Chapter 352: The Power of Rumors
On the morning of the third day, Wood walked out of the gates of the Itley Court very proudly, and the royal lawyer of the Great Wood family followed him. They had just filed an indictment in the Eitley District Court, alleging that Mayor Martin had instructed black communities to rally and demonstrate for his own political goals during his tenure as mayor of Eitley, and he demanded that Martin publicly apologize in the media and pay compensation for all damages incurred during the period.
Looking at the court receipt slip in his hand, Wood had an irrepressible smile on his face: "Dear Mr. Lawyer, I will definitely give you more extra compensation, just because you have given me more happiness! As long as there is this lawsuit now, it can bring a huge negative impact to that guy Martin, and he has only one way to resign!"
The lawyer next to him smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Wood, I think I just did my duty, and Mr. Wood, the next press conference is also very important." ”
Wood nodded with satisfaction and said: "Of course it is very important, after all, the lawsuit is very long, we need to let the media know as soon as possible, I really can't wait to see that Zhou Ming become a lonely and helpless desperate look!"
Wood said with a very hideous smile, because according to his plan, he was going to teach Martin a lesson, and through this incident, he told the entire Itley that if anyone dared to join forces with Zhou Ming, Martin would be the end, even if he was the mayor, he would not be let go, and it was also to tell the future mayor of Itley who he could never offend.
"Zhou Ming Martin, a Chinese man and a, I just want to tell everyone that my Great Wood family is the royal family of Eitley, and we have ten thousand ways to kill you in Eitley, but you are helpless!"
Wood seemed to have seen that Zhou Ming couldn't find a force to join forces with in Itley, and even dared not even accept him in a hotel, and finally couldn't even leave in disgrace.
"I wish that day had come sooner!"
Wood said meaningfully, he would still think about that desperate situation, Zhou Ming, that guy might have to come to Wood Manor to visit and beg for mercy in person, and then he would humiliate him fiercely, and then he would not let him leave Yatley so simply!
With these things in mind, Wood and his lawyer went to a hotel not far from the courthouse, where they were supposed to hold a press conference, but when they arrived, they found that things were very different from what they had thought, because there was no press conference here, only two servants of the Great Wood family were waiting.
"Young master, I'm sorry, this press conference has been canceled, the patriarch asks you to go back immediately. The two servants said at once when they saw Wood coming.
This surprised Wood, who could not believe his ears, and did not understand why such a sudden turn of events had occurred, and immediately called his father, only to receive a simple reply - something was wrong!
Wood's first reaction was that there were other movements on Zhou Ming's side, but the Big Wood family has a big business, what can a small demonstration be worth? Even if George Square is abolished from now on, although the loss is huge, it is not completely unacceptable, and he doesn't believe that the group of really have that ability, so apart from this, Wood can't think of any other way for them to threaten the family.
With a mind full of questions, Wood hurried back, but when he went back, he found that Zhou Ming's unbridled imagination was far from what he could imagine.
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Back to seven o'clock in the morning, Zhou Ming and Mayor Martin arrived at the paging booth in Taylor, the name of the borough southeast of Eitley and where George Square is located. Here, Zhou Ming and Martin made a direct appointment to meet with Manager Tom, the person in charge of the paging desk.
Since Manager Tom was still on his way, Zhou Ming and Martin rested in the lounge for a while, drinking the coffee made by the secretary, Martin asked uncertainly: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I understand that you asked me to contact the black group to demonstrate in George Square before, and that can also cause a very intuitive effect, but now we are coming to the paging station......
Although Martin's words were only half said, his meaning could not be clearer, and Zhou Ming reassured him: "It's okay to create public opinion pressure with demonstrations, but it's difficult to really have any real impact on the Big Wood family, but what we're doing now is different." ”
"I understand that if we can really affect the financial order of the bank, then it will definitely deal a great blow to the Great Wood family, but the problem now is...... Can what we're doing now really make a difference?" Martin asked.
Faced with Martin's question, Zhou Ming asked him rhetorically: "Mr. Mayor, I'm curious about what reason you think you can't influence?"
"It's very simple, if it's so simple to send a message to everyone and influence their decision, it's a little too brainless, especially if we're targeting Big Wood Bank, the most influential bank in our state of Michigan, how can we be defeated by a message? I don't think I would have believed it at all. Martin said to Zhou Ming, obviously he couldn't understand Zhou Ming's methods.
