Shadow Empire

Chapter 298 Investment and Investment [Title Bonus: Galadilla +1]
In the office, the president was busy working behind his desk.

His expression was sometimes relaxed, sometimes solemn, and his breathing became increasingly heavy, as if he was facing a huge problem.

He is now fighting against this problem!
After being busy for a while, he gripped the edge of the table tightly with both hands, his face slightly flushed.

With a sudden long sigh, he completely relaxed.

The secretary came out from under the table and walked away wiggling her hips.

Everything seems to become boring at this moment!
He came to the window and looked at the street below. Ordinary people were crawling on the street like ants.

They will never be able to observe the world from a higher perspective. They don’t understand how small they are, nor how big the world is!

He was thinking about the universe and philosophy when he was startled by the ringing of the telephone. It was an internal call.

"Next month is the last month. If it is postponed further, our losses will be too great."

"You need to get ready as soon as possible."

The president said "hmm", sat back in his chair, pressed a button, and soon the secretary came in again, wiggling her hips.

"Notice, there will be a meeting tonight, all members of the business department should stay. Others can stay if they want to, it's fine, no force."

As he spoke, he motioned for the secretary to leave. The secretary bowed slightly, then turned and left.

This job is a bit torturous, but also very comfortable.

The torturous part is that she has to help the president solve his physiological problems from time to time, but the comfortable part is that she has a high salary!
With a monthly salary of 500 yuan, she was ahead of many people, and no matter how much money she invested, the president promised her a 20% rebate.

Although she has to endure a bit of hardship now, she believes that once this horrific compound interest starts to roll wildly, she will soon be able to get rid of it all.

All business departments were kept back for a meeting in the evening, and the huge conference room on the third floor was packed with people.

The president and the company's senior management are all here, and many people from non-business departments stayed, including Barbara.

Although Barbara works in a clerical position, she is also able to do business work and she will be paid a standard commission.

She had already made some money. The first rebate plus commission from her parents allowed them to successfully get back one-third of their investment, which also made them extremely confident that this was not a scam.

Because in just four months, they will be able to make back their investment.

After recovering their investment, they have earned back their principal as well as a 15% rebate every month, which is very cost-effective!

Seeing that most people had arrived, the president tapped the microphone and said, "Our performance has been very good recently. Count Balz was very happy to hear about it. He recognizes the efforts of each of you, but at the same time, a new problem has arisen."

"The investment bank has limited the amount of investment we can get."

Discussions and noises immediately rang out in the conference room. They didn't quite understand what it meant that the investment amount was insufficient, but they could hear from these words that it seemed that this feast of wealth was about to end!

This is simply the most terrible news for many business managers who have not retired and have little performance!

Seeing others making thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars from a single order, they are almost anxious. They all want to snatch money from customers and help them buy various products instead of persuading them.

It is said that some female managers have done their job better through other means!

They do have innate advantages in this regard, and these professional attires do give them a different style.

After watching the noise below for a while, the president tapped the microphone again, and the banging sound made the conference room quiet again.

"The 25th of next month is the last day. After the 25th, all investment products will be removed from the shelves and will no longer be sold to the public."

“So you must make it clear to your clients that if they still want to invest, the money must be in their account before the 25th of next month.”

"In addition, I noticed that some business managers have not yet issued many orders. I don't quite understand your thinking. The company has given you the best platform and the most sincere products."

"Even a pig could do a better job than you if he grunted in your place."

"Don't let cowardice and shame stop you from charging forward. If you lose this opportunity, you don't know how long you will have to wait for the next one."

"Do you remember what I said to you when you joined the company?"

“I hope that we will always be a team and we will climb the highest peak in the world together. When we reach the top, I hope you will all be by my side.”

"Instead of someone being left behind halfway, or even falling down!"

"Think about it carefully!"

"I would also like to commend several outstanding business managers who have created a performance legend this month..."

The atmosphere at the scene was hot. Following the president's description of the future, everyone was looking forward to a bright future, a wonderful life where everyone lived in big villas, drove yachts and basked in the sun on the sea!
Barbara was also in high spirits. After she drove back home, she immediately called her parents over.

