Chapter 167: The Dawson Family
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Mike; Dawson, one year old Chinese New Year's Eve today, is the second son of Dawson Sr., the current head of the Dawson family. Originally, he also had an older brother, but fortunately, his older brother was killed in the early years when he was in conflict with another family. After Mike; Dawson became the eldest son of the old Dawson family and the future successor of the Dawson family.
Because after the death of his last son, Dawson Sr. was very sad, and at the same time realized the importance of his son's life, so he sent McDonson, who was only fifteen years old at the time, to study in France. Fifteen-year-old McDonson spent eight years in Europe. Eight years later, he returned to the United States to officially help the family with things. Until today.
All the people saw Mike at first sight; When Dawson was in the time, he would never have guessed that he would be the boss of a famous underworld force. Or, in a sense, McDonson has moved away from the traditional notion of a "gang boss."
Fluent in French and German, and also a little Latin, he also holds a master's degree in economics and a bachelor's degree in financial management, and if he hadn't been born in the Dawson family, he would have become a business elite, a well-known young talent...... I don't know why, but when the An siblings told me about McDonson, I couldn't help but think of Yang Wei—the two of them seemed to be a bit alike, with amazing intelligence and surprising resumes. The only difference is that this is a male version of Yang Wei.
The meeting place is in a very small café. This café is Liu Changlong's property, and when I walked into the café behind Liu Changlong, I immediately saw McDonson. Unlike the scene I imagined when the bodyguard Rulin next to me was like Lin, he didn't bring any entourage and just sat there alone.
He sat in one of the innermost chairs and drank coffee, and although he sat there casually and dressed casually, I could tell at a glance that this man must be McDonson.
Unlike what I expected, McDonson looked very pale, even to me as sickly pale. His face was emaciated, but his eyes were unusually attentive, and he looked at me with a gentle smile on his lips, then stood up and shook my hand. His fingers were slender and powerful, and his nails were unusually neatly trimmed—for some reason, I couldn't help but look at every detail of his appearance in great detail.
I must admit that this is a very charismatic-looking person, who seems to have a natural ability to attract attention - such a person is best suited to be a leader.
"Hello, you must be Mr. Chen Yang." McDowson smiled softly, and his voice was very pleasant—everything seemed so suave that it was not in the slightest sign that just an hour earlier they were bent on my life.
"I am. You must be Mr. McDonson. I smiled and tried to look as calm as I could—McDowson seemed to have an inexplicable temperament that always made those who were close to him look at him with an attitude of admiration.
McDowson smiled and said, "Please sit down, do you need something to drink?" After a pause, he deliberately joked: "But I suggest you don't drink the coffee here, God, Liu Changlong, the coffee in your shop is too bad." ”
Liu Changlong smiled dryly, opened his mouth, and didn't say anything.
"Thank you." I nodded and said, "But I rarely drink coffee, we Chinese like to drink tea." This is the habit of the Chinese. I believe that Mr. Liu Changlong must have some treasured tea. ”
Liu Changlong glanced at me, but still went to the back and asked someone to get me a cup of tea. Immediately, McDowson smiled faintly, waved his hand as if he was very casual, and smiled at Liu Changlong: "Liu, do you mind letting us stay alone for a while?" I think Mr. Chen Yang must have a lot to say to me. ”
I noticed a very strange phenomenon - the more amiable and approachable McDowson looked, the more respectful the expression on Liu Changlong's face became. It seems that every move of McDowson, every gesture and gesture, makes people feel his unique personal charm - including his voice, his smile, his eyes, his movements, and his momentum.
"Alright, Mr. Chen Yang." After the people around him walked away, McDowson looked into my eyes and said lightly as if he was careless: "I heard that you have something you want to communicate with our family, now can you tell me what you think first?" ”
Frankly, I feel a little uncomfortable.
This McDowson looked too relaxed, and his momentum kept pressing me down, making me unconsciously feel as if I wanted to follow his rhythm. Now he asked me questions so casually, and although his attitude was still very polite, it made me very uncomfortable - how to say, it was the kind of politeness of a generous master to his own minions.
