Chapter 27 Forming a Think Tank

Boom!

There was the sound of things colliding upstairs, and Joanna clicked the button gracefully and put down the crochet needle in her hand.

"Damn it, I accidentally touched the corner of the table, my dear, where is the medicine box?" Ben raised his arms in pain, and there were small red marks on his elbow shirt.

"Come here." Let him sit on the sofa, Joanna fetched the medicine box briskly and gracefully, and gently cleaned and disinfected her, "What happened?"

"Some things at work, I'm just too excited." Looking at his wife's focused face, the anxiety in Ben's heart gradually subsided, and he relaxed and leaned on the sofa, thinking about the news he just received.

"Okay, be careful not to get wet for a few days." After treating the wound, Joanna packed the medicine box on the table.

"Thanks, oh, I can't imagine life without you," Ben said lovingly.

"It's going to be a mess." Joanna relishes the compliment, which makes her feel worthwhile in the family.

"I still need to make a phone call, how about we have dinner together later?" Ben held his wife's hand, but his eyes revealed the signal that he wanted to leave.

"Don't make me wait too long." Joanna didn't blame him. She liked Ben who worked hard. It was his seriousness and responsibility that allowed him to maintain his own masculine charm.

"Boss, I have something to tell you." When Li Zitao received Ben's call, he was lying on the bed listening to the radio.

The broadcast mentioned that Chaplin starred in "The Circus" last year, which won him the Hollywood Academy Award, which is later known as the Academy Award.

"Well, I see. We'll talk about it tomorrow when we meet." After hearing Ben's judgment, Li Zitao hung up the phone and had to sigh in his heart that the world will never lack geniuses.

Shlomo ben Itzkic, a clever Jew, speculated that the stock market may experience major turmoil in recent months based on the fluctuations in the stock market and some information.

Of course, this turmoil is much more terrifying than what he described and imagined.

The next day, Li Zitao saw an excited Shlomo ben Itzkić in the clubhouse of the Blue and White Chamber of Commerce.

"Mr. Li, this is the analysis I made last night. From..." Ben took out his notebook and put it in front of Li Zitao. Just as he was about to boast, he interrupted him with his hand.

"Ben, I don't need to look at any data, but I can tell you that your analysis is correct." Li Zitao said calmly.

Ben's face was as ugly as eating fly droppings, 'FK, why are you so sure, do you have data? Do you have experience? Do you have a huge network and news? '

No, of course Li Zitao doesn't have all these things, but he has one thing that he and even the whole world don't have.

He has memories of his previous life, he knows about Black Thursday and Black Tuesday, he knows that when the Great Depression hit, one-third of the world's people faced unemployment.

He also knew that this crisis would bring him a lot of money and trouble.

When the whole world is losing money, the person who makes money is like a monkey standing in the crowd, which will attract countless prying eyes and attention.

That's why he needs political strength, making friends with William Dever, and actively leaning over when Nucky is wooing him. Only when he thinks of Dwight's origins will he be so excited.

Vigorously develop S.H.I.E.L.D., win over manpower, buy people's hearts, and even give up the easily-obtained position of "Godfather".

Because he didn't want to wear the mark of the mafia when he was turned upside down, which would make the upper class reject or even hate him.

And at that time, the huge profits he is about to win will be mercilessly occupied and devoured by all the jealous bastard capitalists.

"Ben, remember what I said?" Li Zitao knocked on the table.

"What?" Ben is still feeling lost and angry, why every time he wants to show his existence and sense of accomplishment,

Li Zitao would mercilessly interrupt him.

"September." Li Zitao said calmly.

When he heard that number, a certain nerve in Ben's brain jumped, and then he looked at him with an incredulous look, "September? Did you discover it long ago?"

"That's right." The beep doesn't matter if it's fake or not, the stage is set up.

Getting up briskly, Li Zitao wandered around the room, "When October comes, everything you see now will collapse with a buzz."

As Li Zitao's hand made a lifting motion, it suddenly appeared next to the corner of his eyes, Ben's heart jumped involuntarily, his body suddenly bounced off the seat, and fell down weakly.

"I need you to get me the wealth I deserve in this feast. Is there a problem?" Pressing his firm palm on his shoulder, Ben fell into silence for a long time.

"How are you sure?" Ben's voice was a little hoarse, his head was messed up at the moment, and his thoughts were also messed up, completely without the shrewdness of the past.

"Ben, can you get me a loan from JP Morgan?" The capital in his hand is far from enough, and Li Zitao needs to find sufficient funds to complete his plan.