"The company said that it will be terminated on the 25th of next month. What I mean is... we can buy some more."

"The president mentioned this in the meeting just now. There may not be similar products in the future. Even if there are, they won't be in the federation."

After listening to this, his parents fell into deep thought. They had already recovered part of their costs, and the tangible benefits made them firmly believe that this was not a scam.

After all, the purpose of a scam is to defraud people of their money, not to give them money!

For such a large enterprise, as long as they can hold on for another three or four months, they can fully recover their investment and still have a portion of the principal in the company. The three of them sat at home thinking, and Barbara's father asked her, "Do you have any ideas?"

Barbara nodded. "I think we can invest all the money we have, or even... borrow some money."

"The interest on that money is nothing compared to such a high rebate!"

Her mother is a little worried. Last time Lance said they might be scammers, and so far we haven't been able to find evidence to prove that they are not scammers.

Barbara immediately retorted, "But we don't have any evidence to prove they are liars, do we?"

"And do you know who I saw today?"

"I saw Lance. He was there too. He seemed ready to make a big purchase. He even asked me not to tell anyone!"

Her parents looked at each other and fell into an ideological struggle.

After a while, greed gradually took over. With a 15% rebate every month, even if God came, he would shave all the wool from his lambs and invest it in it!

Not to mention a human being who is more easily influenced by society, a greedy human being!

"I still have about thirty thousand dollars here." Barbara's father swallowed and looked at his wife.

The woman thought about it seriously and said, "I still have 40,000 here."

Barbara reminded him, "Our house is still worth 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. Let's get 100,000 yuan together. I'll talk to them and they'll give us a 20% rebate. We can get our money back in a few months. There's no risk!"

Her mother also said, "If you include your commission, we can get 40% back in the first month. I think there is no problem!"

The head of the family was also persuaded, "Okay, I'll go and make an appointment to discuss the loan now..."

Lance didn't know that his gesture of silence made Barbara mistakenly think that he was asking her not to tell anyone else and that he was also investing money in this project.

In fact, Lance just asked her not to tell what he said at the party, about his belief that Baltz Investment Bank was a scam.

But she completely misunderstood.

In fact, even if there was no misunderstanding, she would most likely do so. After all, greed is one of the most difficult desires for humans to overcome.

Unlike Barbara and her family who were thinking about how to raise the money, Lance and everyone were discussing how to get the money out.

Lance had just hung up the phone when Wally called him and told him that all investment projects would be stopped on the 25th of next month.

The 25th was the last chance, and he suggested that if Lance had more money, he could consider investing it all.

He simply processed the president's words and said them out loud, giving people the impression that everyone was scrambling for the last share.

If you don't speed up, you may not even have a chance.

Lance naturally said yes and promised to invest more.

After he hung up the phone, he returned to the living room and sat down on the sofa. The room was already quite empty, with only about twenty people.

Each of them is much more mature than they were half a year ago, both in temperament and in other aspects.

Lance continued with the previous topic.

"... They took advantage of people's greed and ignorance, and I believe that many people did not fully trust them before investing their money with them."

“But when they get their first rebate, they start to believe.”

“When they get the second rebate, they’re convinced.”

"It's not really a clever scam, but it speaks very deeply to human greed."

"Just like before, he told me that even if I want to invest, I have to do it before the 25th of next month."

“After the 25th, they will no longer accept investments.”

"This would give people the impression that they are not in line with the scammers. After all, scammers want as much money as possible, so why would they restrict investment?"

"This is precisely taking advantage of blind spots in thinking, coupled with greed, to make people who were originally somewhat unsure ignore some problems and invest money."

"I told Wally that I would invest half a million dollars, but there was one prerequisite, which was that I had to meet with their president."

"I don't know if this person is the mastermind behind this, but I believe he must know a lot."

"They won't give up the half a million and will definitely agree to meet with me so I can get the time and address."

"Then we will all act together. Before that, we need to decide on a kidnapping plan!"

Hiram raised his hand and said, "We will kill everyone except the target, and then bring the president back..."

Lance threw the cigarette box at him, "I've never heard of a dumber plan!"

Everyone burst into laughter. Hiram picked his nose and said, "Then what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)