Chapter 231: Causing trouble

Morning Zhou Ming drove to An Guo Securities Company. He walked into the meeting room. When he arrived, all the middle and senior management of the company, including General Manager Li Hong and Lobby Manager Li Yang, were already sitting there. They immediately stood up and greeted Zhou Ming in unison when they saw him enter the door.

Since his rebirth, Zhou Ming has gone from rags to riches, and now holds a huge fortune in his hands. He is used to scenes like this, so he calmly walked into the meeting room in the midst of everyone's attention and sat down in his seat. Then he motioned for everyone to sit down, saying, 'Everyone, sit down. Manager Li, you can tell us the current situation.'

Named by Zhou Ming, Li Hong immediately said, 'Okay, Consultant Zhou, our An Guo Securities Company has been open for a week today. Although publicity has been done in all aspects, our account opening results are not satisfactory. I think this is partly because the habit of opening an account at a securities company has become ingrained in the minds of every stock investor, and partly because our proactive approach is not enough.'

'We are simply waiting for investors to come to the securities company to open an account. This is too passive. After all, the securities company still retains the responsibility for opening accounts, which conflicts with us. If we can't take the initiative to find every investor who wants to speculate in the stock market, then no matter how good our service is and how well it meets market rules, we won't have the opportunity to show our advanced nature!'

Li Hong said in a serious tone, and Zhou Ming nodded after listening: 'Manager Li is right. According to the current situation, stock investors will not come to us automatically. If we want to develop, we must be more proactive, which is only natural.'

Having said that, Zhou Ming changed the subject and continued, 'However, for the time being, I think the most important thing for us is to establish our reputation, because we are not a government agency, and we have not yet received official recognition. We are still in a stage of playing on the edge of the line. Only our reputation can support us as we grow and develop. If we lose our reputation, then our development, which is not going well anyway, will become even more difficult.'

At this time, Li Yang said, 'Don't worry, teacher. We are very careful in our work. Only Jiang Chunhua has caused trouble before, but we have already let him off the hook. We have also assigned him the most careful, smartest, and most experienced account manager, and so far, there have been no problems. There shouldn't be any problems.'

'I of course believe what you say, but I'm worried about some other troubles. After all, there is someone like Jiang Chunhua who is looking for trouble, and there is no such thing as being safe from trouble a thousand days. 'Zhou Ming said.

Li Hong and Li Yang glanced at each other. They were about to say something when they heard the office door suddenly open and a stockbroker run in, panicking, and say, 'General Manager Li, there's trouble at the door!'

The man's words were a little breathless, but the sentence itself was like a bombshell, stunning everyone in the meeting room, especially Li Hong and Li Yang: just as they were talking about protecting their reputation, someone came in and caused trouble. Wasn't this slapping them in the face?

Li Hong immediately asked, 'Is it Jiang Chunhua again? What's he doing here this time?'

It was no surprise that Li Hong would ask this question. After all, at the moment, Jiang Chunhua was the only one who wanted to cause trouble for them. He had a criminal record, so when something went wrong, who else would they think of first?

But the answer was unexpected. The agent shook his head and said, 'It's not the same Jiang Chunhua from last time. It's an ordinary stockholder!'

An ordinary stockholder?

This answer stunned everyone, because to be honest, it wasn't surprising to them that someone had come to cause trouble. In fact, they had been waiting for Jiang Chunhua to come and cause trouble, but now the person who had come to cause trouble was not Jiang Chunhua, but an ordinary stock investor.

This came as a big surprise to them. Could it be that there was really something wrong with the securities company?

This was the first question that came to everyone's mind. In the end, Zhou Ming made a decisive move. He stood up and said, 'Let's go out and see what's going on.'

After saying this, Zhou Ming interrupted the meeting and went out, which finally made everyone suddenly realise that no matter how surprised and surprised they were in the meeting room, it would lead to nothing. Only by going out to find out the situation could they make a better decision. So afterwards, Li Hong, Li Yang, and other cadres of the securities company all followed Zhou Ming out.

'An Guo Securities Company is a fraudulent unit that has lost all the hard-earned money of the shareholders. Give me back my hard-earned money!'

As soon as Zhou Ming and the others arrived on the first floor and had not yet left the lobby, they heard these words. Li Hong and Li Yang both froze for a moment, and Li Hong immediately explained to Zhou Ming, 'Consultant Zhou, I really don't know what's going on.'

Zhou Ming waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and then led them out into the lobby on the first floor. There, they saw several people holding a banner and standing in the centre of the hall. A young man stood in front of them, holding a loudspeaker and repeatedly shouting the words they had heard when they first came out. Several reporters were standing nearby, taking photos and recording everything on their cameras and video cameras. In addition to the reporters, there was also a large crowd of onlookers who did not know the truth. All the employees of An Guo Securities were beside themselves, not knowing what to do.

