Chapter 106: A mixed blessing

As the best hotel in Krisco, the One Hotel has a wide variety of rooms. On the side facing Red Square and the Kremlin, many rooms have balconies with views, so that even when night falls, the people staying here can stand on the balcony and look out over the night view along Glinka Street.

Li Cheng and Tong Gang were sitting face to face on one of these balconies, with a pot of hot tea on the coffee table in front of them.

Tong Gang took a sip of the tea and couldn't help but exclaim, 'I really didn't expect Zhou Ming to have such a trump up his sleeve and fool us all.'

Li Cheng nodded, knowing that Tong Gang was referring to the incident in the afternoon in the hotel cafe where the two brothers, Xia Lang and Xia Kun, suddenly came over and interrupted their conversation with Mr. Meta.

For various reasons, the Chelf market was about to run out of stock, and at this time, Mr. Maita also barged in and sent someone to purchase a large quantity of goods here. This made the Chelf market, which was already short of goods, even more constrained. It seemed that there was only one way to go, and that was to compromise.

Even Li Cheng and Tong Gang had secretly made up their minds that if Zhou Ming insisted on not agreeing, they would find another way.

But before they could do so, the two of them came to deliver the goods, catching Mr. Meta off guard. Even they themselves never expected it.

Xialang and Xiakun were not famous businessmen in their home country, and no one had ever heard of them before now. Now that they had come knocking on their door, Xialang and Xiakun could no longer sit still.

However, although this was still the same matter, Li Cheng disagreed with Tong Gang. He shook his head and said, 'I don't think Zhou Ming arranged today's event. If he really had, a lot of things would have been done differently, and it would not have turned out like this.'

Tong Gang is the world's second richest shipping magnate and a very smart man. In fact, he also understands how difficult it would be for Zhou Ming to arrange this. First, he needs to have a thorough understanding of the subsequent developments in Northern Russia, as well as the thoughts of both the Dota Project and the Murin Palace. Then, he also needs to calculate the subsequent reserves of goods in the Cherv Market.

In short, if Zhou Ming really wanted to prepare in advance, he would have to do a huge amount of preparation work. In such a short period of time, and with just one person, no matter how much they praise Zhou Ming, they all feel that it is simply impossible to complete.

Of course, it is also possible that Zhou Ming did not think about it at all, and he just felt that it was better to be prepared. Then this is Zhou Ming's extraordinary foresight.

But if not, then the timing of the two brothers' arrival was just too coincidental, just when they were at their most difficult time, and they were the first to arrive, while the others followed later. This approach cannot be achieved simply by having confidence in Zhou Ming, because according to Li Cheng and Tong Gang's understanding, these two brothers have put all their family assets into this train of goods.

'What happened to this Zhou Ming is really inexplicable by common sense. It feels like these things have already been prepared, just waiting to happen.'

Tong Gang said this, but then he let out a heavy sigh: 'But it may not be a good thing if we get past this hurdle!'

Tong Gang's words also immediately aroused Li Cheng's concern. He also said, 'Indeed, if we can accept Mr. Meta's investment, we can't be considered to have officially entered the Dota Project, but at least we can be tied to the Dota Project through this. Although we will definitely suffer a loss in terms of interests, if anything happens in the future, the Dota Project will still be there to help us; we have indeed survived so far, but the problems we face in the future will be even greater, especially as Mr. Meta will definitely not let go of this.'

Li Cheng was just worried, but in the end he laughed: 'But after seeing Zhou Ming's performance this time, I think that no matter what happens next, this guy will be able to handle it properly.'

Tong Gang also said, 'In fact, when you think about it, I'm already old, and I can't keep up with the pace of the times or the ideas of these young people.'

Meanwhile, in the suite at Hotel No. 1 where Zhou Ming and the others were staying, Zhou Ming and Du Peng and Su Han were all sitting on the sofa in the living room. Du Peng's hands were raised high above his head: 'I really didn't know about this incident with Zhou Ming. If I had known that Xia Lang and the others had secretly completed all the paperwork, then why would I have had to wait for so long? I would have just added the goods we had prepared to their car.'

Du Peng's words were undoubtedly a joke, because this was China and not those Indians who still sold train tickets. Xiarang and Xiakun were not that wealthy, and there was only one train parked inside the Krisko booth, so how could they put the prepared goods on it?

