Astoria was evicted from the mayor's office by Camp's eviction order. He walked out of the city hall and got into the car, and instead of starting the car, he took out his cell phone and dialed a call: "McCammon, I couldn't convince him." He didn't even reach for the check. ”

Camp certainly won't take it. He's not a fool, and if he speaks for Astoria, he'll definitely offend Link. If he didn't open his mouth, it would be fine, but as soon as he did, Link would inevitably think that he was in league with the Pacific Ridge Company.

He's still young as mayor and wants to go further. So he hopes to have a good relationship with Link. Fox's population has increased and will be mostly Link's employees. If he can get Link's support, how can he become a county councilor. Fox's platform is too small, and only when he becomes a county legislator can he run for state legislature.

$90,000 is a lot to him, but he wouldn't be stupid enough to lose a big one.

As soon as Astoria left, he called Link to talk about it.

When Link heard him even say that the other party gave a check for $30,000 and promised to give another $60,000, he smiled and said, "Actually, you can completely agree." I will not object to the extra cost of 1.6 million, the key is to solve the problem as soon as possible"

"Since they want to take advantage, they should be mentally prepared to suffer. Now it seems that they are not going to continue with the project, and maybe we can negotiate a price soon. ”

Link smiled and said, "Hopefully there won't be any surprises." ”

He certainly hopes to combine Fox's new city plan with his affordable housing plans. The cost of doing so is much lower than in other towns.

He also heard that Camp was calling this time to show goodwill: "Mr. Mayor, thank you for the reminder. ”

But he didn't wait for the people of the Mid-Pacific Ridge Home to come to him. Until the deadline, the people of Mid-Pacific Ridge did not pay the full amount for the land and did not reappear.

Camp immediately went through all the procedures to determine the abandonment of the bid, and then applied to negotiate the appointment of the company with the second highest bidder before it. To put it bluntly, it's Link's real estate company.

So Martha came to Fox again, and after half a day of "negotiations", Fox's new town project was taken by Link. According to the proposed contract, he was to build more than 2,000 residential buildings and a commercial area. The purchase price of the land is $10 million.

The price was much higher than what he and Camp had secretly agreed on, but he knew it couldn't be less. After all, the previous bid was sixteen million, and Link's company also bid fifteen million. No matter how low it is, he and Camp will be criticized by the citizens of Fox.

So, in a sense, his losses were greater than those of the Mid-Pacific Ridge Homeland Company. The other party only lost $1.6 million, and he "lost" at least $5 million because of the opponent's troubles.

And he felt that the other party would not give up. If the other party came to him, he felt that even if the other party was dissatisfied, he could only endure it. But the other party didn't look for him, so it may not be an admit, maybe he is holding back and waiting for the opportunity to make a difference.

He is not worried about the possibility of the other party getting into trouble with him. Not to mention the small Midridge Homes Company, even their parent company, Horton, how could he tolerate it? He felt that the other party was likely to target Kemp.

Kemp made it clear that the attitude was leaning towards him, and if the opponent dealt with Kemp, of course he couldn't ignore it. Now that he has only funded one Charlie, Camp is the first politician to take the initiative to join him, and he can't let people chill.

After signing the contract, he invited Camp to the castle to talk to him about his thoughts on Fox's new town. He proposed that he would build 3,000 ordinary homes on 500 acres of land, and the remaining 100 acres would be used to build public facilities and commercial areas for schools. The school will be his private school, though.

These words are actually implying that he is willing to cooperate with Camp and is willing to support him.

Kemp agreed: "I personally agree with your proposal, and of course I will try my best to convince the councillors and citizens to approve it." ”

Link smiled and said, "Thank you! I was thinking about whether Fox could be turned into a start-up park after forming a small city. ”

He waited for Camp to digest his words a little, and then said: "Huazhou is the IT industry continent of the United States. Fox has a beautiful environment, and if it has a certain advantage in terms of taxation, I think it can attract a lot of entrepreneurs to start a business here. ”

It's not a few decades ago, it's almost impossible. For decades, the IT industry was founded in Silicon Valley. But now that the Internet is developed, even a few isolated islands in the Pacific Ocean have the opportunity to become the startup center of the IT industry. Not to mention Fox. Something like a research institute is no longer a key reason to prevent them from connecting with businesses.

Camp wasn't a fool, and of course it was clear that Link was giving him hope. Link wanted to implement a low tax policy at Fox and improve public facilities.

Although it is difficult to lower taxes in the United States, he is willing to try: "If the plan succeeds, the citizens of Fox will always thank you." "If Link's plan does succeed, he'll have a legacy that shines like a diamond.

It's just that it wasn't even a plan on paper, and Link didn't say much to him.

After Camp left, Link played with Hannah for a while, and Jessica called to say that she would be back in Washington tomorrow morning.

