"Let's put aside distant matters for now and talk about it later. The charity gala is the most urgent thing to implement right now. You understand our plan, so do you have any objections?" Verak got straight to the point.
"It should be...no problem..."
"What do you mean should?" Verak didn't want to take action based on such vague words. He wanted to be as close to 100% sure as possible.
As Carranza's chat with Verak and others deepened, his spirit became less tense and he calmed down and said: "The plan you mentioned is too general. It sounds like it should be no problem, but you want to confirm every link.
The feasibility still requires careful planning.”
Verak immediately said: "Of course the detailed planning can only be discussed face to face, so do you have any other arrangements now?"
"No, no." Carranza shook her head repeatedly.
"Then let's get started." Verak didn't delay at all, and with the help of Murphy's translation, he and Carranza quickly finalized the details of the plan.
The discussion overall went smoothly, and it took an hour and a half to plan all aspects clearly. However, in the end, the problem that Verak had thought of early on was left, that is, Carranza's status as a gambler and the huge debt he owed were forcing him to
Regarding the transfer of a newspaper, it is not easy to attract powerful people to participate in a charity dinner.
After all, how many people are willing to believe that gamblers do charity?
How many people are willing to believe that Carranza, who even plans to sell the newspaper, has the ability to do charity and help them earn a good reputation?
"...Now it seems that there is no shortcut to solve these two points. The most direct way is to stop the transfer of the newspaper and re-establish your image so that the powerful are willing to trust you." After studying for a long time, Verak still suggested starting from
Solve the problem fundamentally.
"But many people know that I lost a lot of money in gambling and have been reduced to selling newspapers. If I organize a charity dinner, the dignitaries I invite will eventually hear about it." Carranza had no clue.
"The first thing to do is to stop the transfer of the newspaper."
"It's easy to do, but I owe a lot of money, and my creditors are calling me. In the eyes of the powerful, I'm still in a situation that I can't protect myself, and they still won't believe me. The key now is that I am the most vulnerable person."
At least I don't owe money so that the powerful can trust me and not suspect that I want to take over
They are making money in the name of charity, and they won’t worry that I don’t have the ability to praise their kindness.” Carranza hesitated for a few seconds and suggested, “Either way, can you help me solve this matter with money first, and then I will do my best to help?”
If you organize a charity dinner, all the money from the charity dinner will be yours!"
It is also a personal essence.
While chatting, I wanted to use the International Equality Alliance to solve my own troubles first. When I am debt-free, the risks will naturally be passed on to the International Equality Alliance. Will the charity dinner be successful and how much money will I get?
The only one who was anxious was the International Equality Alliance, which did not affect his restart in life at all.
Of course Verak would not agree to this request.
This is not only because they have no money to help Carranza pay off his debts, but also to force Carranza to always be in the same boat as them. Only the charity dinner raises enough money, and this money is closely related to the final card.
Only if Lanza can repay his debts will he go all out in organizing the charity dinner.
"Who do you owe money to? How much do you owe?" After pondering for a long time, Verak decided to find Carranza's creditors to resolve the matter.
"The owner of the casino, Gonzalez." When reporting the amount, Carranza lowered his head, not daring to look at Verac, "Ow... 150,000 gold coupons..."
"How much?!" Verak asked again, raising his voice.
"Ten to 150,000...gold certificates..." Carranza rubbed his hands with an aggrieved look on his face, "I...I didn't either..."
"Your newspaper is not worth fifty thousand gold coupons, is it?! How could you owe so much?!" Verak did not expect that the amount Carranza owed was quite large, which undoubtedly increased the pressure on him to negotiate with creditors and raise funds in the future.
Financial pressure.
At that time, Carranza alone will have to give 150,000 gold coupons, so they will have to raise at least 300,000 at the charity dinner!
Carranza was extremely regretful. If time could really come back, he would never set foot in a casino again: "I really only wanted to bet ten thousand or twenty thousand. As long as I could win ten thousand or twenty thousand, the newspaper office was in crisis."
can be lifted... But I didn't expect that I won the first round... I used to play dozens of games, but I still
I have never played such a big game. The moment I won, my legs couldn’t move and I couldn’t walk out of the casino... Can you imagine? In just a few minutes, I made money and the newspaper company may have made money in two years.
