Chapter 48 I Have Money

"Jessie, you come to serve and let them go." Li Zitao opened the cigar box, took out a cigar and put the box on the table, and everyone also took a cigar.

Lawrence put the cigar under his nose and smelled it, and exclaimed: "The top tobacco leaf from the Canary Islands, Charlie, you are so good at enjoying it."

"..." You can die without pretending, Li Zitao is a little envious of the other party's hand, "If you like it, I will give you two boxes when you leave."

Lawrence raised his thumb and elegantly lit the cigar. For a moment, smoke filled the sofa area.

"Charlie, this is that crazy beer, what's it called, QD?" Edmund picked up the blue beer bottle and looked curiously at the 'QD' logo on it.

"Qingdao, it's Qingdao, not QD." Hearing the name 'QD', Li Zitao wanted to pull Miller out and whip his corpse.

This guy's clever abbreviation label, after being enlarged deliberately, has become the code name of "Qingdao", and the collective tongue-biting of foreigners he was looking forward to is gone.

Recently, the sales of 'QD' have skyrocketed, and there are rows of horse-drawn carriages at the entrance of the winery, all of which are businessmen waiting to get goods. The business is so good that it makes people jealous.

The most heartfelt one is Paul, who smiles from ear to ear every day, but in his name, the winery has bundles of Franklin that cured his insomnia.

But the most enviable thing is Alexander, a young man. With 2.5% of the shares in his hand, he has already entered the ranks of millionaires, and he has received countless praises and envy. "This Mexican boy, why is he so good?" Luck! '

"Charlie, we should talk in private." The atmosphere was not suitable for Samuel's conversation at all, so he could only make this impolite request.

"...Of course, this way please." Li Zitao thought about it, then walked towards the small living room behind the sofa with a cigar in his mouth.

This kind of large banquet hall is equipped with a secret living room and a cigar bar. Samuel bowed slightly to everyone present, said 'sorry' and followed.

"Aiken, is Samuel in trouble recently?" Jevich asked with a frown.

"Maybe!" Aiken shrugged ambiguously, but undoubtedly agreed with him.

The atmosphere in the sofa area became a little dull. Everyone was worried about this crazy spread and the increasingly serious disaster, 'Is even Samuel at the point where he can't hold on? '

"The banquet is about to begin." The most uncomfortable person at this meeting was William Dever. Seeing that the banquet time was coming, he and Li Zitao were supposed to give speeches on stage.

But now the bosses are in no mood, and the real owner Li Zitao and the old guy Samuel ran into the small living room again, 'Oh, I hate the damn talk. '

"William, you need to learn to be considerate. Samuel's career has a great impact on IL. If there is any trouble, you and I will be devastated after being re-elected."

Jevic looked at him with some dissatisfaction. In his opinion, the mayor has been a little too popular recently, forgetting that his identity is a politician, not a bitch under the spotlight.

In the small living room, Li Zitao was smoking a cigar, and was calmly listening to Mussel's narration opposite, with only one thought in his heart, 'He's in serious trouble. '

With a capital of 25 million US dollars, he controls a huge empire of 500 million US dollars through leveraged holdings. Even if Li Zitao is a financial idiot, he knows that under the current situation, Samuel may go bankrupt at any time.

And his bankruptcy in the future is almost a foregone conclusion, unless he can get a large amount of capital investment, which is also the purpose of his finding Li Zitao.

After talking about the predicament he was currently facing, Samuel looked at the young man from the East in front of him with some trepidation. He knew how huge the wealth was in the hands of the other party.

At first he didn't know Li Zitao well. If his old friend Aiken hadn't mentioned the name, he wouldn't even know Li Zitao existed.

Later, when his debt crisis became more and more serious,

When safety needs to be considered, Aiken introduced him to S.H.I.E.L.D., and it was not until he accepted the invitation from Club No. 22 that he really understood what this Chinese boy had done in just two months.

Whoever made that plan means he's going to have hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, and it's cash, 'Oh my god, this is crazy. '

Li Zitao was also thinking about whether he wanted to eat Samuel's property. Of course, free help was impossible, and borrowing money was useless. What he needed was business, not interest.

If he chooses to lend money to Samuel, the interest paid by the other party is not enough to offset the taxes he has to pay. Li Zitao still remembers the creation of jobs.

And there is one thing that makes him very tempted, that is, all of Samuel's industries are related to people's livelihood, and public utilities are a good business.

Looking at his industries, signals, electric lights, gas, trams, ferries, taxis, etc. needed for railway transportation and transportation, as well as public services, are all closely related to family life. It can be said that the influence is very terrifying.

Thinking about the consequences of the simultaneous shutdown of these industries, half of the state will be in a terrible situation of no signal, no power, no water, and no heating.

For two-thirds of Chicago, the railroads would be out of service, the streetcars would be out of service, the ferries would be parked on the banks of the river, and the taxis would have no drivers.

