Chapter 233: Fundraising

Chen Mo's words left several people stunned.

Chen Mo would not go to war with Wang Bao over money; that excuse is something they wouldn't believe.

"Ah Mo, do you have any other worries?" Thirteen Sister asked, frowning.

When Chen Mo first came out of Chi Zhu, with hardly any money he dared to go to war with Grand Peace.

Now that his business has grown, yet he's unwilling to fight Wang Bao — no matter how you think about it, something's off.

Chen Mo smiled: "Sister, you're overthinking. I'm really saving money now; my funds will soon be needed for something big, I can't spend it on filming."

Coincidentally, speaking of money, I have something to discuss with you.

"I recently have an opportunity to make a quick buck; are you two interested in joining?"

Chen Mo plans to bring Thirteen Sister and Han Bin along to make money — after all, they're all our own people.

As for Konglong, Chen Mo simply excluded him.

It's not that they're on bad terms; it's that Konglong basically has no capital.

The little money he earns is enough for his own expenses; he can't save any of it.

"Sure, definitely interested." Hearing Chen Mo talk about making money, Thirteen Sister and Han Bin both became interested.

"What opportunity? Tell us about it."

Chen Mo gave a mysterious smile and shook his head.

"The time isn't right yet, so I can't say. Just tell me how much you can invest — it has to be clean money, no dirty money."

Although many money‑laundering institutions use stocks to help triads and corrupt officials launder dirty money,

but the process is extremely cumbersome.

If mishandled, it's easy to attract the attention of the Commercial Crime Investigation Bureau.

Chen Mo plans to use their money to trade stocks for profit — not money laundering, so he naturally won't use dirty money.

Upon hearing Chen Mo say they'd use clean money, Han Bin and Thirteen Sister both showed a hint of embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo asked, puzzled. "You both run A‑goods and KTV businesses — surely you've saved some clean money?"

"I do have some, just not much." Thirteen Sister said guiltily. "My clean money is all invested in stocks."

"Mine too." Han Bin said the same.

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows: "You still understand stocks?"

It's not that Chen Mo looks down on them; how many people in Gangdao's triads actually understand stocks?

They have a bit of money, but most of it goes into opening bars and nightclubs, with very little invested in other industries.

Hearing Chen Mo's question, Han Bin flashed a hint of displeasure: "Who says we don't understand?"

"Besides, we have stockbrokers — we don't need to understand it ourselves."

My stockbroker said the Hong Kong stock market is a bull market, indeed a big bull market — you can make money buying stocks at random.

Over the past two months, he's helped me make over ten million.

Chen Mo understood.

They've heard that the Hong Kong stock market is a bull market, that making money is easy, and have handed all their money to their stockbroker to trade.

Actually, their approach isn't problematic; the Hong Kong stock market really is a bull market.

Their stockbroker is probably just trying to earn extra commissions, not deceiving them.

However, the market is a bull market now, but next month who knows?

Chen Mo thought for a moment, then said: "Sister, Brother Bin, stocks are risky — no one can guarantee steady gains without loss."

"If you trust me, sell the stocks you hold and give me the money."

"I guarantee that before long I'll have you earning more than the stocks would."

"Well... Ah Mo, the stock rally is strong right now; selling now would be a shame."

"Why don't you first tell me what you plan to do? If you're short on cash, I can help you think of a solution."

Han Bin doesn't distrust Chen Mo; it's just that seeing the stocks rise every day makes him reluctant to sell.

After some hesitation, Thirteen Sister said: "Ah Mo, if you urgently need money, I can give you one million first."

"In a couple days I'll sell my stocks — that'll be around twenty million — and then I'll call you."

Compared to Han Bin, Thirteen Sister trusts Chen Mo more.

Hearing Thirteen Sister's words, Chen Mo gave Han Bin a provocative smile.

"Brother Bin, your Bin Ni Hu is a bit weak — your courage doesn't even match Thirteen Sister's."

"No wonder Thirteen Sister has never liked you."

"Damn! What are you saying?" Han Bin, provoked by Chen Mo, couldn't stay seated.

"It's just money! Tomorrow I'll have my stockbroker sell the stocks and give you fifty million!"

"Good! It's a deal!"

Chen Mo's voice suddenly rose, giving Han Bin no chance to back out.

"Rest assured, I'll keep this money with me; after a while I'll at least double it."

"However, I'll take a thirty percent cut from your profits — okay?"

Chen Mo is willing to make money with them, but he won't take nothing for himself.

He still knows the saying: gratitude for a measure of rice breeds resentment for a bushel.

"Fine, we'll do it your way — just don't let me lose money."

Han Bin is feeling a bit down.

Why is it that whenever Thirteen Sister gets involved, I can't control my temper!

After Thirteen Sister and the others left, Chen Mo began to consider whether he should borrow a sum of money from the Triad Society.

If the Dragon Head were still Jingkun, Chen Mo would be confident that borrowing one or two hundred million would be no problem.

But now the Dragon Head is Jiang Tiansheng, so it's not so easy to say.

Given Jiang Tiansheng and Chen Mo's current relationship, him not tripping Chen Mo would already be good; how could he possibly lend money to Chen Mo?

Unless Chen Mo promises huge returns.

But how could Chen Mo possibly help Jiang Tiansheng make money!

After careful consideration, Chen Mo still decided to give up this idea.

Rather than borrowing from the Triad Society, it's better to use his properties as collateral and take a bank loan.

Saying done, done, Chen Mo immediately contacted Lu Bin Sun, had him organize all his assets and properties, and contacted the bank for short-term loans.

Using the bank's money, only need to pay a few extra points of interest, which is much more worthwhile than borrowing from the Triad Society.

In order to make money in next month's stock crash, Chen Mo has, through Yu Lan Can's casino, laundered all the remaining sixty million US dollars he had.

Even the black money in his Swiss bank account has been largely laundered, leaving only enough for the next few months to pay his underlings' wages.

Chen Mo can't wait for the movie to come out and slowly launder money via box office.

Now losing a bit more in fees, during the stock crash he can earn it back double.

However, Chen Mo still cares about the movie's filming.

This movie is the first film of Galaxy Film Company; its box office performance determines whether the company can establish itself in Gangdao.

However, Chen Mo overlooked the release timing when deciding to make the movie.

According to normal schedule, the film can only finish shooting this month, then after editing, dubbing, special effects and other post-production processes, release would have to wait until after the stock crash.

By that time, most of the Gangdao market will face asset shrinkage; who would still be in the mood to watch movies!

Isn't the rooftop flyer better-looking than the movie?

The film's investment cost is nearly ten million, basically doomed to lose money.