Naturally now that he was promised something, he was interested and compliant.

What might he not get?
When it came to this visit from Mollenhauer, with its suggestion in regard to bringing city loan to par, although it bore no obvious relation to Mollenhauer's subsurface connection with Stener, through Strobik and the others, Stener did definitely recognize his own political subservience--his master's stentorian voice--and immediately thereafter hurried to Strobik for information.
"Just what would you do about this ?" he asked of Strobik, who knew of Mollenhauer's visit before Stener told him, and was waiting for Stener to speak to him.

"Mr.Mollenhauer talks about having this new loan listed on 'change and brought to par so that it will sell for one hundred." Neither Strobik, Harmon, nor Wycroft knew how the certificates of city loan, which were worth only ninety on the open market, were to be made to sell for one hundred on 'change, but Mollenhauer's secretary, one Abner Sengstack, had suggested to Strobik that, since Butler was dealing with young Cowperwood and Mollenhauer did not care particularly for his private broker in this instance, it might be as well to try Cowperwood.
So it was that Cowperwood was called to Stener's office.

And once there, and not as yet recognizing either the hand of Mollenhauer or Simpson in this, merely looked at the peculiarly shambling, heavy-cheeked, middle-class man before him without either interest or sympathy, realizing at once that he had a financial baby to deal with.

If he could act as adviser to this man--be his sole counsel for four years! "How do you do, Mr.Stener ?" he said in his soft, ingratiating voice, as the latter held out his hand.