"I like this kind of wine the most. It's red, just like blood." Mr. Qi said with a smile, holding a glass of Bloody Mary.
There were only Mr. Qi, Yao Qian and Ding Rulong in the not-so-big room. The room was surrounded by the best soundproofing materials and there were three bodyguards guarding outside. No matter what was said, it would not reach the seventh ear.
"My boss once said that businessmen should be like vampires, drinking blood until they are full." After taking a sip of wine, Mr. Qi continued, "I wonder if you two gentlemen are full and interested in more blood?"
"Of course we are interested." Yao Qian and Ding Rulong said in unison. They were more than interested, they were eager to get this opportunity.
"Well, I think you two have already read the investment book, so we won't discuss the specifics. I just want to talk about the conditions for cooperation." Mr. Qi drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, with a little red still on the corners of his mouth, looking quite ferocious.
"Please speak." The two men looked at each other intently and listened carefully, afraid of missing a word.
"The amount of funds to be raised this time is 50 billion. Even if the world's richest man wants to come up with so much money at once, it will be difficult, so the boss needs help. He will find a rich man in Europe, Asia, America and the Middle East to cooperate with. Each person will invest 10 billion yuan and hold 15% of the shares. After the deal is done, dividends will be distributed according to the shares."
Yao Qian and Ding Rulong were calculating quickly in their minds. With their strength, it was a bit difficult to come up with 10 billion yuan, but it was not impossible. However, with a capital of 10 billion yuan, but only 15% of the shares, this financial crocodile was too blood-sucking. It seemed that he was not only sucking the blood of the financial system, but also not letting go of his partners.
"What's the matter? Are you two in trouble?" Mr. Qi asked with a smile.
"No." Yao Qian said hurriedly. He had already made up his mind to cooperate with the financial tycoon. Although he only had 15% of the shares, it was nothing to give him 5% based on the financial tycoon's operational ability and skills. After all, with the existence of the financial tycoon, the 10 billion investment could be exchanged for three to five times the return, which was faster than picking up money.
Ding Rulong certainly had no objection. The expected profit of tens of billions and the profit of 300 to 500 percent could allow a businessman to ignore any obstacles.
"Well, since both of you have no objection, we can continue our discussion. In fact, the selection criteria are very simple. We only cooperate with the most capable people. After our investigation, you two are among the richest people in Jinghai. In terms of wealth, Mr. Yao should have a slight advantage..." said Mr. Qi.
When Yao Qian heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Ding Rulong with pride.
Ding Rulong's face was uncertain, but he heard Mr. Qi say: "But Mr. Yao's main assets are real estate, unlike Mr. Ding, whose investments are mainly concentrated in the financial field. Mr. Ding should be able to raise funds faster and more professionally. Both of you are excellent partners, which gives me a headache."
Mr. Qi's words were ambiguous, seeming to imply something, but without any substantial content. In the final analysis, both of them were fine. If that was the case... Yao Qian and Ding Rulong were both experienced business people, how could they not understand the meaning? However, in this environment, they naturally would not reveal any intentions.
After the conversation, Mr. Qi promised to make a final judgment and sign the final agreement within a week. As soon as he came out of the room, Mr. Qi went back to his room on the pretext of taking a rest. Yao Qian saw him off and immediately called Murong Ping to give him instructions.
"Starting tomorrow, immediately process mortgage loans for all properties. I want to be able to withdraw 10 billion in cash at any time."
"Did it succeed?" Murong Ping was delighted.
"Not yet." Yao Qian glanced at Ding Rulong who was walking out. "Everything is in Mr. Qi's hands now. Think about what he would like."
Murong Ping smiled mysteriously: "No matter what kind of man he is, he will not refuse money and women."
"Money is not a problem. In order to catch big fish, we must of course release the bait. As for the women, you can get them. Remember to get the best ones. By the way, you also have to take care of Mr. Qi's entourage. Don't be stingy." Yao Qian ordered.
"Don't worry, boss. I'll take care of this matter." Murong Ping had always taken care of this kind of things for Yao Qian before. He was responsible for many of the tricks in the collusion between officials and businessmen and business negotiations. He was very familiar with the exchange of power for sex and power for money. According to his experience, Mr. Qi, a middle-aged man who looked serious, was often not immune to money and beauty.
As expected by Murong Ping, Mr. Qi was very satisfied with the gift he prepared. The two most popular female stars accompanied Mr. Qi for an evening, and after receiving a seven-digit salary, they left and returned to the screen to continue to act cute. As for the extra eight-digit sum in Mr. Qi's account, it was Yao Qian's "small thing". Even Mr. Qi's followers each received a red envelope of no less than 300,000 yuan in the name of hard work.
