Chapter 402: Christo's Invitation

Yesterday, Brighton Bank was exposed to a dispute over the ownership of its shares. Chairman Christo proposed to re-plan the ownership of Brighton Bank's shares and attempted to expel the power of Candini Investment Bank from the board of directors through this move. We do not know what Christo's motives were, but it is certain that it is related to the current strategy of the Addams family against Kendini Investment Bank.

After Us revealed the share dispute in the banking department of Brighton, our station contacted a core member of the Adams family as soon as possible. However, the member stated that there was no such thing, and that was completely unfounded. He himself was also shocked by Eus's remarks, and he could not understand why Eus would make such a statement, hinting that Eus might have an ulterior motive.

The member promised the outside world that the Adams family has always been committed to the unity and stability of the Weeblyton Bank, and the rights and interests of every shareholder. There is no way that anything will happen to compete for shares through the power of the board of directors.

However, despite the swiftness of the Adams family's response, the dispute over the shares of the banking department of Brighton has still caused concern in the market. This morning, before the New York Stock Exchange opened, the share price of Brighton Bank fell by more than three percentage points, and its market value shrank by nearly 30 billion US dollars.

Such a huge loss is undoubtedly a sign that there are huge problems at Brighton Bank. Investors obviously don't believe the Adams family's words. If Brighton Bank fails to change the market's perception, then in the future Brighton Bank's investment rating will further decline, which is very unfavorable for a commercial bank, and may even shake the market share of Brighton Bank in the New England region.

It is conceivable that the Adams family, which dominates the Bank of Brighton, would like to hold as many shares in the bank as possible. So he chose to go after the Candini family, but this was a very stupid move. Not only did he fail to get any shares, he may even lose the sceptre in his hands! In fact, the reaction of the bank's shareholders in the market has already proven this very well.

The day after the press conference by Us, the news about Brighton Bank became the focus of attention throughout the United States. Almost all major media outlets made the news their headline, which shows just how influential Brighton Bank really is.

In the conference room of the Candini Investment Bank building, the Candini family's Iron Pentagrams were already raising their glasses in celebration.

'Now the idiots from the Addams family must be furious! I have to say that Mr Zhou Ming's approach was really impressive. Just a simple press conference and the situation has completely reversed!' Patrick, chairman of the board of directors of Kendini Investment Bank, said.

Yus, who had personally called the press conference, also said: 'I'm going crazy, you have no idea. From yesterday to today, my phone has hardly stopped ringing, with all kinds of media and investors have been calling me to find out what's going on at Brighton Bank. I'm sure it's even worse for Chairman Christo!'

Finally, Edward raised his glass and said, 'This is a magnificent drama. We need to drink a toast to this rare and colourful drama. We should also drink another toast to Mr. Zhou Ming for his planning!'

Edward's words were supported by the other four people, and they then clinked glasses together and paid tribute to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming responded by raising his glass and nodding, but in his heart he did not approve of what they had done. After all, they had only just made a good start and they were celebrating like they had won a battle, which seemed a bit much. But considering the differences between Eastern and Western cultures, Zhou Ming didn't say anything, and after all, it was at least their goodwill.

At this point, Cavendish, the chairman of the Ajitland Trust, suddenly said, 'I think Mr. Zhou Ming's greatest strength is not just this, but his control of the entire situation. I may you may not be able to understand, then I can tell you that I have recently been listening to news about the Addams family, and it is said that Christo has already softened up that Highness Caitlin!'

Originally Zhou Ming had come to this reception just for fun and had not expected to say anything, but when he heard this news, he immediately came to life. He asked Cavendish, 'Soft? What does that mean?'

'Of of course it is all thanks to you, Mr. Zhou Ming!' said Cavendish. 'It was Cuthbert who suspected Caitlin of giving us advice. Not only did he stop taking her advice, but he also softened her up. It is said that she is now unable to leave the ten metres around the villa where she lives.'

After Cavendish Went after, as the chairman of the Kendini food group, Joseph also echoed: 'I also know this news. Originally, the Adams family had a special villa for Caitlin, but now it has become a prison.'

' then according to what you are saying, the shares of Brighton Bank this time should also be wanted by that Christo himself?' Zhou Ming suddenly asked.

Kevin Di immediately nodded and said, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, your judgment is too accurate. Indeed, after Caitlin met with you last time, Christo no longer trusted her, so he later made the decision to use the Brighton Bank shares against us.'

