Chapter 1035: Residual Value

After the "Q&A" session ended, Cooper didn't leave immediately, because the hotel also had a reception. They booked a restaurant in the hotel, where very rich food was prepared.

Even some fermented fruit juice bubble drinks were placed on the table almost without any cover.

Cooper picked up a bottle and took a sip. It was cold, delicious, and the special feeling of bubbles exploding in his mouth brought a sensory enjoyment. He could taste that this bottle of fruit juice bubble drink was about seven or eight degrees.

You say it's wine, it's wine, but you can also say it's a fermented drink.

"This thing... you just put it on the table like this?", although Cooper also drank wine and stored wine, they didn't have such a practice there.

They would close the door and drink secretly, not publicly.

Cooper also held a bottle of drink in his hand. "Come on, this is Deruixi!"

"Brother, remember, here, Deruixi, there is nothing that capital can't settle."

"If there is, then change to a bigger capital."

"You can enjoy it with peace of mind."

When the two were talking, the voices of some people nearby came over. They both looked over there. It was several investors gathering together to chat.

Cooper and his stockbroker also moved closer.

"This time I'm not joking with you or deceiving any of you, I have a stable, real and effective inside tip..."

He was talking, and suddenly stopped. Several gentlemen surrounding him also followed his gaze to look behind them. They saw Cooper, the stockbroker, and three or four other people who were attracted like them.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on them, which made Cooper feel a bit uncomfortable. "I..."

He just wanted to explain something, and the stockbroker played his role and value. "We are also investors. Just now we heard you say there was some inside news, and we are very interested. If you don't mind..."

The person who spoke took a step forward, and others made a path. He took the initiative to step forward and shook hands with the stockbroker, and reported his name. The stockbroker also said his name.

Then it was Cooper. As a middle-class person, but an engineer working on the assembly line in the factory, this kind of financial circle social activity was his first time participating, and he was a bit constrained.

However, he still learned the appearance of his stockbroker and reached out to shake hands with the guy who was talking. "Cooper, from the north, also an investor."

That person seemed to have a good memory. "I remember you, you sat in the fifth row."

"You all invested more than one hundred thousand, right?"

According to different investment amounts, they would sit in different positions. The stockbroker and Cooper looked at each other, and both nodded, not denying it.

That person patted Cooper's arm, and then looked at the other few people beside him, and also shook hands with them, and said the positions they roughly sat in.

"It seems we are going to welcome some new friends. The answer to the question you just asked is—"

"No problem."

"I can share it with you, because you will know it soon."

"I am not from their company, and I don't have any illegal operations."

"I heard from a... friend of mine, you know, everyone will have many friends, useful ones, useless ones, and very useful ones."

As he spoke, he had some small movements in his hands. These small movements made him look very humorous and witty, and could also help promote the atmosphere, making people's attention always on him.

"I heard that the company headquarters and the Lapa government are negotiating a very critical cooperation. You know about Lapa, poor, backward, war-torn, they can't manage their own industries well at all."

"The president of Hope Mining has some connections in Lapa. They have opened up the joints of the president's side, and it is possible that they will help the Lapa government manage the Lapa government's industries and assets!"

"I don't know how many years they will sign, but it definitely won't be a short time!"

When he heard this news, Cooper didn't make any response immediately. A mechanical engineer, you ask him to interpret the deep meaning of some news that might be everywhere in newspapers or on TV, sorry, he can't do it.

Although he couldn't do it, there were people beside him who could.

"If what you say is true, it means that Hope Mining's scale will expand several times. I know Lapa. Although they are very poor, their material resources are very rich."

"Ores, gems, timber, fishery, and population, in all aspects, are very rich."

"If these things are in the hands of the company, they only need to develop a part of them to make the entire company's market value double!"

At this time, the stockbroker understood. "Do you mean that the company is going to take over all of Lapa's state-owned resources, including usage and so on?"

The gentleman standing in the middle nodded slightly. "Yes, that's what it means."

Suddenly, the stockbroker took a cold breath. "Then Hope Mining's market value may double three or five times, or even more!"

A touch of fanaticism appeared in his eyes.

As a stockbroker, he shouldn't be so invested in his work, he should separate himself from his work a bit, but this was his work, and he trusted his ability and professional quality.

He knew what this represented. This represented that he would become a huge millionaire.

