The top floor of the Empire State Building, since 9/11, has been the highest observation building in downtown New York. If the weather is clear, you can see New Jersey across the Hudson River from here, but unfortunately the weather is not beautiful today, dark clouds are coming from the east, you can faintly hear the lightning and thunder, and the wind is also loud, it is obvious that a storm is coming.

"Hey, you called me here to let me enjoy the scenery, did you?" Zhong Shi wrapped his trench coat and muttered with some dissatisfaction, "I heard that you recently made a deal with the Stanley Group, it won't be a subprime mortgage-backed housing bond, right?" ”

"Yes, it's a subprime mortgage-backed housing bond, which is as much as $20 billion!" Prince Faisal pulled his turban and said with a smug face, "It should be the one you talked about failure, how about it, I still pressed you after all!" ”

Both of these are self-made models who have also reached the pinnacle of wealth. Both sides can be said to be dragons among men, but their respective fields of fortune are different.

Looking at Prince Faisal's smug expression, Zhong Shi sighed helplessly in his heart, shook his head, and wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything. He doesn't think that although the other party has a decent relationship with him, the other party will obey him when it comes to such a large amount of transactions.

Perhaps seeing Zhong Shi's hesitant expression, Prince Faisal changed his hippie smiling demeanor and asked solemnly, "Mr. Zhong, with the friendship between the two of us, what else can not be said?" If nothing else, let's just talk about the incident you helped us back then. It is enough for the entire Saudi royal family to remember. And in this case, I only heard later that you were interested in this deal, and it was only after I heard that you gave up that I decided to buy it. I'm really not going to be a rival to you, but if you know something, you might as well tell me a thing or two, you know it's a big business after all, and I need to think a little more. Rest assured, if your opinion is correct in the end, I will definitely be rewarded. ”

"Why did you believe me?" Zhong Shi did not answer immediately, but looked at Prince Faisal with a playful expression. The smile on his face was quite meaningful.

As soon as I saw that the two of them finally started talking about business. The bodyguards on both sides invariably took two steps back, still forming a semi-circular arc, surrounding the two of them. It's just that in this way, dozens of black-clad bodyguards occupy a lot of places. Luckily, the weather was bad on this day. Not many people visit the top floor of the Empire State Building. And most of the people saw the posture of a group of black-clothed people here, and they all turned away with interest.

Zhong Shi's words seemed to poke Prince Faisal's sore spot, and his face suddenly became extremely embarrassed. After being silent for a long time, he said with a wry smile: "Although I haven't spoken, I have to admit that you are indeed better than me." Of course, I'm talking about financial markets, especially derivatives. As for other markets, huh. ”

He didn't go on, but was clearly unconvinced. But if you think about it, this guy does have proud capital, especially in the Citibank case, which has almost become a typical example of praise in the investment community.

Zhong Shi touched the tip of his nose, a little funny in his heart, and retorted unceremoniously at the moment: "Since that's the case, then why are you asking me what I'm doing?" To be honest, I'm not very familiar with the subprime mortgage industry, so I guess you're asking the wrong person. ”

Hearing Zhong Shi say this, Prince Faisal thought that the other party was not going to tell the truth, and immediately put away his arrogant attitude, leaned over and lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Zhong, my dear Zhong, Allah has given me the most honest and reliable friend, think about our friendship, you have helped us so much, we are already an unbreakable ally." Well, at least in terms of economic cooperation, and frankly, I am very impressed with your performance, especially the one that beat the international tour capital. My friend, I'm so honest, don't you want to help me? ”

Prince Faisal, who is usually noble, lowered his head, and Zhong Shi didn't want to make a gesture anymore, so he took out a cigarette from his arms, and Prince Faisal was quick to take out a ZIPPO lighter from his arms and carefully lit a cigarette for Zhong Shi. Zhong Shi took a sharp puff and slowly exhaled the green smoke, then said in response: "Is your third lady okay?" ”

"Who?" Prince Faisal was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, smiled and replied, "Mansha is fine, thank you for your concern." ”

In 2001, Mansha, the third wife of Prince Faisal, made a low-key trip to Hong Kong and did not inform the consulate here, so it was inevitable that there would be some deficiencies in security. As a result, the news leaked out that a religious radical group from the Middle East sent dozens of people to Hong Kong, secretly kidnapped the wife of Prince Faisal, and demanded a ransom of $100 million. Due to his unfamiliarity, Prince Faisal could only raise funds on the one hand, and secretly turn to local forces in Hong Kong on the other.

As the largest Shihu security in Hong Kong, he was naturally entrusted with a lot of money to find Mansha, which eventually alarmed Zhong Shi. Subsequently, the characters on the entire Hong Kong Road were alarmed, and the old boys were looking for people everywhere on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, and even some people in Macau were also moved by the huge bonuses and crossed the ocean to Hong Kong to find people. After digging three feet into the ground, the men were eventually found in a fishing village near Lantau Island, and after Lady Mantha was successfully rescued, Zhong Shi became a friend of Prince Faisal.

Since the police were not informed, although the top level of the Hong Kong government was well aware of the whole matter, they did not come forward publicly from the beginning to the end, and the credit naturally fell on Zhong Shi's head. After the religious radicals were handed over to Prince Faisal's men, the whole thing was again dramatic, and after torture, these men confessed to a grand conspiracy that their leaders were preparing to attack the United States at the right time.

Although outwardly pro-American, secretly the Saudi royal family is still inextricably linked to these religious radicals. And this time the other party is really too big, and the ransom to kidnap the hostages is also prepared for this incident. Upon learning of this, the entire Saudi royal family began to act and urgently cut off these religious radicals. (To be continued......)

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