Chapter 22 Throwing bricks to attract jade
Just this morning, Furger Bank encountered an unprecedented run. The reason why this run was unprecedented is that there was only one person who went to Furger Bank to run this time. He is Joros, an investor of Quantum Fund. Just this morning, Joros asked Furos to cash out the check with a total value of 10 billion francs, and said that this was just the beginning. In the next few days, he will continue to cash out more checks.
We all know that Joros's quantum fund has just defeated the Bank of England and is currently buying francs. Perhaps only God knows how much wealth he has in his hands, but it is foreseeable that Furger Bank will be greatly affected by this.
It is reported that with the bank run, Fuger's stock has fallen by more than three percentage points in an hour, which is already a huge decline for Fuger. Obviously, all investors think that Joros may be shorting Fuger's stock, so a more rational approach is to abandon Fuger's stock. In fact, investors do this.
I think that in the next few days, if Joros continues to carry out his run, he will not only make more investors sell Fuger Bank's shares, but it may also trigger a large-scale real run, which will then trigger a larger stock market fluctuation and fall into a nightmare vicious cycle.
This is the news played on the radio, and listening to this news shocked Andre at that time, because Fuger Bank was the core industry in which he controlled the Harrusburg family.
But Andre obviously wouldn't give in like this: Do you think I'll believe it with the thing you're holding?
Zhou Ming smiled: Could it be that Mr. Earl doesn't believe it is true, and I thought I was just holding a recorder and playing the recording for you. Do you mean to scare you? I'm very sorry, I'm not so bored. I think maybe only Mr. Earl, you will do this.
As Zhou Ming said, Andre's face became worse and worse, because he knew very well that Zhou Ming would not be able to use a tape recorder. The result of doing so would not be of any use except to make him a laughing stock. In addition, he could not fake such news. As long as he called back to the bank, everything would be revealed.
God seemed to hear Andre's heart. At this time, a servant hurried into the hall and kept shouting to Andre: Sir, something happened to Fuge Bank.
The servant's shouting made the scene suddenly in an uproar, and Andrei also felt dizzy. No one expected that this Chinese who seemed reckless and savage actually released the news.
However, for Zhou Ming, it would be of course not to satisfy his release of this news. He then said: If Mr. Andre often pays attention to the news, he should know that this quantum fund is controlled by me. I think you should understand what I mean when I say that.
In fact, Zhou Ming set up a language trap here. Zhou Ming did hold a controlling stake in Quantum Fund, but the actual equity only accounts for a part. Even if you really want to be serious, Zhou Ming cannot even fully control the decisions of Quantum Fund.
However, if you really explain this, it would feel too harsh. However, here Zhou Ming only said that it was a controlling shareholder. For Andre, he would naturally think that it was an absolute controlling shareholder. Even Zhou Ming built it up with one hand. This was just a simple subconscious guidance, but the result of the two ideas was completely different.
You want to say that this time Joros' run against Fuger Bank was Andrei's question behind the scenes. Obviously, he did not notice Zhou Ming's language trap, and in fact he could not detect it either.
Zhou Ming snapped his fingers: That's what it means
Do you think I will believe you if you say this? Andre said gritting his teeth.
Zhou Ming smiled: I said, Mr. Earl, can you say, in other words, I'm tired of listening to this sentence. If you don't believe it, it's easy, just drive me out and see how long your Fuge Bank can last.
Andre's face was very ugly: It turns out that you have a purpose
I said, Mr. Andre, you are also an earl after all. Can you say something nutritious? Of course I have a purpose. Otherwise, I will use the radio to do something to spread the news to you? Zhou Ming said meaningfully, so Mr. Andre, are you going to bombard me now?
Zhou Ming's rhetorical question was like a heavy hammer, hitting Andrei's chest hard, causing him to almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Is this a real slap in the face or a direct slap in the face without any skewers? What is even more unbearable is that he still has to slap himself in the face.
You know, just now, Andrei said that he would kill Zhou Ming and throw him into the Rhine River, but now he has to take back these words. Not only can he not hit him, but he also has to keep him in the castle. This is not simple, it is a slap in the face, and more serious is that his prestige is ruined.
But if you don't do this, what else can you do
Thinking of the end, Andrei lowered his head to Zhou Ming: For the time being, let's leave you in Harrusburg, but don't think you won like this, I will get all this back
Zhou Ming advised this with great thought: My Count, why have you forgotten again? Don’t be so full of words. What should I do if I get slapped in the face again in the future?
