Chapter 84: Crisis
Milkan was a man of all trades, and with him present, the dinner was not boring at all.
He took Elizabeth Taylor as a Kaizi, and then he took the opportunity to enter Hollywood, and the story of his past was very interesting, and Jonas and Nicole listened to it with relish.
The topic of the arms trade was not mentioned.
After dinner, Milkan did not invite Jonas for coffee again, and directly offered his farewell.
Jonas and Nicole kept sending him out of the apartment, and he, a big producer, walked with two young men, which also brought Jonas and Nicole a lot of attention.
Jonas was a little uncomfortable with the attention, but Nicole seemed to find a presence and was very excited.
Jonas sighed secretly, and that was the biggest difference between him and Nicole.
With the help of Michelle and Mrs. Claire, Nicole begins to prepare for being alone in Hollywood.
She didn't let Jonas spend money for her, her family background was not bad, she had acted in several TV series and movies by herself, and Yannick had sponsored her a large sum of money, and her current wallet was fuller than that of Jonas who lent out most of the money.
Influenced by Jonas, Nicole bought a third-generation Mercedes-Benz SL convertible, the most classic Mercedes-Benz model, which was produced for almost two decades, from the launch in '71 to the early nineties.
The house doesn't need to be rented for the time being, and Nicole's money is enough for three or five years to live in an apartment. Living here made it easier for her to audition, and the Fox headquarters building was just across the road from the apartment.
When she really becomes a star, she can buy or rent a villa in Beverly Hills.
In the days that followed, Nicole spent the rest of her time with Jonas and Kostler playing on the set of Fox, except for two auditions with Mrs. Claire.
Jonas didn't play all the time, and he also participated in Fox's meetings with several writers to finalize the rights to the script.
"Jonas, I don't want you to go......"
Jonas had already bought a ticket to return to Switzerland on the 19th, and the night before his departure, the two men of Honey had of course engaged in another run-in battle between Swiss mountain guns and Australian batteries.
The Australian battery, which has been gradually developed with more and more functions, is getting better and better.
"I don't want to leave either, but that's life. I can't give up my studies in Switzerland, and you can't give up the opportunity to develop in Hollywood. ”
"When I settle down, I'll go to Switzerland to find you when I have time. ”
Jonas thought for a moment and said, "Once a month, if it takes a long time, I don't dare to guarantee my loyalty to you." ”
"How dare you!" grabbed Jonas's handle, Nicole was not as polite as before. "You are not allowed to find another woman. ”
Jonas slapped her plump and said, "You do the same, don't accept any unspoken rules." With Fox and Milkan in care, you don't need to please anyone. You are not allowed to sleep with other men during your relationship with me. If you want to leave me, you have to tell me first. ”
For now, Jonas is still very happy with Nicole, and he won't allow her to leave the palm of his hand until he plays you, otherwise, he doesn't mind destroying her.
Nicole snuggled up in Jonas's arms, and said lazily as a kitten, "Trust me." I will be loyal to you. ”
This self-confidence Jonas still has, first of all, he is already a handsome and handsome guy, and secondly, there are not many young people who can compare with him in comprehensive conditions, and they still have feelings.
Nicole is only sixteen years old this year, and she is still full of innocent fantasies about love, at least now, and she can't find any reason to betray her.
The plane landed at Zurich Airport, where Dinah's van arrived to greet them and take each of them home.
They've had enough of this summer, and now, they're getting ready for college.
When Jonas came home, Hannah was still very calm, as if he had just gone out for a walk and came back.
However, in the evening the grandmother and grandson made a big meal to celebrate Jonas' return.
"The University of Zurich has 20 days to go, so have you ever wondered how to spend this time?"
"Grandma, I want to accompany you to work, where it is more convenient for me to collect financial information. ”
But his careful thinking couldn't hide it from Hannah. "You want to find newspapers at the bank more conveniently, right?"
In this era before the Internet, in addition to television, the main thing is to rely on newspapers to get information.
Although Hoffmann Bank is only a small bank, it has to know the policy news of various countries in the world, and has a special person who is responsible for collecting major newspapers and periodicals in various countries.
Every day, the amount of information collected is very large, and if Jonas wants to know more information, it is most convenient to check it directly in the bank.
Jonas nodded and said, "Every morning and evening I study my homework, and I only spend the afternoon learning about the situation in the world. ”
Hannah asked, "Why are you paying special attention to the Macridge thing?"
