Chapter 158: A trip that you can just go on whenever you want

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Lin Muqing returned to the suite with Zhou Ming. Zhang Lin was holding an instrument and doing some testing in the living room. Lin Muqing greeted Zhang Lin, and then she went to Zhou Ming's room. She reached out to open Zhou Ming's door, but found that Zhou Ming had locked it.

This made Lin Muqing a little surprised. She immediately angrily pounded on Zhou Ming's door and shouted, 'Zhou Ming, don't pretend to be asleep in there, I know you're not even sleeping...'

Lin Muqing paused here, because she suddenly remembered that Zhang Lin was still here. It was as if she was the woman who was locked out of the room by a man. This was too embarrassing.

For this reason, she turned back and smiled at Zhang Lin apologetically, and then thought for a moment before continuing, 'I'll tell you, Ming Zhou, just now in the novel, I and Tong Gang, Li Cheng, and Irbeldov all discussed it. We were abandoned by the three families, but we did achieve all the results we hoped for, and we still have the opportunity to get such a large interest-free loan. This is a complete windfall.'

'So now we can fully use this interest-free loan to strengthen our company's strength. In addition, we can continue to return to the international crude oil market. Didn't you say a long time ago that the situation in the Middle East would change a lot, and even war would break out, next year? We can now use this loan to prepare.'

Lin Muqing paused after saying this. Seeing that there was still no movement in Zhou Ming's room, she kicked the door angrily and said, 'Did you hear me? Why are you acting like you're dead? It's just that someone is crossing the bridge and demolishing it. It's just that they don't agree with you going to San Francisco. Why are you still throwing a tantrum like a child? Let me tell you, this is not the time for you to rest. There are still a lot of things that need to be done, and you must come out and take charge! This is your responsibility, and you can't run away from it!'

After saying this, Lin Muqing angrily kicked the door, before going back to her room to sleep. However, before going back to her room, she still turned back and instructed Zhang Lin to do a thorough inspection and not to let Zhou Ming be in any danger.

As Lin Muqing's room door was closed, not long after, there was a sudden spring jump. Zhou Ming, who was already fully dressed, opened his own room door and tiptoed out. Zhang Lin saw Zhou Ming come out and immediately dropped the instrument in his hand, grabbed a backpack that had been prepared long ago in the corner, opened the suite door, and Zhou Ming ran to the door in two or three steps.

But at this time, Lin Muqing suddenly opened the door. She was stunned when she saw this scene: 'Zhou Ming, are you going out so late at night? Where are you going?'

"Sister Muqing, I'm sorry, I don't have time to explain. I'll leave it to you here. You can spend the entire 10 billion yuan as you wish. I don't care if you invest in the stock market or international crude oil futures!'

Zhou Ming finished speaking and turned around to shout at Zhang Lin to run, and quickly rushed out the door, followed closely by Zhang Lin, who was agile and athletic.

Lin Muqing only then reacted. She took three steps and ran to the door, and shouted at the back of Zhou Ming's head, 'Zhou Ming, you son of a bitch, how dare you run? What? You're giving me all of the 10 billion? Without you, I don't know anything about international crude oil, and I don't know anything about international politics, so how the hell do I know what to do with it? What were you thinking, just throwing all this money at me like this? Are you even a man?'

After scolding Lin Muqing, he was still not satisfied and angrily kicked over a trash can by the door to vent his anger. He was oblivious to how much envy and jealousy this conversation would cause among the green tea girls in the future. After all, 10 billion yuan was more than enough to attend the Sanya Luxury Fair for a lifetime; as for Zhou Ming, who casually threw away 10 billion yuan, he made everyone else look like losers in front of him, especially since Zhou Ming had lost his own family.

On the other hand, Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin quickly ran downstairs to the parking lot. After getting into their cars, Zhou Ming laughed while panting, 'Captain Zhang Lin, you're the king of soldiers, but your escape skills are not very good. I actually let Muqing discover you.'

Zhang Lin shrugged and said, 'If you really want to escape, the best way is to wait until your sister Muqing falls asleep, or before she comes back. The time it takes for her to enter the room is too risky, and you are too impatient.'

Zhou Ming just laughed at this and let it pass. Then Zhang Lin drove him to the Southern Hotel in Fenway first. Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin went upstairs to the hotel's luxury suite and knocked on the door. It was Xiaoyun who opened the door. This was a girl in the finance class, and in the living room of the suite, the monitor of the finance class, Chen Shu, the vice monitor Li Yang, and the group secretary Ye Ning were also here.

They were all very happy to see Zhou Ming and stood up. Without exception, they all asked Zhou Ming what task he had for them.

Zhou Ming was in no hurry to speak. He first led them to sit down together on the sofa in the living room, and then said, 'I have indeed asked you to come here today because I have something important to explain to you. So I hope you can remember and try your best to complete it, and don't have any questions. Is that okay?'

Although they were a little surprised by Zhou Ming's last request, the four of them still promised with a firm handshake.

Zhou Ming then said, 'It's like this. I believe you all know that I went to Harvard University today. In fact, the Governor of the State of Iowa asked me to go today, hoping that I would stop interfering with the lawsuit against the 45 investment companies of the Caribbean Investment Company.'

