"My job is more complicated." Zevra was still perfunctory.
Portia saw that Zevra really didn't want to talk about it, so she gave up on asking.
Knock, knock —
Just then, a knock on the door interrupted the two women's conversation.
"I'll get the door." Portia jogged to the door and opened it.
Two people stood outside. One of them was wearing a hat.
"Hello, are you Miss Portia?"
"I am. Who are you?"
Portia was very sure that she didn't know the two people at the door.
"If you're here to sell insurance, our conversation ends here."
"No, we are not selling insurance. I am Peter, the person in charge of Saint An Finance Company. I heard that Miss Portia has been a little short on money recently. Our company has recently launched a loan product that can solve Miss Portia's current financial crisis," Peter said.
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested." Portia rejected him without hesitation.
She had studied finance in school.
Of course, she also knew that there would be door-to-door financial products.
Half of them were scammers, and the other half were loan sharks.
Regardless of which one it was, Portia didn't want to come into contact with it.
Portia was about to close the door when Peter blocked the gap with his foot.
"Miss Portia, the loan product we provide doesn't charge interest as long as it's within a specified time limit. Are you really not going to consider it?"
"I know how your company operates very well." Portia smiled at Peter.
There were three things in this world that absolutely should not be touched: gambling, drugs, and loan sharks.
Any one of these three things could ruin a family.
Loan sharks were even worse than the first two.
There was at least a small chance of quitting gambling and drugs.
However, loan sharks were often not something that the borrower could decide.
Many people even became slaves to loan sharks for the rest of their lives.
Repaying money that could never be repaid.
Loan sharks didn't charge interest if they paid the money within a specified time limit.
Loan sharks didn't lie about that.
However, the problem was that the time limit they gave was very short.
Most people would borrow money from loan sharks because they were short of money.
How could they pay back the money in a short period of time?
Unless they suddenly won the lottery or inherited a large sum of money.
However, most people wouldn't be so lucky.
Therefore, in most cases, the result of the borrower was to exceed the time limit given by the loan sharks.
Usually, the interest-free period given by the usury was three months.
Three months sounds like a long time.
Most borrowers felt that borrowing money was an emergency.
In fact, it was very likely that he wouldn't be able to pay the money back.
Every finance and economics teacher's first lecture was on how to identify illegal funds and how to avoid falling into debt traps.
Moreover, when the teachers were teaching, they didn't use any technical content to explain.
They were using real cases to illustrate the point.
Moreover, every story ended with a cruel ending.
Some of them wanted to treat their family members, while others wanted to do business to raise funds for emergencies.
In short, there were all sorts of reasons for the emergency, but the result was that everything was ruined.
"Sir, please leave my house." Portia was not afraid of them.
They might have a background in the underworld, but as long as he didn't owe them money, they couldn't do anything to him.
Although usury was an illegal business, they still needed to be trustworthy.
In this respect, he was similar to most businessmen.
It was impossible for them to force others to borrow money.
Peter could only take back his foot. "Miss Portia, this is my name card. If you need it, you can call me anytime. We can also talk about the interest-free period."
Portia looked like she was a thousand miles away. She didn't even take the name card. "If I need money, I can borrow money anytime. My boss's interest is much lower than yours."
Also, he's much richer than you.
Portia wasn't lying.
Chen Zhao was indeed willing to lend her money.
And he could borrow as much as he wanted.
As for the safety issue.
Chen Zhao only wanted the same interest from the bank.
Portia was obviously more willing to trust Chen Zhao.
Not the infamous usury.
In fact, there were many ways to calculate interest from usury.
There were too many traps in their contracts.
"I wonder who Miss Portia's boss is. Can you introduce him to me?" Peter's expression was dark.
He had misunderstood Portia's words.
He thought that Portia's boss was also a usury.
Los Angeles had always been Saint Ann Finance's territory.
Portia saying that Chen Zhao was richer sounded more like a provocation to Peter.
"Aren't you very resourceful? You can investigate it yourself."
"Let's go." Peter left with a dark expression.
Portia closed the door. Suddenly, Zefra's voice came from behind.
"Your words might bring trouble to you and your boss."
"Ah … Why did you suddenly appear behind me? You scared me."
Portia patted her chest. She also regretted talking too much.
Those usury weren't kind people.
They wouldn't really cause trouble for Chen Zhao because of this, right?
…
"Boss, we might have a competitor in LA."
"Competitor? What organization dares to compete with us in LA? "
"I don't know. I need to investigate," Peter said.
Pete said, "It was originally a potential customer, but this potential customer said that her boss also gives loans, and the interest is much lower than ours."
This was Peter's occupational disease. In fact, private loans and usury were two different things.
But Peter didn't care. He felt that those who borrowed money were all usury.
In fact, everyone in this industry thought the same.
"Give me this person's information. I'll investigate."
"Portia …"
"Huh? This person works for a law firm. Strange, the owner isn't rich. She probably doesn't have the money to provide loans. "
The person on the other end paused. Suddenly, she said, "All the lawyers in this law firm seem to be Chen Zhao's private lawyer.
Chen's private lawyer? What does he need so many lawyers for? "
"Boss, he must be avoiding legal trouble. If he's just a normal person, why does he need so many lawyers? It must be him. "
"That makes sense."
The boss thought for a moment and said, "Go contact him. If he's willing to compensate and leave LA, we'll forget about this."
"What if he's not willing?"
"It's up to you. Do what you think is right."
"Boss, I understand. I'll give you a satisfactory answer."
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