Chapter 383: The Unexpected Confession

After Zhou Ming had held a meeting with Mayor Martin and the three major automobile company families, a very delicate situation emerged in the entire Etleton. Because no matter it was the Daewood family or the three major automobile company families, they had begun frantically selling off their businesses in downtown Itely that day, which caused the large conglomerates, including Morgan and Chicago, to stop their rush to acquire.

After all, these conglomerates are not stupid. Everyone knows that when something seems unusual, there must be a reason. You local conglomerates in Itely were so nervous before, and you tried so hard to prevent acquisitions by outside conglomerates. Now you are so proactive in handing it over, if I were to say there is nothing wrong with it, I am afraid even a three-year-old child would not believe it!

As a result, the acquisition of businesses and real estate in the city of Itely came to a strange halt. Everyone, except for some small groups that were not sure why, just watched and waited. The transfer market in Itely, which had been very hot for a long time, suddenly calmed down.

But this was no longer relevant to Zhou Ming, because his idea had already been put forward, and it was now the business of these consortium families to follow up. Of course, it doesn't matter if Ming is still in charge. Ming is well aware that the current situation is only a temporary suspicion. After all, those outside consortia want to take advantage of the Greatwood family's weakest moment to acquire the business here, and the Greatwood and the three major automotive families also want to sell.

Isn't this situation obviously a match made in heaven? As long as everyone thinks calmly for a few days, driven by profit, the acquisitions will soon continue. After all, what Zhou Ming had prepared for them was the destructive power of the blacks, but it would be difficult to detect such things in the short term, not to mention that analysts from other consortia generally only analyse according to normal business processes and would never discover such long-term problems.

In any case, it would be a few days before anything happened, and Zhou Ming didn't care about that now. He had another thing to do.

On the morning of 12 May, Zhou Ming drove to the Nanding Cemetery on the outskirts of Yitli. This is one of the largest and oldest cemeteries in Yitli, and it is here that the late Mrs Margaret is buried.

In fact, Zhou Ming had initially considered finding her a better-looking plot with good feng shui, or even burial in the Dowd family mausoleum. However, in the end, she was buried here according to her daughter's wishes . It is said that this was also Lady Margaret's own wish, as she had told her daughter more than once that she wanted to go to heaven like a commoner and did not want to have anything more to do with the Wood family.

Together with Zhou was accompanied by her daughter Julia, followed by a number of cars, in which the current head of the Daewood family, George, and his son Wood were also travelling.

After an hour's drive, they finally arrived at the cemetery. As the cemetery here does not allow any vehicles to enter in order to maintain respect for the dead, they could only park in the parking lot and walk uphill.

Here the pomp and circumstance of the Daewood family, the royal family of Etruria, came into play. More than ten bodyguards quickly got out of the car in front of them and then helped Zhou Ming and George clear the way. Of course, this was impossible. After all, the cemetery was too big. But at least they could guarantee that they could walk unhindered and would not be in any danger.

This situation is surprising. After all, this is a cemetery where ordinary people are buried, and the people who come to pay their respects are also ordinary people. This kind of scene is undoubtedly rare.

Some people who happened to came here to pay tribute were suddenly surprised: Could it be that some big shot is going to pay tribute? Is it to celebrate today's holiday, or is it because some ordinary hero has sacrificed himself and needs to be mourned?

Obviously in his attended the funeral of some common hero or celebrated a holiday, but he couldn't figure out what was going on, especially since he didn't see any reporters or cameras in the crowd.

Finally, he one person in the crowd, it was Mr. George, the head of the Bigwood family, and he could be said to be the king of the automobile kingdom of Etly. He never expected him to come here!

Just in that he felt a little puzzled. It was because he saw Mr. George and his son, and they didn't seem very interested in the crowd. On the contrary, they looked bored, as if they had been forced to come. But who could force a king?

Ordinary people certainly don't understand the situation in high society, and the only person who could force George to come was Zhou Ming.

Because Zhou Ming fulfilled his promise to Lady Margaret, defeated the Great Wood family, and then this Etruscan will also go bankrupt after each company moves out of the city. So it is necessary for Zhou Ming to pay tribute to this poor woman. Of course, to reassure her, it was necessary for Zhou Ming to let her murderer, who had caused her death, come in person to confess to her at her grave. That was why Zhou Ming asked George and Wood to come together.

