“You are very greedy, Mr. White,” the secretary looked at Lance, as if trying to see through him.

Lance pulled a chair over and sat down. He lit a cigarette, turned his head to look at the sunlight outside the window passing through the shade of the trees, and shining in through the gaps between the leaves.

Even though this ray of sunlight was only a small sliver, it still radiated light and heat.

Tiny dust motes danced in the air, making the formless light seem to become tangible matter at this moment.

Lance turned his head back to look at him, “A scammer is talking to me about greed, Mr. Secretary. To be honest, it’s a bit funny.”

The secretary looked straight at Lance, “How can you be sure we are scamming people?”

This was also a question he had never been able to figure out. This scam had only recently appeared in the Gallic Empire.

It could even be said that from the very beginning, it was not a scam, because that company was indeed very profitable. The rate of return they promised was of course not so exaggerated, but it was higher than the bank’s.

So some people took out loans from the bank to invest in them, using the rebate to pay the bank’s interest, and still had a little money left over.

This was equivalent to them getting an investment and an income of two or three percent without taking out a single cent.

If they invested enough, this was also a not-so-small number.

But what they didn’t know was that this company soon suffered an investment failure due to problems with its investment and business strategy. In order not to let the investors withdraw their funds, the company’s board of directors even announced false news of a major investment profit, and distributed a little more money than usual.

This move immediately attracted a larger inflow of funds.

After they received these investments, for some reason, the shadow of war, as well as domestic problems, their investments were not as smooth as in previous years, and they failed one after another.

The more this happened, the more they dared not announce the actual situation to the public. At the same time, in order to prevent the investors from paying too much attention to their operating conditions.

They fabricated many high-quality overseas industries and made professional-looking fake profit statements, while at the same time increasing the return ratio to attract more investment.

So these people discovered that doing honest financial investment was far from as fast as scamming. Their scale had already become very large.

But because the number of participants was constantly increasing, they could always maintain the timely payment of rebates every month.

President Peman and his group were the ones who discovered this possibility and business opportunity. They were also facing a series of problems such as declining investment returns.

So a few people hit upon an idea and followed suit. Soon, they had their current scale.

The irresistible rebate and the income brought by recruiting people made the group of victims constantly increase. The more victims there were, the more money they got.

Many people already blindly trusted them, but he just didn’t understand why Lance saw through this scam at a glance?

Lance shook his head slightly, “Did you know?”

“Even if you invented finance, you wouldn’t be able to make this much money!”

The secretary was stunned for a moment before he understood what Lance meant. He asked in disbelief, “Just because of that?”

Lance nodded very seriously, “Just because of that. All things that do not conform to the operating principles of this world, unreasonable things, are either fake or deceptive.”

The secretary still wanted to say something, but Lance stopped him, “I don’t want to discuss with you now why I know you are scamming. You just need to do one thing, and that is to give the money to me.”

“To be honest, your set of scams is actually quite advanced. If you leave your lives, you can continue to scam in other places. You still have the opportunity to become millionaires, billionaires.”

“And even because of me, you can make up for some of your logical errors and loopholes, making the next scam smoother and earning more.”

“But if you refuse, then I’ll have to leave you here forever.” Lance uncrossed his legs and walked to the window.

The ray of light shone through the window onto his hat, which made his face not so obvious, but his body was draped in a layer of light!

His whole person seemed to be about to merge into the sunlight!

“The scenery here is very beautiful. It’s a good choice for an eternal resting place. You guys consider it.”

He smoked, looking at the scenery outside the window. He enjoyed this wonderful feeling very much.

The sunlight, as if tangible, shone on his body, giving him a feeling of holiness.

President Peman and his secretary were communicating with their eyes. It was unknown how they communicated, but it seemed the two had reached some kind of agreement.

President Peman spoke up, “Even if we want to give you the money, we can’t give it to you. This money is not on us right now.”

“You let us go, and only then can we write you a check, and only then can we tell you where the money is…”

Lance looked at him expressionlessly, tilted his head, and Ethan rolled up his sleeves and walked up to President Peman in his terrified gaze, his thick palm swinging up and slapping him across the face!

In that instant, President Peman was completely stunned!

His ears were ringing, his head throbbed, and his vision went black. It seemed even his thoughts had been scattered by this slap!

Lance took another breath, “If you think I won’t lay a hand on you because I won’t, then you can try again. I guarantee you won’t last a minute.”

President Peman didn’t dare to make another sound. The secretary, however, said softly, “A portion of the money is deposited in the bank, and another portion we… hid in the cellar of the villa.”

He looked at Lance, “There isn’t much cash, about two or three million. The rest is all in the bank.”

“Mr. White, even if I write you a check for tens of millions, can you take it to the bank to cash it?”

