Chapter Seventy-Five: Funding Problems
"Jerry, how's it going?" Anderson tried to make his voice as relaxed as possible, but it still gave people a heavy feeling, which showed that he was not having a good time.
Pang Jindong replied with the same ease: "Fortunately, it's finally on the right track!"
"I have good news for you!"
Pang Jindong was not very concerned about the good news brought by Anderson, but was more anxious to know how he planned to solve the current trouble. But Pang Jindong didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he pretended to be interested and asked, "What good news?"
"Under pressure from all sides, Blackwater officially withdrew from Iraq. The Ministry of Defence believes that the void left by Blackwater should not be replaced by other companies in Iraq, but should encourage more companies to compete, that is, to approve other companies to enter Iraq to assist the Government of State M. I've secured a contract for you, and you must now get ready to leave for Iraq in a week. ”
"Thank you for getting my first business!"
Anderson noticed that Pang Jindong's love was not very good, smiled and said, "You don't seem to be very happy!"
Pang Jindong did not deny it: "Because what I care about now is not the business of the security company, but the trouble you are facing!"
"Then I'm going to thank you!"
"You're welcome!" Pang Jindong also smiled, relaxed and said, "If you fall, who else will support me!"
"So I'm not going to fall!"
"So you have a solution to the current crisis?"
Anderson pondered for a long time before he replied helplessly: "No ......"
"I'd love to help you, but I couldn't have a better idea!"
"From what I know, you've been in a lot of trouble lately!"
"That's right!" Pang Jindong admired this old fox very much, no matter what kind of situation he faced, he was so calm, and he still had the energy to care about his own affairs at this time.
"What do you think about these things?"
"Since you can ask me that, it means that you already have an idea!"
"Haha!" Anderson laughed out loud and said approvingly, "You really know me!"
"Alright, let's talk about it!"
"I think the things that were planned against you are directly related to this scandal of mine!"
"I thought so too, but I'm not sure who you and I are in common with. ”
"There are so many things in this world that people can't imagine, and if you can always clearly understand who your enemies are, then there will be no enemies in the shadows. The problem is that such an ideal situation is not possible. ”
After all, Anderson has gone through a lot of ups and downs, and his insight into everything is very profound, and Pang Jindong deeply agrees with his words: "Many times, it may be that some of the things we do touch the interests of others without our knowledge or inadvertently." ”
"That's right!"
"But because of this, this matter is difficult to investigate!"
"In the absence of a better way, I can only try to avoid this scandal, and if I really can't avoid it, I can only deny it as much as possible. After a pause, Anderson suddenly said, "I have a feeling that you already have a rough suspicion of this series of things!"
Pang Jindong let out a long sigh, very emotional in his heart. Just praised Anderson as an old fox, but in a blink of an eye, he saw through his thoughts, and he was not worthy of the title he gave him. In fact, Pang Jindong did have a suspicion, but he did not sue anyone because of the lack of sufficient evidence to support it. Since Anderson said this, Pang Jindong simply said: "I think the Corbino Center is the most suspicious!"
"Oh, tell me more about it!"
"For the sake of the huge sum of money left over before the disbandment, the Corbino Center sent people to hunt me down. After receiving your warning, they stopped for the time being, but did not give up. In the days I returned home, they probably thought they could get rid of your sphere of influence, and they sent people to my doorstep. ”
Anderson let out a sigh and exclaimed, "A huge sum of money can make anyone crazy!"
Pang Jindong continued: "Based on this, I think that because you have hindered the plan of the Corbino Center, they regard you as a thorn in their side and try to pull you out. Since you don't dare to go against you openly, you can only go under the knife in secret. ”
Hearing Pang Jindong's words, Anderson did not express his opinion, but asked: "What do you think of the Corbino Center?"
"I spent a few years there, and although it left me with the impression of being so cold and eerie, I still have a certain affection for it. But then when I learned that they had orchestrated my parents' deaths, and that I had been living in a conspiracy they had arranged for me for the past ten years, that feeling was gone......"
"Maybe you still have a feeling for some people there!"
Pang Jindong was stunned for a moment, and calmly admitted: "Yes!"
"Don't you hate them for the blood debt they owe to you?"
"Actually, when I first started, I was going to forgive them. It is an organization, not a certain person, who owes me a blood debt. The organization has been disbanded, and the people who led the development and execution of Corbino's plan are all dead. In other words, my hatred has dissipated with the original Conobi Center. Although the center has now been rebuilt, it is not the same organization as it was in the past. ”
"Do you really think that?" said Anderson, with obvious questioning in his tone.
"You really know me......" Pang Jindong is willing to deal with smart people, especially people like Anderson, even though it often makes Pang Jindong feel tired. Originally, I did have such thoughts, perhaps because I was too eager to become an ordinary person, and I didn't want to continue with the past grievances. But after the center killed someone who had been important to my life, and my life did not return to peace as I had hoped, these thoughts changed completely. I was very aware that as long as the center was still there, I would not be able to live the life I wanted. ”
"But you didn't show it at all!"
"Because at this stage, I don't have the ability to fully confront the center, and it will not be easy to temporarily achieve peace under your wing. In other words, I must gather strength, and one of the purposes of the Blood Lion Legion is to do this. ”
"I thought you hated them for chasing your money!"
