Chapter 361: The Power of the Greatwood Family

While Zhou Ming, Lin Muqing and Tang Ran were on the phone, on the other side, at the Daewood family manor, the family head George also received a call that shocked him.

It was Jack Morgan, head of the Morgan family, who called him. On the phone, Jack told him, 'According to the news I just got, Ming Chow went to Wright Investment Bank today and had a long talk with the company's chairman, Miranda. I don't think this name, Mr. George, is unfamiliar to you, is it?'

'I'm sorry, I don't know, but I suspect that he may have provided Ming Chow with some information about us, for example about our cooperation,' Jack reminded George. 'Just to be on the safe side, I'd like to know whether your brother Miranda could have found out about our plans.'

'I can't tell, because Miranda is a very cunning person who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. I can't tell what he has done in the past 13 years, and as the head of the Greatwood family, I can't just suspect everyone for no reason.' George shook his head in reply. He then continued, 'So, Mr Morgan, are you trying to tell me that our plan may have been leaked by my brother?'

Jack replied in the affirmative, and George thought for a moment and asked, 'So what are you going to do next, Mr Morgan?'

'My thinking is that since my plan is at risk of being leaked, we should make some temporary changes. Perhaps some of the subsequent plans can be brought forward,' said Jack.

'So Mr Morgan means that we should start without Zhou Ming, right?' George asked.

'I don't think we have any other choice,' Jack said to George, 'Although Ming Zhou's meeting with Miranda does not necessarily mean that there will be a leak, we should not leave the choice to God to help us make it, but we should take control of everything ourselves, shouldn't we?'

George was silent for a moment, then said, 'I understand. Thank you very much, Mr. Jack, for telling me this news.'

George left Jack with these words and then hung up the phone. He called his son Wood into his study and said to him, 'We are going to start by taking action against Zhou Ming and the Down family. Do you have any good ideas?'

This question immediately invigorated Wood, but his energy quickly turned to doubt: 'Father, are you really going to do this? But this seems to be different from what we agreed on. Didn't you say he would first set a trap to get the Morgans involved, and then we would act according to his plan?

'The situation has changed, and our plan must be adjusted,' George said. 'My boy, I'm sure you remember the man Miranda?'

Wood frowned: 'Of course I remember. Because of what happened, he has been harbouring a grudge against you for 13 years. You ask him...'

Wood paused here, and suddenly he understood: 'You mean he betrayed us, right, Father? But he shouldn't have known about our plan.'

'It's hard to explain a lot of things in this world, Miranda. Their family controls a lot of resources in the Great Wood family, and even if they lose the position of patriarch, they will still be the most important branch of the family. So it's hard to say if he will learn anything from somewhere.' George continued, 'In addition, the Morgan family called me this afternoon and told me about Zhou Ming's visit to Miranda.'

This news left Wood dumbfounded: 'How could there be such a thing? Why didn't we get any advance notice of such important news?'

George shook his head: 'I'm afraid this is the result of their deliberately avoiding us. The Morgans also learned of this news by a very coincidental circumstance, because a friend of his happened to be in the café that Zhou Ming Miranda chose that day, and his friend happened to know Miranda, so he told the Morgan family about it.'

Wood laughed heartily, 'It seems that our luck is very good, and even God is on our side.'

Wood's expression turned fierce again at the end, and he said to George, 'So father, I think we can still follow the plan we originally prepared, and sell some of our shares in the Tang Bank, including some with voting rights.'

'This way we can best counteract Tang Bank, and we can also force the Tang family to bow to us and stop providing financial support to Zhou Ming. I know that Zhou Ming may have a close relationship with the new head of the Tang clan, but the Tang clan is not ruled by the head alone. As long as the others do not agree, and under such heavy pressure, if the new head insists on his own way, I am afraid the Tang clan will fall apart first.'

Wood said, his face full of a confident smile: 'So a family in chaos, even its own operation is in question, what threat can it pose to us?'

'In the end, there is only one Zhou Ming left, so he is on Etley's land, isn't he just a piece of meat on the chopping board? In their Chinese words, this is called cutting off the source of firewood,' Wood said.

'This cutting off the source of firewood is very good, so my child, just do what you think is right!' George said.

