Chapter 137: It's just a small scene
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ming hurriedly left the National Telecom Building and returned to his rented villa in downtown Mexico. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
This time is obviously not off work, but Zhou Ming has more important things to do, he needs to return a call, because he is worried about the eavesdropping device in the National Telecom Building, and also worried that the signal tower on the roof of the Telecom Building will interfere with the signal of the satellite phone, so Zhou Ming decided to go back from work early after learning about the situation of the technical reserve department.
Set up a satellite phone in the courtyard of his villa, Zhou Ming dialed the number, and the phone was quickly connected, Zhou Ming said, "May I ask if it's Princess Louise?"
The object of Zhou Ming's contact is Princess Louise, who has cooperated with Harusburg, of course, Zhou Ming is not a whim, because at noon when the plenary meeting of the national telecommunications company was held, Zhou Ming received a pager message from Princess Louise.
Zhou Ming knew that although he and Princess Louise had cooperated, in fact, the relationship between them was not much, or it could also be said that Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, she also didn't think much of Zhou Ming, a Chinese, if it weren't for Caitlin, maybe there would be no intersection between them at all.
It is this kind of relationship that makes Princess Louise almost never take the initiative to contact Zhou Ming, so this time she suddenly sent a message, which could not help but surprise Zhou Ming, and also made Zhou Ming have to pay attention;
Louise's voice was still as lofty as in her memory: "Of course it's me, you're Zhou Ming, right?"
"Your Royal Highness, Honorable Princess, you are right, first of all, I am sorry to disturb you so late, but I am still curious about the reason why you are looking for me. Zhou Ming asked politely.
But Louise suddenly erupted without warning: "You dare to ask me why? Do you still have any responsibility as a man?"
This sudden questioning caught Zhou Ming off guard, but then Louise explained why.
"Do you know what has become of Harusburg now? Andrey, who succeeded as the patriarch with the support of Jefferson, is now frantically merging other family businesses, more than half of which are currently under his direct control, and he also owns the rest of the estates. Louise said.
"I understand that he intended to create his official succession to the House of Harusburg by this means. Zhou Ming said.
"I'd like to teach you a hard lesson if I could!" Louise hated, but she was still patient, "Since you know all of this, I want to ask what you're doing now? Are you visiting Mexico? Do you know that André has been doing his best to erase Caitlyn's existence, and that he is the only master of Harusburg, and that you are still not Caitlin's man?"
Louise could still restrain herself as much as possible in front of her, trying to maintain the pride and elegance of her princess, but in the end, she couldn't help but question loudly.
You must know that Louise is a princess who has married out of Harusburg, strictly speaking, no matter what Harusburg becomes, it will not affect her, at most it is a matter of how much benefit. But now, even such Louise has become so angry, it is not difficult for Zhou Ming to think about how bad the situation in Harusburg has become.
What's more, what kind of pressure is Caitlyn facing now, even Princess Louise can't help but take the initiative to find her, but Caitlyn's side still tells her not to worry.
Zhou Ming thought of this and said: "Of course I understand, whether it is what Andre did, or the pressure that Princess Louise and Caitlyn are facing, I don't want to explain much about my affairs in Mexico, but please believe me, I will definitely protect Caitlyn and make Jefferson and Andre pay the price, no matter how much Harusburg's wealth Andre takes, I will let him spit it all out, I promise!"
If it was someone else's assurance, Louise would definitely scoff at it, but now it was Zhou Ming who promised her on the phone, which was different.
"Zhou Ming, I remember your words, I hope this is not a sentence to listen to, but a guarantee that it will be realized! And if you can, please hurry up, because Harusburg can't wait too long. ”
At the end, Louise added, "I hope Caitlyn didn't pick the wrong person." ”
Leaving this sentence, Louise hung up the phone, Zhou Ming knew very well in his heart that her last sentence was not only emotional, but also for herself.
Caitlin my woman, if you have so much faith in me, how can I let you down? Wait, I'll take all the riches of Mexico out of the hands of the Maronite Church with the National Telecommunications Company as the core!
Zhou Ming thought so in his heart, and at the same time secretly clenched his fists.
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The next day, when Zhou Ming came to the National Telecom Building, Carlos and Janice, who came to work in the building first, immediately found Zhou Ming.
"Mr. Zhou Ming is not good, since this morning, the company's stock has been plummeting!" they all said anxiously.
Zhou Ming was not surprised by this situation, after all, if there was no movement after he took over as the chairman of the National Telecom Company, it would be abnormal, but he thought that they would wait for two days, but he didn't think that they were in a hurry.
"So what is the magnitude of the plunge, and what is the reason?" Zhou Ming asked.
"The magnitude is four percent, because President González delivered his State of the Union address this morning, and President González, when talking about the reform of state-owned enterprises, said that state-owned enterprises are tumors that grow on Mexico's body, and he will have the determination to get rid of this tumor with a strong man's wrist. Janice said to Zhou Ming.
