Chapter 884 Tiger's Mouth

The Bank of England, the central bank of England, is subordinate to the UK Treasury, and the governing body is the Board of Governors, which is composed of the Governor, Deputy Governor and 16 governors, and is the highest decision-making body.

The Council is required to meet at least once a week.

This time, in order to calm the turmoil in the financial markets, the Bank of England is ready to pick out the most suitable option to minimize the impact of the bankruptcy of the Bank of Bahrain.

At stake is the ownership of the Bank of Bahrain, and all members of the Board of Directors are in place.

In a conference room at the Bank of England's headquarters, eighteen council members sit around a long oval table, each stacked with a pile of papers stacked in front of them.

Webb Buster, the governor of the Bank of England, who was sitting at the top, picked up a document and said aloud: "This is the proposal received so far from all interested takeovers, and everyone will read them all before discussing the results." ”

The others didn't reply, and they all silently flipped through the plan in front of them.

For a moment, only the sound of wheezing and the flipping of paper could be heard in the conference room.

Webb Buster, who had seen it all, quietly observed the changes in the expressions of the people seated, and his face showed a thoughtful look from time to time.

"Smack!"

Time passed slowly, and sensing that everyone had finished reading, Webb Buster clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Everyone has read it, so let's all express their opinions. ”

As soon as Webb Buster's words ended, a director who was over 60 years old immediately said: "I think Barclays' plan is the best, and with the strength and credibility of Barclays, as long as it takes over the Bank of Baring, it can resolve the crisis as quickly as possible......"

Webb Buster nodded noncommittally, not taking a stand, looking at the others.

Webb Buster is well aware that the network of this director is the hardcore of the Rothschild family.

Under normal circumstances, Barclays would indeed be the best receiver, but who made it all a foregone conclusion?

Now it's just a formality, he needs to make the process as legal and compliant as possible, that's all.

"I don't think Barclays is suitable to take over, Barclays and Bahrain Bank overlap too much, if it is allowed to take over Bahrain Bank, it will inevitably lay off most of its employees, and the unemployment rate in the financial industry will rise significantly, I think Lloyds Bank's plan is good, and Lloyds Bank is readjusting its development strategy in recent months, overseas capital has shrunk significantly, and Barclays Bank's cash flow may not be comparable to them. ”

"And Lloyds's Bank's annexation of the Bank of Bahrain can also promote healthy competition in the financial sector. ”

Another director, who clearly represents the interests of Lloyds Bank, retorted.

"I think the HSBC Group ......"

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Each director expressed his own opinions, but they did not give in to each other, and the meeting room was gradually filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Webb Buster was silent the whole time, taking everything in his eyes.

Seeing that they were almost jumping, he secretly gave a color to the deputy governor who was sitting on the left-hand side.

The vice president's eyes flashed, then he slapped the table, raised his voice and said, "Everyone be quiet and let the other directors who have not yet spoken express their views." ”

The directors who had been arguing gradually quieted down and looked around at the directors who had not yet spoken.

One of the directors sitting at the end sat up straight, cleared his throat and said, "I would like to express my personal opinion, without any personal emotional factors. ”

"In my opinion, option number nine is the most appropriate. ”

Some directors were stunned for a moment, and immediately turned out the No. 9 plan, and when they saw the receiver above, they chuckled in their hearts and looked at the director who was talking eloquently.

"A consortium composed of Locke Fund, Jiuding Bank, Bright Fund and Black Rose Capital Company promised to inject $1 billion in assets into the Bank of Bahrain in the form of LME copper futures and LME aluminum futures contracts plus cash, so as to solve the bankruptcy crisis of the Bank of Bahrain as soon as possible. ”

"Everyone can see the situation in the futures market now, even if you have money, it is difficult to help the Bank of Bahrain liquidate its positions, and among all the plans, only the consortium of Plan Nine has this ability. ”

"The takeover of the Bank of Bahrain by a consortium led by the Locke Fund is the best way to do it at the moment. ”

As soon as his words fell, the first director to speak for Barclays Bank immediately said: "Jeff, everyone knows that the Bank of Bahrain will go bankrupt because of the Locke Fund and the Bright Fund, although the Bank of Bahrain is currently taken over by us, but the influence of the Bahrain family on the Bank of Bahrain still exists, are you sure that the consortium headed by the Locke Fund can take over smoothly?"

"In addition, Black Rose Capital is unknown in the capital market, and Jiuding Bank is a company belonging to Xiangjiang, and the consortium led by the Locke Fund does not have much experience with the banking elite, so I don't think they are suitable to take over the Bank of Bahrain. ”

The director named Jeff immediately retorted: "The collapse of the Bank of Bahrain is an abrupt event, and the futures market is trapped and losing money is the biggest problem, as long as these two problems are solved, the Bank of Bahrain can quickly get out of the quagmire, since the plan of the consortium headed by the Locke Fund can quickly solve these two problems, how can it not be suitable?"