I took a deep breath, then looked up into his eyes, and after a moment of silence, I said slowly, "Actually, I do have something I want to ask about the Taoist family. What I want to know is that I don't remember any previous feuds I had with the Dawsons. But it seems that there has been some misunderstanding between us recently. ”
"No......" McDowson smiled lightly, showed a row of neat teeth, and said softly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen Yang." There was no holiday between our family and you before this, but it was just an agreement between us and a friend that caused the current situation......"
"Yes, I know, it's Wang Hao." I nodded, and said as if I was strolling through my heart.
"Look, Mr. Chen Yang." McDowson laughed, "Since you know everything, I don't think we need to waste our time - you didn't just want to ask why we killed you, did you?" ”
I shook my head and said, "Of course I didn't ask that. This world is the world of the strong, and you are stronger than me now, and when you want to eat me, you naturally need it. This world speaks by strength, my strength is not as good as yours, if you eat it, then it should be, there is no reason to speak of. ”
"You're a smart man, Mr. Chen Yang." Dawson smiled, "So, I want to ask, what exactly do you want to talk about with me?" ”
"Interests." I uttered the word dryly, and then added, "It's interest, Mr. Dawson." ”
"You can call me Mike - Mr. Dawson is usually called my father by others." McDowson smiled at first, and then he looked at me: "What exactly do you mean by interest?" ”
I looked into his eyes, slowed down my speech, and said slowly while sorting out my thoughts: "Mike, what kind of benefits can you get from cooperating with Wang Hao now?" If I'm not mistaken, the only benefit that Wang Hao can give you is that he can provide you with a legal channel to launder money, right? He can provide you with some investment channels of IBB company, help you transfer the funds in your hands in the investment market a few times, and then launder the black money. I think this is the only benefit that Wang Hao can provide you. Really? ”
To my surprise, I thought that McDowson would implicitly not answer my question, or refuse to answer it - after all, it was a secret agreement between them and Wang Hao. But McDowson only laughed a little, and then simply admitted, "Not bad." You're absolutely right. In exchange for Mr. Wang Hao's cooperation with us, we will inject a considerable amount of capital into one of the following investment projects of IBB. You also know that forces like us are no longer short of money, and what we need is to find a way to turn money clean. ”
I smiled and said, "Yes, that's why I'm here to work with you." After a pause, I added, "You know the history of the Locke family, right?" ”
Mike's eyebrows seemed to lift slightly, and a sharp gaze flashed through his eyes, but then disappeared. He smiled mildly and said, "Of course I know this. The history of the Locke family can almost be said to be the history of the United States since World War II. ”
I nodded and said, "Yes, it does." During World War II, under the leadership of Martin Locke, the head of the family at that time, the Locke family successfully obtained several huge arms business orders from the political axe, and quickly gathered huge capital by making war money - in fact, not only the Locke family, but also the American political axe, in the early days of World War II, the United States even provided strategic materials and arms to Germany, etc., and Europe was in full swing, and the United States sold arms on both sides......
"Mr. Chen Yang." McDowson interrupted me and said lightly: "I'm not here to listen to you review history, if I'm interested in the history of the Locke family, I can go to Peterlock of the Locke family to find out, he is my good friend." ”
Then, he suddenly sat up straight, his upper body leaned forward slightly, looked at me with an indifferent gaze, and said coldly: "Although many family members mean that no matter what, just kill you." But I'm interested in you personally, so I thought I'd come and talk to you. I hope you don't let me down! ”
Although I was interrupted by him, I didn't show the slightest fluctuation of emotion. I looked at him and said calmly, "So, Mike, can you tell you what is the most fundamental reason why the Locke family succeeded so quickly?" ”
"So what do you think it is? Mr. Chen Yang. Mike didn't take the bait as I thought, but just asked me casually.