Regarding Zhou Ming's words, someone couldn't help laughing behind Andrei, and Andrei felt that his face had been swollen by Zhou Ming. He was now crazy and wanted to kill Zhou Ming. So in the end Andrei chose to turn around and leave, because he felt that as long as he was still in the hall in front of Zhou Ming, his face would be pressed to the ground and rubbed freely.
After Andre left, Zhou Ming and Caitlin also left. Compared to before, this time, all the family members consciously made way for them, instead of leaving in a hurry, no one paid attention to them.
This is a very inconspicuous little move, but it shows that at least these people no longer think that they are just funny like before. Through the series of things just now, they understand that Zhou Ming and Caitlin at least have the strength to compete with Andre. Even if it is only temporary, as melon-eating crowds, they are not willing to be involved.
At noon, Zhou Ming and Caitlin left Harrusburg. After all, Andre didn't even arrange everyone's accommodation, so the same was true for dinner. Therefore, Zhou Ming and Caitlin needed to go back to the city center to find a hotel to solve the problem.
On the way, Caitlin received a call from Louise. The content of the call was nothing special. Louise hoped to have lunch with them at noon and discuss the afternoon things together.
After hanging up Louise's phone, Caitlin said with emotion: Zhou Ming, you are right at all. In the morning, when Andre bullied us and deliberately turned off our microphone, she could help but didn't say a word. Now that she saw Zhou Ming, you have the ability to make Andre bow her head, she took the initiative to contact us. No matter what, we must have the ability to do it ourselves, and we can't rely on others, and no one can do it.
Zhou Ming smiled and told her: That's of course, because only equal strength is called cooperation, otherwise it would be unilaterally begging for others to give. It is difficult to have any credibility like giving, even if you really have what the other party wants in your hands.
But the situation is different now. Zhou Ming said again, we have already taken action. It would be too unreasonable if Princess Louise didn't do anything. This is called throwing bricks and attracting jade.
An hour later, Zhou Ming and Caitlyn arrived at the Violet Hotel in downtown Harrusburg, which was the dining place chosen by Louise or the royal family behind her.
I have to say that the royal family is very particular. This Violet Hotel is actually converted from a castle and is a very luxurious hotel. However, due to the elegant environment here, it looks very tasteful, and the dishes here are the most famous in the entire Harrusburg city, so many rich people come here to have dinner.
Here, Zhou Ming and Caitlin asked for a private room. They only waited here for less than ten minutes. The door of the private room was knocked open, and Louise and her servant walked in.
Caitlin, I am very happy to be able to dine with you. God is here. Since I got married into the royal family, we have never eaten together again. I think that at that time, my brother and your father were with me, but now things have changed.
Louise said to Caitlin with emotion as soon as she walked in, that as a nobleman, her superficial skills were very good. If Zhou Ming hadn't helped Caitlin figure out the key, she would have almost believed it.
Since he was going to act, Caitlin also recalled: Yes, my dear aunt, if my father was still here, he would be very happy.
After a sigh and sigh, they sat down together. Louise also understood that her acting skills were just a joke in front of Zhou Ming and Caitlin. She then entered the topic and said: Looking back at Harrusburg an hour ago, your performance was really surprising. I didn’t expect that you were actually controlling institutions like Quantum Fund and could even carry out a run of Fuger at this scale. This is really unexpected.
Of course, without the confidence to challenge Andre, we would not have come to Harrusburg to attend this meeting easily. Caitlin explained.
But I'm going to criticize you here, why didn't you tell me in advance before? Do you know how worried I am about you? Louise said pretending to be angry.
Of course, Zhou Ming understood that she was pretending to behave and cooperated with her to act and said: I'm very sorry, it's our mistake to hide it from Your Highness Princess, but we were not sure what effect the run of the Quantum Fund would have. In the end, we were worried that it would destroy some of your plans, so we kindly concealed it from you.
Despite the loopholes in this explanation, Louise accepted: I understand your efforts, but only once, if there is another time, I will be really angry.
Zhou Ming and Caitlin smiled and nodded to show that this must be the case. Finally, Louise said: But since you have all made a move, as an elder, it would be too unreasonable to do nothing, so I will also help you in the afternoon.
Zhou Ming was waiting for this sentence, and immediately pulled Caitlin and nodded: Then please ask His Highness the Princess.
Chapter completed!