Chapter 516 I Don't Want to Live Anymore
New York, Hilton Hotel.
In the evening, Wei Dong stood on the balcony outside the guest room, looking at the Times Square not far away. Then he stood on tiptoe and took a trembling look at the hotel green belt below. The cool breeze blew, making him want to fly freely.
He lost badly this time. He brought 2 billion funds from the United States, but now only has less than 700 million left. Such a huge deficit cannot be filled even if he sells it.
"Forget it, it should hurt..."
After struggling for a long time, Wei Dong still couldn't make up his mind to jump.
It is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death.
"Why on earth is this happening?"
Since he invested his money in US stocks, he has been going back and forth between the two places. When the trading hall opens, he goes in and stays there. When the market closes, he comes back to sleep. Seeing the stocks getting more and more popular day by day, he certainly has no interest in doing anything else.
"Ding-ling-ling..."
The sudden ringing startled Wei Dong, and he picked up the phone on the table with mixed feelings.
The debt collector is here?
A strange thought flashed through Wei Dong's mind.
He opened the cover and pressed the answer button.
The call was from Chen Jinxia.
"Hey, husband, what are you doing? Why did you take so long to answer the phone?"
Hearing Chen Jinxia's voice, Wei Dong felt a little guilty and sad, and wanted to hug Chen Jinxia and cry loudly.
He took a deep breath, tried to adjust his emotions, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, I was watching TV, I didn't hear it."
On the other end of the phone, Chen Jinxia also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm glad you're okay. You've been out for so many days and didn't even call me. Don't you know I'm worried about you?"
Wei Dong lied, "There's a time difference here, and I'm afraid to disturb your rest by calling you."
Then, Wei Dong showed a struggling expression on his face. After a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind and said in a tone as if he was leaving his last words: "Wife, I feel like I can't live any longer."
On the other end of the phone, Chen Jinxia, who had just put her heart at ease, screamed, "What's going on? Lao Wei, don't be impulsive. If there is anything, we can work together to find a solution."
Wei Dong looked desperate, but his tone was surprisingly calm: "We have a deficit of 1.3 billion. How can we find a solution?"
"1.3 billion?"
Hearing this number, Chen Jinxia almost fainted and asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Where did the 1.3 billion deficit come from? Didn't you say it was a sure thing?"
Wei Dong took a deep breath and said, "In the beginning, there really was no problem. In the first few days, I saw it rising rapidly and I made a lot of money, so I continued to invest in it. But I don't know what happened, the stock market suddenly collapsed. In the past few days, people have jumped off buildings on Wall Street every day."
Chen Jinxia was terrified, but she didn't understand the U.S. stock market. When she heard the words "jumping off a building", she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, muttering: "Isn't the United States' national strength very strong? The U.S. stock market has been rising for so many years, how could it suddenly collapse?"
Wei Dong said with a painful look on his face: "I don't know either. Everything happened too suddenly..."
At this moment, the TV suddenly played the news this morning about Lu Yiming being taken away to assist in the investigation.
Wei Dong's attention was immediately attracted by the content on TV.
After reading the news, he was struck by lightning. He stared at Lu Yiming in the picture and cursed: "I knew something was wrong. You were the one who caused this?"
Lu Yiming!
It’s Lu Yiming again!
Wei Dong couldn't believe it. He had come all the way to the United States, but how come he still fell into Lu Yiming's hands?
On the other end of the phone, Chen Jinxia heard Wei Dong yelling and felt worried and curious, and asked quickly: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Wei Dong looked hysterical and yelled into the phone, "The news is out. It's Lu Yiming who shorted Nasdaq's Internet companies, which directly caused the entire US stock market to collapse! He has been taken away by the FBI."
Chen Jinxia was shocked and couldn't believe it: "Lu Yiming has such great ability? It's impossible, right?"
Wei Dong, who had found the culprit, was extremely angry at this moment: "The news has been reported, the people have been arrested, what else is impossible? Could the United States still wrongly accuse someone?"
