Chapter 61: How much do you know about the Gulf story?

Zhou Ming was a little between tears and laughter. He never expected Lin Muqing to fall asleep at this critical moment, and to fall asleep while still holding onto her things.

But if you think about it, it's normal, because Muqing Lin was so tired. Muqing Lin had just said that she had to deal with a lot of things at the last minute in order to come to the United States. You have to know that you are only a Wharton Insurance Company, and the help of the entire finance class, as well as an administrative supervisor like Julie, who has worried so much, and Muqing Lin has at least three fund companies in Gangcheng: Gangcheng United Investment Fund, Jinming Fund, and Siming Fund.

Although Hong Kong City has its own foundation, it will not be in the same situation as Brighton, and she will not have to worry about facing the senior senator's deliberate targeting. However, Tong Gang and Li Cheng are not easy people. With them as shareholders, Lin Muqing, the chairman, will definitely not be relaxed.

Not to mention the fact that Lin Muqing had no choice but to let Sun Wei come to the United States to be the branch manager, which is enough to show how helpless her situation is. If she doesn't promote the subordinate she brought along, she will be in danger of being sidelined. Sometimes the office politics in the company is not much better than in the authorities. Even without the discipline inspection commission, it will become even more reckless and have no bottom line.

Under these circumstances, Lin Muqing focused on the work that needed to be done after the event, and there was definitely no let-up for a moment. Then she went to the Cayman Islands to help register an offshore company and open an account. Even if it was more convenient, she still had to go in person for confidentiality reasons. All this added a lot of burden to her. As for after the Cayman Islands, she arrived in Brighton non-stop.

From the port city to Cayman and then to Brighton, it took Lin Muqing just three days to get there, directly crossing the eastern and western hemispheres, and I'm afraid she didn't even have time to adjust to the time difference.

Thinking about this, Zhou Ming suddenly remembered when he picked her up at the airport before, why he felt that in addition to her elegance, there was also a faint air of sadness about her. It turned out that it was because she was so tired! And just now when he kissed her, he also felt that she seemed to be in a daze.

Zhou Ming could not help but blame himself for being so careless, how could he have missed such an important piece of information?

With these thoughts, Zhou Ming's passion faded, replaced by a heartache for Lin Muqing. Zhou Ming carefully took the object out of Lin Muqing's rosy lips, then carried her to bed, and sat by the bedside to keep her company until the evening.

At around 6:30 p.m., Lin Muqing slowly opened her eyes and saw Zhou Ming sitting by the bed. She didn't react at first and said, 'This is what I've dreamed of, the first thing I see every morning is you.' But then she widened her eyes and suddenly realised that this wasn't a dream, but that it was really Zhou Ming here. More importantly, she remembered what she was doing before falling asleep.

Suddenly, Lin Muqing let out a cry and burrowed under the covers. On the one hand, she was embarrassed, but more importantly, she didn't know how to face Zhou Ming because she could fall asleep at a time like that.

Seeing Lin Muqing's cute behaviour, Zhou Ming, who was not angry in the first place, laughed even more. He deliberately teased Lin Muqing and said, 'I said, Muqing, why are you acting like a victim? I didn't do anything to you while you were sleeping!'

Under the covers, Lin Muqing shook her head desperately. Zhou Ming said helplessly, 'Muqing, it's useless for you to pretend to be an ostrich like this, and there are some things you don't plan to finish, right? Otherwise, you'll be doing me a disservice.'

After hearing Zhou Ming say this, Lin Muqing cautiously poked her head out from under the quilt again. She first looked up at Zhou Ming, and then subconsciously glanced down. At her behaviour, Zhou Ming teased, 'Sister Muqing, what are you looking at? It's been five hours since noon, and I'm still holding it in. That's not a good thing.'

Lin Muqing then reacted, and depressedly patted herself on the head.

At this time, Zhou Ming said again, 'But if you want to continue now, I don't really have a problem with that.'

Lin Muqing first nodded, then shook her head and said, 'No, we're having dinner with Tong Gang and Li Cheng tonight. They're very important investors now, and we can't offend them. If...Zhou Ming, if you really want to, we can come back tonight...'

Lin Muqing said shyly, her voice getting smaller and smaller until it was almost inaudible like a mosquito's.

But in fact, even if Lin Muqing didn't say it, Zhou Ming understood. After what happened at noon, the barrier between himself and Lin Muqing had been pierced. Even though they hadn't actually had sex, as long as he wanted it and time allowed, she wouldn't refuse. Besides, he understood that this really wasn't a good time.

As if to prove the point, just as Zhou Ming was thinking this, his pager received a message. Zhou Ming picked it up and saw that it was a page from Li Cheng, asking if they had had a good rest.

It was a very ordinary greeting, but when Lin Muqing saw it, she immediately blushed and went back under the covers, obviously interpreting the rest as something else, even though that was what Li Cheng had meant.

Zhou Ming picked up his phone and called Li Cheng back, saying that they would come out right away to find them for dinner.

