Chapter 330: An unimaginably huge fortune!
Before you know it, a few months have passed.
After getting Li Zetian's $30 billion in funds, Wells Fargo started a crazy acquisition mode, and the news that a certain bank was acquired by Wells Fargo every three or five times shocked the whole United States.
On Wall Street, a lot of people can't help but talk about it.
William Morgan, CEO of JPMorgan Chase Bank, privately sighed: "Wells Fargo's acquisition is simply jaw-dropping! The acquisition of so many banks in such a short period of time is too financially abundant! It seems that it will not be long before Wells Fargo will become one of the top 10 banks in the United States!"
The Rockefeller family is also quite concerned about this matter, since ancient times, banks have been the core chain of the industry, and many enterprises are developed or controlled around the bank.
In a luxurious villa with a sea view, Thomas Rockefeller and his family members had a dinner, and when talking about Li Zetian during the banquet, Thomas Rockefeller couldn't help but sigh: "I remember the first time I met Chronos· Li was a penniless little man at the time, but now he has grown to be the richest man in the world, and he is richer than the Rockefeller family!! and now, my status is far inferior to his......"
After saying this, he raised a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
Wells Fargo's acquisition is too crazy, eye-catching, and makes people envious, jealous and hateful, so Li Zetian is very low-key during this time, trying not to stimulate those who hate the rich.
It is also worth mentioning that during this period, the Gulf War broke out, and the United States displayed many high-tech weapons and quickly won the victory with lightning speed. At first, military analysts in many countries believed that the Gulf War would be fought for at least a little more than a year. However, it was over in just over 40 days, and it simply stunned the world. Once again, the United States has demonstrated its great strength to the whole world and declared its hegemony.
Compared to the strength of the United States, the Soviet Union was much more unlucky.
Not long after the end of the Gulf War, "Georgia" from the Soviet camp declared independence.
The year before, Lithuania declared independence, and now, Georgia has declared independence, which has cast a dark cloud over the entire Soviet Union, and the dark tide is surging!
Naturally, the US authorities were happy to hear about it, and even made small moves behind their backs to encourage more countries to leave the Soviet Union. Of course, this possibility is extremely high, and if Li Zetian were the president of the United States, he would definitely do so.
At this time, Dongfang Yuqin and Yu Jingqiu were more confident in Li Zetian's prediction that the Soviet Union would collapse.
In the hall, Li Zetian smiled, ate grapes, and showed indifference to their worship. Relying on the memories of past lives, it's not a big deal.
Dongfang Yuqin said: "I am afraid that the collapse of the Soviet Union is irreversible, according to the news from our people, Georgia's declaration of independence is like igniting a fuse. Li, your previous speculation was completely accurate, fortunately, we had already sent people to the Soviet Union last year to lay out, once the Soviet Union collapsed, our gains will be unimaginable, far more than in Japanese real estate and stock markets!"
Li Zetian nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, the huge Soviet Union is torn apart, how can !!it be compared to a Japanese real estate and stock market bubble?
Yu Jingqiu said: "The situation in the Soviet Union is turbulent, and now I am afraid that more people see the opportunity. ”
"Well, that's right, the United States is behind the scenes, and Europe is probably also behind it, so they will naturally not let go of this opportunity!" Li Zetian said.
Of course, the territory of the Soviet Union was too large, and the declaration of independence of the two countries could not completely shake the fundamentals. Many people still can't believe that the Soviet Union, which can compete with the United States, will collapse in just one year! I'm afraid that even the US government can't believe it!
The reason why Li Zetian is so sure is that he relies on the memory of his previous life. And Dongfang Yuqin and Yu Jingqiu are also so sure because they believe Li Zetian, if someone else tells the two of them that the Soviet Union will collapse within a year, they must think that others are joking.
"The Soviet Union has infinite scenery, and now it has come to an end......," Li Zetian sighed secretly in his heart.
Li Zetian traveled back in 1973, and he really felt the strength of the Soviet Union, although it could not be compared with the United States economically, but in terms of high technology, such as aerospace and military industry, it was no worse than the United States.
August 20th is coming, and the situation is changing!
Following Georgia, Estonia declared independence.
Two days later, Latvia declared its independence.
Two days later, Ukraine declared its independence.
A day later, Belarus declared its independence.
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By December 16, 1991, almost all the union republics had declared independence, including Russia, and the Soviet Union had completely existed in name only, shocking the whole world!
On December 25, Gorbachev announced his resignation, and the Soviet Union officially collapsed!
During these four months, the Soviet Union was almost entirely in the big news around the world.
The collapse of the Soviet Union has affected the whole world, including politics, economy, military, etc., and now no country can compete with the United States!
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the crazy depreciation of the ruble, Li Zetian may become the second biggest winner besides the US government. He borrowed huge amounts of rubles from various financial institutions in the USSR by various means. Some of the money was used to buy local mining companies and then merge businesses. The Soviet government encourages bank loans, and it is also particularly supportive of loans required for enterprise mergers, for example, the merger of a company requires 2 billion rubles, and the Soviet bank has no problem lending you 1 billion rubles.
In addition, Li Zetian also bought a large number of banks in the Soviet Union, absorbed Soviet depositors, obtained a large amount of rubles, and then lent these rubles to himself. This method is crazier and more profitable than borrowing from other banks. The acquisition of a bank may cost only a few hundred million rubles, while the bank's reserves can be tens of billions or more. This money is the money of the Soviet people, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this money will be depreciated anyway, so it is better to be cheaper Li Zetian. As for the eventual bankruptcy of these banks, then let them go bankrupt, and Li Zetian made dozens of times more money than he bought the banks.
In addition, Li Zetian also frantically shorted the ruble, and also used leverage ranging from 10 times to 20 times.
In the whole process, Li Zetian himself invested less than $5 billion. The benefits are unimaginable! How much will be in the end, it is impossible to calculate at all!
This time, Li Zetian was also ruthless in engaging in the Soviet Union, thinking to himself, if he doesn't do it, others are doing it too. The people sent by Li Zetian found that the capitalists in Europe and the United States were also doing similar things to him in the Soviet Union, but they were not as crazy and determined as him. But there are many of them, if Li Zetian is compared to a flat boat, they are an aircraft carrier.