Chapter 1405: Zhou Ming enters the White House
Zhou Ming and Caitlin left the New York Stock Exchange and went back to Piero to rest for the presidential suite they prepared. On the one hand, Zhou Ming had to wait for the results they discussed with the White House. On the other hand, Zhou Ming did need to rest. After all, it was a 6-hour flight from San Francisco to New York. In addition, in order to get to New York during the day, Zhou Ming was on the plane all night and had no time to rest.
Of course, in the car, Zhou Ming did not forget to call Tang Ran to let her pay attention to the trends of the stock market. Some stocks and index futures should be sold, because she has left the exchange. Zhou Ming does not trust Piero and Freeman. It is very likely that he left the exchange and they tried hard to sell. After all, with the current situation of the US stock market, every second that maintains the stock market boom is money!
Zhou Ming did not hide his behavior. He said in the VIP room that if the stocks rise, they are blackmailing Piero and Freeman. After all, it is impolite to come and not go. Piero and Freeman can deliberately exclude Zhou Ming from shorting the stock market. Now Zhou Ming can blackmail you a little reward.
But Zhou Ming would not directly say that Piero and Freeman would take the money, but started from the stock market, so he had that kind of "prophecy" that was almost miraculous. In fact, it was the same as Zhou Ming's way of using the stock market to pay for lithography machines before. Zhou Ming had already bought index futures and corresponding stocks. As long as Piero and Freeman pay for money to push the stock market up, the money they lost was almost the money they made.
This way of giving money can easily make others get cheap, but Zhou Ming doesn't care. There is nothing he can do with the lithography machine. As for the loss this time, it's not his own money.
Besides, Zhou Ming is not so petty. The problem is that Piero and Freeman have targeted him so many times. If he doesn't cheat them, they will worry about whether there is any conspiracy here. So he didn't want to cheat his money! But they are not at ease if they don't do this, and they are also for the sake of everyone's cooperation!
In the end, it requires the cooperation of the US president. Zhou Ming did not deliberately make things difficult for them this time. He should know that his strong domestic demand has not been able to completely drive the economy of California, let alone the entire US economy and the US dollar that affects the world. With his own little capital, it is not enough to see it.
After all, if you hold a bottle of mineral water in your hand and pour it into a kettle, you can clearly see the water level increase, but if you pour it into a large water tank, you may not have any reaction.
As for how Piero and Freeman try to convince the US president to cooperate with them, it is not a question that Zhou Ming needs to think about, and they will always have a solution.
The fact is indeed as Zhou Ming thought. Piero and Freeman took action immediately after hearing Zhou Ming's needs. They first called the president's office. President Wellington refused without hesitation. Just kidding, he was just waiting to see Zhou Ming being helpless and joked, how could he cooperate with him? He is the president of the United States, not the servant of you capitalists!
Piero and Freeman were not surprised at all about Wellington's attitude, but they were the president after all.
So their second plan was launched. Just after they each put down their phones, a lobbying team entered the White House. They persuaded Wellington with emotion and reason, and asked him to put the overall situation of the United States first. Since Zhou Ming had a way to save the United States, which is now deeply trapped in mud, why not let him give it a try? This is better than continuing to wait for the situation to become corrupt.
And the most important point is that this is a good thing for the president. If Zhou Ming does not do it well, the president will regard it as nothing and can even take away some of Zhou Ming's industries. On the contrary, if it succeeds, the president can naturally take credit for himself. In this way, the wealthy families such as Morgan and Rockefeller will gain benefits, and President Wellington will gain fame, and the best of both worlds. As for Zhou Ming's side... nothing is important.
President Wellington originally insisted on refusing, but the temptation of free sex was too great. Just imagine that the president who solved the euro crisis and won the capital world war was the president. This capital dividend could be eaten for at least ten years. In this way, even if he resigned as president in the future, he would still be very comfortable.
Of course, there is no objection at all. The biggest voice is the aides in the presidential office. After all, for them, this is snatching their jobs!
These aides rushed into the office immediately and opposed the President with righteousness. They passionately stated the bad intentions of capitalists such as Morgan and Rockefeller: they only care about how much profit they can put in their pockets, and they don’t care whether it will harm the United States or the President’s interests!
Some people even questioned Zhou Ming's identity: Zhou Ming must be a spy sent by China. He deliberately provoked this cooperation with the goal of undermining the national security of the United States!
