Chapter 124: Mobsters in the Veda Community

Once something starts, it will continue like a chain reaction, especially for things that are already very complicated, such as Zhou Ming's proposal for these ethnic minorities to apply for personal bankruptcy.

After all, whether at home or abroad, a property means a great deal to a family. No matter how angry these minorities are at the discrimination they face in society, they will not joke about the house they have worked so hard to buy. If they apply for personal bankruptcy and their property is auctioned off, they will truly have no tears left to shed.

In addition, they met Zhou Ming for the first time today and are asking them to support their idea with their own property, which is outrageous.

It was also because of this [][] novel that when the first Hispanic came forward to say sorry and reject Zhou Ming's offer, others also came forward to reject Zhou Ming's offer.

"This is Mr. Zhou Ming, right? I'm sorry, but I can't accept your offer either. The house is the most important thing in my family, and I can't give it up no matter what. I also believe what you said about the interest rate, but there's nothing I can do about it. Who are we to be discriminated against as a minority? The monthly repayment is still within my means, and I don't think I need to declare personal bankruptcy."

Some people were more reasonable, while others were quite manic, and they directly yelled at Zhou Ming, 'You Chinese, I think you're just taking advantage of us. I know you're the owner of Wharton Insurance Company, and I know you have a grudge against Congressman Brook. I think you're doing this to take revenge. All that talk about telling us the truth and thinking of our best interests is just a lie!'

Among these people, some Chinese even said, 'Zhou Ming, this is not the first time we have met. You are a person with a deep mind. If it weren't for Omar's invitation, I would never want to deal with you. Today, I can see your true face, it's disgusting!'

Facing all this noise, Omar stepped forward and said, 'Everyone, I ask you to believe Mr. Zhou Ming. What he says is sincere. He is not deceiving you, and his method is also very good...'

Omar tried desperately to explain, but no one listened to him. Zhou Ming pulled him back and signalled for him to forget it. Then Zhou Ming said, 'Everyone, I know that the United States is a country that advocates freedom. Since we are here, I believe you all yearn for freedom as well. Now that you don't believe me, please make the choice you think is the right one.'

With Zhou Ming's words, there was a loud boo from the crowd: 'We don't need you to teach us what to do, Mr. Omar. And please don't stay with this Chinese guy anymore, you'll be contaminated by him!'

As they spoke, the people left the square one by one. Faced with this situation, Omar shed tears.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, I'm really sorry. You were so supportive of me, but I was unable to help you at all. Obviously, you were already very shaken just now, and if you had just tried a little harder, you would have had a chance. But I don't know what to do,' said Omar.

"Omar, you have done a very good job. You are not to blame for the current situation.'

Zhou Ming's words came from the bottom of his heart, because originally Zhou Ming himself was not confident that he could convince them at the residents' meeting. After yesterday's meeting with the representatives of the black families, Zhou Ming had even less confidence. The reason was still the same sentence: how could he convince a group of people he had just met for the first time to mortgage their homes to the bank to apply for personal bankruptcy? This is too fantastic.

There is another point, and that is the short time for preparation. From Ming Zhou to Brighton to the residents' meeting, it took just two days, basically without preparation. Even if there is a good mass base, the ideological work cannot be accomplished overnight.

As for Omar, Ming Zhou is also very grateful. Ming Zhou originally sought Omar simply because he knew that he was the future President of the United States and wanted to invest in advance, but he never expected that he would actually regard himself as the most important person and help him at any cost. Just now, when he introduced himself and later helped me explain my speech, he could easily have gotten himself into trouble, but he didn't care.

Although Omar was sad and blamed himself, a person who could stand at the pinnacle of national power would never be indecisive. Therefore, he quickly adjusted his mood and asked Zhou Ming again, 'Since the residents' meeting was unable to convince them, Mr. Zhou Ming, do you have any other ideas?'

Zhou Ming scratched his head helplessly and said, 'I'll have to go back and rethink this. There's no unsolvable problem in this world, only minds that are unwilling to think. I believe there is always a way, but I just don't know if the Adams family will give me the time.'

Zhou Ming said this casually, but he didn't think it would really come true.

Zhou Ming drove to the Vidda Community. His car was parked in the parking lot next to the community square. After the residents' meeting in the square, Zhou Ming and Omar walked towards the parking lot. However, as soon as they arrived at the parking lot, they saw a lot of people gathered around the parking lot. These people had dyed their hair in all kinds of colours, had tattoos all over their bodies, and were holding up banners with slogans written on them. The slogans read: "Chinese people get out of the Vidda Community!" "Zhou Ming, please swim back to China!" 'Wharton Insurance Company is a money-grubbing devil!'

These slogans already give a good indication of their identity, and they are all specifically targeting Zhou Ming.

'I have been in the Vinda community for more than two months, and I haven't seen any of these people,' said Omar.

'It's obvious that they were sent by the Addams family. I really didn't expect them to move so quickly. Fortunately, I didn't advance the residents' meeting, otherwise, no matter the outcome, it is still unknown whether it can be completed or not,' said Zhou Ming.

