Society owes me a brother

Chapter 188

"I didn't expect that Mr. Lu's psychological quality and acting skills are so good that even I was deceived." Carl's recognizable voice came from the receiver, and he praised with a smile.

"Mr. Carl has won the prize. Your acting skills are also good." Thinking of the bomb that was taken away by the bomb disposal experts, Lu Chi paused, and added: "The skill of digging pits is also good."

A chuckle came from the other end of the phone, and Carl asked, "I don't know what Mr. Lu thinks about the rumors about the heart-stealer?"

Lu Chi didn't respond.

Carl continued: "Mr. Lu must have heard about the financial resources of heart-stealers. Mr. Lu's ability in the field of financial investment is also impressive. Since everyone is so destined, I wonder if Mr. Lu is interested in cooperating?"

"No!" Lu Chi refused decisively as he was not interested in listening to Karl's proposed cooperation method.

"Mr. Lu doesn't need to make such a hasty decision. This kind of transaction is actually very common on Wall Street. Capital seeks profit, and cooperation is win-win." Carl said with a smile: "Even if you don't like it, your partner may not reject it."

"...Is it the phone call from the heart-stealer? What else does he want to do?" Hearing the communication between Lu Chi and the other side of the phone, a group of friends came together and asked nervously.

Lu Chi waved his hand at everyone, and said very firmly: "Then I can tell you clearly now, no matter what the attitude of Wall Street is, Eric & Lu Asset Management will not accept unknown funds."

"Really?" Carl asked lightly, and said with a meaningful smile: "I hope your partner can be as firm as you."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lu Chi's response, he hung up the phone directly.

All the partners looked at Lu Chi with bated breath.

Lu Chi remained expressionless for a while, then suddenly said, "Maybe tomorrow, I should go back to Eric Assets."

All the partners looked at each other, and Matthew Locke couldn't help persuading: "Actually, this kind of thing is really common on Wall Street. If Eric Weiss...it's not a strange thing."

But Eric Weiss shouldn't make the decision for himself.

Lu Chi didn't speak.

There was a moment of silence in the atmosphere.Yue Bin got up suddenly and said, "I almost forgot, I haven't finished dinner yet. The ribs are probably cold, so I need to reheat them."

Lu Chi came back to his senses, smiled and said, "I'll help you chop the vegetables."

"No need." Yue Bin waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'll fry two more green vegetables and mix it with a cold dish. It's fine for us to have a light meal at night."

Then I asked Zhang Yang a few more questions: "You didn't even eat tonight, did you?"

Isn't this nonsense!

However, Zhang Yang understood Fa Xiao's willingness to change the topic very well, he just rolled his eyes meaningfully from the bottom of his heart, and answered with a smile: "Of course I didn't eat. I was called by you when I first arrived at the restaurant, and I'm hungry now." It’s time to put your heart on your back! You still need to stir-fry vegetables. What kind of vegetables to stir-fry, let’s get some cheap ones.”

"Just stew an elbow!"

Yue Bin looked at Zhang Yang speechlessly, and simply said, "Let me order a takeaway for you."

After such a serious incident happened, no one was in the mood for dinner.Yue Bin simply ordered two pizzas to be delivered.While eating, Zhang Yang sighed with emotion, "I hope this pizza will not be poisoned!"

Yue Bin: "..."

Lu Chi: "..."

Locke brothers and sisters: "..."

This meal is really inedible!

Yue Bin was so angry that he almost kicked him out.Fortunately, at the critical moment, Matthew Locke's bodyguards from the manor rushed over in time, avoiding the tragedy of several major shareholders of the campus network being kicked out.

After dinner, a large group of people sat in the study and discussed the security issues of the campus network.In view of the warning of the young man from the East—although the man did not speak clearly until the end, everything that happened before has made Lu Chi and others see the uneasy factors in the campus network.

