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After IBM's personnel affairs were dealt with, it was getting dark, and after dinner, John walked into the old Morgan's study, although the old Morgan handed over the IBM affairs to him, but the report processing results, and the follow-up work arrangements were inevitable.

"Will these new CEOs of IBM be too young?"

In the study, old Morgan sat on the chair behind the desk, looked at John solemnly and asked. He stamped his appointment letter only to delegate power and give John more freedom to do so, but that did not mean that he agreed to do so.

"They're a little young. John nodded.

Age is indeed one of the factors that determine whether a person is qualified to take on important responsibilities, which is surprisingly consistent in both the West and the East. "But young people are energetic, they are driven, and they know better what consumers want. And IBM is too lifeless as a technology company, and it needs a group of young people to breathe a breath of energy into it. ”

"But aren't you afraid that the outside world will lose confidence in IBM? When the stock market plummets, how will you deal with it?" Old Morgan didn't have to think about it to know that as long as IBM's personnel appointments were announced, the next day the stock market would be a tragedy. It is not only the earnings report but also the confidence of the people that determine the company's stock market, when everyone has lost confidence in you, is your stock still valuable?

"Don't be afraid. John looked at old Morgan confidently. "If it is not broken, it will not stand, only if the rotten bureaucratic IBM dies, the new IBM will be reborn, even if everyone sells IBM stock today, it doesn't matter, because the king will return one day, and then it will sit on the throne of the stock market and tell everyone that the great will be great. ”

Old Morgan felt that there was a momentum in John, that was a kind of confidence in the future, and he was very satisfied that John had such self-confidence, and the people of the Morgan family must have self-confidence and courage in good times and bad.

"Well, I'll see. Old Morgan looked at John seriously, hoping that day would really come, not because IBM would bring much benefit to the Morgan family, but just because he hoped that his son would achieve something in his career from the perspective of a father.

After more than an hour of talking, John told the elder Morgan about IBM's future goals and implementation plans, got up and left the study, he needed to rest early and recuperate after a busy day, knowing that managing a company is a very brain-draining thing.

When Alqi, the chief butler on the side, saw him leaving, he walked up to old Morgan and bowed down and asked. "Boss, do you want to say hello to the companies below and let them keep an eye on the stock market, and stabilize IBM's stock if necessary?"

Even if everyone sells IBM's shares, the Morgan family can let the following companies buy them at that time, and then several companies work together to sell and collect, and a few actions can perfectly stabilize IBM's stocks, and they are not afraid of everyone selling.

"No need. ”

Morgan Sr. waved his hand, stabilizing IBM stock was easy for the Morgan family, but he didn't want to do it. "Let's leave this matter alone, let John toss, we will make John feel that his success depends on our help. It's just an IBM company, and the worst result is bankruptcy and reorganization, so let's not be a bad guy. ”

Archie nodded after thinking about it, John is now in high spirits to save IBM, it is really difficult to help at this time, it will discourage John's enthusiasm, even if IBM can turn around gorgeously in the future, then this success will contain a lot of water, and it is best not to do this kind of bad guy.

The next day John woke up from his bed, and after a night's sleep was swept away, and went downstairs to have breakfast in good spirits, he was going to invite Mrs. Morgan to Swan Lake, but Dani brought him a piece of news.

"The curtain has opened, would you like to check it out?" said Dani leaning over and whispering in John's ear.

"Oh!" said John, a little surprised, "to begin?"

"Here we go. Dani nodded.

John touched his chin and thought about it, it would be a pity not to see this battle of the century, so he slapped his thigh and said excitedly. "Let's go, let's go and see, this kind of good show is rare. After saying that, he got up from his chair and took the lead to grab the door.

Soros's operation to short the pound began, and John's layout also reached the time to close the net, and this battle of the century was full of unknowns and variables because of John's accession.

After John went out, he drove all the way to Manhattan, the busiest area of New York, and finally parked the car under a nondescript business building on 79th Street.

"Boss! Dani got out of the car and glanced at the business building. In this area with the highest concentration of skyscrapers, a seven-story business building can be said to be unremarkable. The Empire State Building, the World Trade Center, the United Nations Headquarters, Times Square are the ones that are in the spotlight.

John and Dani got out of the car, walked into the hall, took the old elevator to the fifth floor, and as soon as they got out of the elevator, they met a few bodyguards dressed in black at the door.

Several bodyguards saw that it was Dani and took the initiative to make way for John and Dani to walk in.

Entering the room, John saw a dozen young people sitting in the huge office area, tapping on the keyboard in front of the computer.

John didn't bother with the people and asked Dani to take him directly to Chris Gardner's office.

"Boss! Chris Gardner saw John and Dani walk into the office, quickly got up from his chair, walked over to John, and bowed in greeting.

"Yes. John nodded, found a single sofa and sat down. "How's it going?" said Chris Gardner, squeezing his hand and making Chris Gardner sit as well.

"Soros is already in action. Chris Gardner sat down on the couch across from John and introduced. "Italy has fallen, the British are now preparing for war, they borrowed $15 billion from banks to bail out the market. At present, according to our analysis, the UK can come up with a maximum of 200-30 billion foreign exchange reserves, and no more.

Soros has prepared more money than the British loan, and there are Morgan Bank, Deutsche Bank, Citibank and Cift Bank on the periphery to block it, and if Germany does not help, the British will last for two to three days at most.

As for our side, it's okay to block Soros, but the peripheral Chase Bank says that they can support it for a day at most, and no more. ”

John nodded when he heard Chris Gardner's introduction. He is not worried about the inside line, he has prepared a lot more money than Soros, but the periphery is indeed a little weak, but this is normal, only Chase Bank helps on his side, while Soros has Morgan Bank, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, and Xinfu Bank on Soros's side, four to one, it is amazing that Chase Bank can hold on for a day.

"Tell Chase that I don't need it to hold out for a day, I just need him to hold on to the first wave. John wasn't going to let Chase hold out for a day, just to withstand the first shock.

"Okay. Chris Gardner nodded. "What else do you have to say, boss?"

John thought for a moment and shook his head. "No, let it all be done as you have agreed. I won't be here with you, I'm going to England to pick that pearl myself. ”

The main battlefield was in England, and John needed to go there himself, and the others would not buy it when they went to Downing Street.