Empire of Shadows

Chapter 298 Investment and Investment [Sponsored Bonus Chapter: Jialadiya +1]

In the office, the president was sitting behind his desk, busy at work.

His expression was sometimes relaxed, sometimes serious, and his breathing was constantly becoming heavier, as if he was facing a huge problem.

He was fighting this problem at this moment!

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After being busy for a while, he gripped the edge of the desk tightly with both hands, his face slightly flushed.

Accompanied by a sudden long sigh, his whole body relaxed.

The secretary crawled out from under the desk, twisting her hips as she left.

Everything seemed to become dull and tasteless at this moment!

He came to the window and looked at the street below, where ordinary people were crawling forward like ants.

They would never be able to stand at a higher angle to observe the whole world, not understanding the smallness of themselves, nor understanding the vastness of the world!

He was thinking about the universe and philosophical questions when the phone rang, it was an internal call.

"Next month is the last month, if we postpone it any further, our losses will be too great."

"You need to prepare as soon as possible."

President "Mmm"ed, he sat back in his chair, pressed a button, and soon the secretary walked in again, twisting her hips.

"Notify everyone, there will be a meeting tonight, all the business department staff should stay, others can stay if they want, no compulsion."

He said, gesturing for the secretary to leave, the secretary bowed slightly, and then turned to leave.

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

The torturous part was that she had to help the president solve his physiological problems from time to time, but the comfortable part was that she had a very high salary!

A monthly salary of five hundred yuan put her ahead of many people, and no matter how much money she invested, the president promised to give her a 20% rebate.

Although she had to suffer a bit now, she believed that once this terrifying compounding interest started to roll wildly, she would soon be able to get rid of all this.

In the evening, all the business departments were kept behind for a meeting, in the huge conference room on the third floor, it was crowded with people.

The president and the company's senior management were all there, and many non-business department people stayed behind as well, including Barbara.

Although Barbara's job was clerical, she could also do business-related work, and would be given standard commissions.

She had already earned a sum of money from her parents, the first rebate plus commission allowed them to successfully recover one-third of their investment, which also made them firmly believe that this was not a scam.

Because in just four more months, they would be able to break even.

After breaking even, they would be equivalent to earning back the principal, as well as a 15% monthly rebate, which was very cost-effective!

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, the president tapped the microphone, "Recently our performance has been very good, Earl Balz was very happy after hearing about it, he highly recognizes the efforts of each of you, but at the same time a new problem has emerged."

"The investment quota given to us by the investment bank is not much left."

Discussion and clamor immediately erupted in the conference room, they didn't quite understand what it meant for the investment quota to be insufficient, but they could hear from these words that this feast of wealth was about to end!

This was simply the most terrible news for many business managers who hadn't retired much performance!

Watching others earn thousands or tens of thousands of yuan in a single deal, their hearts were almost焦了, each of them couldn't wait to snatch money from customers to help them buy various products, instead of persuading them.

It was said that some female managers had already completed their work better through some other means!

In this regard, they did have innate advantages, and these workplace clothes did give them some different charm.

Watching the commotion below for a while, the president tapped the microphone again, the banging sound made the conference room quiet down again.

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

"So you must make it clear to your customers, if they still want to invest, they must deposit the money before the 25th of next month."

"In addition, I have noticed that some business managers have not opened many orders so far, I can't really understand your thinking, the company has given you the best platform, the most sincere products."

"Even a pig, in your position, could do better than you with a few snorts."

"Don't let cowardice and shame stop you from rushing to higher places, losing this opportunity, I 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, we will climb the highest peak in the world together, and when we reach the top of the mountain, I hope that you will all be by my side."

"Instead of some people being left on the road, or even falling down!"

"Think about it carefully yourselves!"

"In addition, I want to commend several particularly outstanding business managers, they have created a performance myth this month..."

The atmosphere at the scene was fiery, under the president's description of the future, everyone yearned for a beautiful future, yearning for the beautiful life of everyone living in big villas and basking in the sun on the sea on yachts!

Barbara's emotions were also high, fiery, she drove back home, and immediately called her parents over.

"The company said it will terminate on the 25th of next month, what I mean is... we can buy some more."

"The president mentioned during the meeting just now that similar products may not be available in the future, and even if they are, they won't be in the Federation."

After listening, her parents fell into deep thought, they had already recovered part of the cost, the real benefits made them also firmly believe that this was not a scam.

After all, the purpose of a scam is to骗人们的钱, not to送钱!

Such a big company, as long as it can last for another three months, four months, they will be able to completely break even and still have a principal in the company.

The three sat at home thinking, Barbara's father asked her, "Do you have any ideas?"

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

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

Her mother was a little worried, last time Lance said they might be scammers, so far we have not been able to find evidence to prove that they are not scammers.

Barbara immediately retorted, "But we also haven't been able to prove that they are scammers, have we?"

"And do you know who I saw today?"

"I saw Lance, he was also there, and seemed to be preparing to buy a big sum, he also told me not to tell anyone!"

Her parents looked at each other and fell into a mental struggle.

After a while, greed gradually took the upper hand, a 15% monthly rebate, even if God came, he would have to shave all the wool off his lambs and invest it!

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

"I have about 30,000 yuan here.", Barbara's father swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then looked at his wife.

The woman thought seriously for a moment, "I have 40,000 here."

Barbara reminded, "Our house is still worth 20,000 to 30,000, let's raise 100,000 yuan, I'll talk to them, and give us a 20% rebate, we can break even in a few months, with no risk at all!"

Her mother also said, "If you include your commission, we can get back 40% in the first month, I don't think there's any problem!"

The head of the family was also persuaded, "Okay, I'll go talk to someone about a loan now..."

Lance didn't know that his gesture of silence made Barbara mistakenly believe that he was telling her not to tell others that he was also investing money in this project.

In fact, Lance just wanted her not to say those words he said at the party, about him thinking that Balz Investment Bank was a scam.

It's just that she completely misunderstood.

In fact, even without the 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 considering how to raise money, Lance and everyone else were discussing how to get the money out.

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

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

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

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

Lance naturally said yes, promising to invest more.

After he hung up the phone and returned to the sofa in the living room, the room had emptied a lot, with only twenty or so people left.

Each of them was much more mature than they were half a year ago, whether in temperament or other aspects.

Lance continued the previous topic.

"...They took advantage of people's greed and ignorance, I believe many people didn't completely believe them before they gave them the money."

"But when they get the first rebate, they will start to believe."

"When they get the second rebate, they will be convinced."

"This is actually not a clever scam, but it has a very deep analysis of human greed."

"Just like just now, he told me that even if I want to invest, it must be before the 25th of next month."

"After the 25th, they will no longer accept investment."

“This gives people the impression that they don't fit the profile of a scam, because scammers want as much money as possible. Why would they limit investment?”

“That's precisely the point. They exploit blind spots in thinking, coupled with greed, to make people who were initially uncertain overlook certain issues and invest their money.”

“I told Wally that I would invest five hundred thousand, but on one condition: that I get to meet their president.”

“I don't know if this person is the mastermind behind it all, but I'm sure he knows a lot.”

“They won't give up on five hundred thousand; they'll definitely agree to meet me. That way, I can get the time and address.”

“When the time comes, we'll all act together. Before that, we need to decide on a kidnapping plan!”

Hiram raised his hand. “We kill everyone except the target, then grab the president and bring him back…”

Lance threw his cigarette pack at him. “I've never heard a stupider plan!”

Everyone burst into laughter. Hiram picked his nose. “Then you come up with one?”