"I don't know." Ben's head was in such a mess that he didn't know what he was talking about.

"I need you to raise as much money as possible for me. From the beginning of September, you can start shorting the market, and you can get 1% of the reward."

Pressing Ben's right hand hard, Li Zitao said with certainty: "Believe me, that will be a huge sum of money, even though it is only 1%."

There are still two and a half months left, and Li Zitao wished that time would be a slide show that he could quickly slide through and reach the moment of harvest.

But he knew that none of this was possible, so he had to be more patient.

As for telling Ben about all this, Li Zitao wanted to lure him into his group, a "brain trust group" composed of elites from various industries, which was called a bad street in the previous life, but it does not exist in this era.

Large companies prefer to classify, assign the things they are good at to the departments they are good at, and each is responsible for their own affairs, so that everything seems to be in order.

Li Zitao knows that his memory of this era is limited, and his mind can't play with those investors and capital tycoons who make waves on Wall Street.

So he needs a wise 'brain' to help him move forward and help him succeed.

And Ben, who can detect the stock market crisis and make correct judgments, is a qualified candidate in his opinion.

Li Zitao did not believe that he was the only one who discovered the crisis in the stock market. Could it be that no one had discovered those Wall Street elites who could stir up the capital market and make the whole world revolve around the New York Stock Exchange?

No, it's just that they can't control their greed. The immediate interests and the rapid development of the United States for 40 years have made them forget what danger is.

In contrast, Ben, who can keep calm amidst wealth and interests, seems so rare and precious, what a talent!

In the early 1920s, the New York Stock Exchange became the largest and most influential trading market in the world in one fell swoop, relying on the rapid economic development of the United States for 40 years and the explosive growth during World War I.

This makes the proud Wall Street elites believe that there is nothing in this world that can resist the power of capital, and they themselves represent capital.

So, until disaster strikes, they still can't believe that all this is true.

"Mr. Li, I need to calm down and think. I can't give you any answer right now." Ben stood up in a daze.

"Of course, but before this feast comes, you live here! I will have your wife invited to be your companion,

Don't worry, this is not house arrest, just to prevent unnecessary trouble, you are free to come and go at any time. "

Convincing people with virtue, Li Zitao thinks he is not arrogant, and it is related to the Great Depression. Li Zitao is not sure if he will talk nonsense, so appropriate measures are still necessary.

For example, let him live here temporarily, not touch the phone, and there are two 'loyal' special guards to protect his safety when he enters and exits.

Of course, the loyalty here refers to Li Zitao.

"Please don't hurt my wife, can I call her personally?" Ben asked with a little fear in his eyes.

"Ben, don't worry, I just don't want things to get out of control, and I will never do anything to hurt Mrs. Itzkitch." Li Zitao said sincerely.

"Okay! I want to go back to the room to calm down." Ben knew that he had no bargaining capital, and now he needed to calm himself down as soon as possible before he could make a decision.

"Of course." After snapping their fingers, two Chinese special guards came over, "Send Ben back to the room, and just tell them what you need."

In the afternoon, Mrs. Itzkitch, Joanna and Ben met in the room on the second floor of the clubhouse. When he learned that Joanna had not been threatened or hurt in any way, his inner dissatisfaction and fear finally dissipated.

"Ben, what's going on here?" Joanna felt a little palpitating when she thought of being invited into the car by two strange men who were holding her husband's briefcase.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry, nothing will happen." Ben hugged his wife, comforting her flustered heart.

"Are they gangsters? Mafia? Are they kidnapping?" Joanna calmed down, raised her head from her husband's chest, and looked at Ben with concern and doubt.

"No... this is my client's club." Ben could see what she was thinking, shook his head and said with a wry smile.

Joanna was asking him if he had participated in some illegal activities, which is why he was under house arrest here today.

"Client??" Joanna opened her mouth in disbelief, "Then why would he do that?"

"Huh? There is some trouble." Ben didn't know what to say, should he tell her that his client deduced that there would be a catastrophe in the stock market, and he wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune?

"Oh my God! I can't believe there are such savage clients." Joanna complained as she sat next to her.

"He's not savage, just, just..." I didn't know how to describe this Chinese client, bold? brutal? vulgar?

No, if you really want to describe it, it is mysterious, yes, it is mysterious.

Just like his initial appearance, there is a mysterious atmosphere from the beginning to the end, making people unpredictable, and you will never be able to see through his inner thoughts.