Ford was shocked when he heard the news, "Has Brian gone mad? Does he really intend to cause a government shutdown?"
Hope slightly frowned and raised his hand to interrupt him, "Please calm down, Brian is most likely bluffing. We often see such behavior in merchants who really want to buy but pretend to walk away to lower the price."
"But what if Brian really did get 200 million francs?" Charles said nervously, "What should we do then?"
The assets of these financial magnates could not just lie in accounts, for many of them were managed for other investors under long-term agreements.
That meant they had to pay interest to others at all times. If they could not generate more profit from this money, they would lose a lot significantly.
Fankevich disdainfully said, "The government can't possibly raise that much money. I bet that within no more than 10 days, Brian will come back to us, begging."