Chen Jinxia felt that this was a good opportunity to persuade Wei Dong, and immediately said in a sympathetic manner: "I didn't expect it to be this Lu Yiming again! What hatred does our family have against him? Is he trying to make things difficult for us? Husband, you must not have any thoughts of committing suicide, otherwise you will be laughed at by Lu Yiming until you die!"
"You must cheer up and defeat his arrogance. Don't let him succeed! Husband, I believe you can do it!"
Wei Dong was indeed encouraged by his wife's words, and the seeds of hatred overwhelmed the idea of committing suicide. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I will never let him have the last laugh!"
Seeing Wei Dong's hatred rising, Chen Jinxia was relieved and said, "Husband, just do it boldly. I will always support you."
"good."
"That's it for now, it's getting late, I need to go to bed, you take good care of yourself over there."
"Um."
Wei Dong hung up the phone, sat on the sofa, and watched the news on TV. The more he thought about it, the more hateful he became. He clenched his fists and looked at me with lightning in his eyes: "Lu Yiming! Why are you everywhere?"
He had never hated someone so much. If he had taken action against Lu Yiming before out of jealousy and unwillingness, now Wei Dong had regarded Lu Yiming as his mortal enemy.
Although he really wanted to kill Lu Yiming right now, he was in the United States now, and his domestic resources and connections could not be used here, so he had no chance to retaliate against Lu Yiming at all.
Just as he was feeling helpless and furious about this, the phone rang.
Wei Dong pressed the answer button and yelled angrily, "Who is it?"
A voice in fluent American English came from the other end of the phone: "I am George Soros."
"Soros? The founder of Quantum Fund, the international financial tycoon, Soros?"
Wei Dong was so surprised that he even stood up involuntarily and asked nervously, "Mr. Soros, what do you want to talk to me about?"
He doesn't think he is qualified to deal with a big shot like Soros.
Soros said bluntly: "I need you to help me deal with someone."
Wei Dong frowned, not being able to understand George Soros's tactics for a moment.
International financial tycoon Soros still needs Wei Dong to help deal with others?
Is this reasonable?
Even Wei Dong suspected that this was a scam call, but he couldn't resist his curiosity and asked, "Who do you want me to help you deal with?"
"Lu Yiming."
"Who? Lu Yiming!"
Wei Dong's voice suddenly rose an octave.
In the new villa, the sun shines through the window.
Lu Yiming slept until he woke up naturally. When he got up to eat breakfast, he saw Li Yiwen with two dark circles under his eyes and asked curiously, "Hey, what's wrong with you? Are you not used to sleeping in a new place?"
Li Yiwen saw that Lu Yiming looked refreshed, and immediately couldn't help but complain: "It's already this late, and you're still sleeping?"
Lu Yiming said disapprovingly: "Why can't I sleep? I have made almost all the money I should have earned from this trip to the beautiful country. I eat and drink well every day and feel great, okay!"
Li Yiwen rubbed his face vigorously and looked at Lu Yiming with a depressed expression: "You are so careless that you can pretend that nothing happened."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Relax, it's just a small incident, don't put too much pressure on yourself."
At this moment, Zhao Tiezhu suddenly walked in and said, "Boss Lu, someone is here to visit."
Lu Yiming frowned and asked, "Who? The FBI or the rednecks?"
Zhao Tiezhu said: "It's Wei Dong."
"Huh? Wei-dong?"
Lu Yiming was confused now. Why did Wei Dong travel thousands of miles to the United States to find him?
What's the point?
Figure 160?
"Please let him in."
After a while, Wei Dong walked in. Lu Yiming walked over enthusiastically, took his hand and said, "Ah, President Wei! It's true that life is full of encounters. I didn't expect that we could get together in a foreign country. This is such a coincidence."
Wei Dong smiled bitterly: "Mr. Lu, you are joking. You are a big shot in the US stock market. How can I compare with you? Now, I have run into trouble, so I have to come to you for help."
"Oh? To save the day? What can I save? Mr. Wei, you are joking. You have friends all over the world. Even if you are in the United States, you are definitely not fighting alone. Do you still need help from a big idler like me?"
