South Brighton is the central area of Brighton City, in addition to the state government, the state council and the World Trade Center, these political and economic buildings, there are also special leisure and entertainment venues, among which the Queen Bar is such a place, because the environment of this bar is very good, not as noisy as the general nightclub, so many rich office workers like to have a few drinks here after work, especially in the financial investment industry white-collar workers.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin drove to the Queen's Bar, and with Zhou Ming was a black woman, Xiandi, who parked the car at the door and walked into the bar.

This bar is not very big, and there are not many people at this time, so when she walked into the bar, Xiandi saw a mixed-race black man lying on the table of the booth, and she said to Zhou Ming: "Mr. Zhou Ming, that is the person I told you, his name is James, he is an investment broker of Brooke Investment Company, and my housing subprime loan is handled in his hands." Now he is in a very bad situation in the company, and he is here to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, Mr. Zhou Ming, do you really want to look for him? You have to be careful, I am worried that his wine is not good. ”

"Don't worry, no matter how his wine is, I'll be fine, you go and have a drink by yourself first, and I'll settle the bill when it's over." Zhou Ming said to Xianti, and then fired James himself.

Xiandi understood that she had scolded James like that, and James also knew that the current subprime mortgage crisis was related to him, and he would only make him angrier in the past, so he went to the bar according to Zhou Ming's words.

Zhou Ming asked the waiter for a glass of Bloody Mary while walking, and then brought it to James's card seat, but before Zhou Ming sat down, he heard James wave his hand indiscriminately: "Get out!

Zhou Ming was a little surprised that James was not completely drunk, but Zhou Ming would not leave, he still sat down, put the cup of Bloody Mary in his hand in front of James, and said to him casually: "Of course I know that this position is reserved by you, but I still want to invite you to have a drink, I don't know if you are willing? Or are you so drunk that you can't even open your mouth?"

"Drink it, whoever is afraid of whom!"

James was very unconvinced and picked up the wine glass and was about to drink it all, but he only took a sip and spit it out and said loudly: "What kind of dog, mother's wine, spicy and sour!"

"Bloody Mary, legend has it that Queen Mary made wine from the blood after slaughtering people, of course, this is the taste, which is the most suitable for those with hangovers, so that they can quickly sober up. Zhou Ming said slowly.

James raised his head and looked at Zhou Ming: "Chinese? is this the wine you gave me?"

"Hello, my name is Zhou Ming, you may have heard my name. Zhou Ming said.

"Is that you?" James's eyes widened suddenly, then he stood up and pointed at Zhou Ming and roared, "It's you guy who instigated the personal bankruptcy of Xiandi and their personal bankruptcy, and caused the subprime mortgage crisis, right? Do you know that you have hurt me so badly, and now my company is about to go bankrupt, and every day I am asked to persuade those individuals who are going bankrupt, I am especially like a dog, you know? I even feel that I am even worse than a dog!"

Zhang Lin helped Zhou Ming press James back to the sofa, James struggled and didn't want to sit down, but he couldn't beat Zhang Lin, and in the end he could only be forced to press on the sofa.

Looking at James squirming on the sofa, Zhou Ming smiled and said to him: "I'm sorry for the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on you, so I'm here to save you this time." ”

Hearing the word "rescue", James's eyes lit up: "Chinese, are you going to help me persuade those poor ghosts who are bankrupt?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "No, on the contrary, I still need them to go bankrupt." ”

James was stunned there, he stared at Zhou Ming and said: "I said that you are not stupid as a Chinese? What I said is that the subprime mortgage crisis is about to bankrupt Brooke Investment, I want them not to go bankrupt, but you still want to let them go bankrupt, are you deliberately playing with me?"

"I'd love to play with you, but it's not fun, instead I prefer to make money. ”

James was blinded by Zhou Ming's words, and Zhou Ming had no choice but to say again: "To put it simply, I will come to you today in the hope that you can do me a favor, and I can provide you with a return of more than one million dollars." ”

"A million dollars?" James subconsciously swallowed, because he had never earned so much money since he worked, but then he also thought that there was no free lunch in the world, so he immediately asked, "Then what do you want me to do Chinese? This million dollars is not just given to me, is it?"

Zhou Ming nodded and said, "Of course, I hope what you do is also very simple, that is, sell me all the mortgaged properties of these bankrupt people." ”

"Now the company is indeed having a headache for these mortgaged properties, but the Chinese are definitely not so kind, do you want me to sell these mortgaged properties to you at a low price?" James asked.

"I'm not going to hide my intentions because I only have $5 million on me, so I'm going to use that $5 million to buy all the mortgaged properties. Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming's words were like a bombshell, and suddenly James was dumbfounded, he looked at Zhou Ming in a daze, his eyes were full of surprise: "You're not kidding me, are you? Five million, just more than 20 properties are worth this price, even if it is a mortgage property to be handled, it will not exceed 40 units, but do you know how many mortgaged properties we have to deal with now? At least 10,000 units, you don't even have a fraction of it, do you know?"

The more James spoke, the more excited he became, and he roared in the end, because in his opinion, Zhou Ming was teasing him at all.

