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"Brighton Bank? Governor Edward, are you a little too focused? Or why don't you just say let us help you run for president, and then you sign the presidential order to attack the Adams family, which isn't that more direct?"

Lin Muqing raised a series of questions to Edward with dissatisfaction, but it was not a big deal that Lin Muqing was so angry. It was really a key point chosen by Edward, which was a bit too difficult.┢╞Or ┞Or.?[.co?m

The predecessor of Brighton Bank was Brighton First National Bank, a family commercial bank controlled by the Adams family. It was originally just a domestic bank with huge assets, and its main business was only in the New England region in the northeast. Later, after merging with the Massachusetts Bank of the Lowell family, it turned into the earliest multinational bank in the United States.

After the merger, Brighton Bank was originally rich in financial resources, and later integrated the capital controlled by insurance companies of the four major families, and received generous returns on investment in the two world wars.

The Brighton Consortium relies on the capital of Brighton Bank and Insurance Company to continuously acquire companies from various industries, and in line with the trend of the two world wars and the Cold War, founded aircraft and arms companies, strengthened control over the entire Massachusetts and the entire England region, and finally funded the election of parliamentarians and even the president, completing the transformation of a consortium that penetrated into the political economy.

Perhaps from paper, Brighton Bank only has $100 billion in assets, but you should know that this is the result of redistribution after several rounds of equity splits. Not to mention anything else, just talk about the shares held by the four major families on the Brighton Bank’s board of directors and the capital they invested in other industries, any of which exceeded one trillion. As the Adams family, as the big brother of the consortium, his assets are even more inestimable.

In other words, once Brighton Bank is threatened, even if Kendian Lawrence and Lowell stand by, the energy that Adams alone explodes is immeasurable.

So how can such a tall and powerful key point is the key point of the entire consortium?

However, for Edward who raised this key point, he ignored Lin Muqing's anger and just looked at Zhou Ming closely, waiting for Zhou Ming's answer. ┢┢ Demolition ┢┢┠┠w＝ww.

Zhou Ming breathed out and said, "I can believe the governor's judgment. Brighton Bank is indeed the most critical point. After all, no matter how big a company is, once the capital chain is broken, the entire company will be at risk of collapse. A large family is nothing more than a combination of many companies. If the total capital chain is broken, naturally this family will also face the risk of collapse."

Zhou Ming changed the subject after saying this: "But Mr. Governor, Mr. Principal and Mr. Louis, your heart is still very broad, because Brighton Bank is the key point of the Adams family and the entire Brighton Consortium. If I really have a way to deal with Brighton Bank, aren't you afraid that I will collapse the entire Brighton Consortium?"

"Of course we have concerns about this," Edward said. "But now we are an alliance. Mr. Zhou Ming, all your ideas must be implemented through us. If your ideas will harm the entire consortium, I don't think we will agree."

"It seems that even though we have already joined forces, we are not necessarily a whole that deals with the Adams family together. Many times you will still tie my hands and feet more, right?" Zhou Ming said.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, you're a little too radical," said Louis. "We will indeed pay attention to you, but that is on the premise that you will cause damage to the entire Brighton. After all, we are all part of this consortium..."

Before Louis could finish his words, Edward interrupted him and said to Zhou Ming: "I think Mr. Zhou Ming, you should have thought of these questions when you decide to join us, right?"

"I did think of it, but I didn't expect it to be so direct from the beginning."

Zhou Ming smiled and said, then he let out a long sigh and said, "But if the key point is really only Brighton Bank, then no matter how difficult it is, he can only be taken down. However, I need account information about Brighton Bank."

After saying that, Zhou Ming thought about it and added: "The account information I need is not the scripts that were disclosed at the shareholders' meeting to defraud ordinary investors of money, but the account information that you families have, including the investment projects of Brighton Bank, the bad debts and dead accounts within the bank, and various bank loan information. I want it. ┠.([.c[om"

Edward Lawrence and Louis were both surprised. Edward asked Zhou Ming meaningfully: "Why has Mr. Zhou Ming decided to attack Brighton Bank? Did he think of a solution so quickly?"

"Is there any other way besides Brighton Bank?" Zhou Ming asked back.

"So that's it," said Edward, "but Mr. Zhou Ming, you have too many requests, and the information you want is very important, and we may not provide it rashly."

Zhou Ming smiled: "Then I think the governor must have never heard a story, saying that there was a woman who wanted to get a lot of money, so she sold herself as a prostitute. But later she didn't want other people in the village to talk and accuse her from behind, so she erected a chastity archway at the entrance of the village to show that even if she became a prostitute. Even if she took many guests, she was still a chastity good woman."