I sighed secretly in my heart, knowing that he was not easy to deal with, but I still calmly said two words: "Legal!" ”
Ignoring the pensive look in McDonson's eyes, I quickly continued, "The biggest secret to the Locke family's success is legality!" The reason why the Locke family could do the arms business so frantically at that time, and do it in a big way, was because he had the most powerful support behind him - the American political axe! Because the arms business is done by the American political axe -- to be exact, the American political axe is doing the arms business with European countries, and the Locke family is the collaborator of the American political axe. In a country, the biggest force is his political axe, and the Locke family is standing with the political axe, so his business is destined to only make money and not lose money. ”
I hesitated for a moment and continued: "With all due respect, although the current power of the Dawson family is also considerable, most of your business is conducted underground...... Because the business you do is not allowed by the political axe. For example, drug trafficking, such as smuggling -- let me make a visual analogy, in fact, the American political axe is the biggest underworld, and the Locke family is his accomplice, and they share the spoils together with the American political axe. And Che, his partner will never fall -- because there is no force in the world that can bring down the American political axe for the time being. And you, the Dawson family, are in the drug trafficking and smuggling business you are robbing food and money with the political axe...... So...... So ......" At this point, I deliberately paused.
"Please keep talking and don't have any worries." McDowson looked at me calmly, but I still saw a hint of uneasiness in his eyes.
I sighed deliberately, as if I felt sorry for their Dawson family, and continued: "So the Dawson family has developed to this extent, in fact, it has come to an end, and there is no room left to continue to expand. Because the US political axe will not allow an overly large underworld force to compete with itself for food. The more you smuggle, the less tax you will pay for the political axe - maybe you can use money to buy some political axe officials, but under the premise of the big one, you always stand on the opposite level of the political axe, and you can never really become big - I think this is why the Dawson family now has enough power, but they dare not wipe out those small gangs and monopolize the world by themselves, right? ”
"You're right." McDowson sighed softly: "If our Dawson family really becomes the only big gangster, then no matter how many officials we have bought, then the political axe side will definitely kill us first." ”
"So, if the Dawson family wants to be able to develop to a new level, then it has to go a different way."
"Please." McDowson had a smile on his face, and I knew it was a real smile from the heart.
I said lightly: "It's very simple, make your business as legal as possible." In other words, on the basis of not giving up the original business of the Dawson family, develop more legal business. ”
"What kind of attention is this?" McDowson frowned, his face slightly dissatisfied. Because what I said seems to be very simple, but it is actually empty words, everyone wants to legalize, but it is not so simple.
I smiled and continued quietly, "I know it's not that simple. First of all, the Dawson family is a force on the underworld, if you suddenly change industries to do legitimate business, those legitimate big companies will definitely not want to do business with you, they will always have some strange eyes on you - maybe you are very powerful, but those regular big companies also have considerable power, and many large consortia have the support of political axes behind them, if there is a conflict, I am afraid you will not be able to get benefits. ”
"Go on." McDowson was expressionless.
"Second, you need a way to make money, I'll be honest. The existing people of the Dawson family, if they go to smuggle. Doing drug trafficking and doing those underworld businesses is naturally easy. But if you make money through the right way, you will be at a loss. You have money, but there are too many rich people in the United States. There are too many people who are richer than you. Everyone is looking for opportunities to make money, and you are also looking for opportunities to make money. Under the same conditions, using normal business methods to find opportunities to make money is actually your own shortcoming - that's why you will cooperate with Wang Hao. Because IBB is a company that specializes in investment. ”
"Yes."
"But do you think Wang Hao can help you make money?" I smiled.
Then I continued: "Wang Hao's IBB company is a venture capital company, frankly speaking, venture capital, as the name suggests, all their investments are quite risky, the greater the profit, the greater the risk!" What can he do to help you launder and make money? Futures? Bond? Stock? Buying out companies? With all due respect, these methods to make money, if the money is handed over to a master to do, it will be forgotten, if it is not a person, then it is entirely possible for these to be lost. ”
"Do you think Wang Hao doesn't have this ability?" Mike smiled.
"Of course I don't dare say that. But I want to ask you, are you looking for Wang Hao to make money, or are you just passing money away from IBB, just laundering money? ”
"Money laundering." McDowson said: "For now, it's just money laundering -- our Dawson family is not short of money, but we are always being watched by the FBI, and our assets are not visible, which is very bad for us, and if something goes wrong in the future......