Some people are curious that Mr. President clearly has a way to solve the current dilemma, so why should Zhou Ming come?
Wellington told them earnestly: "This time the crisis between the United States and the US dollar is unprecedented, and it is difficult to have any good solutions. Even if we urgently discussed for more than half a month, we came up with such a feasible solution, so we should be confident that Zhou Ming has no choice. Of course, if he really has a solution, it would be even better. We can use it directly and use it as the White House!"
The staff understood that Wellington wanted to have a free plan, but they were still obsessed with what to do if Zhou Ming’s approach was not good or if there were other problems.
Wellington looked at them seriously: "Are you all dead people? We must implement the plan immediately after Zhou Ming gave it. Can't you see that there is any problem? For Zhou Ming's plan, if it is good, we can of course take it directly. On the contrary, if it is not good, we can just give him a suitable crime."
Wellington's words made all the staff suddenly realize, and they smiled and nodded, saying that the President was more powerful.
Wellington is also more confident. If he is not absolutely necessary, he will never want to use that dangerous method.
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After a fierce bargaining, Zhou Ming finally received a positive reply from Piero on the next day: "Mr. President has agreed that he will hold a special meeting in his office in the White House tomorrow morning, and we will attend with you, Mr. Zhou Ming."
Zhou Ming said he knew that he would get up early tomorrow morning and wait for them to pick him up.
In fact, Zhou Ming was a little surprised. According to Zhou Ming's idea, it would take some time for Piero and Freeman to convince the president, and it would be possible for three to five days to half a month. If you want to change yourself, you want to bring a blond and blue-eyed foreigner to Zhongnanhai to resolve the national crisis, the difficulty would be no easier than the West, which had gone through 81 difficulties, and you might even be successful in the end.
However, there is no doubt that Piero and Freeman taught Zhou Ming a lesson, telling him what a capitalist country is, where capital is the boss, and the president needs to compromise with capital, otherwise capital will teach you how to be a human being in minutes.
Zhou Ming was not interested in the foundation of the United States, but since Piero had already done it, he would go over and take a look. The next day, Zhou Ming and Caitlin got up early to prepare for it. When Piero came to pick up their car, they set off for the White House.
The White House is the symbol of power for the most powerful country in the world. Zhou Ming's previous impression of the White House has always come from news. Unexpectedly, he was lucky enough to enter the White House in person this time and discuss things with the president.
Originally, in Zhou Ming's impression, since the White House is the official residence of the US president, it is not very luxurious, but at least the place is big. As a result, when Zhou Ming arrived here, he found that the White House was far less than what he thought. Although he saw from the road, there was a cleaned lawn, a two-story building, just like in the news, but in fact it was not as big as a football field. The lawn that looked good at the door could not even play for half a game.
Of course, this is not a bullshit president's thrift, it's just a superficial effort. After all, the president is not in jail and will not be in the White House forever. If you want a luxurious enjoyment, you can just book a paradise island. In fact, the US president has luxury vacation villas in many places.
In addition, there is another interesting statement from the White House, which is that more than 180 years ago, the United States invaded Canada. At that time, an American genius was beaten up by the Canadian militia. Later, after Britain solved Napoleon, it freed up its hands to deal with the United States and helped Canada push back all the way. In the end, even the White House was infuriated to vent its anger.
Later, the British and Canadian coalition retreated. The Americans looked at the charred presidential mansion and painted it white to cover it up. The reason why they did not continue to expand was that on one hand, they were worried that Canada would burn the White House again. Isn’t that a big loss?
This sounds ridiculous now, but Americans more than a hundred years ago really thought so. After all, they could not even defeat the Canadian militia at that time.
There were some interesting news about the White House in my mind, and then the car entered the White House through the side door on the east side of the White House.
Zhou Ming got out of the car and passed through the security check of the White House police before entering the White House. Zhou Ming and the others were first arranged in the lounge. After a while, they were notified to go to the famous Oval Office in the West Wing to attend the presidential meeting.
This Oval Office was built to interview reporters later, so the space is very large. It is said that there is a secret passage that can go down to the bunker and it is said that it can withstand a nuclear explosion.
Walking into the Oval Office, there are already many people waiting here, with capitalists like Piero and Freeman standing on one side, while President Wellington's staff standing on the other side.
Chapter completed!