Chapter 78: The Rescued Rush

Club, Ben arranges one last thing and returns home from get off work with his purse in hand.

As night falls, homeless people walk out of the dark alleys and wander around on the street. The sewage buckets in the back kitchen of restaurants, the trash cans in the street, and the slop buckets in hotels are their favorites.

The food that is about to go bad and discarded is the guarantee of their lives!

The road was also quiet, except for the occasional passing tram, only Ben was leaving quickly.

Whenever his car passed by, a homeless man would turn his head and stare at his car with greed and hatred in his eyes.

If it weren't for the two bodyguards in the car, Ben would never have dared to go home after dark.

Hungry bums would come up and overturn his car, eat him alive and take anything of value from him before the police arrived.

"Huh..." After passing through that scary block, Ben, who was holding back his breath, let out a long breath.

Two blocks ahead is Nan Keiler Street. The people who can still live here are middle-class or wealthy, and the law and order is much better than other places.

There are not only wealthy areas here, but also the Federal Building. Because of this, it is also one of the safest areas in Chicago.

There are fewer and fewer homeless people on both sides of the street. They wear cheap suits and keep a clean and tidy appearance.

Most of them look haggard and disappointed, but they don't have the greed and madness of those homeless people before. When they look at the passing vehicles, most of their eyes are reminiscence and regret.

Most of the homeless who can stay here are former middle-class or rich people. Bankruptcy caused them to lose their houses, but the government did not drive them out of the neighborhood.

Good family education and the quality of inheritance allow most of them to maintain a sense of reason and optimism even in the face of bankruptcy.

William also didn't want to force these people to have nowhere to go. When the economy recovers, with knowledge and experience, they will soon be able to live a glamorous life. The strength of the United States needs them.

And this regulation has also been endorsed by several neighborhoods. Most of these bankrupt homeless people are their former colleagues, neighbors, friends, and even family members.

Although their families are not rich now, this does not prevent them from providing some insignificant help.

Such as staying in a safe neighborhood, a small amount of food and water, occasionally providing them with hot water for washing, sleeping on a soft sofa next to a warm fireplace for a night.

"Wait." Ben Zheng casually looked out the window, and suddenly a familiar figure flashed out of the corner of his eyes, and hurriedly asked the driver to stop the car.

squeak~~

The sound of rapid brakes was harsh, and the homeless people who were wandering in a daze raised their heads, looked at the car with some expectation, and thought, 'Has there been another lucky one? '

Rush was wearing ripped trousers, the wound on his knee had just healed, and his suit worth $1,000 was torn into shreds, and he was walking forward in a daze.

"Rush!" Ben jumped out of the car and ran towards the unkempt Rush Jeff, the co-pilot's bodyguard hurried to follow.

The driver opened the car door, put the Chicago typewriter on the roof, and looked around with a warning look, as if to say, "Don't mess around." '

"Rush, you..." Ben looked at this former colleague and friend, and couldn't imagine that Rush, who was once high-spirited and worth a lot of money, would become what he is now.

Rush gave a funny smile, raised his hand numbly and said, "Hi, Ben."

"...Hi, Rush." ​​Ben stepped forward and hugged him, not dissatisfied that his suit would be stained by the dirt on his body.

"Follow me home, let's go." Ben dragged Rush into the car: "Go home."

After Rush hesitantly stepped on the expensive carpet, sat on the sofa with a flushed face, and received the hot tea from Joanna, Ben began to ask him about his recent whereabouts.

"You're right, Ben, I've been blinded by greed, and devastated by disaster,

Jobs, houses, cars, all used to fill vacancies,

Mary returned to the UK with her child, and after we divorced, she took away the family's only savings, huh..."

With hot tea in both hands, Rush buried his head between his legs, his shoulders shrugging and sobbing like a winter gale.

The temperature emanating from the teacup was the first warmth he felt in two months.

Joanna leaned on her husband's shoulder, looking at this poor man with red eyes, unemployed, bankrupt, and the once beautiful life collapsed in an instant.

At this time, the wife chose to divorce and left the United States with the children.

Oh God, it's all so unfortunate...

"Rush, I think I can offer you a job." Ben thought over and over again, and still felt that he should do so.

There is no doubt about Rush's talent. Before the stock market crash, he was responsible for managing a wealth of up to 6 million dollars, including many well-known investors.

It is not his fault that he has become like this. Investors, economists, and wealthy businessmen who are more famous than him have been looted by this disaster.

Not everyone has the predictive ability of BOSS that is almost like a monster. Even Ben, who is aware of the crisis, never dared to imagine that this disaster will evolve into a global financial crisis.

If it weren't for Li Zitao, the best end for him now would be to be unemployed and stay at home, relying on savings to live carefully.

And as the disaster spread and progressed, he could only move out of here like his neighbors, live in the suburbs with poor security, reduce expenses, and strive to survive the cold winter.

"Ben." Rush raised his head excitedly and wiped his eyes vigorously: "Are you serious?"

"Of course, would I use this kind of thing as a joke?" Ben said with a smile.

"But, but I..." Rush's face turned red, thinking that he used to laugh at Ben for being old-fashioned like his grandfather, he didn't know what to say.

"Rush, I hired you because of your ability and nothing else. After all, I need to be responsible for the BOSS." Ben looked at him sincerely.