I immediately said, "Yes, but your money was also earned at great risk." I know that both smuggling and drug trafficking are very risky. Your hard-earned money has to be laundered in the safest way possible, and 'venture capital'...... Hehe, Mike, don't you think it's too 'risky'? ”
McDowson was silent for a moment, his face calm and unrecognizable, but I knew he was considering what I said. After a while, he looked at me with a smile on his face and said, "Very wonderful, I admit, your words are very seductive." But Mr. Chen Yang, a few empty words can't change the reality - you say that Wang Hao is not our suitable collaborator, so who do you think is our best collaborator? Is that you? So what can you offer us? ”
I said unceremoniously, "Yes, I'm talking about myself." I looked at him and said slowly: "I can help you, I can help you wash your money, all your money in the safest way." I can help you make money and build your own business in the most honest way. I can help you change the image of the Dawson family as just an underworld bully. I can even help you become a big family like the Locke family. ”
"And what about your specific plans?"
I smiled, and then said lightly: "My plan is to do business!" Because whether it is stocks, futures, or so-called venture capital. These paths are too risky - while this method is quick to make money, there are too many risks and unknowables to it. As you just said, you are already rich, and the priority is not to make more money, but to launder the existing money! Therefore, doing business is the safest way to invest. This method is the least risky, and in business, most of the money is turned into fixed assets - in case of failure, there are still assets in hand, and there will be no return...... Although this method is slower, it is the most orthodox way of development of traditional enterprises......"
Without waiting for Mike to speak, I quickly continued: "But if you are doing industry, you still can't do it in the United States, and you can't do it in the United States to do business and open a factory." There are several reasons: First of all, the fame of the Dawson family is too great, and the first reaction of ordinary companies when they hear your name is to hide far away, in this case, who will do business with you?? The second point is that the cost of doing business and opening factories in the United States is too high. Moreover, the market space is basically saturated, and the development prospects are not large. The third and most important point is that everything in the United States, the Joint Investigation Bureau will keep an eye on you, and what you want is money laundering without knowing it, so you can't do it in your own country. So ......"
"So you're suggesting we invest abroad?" McDowson had a thoughtful smile on his face.
"Not bad." I took a deep breath and said, "Invest abroad!" My advice is to invest in China! I can be your investment agent! ”
McDowson looked at me, the smile on his face deepened, but he didn't speak.
I pondered his smile, but said very calmly: "The reason why I say this is very simple, I have my own business in China, you can inject funds into my company, and then through the industrial development of my company, and finally transfer the funds back, so that as soon as you invest in China, your money will become investment income." When the money returns to the U.S., it will all become your legal income. ”
McDowson suddenly asked me coldly: "Aren't you afraid of cooperating with us?" ”
"What?" I was stunned for a moment.
McDowson slowed down his tone and said, "After all, we are underworld forces, and we inject our money into your company - after all, that money is your so-called black money, money obtained from drug trafficking and smuggling, and there is blood and sweat in this money - don't you have psychological pressure?" You're just an ordinary businessman. ”
I was silent for a moment, and then suddenly I said, "Mike, do you know something?" ”
"What?"
I sighed: "In our country, every year, a huge amount of money flows out of the country and into the United States, and all this money escapes through illegal means - you know? This money is not clean money, most of it is the illegal income of some corrupt officials and corrupt officials, who have made enough money, and they will roll up the money - but this money, every penny is illegal, every penny is unclean, they may not be obtained from drug trafficking or smuggling, but the way to earn this money may be darker than drug trafficking and smuggling......"
I suddenly sneered: "Since the United States did not refuse to allow the money to continue to circulate in the United States after those funds came to the United States, then why should I refuse the American funds to my Chinese company to help me make money and develop?" ”
What happened to drug trafficking? What happened to smuggling? Anyway, they also made money from drug trafficking in the United States, and it has nothing to do with me, and I have no feelings for the United States......
