Don't call me evil god

Chapter 684: Signs of Running Away with the Money

What Gail wanted to say was probably something like "What the hell are you talking about?"

The Gilded Club has been running smoothly for more than ten years. Just a few days ago, Gail went personally with Miranda to redeem Vance Warren's investment certificate and took out the accumulated profits of the past five years.

At least from the results, Rune Monger does have a way to use the wealth invested by others in the Gilded Club to provide them with more returns in the future.

So no matter how skeptical Gale was, he couldn't say anything in front of the real gold coins.

Until Pete told Gail about the selfish farmer named Sam.

Gai was completely shocked!
Never imagined.

The most critical breakthrough in the matter actually came from an ordinary person, and an inconspicuous farmer at that!
what is this? !

Man proposes, God disposes?

A thousand-mile long dam destroyed by an ant hole?

If Little Sam had not been so selfish when the manor was on fire, and had rushed into the fire to save people, he would definitely not have been able to discover the investment certificates that were about to be devoured by the fire;
If Little Sam had not known about the Gilded Club and had not recognized the investment certificates, he might have passed them by;

If Sam had been in better shape afterwards and Pete hadn't discovered his abnormality, he might have been able to keep this secret.

But it just so happens that all these "ifs" were met.

The final result of every "if" combined is that Pete and his team were the first to see the truth about the so-called "Gilded Club Theft"!

The Liuxing Mercenaries might really be related to the theft, or maybe they were just scapegoats.

But the large number of investment certificates that appeared in the Marquis Madison's estate must be related to the alleged theft.

Gale could even make a direct and confident judgment:

"This is not a theft, it's clearly embezzlement. There is no reason for Marquis Madison to do such a thing!"

"Even if he is desperate for money, what's the point of stealing those investment certificates? He can't use those people's identities to redeem them!"

"Moreover, even if he really had a way to disguise the payment, he tried to burn all these certificates directly!"

"Either he's crazy or someone is behind this."

Combined with the barely concealed smell of sulfur in the manor.

The identity of the instigator is about to be revealed!
"It was definitely Rune Monger who arranged for him to do this!"

"Under Monger's instructions, Marquis Madison took away a large number of investment certificates kept in the Gilded Club, and then planned to use the fire to destroy the evidence, and even fake his own death to escape!"

"They also found a scapegoat to divert attention. Monger's people were investigating the Liuxing Mercenary Group themselves, so it would be easy for them to frame them with some dirty clues."

Pete couldn't agree more with his best friend:

"Their actions, coupled with the suspension of repayment by the Gilded Club...so I thought of a possibility!"

"There aren't actually that many gold coins in the Gilded Club. The so-called stable 8% fixed income every year is a shocking scam!"

When this thought came to his mind, Pete was completely shocked.

It's not that he couldn't think of this possibility, but he couldn't believe it was true before.

It was different now, they had collected evidence that might prove it all! Others who were watching the two people's discussion using the [Instant Messenger] also joined in.

Lancelot asked in confusion, "If it's a scam? Where does the Gilded Club get the money it pays people? It can't be that Monger paid for it out of his own pocket, right?"

The person who answered this question was Dolan.

"I think I know a thing or two!"

Dolan lived up to his reputation of "knowing a little bit" and successfully followed the thinking rhythm of Pete and Gale:

"Fool! After we put our money into the Gilded Club, is all we have left with that thin investment certificate?"

“It doesn’t matter how much your wealth has increased on paper, or how many years your money has been sitting in the Gilded Club.”

"As long as you don't take it out, it's just a number!"

"The Gilded Club doesn't need to actually own that many gold coins. The investment certificate only means that it 'should' own that many gold coins!"

Lancelot was stunned: "What should I do if I want to withdraw money?"

Gail said: "If we assume that the Gilded Club is a complete scam, there are several ways to deal with it."

"First, use all means to tempt you and persuade you to take only the profits as much as possible and not touch the original capital invested in the Gilded Club!"

"Miranda and I were tricked by this at the time. The Monger special juice they provided will make your greed even worse. You won't be willing to give up the more wealth generated by the 'future', so you will keep the principal in the club."

"The so-called profit you take out may very well be the original capital you invested!"

"As long as you don't plan to withdraw the principal, the Gilded Club will appear to be operating normally until these gold coins are paid."

"Second, rob Peter to pay Paul!"

"You want to withdraw your investment coins, but other investors may not intend to do so. Their coins are still in the Gilded Club, so Monger can temporarily withdraw other people's coins and pay you as your 'income'. As long as the person whose coins are withdrawn does not pay at the same time as you, it seems that there will be no problem."

"Third, attract more gold coins to the Gilded Club."

"For example, if they want to generate returns from the investments they have attracted in Green Harbor, according to the operating rules of the Gilded Club, it will take at least a year, right?"

"During this period, this money can be used by Monger as a profit to pay the people ahead."

"As long as Monger can absorb more 'gold coins' before the second year comes, this trick can continue!"

Pete helped provide one last solution:
"If all previous methods have failed."

"The Gilded Club has one last trick up its sleeve."

"They announced that they had encountered some unexpected circumstances and suspended repayments. This way they delayed the time and made it easier for them to raise sufficient funds."

Dolan added one last sentence quietly during the discussion:
"Or...if the funding gap is too big and the Gilded Club simply cannot raise that much gold coins, they can also..."

"He ran away with the money."

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(End of this chapter)