Plans for the Chancellory

My primary job is to create a regular source of income for the Emerald Court that is sufficient to meet general expenses and to contain an insurance fund for emergencies.  Queen Cassandra wants to fund her Foundation (which I approve), as well as to be able to deal with Duchy expenses.

It’s not actually part of my job, but I’d like to be able to set up a Hedge-side income as well.  If they weren’t all evil canibals, the people of Circledell would have been excelent prospects.  I can buy bronze, copper, tin, and even iron on the hobby market– or the industrial market if the quantities are high enough, and sell to Hedge-dwelling smiths.  I can also acquire mortal goods.  (If this takes off, I’m totally getting a Sam’s card)  I might be able to strike some kind of deal at the Markets.

Within that mandate, I have secondary goals.

– To create a source of income for local Changelings.  Once I’ve paid back my loans for Glasshouse, I intend to set up a Pledge-backed investment company so Changelings like Rover can set up their own businesses.  As an investor, the company gets paid dividends.

– To increase my influence and the Court’s influence.  I see those as two different things.  I want Spring to be as strong as possible without harming the other Courts.  I also want to be as strong as possible so I have the influence and power to deal with problems before they grow too large.

I’ve been putting almost everything I earn off of Glasshouse back into the club.  I should have the loans paid off in three years, and should be able to start looking for other investments even before that.  Besides the local businesses run under the Bellweather banner (just Glasshouse right now), I want a traditional investment portfolio, so I’ve been studying the subject and getting to know a few people in the field.

Bellweather Enterprises, LLC: Right now its address is a UPS Office storefront on Magnolia.  Its phone number is an extra line on my phone.  The kid from the computer store set up my computer with fax capability, so for now I have everything a real business has except for an office or a staff.  Bellweather manages one other company– Glasshouse Entertainment, which in turn has one asset, the club.

I’m looking for other investment opportunities.  When Rover is ready to take his repair shop to the next level, I should be ready to fund him.  Then Bellweather will be a primary investor in Hedgetech (or whatever he calls it).

Bellweather is going to have three “branches,” from what I can tell.  One segment will manage the investment accounts, and will probably also dabble in real-estate.  One will manage Bellweather’s direct holdings.  The last one will manage local investments and collect dividends from the local businesses I bankroll.  That branch will also provide full-service business consulting at reduced rates for my client companies, because doing so will make them more likely to succede (and hence pay dividends)

I’m thinking a fourth segment might provide consulting services to other companies, at local market rates, just because it’s a pretty easy way to earn money.  I pretty much made my living ironing out differences between people back in Roanoke.

Doing any of that means I’m going to need a staff and an office.  So I’m on the lookout for people who fit my unique employment needs.