"This is simply kidnapping people's livelihood. It's so fucking exciting." The more Li Zitao thought about it, the more excited he became, and he had to eat it.

"Samuel, how much do you need?" Li Zitao's blunt words surprised Samuel but also made him secretly happy.

"100 million, as long as I have 100 million dollars, I can truly control all companies, and then I will merge all companies to form a leading giant of public utilities,

Charlie, you can own 15% of the shares of the new group and high future returns. "Samuel stretched out a finger and said confidently.

In fact, he only needs 50 million US dollars to get out of the current predicament, but since he knows that he is facing a fat sheep, why doesn't Samuel kill him?

"En." Li Zitao nodded noncommittally, got up and went to the phone.

"Help me pick up Ben." Hearing Ben's voice from the microphone, Li Zitao said directly: "Ben, I need your help to bring Mahathir and Michelle to the Ritz Hotel."

Li Zitao couldn't figure out what was going on here, but he didn't seem stupid.

Now that the stock market is in a big crash, even giants like Universal Electric, the price per share has dropped from $120 to the current $30, and it is still falling.

He doesn't know the stock price of Samuel's company before the crash, but according to speculation, the current stock price may have dropped to more than a dozen dollars, or even worse.

Under such circumstances, how could Li Zitao spend 100 million yuan to buy 15% of the same shares as waste paper? Are you talking about cross talk?

Sure enough, when Li Zitao mentioned the name 'Ben', Samuel's complexion changed unnaturally, and he sat there with a dry smile, the cigar in his mouth turned into a bitter taste.

"Ben, I believe you have known each other for a long time, I'll leave it to you." When Ben led the team into the small living room, Li Zitao patted his butt and left.

The banquet had already begun, and in the end William Dever stood out alone on the podium. Unfortunately, the bosses all paid attention to the small door leading to the living room.

When Li Zitao came out, the guests were dancing. The women were wearing fashionable and gorgeous dresses, smiling and dancing gracefully.

He suddenly remembered a sentence he had read before, 'Fashion is a reincarnation, every 30 years, once popular will come back again. '

In his previous life, Li Zitao was too far away from the word 'fashion', but now looking at the ladies dancing in the middle of the banquet hall, he deeply realized the truth of this sentence.

The clothes worn by women in this era are not inferior to those of the red carpet actresses that Li Zitao saw on the computer in his previous life, even more gorgeous.

Standing in place, looking at the magnificent hall, fashionable beauties, and polite men, a strong sense of accomplishment comes from the heart.

"Charlie, are you looking for the prey tonight?" Jevich leaned over, smoking a cigar, holding a beer and looking towards the center of the dance, his eyes flickering and asked.

"Hmm." Smiling noncommittally, Li Zitao returned to the sofa area first. Aiken and Edmond were still there, but Lawrence was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Lawrence?" Li Zitao asked casually.

"Hey!" Aiken pointed to the center of the ball and said, "It's nice to be young."

"Boss, do you want to dance?" Jessie asked eagerly with bright eyes.

"No." Li Zitao refused without hesitation, what a joke, he can't dance, he can only make a fool of himself.

Regardless of the little secretary's face, Li Zitao drank beer and enjoyed the dance. In addition to guests with female companions, William also invited many single ladies tonight, which looked very seductive.

"Charlie, are you already planning to help Samuel?" Aiken moved to sit beside him, and he saw it when Ben brought people in just now.

"Of course, I like to help others." Li Zitao said as it should, thinking, "Help people to the end, send the Buddha to the West, I will help him solve the troubles fundamentally, and retire with a sum of money. Worrying about bankruptcy and debt is so kind. '

After getting his positive answer, Aiken was still happy for his old friend, but he didn't know that Li Zitao had planned to let Samuel go home.

During the dance, people would come to the sofa area to say hello from time to time, and Li Zitao took a stack of business cards, and then stuffed them all to Jesse.

He didn't remember any of these people's names, and he would be thinking about the negotiations inside, wondering if he could swallow Samuel's fat in one gulp for him.

The night was getting darker, and the reception was coming to an end. People left in groups, and William took his wife to see him off.

Ka~

The small door behind him opened a crack, and then Ben opened the door, and Samuel came out one after the other.

"Mr. Samuel, I will draw up the contract tonight. See you at the club at 10 in the morning." Ben said with a smile and stretched out his hand.

"...I will be there on time." Samuel's tone was a little frustrated, and his expression was full of exhaustion.

"Boss, do you want to go together?" Turning around, Ben winked at Li Zitao.

"Of course." Li Zitao got up and said with a smile, "Nice to meet you all, then, see you next time."

After saying goodbye to Mr. Aiken and Emond, the MPs who hooked up with a lady, Li Zitao ran into Lawrence who was picking up a girl at the door.

"Hey, Charlie, are you leaving? Maybe we should go see the night in Chicago!" Lawrence put his arms around the hot girl with a hot body, winking and hinting.