I still remember when Julia burst into tears when she first saw George and Wood, and it is to be expected that they have become the little girl's nightmare.

But it is also hard blame them? She was originally a very unfortunate child, and she had never had an easy life with her mother. In the end, she even witnessed her mother being burned to death in the house. How could such a heavy thing be shouldered by a thirteen-year-old girl?

Later, after Zhou Ming slapped Wood hard in front of Julia's face before Julia slowly came to her senses. Zhou Ming originally told Julia to take revenge and she did nothing. She just said that it would be enough if the father and son could go to her mother's grave and say sorry.

This made Zhou Ming feel relieved, because originally, Ming would do this because he didn't want Julia to live her life in hatred, but now it seems that, obviously, this little girl is just as kind as her mother, and he'd been thinking too much of himself.

After walking for about half an hour, Zhou Ming brought Julia and George Wood to Margaret's tombstone.

The Wood family family's funeral customs are more or less the same as in China. First, Julia placed white flowers on Margaret's grave, then placed butter and bread on the altar in front of the grave as a way of consoling the deceased.

After doing this these things, Zhou Ming looked back at George and Wood and said, 'I feel that it's better if I don't remind you.'

These words made Wood shiver involuntarily. Obviously, the bench that Zhou Ming had smashed at him earlier had left a psychological shadow on him.

George and Wood had no choice but to step forward. They had originally intended to stand there and confess to Margaret, but Zhou Ming frowned and said, 'Mr. George, I think that since we've come to this point, there's no need for you to cut any deals, is there?'

Hearing Zhou Ming said this, George looked very embarrassed. He wanted to discuss it with Ming, but when he saw Ming's gaze, he retreated. He immediately pulled Wood down to his knees and confessed to Margaret in a voice that both Julia and Ming could just confess to Margaret: 'Dear Lady Margaret, first of all I need to tell you that I am guilty. I am not asking for your forgiveness by saying this, but just telling you that I have deserved my punishment...'

George and Wood were following Western customs and confessing their sins. This was not enough for Zhou Ming, but it was already incredible in the eyes of the bodyguards of the Great Wood family. After all, for people of George and Wood's status, how often would they be seen confessing with their heads almost being pushed down? Of course, these bodyguards were all very professional, so they didn't say much about it.

And after George and Wood finished their confessions, Zhou Ming also walked up and placed the chrysanthemums he was holding lightly in front of the tombstone.

'Margaret Margaret, I'm sorry I'm only now paying my respects to you, but I've brought George and Wood with me today, and they've just knelt before you to confess to you, although perhaps they weren't that sincere...'

Zhou Ming's words were only just beginning when suddenly there was a loud clap of thunder next to them, and a lightning bolt struck a tree not far away.

This scared George and Wood were so scared that they immediately got down on their knees again and confessed to Margaret, emphasising this time: 'Please Margaret, don't hold it against us, we really mean it! We can We can assure you that we will cover all of Julia's future expenses, from her schooling to her business ventures. If she doesn't want to use the Wood family's money, we can also provide her with all the help we can!

Listening to the father and son's trembling words, Zhou Ming smiled and said to the tombstone, 'Lady Margaret, I also want to tell you that they have also received their just deserts. Because of the connection with the Daewood Bank, this family has been torn apart. And the whole city of Etrell will go bankrupt in no time. Even if I know that even this cannot pay for their sins, it's enough.'

The worship did not last long, or in George and Wood's condition, it could not have lasted long. They left the cemetery after just over half an hour.

However, when they to the car park, they were stunned because the car park was clearly not the same as it had been when they arrived. There was a helicopter parked there.

What was going on? Isn't this a cemetery for civilians? How could something like this appear? Just now, they seemed to have heard a noisy sound not far away, but who would have thought that a helicopter had flown here?

Soon these questions were answered, because the helicopter's cabin door was opened and a familiar figure stepped off the plane. Zhou Ming immediately recognised him: 'Governor Edwards? I never thought I'd see you here. What are you doing here on a political mission?'

The man who stepped off the plane was none other than Massachusetts Governor Edward. This man's identity also shocked George and Wood, and they too had no idea that he would find his way here. They also had no idea of his purpose in coming here.

However, Edward did not think so much. He just walked up to Zhou Ming with a smile on his face and said, 'I have come specifically to find you, Mr. Zhou Ming, or rather, to invite you back to take charge of the situation on behalf of my friends. To put it simply, we all need you!'