Chapter 135:The Devil Salesman (Part 1)

An elongated Cadillac limousine drove along the long highway and finally arrived in the White Hill Forest north of Brighton, entering the Adams family manor. 

The car pulled up to the manor's dedicated parking lawn, and State Senior Senator Brook got out. The servant in charge of welcoming him at the manor took him into the back garden, where the head of the Adams family, Christo, was cooling off.

Brook followed the servant to the back garden and came to Christo. Standing straight in front of Christo like a schoolboy meeting his teacher, Brook waited until the servant had finished reporting to Christo before saying, 'Hello, Mr. Christo. May God be with Adams.'

Christo smiled, raised his hand to indicate that Brook should sit down, then told the servant to pour him a glass of water and said to him, 'This is a special drink from the ancient Celts that can keep your mind very clear. It is my personal favorite.'

Brook thanked Christo, took a careful sip from the glass, and reported back to Christo, 'Sir, I have now returned to the company and had a meeting with the management. I have also made the decision to make substantial layoffs and liquidate the company's funds. A further injection of some ** assets into new corporate bonds should be able to cover all losses caused by the subprime mortgage crisis.'

Christo just nodded in agreement. He took a sip from his glass before saying, 'These are all emergency measures, and basically there is no problem. I can only give you one guarantee: as long as the company's situation is not too bad, financial assistance from the banks and the government is possible.'

Brook nodded and said, 'Sir, you can rest assured. Although this subprime mortgage crisis came suddenly, the Chinese trickster's little trick is over. Although most of the subprime loans in the company are very risky, most of them actually have collateral in the form of real estate or cars, so as long as we can dispose of these assets, we will be able to easily ride out this crisis.'

"In my opinion, Congressman Brook and Mr. Christo, aren't you being a little optimistic? In my opinion, the Chinese will definitely slap you in the face again!'

Suddenly a voice came from behind them. Brooke and Christo turned to see Robert walking over very agitatedly. He came straight over, sat down in a chair, reached for the drink jug and poured himself a drink. His uncouth behaviour undoubtedly annoyed Christo, but he was also at his wits' end with his son. One? Read books·1?k?a?n?shu·cc

It was Brooke who said to him, 'There is nothing wrong with your ideas, but that Chinese guy is just a Chinese guy. He can convince those poor ethnic minorities to file for personal bankruptcy, and rely on the inherent flaws of subprime loans to trigger the subprime mortgage crisis. However, even so, the losses of my investment company are still very limited. As long as I start to take emergency measures, coupled with the care of the family, it will be easy to get through the crisis.'

Christo also said to Robert, 'I think you really should let go of some things, otherwise you will never be able to see the whole world. You are an Adams after all.'

'Before saying that, Mr. Christo, shouldn't you ask yourself first?'

Robert yelled at Christo, but then he calmed down and said, 'I'm just making an assumption. I think since you are so confident, why do you care about my assumption? Are you stupid? I'm still the same person. I hate that Chinese guy, but I'd rather see you guys get your asses kicked by him!"

...

Robert's words were just casual remarks, but he didn't know that he had really guessed it. At this time, Zhou Ming had also returned to the Sky Ladder Building.

As soon as he walked into the company, Lin Muqing and Chen Yexu immediately surrounded him and anxiously asked how things were going. Obviously, they were all very concerned about Zhou Ming's situation of going to James to turn him against him, and they had been waiting here the whole time.

Zhou Ming knew that they were all waiting anxiously, and this was the key to the follow-up plan. Zhou Ming did not keep them in suspense and said directly, 'Although the process was a bit repetitive and there was a bit of luck, in the end I was able to convince Mr. James. He agreed to be our insider at Brook Investment and find a way to give us all those mortgaged properties at a bargain price.'

Although they all had great confidence in Zhou Ming, when they heard that he had really said that, they immediately cheered. ?要看书·1?k?a书nshu·cc

Zhou Ming then led Lin Muqing and Chen Yushu into the meeting room. Zhou Ming said first, 'James over there has already been successfully turned, and the rest is just our side's preparations. We now need a new company and a very special dedicated account. I wonder how you guys are doing with the preparations?'

'The company and account are ready,' said Lin Muqing. 'Today I checked the previous investments of the insurance company, and one of the asset management companies that invested has been seriously affected by the subprime mortgage crisis. We can get management rights directly through equity. I think this company can be used as the company that accepts the mortgage properties of Brook Investment Company.'

'In addition, there is a special bank account. I can directly use an old account that Siming Investment Company opened in the United States, which is rarely used. Since the account was opened very secretly in the beginning, there will be no problems,' Lin Muqing said.

Zhou Ming was very relieved about Lin Muqing, so when she said that, Zhou Ming didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, 'What about the statistical work on the properties of the Vinda community and other people?'