Lin Muqing was a mature woman, and despite being very shy, after Zhou Ming finished calling Li Cheng, Lin Muqing got up from the bed. She just quickly slipped into the bathroom, as if Li Cheng could see what was going on over here through the phone.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing walked out of the room. They went to Tong Gang and Li Cheng's room to find them for dinner.

When they arrived at the hotel restaurant and sat down, Li Cheng said directly to Zhou Ming, 'Zhou Ming, I don't know how much you know about Tangren Bank, the Dota Project, the Brighton Consortium, and the situation over the Gulf.'

Facing Li Cheng's question, Zhou Ming did not answer immediately, but looked across the table twice and asked, 'Chairman Tong and Brother Li, have you already sent someone to investigate?'

'Mr. Zhou Ming,' this time it was Tong Gang who spoke, 'Li Cheng and I do trust you very much and believe in your abilities, but after all, we need to be responsible for our investments. As shareholders of the Hong Kong City Joint Investment Fund, we also have the right to know where the company's funds are going.'

Zhou Ming smiled and said, 'Chairman Tong, I think you may have misunderstood. I am not questioning you about anything. It's just that you and Brother Li, as tycoons in Gangcheng, have done business in every corner of the world. I have only risen in the past two years, and I definitely can't compare with you in terms of the accumulation of connections. I believe you must have more and better channels of information than I do, right? I believe you should understand what I mean by saying this, right?'

Tong Gang and Li Cheng were a little surprised. They looked at each other, and then Li Cheng spoke up, 'Actually, we don't know much about these three points.'

Li Cheng set the tone for his speech right away, and then continued, 'First, the Tang Dynasty Bank, which is indeed a Chinese bank with a history of more than 100 years. Since its headquarters is in San Francisco and it is controlled by the California Consortium, it seems to belong to the California Consortium. However, from various signs, the Tang Dynasty Bank is not as simple as it seems, and there is something hidden behind it.'

'The second is Project Dota,' Li Cheng said. 'This plan was supposedly a huge conspiracy by the US government to use financial warfare to defeat the former Soviet Union and plunder its wealth. I have no idea if he had a follow-up plan, but even if he did, it shouldn't have been internal. Or perhaps the plan wasn't just aimed at the former Soviet Union from the start. But if the target wasn't the former Soviet Union, the superpower, then who else could it be?'

'There's one more important point,' Li Cheng said. "How could such an important plan not even be aware of the commander's defection, and still deliver the news directly to him? This is so illogical.'

At the end of the day, Tong Gang took over from Li Cheng and said, "As for the final Brighton Consortium, he has been in Brighton for more than 300 years, so over such a long period of time, he would definitely have an influence that is incredibly large, and at least would not let his plans be leaked so easily. So all the information you have obtained, Mr. Zhou Ming, is highly suspicious.'

While listening to Zhou Ming, he nodded silently: 'Chairman Tong and Brother Li, what you have said is very reasonable and is something we cannot afford to ignore right now, but there is one thing I am certain of, and that is that once the Gulf War breaks out and Iraq invades Kuwait to control its oil exports, it will definitely cause a large fluctuation in the international crude oil futures price, and this fluctuation is exactly what we need.'

'But aren't you afraid that the Brighton Consortium will not let you go after they find out?' Li Cheng asked worriedly.

Zhou Ming, however, laughed: 'Of course I'm not afraid, because I simply don't believe he will really cause me trouble. I have a lot of information about the Brighton family, a consortium with such a long history. And more importantly, I have already offended the Brighton Consortium. As you saw at the airport, the person I mocked and made leave was from the Brighton Consortium. This is a typical case of the proverbial "many fleas, but no itching".

Tong Gang and Li Chengdu were shocked. As tycoons in the port city, they of course understood the terror of the top ten American consortia. But now that Zhou Ming had offended a major consortium and was still so relaxed, the Brighton Consortium would definitely come back to suppress the emerging economy. They would have many ways to bring down a company, but now Zhou Ming was just sitting here so relaxed, how could this not shock them?

'But what made me make my judgment was not these speculations, but because of your data. Now that all the work has started, there is a strong inertia to some things, and it is not something that can be stopped just because someone wants to. Even if he is one of the ten major consortia controlling the United States.'

Zhou Ming concluded, 'Therefore, I am 100% certain that the Gulf War will definitely break out, and the price of international crude oil futures will definitely rise. At that time, as long as we judge the situation correctly, we will be able to make a lot and a lot of money!'

Tong Gang and Li Cheng fell silent at the same time. Zhou Ming knew very well the reason for their silence. Zhou Ming also understood that his reasons were not sufficient, because the most important reason he had not included was that he had memories of the future. However, there was no way to tell these two business tycoons the most important reason, so of course the reasons were not enough to convince them.

Let's do our best and leave the rest to fate.

Zhou Ming thought to himself, but at that moment, Tong Gang suddenly made a decision: 'Fine, I've decided to invest and fully support your investment.'

Li Cheng glanced at Tong Gang and also decided, 'Since Chairman Tong has chosen to support you, there's nothing more I can say. We'll do our best to help!'