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"Brighton Bank, Governor Edward, are you a little too picky? Or why don't you just say let's help you run for president, and then you sign the presidential order against the Addams family, isn't that more straightforward?"

Lin Muqing was very dissatisfied and asked Edward a series of questions, but it is no wonder that Lin Muqing is so angry, it is really too difficult for Edward to choose the key point.

Brighton Bank, formerly known as Brighton First National Bank, is a family commercial bank controlled by the Adams family, originally only a large domestic bank, mainly operating in the northeastern New England region, and later merged with the Lowell family's Bank of Massachusetts, turned into the first multinational bank in the United States.

The combined Brighton Bank, which was already financially strong, later consolidated the capital controlled by the insurance companies of the four major families, and reaped a strong return on investment in the two world wars.

Relying on the capital of Brighton banks and insurance companies, the Brighton consortium continued to acquire companies in various industries, followed the trend of the two world wars and the Cold War to establish aircraft and arms companies, strengthened its control over the entire Massachusetts and the entire heart of England, and finally funded the election of parliamentarians and even the president, completing the transformation of a super consortium that penetrated into the political economy.

Perhaps on paper, Brighton Bank only has $100 billion in assets, but you must know that this is the result of redistribution after several rounds of equity splits, not to mention the shares held by the four major families on the board of directors of Brighton Bank, and the capital they invest in other industries, any one of which exceeds one trillion, and the Adams family, as the big brother of the consortium, his assets are even more incalculable.

In other words, when Brighton Bank is threatened, even if the three major families of Kendini Lawrence and Lowell stand by and watch, the energy of the Adams family alone is immeasurable.

So how can such a tall and mighty key point and the key point of the entire consortium be dealt with?

However, for Edward, who put forward this key point, he didn't pay attention to Lin Muqing's anger, but just looked at Zhou Ming intently, waiting for Zhou Ming's answer.

Zhou Ming let out a breath and said: "I can trust the judgment of Mr. Governor, the Bank of Brighton is indeed the most critical key point, after all, no matter how big the company is, once the capital chain is broken, then the entire company will be at risk of collapse, and a big family is nothing more than a combination of many companies, then the total capital chain is broken, and naturally this family will also face the risk of collapse." ”

Zhou Ming changed his words when he said this: "But Mr. Governor, Mr. Chancellor, and Mr. Louie, your hearts are still really relaxed, because Brighton Bank is the key point of the Adams family, and it is also the key point of the entire Brighton consortium, if I really have a way to deal with Brighton Bank, aren't you afraid that I will collapse the entire Brighton consortium?"

"Of course we have concerns about this," Edward said, "but now that we are an alliance, Mr. Zhou Ming, all your ideas must go through us before they can be implemented, and if your ideas will endanger the entire consortium, I don't think we will agree." ”

"It seems that even though we have been allied, we are not necessarily a whole against the Addams family, and many times you will tie my hands and feet, right?" Zhou Ming said.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, you are a little too radical to say that. "We're really going to be interested in you, but that's if you're going to do damage to the whole of Brighton, and we're all part of this consortium......"

Before Louis could finish his words, Edward interrupted him and said to Zhou Ming, "I think Mr. Zhou Ming, when you made a decision to form an alliance with us, you should have thought about these questions, right?"

"I did think about it, but I didn't expect it to be so direct in the first place. ”

Zhou Ming said with a smile, and then he let out a long breath and said: "But if the key point is really only Brighton Bank, then no matter how difficult it is, he can only be taken down, but I need information about Brighton Bank's accounts." ”

After speaking, Zhou Ming thought for a while and added: "The account information I need is not the script disclosed at the shareholders' meeting to defraud ordinary investors of money, but the account information in the hands of your family, including the investment projects of Brighton Bank, as well as the bad debts and dead debts within the bank, as well as all kinds of loan information of the bank, I want it." ”

Edward Lawrence and Louis were both surprised, and Edward asked Zhou Ming meaningfully: "Why has Mr. Zhou Ming decided to attack Brighton Bank?

"Is there any other way besides Brighton Bank?" Zhou Ming asked rhetorically.

"I see," said Edward, "but Mr. Zhou Ming, you have asked too much, and the information you asked for is very important, and I am afraid that we cannot provide it rashly." ”

Zhou Ming smiled: "Then I think Mr. Governor must have never heard a story, saying that there was a woman in the past, she wanted to get a lot of money, so she went to sell herself and became a prostitute, but then she didn't want other people in the village to talk and accuse her behind her back, so she set up a chaste archway at the entrance of the village to show that even if she became a prostitute, even if she received a lot of guests, she was still a good and chaste woman." ”

Edward Lawrence and Louis were both smart people, and they immediately heard the meaning behind Zhou Ming's story, and Louis immediately scolded: "Are you scolding us for being a prostitute who set up an archway?"

Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders meaninglessly: "I didn't say that, but you want me to deal with the Addams family, and you want to take the Brighton Bank, but you don't provide me with accurate information, isn't it the same as the prostitute woman setting up the archway?"

Edward wanted to explain something, but Zhou Ming preemptively said: "Don't think I don't know what you are planning, I admit that the Brighton Bank is indeed the key point of the Adams family, but it is also the key point of the entire Brighton consortium, right?

In the face of Zhou Ming's words, Edward Lawrence and Louis were speechless, they looked at each other, and finally Edward nodded and said, "Okay, I know, we will provide you with the information you need as soon as possible." ”

"Thank you very much. Zhou Ming said.

......

As the key issues were finalized, the meeting between Zhou Ming, Edward Lawrence and Louis ended, after all, there was no friendship between everyone at all, and there was really no common language except for a common goal.

Back in his room, Lin Muqing sat heavily on the sofa and complained to Zhou Ming: "These three Americans are too disagreeable, they are clearly deliberately making things difficult for Zhou Ming, what is the key point is the Brighton Bank......

Lin Muqing then nodded and said: "Yes, I admit that the Brighton Bank is indeed a key point, without the support of money, the Addams family is equivalent to one less leg, in this case, whether it is to deal with it, or to force him to the negotiating table will be much simpler." But what do they mean by what they said later? Zhou Ming, you can't have too overstepping the line, and you don't want to give Zhou Ming information about Brighton Bank, do they want to do this to ally with Zhou Ming, or to guard against Zhou Ming?"

Zhou Ming was very relaxed about this, he explained to Lin Muqing with a smile: "They do want to ally with me, because this is a good opportunity, but they must also guard against me, because compared to this Brighton consortium, I am an outsider." ”

Lin Muqing sighed, and said helplessly: "I also understand this, but I'm a little unwilling, if only Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov were still there, we wouldn't be so passive." ”

Zhou Ming couldn't help this, in the meeting just now, Zhou Ming also asked Edward Lawrence and Louie, and they both said that they had not found their whereabouts. For their answer, Zhou Ming believes that on the one hand, they don't want to find out, after all, without the support of the consortium behind them, it will be easier for them to control the situation; of course, on the other hand, time is urgent, and the people are hidden by the Addams family, and they may not be in Massachusetts, so it is impossible to find them so easily.

After Lin Muqing finished speaking, he said: "Zhou Ming, don't you still have people on the North Russian side?" Or Zhou Ming, you can let the other side send people over there, mobilize more funds, and give Adams and the three families some oppression, so that they can understand that it is useless to just detain those three people." ”

Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "Sister Mu Qing, I have also thought about this idea, but we are operating offshore, and it will take time to drop funds from North Russia, and with the experience of Ilbedov, I am afraid that the people behind will also consider themselves more, and the loss of trust between cooperation is the most terrible thing." ”

"But Zhou Ming, are we at the mercy of those guys now?" Lin Muqing's tone was very unwilling.

"That's what it feels like to be under the fence, maybe for some reason, they need me to help them open the situation, but that's all, we need more from them, whether it's information about the Addams family, or information about Brighton Bank. Zhou Ming said, "Anyway, let's get the information of Brighton Bank first." ”

Lin Muqing thought for a while and asked, "Zhou Ming, do you think we can find any flaws in the Brighton Bank and use this flaw to hold them?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "This is not a good way, first of all, we may not even be able to deal with Brighton Bank, let alone use this to blackmail the three families, and on the other hand, this kind of behavior will also be a foreshadowing of each other's hindquarters in the future, I don't want to plant a possible bomb behind myself when facing a powerful enemy." ”

"Okay, since Zhou Ming and you said so, I choose to believe you. Lin Muqing said, "It's just Zhou Ming, do you think they will think of us like this, and will give us the bank information of the real Brighton?"

Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "I don't know about this, but I think as long as they are not stupid, they won't make a fuss about this." ”

In this way, three days passed quickly, and during this time, Zhou Ming spent a vacation on Rhode Island.

It wasn't until three days later, when Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing got up in the morning as usual to go to breakfast, Louis came to find him, because Edward was the governor of Massachusetts, and Lawrence was the president of Harvard, they both had their own important things to do, so they left here one after another, and only Louie remained here.

Louis told Zhou Ming that all the details about Brighton Bank were ready.

"Very well, then take me to see it right away. Zhou Ming said.

"I hope you really know how to watch it. Louie said with a sneer.