Lin Muqing glanced at Chen Shu, who replied with some embarrassment, 'Teacher, I am in charge of this matter. I am sorry, but due to the large number of ethnic minorities and others, especially the fact that many people have no way to do so, it is somewhat difficult to conduct a census. Even the ethnic minorities in the Weida community have not yet completely completed the census of individuals to households.'

'Just count as much as you can. There is no rush,' Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming was also mentally prepared for this problem. After all, it was the 1990s, and even in the most advanced country in the world, the United States, it was impossible for everyone to have a mobile phone, let alone these people. The reason why their credit ratings were so low was mostly because of their poor living conditions. Many of them didn't even have pagers. For this reason, once they left their houses, they might not be able to get online if they weren't with someone. After all, Brighton was a metropolis with a population of hundreds of thousands, and it would still be difficult to find a specific person who didn't have a way to get online among so many people.

Chen Shuhe and Ye Ning also understood this, so they didn't say much about it.

'Okay, since there are no more problems, everyone just go about their business,' Zhou Ming said. Chen Shuhe and Ye Ning both nodded and left the meeting room. After they had all left, Zhou Ming said to Lin Muqing, 'Muqing, we should also give this account to my insider.'

Lin Muqing nodded and said yes, but there was still some hesitation on her face: 'Zhou Ming, you said that James, will he really help us and be successful?'

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said: 'Maybe we can't have confidence in him, but we at least have to have a little confidence in ourselves, and believe that we can train a devil salesman who will destroy our company.'

...

Meanwhile, James, who they had been talking about, returned to Brook Investment. As soon as he walked into the office, he saw the manager sitting in his office chair.

Seeing James enter, the manager glanced at the clock and said, 'James, it's already 5:30 pm, which means I've been sitting in your office all day, but I haven't seen you. I need to know where you've been and what kind of attitude you have towards work!'

Before James could say anything, the manager sniffed and then said, 'I can smell the strong smell of alcohol on you. It seems to be the reason why you didn't go to work. As a professional broker at Brook Investment Company, you actually went to the bar to drink during work hours. It seems that you are having a good time. You have already completed the tasks assigned by the company, right? Those minorities have stopped filing for personal bankruptcy, haven't they?'

'I'm sorry, I wasn't able to convince them,' James replied.

'So you still have time to go drinking in the pub?' The manager suddenly slammed his hand on the table, pointed his finger at James's nose and angrily shouted, "You really are a piece of rubbish!"

After the manager finished shouting, he became quiet. He pulled a letter out of his pocket and placed it on the table. He said to James with a sneer, 'Anyway, you idiot, you have nothing to do with me. This is a letter from the company to your lawyer, demanding that you return all of the company's 200,000 bonus within one week, otherwise the company will take the necessary legal action...'

Listening to the manager's words, James couldn't help but exclaim, 'That was the bonus the company gave me, why should I return it? And I only took 150,000, why should I return 200,000?'

The manager laughed: 'James, you really are an idiot. And if I remember correctly, I also told you on the phone that because you used deceptive means in your work performance, causing the company to suffer great losses, the company has the right to recover the bonus that has already been given to you. This 200,000 yuan is the bonus that has already been given to you, not only the 150,000 yuan, but also last year's year-end bonus. Do you understand what I'm saying?'

Facing the manager's slightly mocking tone, James shook with anger, 'Damn it, you bastard, you did it on purpose!'

"Mr. James, I advise you to be more respectful in your tone with me, otherwise I will report to the company that your work attitude is problematic, and that you incited those minorities who filed for personal bankruptcy. Then you will have to bear the cost of defamation.'

The manager spoke with great complacency, and he was very happy to see James's face about to explode with anger. He finally said, 'Okay scum, let me tell you some more good news. The company is currently preparing to foreclose on some of its properties, so maybe you can help the company solve these problems, and maybe you can earn back that $200,000 bonus and avoid going to prison.'

James looked up at the manager and said, 'That's really good news! But why are you telling me this?'

'Because last time you were drunk and I drove you home, and your sister made me feel really comfortable,' the manager said to him deliberately.

'Shit, you son of a bitch!' James roared and charged at the manager, but the manager first pulled out a gun and held it to James's forehead.

'Dear Mr James, I hope you will not be impulsive,"

the manager said to James, and then laughed heartily and left the office, leaving James, who was crying loudly in the office.

After a while, James received a call from Ming Zhou, who said to fax him the account information. James said, 'Mr. Ming Zhou, you said that if it succeeds, you can bring down this Brook Investment Company, right? If that's true, I'll be your most loyal servant, even if it's the abyss of hell, and I'm willing to make a deal with the devil!'