'According to it was said that Christo had proposed this a long time ago, but it was never implemented because Caitlin disagreed. Now that Caitlin has betrayed him, Christo naturally brought his own plan into action. Joseph continued where Cavendish had left off, 'But in the end, it failed, so he thought that Caitlyn had betrayed the news, and that's why he angrily subdued her.'

After hearing , Zhou Ming simply didn't know what to say. Zhou Ming knew that Cavendish and Joseph had been eavesdropping on the Adams family before. Originally, they did this in response to proposal to reallocate shares put forward by Kristo at the board meeting of Brighton Bank. However, the problem was later resolved thanks to a clever idea from Zhou Ming, but because of this, their words are very credible.

It's just The result made Ming feel sad and angry. After all, Caitlin had done so much for the Addams family, and now because he had met her, she had been softened up, which was a bit too frivolous.

'Really is pitiful! After doing so much with all one's heart and soul, in the end, not only is there no good left, but one is even repaid with evil,' sighed Zhou Ming.

These words made Edward and the rest of the Iron Pentacles feel a little awkward, because they also had their doubts about Zhou Ming, and they even had some extreme thoughts, but in the end Zhou Ming's own explanation changed their views.

Zhou Ming glanced at them. It was not difficult to see from their expressions that they had already identified with him. So Zhou Ming said again, 'I know that it is ridiculous to talk about feelings and trust in the face of interests, but sometimes times trust is still very necessary, otherwise it will harm both the person and oneself. In my family, there is a saying, called 'use people without doubting them, and don't use people without doubting them'. Since you have chosen to believe, you must trust to the end. This is the truth.'

Zhou Ming words suddenly made the Iron Pentangle of the Candini family feel bright and open, and they praised him one after the other, saying, 'This Chinese culture is indeed very profound. We should all learn more from Mr. Zhou Ming.'

Zhou Ming shook his head. How could Zhou Ming not know that these guys were just saying that for show? They only needed him for now, to curry favour with him. If he didn't succeed this time, I'm afraid they'll show a completely different face. It's just wishful thinking to expect them to truly identify with and praise Chinese culture.

Zhou Ming was about to say something, when his phone suddenly rang. He answered it and heard a very tired voice say, 'Hello, this is Christo.'

This made Zhou Ming felt a little surprised. Of course, Zhou Ming was not surprised that Christo could find his contact information, what Zhou Ming did not expect was that he would call him so directly.

Zhou Ming looked up, only to see the five corners of Candini's iron all looking at him strangely. Zhou Ming covered the microphone and told them, and the five of them immediately widened their eyes. Obviously, they also didn't expect Christo to call Zhou Ming directly.

Could it be that did Kristof realise that he had been betrayed and so he wanted to test the trust between Ming and the Candini family?

Faced with this question, Zhou Ming shrugged and said he didn't know either, but to avoid misunderstandings, Zhou Ming turned on the speaker on his phone and replied at the same time, 'Hello, Mr. Cristo, this is Zhou Ming. I'm not sure what this call is about.'

'Zhou Mr. Ming, first of all, I have to congratulate you on helping the Candini family come up with this solution. You really gave me a headache. I think you guys must be having a celebration party right now,' said Cristo.

'That's indeed, Mr. Christo, would you like to come and join us?' Zhou Ming asked deliberately.

'Let's not do it this time, and wait for a better opportunity next time,' said Christo. 'But the next time may be at the ancient castle in the forest of the White Mountain. I think Mr. Zhou Ming will give me that opportunity, won't you?'

Zhou Ming smiled: 'Mr. Christo, if you really have the ability, I don't mind, but unfortunately the person who can help you has already been softened by you, so it seems that you don't have a chance.'

Christo Christo was about to say something, but Ming Chow spoke first: 'There doesn't seem to be much point in talking about this. If you're just going to say boring things, I think this phone call can end here, because I have no interest in discussing failure experiences with a loser.'

With these words, Zhou Ming could clearly hear Christo sigh on the other end. Finally, Christo said, 'Mr. Zhou Ming, I really don't want to talk about this either. The reason I'm calling today is that I just want to ask if you're free this evening. I'd like to invite you to have dinner with me, and we can chat about the current situation over dinner. Is that okay with you?'

The The Iron Pentagrams of the Kennedy family let out a collective gasp. Although they had thought about this possibility before, they were still very surprised when Christo actually said it himself. After all, the situation of the Addams family was so bad that he should think about peace talks. Of course they were more concerned about Zhou Ming's answer than about Christo's invitation.

Zhou Ming thought about it for a moment and then nodded and replied, 'No problem.'