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For a while, there was another quarrel in the conference room, and more and more directors were involved, and the conference room was a mess.

At this time, Webb Buster, who was sitting at the top, frowned, slapped the table suddenly, and said loudly: "Okay, do you still look like a gentleman?"

Everyone who was arguing was taken aback, and when they saw Webb Buster's thick eyebrows raised, they could only suppress the irritability in their hearts and quietly wait for the following.

"It seems that you will not come to a conclusion until the afternoon, in this case, elect the plan in the most democratic way, vote by show of hands, vote repeatedly, and the minority obeys the majority!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several people changed, and they were anxious but unable to speak.

Webb Buster turned a blind eye and went straight to the democratic voting process.

"Raise your hand in agreement with Plan One!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"OK, only one vote to agree, pass!"

"Raise your hand in agreement with Plan 2!"

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Webb Buster went through the voting process quickly, and there was no room for anyone else to exchange opinions in secret.

"Raise your hand in agreement with Plan Nine!"

As soon as these words came out, eight directors raised their hands, and most of these directors raised their hands were people who had not spoken before and were ignored.

It's just that he raised his hand suddenly, but the No. 9 plan instantly stood out, and the faces of the other directors who had previously stated their positions instantly became ugly, and they all realized that something was wrong.

At this moment, a scene that shocked them happened.

I saw the vice president slowly raise his hand.

Immediately afterwards, President Webb Buster also raised his hand.

Ten votes of approval were cast, which directly exceeded half!

Three of the directors who had voted realized that something was wrong, hesitated for a moment and raised their hands again.

The number of yes votes reached thirteen!

Webb Buster nodded expressionlessly and said, "Plan Nine has thirteen votes agreed, pass!"

"Raise your hand in agreement with Plan Ten!"

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It was not until Plan 16 that all votes were completed.

It's just interesting that after Plan Nine, no one raised their hands to agree to the subsequent plans.

"The results have been counted, thirteen votes for plan nine, four votes for plan four, and three votes for plan five. ”

"Inform the consortium headed by the Locke Fund that it is ready to take over the Bank of Bahrain. ”

Webb Buster immediately clapped his hands and said that he didn't leave a chance for others to question it.

The plan had been democratically elected, the meeting was photographed and recorded, and he was not afraid of being questioned by others.

What if some people guess that there is a problem?

There is no problem with the procedure, he is completely defensible, even if he stabs the Ministry of Finance, he will not coax.

Thinking of the source of the plan, Webb Buster's mind flashed the name of Black Rose Capital, and he secretly thought in his heart: "What's more, even if someone stabs the Ministry of Finance, I believe there will be no result." ”

After the meeting, several of the directors hurried away, and Webb Buster ignored it and ordered someone to prepare for a press conference.

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"How is that possible?"

After hearing the result, Jacob Rothschild's face changed, and the old man's hand who grabbed the armrest of the stool was bruised, and he was obviously extremely angry.

"Mr. Rothier, this is the case, I can't help it, this is the ninth plan I brought out, you see, I still have something to do, so I'll go first." ”

The governor of the Board of Governors of the Bank of England, which represents the interests of the Rothschild family, sighed, put down the plan in his hand, and then got up to leave.

It didn't help, and he was embarrassed to sit here.

"Although the result is not ideal, but it is still hard for you, I will not send it, and we will have a good chat next time. ”

Jacob Rothschild tried to calm down and got up.

And his cousin, Evelyn Rothschild, went out to give it away.

After seeing the figure disappear, he sat back down, his eyes glazed over Plan Nine.

After reading it, his eyes were locked on Black Rose Capital.

He knew very well that the Bright Fund and Jiuding Bank were not capable of doing all this, and although the Howard family had amazing influence, they would not necessarily be able to win against their Rothschild family.

But today's Bank of England meeting is clearly dominated by Webb Buster.

There are very few people in the UK who can influence all this, and the Black Rose Capital Company, which suddenly appeared and is not even familiar to him, has the biggest suspicion.

"Evelyn, this time we lost, we were careless!

Jacob Rothess said with a grim face and annoyed to Evelyn Rothschild, who had returned to the living room to sit down.

Evelyn Rothschild was angry and felt sorry for the fact that a huge Bahrain bank had been taken away from the tiger's mouth.

They were busy, but they didn't even catch any hair, this kind of miss and slapped in the face was very rare for the Rothier family in the past, and it was an absolute shame.

But at this point, there is no way to do it.

It's just that he lost in such a daze, and he was not reconciled, at least he had to know why he lost!

Evelyn Rothschild took a deep breath and said, "Jacob, I'm going to check the background of the Black Rose Capital Company to see who has such great ability!"

Jacob Rothschild didn't say much, and nodded his head to show his attitude.

When Evelyn Rothschild was gone, he looked to the east, and his gaze seemed to penetrate the castle and the space, and freeze on the magnificent palace.

"Will it be ......?"

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