Chapter 1305: Chapter 1130: Professional Rivals

After finishing the call with Pierre from France, Joe Ga stood up, stretched, and then walked out of the lounge in a good mood.

As soon as he stepped out, he saw Dorian and Mia Mackenzie standing at the door…

Seeing his boss with a puzzled look, Dorian spread his hands and said, “Boss, Mia reported her compiled intelligence to Thompson and them…

And then they suggested that Mia should talk to you…”

Joe Ga was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, saying, “What kind of intelligence is this that Thompson and the others actually sent you to me…”

Then Joe Ga looked at Dorian and said with a smile, “What about you? Do you know what she said?”

Dorian shrugged and said, “Boss, my English is okay, but most of the words Mia used, I didn’t understand.”

Joe Ga laughed aloud, looking at Mia, and said with a chuckle, “Using professional terms to make P·B’s intelligence officers impatient, you’re quite the talent.

As punishment for teasing your superiors, your salary will be reduced by another level.”

Looking at Mia, whose eyes were about to pop out, he smiled and said, “I heard you’re a Harvard Finance Department graduate with excellent grades…

Though you’re burdened with student loans and working for the FBI because you couldn’t find a good job on Wall Street, I still believe in your abilities.

The punishment is because you didn’t respect your superiors…”

Mia was rather good-looking, with a neat golden ponytail and a slim-fitting business suit, making her look very competent…

Facing the relentless salary cut punishment from the unreasonable boss, Mia said aggrievedly, “Boss, I didn’t disrespect them…”

Joe Ga glanced at Mia’s big brown eyes, waved his hand with a smile, and walked out, saying, “Daybreak is coming soon. If you can’t report your intelligence in layman’s terms before my breakfast, I’ll send you back to the FBI.”

With that, Joe Ga waved at the bewildered Dorian and said, “Don’t just stand there, let’s go to the cafeteria and see what Iron Shovel and the others have made today?”

Dorian quickly followed Joe Ga’s side, glancing back at Mia, who was aggrievedly organizing her words behind them, and then said to Joe Ga, “Boss, is it necessary? You could just listen to what she has to say; isn’t cutting her salary by two levels too harsh?”

Joe Ga snorted and said, “Elephant, if you plan to get married or anything in the future, it’s best to hire an excellent lawyer to help you draft an impeccable prenuptial agreement; otherwise, you might be completely taken advantage of.”

Dorian paused, pointed at his nose, and said, “You mean Mia is deceiving me? No way?

She said a lot just now, I just didn’t understand…”

Joe Ga walked out of the small building, stretched lazily on the porch, returned a salute to a group of passing anteaters, and said with a smile, “See, you don’t even understand what she’s saying, yet you want to speak for her, and you still say you weren’t deceived?

If you ever want to invest in anything in the future, any accountant or investment manager who throws around professional terms and is unwilling to explain them to you, you can call them scammers.

Because most of them are not aiming to make you money but to use your money to earn transaction fees.”

Dorian, surprised, said, “Boss, how do you know Mia was talking about finance matters?”

Joe Ga started walking towards the cafeteria, shaking his head, and said, “In this world, besides people doing various scientific research who need to constantly face new things and new terms, only scammers like to use all sorts of professional terms that sound advanced and complicated rules to package their industry.”

Joe Ga’s words were too much for Mia behind them. She caught up with Joe, her expression aggrieved, and said, “Boss, I’ve been following the international financial market recently, and I accidentally discovered that the Crete Island construction bonds commissioned by Greece to be issued by P·B bank are being circulated in the secondary market…

Someone is trying to short these bonds, and P·B bank is not only Greece’s guarantor but also the largest bondholder.

Even more seriously, the Greek government has misappropriated some of the funds raised by issuing bonds to repay maturing loans to the IMF and some international creditors.

If this news gets out, the value of the Crete Island development bonds will plummet, and next month is when the first batch of bonds matures.

If P·B bank cannot fill this hole to avoid a Greek default, the bonds in its hands will become worthless paper.

Even if P·B takes over the bonds, the cost of financing new bonds will be pushed very high, possibly to the point where no one is interested, at which point the development of Crete Island will come to a complete halt, and new problems will emerge…”

Joe Ga was stunned for a moment, then he shook his head and laughed, looking at Dorian, and said, “Did you understand this time?”

Dorian spread his hands and said, “I caught that someone is targeting P·B bank…”

Joe Ga nodded with a smile and said, “You see, this is the difference between speaking human language and nonsense!”

Then Joe Ga turned to look at Mia and said with a smile, “Join me for breakfast, and in some time, accompany me to Greece.

I think your aim doesn’t seem to be with P·B; where do you want to work?”

Mia’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she replied with her modestly sized chest puffed out, “P·B bank, Shark Fund, Rainbow Fund…

I personally prefer Shark Fund because it has been the highest-yielding investment fund on Wall Street for the past three years!

