Just when certain inquisitive folks wanted to delve deeply into the background of the newly established bank and company, the Worker's Credit Bank, which was supposed to act discreetly, once again made a groundbreaking move.
The bank president (whose real identity was a white glove recommended by Isaac Pereire and selected by Jerome Bonaparte) couldn't wait to announce to the public the construction of a large number of affordable shared apartments on the newly acquired suburban lands from Georges Ossman, aiming to relieve the escalating rents in Paris.
When the journalists with long guns and short cannons asked the bank president how many apartments would be built, the bank president gave them no direct response, but instead held up one finger.
"One thousand?" one of the journalists blurted out instinctively.
The next second, he received a look of disdain from the president, as if questioning whether he underestimated their bank.