Chen Shu understood what Zhou Ming meant: 'Teacher, they want to abandon you after crossing the river, and they want you to withdraw from the plan against the Adams family?'

Zhou Ming nodded and said, 'That's right, and I agreed. The end result was that they promised to give us an interest-free loan of 10 billion, and they also gave me 200 million in cash separately. I will use this money in the future on international crude oil futures, because my prediction is that there will be major changes in the Middle East after the New Year. Now I have already transferred all the funds to several accounts of the company, so I need you to cooperate with Lin Muqing's Hong Kong City United Investment Fund, do a good job of collecting and analysing data and information, and build a new investment model.'

Zhou Ming spoke slowly, and they slowly took it all in. But the more they listened, the more they felt strange. In the end, Ye Ning asked, 'Teacher, you said to cooperate with Muqing, but what about you? Are you leaving Brighton?'

Facing Ye Ning's question, Zhou Ming couldn't help but feel that women's intuition was really very accurate. He nodded and replied, 'Yes, I have something very important to do, and I have already assigned you all tasks. I will set off soon.'

'Teacher, are you talking about the three major families?' Li Yang blurted out.

Zhou Ming smiled: "If it were them, it would be easier, but unfortunately things may be more complicated than that, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a hurry to leave."

After saying that, Zhou Ming saw that they were about to say something else, so he stood up and said, 'Well, if there are no more questions, I'll go first. You all also don't forget that you promised me not to have any questions.'

Zhou Ming's last sentence left the others speechless. Zhou Ming also smiled and told them to do a good job, but in the end, Zhou Ming called Chen Shu aside and seriously told him, 'In addition to paying attention to the situation in the Middle East and the international crude oil futures price, pay attention to the lawsuit against the 45 investment companies of the Caribbean Investment Company and other matters related to the Adams family.'

Infected by Zhou Ming's emotions, Chen Shu also frowned: 'Teacher, is it all about the Adams family? Are you worried about changes in the matter of the three families against the Adams family?"

Zhou Ming nodded and said, "It may seem that Adams is in a very disadvantageous position, but that doesn't mean he has completely lost the ability to turn the situation around."

At the end, Zhou Ming patted Chen Shu on the shoulder and said, 'I know this is a very difficult task. After all, there are too many and too many things involved, and it is difficult to specifically analyse what you want from the middle. But I believe you can do it.'

Feeling Zhou Ming's trust, Chen Shu puffed out his chest and said, 'Don't worry, teacher, I can definitely do it!'

Zhou Ming still had great trust in Chen Shu, both in terms of his character and abilities. After explaining the matter, Zhou Ming left, and an hour later, he arrived at London Gatwick Airport. As a Boeing 737 took off, Zhou Ming also set off on his journey to San Francisco.

For Zhou Ming, this was just a spontaneous trip that he took as soon as he said he would go. Because Zhou Ming knew that Tang Ran would come to the United States, it was because of him, and in addition to that, he also needed to confirm some of his feelings.

However, for the whole of Brighton, Zhou Ming's departure also came as a surprise to many people.

Almost five minutes after Zhou Ming's plane took off, in the luxury hotel at Harvard University, Edward, who had just gone to bed, was woken up by his assistant. Upon hearing the news that Zhou Ming had left, he was stunned.

After a moment of stunned silence, Edward called Lawrence. As soon as the call was connected, Lawrence said, 'I see you've heard the news about Zhou Ming's departure.'

'Since even you are saying that, then I can be sure that I'm not dreaming,' Edward said teasingly, and then continued, 'But this is very unexpected. Lawrence, do you think he left in anger because of us today? Or could there be some other reason?'

Lawrence thought for a moment and said, 'Zhou Ming is a person I know well. I don't believe that trivial matter could defeat him. I think there must be something we don't know. I think you remember that he also said today that he did have some other matters to attend to.'

'I originally thought he was just saying that, but I didn't expect it to be true. It seems that we have relieved him of a lot of trouble and sent him so much money. I suddenly feel that we have lost a lot in this deal,' Edward said.

'Even if we lose money, we still have to do it, don't we?' Lawrence paused for a moment, and finally added, "It's just that I'm worried about another issue."

...

The Brighton Consortium's information channels are basically interconnected. When Edward and Lawrence got the news, so did Christo.

Christo was sitting on the sofa in his pajamas, his eyes wide open, as if he couldn't believe what he had heard. He asked the butler next to him, 'Old man, are you sure that the news that the Chinese guy just left Brighton is true?'

The butler nodded and said that it was absolutely true. Christo let out a long breath and said, 'Why did this guy leave at this time? Could it be that the three guys who went to Harvard University this afternoon were really discussing asking him to withdraw? And then the Chinese guy couldn't accept this treatment, so in the end they had a falling out and he left Brighton?'

'Sir, I can't think of any other explanation,' the butler said.

Christo let out a sigh of relief and laughed, 'If that's the case, then they are really stupid. But it's no wonder, their so-called alliance was a ridiculous thing in the first place! Now that the Chinese guy has left, our chance has come...'

As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face, unaware of the height to which he had placed Zhou Ming. But in any case, with Zhou Ming's spur-of-the-moment trip, the situation in Brighton, which had almost become a foregone conclusion, began to stir again...