Fifth Avenue is the most famous central street on the island of Manhattan in New York, and it is also known as the Street of Dreams due to the fact that it is home to all the most famous brand stores in the world, and the famous Empire State Building is located on this Street of Dreams. The Empire State Building has been the world's largest skyscraper since its completion in the thirties, and was only surpassed by the World Trade Center eighteen years ago, but even so, the Empire State Building remains a landmark on Fifth Avenue and throughout New York.

In the conference room on the 73rd floor of the Empire State Building, a Chinese man in his sixties sat here with a stern expression, and if Zhou Ming was here, he would definitely be very surprised, because this old man was none other than Tong Gang.

Tong Gang sat silently on the sofa drinking tea, and suddenly the door of the room was opened, and Tong Gang looked up and was surprised: "Mr. Ilbedov, why did you get here?"

It was Ilbedov, the richest man in North Russia, who came in Ilbedov, who was stunned for a moment when he saw Tong Gang, and then smiled helplessly: "Mr. Tong Gang, don't be surprised too early, because I'm not the only one who came." ”

Tong Gang was surprised by these words, but before he could ask, he saw another person coming in behind Ilbedov, it was Li Cheng.

Li Cheng came in and sighed and said to Tong Gang: "So it seems that we have been calculated. ”

As if to prove it to them, as they all sat down, a white man wearing black-rimmed glasses walked in and said to them: "Okay, let me introduce myself, my name is Andy, and I am a personal butler employed by Mr. Christo, I know that all three of them are very busy business tycoons, but I have a very important matter to discuss with the three of them today, and I hope that the three of you can listen to me carefully, okay?"

Andy deliberately paused after speaking, waiting for a response, but Tong Gang Li Cheng and Ilbedov did not speak, because they are not stupid, and they have been in Brighton for so many days, and they will also have a certain understanding of the situation here, so when the name Christo is spoken, they immediately understand what is going on.

Now that the reason is understood, it will be useless to say more, it is better to wait and see what conditions the other party has to propose.

Andy was a little surprised by the unanimous silence of Tong Gang Li Cheng and Ilbedov, but he also quickly reacted and said: "It seems that the three of them have a general understanding of their current situation, so I will directly pick and choose the key points." It is Mr. Christo's intention to bring all three of you here today, and his purpose is to reach an agreement with you. ”

"Agreement?" Tong Gang, Li Cheng, and Ilbedov looked at each other, as if they didn't understand.

Facing the doubts of the three of them, Andy nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, it's an agreement, because Mr. Christo wants to have some business cooperation with you." ”

"What kind of cooperation? If you can, I hope that Mr. Andy can be as you said, be direct, to the point, don't say these miscellaneous things that we don't understand, you have to remember that you are just a trick, like you who make up the plot with undisciplined words, is the most disgusting to readers, and will be killed!" Tong Gang said to Andy.

Andy shrugged his shoulders senselessly: "It seems that it is really a group of Chinese who are so barbaric that they are not good to serve!"

After feeling emotional, Andy said: "Okay, I want to ask you, are you now cooperating with a person named Zhou Ming? Cooperate to invest in oil futures, cooperate to invest in arms stocks?"

Tong Gang Li Cheng and Ilbedov chuckled in their hearts at the same time, thinking that this was indeed the case, although when Andy threw out the name Christo, they thought that this was a conspiracy of the Addams family, but when Andy really said it, they still felt powerless.

However, powerlessness is powerlessness, and what should be said still has to be said, so Tong Gang asked: "So you want us to give up cooperation with Zhou Ming, right?"

Andy nodded and said, "That's right, because Mr. Crystal doesn't like your cooperation very much, and Mr. Crystal is going to teach that nonsense kid a lesson, he doesn't want to hurt the innocent by mistake." ”

After saying that, Andy paused and then said: "Of course, Mr. Christo will not let you suffer, he has prepared a $30 million oil futures contract for you, and this contract is still before August 3, I believe this is a good compensation for you." ”

Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov did not speak, clenched their teeth, and felt very humiliated.

30 million oil futures contracts, this is undoubtedly an astronomical contract for ordinary people, but for Tong Gang Li Cheng and Ilbedov, it is to pass the meal, even if it is a contract before August 3, even if it will rise to 60 million or even 70 million US dollars in the future, after all, the investment they made with Zhou Ming has already made a profit of hundreds of millions of dollars, which is just a drop in the bucket.

Andy's eyes swept back and forth at the three of them and said, "Three gentlemen, this compensation is already Mr. Christo's maximum tolerance, because your behavior is very unethical......"

Before Andy could finish speaking, Tong Gang asked, "What if we don't agree?"

"Disagree?" Andy laughed, "you don't seem to have figured out the situation yet, because you don't have that option in your multiple-choice questions." ”

Tong Gang, Li Cheng, and Ilbedov both clenched their fists, they are all business tycoons in their respective regions, even if they go abroad, they are treated with courtesy, and they are received according to the standards of high society, when have they suffered such humiliation? You must know that Andy's words are completely a way to force you to sign an alliance under the city, you have to agree if you agree, and you have to agree if you don't agree.

"Mr. Andy, is that if we say yes, we can leave?" asked Li Cheng almost gritting his back molars.

