Chapter 110: My goal is 10 trillion

On Gele Street, Villa 8 leads out onto two narrow streets, where there is a quiet church. Unlike other churches in Northern Russia with their numerous sculptures and murals, this church is relatively simple in its furnishings, and there are many chairs in the church hall, all of which indicate that this is a different denomination from the Northern Russian denomination. 

In the morning, Maita brought David William and several bodyguards to the church to pray. In fact, compared to David, Maita is not the most pious believer, but he will take time out more often than David to come here to worship and pray.

When Davier once asked Mr. Mata about this, he replied that money was the root of all evil in the world. What they were doing was dancing with the devil. They came here to pray often so that they could be forgiven by God and not let the devil corrupt their hearts.

The church was very empty, with only Mata sitting in a chair and the priest standing on the pulpit. The priest recited from the Bible while Mata looked at the crucifix below and confessed his sins.

'Heavenly Father, I must ask you to forgive me for my sins. I know that because of Project Talos, the people of Krisco have become refugees, and many have lost their wealth, while even more have become destitute. I saw a little girl yesterday, her hair was a mess and her body was dirty, like a little mud monkey. She seemed to have lost her parents, but she didn't feel afraid at all, just confused...'

Metta spoke calmly, not in English or Russian, but in a very ancient form of Latin, which in the minds of most Western aristocrats was the language closest to God, and which they all knew from praying in church.

At that moment, the church door suddenly opened, and Davier came to the door, but did not come in at first, because he saw Metta sitting there alone, and knew that his prayer had not yet ended, so he did not dare to come in.

Mata felt the movement at the door, paused for a moment, and then said, 'But Krisco's suffering is also a kind of nirvana rebirth, a stage that must be experienced. I myself am also a financial warrior employed by the President. I must maintain my work ethic. I cannot be merciful to my enemies. This is the only way to make myself feel good about everything I do. Amen!'

After saying the last sentence, Meta stood up, bowed deeply to the cross, and then turned to the door before turning to go. Davier hurried up, but still didn't say anything, because as a believer in God, he would not disturb the peace of the church.

After they had left the church, Davier said, 'Mr. Maita, something terrible has happened. We just heard from Jim that something has happened at the securities company. Someone is spreading negative news about Chelf Market. The news has even appeared in the newspapers. Chelf Market's stocks are being sold off, and the market is in a panic. In less than half an hour, the stock price has plummeted from 1.34 new rubles to 1.29 new rubles, and it is continuing to fall.'

After listening to this, Maita laughed and said, 'These Chinese people really won't sit around and do nothing.'

Davier was about to say something, but at that moment William came running over with a mobile phone in his hand and reported to Maita, "Mr Maita, that Chinese Zhou Ming is calling for you.'

This surprised Maita and Davier, but Maita only hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take the phone and saying, "Hello, this is Maita.'

A female voice soon came from the other end, a voice that was very familiar to Katerina. She said, 'Hello, Mr. Mata. I'm sorry to disturb your prayers, but I would like to invite you to lunch at noon to discuss something with you. What do you think?'

'Today is just a day of prayer, not Sunday. If it were Mr. Zhou Ming saying this, it would be understandable, but Katerina, you are being very rude. Have you forgotten that I left you?

Meta first criticised Karelina before saying, 'But I am very interested in having lunch with Mr. Zhou Ming. You can tell him for me that I am very willing.'

Karelina then told him the time and place before hanging up. Seeing Meta put down the phone, Davier asked doubtfully, "Mr. Meta, why did the Chinese Zhou Ming ask you to have lunch with him at this time?'

Meta shook his head and said, "His thinking is very open, which makes it difficult to predict.'

...

At this moment in the living room of Zhou Ming's suite at Hotel One, Tong Gang also asked the same question as Davier: 'Zhou Ming, are you sure you really want to talk to Mr. Mata?'

Zhou Ming nodded and said, 'This is a must. First of all, Mr. Mata is an American financial warfare expert. This time, the Dota Project has also gathered so much financial power from the West. I don't know how many wealthy consortia have participated, and in comparison, our side is much more humble.'

Facing this explanation, Li Cheng and Tong Gang were unable to refute it, because it was the truth. Not to mention that only the two of them contributed to the Gangcheng consortium, even if the entire Gangcheng was put on the line, it would be like a grasshopper shaking a tree, and it would have no effect. If the Dota Project is a luxurious aircraft carrier, then their side is at most just a ragged fishing boat, not even on the same order of magnitude.

