Leon didn’t care about Mu Chen’s blunt question. He smiled, “How much profit do you want?”
“That depends on how much money you want me to contribute. If it’s less than 500 million dollars, I can join you. If it’s more than five hundred million, I can’t take out that much cash. Even if I lend the money to others, I still need interest.” Mu Chen said.
I really like the way they talk about business. They say straight out how much money they want out of it without hiding their intentions. These guys are sometimes like enemies, but sometimes they are like friends.
“It’s obviously not realistic to operate a large capital project that requires a lot of profit. I can guarantee five percent of the net profit on these funds within a month, is that okay?” Leon asked.
“Five percent? It’s less. When I was a loan shark, I was making ten percent of the profit a day. You only give me five percent in a month? I quit. ” Jiannan Lyu immediately objected.
“The money you lend to others is small amount. It is a few hundred thousand dollars at most, and there are many cases where you can’t even collect your principal back, right? This project will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Five percent of the profit is the most optimistic estimate. Maybe it is less than five percent. If you think it’s less, then you can go.” Leon waved his hand.
“Are you insane? I just said a few words and you told me to f**k off, so why did you call me here?” Jiannan Lyu immediately scolded.
“Originally, I didn’t want you to participate in it. Since you’ve helped my wife a few times, I invite you to join us. If you think the profits are less, then why are you still here?” Leon said coldly.
“Two percent of the profit a month is very profitable for a business with large capital.” Mu explained bluntly.
“Leon, don’t play nice. You invited me because of my relationship with the underground bank. You’re afraid that in case you don’t have enough money, you can let me borrow from them. You need me to do something you don’t want to do, and you pretend to be a good guy. You’re so damn hypocritical.” Jiannan Lyu was very unhappy.
“Yes, you can mobilize underground funds. But you’re not the only one who can mobilize it. Can’t Mu Chen and I do it? Would we be less influential than you in Hai City? Are you going to join us or not? If you’re too scared to participate it, get the hell out of here.” Leon said with a frown.
“For Nala’s sake, I’ll join you. That’s Nala’s business, of course I have to participate it.” Jiannan got me involved again.
“Okay, since you all agree, let’s start assigning tasks. I’ll contribute the first batch of funds. If I don’t have enough money, Mu will continue to put funds into it, and then Jiannan Lyu. If it’s still not enough, we’ll borrow money from the underground bank. But we can’t borrow money from someone who charges high interest rates, and this can’t be known by others.” Leon said.
“Why am I at the end?” Jiannan was dissatisfied again.
“The first funds to enter the market are the most at risk. If the money is blocked by others, it may be trapped immediately. That’s why I’m putting in the capital first. If you’re willing to take that risk, then it’s fine with me if you put up a billion dollars as the first capital to enter the market,” Leon said.
“I’m okay with that, too. Just let the scum do it first.” Mu Chen said.
“Dam it. You’re the scum.” Jiannan said to Mu Chen angrily.
“Since it’s risky, you guys must be the first to fund it. You mean I don’t have to care about the early stages. Your guys will only need me to borrow money, right?” Jiannan said.
“No, you also have a task. Tonight, my manipulation team will be staying at the Haitian Hotel. For a few days, you must not let any suspicious people into that hotel, including the police. You need to remerber carefully that the police are not allowed to get in either, let alone any other regulators,” Leon emphasized.
“I know I’d be responsible for all the bad shit. So you want my people to watch that hotel.” Jiannan said.
“Basically that’s it. If some suspicious people enter, you’re going to stop them no matter what. Can you do that?” Leon stared at Jiannan.
“Of course I can do it.” said Jiannan.
“If someone finds out what we’ve done, and the police or other officials are going to force their way into the hotel to inspect it, I want to know what you’re prepared to do.” Leon stared at Jiannan and asked.
“Stop them. What the f**k else am I supposed to do? Do I have to gently persuade them not to go in?” Jiannan asked rhetorically.
“But what if you can’t stop them?” Leon continued.
“That’s not gonna happen. There’s no one I can’t stop,” Jiannan said.
“But if you didn’t stop them in the end?” Leon still pursued the question.
“There’s no such thing as being unable to stop it in my mind. If I really can’t stop them, I’m going to make trouble there.” Jiannan said.
“No, you can’t do that. It will only attract more cops and things will get worse.” Leon said with a frown.
“What are your suggestions?” Jiannan was a bit anxious, “Are you asking me to fight them to the death? It’d be even f**king more trouble if it got fatal.”
“It’s your job to fight for your life, I don’t want you to fight for your life. You have to use your various connections to take care of the nearby police station. Once something happens, the people who come to deal with things around the hotel are people you know well, so that’s easy to do, got it?” Leon said.
“Understood, you f**king said it earlier. It’s no big deal. Most of the deputy chiefs at the police station of Yang City are my buddies. We’re always drinking and picking up girls together. It’s no problem at all for me to take care of them.” Jiannan said confidently.
“What the f**k else can I do but stop them? Do I need to gently persuade them not to go in?” Jiannan asked rhetorically.
“But what if you can’t stop them?” Leon pursued.
“I’m sure I can stop them. There’s no one I can’t stop,” Jiannan said.
“But you didn’t end up stopping them?” Leon still pursued the question.
“There’s no such thing as being unable to stop them in my world. If I really can’t stop them, I’m going to mess up there,” Jiannan said.
“No, you can’t do that. You’ll just attract more cops and things will get more difficult.” Leon said with a frown.
“What are your suggestions?” Jiannan was a bit impatient, “Are you asking me to fight them with my life? If someone dies because of this, thing would be f**king worse.”
“Fighting with the cops is something you do. I don’t need you to risk your life to fight with cops. What you need to do is use your connections to make a deal with the cops at the nearby police station. Once something happens, the cops who come to deal with things around the hotel are people you know well, and then things will be easier, understand?” Leon said.
“Why don’t you say it earlier? It’s no big deal. Most of the deputy chiefs at this Yang City’s police station are my buddies. We’re always drinking and dating girls together. It’s not a problem for me to deal with them.” Jiannan said confidently.
“You better be able to do it. Don’t just brag. Only if you make it, you can prove your ability. The security is important. If you can’t do it, let Mu Chen do.”
Jiannan was extremely unhappy because Leon questioned him, “f**k, we’ve been discussing this for so long, is it all bullshit? I have guaranteed that I can do it. If I can’t do it, I’ll get out of Hai City, okay?”
“I’ll take you at your word this time. You’re a jerk, but I’ll trust you this time. If you screw it up, then we will get nothing. You will get the out of Hai City and you’ll also be responsible for all the bad consequences.” said Leon.
“f**k, you’re despicable. You have planned this all. I take all risks and you guys do nothing and just wait to collect the profits?”Jiannan was about to quit again.
“Security is the first step. I also have to organize a professional team of manipulators for the operation, which is a technical job that you can’t do. It is my responsibility to organize and coordinate it. You think I haven’t done anything?” Leon asked.
“What about Mu Chen? What will he do?” Jiannan asked.
“As we just said, you’re in charge of dealing with the police who may come, while Mu is in charge of taking care of the relevant departments. In other words, if someone finds that we’re manipulating the stock price, then the relevant authorities can’t take actions immediately. They have to wait until I’ve transferred the funds and people. Do you think this is easy? How many contacts does it need?”
“Fine, it’s settled.” Jiannan thought for a while and said,