Of course, P·B bank is also great…”

Joe Ga walked into the cafeteria, waved at Nis and the others who were having breakfast not far away, and then turned to call Mia to follow, saying with a smile, “Is it really that hard to find a job on Wall Street?

Miss, you’re still drawing a salary from the FBI, using the FBI as a stepping stone to jump to Wall Street through P·B is risky!”

Mia wasn’t embarrassed at all when her undercover identity was revealed, because there are many like her in P·B. Everyone just has different needs, but the only commonality is that everyone works very hard…

Because if you don’t work hard, you’ll be ‘returned’, and P·B will send a ‘thank you letter’ filled with sarcasm to these people’s old employers.

Considering the kind of business P·B is engaged in, generally, when an undercover is exposed, being able to return alive is actually a good thing, but that sarcastic thank you letter is just too brutal, explicitly stating that the reason for the return is ‘incompetence’.

For most intelligence units, it’s simply a matter of sending someone else, but for individuals, the feeling of having your future ruined is too terrible.

So most of P·B’s undercovers not only work hard, but also keep learning.

Some of them want to prove they’re good enough, preparing to resign and switch to P·B as official employees when their old employers get impatient due to the lack of valuable intelligence. Others are preparing in case they can’t find a suitable job after being optimized out.

Mia was the former, and her purpose was very clear…

Facing Joe’s question, Mia smiled bitterly and said, “Boss, for some people, getting a job on Wall Street is easy, but for others, it’s very hard.

My father was once a Wall Street failure, and his failure dragged down many people, so…”

Joe Ga waved his hand to indicate that Mia didn’t need to say too much. He picked up a large bowl and walked over to Potato Tony, greeted him cheerfully, and asked for a large bowl of handmade noodles…

Poured some spicy sauce made by Old Ox himself, added half a bowl of sliced beef, and sprinkled a handful of green onions, then gave a thumbs up to Xiao Hei who was busy with the noodles…

Then he motioned for Mia to get some breakfast too, and he himself took the noodles and sat down next to Nis, where he began to eat with relish.

Although Old Ox was from the Northeast, his boiled chili was absolutely delicious, without the tongue-numbing spiciness, instead, the fragrance of the chili prevailed.

Joe, back when he was in college, had only ever tasted such fragrant chili at an authentic Lanzhou beef noodle restaurant near the campus, so he found it especially delicious.

Nis glanced at Mia, who was awkwardly standing with a breakfast platter, and motioned for her to sit down. Looking at Joe, who was sweating from eating, she said, “Do you want to sleep a bit after breakfast?

The Princess ship will deliver those unmanned fast boats to Djibouti this afternoon. Do you want to watch the navy destroy them?”

Joe Ga listened and shook his head slightly, saying, “Send Ronnie to watch them destroy the torpedoes. Everyone else can take a break, I’ll be working here for the next few days.

I need to arrange affairs in Yemen, and then we’ll take a ship to Greece.

The situation there is more complex than I thought, so we must be well-prepared!”

Nis saw Mia, whose ears had pricked up, was slowing her eating pace, the fork almost touching her nose, and she said with a frown, “Is there anything else besides Turkey?”

Out of the corner of his eye, Joe Ga noticed Mia slowing down her eating pace, nearly getting her fork up her nose, and he said with a laugh, “What specifically happened, I can only confirm after meeting with Gami.

However, our opponent this time is formidable, they found P·B’s most important funding source for rapid development.”

Then Joe Ga looked at the astonished Mia, and with a smile, he said, “Miss Mackenzie, I can roughly understand your yearning for Wall Street, but right now you’ve touched on some dangerous intelligence.

I will be heading to Greece before the end of the month. During this time, I need you to handle your contract with the FBI, and then compile a detailed report for me on Crete Island development bonds.

Remember to write it in terms I can understand…

If you make me feel satisfied, your new job will be secured.”

Mia nodded vigorously, then looked at Joe Ga and said, “Sir, the battle here in Yemen is intense, why are you going to Greece?

And I noticed you didn’t seem very enthusiastic about the matter of bonds, but now you’re saying the opponents found P·B’s core funding source…

I don’t quite understand…”

Joe Ga waved dismissively and said, “You don’t need to understand…

I don’t quite like your eagerness, because you haven’t yet proven your loyalty to me!

Of course, that doesn’t stop me from recommending you to a suitable position once I finish reading a satisfactory report.”

Joe Ga shrugged his shoulders at the curious Nis and said with a smile, “Do I look like a Wall Street tycoon now?”

Nis smiled and shook her head, saying, “You don’t need to be like anyone else.

As long as you pick up a gun, you’re one of a kind!”

Joe Ga let out a sigh and said, “I feel like I have to find something to do…

There’s a voice in my head constantly reminding me that I need to kill something to make the world a better place…”