Zhou Ming nodded and said: "I believe it very much, if it was Mr. Mayor, you would definitely not believe it, but the problem is that not everyone in the more than 100,000 people in Taylor District is called Martin, isn't it? ”
Zhou Ming continued: "I think Mr. Mayor, you must have heard the story of the leader, right? Generally, the sheep herd is a relatively scattered organization, each sheep is an individual, but as long as one sheep moves in one direction, the other sheep will follow without thinking, so this information is also the truth, as long as one person believes, I can trigger a large-scale run on Big Wood Bank." ”
Martin was about to say something, but then the door to the lounge suddenly opened, and Mr. Tom walked in and apologized and said hello to Zhou Ming and Martin.
This is the person in charge of the Taylor District paging station that Zhou Ming and Martin have been waiting for, and after some greetings, Martin said his intention under Zhou Ming's instructions.
"Hello Mr. Tom, we're here to borrow your paging station to help us spread the word about it, and we want everyone in the Taylor area to have this message on their pager. Martin said.
Risking His Life to Expose the Shocking Secrets of the Big Wood Bank! The Big Wood Bank has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in failed investments, and the treasury is now running out of money and is on the verge of bankruptcy, so it is necessary to withdraw its own money before the bank goes bankrupt!
This message is what Zhou Ming is going to send through the paging station today, and the rules are very skillful, because this is the method that Zhou Ming came up with based on the ubiquitous and extremely disgusting garbage rumor text messages in later generations, the purpose is to create rumors of the imminent collapse of Big Wood Bank, causing panic among all depositors, and then breaking out a run on Big Wood Bank.
A run on such a thing as no bank could cope with it if it was unprepared, let alone Big Wood.
You must know that the Wood family was cheated for nearly 100 billion dollars because of the Tang Bank, and the Big Wood family was not a financially strong family, so now once there is a run on his bank, even if there is only one regional run, it will have a very bad impact on his capital flow, and once the Big Wood family's funds have problems, then it will be easy to deal with him later.
It's just that in this era, even in the United States, mobile phones are not only popular, but also have great limitations in mobile phones now, so Zhou Ming chose a pager with a higher penetration rate.
Looking at the message that Zhou Ming asked to send, Tom immediately frowned, seeing him like this, Zhou Ming hurriedly said to him: "I know that the pager has an agreement to prohibit sending advertisements, but we are not a profit-making advertisement, but a simple message, you can understand that I sent the wrong person, so it was sent to many other people's pagers." ”
In the end, Zhou Ming said confidently: "Mr. Tom, I can tell you very responsibly that such information will never bring you any complaints. ”
After listening to Zhou Ming's words, Tom shook his head: "I think this gentleman, you seem to be looking at the problem too simply, sending this information, I may not get complaints from other users, but I will definitely get a summons for retaliation prosecution from the Big Wood family, I don't know if you have taken this into consideration?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think about this, because what I considered was that by that time, the Great Wood family might be about to fall apart, so how could he care about this?" Zhou Ming said.
"Is it really possible for you to deal with the Great Woods?" asked Tom, dismissively.
Zhou Ming nodded vigorously, and Martin took Tom to the side to persuade him carefully, and Tom breathed a sigh of relief: "I understand, I think I have been persuaded by you, but generally speaking, if we want to carry out some special business, we will have to charge some special fees." ”
"Of course, no problem, Mr. Tom just asks. ”
Zhou Ming smiled and said to Tom that he knew that with Tom's words, then the purpose of their visit this time was already complete.
Zhou Ming and Tom then signed a confidential agreement, and after paying the relevant fees, Zhou Ming and Martin followed Tom to their sending center, where they watched the paging station technicians send their messages to every pager band in Taylor.
"Mayor Martin and Mr. Zhou Ming, your messages have all been sent, but because of the radio network, the signals of other personal pagers are different, and in order to avoid information blockage, we also use the technical means of segmented transmission, so it is normal for all citizens to receive information at the same time. Tom explained to Zhou Ming and Martin.
"As the only paging station in Taylor under the umbrella of Northern Communications, I certainly have the most confidence in your technical means. Zhou Ming said to Tom, and after speaking, he and Martin left the paging station building, and it was only half past eight in the morning, which happened to be the working time for most people.
So under Zhou Ming's planning, everyone in the entire Taylor District, whether it was on the bus or subway or their own private car, their pagers rang almost at the same time, and when they turned on, they all received exactly the same information.
Zhou Ming and Martin were standing on the side of the road, they watched all this, and Zhou Ming said to Martin: "Next, I will show you the power of rumors." ”