Chapter 387: Danger and Opportunity

Inside the Adams Manor in the White Hill Forest in the north of Brighton, a young man was running in a hurry, knocking over many servants and even breaking a blue and white porcelain vase from the Zhengde period. but no one dared to blame him, because he was Robert, the young master of the Adams Manor. He charged recklessly all the way to the room of the head of the Adams clan, Cristo.

As soon as Robert entered, Cristo immediately frowned and scolded, 'Robert, where are your manners and attitude? When will you learn to be as elegant as the nobles? Instead of being as rude as the slum trash.'

In the face of Christo's rebuke, the butler and all the servants bowed their heads, but Robert just shrugged and said, 'Mr. Christo, I think you can spare me all this nonsense. You know I'm not going to listen, unlike all those other trash who are afraid of you.'

Christo sighed inwardly. He really hoped that his son would follow in his footsteps, which was why he seized every opportunity to educate him, hoping that he would have the bearing of an Adams aristocrat. But Robert was always rebellious and defiant.

Christo waved his hand to let everyone else go out, leaving Robert alone. He looked at Robert with a complex expression in his eyes and asked, 'Are you still bitter about what happened back then?'

Robert laughed after hearing this: 'What happened back then? Mr. Christo, you're such a joker, I've long forgotten!'

Robert then added: 'But esteemed sir, I don't think this is the time to talk about such nonsense, is it? Just now, did you know that the Chinese Zhou Ming has returned to Brighton?'

Upon hearing this question, Christo sighed and said, 'So you know as well.' Robert said proudly, 'Of course, I am also a member of the Adams family!'

'From the expression on your face, Mr. Christo, I can see that there is no problem with my news,' Robert said. 'Then I am curious, since you know the news that Zhou Ming is back, why can you sit here unconcerned, instead of making that guy disappear from Brighton forever? You can't be unaware of who hired him back, can you?'

Christo gestured for Robert to sit down. 'There's no reason why I should know something that even you know. Zhou Ming was personally asked to return by Edward of the Candini family. After all, the three families had no other choice but to place their hopes on the Huaxia man one last time. I also understand that Zhou Ming's return will further complicate the situation here, which has finally stabilised. But it's not the right time to take action.'

Robert asked in bewilderment why, and Christo asked him in return, 'What are you going to do? Are you going to send a hitman to kill him, or report him to the FBI for spying and have him arrested?'

'I think I understand, Mr. Christo. You're going to wait until he makes a move and then figure out what to do, right?' Robert said, 'I have to say, you really have chosen the most stupid option! You know what? Even a pig knows to avoid a tree after it has hit it, but you don't know. It seems that Mr. Christo is someone I have overestimated. You are no match for the Chinese. You failed before, and you will fail even more in the future!'

Robert stood up and walked towards the door as he spoke: 'Although I don't want the Addams family to fall because my money is here, I would be happy to see you beaten and humiliated.'

With these paradoxical words, Robert left the room, while behind him Christo still sat in his chair, his face a frighteningly dark shade of grey.

In the lounge of the Kenney Investment Bank building on the other side of the street, Zhou Ming opened his eyes. He had fallen asleep after hanging up the phone in San Francisco. After all, a five-hour helicopter flight was still very tiring, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already dark outside.

Looking at the clock, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening, which surprised Zhou Ming a little, because that meant he had slept for a whole seven hours. It seemed that he had been too tired in Etruria, and after Margaret was burned to death and knew that the Daewoods were a family that went to extremes. Therefore, he could not sleep too peacefully. Now that the matter over there had been resolved and he had returned to Brighton, he had relaxed and slept for such a long time.

Zhou Ming got up from the bed, washed up and then walked out of the room. He saw Edward, Chen Shuye, Li Yang and others waiting in the living room. Edward, in particular, said as soon as he saw Zhou Ming come out, 'Mr Zhou Ming, you've finally woken up. It seems that you've felt at home in Brighton, right? It was also my fault that you were so tired, Mr. Zhou Ming, because of my invitation.'

Compared to Edward's formulaic politeness, the three finance students Chen Shuye and Li Yang were genuinely concerned about Zhou Ming's health.

Zhou Ming smiled and said to them, 'Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired. I didn't think I could sleep for so long.'

Zhou Ming said and sat down on the sofa in the living room: 'You are all here, don't tell me someone deliberately didn't want me to rest well, so they came back to Brighton, and the Adams family gave me some kind of problem.'