But what disappointed Murong Ping was that Mr. Qi's attitude did not become clear after receiving women and money. He secretly inquired and found out that Ding Rulong did not want to sit idle. Murong Ping was looking for movie stars, but Ding Rulong took a different route. He found two beautiful women with doctoral degrees from the university to accompany Mr. Qi. It is not clear whether money was transferred to Mr. Qi's account, but those followers each received a red envelope of 500,000 yuan. In comparison, Yao Qian seemed a bit stingy.
Murong Ping naturally refused to lose, and immediately hired two Miss Worlds and two supermodels to accompany Mr. Qi. The two sides did not fight each other openly, but they were both using unspoken rules under the sea level. Mr. Qi was happy every night, as if he were a god, and he got to know the famous beauties in Asia. Yao Qian and Ding Rulong were nervously watching their opponents' actions every day, fearing that a single mistake would ruin all their efforts and make their previous investment go to waste.
"Oh, my back and waist ache." Mr. Qi got up from the bed, stretched, exercised his weak body, and walked out of the room.
Dong Ying and Bianjian were already waiting in the room. When they saw Qi Ye coming out, they couldn't help but smile at each other. Dong Ying said, "Qi Ye, you can't go on like this. If you don't settle down, I'm afraid Yao Qian will send eight beauties in a row."
Bian Ji said with some annoyance: "I really like that celebrity, but I didn't expect she's a whore who can sleep with you for money."
Qi Ye curled his lips and said, "There is no such thing as a clean person in the entertainment industry. The so-called jade girl is actually just a kind of status. What do you think the rankings in those modeling competitions and beauty pageants are for?"
"What do you do?" Bianjie asked curiously because he was still young.
"Fifth place is five hundred thousand a night, third place is one million a night, and champion is five million a night. What do you think?" Seventh Master laughed. "When I was young, I really liked this, but now I'm old and it doesn't work. Four women really can't afford it."
"I see you're enjoying it." Bianjian said with some envy, "I'm increasingly finding this favor is worthwhile."
"Of course, you received a red envelope of one million, right?" Dong Ying laughed. They were originally helping Zheng Yubai on a voluntary basis, in order to protect the Seventh Master and to gather information about Yao Qian. In the end, they didn't do much work, but they were already well paid.
Although they are aliens, in real life, they are no different from ordinary people. Whether you have super hearing or clairvoyance, you still have to worry about food, clothing, housing, transportation, and daily necessities. Now everyone has received a large sum of money, and can realize many ideas that could not be realized before. Dong Ying and his friends did not say it, but they all felt that this was not a favor to Zheng Yubai, but Zheng Yubai had found them a job with good pay.
Ren Changxing and Lin Xia got this large sum of money and went out shopping early this morning. Bianjing wanted to go too, but Dong Ying was afraid that he would spend money recklessly at such a young age, so he kept him.
"It's time to close the net." Master Qi muttered, "We've almost hooked them up, now we just need to make the final move. By the way, do you have any news?"
"I've been waiting for you here since early in the morning just to tell you the latest news." Bian Ji was alert. "What a coincidence. After Yao Qian met with you yesterday, he ran to the conference room on the top floor to discuss the mortgage loan with his men. I heard everything."
"Tell me about it." Master Qi poured a glass of milk, took a sip, then sat comfortably on the sofa and listened to the report from the border.
"Yao Qian owns 28 companies and 19 properties, all of which have completed the mortgage procedures. As long as you nod, he can get a loan of 4 billion at any time. In addition, he has stocks and warrants worth about 1.5 billion, and various cash and bills worth 1.5 billion. He has also mortgaged some of his hoarded land and many businesses, and is going through the final verification. It should not be a problem to get 10 billion." Bianjie told Qi Ye exactly what he had heard yesterday.
The Seventh Master smiled happily: "Yao Qian, you are smart all your life, but you are foolish at this moment. This time he gambled his life, but he didn't expect that the bet didn't exist at all."
"Seventh Master, Yao Qian's assets are more than 10 billion. Are you sure you can deal with him like this?" Bianjie asked.
"You have to know that two months ago at the God of Gamblers Contest, Yao Qian's account was frozen and his liquid funds were locked up, which almost led to a break in his funding chain. Most of his assets are high-risk investments, and they are inextricably linked to various forces. Once they find that the wind is not right, people will never help him, but often add fuel to the fire and beat the dog when it is down. So we just need to create a sign to make Yao Qian's empire begin to collapse, and the rest will naturally be done by others."
