A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 126 Written in History
"Okay, Mr. Trelawney, I think you can talk to me now. How do you plan to end this matter?" Arthur asked, and at this time he also had Trelawney and Mary. Beth sat in the carriage on the way back.

By the time the Gray family's banquet ended, Arthur could clearly see that Trelawney had sold a lot of shares in the so-called Tacitus Kilgore Mining Company.

Trelawney took off his gold-framed unilateral eye and put it in his breast pocket, then rubbed the tip of his nose tiredly and said:
"How else can it end? Just wait until it's about to be exposed, then run away and disappear? It's all the same old routine."

Mary Beth sat next to Arthur and said curiously:
"Mr. Trelawney, I see that you have made a lot of money this time. Have you counted it? How many people have subscribed so far?"

Trelawney replied mysteriously:

"It may be a little more than I originally expected. If everything goes well, I can change places and become a rich man after it's over."

When Arthur heard this, he rolled his eyes and said:

"You can pull me down. If you could really become a rich man honestly, you would be gone by now. You clearly just like to lie to people."

Trelawney did not deny it, smiled and took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Arthur.

"Certificate of the Tacitus Kilgore Mining Company?" Arthur looked at the well-made certificate in his hand. The places for people and quantities were still empty. Arthur warned:

"You must never cheat the poor."

Trelawney looked like what are you talking about, he waved his hand and said:
"How could it be? I won't make money from the poor. Don't worry, those who take the bait are the wealthy small capitalists. As for the big capitalists who are more well-informed, I don't even dare to touch them."

After hearing what Trelawney said, Arthur nodded with confidence. You must know that many times, ordinary people who don't have much money are often even less resistant when faced with this kind of scam. They obviously have no ability to resist risks. , but still dare to smash and sell iron, bankrupting everything to gamble on a chance of wealth.

Marybeth on the side also agreed very much with what Arthur said. She felt at ease with defrauding money from rich people, but if it was defrauding poor people, she would also feel some uneasy conscience.

Arthur waved the paper in his hand and asked:

"Why give me this?"

Trelawney smiled and replied:
"Of course it's just in case. You were cooperating with me just now. If people find out in the end that you didn't buy the shares of Tacitus Kilgore Mining Company, then they won't suspect that you and I are in the same group? You can take this back and write down a random amount. Of course, it's best to write the amount larger. When the time comes, when they realize they have been deceived and come to trouble you, you can take this thing out and tell them, You are also a victim, and the amount you were defrauded is much greater than they were."

Arthur smiled, don't tell me, Trelawney is really thoughtful?He has even thought about how he will face other people's doubts in the future.

After Arthur handed the blank certificate to Mary Beth, he smiled strangely at Trelawney. Mary Beth looked at Arthur's smile, and for some reason, she thought of Shi Te Mr. Laws?
Just listen to Arthur say:
"Mr. Trelawney, run away after a wave of deception, I think your thinking is still short-sighted..."

Trelawney asked suspiciously: "Otherwise? Where can I build a real gold mine? By the end of the year, what will I use to distribute dividends to shareholders?"

What Arthur was thinking about at this time was how he should teach Trelawney the core idea of ​​​​the Ponzi scheme. In the end, he simply summarized the core idea into the following sentence:

"Listen up, Trelawney, do you know the pyramid? Now imagine a picture in your mind. The investors you first defrauded are standing on the top of the pyramid. When the top is full, they will move layer by layer. Down, do you have a picture? In short, you can use new investors’ money to pay interest and short-term returns to your old investors, creating a sense to them that your gold mine is making money. to defraud more investments, eventually forming a pyramid structure..."

After listening to Arthur's words, the two liars sitting in the carriage, an old man and a young man, were stunned. They were able to detect the subtlety of this model at the first time, but when they thought about it carefully, it seemed that it was not What an unexpected trick, but no one has ever done it before. Just when the two of them were still shocked by what Arthur said, Arthur thought they didn't understand what he meant, so continued:

"And we can completely turn this scam into a real business. As long as you reasonably control the rate of return, you invest all the money you defrauded into truly profitable industries. Just imagine, you get money from other people's homes." If you catch a hen and get feed from another company, but the eggs that are laid are yours, the most low-level liar may just choose to run away with other people's hens and feed. A smarter person will do it. Promise the chicken owners and feed owners to return an egg to each of them, and give the extra eggs to themselves. The most clever liar will find a way to make the borrowed chicken lay golden eggs, and then replace them with ordinary eggs. Return the eggs to them."

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"Do you want to respond?" Arthur said, looking at the two who were still silent.

Just when Arthur felt that the two of them still didn't understand what he meant and was about to elaborate more, Trelawney jumped up from his seat and hugged Arthur's face with both hands. , and kissed her hard.

"Haha, wonderful, what you said has completely opened up my mind!"

"Damn it, calm down?!" Arthur quickly pushed Trelawney away, then wiped his face and said:

"If you have something to say, say it well and don't make a move. And you too, don't look like you're ready to make a move."

When Marybeth heard what Arthur said, she quickly waved her hands in denial and said:
"No, I, I just think this will be a wonderful scam, and it may be the kind that can be written into history!"

Arthur knocked Marybeth on the head with his hand and said:

"Don't talk nonsense, what is written into history, and what happened is written into history, then the end will be better!"

"That's right, it's best to make a fortune silently. So, Arthur, tell me, what should the money be used for to maintain this bureau?" Trelawney asked the most critical question. Question, although he was briefly excited just now, he calmed down and thought, if he really does this, if there is not enough profit to support it, then he probably won't be able to hold on for long before this scam will be exposed.

When the time comes, Trelawny is not sure whether it will be written into history, but he can be sure that he will definitely sit through the jail. If he really plays such a big game, it is absolutely impossible to escape. Rich people will never let him go.

(End of this chapter)