"Thank you, thank you... Ben." Rush lowered his head, his eyes turned red again unnaturally.

"I'm going to prepare the guest room. I think he needs a temporary place, right, dear?" Joanna stood up and looked at her husband tenderly.

"Yes, he needs to live here for a while." Ben nodded in agreement.

In the middle of the night, lying in the silky and silky quilt like milk, Rush gently pulled the quilt, covered his neck and pinched the corners of the quilt, looking at the ceiling for a long time, unable to fall asleep.

He hadn't experienced this kind of warm care for a long time, so he was a little worried about gains and losses, and he was even more grateful to Ben and Joanna in his heart.

Recalling the life and sufferings of the past, the heart-wrenching feeling seemed to be relieved a lot, and Rush fell asleep in a daze in the memory.

"Rush, Rush..." The call gradually spread into the brain.

Rush opened his eyes nervously, and sat up with a snap. When he saw the tidy room and felt the warmth from his body, he remembered that he no longer lived in the park.

"Rush, are you up?" Joanna's voice sounded outside the door.

"Yes, yes, I'll be right there." Rush's voice was a little hoarse. He was covered too tightly last night, and his body suddenly changed from extremely cold to extremely hot. He seemed to be on fire.

After getting dressed and washing, Rush came to the living room, Joanna was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, Ben sat on the sofa and read the newspaper.

"Hey, Rush, come sit down," Ben called back at the sound of his footsteps.

"What are you looking at?" Realizing that Ben was fascinated, Rush asked curiously.

"New speech from our great president, ahem." Ben cleared his throat, and said in a strange tone: "America is free, great, and the Federation will never interfere with the freedom of the market in any form, ha, what a fool Speak."

Hearing Ben's sarcasm, Rush nodded in agreement and said: "The market has been completely chaotic, and it is gradually crumbling from the bottom up. This is the collapse of the entire system.

What is most needed now is a strong external force, a force that can reverse this situation, hehe, it seems that our new president has other plans. "

"Everyone understands this, maybe the team in Washington is more suitable to perform in the circus." Ben said sarcastically.

"Hey, honey, I need your help." Seeing the two getting angry, Joanna turned around and interrupted their conversation.

She didn't want to spend a 'hot' morning. This time should be warm and pleasant. As for work, it was time outside of the family.

"Ha, the queen's call." Ben shrugged funnyly and walked towards the kitchen.

Looking at the loving Ben and Joanna, Rush's eyes were full of envy. Although there was only a brief exchange, Joanna still left a deep impression on him.

Kind, beautiful, generous, full of the charm of a mature intellectual woman, with love and compassion, treating him like a family member.

"What a perfect couple," thought Rush, walking to the dinner table amidst the cheers of the two.

After breakfast, the two sat in Ben's Buick and rushed to the club under the escort of bodyguards.

"Everyone, please come here." Ben clapped his hands, and pointed to Rush after attracting everyone's attention: "This is a new companion, Rush Jeff, everyone welcome."

"Welcome to join, Rush." ​​Everyone greeted warmly.

"Thank you, thank you everyone." Rush took off his hat and bowed. The decent suit and top hat on his body were given to him by Ben.

"Okay, let's get on with it!" The crowd dispersed, Ben led Rush to the desk, found a document and handed it to him.

"This is the current trend of the think tank in the stock market. The request of the BOSS is to absorb as many shares as possible." On the way here, Ben had already briefly explained the responsibilities of the think tank.

"So many?" Opening the file, Rush said in surprise.

General Electric, Steel, Radio, Standard Oil, Bethlehem Steel, Sears, Roebuck, Telephone & Telegraph, Boeing, Thomas Cook, American Express...

As a stockbroker, these names are very familiar to Rush. They are all darlings in the stock market, and each stock has been looted by stockholders.

"These are the most valuable shares after analysis by the think tank. The boss's order is to continue to buy in and try to get as many shares as possible."

Hearing Ben's words, Rush smiled bitterly: "Everyone wants to do this. Even now, these stocks are still popular, but they are only circulated privately."

Rush was right. In the past two months, except for the small amount of shares that retail investors sold frantically at the beginning, other changes were made in secret transactions.

For example, UUS, the stock price in the market has fallen to 23 US dollars, but at the beginning of the month, JP. Morgan also bought the shares in the hands of two small shareholders at a price of 80 US dollars per share.

Let's talk about the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The 3% stock held by Li Zitao was also spied on by the Wood family.

The price per share is 90 US dollars, and 3% gives a sky-high price of 18 million US dollars.

The price that the think tank bought from the stock market was 18 US dollars, and the profit was 5 times when it was resold, and after being rejected, the other party said that it could raise the price again.

So regardless of the stock market crash, big companies with valuable stocks will never let go.

Li Zitao was able to get the 3% of the shares because he took advantage of the initial market panic and when the giants sat on the sidelines and took a nap, he quietly absorbed it.

"Because of this, our existence is meaningful. If it can be achieved easily, why does the BOSS pay you an annual salary of 10,000 dollars?"

Hearing Ben's joke, Rush's face became agitated, and he regained his composure after taking a few deep breaths. Every time he thought of "an annual salary of $10,000," he couldn't control his little heart.

Rush, who had experienced darkness and loss, was more aware of how precious this opportunity was. He looked up at Ben and nodded solemnly.