Zhou Ming didn't care about this: "Of course I understand, but everything pays attention to a method, as long as Mr. James can help me with this, I believe I can still do it, after all, I don't plan to get 10,000 properties, one four or five thousand is enough." ”

James was speechless, he raised his hands and said: "I think I heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, do you think it is a house made of building blocks? You can get four or five thousand sets for just five million, let me tell you, they are all built of reinforced concrete, it is a real commercial house, and any one set will cost more than 100,000 or 200,000 US dollars, not one or two thousand US dollars!"

Zhou Ming was still unhurried: "So didn't I just say it? I need you to help me here, Mr. James." ”

James's eyes froze: "Are you saying that I will betray Brooke Corporation and make you a ghost? I tell you, this is absolutely impossible, although I James is not a great person like Martin Luther King, Jr., but I am definitely not a disgusting betrayal!"

Zhou Ming spread his hands: "Then James, you don't want that million dollars in remuneration anymore? Didn't you say it yourself, you haven't made that much money in five years at Brooke Investment Company." ”

James hesitated, but he finally said: "I'm sorry Chinese, I don't think it's about money, it's about my own reputation, I won't sell my soul for a million dollars and become a lackey of the Eastern Devil, I am me, I have my own beliefs!"

"It's not a betrayal, you can see it more as a deal, a way of dealing with non-performing assets. Zhou Ming said, "You see that so many poor people are filing for bankruptcy now, and so many mortgaged properties are pressing on the head of Brooke Company at once, no matter what, he needs to deal with it, we just help him deal with it, but the price is a little lower, which is a kind of angelic kindness." ”

James looked at Zhou Ming in a daze, he couldn't imagine how this person could say such cheeky words, how could he say that an act of selling mortgage assets at a low price inside and outside could be described as a kind act of help? The price is not a little lower, but hundreds of times lower, even if the assets are not disposed of, it is impossible for the property to become one or two thousand dollars a set, right?

"Chinese, you really opened my eyes. I won't promise you, but I'm grateful for your Bloody Mary, it really makes me feel better. "Now, if you really want to have a drink with me, I'm welcome, but if you still want to tell me about your devil's theory, I'm sorry, I'll ask the waiter to ask you to leave my booth." ”

Since James said so, Zhou Ming had no choice but to sigh helplessly and then stood up and left.

Zhou Ming went to find Xiandi first, Xiandi was drinking her watermelon juice at the bar at this time, when she saw Zhou Ming coming, she hurriedly asked what the result was, Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "There is no result, this Mr. James said that he doesn't want to sell his soul to a demon like me." ”

Hearing this answer, Xiandi was immediately unhappy: "What? James, this guy still has the face to say that Mr. Zhou Ming, you are a demon, I think he and his Brooke Investment Company are the real demons who suck people's blood and souls, and our money and house were cheated out by them!"

Cindy then thought of something, she asked Zhou Ming: "Mr. Zhou Ming, do you need to find an insider of Brooke Investment? If that's the case, I know someone else in the company, he is James's cousin, but he has been in Brooke Investment for less than a year, and he has just finished his probationary period, I don't know if he can help you." ”

"You can give it a try. Zhou Ming said, at this time, the rum and cola that Zhou Ming wanted was also adjusted, Zhou Ming raised his glass and said to Xiandi, "But no matter what, thank you very much." ”

Xiandi and Zhou Ming clinked glasses: "It should be that I am very grateful, I hope that my own house can be returned to my hands as soon as possible." ”

Just when Zhou Ming and Xiandi were drinking, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps in his ears, Zhou Ming put down the wine glass, and saw James suddenly come to him.

Zhou Ming looked at him curiously, it seemed that James himself was hesitating, but in a few seconds, James said: "Chinese, I promise you." ”

Before Zhou Ming could speak, Xiandi said first: "James, you are too rude, you should be called Mr. Zhou Ming!"

James glared at Xiandi fiercely, and then he said again: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I promise you." ”

Zhou Ming picked his eyelids and asked, "What did you promise me?" Have you betrayed your soul and are willing to betray your company and be my devil's lackey?"

James lowered his head, it can be imagined that if he wasn't a mixed-race black, I'm afraid his face would be as red as a monkey's ass now, and he still said: "That's right, but that company is not my company, they gave up on me, they want to take back the bonus given to me, they have to punish me, I want to retaliate, take revenge on them, take revenge on those high-ranking miscellaneous people!"

Looking at James's angry and somewhat distorted expression, Zhou Ming could imagine that he must have received another call from the company just now, and he must have that his boss didn't say anything good about him, and even insulted his personality, which provoked his resistance.

But this has nothing to do with himself, Zhou Ming thought for a while and said: "I very much welcome you to figure it out, but now it's not just now, I won't have so much to pay you, I can only give you $700,000 at most, can you still accept it?"

"What, Chinese, you did it on purpose!" James said angrily.

Zhou Ming still asked him unhurriedly: "I only ask if you accept it or not?" I don't want to hear an answer other than that. ”

James trembled, it can be seen that the struggle in his heart is very fierce, he really wants to lift the table and leave, but in the end he still gave up resistance, bowed his head and replied to Zhou Ming: "I accept." ”