"He's so vicious. Zheng Yubai looks honest, but I didn't expect he could come up with such a bad idea. I really underestimated him." Bianjie touched his chin and commented on Zheng Yubai.
The Seventh Master smiled cunningly: "Zheng Yubai is a man with great potential. He does look insignificant at ordinary times, but when he is pushed to the edge, he will definitely explode. Someone has provoked him before, and he ended up beating him to death with one punch. So far, as far as I know, no one who has gone against him has had a good ending."
"Is he so powerful?" Bian Ji was eager to try. "It's a pity that I don't have combat abilities, otherwise I would really like to compete with him."
"What nonsense." Dong Ying "scolded" him with a smile.
"Just talking." Bian Ji chuckled, "Actually, I should thank him. Now I have money to buy a house."
Qi Ye laughed loudly and said, "It's not just the house. As long as Yao Qian takes the bait, you can buy a villa by the sea without any problem."
Bianjian's eyes sparkled, and he was obviously full of expectations for the future promised by Qiye. As calm as Dong Ying was, he couldn't help but be slightly moved when he heard Qiye's words. Money is really a good thing, with unparalleled magic. In front of it, no matter how strong your character is, you are powerless to resist it.
"What's going on?" Zheng Yubai and Xu Jin stood behind Yu Luo, watching her fingers flying on the laptop keyboard. Rows of characters quickly jumped across the computer screen. Although Zheng Yubai had learned some computer knowledge, he could not understand Yu Luo's operation at all at this moment.
"Don't worry, it will be soon." Yu Luo, who used to like to play pranks and had a childish look on her face, was now unusually serious, giving people a completely different impression. When she was with Xu Jin, she looked like a child in both character and appearance, but in fact, if you looked closely, she had grown into a beautiful woman.
"Don't worry, Lolo is the best hacker, she will definitely succeed." Xu Jin said.
Zheng Yubai nodded. It was not that he did not trust Yu Luo's ability, but the task Yu Luo was responsible for was too difficult. If he failed, all of Qi Ye's previous efforts would be in vain.
"Okay!" Just when Zheng Yubai was worried, Yu Luo cheered and turned around with a sly smile.
"Thank you for your hard work." Zheng Yubai's eyes lit up and he moved closer to the screen to watch.
Yu Luo pointed at the screen and said, "This is the internal system of the Swiss Bank. After I broke through it last time, they replaced it with a new firewall. But when it comes to me, even an iron wall is useless."
Xu Jin tapped Yu Luo on the head, coughed, and said, "Aren't you too proud?"
"Don't hit my head. What if you hit a genius like me and make me stupid?" Yu Luo said confidently. Then he rolled his eyes and said, "Anyway, I got hurt because of what I did for Brother Yu Bai. Logically, Brother Yu Bai should take care of me for the rest of my life."
Xu Jin was so angry that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Hurry up and do something serious, or I will really beat you into an idiot."
"Great, then let Brother Yubai take care of me." Yu Luo smiled, stuck out his tongue and made a cute face, then introduced himself to Zheng Yubai.
"I have planted a Trojan horse in the Swiss Bank system. Although I can seize control, I can only keep it for fifteen minutes because the system has an automatic alarm function. If it exceeds this time, I will not be sure. So Brother Yubai, if you want to be absolutely safe, you must know the time when Yao Qian transferred the money."
Zheng Yubai nodded: "That's no problem. As long as you forge an account that looks real, Yao Qian won't be able to escape. Now everything is ready, we can close the net."
Xu Jin couldn't help but pull Zheng Yubai's arm: "Are you going to do it?"
Zheng Yubai smiled at her kindly: "Yao Qian can be considered as Gao Fei's accomplice. He has done a lot of bad things in Jinghai. He colluded with officials and businessmen to drive up land prices, kill people and rob goods. It is not surprising that he has such an end."
Xu Jin said softly: "Thank you."
Zheng Yubai looked over and the two people's eyes exchanged, as if sparks were lighting up between them.
"Oh my, this is so corny, so corny." Yu Luo made a face, laughed and ran out. After he left the hallway, he kept shouting in a weird voice, "You two can chat slowly. I won't disturb you."
"This little guy." Zheng Yubai scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
Xu Jin looked at the door thoughtfully, with a barely perceptible curve at the corner of his mouth.
Ding Rulong has been very busy recently. He has not had a good night's sleep for several days in order to compete with Yao Qian for investment rights. Yao Qian was secretly raising funds, so Ding Rulong would naturally not be idle. He learned from his friends in the bank that Yao Qian was already in the process of mortgage loan procedures, and knew that the other party was determined to win. In order to ensure that he could take out tens of billions of funds at any time, Ding Rulong also made intensive preparations, and a large amount of investment funds were withdrawn and ready at any time.