“Will the people at the bank believe you?”

“And, do you dare?”

He still maintained that calm, even slightly mocking tone. Although he didn’t show it, Lance could feel it.

Strictly speaking, what he said was not a problem at all. Let alone several million, even a cash withdrawal of hundreds of thousands would be very troublesome, for a bank.

Not to mention a capital transfer of several million, or tens of millions.

Lance didn’t plan to let them leave here. Even if he really wrote out the check, Lance couldn’t get the money with that check.

Not only would he not get the money, but it was also possible that because of their disappearance, it would attract the attention of the bank and the police.

Seeing Lance not speaking, the secretary continued, “I know what you want is not our lives, but money.”

“Mr. White, this is too much money. It’s not something you can swallow. I’ll give you a million, and this matter ends here!”

“We won’t call the police, nor will we look for you afterwards. Take the million and go live the life you want. We won’t meet again.”

A million was indeed not a small amount, enough to make many people waver.

But they had overlooked that Lance was not an ordinary person.

Lance threw the cigarette on the ground and ground it out with the tip of his shoe. The old wooden house and the withered branches and rotten leaves on the surrounding ground from the winter were the best kindling. He had to be careful.

He extended his hand towards Hiram, who handed him his pistol.

He stood in front of the two terrified people, looking at them, “Who among you can take out this money?”

“I’m tired of this. We only need one person.”

The dark muzzle of the gun made the secretary’s expression unable to hold up. President Peman was even so scared he almost peed himself!

“Me, I can get the money out,” he shouted hastily.

Lance immediately raised his gun and aimed at the secretary. He cocked the hammer back and was just about to shoot when the secretary shouted hastily, “He can’t get it out!”

“You’re lying!” President Peman shouted in anger and surprise, “I’m the company president!”

But the secretary said, “But in our team, you are just the figurehead!”

His meaning was obvious: he was the one behind the scenes.

The two were still arguing. Lance lowered his gun and fired a shot at each of their feet.

Both of them screamed at the same time. They had enjoyed the most luxurious life brought by so much money. When had they ever suffered like this?

The back of their feet were pierced, and a part of their muscles was torn. Every beat of their hearts made them feel incomparable pain!

But this did indeed make them quiet down.

The secretary endured the pain and looked at him, “Mr. White, actually… you are the one who hasn’t figured out the situation.”

“Even if I transfer this money to you, do you really dare to take it?”

With one sentence, Lance fell into deep thought. After a while, he asked, “How much money?”

“Eight figures!”

Everyone else in the room gasped. Eight figures, how much was that?

Lance also understood why they had given him that mocking feeling before, because this sum of money was really too much!

So much that it even made him feel a little bit of pressure!

With so much money, it would be too easy to track. You just had to keep a close eye on it. Once this case broke, the Federation government might even step in to investigate.

At the request of the Federation government, the bank would definitely cooperate. In the end, who the money was transferred to, how many accounts it went through, and who ultimately took it away, it would be impossible to miss!

Every step had the risk of exposure. This was indeed a tricky problem.

But he soon realized that since they had scammed so much money, they must have already made preparations.

The secretary seemed to have resigned himself to his fate. He said frankly, “We will transfer this money abroad in the name of investment. These accounts and transfers have all been approved by the bank in advance.”

“But, Mr. White, we can transfer it away, but you can’t!”

…

Mr. Jonathan was handling the work in his hands. Vice President, an administrative position, and also in charge of the loan department. It could be said that he was now a stable winner in life.

How many steps are there from an ordinary manager to a vice president?

Answer: as long as you can earn a million for the bank!

Anyone, as long as you can earn a million for the bank, you can also be a department manager or even a vice president.

Capital never looks at how much ability you have, but at whether you can bring enough wealth growth to the enterprise.

In Parkway Bank, some managers have their own independent offices, very high salaries, but they never work.

Some people who have just joined the bank will have doubts, and even feel dissatisfied.

Why is it that everyone is working hard, while these people are either drinking coffee and reading newspapers all day, or sitting together chatting about where to get their hair done after work, where to spend money, or things related to fashion.

But as long as they have worked in the bank for a little longer, they will gradually understand that these managers who get high salaries and don’t work actually bring far more profit to the bank than those who work outside!

So they have their own independent offices, can not work, and can also enjoy everything that ordinary employees cannot enjoy.

The way they make money is not necessarily through their own excellent business ability, it could also be because they are handsome or young and beautiful, so someone is willing to cooperate with the bank for their sake.

And their work is just a bonus in the cooperation between two capitals, but even such a bonus is a peak that many people can hardly reach in their lifetime.

This world is very unfair, but also very fair.

It is fair because before everyone finds their own position in society, they will be placed on a scale to be weighed.