He, and some people around him, suddenly had expressions of ecstasy in their eyes. He grabbed Cooper's arm, trembling with excitement. "We are going to make a fortune!"

The suppressed voice in his throat was squeezed out, and the expression of ecstasy on his face looked a bit ferocious. He looked at Cooper. "Do you understand?"

"We are going to make a fortune!"

Watching these people vent their emotions for a while, the gentleman in the middle used the ring on his ring finger to gently tap the drink bottle held in his other hand, and people's attention was attracted to him again.

"Gentlemen, please don't reveal this matter. I plan to continue to eat into the stock today, at least one million, or two million, as long as the price is reasonable."

"I know some of you are very worried about this. If you intend to leave the market, please sell the stock to me."

The current Federal trading market is still in the era of manual matching, that is to say, someone sells and someone buys, and they find each other to conduct matching transactions.

It is not like the past, where everyone only needs to press a few buttons to trade with all traders in all exchanges.

Here, they can only trade with traders who have trading seats in the three major exchanges, so they support point-to-point buying and selling.

The more he said this, the more others expressed that they were equally optimistic about the future of this stock, and no one would sell it at this time.

To this, the person who revealed the news felt a bit of a pity. "If you want to sell, call me at any time."

He gave these people a business card, which had some titles on it. It looked like a rich person who was transitioning from real entity to finance.

The stockbroker apologized and left in a hurry. Cooper looked at his running back and was a bit curious.

He didn't leave. He stood there listening to them chat about this stock, and chat about other interesting things in the financial trading market, which opened his eyes a lot.

Sure enough, in Deruixi and in their community salon, they were two completely different concepts. The environment, atmosphere, and things that could be contacted here were more, and also more shocking. He was very interested in everything here.

After about ten minutes, the stockbroker ran back in a hurry. He had a kind of excited redness on his face, and sweat.

"What's wrong with you?", Cooper asked.

The stockbroker smiled and shook his head with a pursed mouth, which made Cooper even more interested. "Come on, I trust you so much, are you still trying to hide anything from me now?"

The stockbroker hesitated for a while, and finally pulled his arm and broke away from the crowd. "I got another sum of money, about fifty thousand dollars."

"If what that person said is true, then this fifty thousand dollars will soon become one hundred and fifty thousand, two hundred thousand."

"My total assets may break through one million!"

"Once that day comes, I can retire, and that day is not far from us."

Cooper looked at him a bit uncomprehendingly. "You just heard a piece of news..."

He felt that Cooper had a gambling component, but Cooper said with a smile, "I asked around, what he said seems to be true, many big shots are frequently contacting the Hope Mining Group, and... even if what he said is not necessarily right."

"But as they acquire more mining resources in Lapa and Yalan regions, their stock market value will continue to increase."

"This is the first time I've seen such a good opportunity in so many years of practice!"

"I don't know if there will be any in the future, but if I miss this one, I will regret it for a lifetime!"

His words, and the atmosphere here, also made Cooper's heart move. He was a bit hesitant. He also wanted to increase investment, but he didn't know how to do it.

He glanced at the stockbroker. He remembered that this guy said he had already gone all in. "Where did you get the money?"

The stockbroker stared at him for a while, four or five seconds. "A part of it is borrowed, a part of it is mortgaged, and then I am considering whether to leverage it."

What he said provided Cooper with some ideas. He still had a house, a car, and some other industries including bonds. These things could still scrape together thirty thousand to forty thousand dollars.

If what they said was true, these thirty or forty thousand dollars would soon become more than one hundred thousand.

His breathing also became rapid, and the accelerated blood circulation made him feel hot all over. He picked up the drink bottle and took a big gulp. The cold feeling didn't relieve the burning in his body, but instead made him have a more uncontrollable impulse!

He tore his collar, his breathing became heavy. Opportunity, if lost, will never come again!

For the dream of him and his wife, for the future of his children, for... himself!

Mr. Cooper was about to make a violation... his ancestors might not know what he was going to do, so it couldn't be said to be a violation or not, but he definitely didn't dare to tell his wife about this matter. After all, it involved the whole family.

He knew his wife, sometimes very stubborn. He didn't want to waste this good opportunity because of too much explanation. After he earned more money, she would understand that he was the backbone of this family.

At the same time, the surrounding areas of Zhuolan could already feel the dullness and oppression before the large-scale battle.

The government army had been guarding the river, and they were guarding it quite well. Both sides had been in a state of tug-of-war.