Edward Lawrence and Louis were both smart people. They immediately heard the meaning behind Zhou Ming’s story. Louis immediately cursed: “Are you calling us prostitutes who set up archways?”

Zhou Ming shrugged meaninglessly: "I didn't say that, but you want me to deal with the Adams family and to operate with Brighton Bank, but you don't provide me with accurate information. Isn't it the same way as the prostitute and the girl standing archway?"

Edward wanted to explain something, but Zhou Ming said first: "Don't think I don't know what you are trying to do. I admit that Brighton Bank is indeed the key point of the Adams family, but it is also the key point of the entire Brighton Consortium? If you want to choose your target here, do you want to simply deal with the Adams family or use this opportunity to compete for control of the consortium? I don't think I need to say more, right?"

Facing Zhou Ming's words, neither Edward Lawrence nor Louis could speak. They looked at each other, and finally Edward nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, we will provide you with the information you need as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much." Zhou Ming said.

...

As the key issues were finalized, the meeting between Zhou Ming, Edward Lawrence and Louis ended. After all, there was no friendship between us at all. Apart from a common goal, there was really no common language.

Back in his room, Lin Muqing sat heavily on the sand and complained to Zhou Ming: "These three Americans are so inappropriate. They clearly meant to make things difficult for Zhou Ming, you, what key point is Brighton Bank..."

Lin Muqing nodded and said, "Yes, I admit that Brighton Bank is indeed a key point. Without the support of money, the Adams family is equivalent to missing a leg. In this case, whether they have to continue dealing with him or push him to the negotiating table, it will be much easier. But what does their words mean? Zhou Ming, you can't have too much out of line, and you don't want to give Zhou Ming you information about Brighton Bank. Are they going to join you in with Zhou Ming, or beware of Zhou Ming?"

Zhou Ming was very relaxed about this. He smiled and explained to Lin Muqing: "They do want to join me because it is a good opportunity, but they must also be on guard against me, because compared to this Brighton consortium, I am an outsider."

Lin Muqing sighed and said helplessly: "I understand this, but I am just a little unwilling to accept it. It would be great if Tong Gang and Li Cheng and Ilbedolph were still there, and we wouldn't have been so passive."

Zhou Ming had no choice but to do this. In the talks just now, Zhou Ming also asked Edward Lawrence and Louis, and they both said that they had not found their whereabouts. Regarding their answers, Zhou Ming believed that on the one hand, they did not want to find them. After all, without the support of the consortium behind them, they would be easier to control the situation; of course, on the other hand, it was also urgent, and the person was hidden by the Adams family, and it might not be found in Massachusetts so easily.

After Lin Muqing said, "Zhou Ming, aren't there anyone else in Northern Russia? Or Zhou Ming, you can ask someone to send over there, mobilize more funds, and give some oppression to Adams and these three families, so that they understand that it is useless to just hold those three people."

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "Sister Mu Qing, I have thought about this idea, but we are offshore operations, and it takes time to drop funds from North Russia. In addition, with the lessons of Ilbedorf, the people behind may also consider themselves more. Losing trust between cooperation is the most terrible thing."

"But Zhou Ming, then are we going to let those guys do it now?" Lin Muqing's tone was very unwilling.

"This is how it feels like to live under someone else's roof. Perhaps for various reasons, they also need me to help them open up the situation, but that's all. We still need them more, whether it's information about the Adams family or the information about Brighton Bank." Zhou Ming said, "No matter what, let's get the information about Brighton Bank first."

Lin Muqing thought for a while and asked: "Zhou Ming, do you think we can find any flaws in Brighton Bank and use this flaw to hold them?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "This is not a good idea. First, we may not even be able to deal with Brighton Bank, let alone use this to threaten those three families. On the other hand, this behavior will also be a foreshadowing of each other in the future. I don't want to lay a possible bomb behind myself when facing a powerful enemy."

"Okay, since you said that, I chose to believe you." Lin Muqing said, "But Zhou Ming, do you think they will think of us like this and will give us the bank information of the real Brighton?"

Zhou Ming smiled and shrugged and said, "I don't know about this, but I think as long as they are not stupid, they will not make a fuss about it."

In this way, three days passed quickly. During this period, Zhou Ming spent a good holiday on Rhode Island.

Until three days later, when Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing got up in the morning as usual to have breakfast, Louis came to find him. Since Edward was the governor of Massachusetts and Lawrence was the principal of Harvard, they all had their own important things to do, so they left here one after another, and only Louis remained here.

Louis told Zhou Ming that all the detailed information about Brighton Bank was ready.

"Very good, then take me to see it right away." Zhou Ming said.
Chapter completed!