Chapter 136: Just admit defeat and let it go?

Siberia is a sparsely populated region. It is larger than the entire country of China, but has a population of less than two Beijing's. In such a place, the city of Siberia, with a population of 4 million, is undoubtedly the well-deserved centre. Of course, when Siberia was first built, it was planned according to the principles of a central city. Later, the development of various mineral resources also injected a lot of vitality into Siberia. ↖,

on the central street of Siberia City, a luxury version of the Cadillac roared past. For the old citizens of Siberia City, they were no strangers to this car.

'Look, that's Mr. Eugens' car. I'm familiar with this car because Mr. Eugens had it specially ordered abroad, according to the specifications of the US presidential limousine. Is it worth millions?'

'What do you mean millions? I don't think you can even buy a car like this for ten million. There is only one like this in the whole of Siberia, which covers more than 10 million square kilometres. Even the governor doesn't have the opportunity to ride in a car like this. I believe that in the next twenty years, there will be no better car than this one, and this car will be the only one in Siberia.'

'Yes! Mr. Yugins is truly the master of Siberia. I've heard that the money he controls could cover the entire city of Siberia! Even our governor has to do what he says in many cases, and many policies are enacted after consulting him.'

The two men said with emotion by the roadside, but the other said, 'But I heard that Mr. Yugins has recently encountered some trouble.'

As soon as these words were spoken, the two people next to him widened their eyes in disbelief and exclaimed, 'Mr. Yugins is the richest man in our Siberia. Even the governor admits in private that he is the master of Siberia. How could he possibly get into trouble? This is simply impossible!'

Yugins's car sped through the central street, and along the way, countless people made comments like these, which showed Yugins's influence on this side of Siberia.

Unfortunately, Yugens couldn't hear these comments from the car, and even if he could, he would only be able to bitterly laugh to himself, because he was really in trouble, big trouble, so much so that he had to do something himself.

Eventually, Eugene's car pulled up to the Central Hotel. The hotel doorman hurriedly went up to open Eugene's car door, then respectfully stood aside and invited Eugene to get out of the car. This was all standard procedure, and the doorman was well-versed in it; however, after getting out of the car, Eugene did not immediately go into the hotel, but stood there, looking up at the tall hotel in a daze, his eyes revealing a conflicted emotion.

Although the doorman did not understand what Eugene was doing here, he naturally did not dare to move while the VIP was still standing there, and he did not even dare to remind Eugene out loud. He just stood there waiting for Eugene to come back to his senses.

The bellboy did this out of respect for Eugene, but when Eugene came back to his senses, he immediately started shouting at the bellboy: 'This is outrageous! Is this the attitude you should have as a bellboy at a hotel? Do you just stand there in front of the guest? This is a great disrespect to the guest, especially since you are also disrespecting me and insulting me. Hurry up and get your manager over here, I want to have a good talk with him.'

Eugene's accusations were completely unfounded, and even he himself could not explain why. The doorman felt aggrieved and wanted to cry.

Even so, the hotel lobby manager rushed over at the first opportunity, apologising profusely to Eugene. The doorman, however helpless he felt, dared not harbour any resentment. After all, Eugene's status as the Siberian master was not something he had blown his own trumpet about. If Eugene was really made angry, they would be the ones to suffer in the end.

Normally, Yujing would feel good when he faced the hotel lobby manager and the doorman apologising so humbly, but today, looking at the two of them, he just became more and more annoyed.

In the end, Yujing just waved his hand impatiently, 'Just get out of my sight, I feel sick when I see you!'

After saying this, Yujing ignored them and strode into the hotel, all the way to the second floor café, where Zhou Ming and a few Chinese people were sitting drinking tea. Seeing them, Yujing let out a small sigh of relief. He came to sit in front of Zhou Ming, and before he could say anything, Zhou Ming put a cup of tea in front of him and said to him, 'This is good tea brought from the country, you won't find it anywhere else in the world.'

Originally, Eugene had been thinking about the script in his stomach, but now, with the cup of tea handed to him by Eugene in front of him, he suddenly lost his composure. In the end, he could only lower his head and sigh, saying, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, I concede.'

Li Cheng and Tong Gang were stunned. Looking at Eugene's expression, they noticed that after he said this, he seemed to have aged ten years, as if these words were spoken with his vitality.