Not long after, he received another call from Flon Pitt. The other party told him a piece of news that surprised him very much: "Link, Geddes Corporation is bankrupt!"

Link was startled and asked, "What's going on?"

"He shorted gold this time. I spoke to him on the phone, and he said he had been betrayed. Someone leaked his operational plan, so he was surrounded and suppressed. ”

"He's lost a lot?" said Gaddis now has at least three billion dollars in money. If even the company goes bankrupt directly, it can be seen how big Neil has played this time.

Flon pondered for a moment before he said, "I've heard he owes at least two billion dollars in debt. And then there's Claire, who also owes more than $500 million, and he could be sued because the money he borrowed was contractually limited and used, and as a result, he invested in gold futures and lost it all. If he fails to pay back the money within a short period of time, he is likely to go to jail for it. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"For Claire's business, I plan to help as much as I can. Maybe I can lend him some money and let him negotiate with his creditors to save him from prosecution. At this point, he paused before continuing. "I'm going to invite both of them to work in our company. I think you know very well what Neil's ability is, and Claire is also very good at running the company. They failed this time, maybe for a very long time, so I want to help them. What do you think?"

Stoll owns half of Link's shares, and if Flon wants to invite people like Neil and Claire to work for the company, he can't help but get Link's consent first.

Link hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll go to New York the day after tomorrow, and we'll talk about it then." ”

After hanging up the phone with Flann, he immediately dialed Douglas again: "I want to know the inside story of the bankruptcy of the Geddes company." ”

"I'll do it!"

"Can you find it in two days?"

Daglas seemed to hesitate for a moment and said, "I'll try my best." ”

Link thought about it, but in the end he didn't give him a hint. Perhaps he gave hints that would have influenced Douglas's investigation.

In fact, he didn't think that Neil Geddes's bankruptcy was a problem, but wanted to know how much mistake the other party made in the operation. Or rather, he wondered how much Neil was responsible for the bankruptcy of the Gaddis Company.

When Jessica got home, he told her that he was going to New York.

Jessica didn't expect that he had just returned, and he was leaving the next day: "Is there anything to do?"

He didn't hide it from her, saying, "Neil Geddes is bankrupt, and Fren plans to help him and invite him to work with Stoll." ”

When she heard this, she said, "You're going to help him too?" Neil Geddes, after Link worked with the other party, she also knew, and that was indeed a very powerful financial speculator. So she felt that Link had taken a fancy to this person's ability.

He nodded and said, "I want to know the situation first and see if it's worth helping with this." ”

"Since that's the case, you can let him come to Huazhou!"

He smiled and shook his head and said, "Neil Geddes is too proud and smart, let him come, he must know what I mean." He may not want me to see him down. ”

When Jessica heard this, she smiled and said, "I did hear about his character and personality. I heard that he offended Wall Street because of his personality. ”

"Yes. It was GE that time. ”

"Are you going to help him make a comeback or do you want to take him under your command?"

Link thought for a moment and said, "I suffer too much for the former, and he may not be willing to do the latter." Maybe I can find a third way. ”

In fact, he needs Neil to continue to stand tall in the financial world. Because apart from him, Wall Street may hate the Stoll Company the most. If Stoll wasn't just a sound investment, even Wall Street wouldn't be able to manipulate it easily. Flon may not be able to withstand the pressure of Wall Street. If Neil were to fall, the pressure on Stoll would be even greater.

On the afternoon of the third day after receiving a call from Flann, he received a call from Douglas on his way to New York: "Boss, we've found something about the Geddes Company. It's been sent to you. ”

So after the plane landed, he didn't contact Flren immediately, but went directly to the hotel to download the information sent by Douglas online.

Neil's mansion near Central Park has been seized by the court, and court and bank staff are counting the contents at his home. When the inventory is complete, his home will be sealed. Neil, of course, had to move out of his home.

Neil was nothing like Claire, who was a little sluggish next to him, and he still stood up straight as he waited for the elevator.

Claire is here to help him "move". Each of them was carrying a duffel bag, which was the only thing Neil had now. There were only a few clothes in it, and while they were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Neil had less than two hundred dollars on him — he never brought much of it on the spot — and seven or eight cards, all of which had been stopped.

Today, Neil is a billionaire with $4.4 billion in debt, but he is still in a straight suit, and he is still the proud Neil Geddes.

After he walked out of the house, until the elevator door closed, he went to work as usual, without even looking at the mansion that was about to cease to belong to him.

As the elevator descended, Claire said, "You'll stop at me." I paid my rent for three months. It's a little smaller, but it can accommodate us. Of course, you're going to have to make some noise in a place like that!" he said, gesturing to his slightly darkened eye bags. "That's the reference. ”