If it weren't for this reason, why would Mr. Mata have been so confident in approaching them before to ask for investment in the Chelf market? It's because they knew they couldn't resist!

'With this gap, we always have to negotiate with the Tower Project. It's better to negotiate with them now when we have the advantage than to be forced into a corner by them later,' said Zhou Ming.

Li Cheng and Tong Gang didn't say anything, because they both knew that Zhou Ming actually had another thing he hadn't said: now they were talking to Meta about cooperation, but if they were really cornered in the future, then they would only be forced to sign an unequal treaty of territorial cessions with their heads held down.

At this time, Tong Hua suddenly sighed and said, 'I'm just worried that we've lost the bargaining power just by blackening ourselves this time.'

Tong Hua also learned Zhou Ming's phrase of self-blackening, and his meaning was very simple. Now Zhou Ming was walking around the negative news about himself at the securities company through the self-blackening plan, and then let Konon take the lead in selling stocks, which in turn caused the stock price to plummet. This did indeed curb the pit dug by Meta for them by raising the stock price through sitting in the market, but the consequences of this were also obvious, which was a very bad impact on the market.

It is also for this reason that, in the stock market in general, if someone manipulates the stock price of a listed company, the company will either negotiate with the manipulator or swallow the bitter fruit on its own. Few people will fight back by blackening themselves, as the losses will outweigh the gains.

'We have gone to so much trouble to blacken ourselves, and there will definitely be an impact, but it is not as bad as you think,'

Zhou Ming took out an old rouble and said to Tong Hua, 'Because our shares in the Chelf Market are not the same as the shares of those listed companies you know, our shares are linked to the old roubles that have been abolished. People buy our shares not to increase their value or receive dividends, but more to spend the old roubles and buy goods in the market. As long as this prerequisite remains, it doesn't matter.'

'That's true. I think that's also the reason why you didn't let the Chelef market go public in the first place,' said Tong Gang.

Zhou Ming nodded and said, "If it weren't for my negligence of the securities company's admission system and my forgetting that they also have a loophole system that allows any stock to be listed, our stock would never have appeared in the securities company. Of course, we can't avoid private transactions.'

Tong Gang waved his hand and said, "Since that's the case, let's not mention it again. I'm just curious about what you want to talk about with Mr. Meta?'

Zhou Ming replied with some surprise: 'Chairman Tong, didn't I already tell you before? I hope to cooperate with the Dota Project, and ideally be able to receive more than half of their profits.'

Li Cheng and Tong Gang both gasped in shock. They looked at each other and saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

It was true that Zhou Ming had told them this before, but that wasn't the point. The point was that he said he wanted more than half of the Dota Project's profits? How was that possible?

They have been in Northern Russia for quite some time now, and they have a deeper understanding of the Dagger Tower Project. They know very well how huge the benefits behind this project are. Two hundred trillion US dollars in wealth is terrifying even if it is just a figure on paper. Especially since this Dagger Tower Project is the entire Western world plundering the Soviet Union. Why should these robbers give up half of their profits?

Just because you won the stock market battle in the Chernobyl market by using a self-destructive method that kills the enemy a thousand and injures yourself eight hundred? This is sheer fantasy!

Li Cheng thought for a moment and said, 'Zhou Ming, I understand that you are a person with great ambitions and your future is limitless. I also believe that young people should have the domineering spirit to drive away tigers and swallow elephants. However, no matter what, one must be down-to-earth. Some ideas can only remain as ideas after all. I'm sure you understand what I'm saying, right?'

Zhou Ming nodded to show that he understood. In fact, Li Cheng's words were a gentle reminder to himself that young people should just masturbate and not think about useless things.

But although he understood, Zhou Ming still said, 'Chairman Li, I think you remember what I always say: there is nothing in this world that cannot be done, only brains that refuse to be used.'

Li Cheng was stunned. He stared at Zhou Ming with his eyes wide open, his head confused. He didn't understand why Zhou Ming had suddenly become so stubborn. Could it be that he didn't understand? Or was there some confidence that he didn't know about?

But in the end, Zhou Ming said, 'Chairman Li, don't worry, I was just saying that. It would of course be great to get so much benefit, and even if we don't get it, at least we won't be forced to work like dogs by Meta and the others like we are now, wouldn't that be good?'

Li Cheng and Tong Gang nodded silently. Indeed, the current situation was just as Zhou Ming had said, but looking at Zhou Ming's smile, they still had a creepy feeling, always feeling that something was wrong.