Meeting an old friend in a foreign place, although their relationship has not reached the level of "old acquaintances", at least they have met each other, so Lu Yiming doesn't want to act too cold.
Although Wei Dong had secretly taken action against Lu Yiming several times, after all, the truth had not been revealed and his face had not been torn, so Lu Yiming did not know at this time that Wei Dong had already regarded him as the biggest enemy of his life.
Seeing Lu Yiming's high-spirited face, Wei Dong was filled with hatred in his heart, but on the surface he put on a wry smile, shook his head and said, "Boss Lu, I'm really unfamiliar with the place and have no relatives in the United States, so I have no choice but to come here to ask for help. Since we are all from Xia Country, you have to help me!"
Lu Yiming stared at Wei Dong. After hearing his answer, he said calmly, "Hey, Mr. Wei, please don't say that. We are all from China. I will definitely help you if I can. Tell me, what difficulties have you encountered?"
Wei Dong then truthfully told the story of his failure in stock trading.
Then, he said sincerely, "Now, the original capital of 2 billion has been reduced to more than 700 million. If I return home , I will not be able to explain to the investors behind me. So, I came here this time to learn from you, Mr. Lu, and I also hope that you can lend me some money."
Before Lu Yiming could speak, Wei Dong continued, "Don't worry, I won't take the money for nothing. I'll use the shares of Yongjin Group as collateral. If we can get through this difficult time, I will definitely remember this favor in my heart. In the future, if you have any orders, I will never refuse."
Lu Yiming fell into deep thought.
In business, more friends mean more paths.
What's more, the Yongjin Group is quite famous in China. It is not only powerful, but also has extensive connections. If one can make friends with Wei Dong and invest in Yongjin Group's companies, there will be countless benefits.
Li Yiwen, who was standing next to him, was also tempted when he heard that Wei Dong was willing to use Yongjin Group's shares as collateral.
After all, he is Lu Yiming's accountant. Lu Yiming only knows that the Yongjin System is awesome, but Li Yiwen knows exactly how awesome the Yongjin System is.
In his opinion, Wei Dong was indeed sincere this time.
But what Li Yiwen and Wei Dong didn't expect was that after Lu Yiming thought for a while, he showed an embarrassment: "Boss Wei, it's not that I don't want to help you, but you have seen my current situation, and I really can't help you."
Wei Dong already has tens of millions of horses running wildly in his mind - you've been making huge profits in the U.S. stock market, and it's reported in the news that the profit you made this time must be at least 10 billion U.S. dollars, and now you tell me that you can't do anything to help?
However, Wei Dong couldn't confront Lu Yiming at the moment, so he immediately pleaded , "Mr. Lu, they say there are four great joys in life, and meeting an old friend in a foreign land. You can't just stand by and watch him die. You're the richest man, how could you not be able to come up with more than a billion?"
Lu Yiming didn't respond to Wei Dong's words at all. Instead, he complained to him: "Boss Wei, you don't know this. You know the FBI, right? I made some money in the US stock market, and they were not happy. They directly sent the FBI to deal with me. Although there is no formal arrest warrant, I can only stay in this villa and cannot go out. It's like house arrest."
"As for the money I made from the stock market, it's still sitting in Saltwater Fund's account. I can't touch it at all."
Wei Dong didn't believe Lu Yiming's excuse at all: "How is that possible?"
This was completely true, so Lu Yiming was very confident: "How is it impossible? If you don't believe it , you can go to the Saltwater Fund or the FBI to ask. If I deceived you with a punctuation mark, I will directly take out 2 billion US dollars and give it to you for free, okay?"
Lu Yiming had already said this, and Wei Dong had no choice but to stand up and say, "In that case, I'll take my leave first."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and shouted, "Tiezhu, show the guest away."
As soon as Wei Dong left, Li Yiwen asked curiously, "Why didn't you agree to his request? Do you have a grudge against him?"
Lu Yiming rolled his eyes and said, "I haven't met him many times, what grudge could there be?"
"So you don't like him?"
Lu Yiming laughed out loud: "He's not as handsome as me, not as young as me, and not even as rich as me, why should I dislike him?"