I, Chen Yang, am not a gentleman, so as long as his money is not earned from drug trafficking in China, I don't care. In fact, the so-called drug trafficking of the Dawson family is also in the sphere of influence in North America. Actually, they're also buyers, they buy drugs from Colombia every year, and they sell them in the United States -- because they're so powerful, they control the drug market in North America, so they can make a huge amount of money -- and that has nothing to do with me.
Lao Tzu is not a citizen of the United States, and I do not have any obligations to the United States.
"Tell me, how can I trust you?" McDowson looked at me and said slowly, "I admit I'm impressed by you. But I still need a reason, a reason that will allow me to believe in you. ”
I smiled lightly, my smile was full of confidence: "No matter what, I think I'm at least much more reliable than Wang Hao's guy - at least I won't take the initiative to provoke an opponent much stronger than myself when my own power is greatly damaged." And Wang Hao, a fool, is doing this......"
I looked at McDowson and said with a smile: "And if your funds are handed over to Wang Hao, once IBB and Yuanda Group start a full-scale war, IBB will definitely not be able to win - once IBB collapses, then the safety of your money will not be guaranteed." ”
McDowson shook his head and said, "No, I mean, how can I trust you—you know?" In China, that's your business, it's your business, how can I trust you with my money? ”
I smiled and understood what he meant.
"It's simple, we sign the contract." I smiled happily: "Of course, I can't give you control of the company, you can inject money into me, in the form of investment, I can give you the corresponding shares - of course, but the shares must be controlled in a certain proportion, and I must ensure that the company is my ......"
"Rest assured, we're not interested in your company – and that's in China, not our sphere of influence, and we're not interested in doing anything on our own. However, I still have that question, how can I trust you? Chen Yang, you know, the contract or something, after all, is just a measure, and it can't be completely believed. ”
I was silent for a moment, then suddenly pulled a cigarette out of my arms and lit one for myself. McDowson didn't speak, he looked at me quietly, and after I took a puff of cigarette, I suddenly said, "Mike, you know my relationship with Yang Wei, right?" ”
"Know a little. I have to say that I personally have a lot of admiration for what you do. McDowson smiled lightly.
"Thank you." I smiled and said, "Frankly speaking, I suggest that you give me the funds to invest in China, on the one hand, to resolve the gap with you, and on the other hand, because my career in China really needs a lot of funds to develop." I smiled and continued, "Actually, I didn't have to do it at all. If I need funds, I can ask Yang Wei for help. As you may know, Yang Wei has sold her shares in IBB, and her personal assets are now hundreds of millions of dollars. If I need funds, she will not hesitate to support me. ”
"But you don't want to ask her for help, do you?" McDowson smiled, and there was a sense of understanding in his smile.
"Yes." I took a puff of cigarette: "Frankly, Yang Wei is a very good woman. I've had to get myself to a certain level before I feel entitled to have her - but I don't want to rely on her strength to climb up, you know? That's why I'm willing to take the risk of working with you -- you know I'm also very risky to work with you. ”
"Understood."
"At the same time, I have a very close relationship with Mr. Chen Yuan, the chairman of the Grand Group, and I am sure that I can borrow some of the money I need from him if I need it - but for some reason, I don't want to rely on him.
Mike smiled suddenly, and he smiled happily: "But you also rely on our strength with our funds." ”
I shook my head and said, "It's different." ”
I smiled and continued: "I got the money from you by my own efforts to convince you - and frankly, in this way, you and I, both get what we want, and it's not a relationship of who depends on whom, or who helps whom, but in exchange...... Even though you gave me the money, I also gave you some of the things you wanted. It's just a matter of taking what you need. ”
After saying this, I looked up at him: "Now, are you still worried that I will swallow your money?" ”
He understood what I meant, if I needed money, I had a large amount of money around me, there was no need to pay attention to the Dawson family's money, and I had to risk being retaliated against by the Dawson family, only a fool would do that.
Mike suddenly stood up and held out his hand to me.
He smiled at me, and I realized that he had beautiful blue eyes.
"Mr. Chen Yang, when will we sign the contract?" He smiled at me.
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