Chapter 380: Steal the cake

In the afternoon, the entire Greatwood Manor was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun. At this moment, Zhou Ming was getting into the car with him to leave the manor. The Arctic mercenaries also left together because their mission was over and left together, in a completely triumphant manner, while behind them, the head of the Daewood family, George, was slumped over the table with his hands covering his head, clearly a complete loser.

With the departure of Zhou Ming and the North Pole Mercenaries, George's son Wood crawled up from the ground. He had a look of pain on his face, and it was not clear whether it was from what Zhou Ming had given him earlier or from his own depression.

Wood walked step by step to George and questioned him: 'Why did you promise that Zhou Ming? Do you know that once you promised him, our Big Wood family will be completely finished and will become his slaves, only able to obey him?'

George did not say anything, so Wood continued, 'Mr. George, as the head of the Wood family, you must first think about the interests of the Wood family. You exist for the family, and this is what you have always taught me. But now? You have betrayed your oath. You have betrayed the family for your own gain. You are not worthy to carry the Wood name, you bastard!'

Almost as soon as the last syllable of Wood's name was uttered, George stood up and slapped Wood hard in the face. Staring angrily, he yelled, 'You idiot! How dare you accuse me? If it weren't for your failure in Old Mountain and your failure to topple the Downes family, which caused us to lose 80 billion dollars, how would we have come to this? So you are the shame of the Great Wood family!'

'Now, if you sincerely repent, I can forgive you, but the way you look now is like a street mutt, and I absolutely will not forgive you!'

George yelled at Wood, who sat motionless on the ground as if he had been dumbfounded.

George took a deep breath and continued: 'I don't want this at all, but what else can I do? Big Wood Bank is in a desperate situation. If there is no other support, it will go bankrupt. However, there are so many cunning and evil people outside of Etrile eyeing us up, waiting for us to fall so they can pounce and feast on our flesh and drink our blood.'

At the end of his speech, George looked up at the sky and said, 'The Greatwood family and Etrile are finished, but I don't want to be buried with this family, but to be reborn!'

On the other hand, Zhou Ming and returned to Mayor Martin's villa. The group of Arctic mercenaries split up on LU. After all, they still had their own business to attend to, and Zhou Ming did not intend to hire these lawless guys. Of course, in view of their help today, Zhou Ming made certain compensation for their mission.

When Zhou and Cai pushed open the door and walked in, they saw a black man sitting silently on the sofa in the Ke hall. He was no one else but the owner of this villa, Martin.

Zhou Ming glanced at him and asked, 'Mayor Martin made a special trip here to wait for me. What's the matter?'

Martin smiled coldly, showing his teeth: 'Mr. Zhou Ming seems to be in good spirits recently, and you dare to go out and about so casually?'

Zhou Ming spread his hands: 'I'm sorry, I don't remember being softened up by you in the villa.'

Martin leaned forward, his eyes fixed on Zhou Ming, trying to put pressure on him: 'Mr Zhou Ming, this is no time to joke around, because I just got a call saying that you went to Greatwood Manor, right?'

Zhou Ming laughed: 'So that's what this is about. I did just come back from there, and I just sat down and talked face-to-face with the head of the Daewood family, Mr George. So, Mr Martin, do you think I've betrayed you and joined forces with the Daewood family?'

Martin was dumbfounded by Zhou Ming's rhetorical question, because he had not expected Zhou Ming to admit so simply.

Zhou Ming saw Martin shake his head helplessly and said: 'I thought there was more trust between us, but it seems I was wrong. I also know that Mayor Martin does not have the habit of paying attention to current affairs, or that you usually get your news from other people, so you don't know.'

Martin immediately furrowed his brow: 'Mr. Zhou Ming, what do you mean by that?'

Zhou Ming sighed and said to him, 'Mayor Martin, if I were you, I wouldn't ask right now, but I would immediately go watch TV.'

Martin suddenly understood. He immediately picked up the remote control and turned on the TV in the living room, going directly to the Wall Street Fusion channel, and immediately saw the news that Zhou Ming wanted him to see: the UK had given up maintaining the pound's exchange rate and announced its withdrawal from the European exchange rate system.

Seeing Martin's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Zhou Ming with an unyielding expression, saying, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, you really defeated the Bank of England and the British pound?'

'In actually speaking, this is more the credit of Mr. George Soros and his Quantum Fund. He is the one who really defeated the Bank of England, and I don't have time to take credit for this.' Zhou Ming then asked, 'I think Mayor Martin should understand what this means, right?'

Martin nodded eagerly. How could he not understand as a member of the council? Since Dawood Bank was in financial trouble, and it was a British bank that had promised to provide him with a loan. It was understood that this loan would be settled in US dollars, so if the British pound depreciated, it would mean that the bank would have to pay out more money to pay the loan, which would be very disadvantageous to the bank.

In order to avoid losses, the bank would most likely break the contract. Originally Dawood Bank was counting on this loan from England to survive, and now that it has lost this loan, Dawood Bank will go bankrupt even faster than before.