"Then why don't you give him a hand? There are still benefits to being able to enter the Gold Surge system."
Lu Yiming suddenly said: "I just asked him a question, asking him if he had any other friends and connections in the United States. How did he answer at that time?"
Li Yiwen was puzzled, and immediately recalled the scene just now in his mind: "He said that he had just arrived in the United States and was unfamiliar with the place. This is normal. Is there anything wrong?"
Lu Yiming patted Li Yiwen on the shoulder and said, "Cousin, let me tell you, a person can lack anything in his life, but he cannot lack a heart."
Li Yiwen squinted at Lu Yiming and said in a bad tone: "You said I'm stupid?"
Lu Yiming immediately pointed his fingers and analyzed to Li Yiwen: "Look, we just moved in here yesterday, and Alex Acosta kept saying that no one would disturb me and guarantee my safety. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be many people who know that I live here, right?"
Li Yiwen came to his senses and broke out in a cold sweat. He suddenly realized, "Yes, we moved here and even the reporters didn't know. How did he know?!"
Seeing that Li Yiwen understood the key to the problem, Lu Yiming sighed and said in a cold voice: "Wei Dong suddenly came to me, someone must have told him I was here. And this person knows where I live now, so he must have connections. Wei Dong wants my advice and wants to borrow money from me. No matter if he really needs help or has other intentions, I just need to remain unchanged in the face of all changes."
After saying that, Lu Yiming stood up and said with emotion: "In this world, at every critical moment, the more you do, the more mistakes you make, the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make, and if you do nothing, you make no mistakes. Now, as long as I do nothing, no one can catch me. In this case, do you think I have nothing better to do than to take the risk to help him?"
Li Yiwen agreed: "You are right. At this time, we should stay still rather than move."
Times Square, New York.
In an upscale bar not far from the New York Stock Exchange, George Soros told Cliff Asness and James Chanos: "The plan failed. Lu Yiming was not fooled."
James Chanos felt very sorry about this: "If Lu Yiming had given Wei Dong money or told him which stocks to buy, we could have used the recordings we prepared in advance to collect evidence and accuse him of insider trading. I didn't expect him not to fall for it. Could it be that he has a bad relationship with Wei Dong?"
Soros was also a little unwilling: "I originally planned to let Wei Dong get the money from Lu Yiming, and then short Microsoft. In this way, with the relationship between Lu Yiming and Bill Gates, he can be accused of related-party transactions. After the matter gets out of hand, even the people behind him can't save him. It's a pity that he seems to be very alert and didn't fall into the trap we set."
Cliff Asness cursed: "This Wei Dong is such a loser, he can't even handle such a small matter."
Then he looked at George Soros: "What should we do next?"
George Soros sighed, "There's nothing we can do. With Alex Acosta and Epstein watching us, we can't use many of our shady tactics on Lu Yiming. Now we can only work hard on public opinion and hope that a miracle will happen."
Cliff Asness and James Chanos were both outraged after hearing this.
"Lu Yiming is so shameless that he actually found a protective umbrella in advance!"
"That's right. Otherwise, if we just arrest a Xia countryman, wouldn't it be easy to deal with him?"
In their view, the Xia people who refused to be slaughtered were not good Xia people.
In the next few days, Wei Dong, who still refused to give up, came to see Lu Yiming several times a day, which made Lu Yiming so annoyed that he simply closed the door and refused to see him.
A few days later, Zhao Tiezhu suddenly said to Lu Yiming, "I asked someone to follow Wei Dong secretly and found that someone was in secret contact with him. However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, we cannot find out the identities of those people for the time being."
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said, "This is the United States. We should not act rashly now, lest we bring disaster upon ourselves. When they make the first move, we will see how things go. We will fight back if they come and block if they come."
"Okay, Mr. Lu."
Lu Yiming stroked the stubble on his chin, and was very confused. "Didn't they say that Wei Dong was very arrogant before? Why is he willing to be driven by others now? Is it because he lost money? Who are those people behind him? What do they intend to do to me?"
All kinds of doubts lingered in Lu Yiming's mind, leaving him puzzled.