After all, Anderson is not a roundworm in Pang Jindong's stomach, so he can't fully grasp Pang Jindong's thoughts, which also makes Pang Jindong feel a little relaxed: "I don't blame them for wanting to recover the money, because the money belongs to them after all." Although the method by which they got the money was as disgraceful as the way I got it. ”
"I didn't expect you to be principled even when you were corrupt. ”
Pang Jindong teased: "Same as you?"
"It's kind of like that!"
During this call, Anderson always had the upper hand, and Pang Jindong decided to reverse the situation and launched a counterattack against Anderson: "You are a person who has experienced and overcome all kinds of difficulties, and you should be mentally prepared enough, that is, participating in the election will expose you to a lot of attacks. So just the fact that a drug network has been exposed doesn't make you feel so depressed, so I think there's definitely something else going on lately. ”
"Why do you say I'm depressed?"
"Probably only you don't realize it, I can even imagine you frowning right now. ”
Anderson touched his brow and smiled slightly, "That's right, Jerry, you know me very well." ”
"Thanks for the compliment!"
"Actually, I didn't want to sue you about this matter, but since you have already guessed, then it doesn't matter if you say it......." Anderson did not answer directly, but reminded Pang Jindong in a roundabout way: "You know that the presidential campaign is actually a money-burning race......"
"You're having trouble with your campaign funds?"
"It's embarrassing...... But that's exactly what it is......"
Although Pang Jindong accurately judged that Anderson was facing a lot of trouble, he did not expect that there would be a problem in this regard: "I thought that after you got the support of the Rothschild family, funding was no longer a problem!"
"The Rothschilds' support is not unlimited, and they will never devote all their resources to a possible future without being 100 percent sure. That is, they won't put all their eggs in one basket, these damn Jews......"
"But they shouldn't be so stingy either!"
"Yes, they seem to have had a bit of a problem internally lately!"
"What kind of problem?"
"I don't know, because I don't know more about this mysterious family than you do. ”
Pang Jindong has a feeling that can be called "self-inflicted", and Anderson seems to be in a much better mood after talking to him on the phone. This old man, who has been chasing money and power all his life, is about to usher in the most glorious moment of his life in the cruel political arena, and in the time before this moment comes, he is under pressure that ordinary people cannot imagine, and the negative impact of any difficulty will be magnified several times. If he can make him more comfortable, Pang Jindong is willing to do so.
After hanging up Anderson's phone, Pang Jindong called Han Feng, but before he could speak, Han Feng hurriedly reported: "I'm looking for you, people in the company are always looking for you these days......
Pang Jindong interrupted Han Feng's words, and said nonchalantly: "If it's for me to send money, just accept it, if it's for money, let him die!" Thinking of the difficulties Anderson is currently facing, Pang Jindong is only pretending to be money.
Han Feng smiled bitterly twice and sighed: "I'm afraid I don't have the ability to let them die......."
Pang Jindong's heart moved, realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"
......After a pause, Han Feng added: "Do you remember Yang Jiawei, who always came to you some time ago? He is a leader of the Kokang Republican Army, and he has come to you these times, and he has brought more and more people with him!"
Pang Jindong had known Yang Jiawei's identity for a long time, but he didn't expect him to dare to make it public: "What did they say, or what did they do?"
"They didn't do anything, they didn't say much, and they were even very polite, they just offered to talk to you!"
"What did you say?"
"I said you traveled abroad, I don't know where you went, and I don't know when you will come back......"
"Well said!" Pang Jindong tried to calm his mind, and suddenly realized a question: "How do you know that they are the Kokang Republican Army?"
"They said it themselves, and I thought he was bragging or intimidating me! So I just checked on the Internet and found that Yang Jiawei was not only telling the truth, but also wanted in three countries in the Indochina Peninsula!"
"I don't think they have any ill intentions, otherwise they would have fought a long time ago. They don't dare to be too arrogant in the country, and they don't need to pay attention to it in the future. If they dare to make trouble, they will call the police directly, in short, I can't care about so many now......." Pang Jindong's mind is very messy now, and he really doesn't have the energy to consider Yang Jiawei's intentions, so he speaks a little incoherently. "There's something more important that I need you to do for me right away!"
"What's the matter?"
"How much cash does the company have now?"
"It's not a lot, and I can barely keep the company running. ”
Although Pang Jindong is now worth a lot of money, at least tens of billions of yuan, but they are concentrated in the company's shares and fixed assets, coupled with the recent development of all aspects of the business is too fast, so there is not much cash available at hand.
Pang Jindong thought for a while and instructed: "Use the equity and fixed asset mortgage of the Imperial Holding Group to raise 50 million US dollars for me." ”
Han Feng is now also the chief executive of Imperial Holding Group, and he will manage Pang Jindong when he is away. However, when he never trespassed, he would definitely report to Pang Jindong and get advice on how to deal with anything that should have been decided by Pang Jindong. Hearing Pang Jindong's words, he didn't think much at first: "Are you planning a new acquisition?
Pang Jindong said honestly: "No!"
Han Feng was a little surprised: "What is that for?"
"I can't explain it in a few words, in short, you have to believe me, this money is useful!"
"You advise you to think clearly, although the total assets of the group are very large, but the amount of money is not small, if it cannot be repaid in time, it is equivalent to advancing the group's profits for at least one year in the future. ”
"I don't care!"
Han Feng suddenly raised his voice: "Are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy, in fact, I'm still sober! And I'm not afraid to tell you that this $50 million is not a one-time expense, and more money may be needed in the future!"