"Security needs to be strengthened. Not only the protection of core codes and data, but also within the company..." Lu Chi thought for a while, and then narrowed the scope: "It is the computer room and archives, and the security measures for access must be improved. "

Seeing that Matthew and the others were arranging various matters in an orderly manner in the study, as well as Lu Chi, who was busy rewriting the security procedures for the "uneasy factors" of the campus network, they all felt uneasy.

"What's wrong?" Noticing that everyone was wrong, Lu Chi asked with raised eyebrows.

"That..." Zhang Yang scratched his nose, and asked eagerly, "Such a serious thing happened, don't you want to take a good rest?"

"It's not necessary." Lu Chi waved his hand calmly.Thinking of something, he suddenly took his mobile phone to the balcony and called Papa Lu.

A few friends eavesdropped on the conversation between Lu Chi and Lu's father.Lu Zhi was concise and concise, avoiding the important things and talking about the events that happened today - the reason why he said this was that if the news leaked out, Lu's parents and mothers would be more worried after seeing half-knowledgeable news reports in the media.

Even so, Lu's father and Lu's mother on the other end of the phone were still taken aback.He kept saying that he would fly over to visit his son.

In desperation, Lu Chi had no choice but to change the phone call to a video call, so that Lu's parents and mothers could see with their own eyes that he was unharmed.

In the end, Lu's father was still in shock and said that the foreigner's territory was too dangerous, and his son must not let it go.Immediately afterwards, in front of his son, Lu's father opened the roster of his own security company, planning to transfer ten or eight reliable bodyguards to his son.Lu Chi knew what Lu's father wanted, but the apartment he and Yue Bin lived in was limited in space and couldn't accommodate so many people—the most important thing was that his relationship with Yue Bin was not suitable for being exposed to Lu's father.Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for all the bodyguards Yue Bin found to live next door.

So in the end, Lu Chi politely rejected Father Lu's proposal.

Father Lu had no choice but to urge: "You have earned so much money, just buy a big villa, the house is not enough to live in."

"The house is big. Wouldn't it be easier for outsiders to sneak in?" Lu Chi always had a way to dispel Dad Lu's thoughts: "Don't worry, I know it well. I will definitely not let anything happen to me."

Yue Bin sat on the side, and patiently explained: "Uncle Lu opened a security company in China, recruiting all of Uncle Lu's comrades-in-arms back then."

Security company? !

Matthew Locke blinked thoughtfully, but did not speak.

On the other side, Lu Chi, who finally comforted Lu's father and mother, hung up the phone.After returning, he waved his hands slowly: "It's getting late, you all go home and rest."

Still wanting to appease the Locke brothers and sisters and Zhang Yang of Lu Chi and his wife: "..."

The series of things that happened today were so explosive that Lu Chi really didn't have the heart to exercise according to the original plan.The two took a hasty shower, and then lay side by side on the bed to read the materials.

Nothing to say all night.Early the next morning, Lu Chi went straight to Eric & Lu Zizai.

"I need to check all the accounts of Eric & Lu's assets."

Hearing Lu Chi's request, Eric Weiss expression remained unchanged, and asked with a smile: "My dear Lu, what happened? Why did you suddenly make such a request?"

"I want to know exactly where each of Eric & Lu Zaizai's funds came from." Lu Chi did not hide his purpose: "I received news that Eric & Lu Zaizai may have accepted some funds from Unidentified funds."

Hearing what Lu Chi said so clearly, Eric Weiss face changed slightly.After a moment of silence, he looked directly into Lu Chi's eyes, and said euphemistically: "Every fund of our Eric & Lu assets can be clearly traced to the source. All funds are legal. You can rest assured about this, I'm not going to make fun of our cause."

"Then can you guarantee that all sources are clean?"

Eric Weiss was silent.After a while, Eric Weiss sighed helplessly: "Dear Lu, you have to understand, 'capital comes to this world, from head to toe, every pore is dripping with blood and dirty things'. So you can't ask, this There is completely 'clean' capital in the world."

