Chapter 33: The Lord

Adelle introduced many people to Jones, including members of the Sambo family advisory council and members of the Hilde Chamber of Commerce. It could be said that Jones had his horizons greatly expanded all at once.

Regardless of where Adelle went, someone would greet him. Jones was utterly stunned.

"You know every single merchant in the Hilde Chamber of Commerce…"

"No, I only know the big merchants. But generally, the rest know me. Jones, business is different from warfare. In war, there are always winners and losers, but business can result in a win-win or a lose-lose situation. War arrays opposing forces against each other, fighting for life and death, but business operates on a completely different principle. If your ventures are large and varied enough, you might even find you don't truly have competitors at all. Every opponent may become a collaborator in some respect, and every partner may become a competitor in another respect—like the Ganggro Family."