well.

Regardless of how outsiders saw them, all three knew their abilities were quite similar. Now, this matter became troublesome, and both were feeling conflicted inside.