Chapter 385: Farewell to Italy

At the Greatwood Manor, located in the centre of Orlando County, luxury cars drove in through the main entrance, parked in the dedicated car park, and the heads of the three major automobile company families got out of the cars one after the other.

George was waiting in the car park. He watched the three middle-aged men get out of the car, smiled and greeted them, and said hello to them. Then George led them to the lawn of the manor house, where tables and chairs had been set up. The four of them sat down, and George looked at the three of them and said with emotion, 'Richard, Durant and Marshall, three old friends, how long has it been since the four of our families sat together at a table like this?'

This remark also made the three major automobile company families feel a lot of emotions, because since half a century ago, they and the Greatwood family completely fell out over the introduction of blacks as the fuse. Despite the fact that the four families have similar and overlapping businesses, the patriarchs of these families have never sat down and had a good talk.

Perhaps they have had contact behind closed doors for the benefit of the Etruscan consortium, but at least on the surface, the four families have gone their separate ways. None of the four of them can remember their fathers ever having face-to-face contact with the heads of the other families.

'Everyone is obviously in the same city, and perhaps the distance from my home to your home is no more than a kilometre at most. Our families also have a lot of business cooperation with each other, but no one can let go of the initial rift. no one is willing to take the first step. How strange and unreasonable this is, no one can understand if you tell them, but it really happened.'

Richard, the patriarch of the Tefu family, said helplessly: 'Perhaps the relationship between our two sides is the main reason why Etrile has a very advantageous resource, but it has always been unable to compete with other consortia compete. Even Chicago, which sells corn and tractors in the west, and Cleveland, which mines ore and refines oil in the east, can easily suppress us.'

'Not not only that, we have almost destroyed this beautiful city ourselves!'

This said General Motors' Durant, who sighed, 'I remember at the beginning, Etrile was a city founded by Mediterranean and Anglo-Saxon people, and only these two ethnic groups lived here, so italy could become the kingdom of cars. But with the continuous influx of blacks later, and look at what it has become? Whites keep fleeing, the population is decreasing, and now it is on the verge of bankruptcy!'

Finally, Chrysler's Marshall also said, 'Yes! Our family has always had intelligence in the city government. Over the past few decades, the government's financial revenue has been decreasing. Even without this incident, it will be bankrupt in no more than 30 years at the most.'

'So the Chinese man named Zhou Ming has still made a lot of changes for us,' said Richard.

George was silent as he watched the three major automotive families speak one after the other. He really didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how he felt about Zhou Ming.

After a few minutes, Mayor Martin also arrived. Compared to the three major car company families, no one greeted them. After all, Mayor Martin was first and foremost a black man, and then his background was completely incomparable to theirs. Therefore, it was very good that they had a butler to greet them.

Zhou Ming was the was the last to arrive, accompanied by Governor Edwards, and this time it was George who greeted him together with the families of the three major automobile companies and Mayor Martin.

'A very warm welcome to Mr. Zhou Ming! This is an honour for the Bigwood family and this manor!' said George.

Edwards as a core member of the Candini family, he had undoubtedly seen big scenes before, but now when he saw this scene, he was still very surprised, because these people in front of him could be said to represent all of Etrile's politics and business . As far as he knew, Zhou Ming had only been in Itely for a month at most, and especially at the beginning, he had come with a mind to take revenge and now with the aim of bringing Itely down.

Just such a person, he was actually able to get this kind of treatment in such a short period of time. Edward simply couldn't imagine how he did it.

It turned out that Edward had a high opinion of Zhou Ming, but now he felt that he was increasingly unable to understand Zhou Ming.

Subsequently, Zhou Ming and George greeted each other, then they sat down together at the table on the lawn. Zhou Ming said directly, 'I don't think I need to introduce my friend here much, he is the Governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Edward, from the Kennedy family.'

Following Zhou Ming introduction, George and the others greeted Edward, indicating that they knew each other. Zhou Ming concluded, 'So what I'm about to say is that Mr. Edward asked me to go back to Brighton, and I promised him, so today's lunch, according to our Chinese way of saying, is to bid farewell to everyone, which means having the last meal before leaving.'

Although George had told them before, they were still taken aback when Ming said it himself.

Because for for George or anyone else, their feelings towards Zhou Ming were complex. Because of all the things he had done and the ideas he had come up with, ideas, they should all hate Zhou Ming to death and celebrate by setting off firecrackers when they heard that Zhou Ming was leaving.

However, . On the contrary, they now have the idea that they don't want Zhou Ming to leave. After all, the Da Wood family has already declined significantly with Zhou Ming's several plans, and it is even facing the trend of collapse . In this situation, with other consortia outside closing in, and without Zhou Ming here to keep an eye on things, they obviously have no idea what to do.

