Chapter 142: A paradox of contradictions

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In the morning, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing came to Brooke Investment Company, Chairman Brooke and all the staff of the company were in the office to greet them, and when they saw Zhou Ming come in, they all immediately got up and gave Zhou Ming the warmest applause and cheers, and even the company's beautiful female secretary also held a bouquet of flowers to Zhou Ming.

All the employees of Brooke Investment Company sincerely welcome Zhou Ming, because for them, Zhou Ming is their savior, if there is no Zhou Ming, maybe Brooke Investment Company will go bankrupt immediately, and they will all lose their jobs; it is Zhou Ming's capital injection that allows them to temporarily keep their jobs, and now their God is coming, they naturally have to put on the best posture.

In the joy of all the company's employees, Chairman Brooke even though he wanted to cut Zhou Ming with a knife in his heart, he still smiled and shook hands with Zhou Ming: "Welcome to Mr. Zhou Ming, Brooke Investment Company has always been the most important investment institution in Brighton, our future profits will help you create benefits that you can't imagine, I believe you will be very glad that you have decided to save today!"

Listening to Brooke's words, Zhou Ming smiled and said to him: "I am really surprised that Mr. Brooke can say this, but I think I can understand you." ”

For Zhou Ming's words, Brooke's expression stiffened unconsciously, and then said inexplicably embarrassed: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I don't understand what you mean, but I think Mr. Zhou Ming must be very satisfied with Brooke Investment Company." ”

Brooke obviously wanted to change the topic by saying this, but Zhou Ming didn't intend to let him get his wish, Zhou Ming continued: "Then let me make it clear, I know that Mr. Brooke must want to die rather than accept any of my charity, but unfortunately, the truth seems to be a little higher than imagined, and no matter how firm your belief is, it is always very fragile in the face of reality, are you right?"

Brooke really wanted to vomit blood at the moment, just like Zhou Ming said, he did think so, and even he was more resolute than Zhou Ming said, but on the 21st, when Zhou Ming appeared in the conference hall of the Federal Reserve Bank of Brighton, when Christo and Edward announced that the bank and the government had withdrawn from the rescue operation, he understood that something could not escape.

As far as Brooke himself is concerned, he knows that the company has become what it is now, and he wants to kill Zhou Ming infinitely, how can he still need Zhou Ming's help? He also thought that even if he let the company go bankrupt, he could not let himself be humiliated by Zhou Ming, but the fact is that he can't help himself.

As one of the most important investment companies in Massachusetts, and the central company of the current subprime mortgage crisis, it has completely become the object of other people's wait-and-see, if Brooke Investment Company falls, then the subprime mortgage crisis will slide in a bigger direction, which the Brighton family can't see anyway, so Brooke was kidnapped by the consortium and lost to Zhou Ming, and even Brooke didn't even have the right to express his opinions.

It's a pity that these words are impossible to say in the company, so he can only laugh and say: "Some things I think are like this, become a king and lose a villain." ”

After some pleasantries, Brooke took Zhou Ming to the conference room, and Brooke's lawyer took out a document and handed it to Zhou Ming.

This document is Zhou Ming signed the document to inject capital into Brooke Investment Company, transfer and change equity, because these documents are prepared in advance, so there is no need to study too carefully on the spot, as long as there is no fundamental problem at a glance, and then Zhou Ming and Brooke were in the company's conference room, signed in front of everyone and then exchanged documents.

After signing, Zhou Ming and Brooke both stood up and shook hands, and then Brooke suddenly asked: "But Mr. Zhou Ming, our Brooke Investment Company is ready to accept Mr. Zhou Ming's management at any time, but I don't know when Mr. Zhou Ming's funds will be ready?"

"Funds?" Zhou Ming said with some amusement, "This question is a quid pro quo between me and Mr. Christo, are you not qualified to ask? Even if we have signed a contract." ”

Brooke wanted to slap himself in the face at that time, he hated himself for being so stupid, he could obviously guess that since Zhou Ming came forward to be this savior, there must be a lot of interest exchange behind him that he didn't only fight, why did he ask such a sentence?

Compared to Brooke's remorse, all the other Brooke Investment Company employees were forced to do so at the time, and they didn't understand what Zhou Ming meant by what he meant by the quid pro quo with Mr. Christo? Who was Mr. Christo? Why did he say that he was not qualified to sign a contract? Wasn't Brooke the chairman of the company and a senior senator in Massachusetts?

Of course, soon these employees immediately found the answers to these questions themselves: Mr. Zhou Ming is a high-ranking man after all, he must have his own set of rules for doing things, and the people he knows are not people they can know, so it is normal for them not to know.