Carlos then stressed: "In particular, he mentioned that the Mexican National Telecommunications Company will be self-financing in the future, and even if it has to sell assets to pay off debts, the central government will not pay an extra peso to save it." But at the same time, the central government will not allow the national telecommunications company to turn its back on the Mexican people, and the national telecommunications must be for the people, and the staffing and policy direction of the national telecommunications company are set up for this purpose. ”
Listening to their reports, Zhou Ming immediately understood.
"The current situation of the national telecommunications company itself is very bad, I am afraid that even a college student who does not understand anything can understand that without drastic reforms, there is no way to turn a profit into a profit, but our Mr. President has directly blocked this road; coupled with the worsening situation of the Mexican stock market now, such a piece of news is enough to make the stock crash. ”
Zhou Ming then said: "But the decline is only four percent, that is, the market value of about 40 million has evaporated, a small thing." ”
Zhou Ming's ease surprised Janice: "Mr. Zhou Ming, that's a market value of 40 million US dollars! Although I know that you are very rich, you can't do this...... Besides, if the stock of the State Telecom Company fluctuates too much, the central government will definitely not ignore it!"
"But it's not Mr. Zhou Ming's fault at all!" Carlos said, "It's obviously the president's conspiracy!"
"But the problem is that the people and the central government don't care about this, and they will think that it is Mr. Zhou Ming's inability that will cause the stock of the national telecom company to continue to fall. Janice explained.
Zhou Ming waved his hand at this: "So since you know that it is the president's conspiracy, then don't care about him, besides, I have only taken over the National Telecom Company for a short day, and everyone is waiting to see the direction of the wind, it is the most unstable time for the company's stock, why care?
Since Zhou Ming, Carlos and Janice did not live together, Zhou Ming called them first on the way here and asked them to hold a plenary meeting with a notice from the General Affairs Department.
Carlos nodded and said, "Mr. Zhou Ming, please rest assured, we will definitely complete the tasks you assigned as soon as possible!"
Janice then added, "We have given notice of the plenary meeting from the General Services Department, and in terms of time, most of the people should have rushed to the conference room by now. ”
Zhou Ming nodded: "Since that's the case, then let's go to the conference room first." ”
Carlos and Janice were stunned for a moment: "Don't we need to think of a way to deal with the company's stock plummeting first? The executives of other companies will definitely take advantage of this to make a big fuss, especially that Limus." ”
"That's the vice chairman of Limus," Zhou Ming corrected them, "no matter what the relationship between me and him is, or what kind of purpose he has, but he is still the vice chairman of the national telecommunications company after all, and there are still some rules, after all, he is mentally retarded, and we are human beings." ”
Listening to Zhou Ming's words, Carlos and Janice suddenly understood, and at the same time, they also sighed even more in their hearts: This is the bearing!
Finally, Zhou Ming patted them on the shoulder: "Okay, don't think about it so much, maybe when we get to the conference room, there will be other surprises." ”
After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he took the lead in taking a step, and behind Zhou Ming, Carlos and Janice were stunned.
Isn't President Gonzalez's $40 million wipe out of the market value of the National Telecom Company with a single word? What step does the other side have to do before he gives up? Isn't Limus the vice chairman of the National Telecom, and doesn't he have his share of the investment? What do these damned capitalists think?
Carlos and Janice, who are completely incomprehensible, they don't know now, in fact, when Zhou Ming learned the news of the stock market crash, he was looking forward to the next meeting.
Then Zhou Ming took them into the conference room, and all the company's senior executives were already sitting here, including the vice chairman Limus, who was angry yesterday, but he looked at Zhou Ming with a lot of fun and banter in his eyes, as if he was looking at some joke. It's really a bit uncomfortable to change to ordinary people, but Zhou Ming has long been invulnerable, so it's normal to sit down.
When Zhou Ming and Carlos Janice sat down, Limus spoke first: "Chairman Zhou Ming, I think you must already know about the company's stock plummeting, right? It only opened for an hour, and the company lost 40 million US dollars!"
Zhou Ming waved his hand and said, "That's just a group of mentally retarded people doing things behind their backs, it's just a small scene." ”
Limus gave Zhou Ming a thumbs up: "It is worthy of being an entrepreneur from the United States, it is atmospheric! 40 million US dollars is just a small scene, so what will happen next, I am afraid it is not a big deal in the eyes of Chairman Zhou Ming." ”
"Just now we received a call from the Ministry of Commerce, saying that a thousand customers of the national telecommunications company jointly reported to the Ministry of Commerce that we have a price monopoly and are unreasonable in pricing, and the Ministry of Commerce is making a ruling at this time, if the ruling is established......" Limus said here and deliberately paused here, and only said after whetting everyone's appetite, "We will face a huge fine of up to 300 million US dollars!"
"Chairman Zhou Ming, is this also a small scene?" asked Limus.
Zhou Ming nodded: "Well, it's just a small scene." ”