With such circumstances, Richard asked, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, although I can understand that Governor Edwards will personally come to invite you, there must be a major problem in Brighton. However, our problems in Etly are also not yet over. Can you stay for a while longer?'

With Richard Richard's lead, the others all said one after the other, 'Yes, Mr. Zhou Ming, as you know, Yitli is in a mess right now. If you're not here, I'm afraid it would collapse immediately. Besides, you have just acquired 35% of the shares in Daewoo Bank. No matter what the situation is like at Daewoo Bank, you don't want anything to happen to it, do you?'

Edward listened He was stunned by these words. He didn't expect Zhou Ming to have become indispensable to Etrile. This is too strange, isn't it? Is Zhou Ming a monster?

And in the face of these pleas, Zhou Ming smiled and said to them, 'First of all, I am very grateful for your trust in me, or rather, your needs have satisfied my vanity, but that's about it.'

'Just kidding . Ming Zhou continued, 'I think that since you trust me, my departure will be fine, because no matter what happens to Etreli in the future, even if it goes bankrupt, it is , but your business will not die. On the contrary, leaving the shackles of the city of Itely behind will make it easier for you to use your land, won't it? It will also be easier to form an industrial park, saving costs for each other.'

'In addition, the capital of other consortia and families entering the market, it is also a good opportunity for you to transform yourselves. After all, you are the masters of Yiteli. Perhaps after absorbing these foreign capitals you will be able to transform and eventually oust a certain consortium and rise to become one of the top ten.

As they became more and more excited by words, they began to get a little excited, but suddenly Ming changed the subject: 'And to be honest, you guys don't seem like kids anymore, do you?'

This question left George George and the Big Three Car Company families were all baffled by this question. They had no idea why Zhou Ming had suddenly brought up such an irrelevant question after just looking so optimistically to the future.

'I know if ask you to answer, you will definitely say that you are not children anymore. Since you are not children anymore, you have to take responsibility for your own affairs. After all, I can only tell you what to do, but in the end, you have to do it yourself.' Zhou Ming said, 'Moreover and given the current situation in Ettlingen, I don't think you have anything to worry about.'

With Ming Zhou's assurance assurance, everyone let out a sigh of relief. However, Mayor Martin still asked, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, we all trust you, but now that we are beginning to sell our businesses, those consortium families have also stopped acquiring them. They won't see anything, will they?'

This worry was also also the concern of others. Zhou Ming told them, 'Don't worry. The destructive power of blacks is a gradual influence. Even if they are worried, it will not shake their acquisition...'

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and asked, 'Just like you, did you think that the blacks would destroy the city before you let them in?'

George and the others shook their heads and said no. Finally, Ming Zhou spread his hands and said, 'Isn't that it? So you can rest assured, they have just called a time-out and will soon be starting again. And my leaving Etrile doesn't mean I'll completely cut you off. At least if you really run into trouble you can always contact me, just like Governor Edwards here.'

This sudden joke made Edward feel a little embarrassed, but it also made the atmosphere very good.

In this way, the farewell lunch lasted an hour. At the end, Ming looked at Julia and told George to take good care of her before getting into the car with Edward and leaving.

Their destination was the airport, as the Kennedys' private jet had been moved there, and this was also Edward's means of transport when he came to Ettly.

In the car, Zhou Ming looked at the trees receding along the roadside and couldn't help feeling a little emotional: 'Finally leaving here, and those guys can't even bear to go themselves. You have to know that I'm the one who put Etrile out of business! I should be considered a bit of an oddity here, too, shouldn't I?'

Laughing, he made joke. Then suddenly Zhou Ming turned to Edward: 'We're going to Brighton next. Mr Governor, you know I don't make decisions like this for no reason. Don't forget our agreement.'

Without any preparation Edward froze for a moment, then he understood. Ming had made a trade with him in the car after they left the cemetery yesterday. To put it simply, Ming needed a reason to hurry to Brighton.

It was obvious that Zhou Ming is no longer the Zhou Ming who arrived in Brighton with nothing. Not only does he have the support of the Down family and the California consortium behind him, but from the farewell lunch just now it was also clear that the Itely Group trusted him. Therefore, he could completely give up on Brighton. After all, the investment there was insignificant compared to San Francisco and Itely.

Zhou Ming needed a reason to go back to Brighton. As for things like trust, even if he had any, he would have paid them off when he went off to Iraq, so he must have another reason.

Upon thinking about this, Edward Edward let out a breath and said to Ming, 'Don't worry, I won't forget. The outside world is what I promised you, and after you've helped me, we'll have no capital to go back on our word.'

Zhou Ming patted Edward on the shoulder and told him, 'This will be a win-win deal for both of us!'