Now, this situation had undergone some changes. These insurgents united together, and under Pedro's initiative and contact, they sat together.

"The current situation is very pessimistic. The pessimistic part is that we don't know how many more national interests Diego and his government have to sell."

"I really don't want to say this, but I have to say it. What we have to face is the Federation, which is stronger than us, countless times stronger."

"If he continues to sell the country, the interests he sold, even if we overthrow him, we won't be able to take them back from the Federation."

"Because we are too weak."

"If we want to take these things back forcefully, the Federal government has a reason to send troops, which is very bad for us, so my idea is—"

"Before he sells out any more of the country's interests, let's pull him down from the presidential position first. This country has been plagued by these ruling-class parasites for too long; it is time for us, the people, to take charge!"

When he spoke, there was a feeling of generosity and excitement. People listened very carefully.

The expression on Luo Si's face was very calm, and no abnormality could be seen.

In fact, he was not too happy now, because since he cooperated with Pedro, these people under him began to gradually lean toward Pedro.

Luo Si was just a worker, but Pedro was a high school teacher. He had been abroad and had been to the Jiede Republic. His knowledge and understanding of the world far exceeded Luo Si.

He would say some big truths that Luo Si couldn't say. Such people are actually the easiest to gain the favor of those who have no culture.

Just like those social activists most common at the bottom of Federal society, they only need a handbag, a box, and then find a street in a slum where people come and go, stand on the box and wave their arms to promote their views and ideas, and a group of people will gather around and become his "believers."

So Luo Si was a bit unhappy. He felt that his things were being stolen, but now was not the time to turn against each other.

Others performed simply, because Pedro's analysis was very correct. Once Diego intended to continue his power by selling the country, then even if they overthrew Diego and took back this country, there would still be no good changes.

For example, the New Federal Center, even if they overthrow the Diego government, they still need to recognize the special status of this New Federal Center in Lapa.

Now there is only one, what if there is a second, a third, and even larger scale, distributed in all parts of Lapa?

They simply couldn't imagine it!

"I support your idea, Pedro, tell us what to do!"

"I also support you, Pedro, do it!"

There were many people who supported him, but there were also some who didn't express their position. They didn't express support, nor did they express opposition, and confirmed this matter with a default posture.

They also had roughly the same thoughts as Luo Si. Overthrowing the Diego government was the result of everyone's joint efforts, but in the end, there could only be one person standing at the peak of power!

They wouldn't give in. When they needed to take a step forward, they wouldn't stop, let alone retreat.

Pedro actually knew this point, but now, their goals were consistent.

"We must fight to the Zhuolan area. Just like I said, the longer it drags on, the worse the situation will be."

"The Federal government has supported him with a lot of equipment and funds. Next time maybe it will be more, so our time is very tight."

"I plan to launch an attack from here...", Pedro turned to a wooden board and began to introduce his combat plan. Behind him was a map, and everyone's attention was attracted to him.

Just when he and these insurgent leaders were discussing how to kick Diego from the presidential throne in a short time, Diego was also bargaining with two people from the Federation.

"I can sign, but after signing, I need you to help me unfreeze my account in the Federation."

There were still tens of millions inside. Even if he didn't do it for himself, he had to do it for his family, although he didn't have a son.

Perhaps it was because people reached this step, and they began to become more rational. He had to leave some bloodline for the Lavila family.

One of the two gentlemen sitting opposite him shook his head slightly. "I can't do this, but I can promise that I can deposit one million into an account you specify."

Diego had actually prepared his psychological construction, but at this moment, he was still so angry!

"One million?!"

"If you do this, I can't sign this agreement at all!", he roared, seemingly really not intending to sign.

But these people were still in that calm manner, as if... he couldn't change anything at all!

"Mr. President, you can not sign, and it doesn't necessarily have to be you who signs, you personally sign."

"If someone else signs this agreement, then we will only deposit the money into someone else's account."

"One million, this is no longer a small number, enough for your family, or the person you hope, to live a very comfortable life in the Federation."

"As long as he doesn't mess around, this money is enough for him to enjoy a wealthy life for a lifetime."

Diego's teeth were tightly bitten. He could hear the threat to him in these people's words, and his gums couldn't hold on and started to bleed.

Facing the strength of these people, his tense and stiff body finally became soft in a sigh.

"I sign..." ===== CHAPTER 1036 =====