'Advisor Zhou, this person is called Xiaohu. He said he opened an account with our An Guo Securities Company and then asked our account manager to lose money in the stock market,' a staff member came over to report the situation to Zhou Ming.

'Lost money in the stock market?' Zhou Ming immediately heard the point of the words, 'Which account manager in the securities company violated the rules and helped him speculate in the stock market?'

Zhou Ming's stern tone scared the employee, and it wasn't until Zhou Ming impatiently asked again that he reacted, hastily answering Zhou Ming, 'It's Manager Sun from the marketing department. He's in charge of this Xiaohu.'

Where is Manager Sun?

Zhou Ming did not ask this question again because he saw that Manager Sun was right in front of Xiaohu. There was a young man in a shirt and trousers, talking to Xiaohu anxiously, almost pleading with him. Now that all the company executives were in a meeting, no one would normally be so eager to meddle in other people's business, so this person could only be that Manager Sun.

'Xiaohu, let's talk about what happened today after I get off work, okay? Let's not make a scene here. There's always a solution to things. You're not going to get anywhere like this. I'm counting on you!' Manager Sun said.

Xiaohu was not at all moved: 'Who knows what the result will be when you get off work? I want to see your leader today, and I want your leader to come out and give me an explanation. My money can't just disappear without a trace. Do you know how many years of savings that was for my whole family? You think I'm playing around here?'

Manager Sun added, 'Xiao Hu, why are you being so unreasonable? I've already told you, it's not my fault about your stocks, and your money won't just disappear like that. I can definitely help you earn it back through manipulation. There's no point in you making a scene.'

Xiao Hu paid no attention, but he didn't raise the loudhailer again either, because he saw Zhou Ming and Li Hong walking towards the lobby. Xiao Hu immediately walked over and asked, 'Are you the leaders of this securities company?'

Zhou Ming glanced at Li Hong, who walked up and said, 'Hello, comrade. I am the general manager of our An Guo Securities Company. My name is Li Hong.'

Xiao Hu looked up and down at Li Hong a few times, waved his hand dismissively, and said to him, "I'm not talking to you." Then he found Zhou Ming and asked, 'You are the leader of this unit, right? If you are not the leader, you are the superior supervisor. In short, you must be very influential. Don't try to deceive me. Just now, you gave the general manager a look, and he came out and spoke. I saw it all. I'm looking for you!'

Facing Xiaohu's words, Zhou Ming was a little speechless, and he had to nod in acknowledgement: 'I do have a lot to do with An Guo Securities Company. I wonder what this comrade has to do?'

'It was him who lost all our hard-earned money!' Xiaohu said, pointing his finger at Manager Sun next to him.

Sun Manager's spirit was about to be scared out of him when Xiaohu pointed at him like that, so he hurriedly ran up to Zhou Ming and cried out, 'Consultant Zhou, this is not true. I was the one who opened the account for him, and he was the one who wanted to put so much money in to speculate in stocks. I even told him that there were risks in the stock market and that investment needed to be cautious, but he just wouldn't listen!'

Hearing Manager Sun's words, Xiaohu was unhappy: 'Manager Sun, I never thought you would be such a coward who dares not take responsibility. If you hadn't said that stock speculation could make money, more money than if I had put it in the bank, or even more than if I had done business, would I have put all of our family's money in? If you had told me that there were risks in the stock market and I could lose money, would I have put any money in? Am I stupid?'

In this way, Manager Sun and Xiaohu argued with each other. Zhou Ming couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, 'Shut up!'

Manager Sun and Xiaohu immediately stopped arguing. Zhou Ming said to Xiaohu, 'Comrade, you continue.'

Xiaohu gave Manager Sun a triumphant look and continued, 'The situation is like this, leader. I came here a week ago to open an account, and it was you, Manager Sun, who received me. He told me that I could make a lot of money by opening an account and speculating in the stock market, and that I could become a random ten-thousand-yuan household. But I won't believe him. He said that he could help me speculate in the stock market and casually make me a ten-thousand-yuan household, so I trusted him and gave him my money to speculate in the stock market. But who knew that it would all be lost in just one week? Now that I've come to him, he's still denying it. Do you guys even have a shred of credibility left? It's a fraudulent company!'

Zhou Ming then turned to Manager Sun, who immediately denied it, saying, 'Consultant Zhou is not like that. I told him right from the start that the stock market is risky, and he insisted on buying that stock himself. If there's a loss, it's his loss, and it has nothing to do with me!'

Li Hong and Li Yang exchanged glances, and both saw headaches in each other's eyes, because Manager Sun and Xiaohu each had their own version of events. It was a classic case of each side believing they are in the right. And the most important thing was that there were only the two parties involved, with no other supporting evidence whatsoever. There was simply no way to judge the situation. I'm afraid even Lord Bao or Lord Di would have a headache if they came here.

But their headaches were only just beginning, because at this time, Jiang Chunhua also came over to join the fun.

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