As for Li Chenghe and Tong Gang, although they guessed the reason why Eugene came here today, they never expected that he would simply admit defeat so directly as soon as he arrived. No one could figure it out.

As for Eugene himself, he also felt a sense of humiliation. If he could, he would really regret letting Zhou Ming go to the oil field, which resulted in the current situation. If there was any room for manoeuvre, where would he find Zhou Ming to make such a compromise? It's so humiliating.

Today has been a week since Zhou Ming left for the Ferroflo Oilfield, and this past week, especially the last few days, has been a nightmare for Eugene.

Just four days ago, there was a strike by the oil workers at the Ferroflo Oilfield, and there were even clashes with the oilfield security office.

Eugens knew that it must have been Zhou Ming and his people who were behind it, but at that time Eugens didn't care too much. After all, it was just an oilfield, and even if it was the oilfield with the highest production in all of Siberia, it still couldn't pose any threat to him. However, what happened in the following days exceeded his imagination.

The day after the incident at the Ferrofou oilfield, Eugens was still holding a meeting with the heads of other oilfields, telling them to make sure they maintained control of their oilfields and that nothing similar could happen again.

Upon receiving the call, Yugins hurriedly ended the meeting and rushed to the bank. When he arrived, the bank manager told him that all banks had been subject to a run on their deposits early that morning, and that the bank's reserve funds had been withdrawn in just two hours, with only an hour left before the various branches of the Siberian Bank would run out of money to disburse.

This news made Yugens jump in surprise. He never imagined that something like this could happen. Although the Siberian Bank was not a very large bank in Northern Russia, and most of the money in the bank had been invested, there were still several hundred million in reserve.

With such a large sum of money, it would normally take months for it to be withdrawn, but today, in just a few hours from the morning, it had been completely withdrawn. Obviously, this was premeditated.

Whether it was premeditated or not is secondary. The most important thing is how to stop such behaviour. Because I heard from the people below that there is already news spreading outside that the Siberian bank is going to collapse. This is of course a rumour, but if the bank run cannot be stopped and more people are allowed to come and run, and the bank really can't hold on anymore, then I'm afraid this news will become true.

So Yujing immediately contacted the oil field, because due to work needs, the oil field often keeps a lot of money there. In the past, there have been stories of bank runs at the Siberian Bank, but they have all been saved by the money from the oil field, so it will be the same this time.

However, what Yujing did not expect was that this time, the oil field did not lend a helping hand, but chose to wait and see.

After hanging up the phone, Eugene was at first very confused, but after a moment of stunned silence, he finally remembered the crux of the matter: these were all Zhou Ming's tricks!

Zhou Ming knew about Eugene's partnership with the Vladimir family, so he first incited the oil workers to go on strike, and then found a way to go to the bank and withdraw their money. Originally, either of these two things happening would not have had a big impact on Eugene. The bank and the oil workers were interdependent businesses for Eugene, but now they happened at the same time, and it was taking his life.

Just as Zhou Ming guessed, all gangs are interested in profits, and the Vladimir family's gang was no exception. As soon as they heard that Eugene's bank was going bankrupt, they refused to help him, and only verbally supported him a little. No one was willing to give an extra dime.

After learning this news, Eugene immediately came to find Zhou Ming.

It cannot be said that Eugene is still a person who can hold on and let go. Since he found the reason, he immediately came to the coffee shop where he had an appointment with Zhou Ming. Perhaps Eugene had prepared a lot, which made him very annoyed. But in the end, when he heard Zhou Ming bring him a cup of tea, Eugene could no longer hold back and admitted defeat to Zhou Ming.

Apart from admitting defeat, Eugene really couldn't think of any other way.

Facing Eugene's admission of defeat, Tong Gang and Li Cheng were very happy. If it weren't for the situation, Su Han would have cheered loudly. The reason was that the person who bowed to Zhou Ming was none other than the owner of Siberia. Looking back, this Eugene was so arrogant and overbearing that he not only refused to allow Zhou Ming's train to cross the border, but even had people threaten Zhou Ming when he arrived in Siberia.

But what's the point? In the end, Eugens had no choice but to bow his head in front of Zhou Ming like a child who has done something wrong, begging for forgiveness.

But Zhou Ming just smiled slightly and asked Eugens back, 'Do you think if you admit defeat now, I'll let you off?'