And what’s unfair is that not everyone’s weight is equal!

He was looking at a document. The document mentioned some domestic production and consumption situations. The Federal Reserve Bank planned to continue to cut interest rates to stimulate consumption.

All industries need to follow the trend. This is actually not a good sign.

The internal analysts of Parkway Bank believed that the domestic consumer market was beginning to weaken. If the company’s revenue generation was all placed on exports, it would be difficult to achieve everyone’s expected goals, and it would even be difficult to guarantee the current profitability!

The stock market is clearly rising every day, even if not by much, but at least it’s rising. Why is this happening?

Mr. Jonathan didn’t know very well. This document mentioned stimulating public consumption more. The head office thought this was a good opportunity and could appropriately relax the review of loans, but it had to ensure the safety of the bank’s funds.

To put it bluntly, it might not have been easy to borrow money before, but now as long as you have collateral, you can definitely borrow money, it’s just a matter of time.

Mr. Jonathan didn’t quite understand why the head office would make such a decision, but he thought this was indeed a good policy, and it would have a certain impact on those small finance companies!

The main reason why people go to loan sharks instead of getting a loan from a bank is that the bank won’t approve the loan, or approves very little.

But now that the policy has been slightly relaxed, a portion of the people who were not eligible before, for example, those who had collateral but no income, could also borrow money.

Just as Mr. Jonathan was thinking about the things behind these policy changes, his phone suddenly rang with a dring-dring-dring.

“This is Parkway Bank…”

“It’s me, Lance. There’s something I’d like to talk to you about in person.”

“Of course, no problem. Are you coming over, or should I?”

“I’ll come to your place!”

After hanging up the phone, Jonathan told his secretary that someone would be coming over later, and asked him to turn away other visitors or schedule new visitors for later.

For him, Lance was obviously more important than other visitors.

More than twenty minutes later, Lance, led by the secretary, entered Jonathan’s office.

A luxurious office.

The decoration and various furnishings in this office probably cost tens of thousands, but now here, they were just a part of the vice president’s office.

After Jonathan had the secretary bring a pot of good coffee, the two closed the door.

Lance sipped his coffee and didn’t speak immediately. Jonathan didn’t rush him either. He knew that Lance must be thinking about how to start, which also made him feel interested and puzzled. What on earth did Lance want to say?

After about a few minutes, he finally said, “I have a friend who wants to transfer a large sum of money out of his original account, and he doesn’t want anyone to know where the money is going. Is there any good way?”

Jonathan glanced at the closed door again and lowered his voice, “Are you helping someone launder money?”

This was the only thing he could think of.

Lance shook his head, “Not money laundering, just… I don’t know how to say it, but that’s roughly what I mean.”

Jonathan thought for a moment, “How much?”

“Eight figures.”

Jonathan was stunned for a good while, “Does that include the two decimal places?”

“Jonathan, I’m not kidding. Eight figures, before the decimal point!”

Jonathan sucked in a cold breath. He also vaguely knew that there might be something wrong with the origin of this money, “I have to ask first, is this matter safe?”

Lance told the truth, “Not very safe.”

Only then did Jonathan begin to think seriously. He thought of many ways, but in the end, he still shook his head, “Whether the funds flow between different accounts within the bank, or between different banks, there will always be traces of the operation.”

“If the traces are broken at a certain step, then you find the person responsible for this step. It must be his doing.”

“If no one checks this money, I can help you with the transfer. But with such a large sum of money, as long as its owner calls the police and investigates it, it’s definitely impossible to hide it!”

Lance proposed another idea, “What if it passes through a bank account and then is transferred abroad?”

Jonathan handed him the document in his hand, “The Federal Reserve Bank and the head office have just issued a document. Large sums of money leaving the country require prior application. With so much money, at this time, what you need is not just time, Lance.”

Lance also understood his meaning and suddenly felt a little regretful. Such a large sum of money was right in front of him, but he couldn’t get it…

“Is there no way at all?”

Jonathan kept shaking his head, “I really want to help you. We are friends, but we really can’t do this.”

Lance was silent for a moment and said, “I don’t know if this news can help you, but I think you might be able to use it.”

Jonathan suddenly became interested. Intelligence worth eight figures must be useful.

“Have you heard of Basil Investment Bank?” Lance asked.

Jonathan nodded, “I’ve heard of it, and more than once.”

“They have a great reputation among freelance investors recently. The super high return rate is a bit incredible. I’ve always felt that they might not be very legitimate, or that they are using that money for illegal purposes.”

“What’s wrong, is your news related to them?”

At this moment, Jonathan’s heart suddenly thumped violently, so much so that he clutched his chest, his eyes wide, “Don’t tell me, the money you want to transfer out is theirs!”

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