"Of course not, in order to show their sincerity, the three gentlemen can stay in the Empire State Building for a few more days, and several of the necessary household utensils will be available, even if there are any special requirements, we will try to meet them. Andy said.

"So do you think that as long as you put us under house arrest here, you can deal with Zhou Ming?" asked Tong Gang.

Andy smiled and replied, "I didn't say that, and in fact it won't be that simple." ”

......

Tuesday, September 11th, this day is a very famous black day after twenty years, but this era is just a very ordinary day, Zhou Ming came to Wharton after class at noon, because Lin Muqing was here.

It seems that she had a premonition, and in the past few days, Lin Muqing has not asked to accompany Zhou Ming to class anymore, but has been waiting for Zhou Ming to come over after class in the company.

"Zhou Ming, from yesterday to today, I have been contacting Tong Gang Li Cheng and Ilbedov, but I have never been able to contact them, their mobile phones can't get through, and the messages sent by the pager have not been replied to, you say that nothing will happen to them, right? I have always thought that how could their stock accounts have problems at the same time? This is so strange!" Zhou Ming had just entered the office, and Lin Muqing hurriedly threw a question to him.

As Lin Muqing said, Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov all had problems with their respective stock accounts, Tong Gang was the first to have problems, and Ilbedov followed, and just yesterday, Li Cheng's stock account was not spared.

In fact, it is normal for the stock account to have problems, especially when it is linked to the offshore account, after all, the transfer of funds in the offshore account, as well as the exchange rate and tax rate, are very complicated, and it is not as convenient as the general direct withdrawal of money from the bank, even in the United States, the most financially developed country in this era, no one can guarantee that the intermediate procedures will always be fine.

However, the problem now is that Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov are almost the same problem, and it cannot but make people suspicious.

Zhou Ming was not in a hurry to answer, but walked over and sat in front of Lin Muqing and asked, "Then Sister Muqing, have you asked the stockbrokerage companies in New York and Chicago?"

Lin Muqing nodded and replied: "Of course I asked, they said that the problem with the account was not on their side, it was a little problem with the procedures on the bank's side, and they had already guided the customer to the bank for contact." ”

"What does the bank say?" Zhou Ming asked again.

"The bank said that the procedures were stored in the offshore account and that the parties needed to go to the offshore bank to solve it, but I called the offshore bank, but they said that they had not received any news at all, and it should be the problem of the local bank. Lin Muqing said.

Zhou Ming smiled: "Isn't this just kicking the ball? ”

"They're just playing the ball, everybody is pushing back the blame, and no one really can give an answer, it's like they've all disappeared into thin air. Lin Muqing said angrily.

"I don't think they're going to disappear into thin air, it's just that someone should take them under control. ”

Zhou Ming said, Lin Muqing looked at Zhou Ming in surprise, and Zhou Ming said to him with a smile: "Sister Muqing, have you forgotten that you said that the Addams family is going to deal with us?"

As soon as she heard that it was the Addams family, Lin Muqing immediately became nervous: "Zhou Ming, are you saying that Robert really said that his father moved him, is this his father dealing with us?"

I can't think of any other answer. Zhou Ming said.

"These scumbags! They must have known that our money was being diverted into their accounts for investment, and that's why they had a problem at the same time, and that Christo was trying to cut off our investment by cutting off our funds. Lin Muqing scolded secretly.

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "Sister Mu Qing, it's fine if it's just like this, but I think Christo, as the patriarch of the Addams family, shouldn't have this ability." ”

After Zhou Ming said this, Lin Muqing also remembered that although this kind of practice made their investment behavior unable to continue, it did not have any essential harm, if Robert's approach was understandable, after all, his idea was not so mature, and Christo should not be, could it be that the patriarch of the Addams family didn't even understand the simple reason that the enemy wanted to kill directly?

"Zhou Ming, do you mean that the disappearance of Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov is just the beginning?" asked Lin Muqing.

"Apparently so. Zhou Ming said.

As if to prove Zhou Ming's words, when Zhou Ming's words fell, Julie, the administrative director of Wharton, knocked on the door and handed over a document to Zhou Ming and said: "This is a fax document from the bank and our brokerage company, saying that our account is suspected of money laundering and other illegal acts, and our account needs to be routinely verified." ”

Zhou Ming looked up and asked her, "Does the verification mean to freeze our account?"

Julie nodded and replied yes, and Zhou Ming said helplessly: "Okay, I know, you go out first." ”

Waiting for Julie to leave the room, Lin Muqing said: "It is worthy of being the patriarch of the Addams family, Jiang is still old and spicy, Zhou Ming, your accounts are very secret, and this can also be turned out for him, it seems that he doesn't want us to have any investment behavior." ”

Zhou Ming still shook his head: "If he just doesn't want me to have any investment behavior, then it's okay, after all, these are just small tricks, whether it is Tong Gang, Li Cheng, Ilbedov or my account, he can't be sealed forever, the biggest problem is still with me." ”

Zhou Ming said the last sentence and pointed to himself, and at the same time, Julie pushed open the door of the room again, and shouted in a panic: "Mr. Zhou Ming is not good, something is wrong outside!"