Cars line the long street.
Wang An and Xu Dian were riding in a car.
Wang An looked back from time to time: "What should we do? Should we get out of the car and comfort Brother Gu? That's a hundred thousand taels!"
Xu Dian shook his head: "Fifty thousand taels and fifty thousand taels of silver notes are here with me!"
"Fifty thousand taels is quite a lot. I don't know what kind of deal the damn Yang family idiot made with Brother Gu. It couldn't be related to our business! I'm not willing to be robbed like this. How about we report it to the official!"
Xu Dian glanced at him and shook his head helplessly: "Master Yang San's father is a fellow intellectual. If you report it to the official, he might be the one who accepts the lawsuit!"
"Then what should we do? We just tolerate it?"
"I believe Brother Gu. If he asks me to fight hard, I will definitely go up and fight hard. If he doesn't say anything, then I will just stay quiet!"
Two empty carriages were parked in the Zhou family courtyard.
Opening the door, Zhou Dagu went straight into the room.
Wang An and Xu Dian looked at each other, shook their heads helplessly and walked into the room.
Zhu Xiaowu leaned against Zhou Dagu's window and hesitated before speaking: "Can I talk to you?"
"Go to sleep! Understand, there is more excitement to see!"
"I understand, but my head is almost spinning. I really can't see what you are going to do! Zhou Dagu!"
Zhu Xiaowu covered his head in pain: "Every time I feel that my brain is standing on the same level as you, I look up and find that you are already on the fifth floor!"
"Brother Gu, please, tell me what on earth you are doing?"
Zhou Dagu opened the window. The expression on his face was strange. It wasn't sadness or regret.
But he is suppressing a smile!
"Ha! Well! Go to sleep and we will tell you tomorrow! We will tell you tomorrow!"
The moon was revealed, but was frightened into the clouds by the laughter that came from nowhere.
Sunrise, another day.
Zhou Dagu went out early.
Walking on the street of Fuxuezhong, I saw vendors who didn't say hello to him on weekdays. They also smiled happily: "Hello Zhou Mingzhou! Zhou Mingzhou, I also have some spare money. I wonder if I can do your business!"
"Oh! Why are you ignoring people?"
"What a scholar, you are just a bastard. If you have a business to make money, you will ignore us poor people. Fortunately, I did not blindly do business with you a few days ago!"
The vendor next to him grabbed his sleeve: "Hey! Don't blame him for ignoring you, have you heard?"
"What did you hear?"
"The business that makes money is actually not Zhou Dagu's, but the Yang family's. He, Zhou Dagu, is just the shopkeeper promoted by the Yang family. The Yang family knew that he was not doing things well, so they fired his shopkeeper!"
"These poor scholars can only do shopkeeper's work. Who did you listen to?"
"Our family has relatives in the Tiger Gang, it's not like you don't know about it!"
"Then, can I still invest in this business now? I heard that a scholar invested one hundred and fifty taels, and got two hundred taels the next day! This is no better than the money we make by working hard every day!"
"It's definitely a good investment! I heard that the young master of the Yang family is going to open the door for business. He won't hide it. The store is in the south of the city!"
"Yes, Yang Tongzhi is a good official. When he has good things, he will definitely think of us poor people. He is different from them who pretend to be noble scholars!"
"I'm going to make a bet, will you go?"
"You would be a fool not to go!"
Zhou Dagu walked into the gate of Fuxue dejectedly.
As soon as he came in, he was surrounded by scholars.
"Zhou Mingzhou, we thought about it. We were the ones who acted impulsively yesterday!"
"Yes, the three of us have collected ten taels of silver. See if you can let us invest another one!"
Zhou Dagu lowered his head and sighed: "Alas!"
"Zhou Mingzhou, what's going on? Just ask. If you can't let go, we can kowtow to you and apologize!"
Liu San laughed at the desk: "You still don't know?"
"What do you know?" The students looked at him.
"This business does not belong to Zhou Dagu in the first place, but to the Yang family. He is just helping the Yang family manage it. He borrowed money a few days ago just to take the opportunity to buy shares. Now the third young master of the Yang family knows about it and has taken away his power. , this business is no longer in his charge!”
Niu Ruxian stood up and his eyes looked like bull's eyes: "Ah! Zhou Mingzhou, is this true?"
Zhou Dagu shook his head and sighed: "No, I originally found the business, but the Yang family is powerful!"
"You also know how much money I got yesterday. He found the source of my business and took it away. Now no one will cooperate with me!"
"I would like to take control of the business, but I am just a child from a military family!"
"Oh! I'm really powerless!"