Then Zhou Ming left Brooke Investment Company, and he and Lin Muqing came to Brighton's Bay Villa, which is the property of the Adams family, with a small port, similar to Zhou Ming's club in Rhode Island, but because of industrialization, the various service facilities are much better than here, and the docking place is much larger.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, please wait a moment, your friend has already reached the sea outside the bay, and you will be able to see it soon. ”

The housekeeper of the villa said to Zhou Ming that the friend he was talking about was the quid pro quo that Zhou Ming said before, and Zhou Ming wanted Christo to put back Tong Gang Li Cheng and Ilbedov who were under house arrest, so that he could save Brooke Investment Company.

Christo didn't come over again today, because he promised Zhou Ming that he had already made a humiliating decision in the face of the pressure of four people, and now he would come over again to make a smile with Zhou Ming? As the patriarch of the Addams family, he would never be able to accept this insult.

Zhou Ming also understood this, anyway, he didn't plan to see Christo here again.

About a quarter of an hour later, sure enough, on the sea not far away, Zhou Ming saw a cruise ship slowly approaching, and the housekeeper who was waiting here with Zhou Ming told Zhou Ming that it was Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov.

After another ten minutes, the cruise ship finally docked in the port, and Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov walked out of the cabin in turn.

"A great welcome to the three to Brighton. Zhou Ming said with a smile at the port.

And Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov came up and hugged Zhou Ming one by one and said: "Little brother Zhou Ming, you are my most important family! There is nothing else to say, in the future, little brother Zhou Ming, your business will be my business, even if I sell Changhe Industry! We Northern Russians are very bold, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to come back, Mr. Zhou Ming, you are as great as my father!"

Maybe there was not a word of thanks in their words, but their gratitude to Zhou Ming was beyond words.

"It's just little brother Zhou Ming, can you tell us what happened?" Tong Gang asked, Li Cheng and Ilbedov also showed curious expressions, obviously they were both very curious about this question.

But it's no wonder, after all, it was the Addams family who put them under house arrest, and it would be good to say that Zhou Ming found a way to use the power of a certain big country and send special forces to save them, but now they were sent out by the Addams family, what is the situation? Could it be that Zhou Ming did something to make the Addams family compromise? But they can't imagine what can make a family like Addams compromise?

Facing their doubts, Zhou Ming said: "Just like the three of you guessed, during the time you left, a lot of things happened in Brighton, and I will tell you slowly on the way back." ”

Then Zhou Ming took them out of the villa, and on the way back to the hotel, Zhou Ming told them about his instigation of the subprime mortgage crisis and his later use of them as a quid pro quo in exchange for their return.

After listening to Zhou Ming's answer, the three of them were silent, and after a while, Tong just said: "Little brother Zhou Ming, you are really a person worthy of being entrusted with your life, I didn't expect you to be able to instigate the subprime mortgage crisis, you could have used the financial crisis to make a bigger article, but I didn't expect you to get the freedom in exchange for the three of us, which made us really moved." ”

Li Cheng also said: "Yes, little brother Zhou Ming, I have always thought that I am a very successful businessman, but now I find that I still want you to rescue me like this, I am still too much of a failure!"

Ilbedov said: "Mr. Zhou Ming, we North Russians pay attention to repaying the favor of others with our lives, no matter what you want to do in the future, I will support you as much as possible!"

Zhou Ming scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "Actually, you are all too serious, I did save you, but at that time, because we were all allies, I could also give Kendini Lawrence and Lowell a confidence when I did this, I can do this to you, and naturally I will do the same to them; ”

Hearing Zhou Ming say this, Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov immediately respected Zhou Ming, and they said: "You not only have very precious qualities, but also noble souls!"

"Although being praised is a very enjoyable experience, I want to say that you are really mistaken, I am not Lei Feng, and I can exchange you for a coincidence. Zhou Ming said.

"What other coincidence can this be?" Tong Gang asked curiously, "But now that you have promised Christo to save Brooke Investment Company, and you have also signed a management transfer contract with their company, you will inevitably take out the hundreds of millions of dollars in it, and if you can't fulfill it, you will not only be legally responsible, but also have a very bad impact on your reputation, do you understand what I mean?"

"Don't worry, Tong Chai, I'm not making any jokes about my reputation, as for the hundreds of millions of dollars I want to take out, I won't take a penny now. Zhou Ming said.

Tong Gang, Li Cheng and Ilbedov were stunned for a moment, they didn't understand what Zhou Ming was talking about, since they wanted to keep their reputation, they must fulfill the contract, so if they want to fulfill the contract, they must come up with hundreds of millions of dollars, but Zhou Ming said that he didn't plan to take a penny, isn't this a paradox?

Of course, Zhou Ming could see what the three of them were thinking, and he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have my own way!"

The three of them who were confused couldn't have imagined that in the end, Zhou Ming's method would make Christo so angry that he couldn't order the Phoenix company's missiles to directly bring a nuclear warhead to level Zhou Ming.