And as the core of the Dawood family, once Dawood Bank collapses, the Dawood family will also fall apart.

Thinking about the Greatwood family, the royal family of Etrill, was about to fall, Martin was very excited, but Zhou Ming said at this time: 'Mayor Martin, I think your excitement is a bit premature. Don't you think it's strange that you don't know such important news?'

Martin gasped in surprise at this question, and felt a chill run down his spine.

'Damn it! These guys are going to grab the profits!' Martin exclaimed, then he stood up abruptly and left the Ke Hall.

'People are willing to die for money, and I'm afraid that's what Martin and those consortia are talking about.'

Zhou Ming said this, then went back to his room. Zhou Ming dialed the old mountain on his mobile phone, and the call was immediately connected. Tang Ran's uncontrollable joy came through the phone 'Brother Ming, I've seen the news. I've seen that the British pound has depreciated and that Britain is going to withdraw from the European exchange rate mechanism. Brother Ming, you really did it, you defeated the Bank of England!'

Lin Mu also said, 'Zhou Ming, you have once again performed an indisputable miracle. No one can stand in your way. I believe you will fulfil your dream and become a world business tycoon. I am very glad that I was able to meet you on the TV station at Factory 760!'

A reborn business tycoon.

Zhou Ming corrected in his heart. Ming didn't expect Muqing, who was always calm and meticulous, to be unable to contain her excitement at this moment. But it was hardly surprising. After all, he had, together with George Soros and his Quantum Fund, taken down the Bank of England. It was the first time the world had seen that an investor with enough capital could plunder a country, even a financial powerhouse like the UK.

This was opened up a new world of financial means. In the past, financial investment was not without foreign speculation or financial warfare with it, but in the final analysis, it was only targeted at certain departments or industries of a certain country, or the kind of all-round pressure on the former Soviet Union that exploited political, military and international situations. It can't be considered a real financial war.

However Now, with the fall of the British pound, it can be announced to the world that a sufficiently large amount of capital can defeat a country.

Using the capital in one's hands to control and defeat a country is the dream of every capitalist, and Zhou Ming has now achieved it, so how could Lin Muqing and Tang Ran not feel excited?

'Mu Qing and Ran, I am also very happy to have met you, because you are also the biggest heroes of this victory.'

Zhou Ming smiled and said to them, then let out a breath and said seriously, 'The Daewood family is beyond saving, but I just returned from Daewood Manor, and I have agreed to buy 35% of the shares in Daewood Bank, all with voting rights.'

'Zhou Ming, are you trying to make the Daewood family do as we say?' Lin Muqing asked.

'This is very difficult, and there is absolutely no need for us to do so. In fact, the best outcome for us is for them not to cause any trouble, isn't it?' Ming Chow said, 'I'm just being cautious. As long as George and Wood Sr. listen to us, that's all that matters.'

Zhou Ming said this with confidence, because the number 35 shares is very delicate. According to the regulations of the Big Wood Bank, any resolution must be passed with the support of more than 66. However, George, as the head of the family, does not have that many shares himself, let alone sell them to Zhou Ming.

However it should be noted that 66 votes are required to pass a resolution, which means that if you hold more than 34 shares, you can veto any resolution.

Put simply put simply, Zhou Ming was unable to get the resolutions he needed passed, but he could veto any resolutions he didn't want to see passed. Through this method, no matter how the Daewood family carried out their shareholding changes, as long as Zhou Ming's 35 shares were not, then his say in Daewood Bank was supreme.

In this way Zhou Ming had the Bigwood Bank in the palm of his hand, and without the support of George and Wood, there was no way they could do any evil.

'What about Martin? Zhou Ming, you went to see George and asked for the shares of Bigwood Bank. Wouldn't he have a problem with that?' Lin Muqing asked.

'He has no time to worry about me. After all, he has his own problems and is busy fighting other conglomerate families for a slice of the pie.'

Zhou Ming replied to Lin Muqing, in fact, from the beginning, Zhou Ming never felt that Martin only represented his own interests and those of the black community. After all, if he could understand his situation so clearly and still dare to openly oppose the Woodrugh family, and still be able to hold onto the position of mayor of Etrill, Zhou Ming doesn't believe that he isn't working with other consortium families behind the scenes.

But now now that the news about the pound has come out, Martin still doesn't know anything. Obviously, those consortium families have abandoned him and want to seize the benefits of the fall of the Daewood family themselves.

Martin of course doesn't want to be left behind at this time, so he can only desperately grab the cake. Where is there any time to care about Zhou Ming? And this was also an important reason why Martin left immediately after hearing Zhou Ming's words. Besides, the three major car families didn't move either, did they?

'But no matter how hard they fight over the cake, they won't be as fast as you, Ming!' Tang Ran said with a smile.

'Of course, if I can't get the girl first, I'd be doing myself a disservice,' Ming said.