The students looked at each other in confusion. In front of Zhou Dagu, their bent waists gradually straightened up: "Ah! So that's it. Then this business has nothing to do with you now?"
"Then why are we begging you? If we want to vote, we should go to the Yang family!"
"But the Yang family is powerful, and I don't know if they will take notice of it. We have three melons and two dates. What if he doesn't let us vote?"
Liu San shook his head: "No! Master Yang San has spoken!"
"The Yang family doesn't care about certain people when doing business. The Yang family is not seeking wealth, it is just to take care of the people of Qingxue Mansion. Anyone with money can invest!"
"The young master said, this is asking you to give me some trust, and I will give you a piece of blue sky!"
"The name of their store is Blue Sky Investment Bank!"
Zhou Dagu lay on the desk pretending to be sad and hiding his smile.
Young Master Yang San is really smart. Not only did he take the blame, he also detailed the Ponzi scheme!
But the reason why this business is called a Ponzi scheme is because it is a scam and will not last long. In the end, when no one invests anymore, the market will explode!
The people of Qingxue Mansion have only seen demonic riots, but they have never seen how terrible the economic collapse is!
Zhou Dagu also didn't know how many people this monster called Greedy, released by him, would eat.
"The Master is here!" the boy shouted loudly.
In the classroom, the old master worked hard on what he had learned all his life, but found that there was no way to mobilize the students' attention. Their spirits seemed to have wandered into another world.
Professor Han had no choice but to wait for only half an hour before he waved his ruler and said, "Humph! If you take a day's rest, your souls will be gone!"
"That's it for today's lesson! Don't waste your time like this tomorrow!"
Professor Han leaves.
The students fell silent and the classroom was divided into several small groups.
Several students looked at each other.
"we?"
"Let's go! Go invest money!"
"But, if Zhou Mingzhou is not in charge of the business, can I still invest in it?"
"What we invest is money, and what we earn back is money. No matter whose business it is, didn't you see that all those businessmen have invested money!"
Zhou Dagu slammed the table: "My classmates, Zhou Dagu sincerely advises you not to vote! The Yang family is not well-intentioned, and I'm afraid you will lose everything in the end!"
"Hmph! Why didn't you say this when Zhou Dagu was doing business?" A student stood up and objected.
Liu San echoed: "He just doesn't want us to get rich. Do you remember?"
"Yesterday, he, Zhou Mingzhou, said that anyone with less than ten taels of silver would not be allowed to invest. We are poor scholars. Whoever has so much money, he just doesn't like us!"
The poison called jealousy spreads in the school. Driven by greed, many students are ready to take action.
Zhou Dagu stood up and shouted sternly: "Think about it, considering my personality as Zhou Dagu and my literary name, what do the Yang family do on a daily basis?"
"Would I lie to you for a small profit?"
“As a classmate, I hereby request everyone not to invest!”
In the school, many students sat down.
But a few people stood up with red eyes.
Money, fame, and fortune move people's hearts.
"No, if you get rich, you can't block the way for all of us to get rich!"
"I'm going to Yang's house today to invest money. Let's see who dares to stop me!"
"Brother Zhang, let's go together!"
"Let's go together!"
Several people followed Liu San and left the school.
Zhu Jinwen looked at Zhou Dagu: "Zhou Mingzhou, without telling you who invested the money in advance, do you think we should get back the money we invested yesterday?"
Zhou Dagu asked him: "Why did you invest money?"
"Because of your reputation!"
"Then you still ask!"
When Zhou Dagu left school, he still had a scene to perform, and he wanted to completely remove himself from the negative impact of this incident.
Zhu Xiaowu followed him, his face uncertain.
After pondering for a long time, he still couldn't help but speak: "Zhou Mingzhou, are you persuading them in the school for your own conscience, or for them not to blame you in the end?"
Zhou Dagu took two quick steps and suddenly stopped: "Both! Classmate Zhu, the world is not black and white! I can't explain whether I am good or bad!"
"If you must tell me!"
"I can only say that I, Zhou Dagu, am a good person amidst evil!"
Zhu Xiaowu continued to ask: "Then, have you ever regretted releasing the greedy demon?"
Zhou Dagu smiled and suddenly said: "I want to survive first!"
"Is it okay to just survive at the expense of other people's lives?" Zhu Xiaowu asked.
"Fifth brother, I didn't release the devil, I just took out a knife. It's not me who decides who to kill with this knife!"
Zhou Dagu quickly disappeared at the gate of the school: "Fifth brother, Young Master Yang San is right, I am just a child from a stinky military family. It is harder for me to survive than you think!"
"Perhaps, one day, I will say, I did something wrong!"
"But I'm not wrong!"