Lu Chi was almost laughed at by Eric Weiss' sophistry.

"So, what if I now, as a partner of Eric & Lu Assets, ask Eric & Lu Assets to remove those 'dirty' capitals?"

Eric Weiss' expression gradually became serious. He looked at Lu Chi and said in a deep voice: "Lu, you are still young, you don't understand, your thinking like this is very dangerous."

Lu Chi also looked at Eric Weiss solemnly: "What if I insist?"

Eric Weiss frowned and sighed: "My dear Lu, I thought you were not such a naive person."

"It has nothing to do with innocence." Lu Chi also frowned: "It's trouble. Eric, you know that your actions will get us into big trouble."

"We could make money cleanly and do business safely. What you do will put us all in danger."

"But if we refuse the money now...we will get into even greater trouble." Eric Weiss scratched his hair helplessly, trying to persuade Lu Chi: "Dear Lu, why can't we keep the same? We The two of you have worked together for so long, you should know who I am. I don’t put anyone in danger. Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone could make more money?”

"You should have heard about what happened yesterday, right?" Lu Chi looked at Eric Weiss and asked.

After a moment of silence, Eric Weiss nodded.

"I don't like this kind of thing, and I don't like the person who makes it happen." Lu Chi frowned and said, "In fact, I don't want any situation outside my control to happen."

Obviously, things like heart-stealers are situations that Lu Chi cannot grasp and is very repulsive.

"The best way to stay away from danger is to cut off the source of danger. There is a saying in China that you can always walk by the river without wet shoes. You can't imagine that you are absolutely safe while going deep into danger."

However, Lu Chi had no way to convince Eric Weiss.

Look at the opinionated partner.In the end, Lu Chi sighed helplessly, got up and said: "Mr. Weiss, thank you for your help and teaching all the time. I am very happy during the days of working in Eric Assets. But I want to have my own business gone."

"I will take the money out of Eric's assets and set up my own fund."

Eric Weiss looked at Lu Chi with a complicated face, and sighed helplessly: "Dear Lu, you don't have to do this. In Wall Street, many people will do this. It's nothing."

Lu Chi did not respond to Eric Weiss, and continued: "If the outside world asks the reason for my divestment, you can tell them that since the operation of the international crude oil market, I really want to set up my own business."

Eric Weiss looked anxious: "Many VIPs in our company are here for you. If you withdraw your capital now, what will happen to those customers?"

"I believe that these customers can be well maintained with the excellent capabilities of Eric Assets."

Lu Chi got up and reached out to Eric Weiss: "Goodbye."

Eric Weiss sighed and shook his head, he didn't expect Lu Chi to be so stubborn.But thinking about what the heart-stealer did yesterday, Eric Weiss also understood that Lu kept these people at arm's length.

In the end, Eric Weiss could only hold Lu Chi's hand and said helplessly: "Even if you withdraw capital from Eric's assets, I hope we can maintain a cooperative relationship in the future."

Lu Chi was silent for a moment, then said, "If it's a personal cooperation between you and me, of course it's fine."

Even if he is very repulsed by certain things, Lu Chi also knows the truth that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.What's more, Eric Weiss did have the grace to know him, and he also got a lot from Eric Weiss-including the ability and connections to set up his own business on Wall Street.

Therefore, even if Lu Chi divests from Eric's assets, it is impossible to completely sever ties with Eric Weiss.After all, in addition to partners, the two are also close friends who have a good personal relationship.

Eric Weiss thought much the same.He looked at the talented young man in front of him who had been favored by him since he appeared, and who quickly turned out to be born with his own ability and talent, and said regretfully, "Then, goodbye."

When he came out of Eric Assets, Lu Chi took one last look at the golden plaque of "Eric & Lu Assets" hanging in the lobby on the first floor, and turned to leave.