"Grandma, I have an ominous premonition that I'm not so much worried about Uncle Mark as I'm worried about Dad's safety. ”
Hannah paused for a moment, her face extremely serious. "Hunch, why would you worry about your dad?"
"Armenia is now treating Uncle Mark as a model, and this year the situation is slightly better, and from next year, I'm afraid they will use force against Uncle Mark. Uncle Mark is protected by the world's three major spy organizations, and governments around the world take his security very seriously. I'm just afraid that when they fight, they will implicate Dad. ”
Although there is no proverb in the West that a fire at the city gate will affect the fish in the pond, this truth is common to the world.
Hannah, of course, understood this, and asked, "Do you really think they're going to do it?"
"Now the situation is such that everybody has to do it. Jonas sighed: "Dad now plays an important role in this interest group, and even if no one specifically targets him, he can be implicated." ”
Yannick has been in London not in Switzerland for a while now. It is the world's largest energy secondary trading center, a foreign exchange center, and the daily flow of money in this area far exceeds that of New York.
Yannick is busy every day, although he never tells Jonas what he is doing, but Jonas also knows that he is using various means to turn some of the funds of interest groups from light to dark and out of Armenia's surveillance.
Their interest group has registered at least a few thousand companies, most of which are offshore companies that are difficult to monitor.
No matter how big the money is, they can hide it through various trading methods, and they will not give Amenia the opportunity to block the money belonging to Macridge.
Of course, there must also be a premise, that is, the money cannot be black gold, it must be originally legal funds.
Only with legitimate funds, European countries will not listen to Armenia and give protection.
Even some of the funds that originally belonged to Macridge were reduced to zero and hidden through various means such as trade transactions and foreign exchange transactions.
After a few transactions, you may still be able to find the original owner, but what if you go through dozens or hundreds of transactions?
For example, a sum of 10,000 yuan of funds is transferred to 10 accounts through account A, and each of the 10 accounts has 1,000 accounts of account A.
They then trade through different amounts, such as 5,000 transactions, and 4,000 transactions, so even if they find these ten empty accounts, the funds have flowed away.
These ten accounts have traded ten, or hundreds, and the amount of each transaction is different, so who dares to say how much money in account A is in each account?
This 10,000 funds, after a maximum of three times, can be hidden, after dozens of transactions, no one can find the funds that originally belonged to account A.
As for the real black gold, they will not put it in London, because London is a secondary trading market, and the funds there are all legal.
Switzerland is the world's largest spot market, and Switzerland is the safest place for black gold.
Hannah's face was very serious, although she knew that Armenia wanted Macridge now, but she didn't think that Macriech's economic activities would make them assassinate hundreds of times like they did with Castro.
Now it is mainly Macridge who has violated the interests of their oil consortium, is it worth assassination!
What's more, Macridge has a good relationship with their large and small oil merchants there, and they are also a big force.
Before 73 years, there were no more than 20 large oil traders in the whole United States, but in this decade, the United States has at least more than 500
Big traders, their power is not weak at all.
But hearing her grandson so sure, she was also a little unsure.
Because she also knew very well that these hundreds of Armenian oil traders, although they now belonged to Richie's interest group, they definitely did not mind taking down Richie and taking this network into their hands.
In this way, not only will they be able to seize power, but they will also be able to curry favor with their government.
However, she did not tell her grandson about her worries, Jonas seemed worried now, and she did not want to put any more pressure on him.
"Tomorrow you will come with me to work, and you can use my office as you please. But I personally think that you should still put more energy into the house studying. ”
"Of course, grandma, I'm still a student. Moreover, when I was studying at the bank, there would be many people who could ask me if there was anything I didn't understand about my homework, and they would be willing to guide me. ”
It was late at night, but Hannah sat in her study and still didn't sleep.
Jonas reminded her that the Hoffmans could not afford to lose Yannick as a pillar of support. So, she had to go to London and make it clear to Yannick in person.
The Hoffman family is deeply involved with the Rich interest group, and the funds under escrow exceed $10 billion.
Hoffmann Bank's own capital is only a little more than 100 million, and the combined core capital is less than 500 million Swiss francs.
This was certainly not the case at the beginning, and it was only after Yannick took office that escrow funds soared from 5 billion Swiss francs to more than 15 billion Swiss francs today.
If something happens to him, Hoffmann Bank simply can't resist the risk.
This is the accumulation of more than 200 years of the Hoffman family, and the Hoffman family must not decline in her hands.