The reason why Max was rejecting Joey’s request was simply because he was putting on an act and trying to play hard to get.
He was the investment director of a scam fund, just like those thunderous P2P. His job was to do everything within his ability to try to fool those who did not understand this so they would invest all of their money in this so-called fund.
In fact, none of these funds would possibly make them any money. As long as anyone invested in the fund, they were doomed to lose all their money and they would not even be able to get back a single penny. 7
When Charlie’s mother-in-law, Elaine, was previously defrauded of her investment, she had also been deceived by this kind of fake funding company. As long as the money had already been entered into their company's account, it would be completely impossible for them to get back their money.
However, what Max was trying to do today was not to get them to invest in his own fund. Instead, he wanted to trick them into giving him all of their money under the pretense that he would be investing their money i n the funds on their behalf. After that, he could use their money to save himself first! 1
When Joey heard this, he felt so anxious that he was about to burst into tears. He was really desperate. He
wanted to make more money. He had initially thought that Max would be able to help him to make more money. However, he really did not expect Max to say that he had too little capital.
Therefore, he could only plead, "Brother Max, please help your younger brother. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do anymore. I've already failed so miserably in my life. You can’t do nothing at all and watch my girlfriend leave me just like that."
When Max saw that Joey had already taken the bait, h e continued acting. "Brother, it's not that I don't want t o help you. The main point is that your capital really i s too small and it isn’t easy for me to do anything at all!"
As he spoke, Max's eyes suddenly lit up as though he had just thought of something. "By the way, I have a way to help you." 5
Joey hurriedly asked, "What is the solution? Brother Max, please tell me!" 1
Max hurriedly said, "Well, I know some friends who engage in providing loans online. As long as you can provide your identification card, they’ll then be able to loan you a small sum of money. Although you might not be able to borrow much, you would be able to raise a sufficient amount of money if you borrow money from a few platforms. You'd probably be able to borrow about four to five hundred thousand dollars. If you add it up to the money that you have in your savings, you'll be able to raise at least six hundred thousand dollars. If you put six hundred thousand dollars into the fund, then you'll definitely be able to double your investment in less than a week!" 6
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