Money that won’t come back... There is no faster way to get money than this in the world, I will, I will..."
"So you bet more money, hoping to make more money. In the end, not only did you not make any money, you also lost your newspaper," Verak said.
"No... it's more than that... When the newspaper office was gone, the owner of the casino, Gonzalez, found me and said he was willing to give me a chance to make a comeback. I asked him to borrow a hundred thousand gold coupons... and waited until I left the casino.
By that time, I had nothing and was still burdened with a foreign debt of 150,000 gold coupons.
..." Carranza covered his face with his hands, "Actually... I didn't sell the newspaper to pay back the money at all. I can't afford to repay the 150,000 gold coupons. I just wanted to cash in the newspaper as soon as possible and escape from Monrego City with the money.
...But before I could sell it, you came and gave me a glimmer of hope..."
"Since you have been playing in the casino for so long, is it possible that you don't know the tricks of the casino? They are obviously trying to set you up, but you really get in?!" Verak couldn't help but feel flustered.
"I know! But I have no choice... I just want to give it a try, as long as I can win, as long as I can win..." As he spoke, Carranza became a little crazy again.
"Shut up!" Verak finally saw Carranza clearly.
Gamblers cannot be trusted and can do anything.
Based on Carranza's performance, he has begun to consider whether to terminate the cooperation and talk to the next candidate.
"Verak." Murphy looked at Verak, who frowned and felt disgusted with Carranza. "One hundred and fifty thousand gold coupons is a lot of money. Even if the charity dinner can be successfully organized, we don't know if we can raise it."
This number, either..."
"...Wait a minute." Verak couldn't stand Carranza's depravity and being enslaved by desire, but it was precisely because Carranza was so vulnerable that they could control it. If it were anyone else, they would all
You may not be able to hold it firmly in your hands, "I want to see Gonzalez."
"What are you doing seeing him?"
"Negotiate and achieve win-win-win situation." Verak said.
"Do you still want to cooperate with him? He is not a qualified collaborator. I'm afraid he will become a burden to us if we continue to cooperate." Murphy reminded.
Verak had many things on his mind: "The casino owner thing makes me very disappointed with Carranza, but at the same time I have more confidence to do this."
"What...are you talking about?" Carranza, who had calmed down from his madness, vaguely sensed that Virac and Murphy were dissatisfied with him.
"I'm worried that if the casino owner interferes, things will become more complicated and out of control." Murphy ignored Carranza and raised his concerns with Verak.
"thump."
Before Verak could reply to Murphy, Carranza knelt down: "I, I know I owe a lot of money, but please believe me, as long as you can help me solve the trouble, I will definitely be able to help you get it.
More money! Three hundred thousand gold coupons! Five hundred thousand gold coupons! Just name any number and I will do it!"
Verak was stunned: "What did he say?"
Murphy repeated the general idea.
"How can you guarantee that you can raise so much money?" Verak asked.
"I know a lot of powerful people! The Monrego City Daily is still the newspaper with the largest circulation in Monrego City! As long as the debt issue can be resolved and the newspaper can get back on track, they will not look down upon me! Even if I am a gambler
Disciples, it doesn't matter. My gambling will not affect their ability to earn a good reputation through charity dinners! As long as the newspaper is still there!!" Carranza was very afraid that Verac would think he had too many debts and would not cooperate with him.
He had no guarantee that he could sell the newspaper in time and escape the surveillance of casino thugs and escape Monrego City.
If he hadn't escaped and he couldn't afford to pay back so much money, he would have been killed by Gonzalez!
"I know you are begging to cooperate with us because you are afraid of death, but the consequences of lying to us will be worse than death." Verak looked at Carranza who was so frightened that he cried bitterly, and said word by word, "I don't need it.
You exaggerated and said you could raise half a million gold coupons or even more. This is a clumsy lie. I will give you another chance to honestly tell you the amount you estimate you can get."