With George's permission, Wood happily left the room. After Wood left, George picked up the phone on the table and skillfully dialed a number: 'I just heard Wood's idea, which at least sounds feasible, so I'm handing it over to him. You help look after it, after all, this time...it concerns the two big families of Wood and Morgan.'

George then said, 'Wood is my son and the heir to this family. He will have to face all of this sooner or later, so while there is still something I can do to help him redeem himself, let him go ahead and do it, rather than locking him in a greenhouse and turning him into a weak heir.'

George heard what was said over there, and he continued, 'Of course I understand the current situation and the consequences of failure, but it is precisely in this critical moment of survival that a person's willpower and courage can be tested, isn't it? I hope that the heir to the family is a fierce wolf that can eat others, not a cowardly sheep that gets eaten.'

On the other hand, after leaving George's room, Wood immediately drove to the headquarters of the Bigwood Bank on Marko Street.

As the heir to the Bigwood family, Wood naturally had visited the Bigwood Bank many times, and he had even personally directed several financial operations here, generating profits of over a billion dollars for the Bigwood Bank. Of course, it is unknown whether this is due to Wood's abilities or someone else's behind-the-scenes support, but one thing is certain: Mr Wood is now full of confidence.

Wood arrives in the bank's high-level meeting room, where the bank's president is standing in front of him, waiting for his orders.

Wood now feels like a general strategising, commanding thousands of troops. As soon as he gives the order, countless people will obey his command and charge forward to crush the enemy. As for the Chow Ming and Tang clans, they are no match for the Bigwood clan, and no matter what they do or think, they cannot escape the clan's schemes.

Wood suddenly felt a little grateful to Miranda. If she hadn't told him the truth about Chow Ming being tricked, he might not have been able to take command so soon.

Looking at the president in front of him, Wood said to him, 'Mr. Aldron, the bank is ready now, right?'

After receiving a positive response, Wood immediately gave the order, 'Very well, then. Execute my order and start selling our shares in Tongren Bank.'

Aldron nodded and said, 'No problem, but how much should we sell? Should we only sell ordinary shares or include voting shares?'

Wood thought for a moment and replied, 'Sell one-tenth, or 8 billion, and then another one-fifth of the shares with voting rights in the middle.'

Aldron was surprised: 'You want to give away that much? If that's the case, shouldn't we talk to the Tang Dynasty Bank first?'

Wood waved his hand and said, 'Of course not. We're giving away our shares, what do they have to do with it? If they really don't want to, they can also sell their shares in my Big Wood Bank, but only if they have any.'

Aldron hesitated for a moment and said, 'Young master, but if we sell so many shares at once, it will easily disrupt the normal order of the entire financial market, especially the impact on Tang Bank's impact will drive down the market value of Tangren Bank, and in the end the shares of Tangren Bank we hold will also shrink, which means that we will also be the victims in the end...'

Without waiting for Aldron to finish speaking, Wood asked him in return, 'So what you're saying is that it would be best if we sold all of them at once?'

Aldron Aldron was stunned at first, and then shook his head desperately, 'Of course I don't mean that. How can we dump it all at once? If we dump it all at once, the market simply won't be able to absorb it, and we'll still end up losing money! What I mean is...'

This This time Wood still didn't let Aldron finish, and interrupted him again, saying, 'Okay, I know all about it. So just do as I first suggested and throw 8 billion out there first. Aldron, we will lose money, but for the entire Wood family, it will be a profit. The one who really loses money is the Chinese bank.'

Facing Aldron didn't know what to say in the face of Wood's obstinacy. All he could say was, 'Okay, but I still think we should communicate with the Tangren Bank first to minimise our losses...'

Wood swung his hand, 'No need at all. Why should we communicate with them when we're selling their shares? I'll just sit here and wait for them to come begging!'

Then Aldron went to carry out Wood's order, and with Aldron's departure, Wood could already imagine the future. It would be most enjoyable when the Downes could no longer hold out and begged for mercy, and when Zhou Ming lost support and had nowhere to turn in Etrile.

Wood laughed maniacally, 'This is the strength of our Wood family. Zhou Ming, I told you that you would regret going against me, and I will definitely make it happen!'