Chapter 524: Eat it yourself!
Claridge's Hotel, London.
Jimmy Lawrence leaned on the sofa in the living room with a serious expression, wondering what he was thinking about.
Compared to before coming to London, Jimmy's temperament has changed a lot.
At first, the opponent was like a sword unsheathed, ferocious and sharp. But now, the sharp edges have been gradually smoothed out, replaced by an unusual calmness.
Crack...Tu Daxiedi.
McCarthy pushed the door open and walked into the room and said, "Cerry Barber has declined to meet with you."
Jimmy had obviously anticipated this situation and asked in a deep voice, "What's the reason?"
"The other party didn't say anything," McCarthy replied.
"Isn't this old fox even too lazy to find a reason?" Jimmy said angrily.
“…”
McCarthy opened his mouth, but finally sighed and said nothing.
He just wanted to persuade Jimmy to stop in time, but at the same time he knew in his heart that this was almost impossible. They were in too deep.
In fact, he had been pessimistic about Jimmy's plan from the beginning, but the other party used the fact that Chris Barber was old and he had the hope of inheriting the Lawrence family to pressure him. After careful consideration, McCarthy finally decided to help Jimmy hide his father Todd's identity.
But who knew that the situation would become more and more out of control, until a few days ago when the two realized that they had completely fallen into someone else's trap.
Jimmy has invested more than 10 billion pounds in the two Chinese companies, of which 7 billion were investments made by McCarthy and Jimmy without Todd's knowledge.
At first, the two thought that the funds were just a temporary loan, and they might be able to make a small profit after the matter was over. However, reality gave them a slap in the face with a living example.
Jimmy now had two options: one was to continue investing and fight the other side head-on. The other was to withdraw as soon as possible and try to preserve the existing funds.
It's worth mentioning that while choosing the first option might lead to a deeper loss, it also might allow for a full return of all the money. However, choosing the second option would directly cost the Lawrence family 80% of their investment, a consequence Jimmy clearly couldn't afford.
"Are those Italians still quiet?" Jimmy asked.
"No." McCarthy shook his head. "They said there was a problem with the intelligence and they were going to re-evaluate the target."
"Oh shit!"
Jimmy couldn't contain his anger any longer. He cursed and said, "Tell my father to prepare another two billion pounds."
After a pause, Jimmy added, "There's no need to hide it from him this time."
"There will probably be problems," McCarthy said. "Taking out 10 billion has already impacted the normal operation of the family. If we continue to add to it, the family will face some risks."
"We are already at risk now."
Jimmy stood up and said, "Tell that Italian over there that I'm willing to increase his reward by another 20 percent. But they have to get the job done within a week."
McCarthy hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded helplessly and said, "Yes."
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cafes.
"Neo, is your organization very powerful?" Tang Shuo asked a fair-faced European man sitting next to him, "What's your relationship with the Mafia?"
This Neo was the one who had originally brought a sniper rifle to assassinate him, but was later kidnapped by Tang Shuo.
At first, the other party was very stubborn and refused to answer any questions, but after two days of hunger, he completely accepted his fate and told me everything he knew.
But Neo's knowledge was very limited, and Tang Shuo hadn't found any information worth using. However, his purpose in coming to Europe this time was to collect debts, so he naturally had to bring Neo's mobile IOU with him.
Tang Shuo had previously been somewhat dismissive of Italy's actions during World War II, believing the author had simply manipulated the story. However, judging by Neo's behavior, Tang Shuo had begun to believe those stories.
"Of course, our organization has no rivals in Italy."
Neo said to Tang Shuo with a beaming expression, "As for the Mafia, you can consider them our younger brothers."
“That’s amazing.”
Tang Shuo nodded and asked casually, "Then your organization's funding is quite substantial... ample, right?"
He originally wanted to say thick, but after thinking for a long time he couldn't figure out how to spell the word, so he had to change it temporarily.
Just as Neo was about to answer Tang Shuo's question, he suddenly asked warily, "Why are you asking this?"
"Nothing, I just want to see how much ransom I should ask them for." Tang Shuo replied.
"What ransom?" Neo asked curiously.
Monkey and Wu Lingyun, who were sitting on the other side, smiled at the same time and looked at Neo with interest.
Seeing Tang Shuo smiling silently and Monkey and Wu Lingyun with ambiguous expressions beside him, Neo finally understood what Tang Shuo was referring to. He hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm worthless. Don't bother with me."
If someone tried to blackmail their organization, Neo would have laughed at them for being an idiot. But from his recent interactions with Tang Shuo and the others, he knew they were entirely likely to do such a thing.
"Captain, people are coming." The monkey sitting on the side suddenly reminded.
Tang Shuo stopped chatting with Neo and waved to Miranda who was walking towards him.
Neo was shocked when he saw Miranda. As a European, he was naturally interested in meeting this somewhat eccentric royal princess.
But how could this Chinese guy know Miranda?
However, no one on the field obviously cared about his reaction. Wu Lingyun directly lifted Neo's collar and pulled him aside from the position opposite Tang Shuo.
Miranda came over and said directly: "I'm ready here. When will we start?"
"Don't worry." Tang Shuo smiled and called the waiter. After ordering a cup of coffee for Miranda, he said, "I have something else I want to ask you for help with."
Miranda frowned slightly and asked, "What else?"
"About Burberry."
Tang Shuo took a look at the mysterious organization, and then told Miranda his plan in full.
…
The several houses connected to Li Yihe's apartment had all been bought by Jiang Tiantong when he was in London, so Tang Shuo and his friends did not have to look for a new place to live.
After arranging Wu Lingyun and the others, Tang Shuo went out to buy some vegetables. After cooking them, he waited quietly for Li Yihe to get off work.
The last time he left was because of Li Ruiyi's matter, which caused some discord between him and Li Yihe, so Tang Shuo just wanted to make up for it as much as possible.
Snap...
Hearing the sound of the door lock turning, Tang Shuo immediately put down the magazine about fashion design in his hand.
Seeing Li Yihe push the door open, Tang Shuo hurriedly said, "You're back. I've already prepared dinner."
Li Yihe's face lit up with joy at first, then quickly drooped. He threw the bag in his hand on the cabinet beside him and said, "What are you doing in my house?"
“…”
Tang Shuo knew that the other party was still angry, so he said awkwardly, "I was wrong about what happened last time, but I don't want to lie to you."
How many people don’t understand this truth?
But many times, what women need are not these big principles.
Li Yihe snorted lightly: "So what are you going to do now?"
“…”
Tang Shuo fell silent again. The initiative of this matter was not in his hands at all. How to deal with it depended on what method Li Ruiyi was going to use.
However, judging from the other party's current plans, I'm afraid things will soon take a turn for the worst.
"Let's eat first and not talk about these things for now." Tang Shuo changed the subject.
If Xiao Chuxia hadn't gotten into trouble, Tang Shuo might have reluctantly agreed to Li Yihe's request. But ever since Song Wenchang had someone kidnap Xiao Chuxia, Tang Shuo absolutely couldn't tolerate anything that would harm his family.
"Eat it yourself!" Li Yihe replied angrily, turned around and walked straight into the bedroom.
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