"I..." Carranza, who was kneeling on the ground in a panic, gasped and gritted his teeth for a while, "Three hundred and fifty thousand! At least three hundred thousand! If you can't raise this amount, you can kill me!"
Verak raised an eyebrow.
Carranza's goal with his life still surprised him.
He thought that the powerful people Carranza had gathered would be able to raise 200,000 gold coupons. The 200,000 gold coupons would give Carranza 150,000 to repay the debt, which was really a loss.
But if you can get more than 300,000 yuan, then the 150,000 yuan is not impossible.
Preserving Carranza and his newspaper and firmly controlling the newspaper will be of great benefit to the establishment and development of sub-stations.
"Okay, this is what you said, three hundred thousand, just a lot more." Verak felt that Carranza was more pleasing to his eyes again, "If it is less than this number, it goes without saying that you will know the consequences."
"Clear! Clear..." Carranza responded.
Anger the International Equality Alliance?
He couldn't even think about it!
"Do you really think he has this ability? I think he just wants to live a little longer. If we believe him and fail to do it in the end, we will waste too much time." Murphy said.
"Well, you can't believe what a gambler says. No one can guarantee that he didn't say such things out of a gambling mentality." Verak believed deeply, "But you can't completely disbelieve it. The best thing to do is to play both hands.
Be prepared to choose another candidate besides him."
"Then let's go find the next person?"
"You can't look for it now, otherwise the two ends will collide." Verak glanced at the time on his watch, "You can go and meet the owner of the casino first, and try your best to confirm the win-win situation for all three parties."
Murphy couldn't figure this out: "How do we win with the casino owner?"
"Do you think the casino owner doesn't know that Carranza's newspaper is not worth 150,000 gold certificates? If he knows, doesn't it mean that Carranza will never be able to repay his money in this life? If we can make him successfully collect the money in the end,
If we get this 150,000 yuan, doesn't it mean we win together?" Verak expressed his thoughts.
They make a lot of money, solve the problem of food and housing for their children, and solve the problem of lack of funds for their profession.
Carranza made a small fortune, paid off his gambling debts, and saved the newspaper.
The casino owner successfully recovered the money of 150,000 gold coupons.
All made.
"Four wins." After hearing this, Murphy was no longer so worried, "The rich and powerful have also earned a good reputation."
"Yes, this business is good for everyone, so why don't everyone do it?" Verak smiled.
"What are you...what are you talking about?" Carranza couldn't understand Bresci and was worried, fearing that Verac would just slap his butt and leave, no longer paying attention to him, a loser who was about to be despised by everyone.
"Stop kneeling and sit down and talk." Murphy did not step forward to help him this time. "As long as you can release yourself, we can guarantee to repay your debt."
"Really..." Carranza breathed a sigh of relief.
Objectively speaking, it is extremely challenging to get enough dignitaries to attend a charity dinner and make them willing to spend such a large amount of money.
But it is always more feasible than escaping Monlego City by yourself.
"Ask him where Gonzalez is. We need to meet him." Verak saw Connie standing for a while and asked her to sit down and rest. "Connie, sit down."
"I'm fine." Connie remained motionless.
Murphy followed Verak's instructions and asked Carranza.
After finally sitting back on the sofa, Carranza looked at the clock in the office, and his heart tightened: "They are coming soon..."
"them?"
"Gonzalez... He comes to ask for money on time at eleven o'clock every day these days. It's driving me crazy..." This is why Carranza and all his subordinates are so haggard. How can they resist it?
The ruthless gang in the casino disturbed me every day, "Well, I have something to say and I don't know if it would be inappropriate to ask..."
"Say." Murphy waited for Carranza to finish speaking and then translated it to Verak.
"It's just... you don't seem to have a lot of money with you... Why don't you prepare the money while there is still some time and hand it over to them when Gonzalez comes?" Carranza also fantasized about Verac's ability.
Help him pay off his debt in advance.
"You will know this when the time comes." Murphy was too lazy to explain to Carranza and translated these sentences to Verak.
"It's half past ten, that is, Gonzalez will be here in half an hour, which will save us the trouble of looking for him." Verak couldn't help but sit down with peace of mind, waiting for the arrival of the casino owner.