Edward felt a little embarrassed at this point: 'Mr. Zhou Ming, it's not that the Adams family is doing anything, it's just that we are purely concerned about your physical condition.'

Zhou Ming glanced at Edward: 'Governor, I think it's best if we don't keep things too formal between us. Since you, the governor, actually left Brighton and went to Itley in person, and now you're here waiting for me to wake up, it must be that the situation here is very tricky, right?'

This made Edward feel even more embarrassed. He said to Zhou Ming, 'In fact, the situation in Brighton as a whole is not very difficult. After all, in litigation, it is normal for cases like this to drag on for two three years is very normal, especially for this kind of economic dispute. As long as the lawyer has the ability to get past the problem, he can always continue to drag the case on indefinitely by adding new evidence. For the time being, the good or bad situation on the surface does not matter.'

'In addition, there are other aspects of the CDS market that are the same.' Edward continued, 'In fact, the most difficult thing right now is the situation of our Candini family, which is the reason I went to Ettore to find you.'

Zhou Ming could also think of Edward's words. After all, according to his previous arrangements, the situation in Brighton as a whole had reached the closing stage. Later, despite the Rockefeller family's strong entry into Asia Adams forced a wave of renewal, but with the outbreak of the Gulf War, he also took advantage of them in terms of military spending, plus the later Oil-for-Food Programme.

His Although it is impossible to severely damage these two families with these actions one after the other, it is at least possible to distract the Rockefeller family's attention.

With the current situation in Brighton, as long as the Rockefeller family's pressure disappears, then there will be no problem.

'Kennedy What happened to the Kennedy family? Governor, why don't you tell us more about it?' Zhou Ming said to Edward.

Edward Edward was initially concerned about the three finance students, Chen Shu, staying here, but it was no longer the first time that Zhou Ming had gone to Edward for help. He basically had no choice, so he had to tell them what had happened to the Kennedys in front of them.

In fact the whole thing was not complicated. The Kennedys were just being targeted by the Addamses.

The first to bear the brunt was the Kennedys' investment bank. The Kennedys had originally evaluated and invested in a financial project worth tens of billions of dollars. According to the Kennedys' assessment, the project was very low, but the rating agency controlled by the Adams family directly lowered the credit rating of the company responsible for the project, which immediately caused a shock in the stock market.

'Due the lowering of the credit rating directly led to the failure of this financial project. The family not only faces tens of billions of direct losses, but more importantly, this is a major blow to the strategic decision-making of the investment bank, which will trigger a series of impacts and ultimately put the investment bank in a difficult situation. If luck is not on their side, I'm afraid it will take years to recover.'

Edward Edward continued, 'In addition, other family businesses have also been hit hard. Our food company has been investigated for hygiene and epidemic prevention issues, and the shares of the insurance company and Bell Aircraft Corporation Phoenix are also at risk of being split up.'

Edward said with a sigh, 'The bottom line is that Adams is now only targeting our Candini family. Lawrence and Lowell have withdrawn, at least in terms of the lawsuit, as they fear that it will lead to a fire. Their legal team has already left.'

'This is normal, and it is also the Adams family's goal. They know very well that investment banking is the core of your family and where most of your money is. As long as they deal you a major blow here, they can make you lose a lot . At this time, they threatened the two families of Lawrance and Lowell through this matter. Naturally, they would withdraw for the sake of their own families,' Zhou Ming analysed.

Edward listened and nodded eagerly. 'Yes, that's right. Not only are the two families fighting, but even the Kennedys are at each other's throats.'

'That's normal. After all, you and the Adamses belong to the same consortium, so you can be considered family. So now that you have suffered a setback in your fight against the Adamses, it is only natural to think about turning back to them and asking them to let you off the hook. 'Zhou Ming then changed the subject, 'but I feel that you are being a bit too narrow-minded. You only see the danger, but not the opportunity.'

'Are you that danger and opportunity go hand in hand? If so, I'm sorry, but we've never believed in such philosophical words. We only believe in facts,' Edward reminded Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming shook his and asked him, 'But what I said is the truth. Governor, may I ask you how powerful the Adams family was in the past, and whether it was able to deal with the three families of Kennedy, Lawrence and Lowell at the same time? If it was able to , then why is he picking on the Candini family now to force the other two families to back down?'

Edward suddenly realised: 'Mr Zhou Ming, are you saying that the Adams family is having a hard time themselves, and that they are deliberately showing it off to scare us?'

'I don't know, but it's very possible,' Ming Zhou said.