"Mr. Ding, these are the materials for the meeting later. Please take a look first." In the Mercedes-Benz car, the secretary handed Ding Rulong a thick stack of materials.
Ding Rulong rubbed his temples and felt a little dizzy. The car was running smoothly on the highway and would soon enter the city. Thinking that he would host a meeting on the company's future investment strategy, Ding Rulong cheered up and flipped through the documents.
Just after reading two pages, the car suddenly braked. Ding Rulong was caught off guard and rushed forward, hitting the seat in front of him. A lump immediately appeared on his forehead. He raised his head in annoyance, covered the painful area and asked, "What's going on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two cars parked across the front of his car, and several men in black surrounded him with guns in their hands.
"What's going on?" Ding Rulong was shocked. Just as the bodyguard beside him was about to draw his gun, an AK47 was already pressed against the car window. A voice that Ding Rulong was very familiar with rang out.
"Mr. Ding, if you don't want to die, tell your men to lay down their weapons."
"Murong Ping? Did Yao Qian ask you to come?" Ding Rulong was furious when he saw Murong Ping smiling outside the car. But the current situation forced him to give in. He could only tell the bodyguards not to resist, drop their weapons, and get out of the car together.
The men in black surrounded them and took the driver, bodyguard and secretary aside, leaving a few people behind to watch over Ding Rulong with Murong Ping.
"Murong Ping, I warn you not to mess around..." Before Ding Rulong could finish his words, Murong Ping had already pulled out a sharp knife and pressed it against Ding Rulong's throat. The cold blade brought a chill that made Ding Rulong speechless, and he dared not move at all.
"Boss Ding, I know there is a GPS system in your car. I guess you have already called the police. But it will take at least twenty minutes for the police to arrive. This time is enough for me to commit a robbery and murder." Murong Ping said with a grin.
Ding Rulong asked with a pale face: "What do you want to do?"
"Boss Ding is so smart, can't he guess what I want to do?" The blade rubbed slowly against Ding Rulong's skin. Ding Rulong seemed to have felt the blade cutting his skin. He said in horror, "Is it about the investment?"
"You're really smart. You thought of it right away. To put it simply, Boss Yao is very unhappy. I hope Boss Ding can be tolerant and withdraw from the competition." Murong Ping finally stated his purpose.
"No..." Ding Rulong was about to refuse, but Murong Ping's hand loosened and Ding Rulong immediately felt a stinging pain. Although it was only a slight cut, a bloody mark was left on his neck. If it was a little more severe, the carotid artery would be cut. In his current position, if the artery was cut, even a god could not save him.
"Boss Ding, you need to understand your current situation and make a judgment that is beneficial to yourself." Murong Ping sneered, "Even if you make a lot of money, it is useless to a dead person. Besides, you have a beautiful daughter. If she is gang-raped and left naked on the street, it must be very distressing."
"Murong Ping, if you dare to touch my daughter, I will never forgive you!" Ding Beibei was Ding Rulong's weak spot. Hearing Murong Ping's words, he immediately became furious and almost forgot the reality that he was a fish on the chopping board.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you continue to compete with Boss Yao, I guarantee that something cruel will happen to you and your daughter." Murong Ping threatened viciously, his usual elegant demeanor completely gone.
Ding Rulong fell silent. Although he was a very snobbish businessman, his daughter was the most precious thing in his life. Maybe he could sacrifice his life for money, but he would never tolerate his daughter being hurt. Facing the sharp blade, he still wanted to fight, but Murong Ping's intimidation completely shattered his confidence.
"Don't hurt my daughter. I will agree to everything you ask for." Ding Rulong hesitated for a moment and finally gave in.
"That's great." Murong Ping put away the knife with a wild laugh. "Actually, Boss Yao didn't want to get into this fight with you. But since it has come to this, it will be bad to not see you around in Jinghai anymore. What do you think about this, Boss Ding?"
Ding Rulong knew what the other party meant, so he could only swallow his anger and say, "I will end my business in Jinghai as soon as possible and move the company away."
"Great, it's a pleasure to chat with smart people. In that case, I won't disturb Boss Ding's busy work. But please remember not to play tricks, otherwise, you will be responsible for all the consequences." After Murong Ping finished speaking, he left with the man in black.
Ding Rulong stood on the side of the road in despair, watching their car go away. He kicked the Mercedes-Benz in anger and shouted to the cowering drivers: "Come over here and go to the Regal Hotel right away. I want Mr. Qi to judge for me!" (To be continued)