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After sending Peggy home, Locke, Ashley, and Tang Wei rested in the hotel for a night, and then Locke sent Ashley back to Prosperity Town alone.

Due to the disaster of spiders, Prosperity Town suffered a major blow, and its population dropped by nearly half. If it were not for the resumption of gold mining, I am afraid that this town would have been completely abandoned.

But compared to the beginning, Prosperity Town is still a bit bleak.

Both Samantha and Chris are discussing buying a house in Dallas and settling in Dallas after more than ten years when the new mineral vein is mined.

When Locke returned to the hotel, he encountered an uninvited guest.

"I heard you went back to Texas, why didn't you tell your old friend?" Deborah, who came uninvited, chose a good bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet in the room and poured herself a glass.

Locke is no stranger to Romanée-Conti from more than ten years ago, but apart from its high price, it really doesn’t have any special taste.

The investment performance of Sky Fund Company has been very impressive recently. She could not find out the funds that Locke invested in the fund, but the income from the capital-guaranteed project must be announced to clients on a regular basis.

With Deborah's energy, even though the announced earnings have been shrunk as much as possible, combined with the flow of some funds, it is still known that Sky Fund has made a lot of money.

Although the funding channels chosen by Locke avoid the You Ying family's industry, some information will still be revealed to some extent.

Bank leaks are nothing unusual in the United States.

Locke, who has long expected this, will spend some of his money regularly after making money to increase the acquisition of shares in major banks. In addition to steadily collecting scattered shares in the stock market, he will also actively contact the shareholders of those banks.

If you want to acquire shares, you don't just need to take money. There are limited individual shares in the stock market. If you want to acquire more shares, you need those shareholders to be willing to take action.

This process inevitably involves a premium, and even because most bank shares have stable returns and are regarded by many as heirlooms, they are reluctant to sell them even at a premium.

Locke could only tell the people in the asset management office to collect more information and wait for opportunities.

There will always be times when money is needed, for reasons such as investment, personal enjoyment, debt, or even bankruptcy, which will give Locke the opportunity to acquire these shares.

Deborah specially came to visit, mainly to invite Locke to visit the Youying family's manor.

She is a very determined person.

Seeing that Locke was unwilling to play with him and was only willing to promote the financial product project of guaranteed capital and fixed income, he changed his strategy and stopped forcing it. Instead, he devoted himself to establishing a relationship with Locke.

There was no conflict between the two people in the first place. With the changes in the business world, there would always be times when the other could be used. Naturally, Locke would not be able to show off to the other.

The Youying family has been passed down for five generations, making the family huge. Deborah's generation alone has hundreds of members.

Most of them cannot inherit and manage the core part of the family industry, and can only receive a sum of money every month through trust funds set up by their ancestors.

But the money is enough for them to live better than ordinary people without doing anything.

The Youying family's estate covers an area of ​​3,400 acres, which seems to be about the same size as the farm acquired by Locke.

But unlike a farm that is just used for farming and raising cattle, this manor is a complex of many buildings, comparable to a town.

Having been passed down for so many generations, there are many eccentrics and weirdos in the Youying family, but there are also elites, and Deborah is one of them, and she is also a strong competitor for the inheritance of the family industry.

His great-grandfather is over 80 years old and claims to have a private wealth of more than one billion US dollars, but in fact there are still a large number of fixed assets, works of art, etc. that have not been included.

Not to mention the value of the various assets it controls.

Deborah turned twenty some time ago, and her great-grandfather gave her 10 million U.S. dollars as her entrepreneurial capital. By collecting information, she focused on Locke.

She invited Locke to be a guest at the manor, and Locke agreed, but he had to wait a few days.

Tang Wei can also feel that Deborah is different from ordinary rich girls.

Ordinary rich girls, such as Jenny whom Tang Wei knew, think about handsome guys every day, or the new leather bags, clothes, cosmetics and the like launched by luxury stores.

After what happened with the dealer that day, it became even more clear that there must be a strong, handsome, and dedicated man silently guarding her.

When she was in danger, rescuing her from the tiger's mouth without leaving a name was a thousand times better than Locke, a playboy.

Tang Wei secretly laughed in his heart every time he heard this, and even joked with Locke about this matter in private.

Deborah gave her a completely different feeling.

Not only can he speak eloquently about culture, language, art, food, etc., but he also has deep insights into the international situation, industry changes, economic changes, etc., which makes her feel that she has learned a lot.

The day after Deborah left, Locke and Tang Weiwei went to Sheldon's house to visit, and met little George who wanted to seek investment from him.

Locke had some surprises about this.

When he traveled back in time in his previous life, the plot of Little Sheldon was not over yet. He only saw that Little George and the former weather forecaster had a child, but they were still entangled and not married yet.

The other party's family runs a tire shop.

Considering that Little George will become the tire king of Texas in the future, Locke speculates that Little George will probably use the help of the former weather forecaster’s natal family to start his business in the future.

But he didn't expect that little George would have this idea at this time.

But obviously, as a newbie, George just expressed his thoughts and did not even have a complete business plan.

Looking at little George opposite, Locke couldn't help but sigh:

"So you don't even have a complete plan, and you want me to invest in your idea?"

"My idea is very promising, you invest your money in me, and then I will open the store, and we will split the money we make." Little George said: "Does something so easy to understand still need the plan you mentioned? "

"Then if you have money and someone comes to you and says something like this, will you invest your money in him?" Locke said with a sigh.

"If I have money, I will open my own store." Little George said.

Obviously, little George has a flexible mind and a lot of financial intelligence, but he is still too young now. It is difficult for him to understand many knowledge inside without personally participating in the operation.

Locke could only say: "If you want me to take out the money, you must let me know where you plan to spend it, such as the cost of the venue, how many employees will be hired, the employees' wages, and the channels for purchasing goods.

There are also how to meet the needs of customers, whether there are any competitors nearby, what advantages you have compared to others, etc. These all need to be investigated clearly in advance.

Then you need to let me know that you have enough ability to run the store, manage employees well, defeat possible competitors, and earn profits.

If you don’t consider these things in advance, what will happen if you lose money? If you just slap your butt and leave, I will lose real money! "

Successfully confused by Locke's words, little George had never considered these issues before.

Mi Xi, who came over with Little George to join in the fun, couldn't help but be stunned.

"This is why many people need to go to school, because only in college can they learn these professional knowledge." Locke thought for a while and said:

“But depending on your situation, it might be difficult to get into a suitable university.

So my advice to you is that if you want to start a tire business, then first find a job in a tire shop.

I usually read more and learn more, how people run their stores, where they purchase goods, how they promote and market it, what are the needs of customers, how can you better satisfy them and make them willing to come to your store to spend money, etc.

When you have learned enough, you can then consider starting your own business and opening a store. "

"Then will you be willing to invest in Little George?" Mi Xi said at this time.

"If the plan is highly feasible," Locke said, "After all, we are already friends. Of course, you can also try to find other investors."

"Then it's settled." Mi Xi said with a very high emotional intelligence: "You must invest in us when the time comes."

"Okay." Locke smiled, not paying attention to the little thoughts in Mi Xi's words.

He is not short of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and he has no preference for businesses such as tires. It would be great if he succeeds, but it doesn't matter if he fails.

Maybe in the future, little George, when his grandma Connie gets rich from her underground casino business, may change his mind and let Connie invest.