As he listened to Zhou Ming's words, Omar suddenly thought of something: 'Mr. Zhou Ming, do you think that the opposition and even the abuse from the representatives of these ethnic minority families today may also be the result of the Adams family's behind-the-scenes manipulation?'

'I don't know, but it's not impossible,' said Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming and Omar were chatting over here, but suddenly someone shouted over there, 'Look, this is the Chinese guy's car, and this is the money he cheated from us. Let's destroy him!'

A white man with many braids in his hair swung an iron hammer and smashed it hard on the hood of the car.

The loud thud made Omar's heart jump, and he immediately said to Zhou Ming, 'Why don't you find another car, Mr. Zhou Ming? It's too dangerous here!'

However, Zhou Ming shook his head and said, 'If possible, I'd rather not change cars.'

Omar did not ask why, because he already knew the answer. Over there in the parking lot, those people were pounding on Zhou Ming's car one after the other, making a loud thudding sound. It sounded scary, but you could also see that Zhou Ming's car had not received any obvious damage. In particular, Omar saw someone swinging a hammer to smash the glass, but it didn't break at once. It took many hits to crack a few cracks.

'This car is specially made, bulletproof and smashproof. If you replace it with another car, it's really not necessarily safer than this one,' said Zhou Ming.

Omar nodded to show that he understood, and then he left Zhou Ming and ran to the other side. After he was far enough away from Zhou Ming, he shouted to the parking lot, 'Hey, you idiots, that Chinese guy Zhou Ming is about to run away. He's over here, so come over here and kill him!'

Omar's shout caused the thugs in the parking lot to stop what they were doing at the same time, and they all ran in the direction of Omar's shout.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin immediately took a few quick steps and quickly opened the car door and got in.

Zhang Lin started the car, and the sound of the car's engine caused the group of people to turn around again. Someone shouted, 'We've been tricked! The black guy tricked us. Zhou Ming has already got into the car and is about to drive off. Everyone, hurry and stop him!"

After this shout, the group of people ran back again, trying to surround Zhou Ming's car. They were all menacing, brandishing baseball bats and hammers in a threatening manner. They were screaming at the top of their lungs, telling Zhou Ming to stop.

Only a fool would stop at this time. Even Jackie Chan in the movies would get hurt when facing a group of people. Zhang Lin was certainly a military king, but he was not a pirate king who could glare at tens of thousands of people to death with just one look. Especially with Zhou Ming, who absolutely could not be injured, by his side; therefore, he directly hit the gas and slammed out. As for these thugs in front of him, he was a military king, not a saint, so what if they died!

However, these thugs obviously did not have the resolve to risk their lives to stop him. When they saw Zhang Lin directly hit the gas and crash out, they all screamed and ran backwards, afraid that they would be hit. It was only after Zhou Ming's car drove out that they remembered to smash the baseball bats and hammers they were holding at Zhou Ming's car, but Zhou Ming's car was specially made, and their things could only make a few sounds when smashed on it.

After rushing out of the Weida community, Zhou Ming did not have time to feel relieved. He suddenly thought of his classmates from the finance class who were still at the hotel, so he immediately took out his phone and dialed Chen Shu's number.

The call was quickly connected, and Chen Shu told Zhou Ming that they had stayed in the hotel every day as instructed and had not gone out. No one had harassed them in the hotel, which made Zhou Ming feel relieved.

Then Zhou Ming dialed the phone number of Cheng Jun, the Consul General of New York, and told him, 'Consul General Cheng, I'm sorry to have to ask you for a favour. I don't think I need to say much about my situation. For some reason, I'm worried that if the Adams family can't find me, they'll take it out on the other students in the finance class. So if possible, please use the power of the state to help them transfer.'

Cheng Jun then called Lin Muqing, who immediately became nervous after hearing about Zhou Ming's encounter today: 'How could this happen? Those were not protesters at all, they were just gangsters sent by the Adams family to catch you and beat you up! So Zhou Ming, you should hurry up and leave Brighton and go back to Rhode Island, or go somewhere else and start again. If that doesn't work, let's go back to Hong Kong City, and you should avoid the interstates and just take regular roads.'

'I really didn't expect things to develop to this point,"

Zhou Ming said to himself with a self-deprecating smile. He then continued, "Lin Muqing, don't worry, I will definitely leave Brighton after you. But before I go, I want to go talk to Governor Edward. I always feel that something is very wrong."

Lin Muqing was even more surprised, 'Zhou Ming, you want to go talk to Governor Edward? Can't you wait until after you leave to talk about it? I think these things are basically the three families' doing, so that's why you feel that something is very wrong. If you go to Governor Edwards now, he will betray you!'

Zhou Ming laughed and said, 'Ming, don't worry. If my guess is correct, I will definitely be able to find Governor Edwards. Otherwise, given the relationship between Omar and Governor Edwards, I'm afraid that the Adams family would have already made a move on the first day I was holding the meeting of black family representatives, and they wouldn't have waited until now. As for my problem, it is also related to this.'

Lin Muqing was silent for a while before she said, 'Okay, but Zhou Ming, you must be very careful. You are my everything. If something happens to you, I will have no reason to go on living.'