Zhou Ming told Du Peng to put his hands down. 'You definitely didn't know about this, and I'm just surprised that they had such a big nerve to come at such a convenient time.'

'That's why I Zhou Ming, you're amazing! If I think broadly enough, I would think that you, Zhou Ming, deliberately helped them choose Dongkou Textile Factory to do business with, just waiting for this day.' Du Peng laughed.

'Where would I have the ability to predict the future?' Zhou Ming.

At this time, Su Han noticed something different, and she asked Zhou Ming, 'Zhou Ming, what do you mean by just the beginning of some trouble?'

When asked the main point, Zhou Ming also put away his smile and replied to Su Han: 'It's still the Chelf market. Right now, we are using the stocks in the Chelf market to control the new ruble. This method sounds very good, and it has indeed achieved very good results at this stage, but that was the result of the Krisco Securities Company being forcibly shut down by the president.'

'You have to know that this Mr. Meta is an expert in American financial warfare, and now that he has returned to his area of expertise, I'm afraid we're in trouble,' said Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming's words caused the room to fall silent. They all knew who Mr. Meta was, but Zhou Ming's consistent victories, combined with many objective conditions, had caused them to forget about this matter for a while, and it was only now that they suddenly remembered.

Du Peng thought for a while and asked, 'So what you're saying, Zhou Ming, is that this Mr. Meta will go back and find a way to reopen the securities company, and then meddle with the stock market? Like selling our stocks en masse?'

'It's very likely, but we won't know for sure until Mr. Meta makes his move. But I think it'll be something that doesn't deviate from the norm.' Zhou Ming.

At this point, Du Peng suddenly remembered another question: 'By the way, Zhou Ming, why did you take the initiative to talk to Mr. Meta about bulk purchases this afternoon? Now that the two brothers, Xia Lang and Xia Kun, have shipped a trainload of goods, but what if Mr. Meta is really determined to do it? Wouldn't Xia Lang and Xia Kun be giving away the goods they worked so hard to ship for nothing?'

Zhou Ming, however, said, 'But Du Peng, it seems you have missed one point. This Mr. Mata is going to pay me in US dollars, so how can it be considered giving it away?'

'As for the other reason, I know that this Mr. Mata is also a very sensitive person. Once he knows that his previous ideas have lost their effect, naturally he will not cling to them. My raising the issue of a large-scale transaction at this time is actually just like a fox taking advantage of a tiger's power,' Zhou Ming replied.

Hearing this, Du Peng finally understood what Zhou Ming meant. His words were meant to convey a message to Zhou Ming: I have more than just this train. Can Mr. Meta really afford to pay such a large amount of rubles?

In fact, whether it was Du Peng, Su Han, or Li Chengtong, who was not even here, they all knew very well that the arrival of the two men, Xialang and Xiakun, was purely an accident. Even if their goods were to quickly replenish the warehouses in the market of Cherv, at most it would only be a temporary solution to the problem, and it would not solve any problems at all. However, Mr. Maita did not know the circumstances of the matter, and he could only infer from Zhou Ming's expression, and finally made this decision.

Put simply, Zhou Ming completely scared Mr. Mata.

In another room, the two brothers Xialang and Xiakun were drinking. Xialang was happy and toasted his own younger brother. He tilted his head and drank the wine in his glass, while excitedly saying, 'I'm so happy today. I didn't expect not only to meet Mr. Zhou Ming in person, but more importantly, we also helped Mr. Zhou Ming out with such a big favour. It's really better to be lucky than good!'

Xialang drank a little while remembering the afternoon. After seeing Mr. Meta and his entourage off, Zhou Ming returned to Xialang and Xikun's side and sat down, telling him about the situation he was now facing. Although he left out many key points, Xialang and Xikun were both surprised and stood up.

It was because in their hearts, Xianglang would always come first. How could they not be excited to be able to do something for their idol?

Meanwhile, not too far from Hotel No. 1, in Villa No. 8 of the Dota Project, Meita was on the phone with North Russian President Nikolavich.

'Mr President, the warehouses in the Cherv Market have now been replenished, so I don't think the previous methods will work anymore. However, no matter how well they disguise it, there is still a fatal flaw in the Cherv Market. As long as we expose this flaw, the Cherv Market will collapse immediately!' Meita paused to reflect, then continued, 'However, in order to use this method, there must be an active securities market.'

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