Chapter 284: Stalemate

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"Haven't the VAM negotiations between Citi and Bruce Guo come to fruition?"

"Nope!"

After 'snapping' his suit billiards, Stephen Bryan said.

Blank Finn nodded knowingly, he went to Huaxia some time ago, so he paid less attention to the bet between Citi and Guo Shouyun. In addition, everything has a timeliness, although the two sides bet on the matter is eye-catching enough, but with the extension of time, the attention of the media and the public will inevitably decrease.

"It's been half a month, right?"

"14 days to be exact!" said Stephen Bryan.

"Fourteen days is not a long time, but it is not too short. Why hasn't it come out yet?"

"One wants more, the other wants less, and maybe they have other considerations. Therefore, it is naturally difficult to reach an agreement in a short period of time. In fact, even if there is no result for a month or two, it's normal!"

Blank Finn pondered for a moment, "You're right. However, I always felt that it was a little bit like Bruce Kwok's style of doing things. Hasn't he always been resolute before? Moreover, he took the initiative to provoke the bet this time!"

"It's really not, maybe he didn't really plan to bet with Citi in the first place, but just used the 'bet' to divert Citi's attention in the gold market and interrupt their attacking rhythm. Moreover, he did use this trick correctly. At the moment, the gold market is still fluctuating around the price of $270!"

"What about Citi, they're not stupid, they should have noticed Bruce Guo's movements, right?"

Although the influence of LinkedIn News is not as strong as that of the Wall Street Journal, its audience base is also quite large, so public opinion is not overwhelmingly oriented towards Citi. In addition, Citi is also using its influence to push the Fed to raise interest rates. However, although the U.S. economy has stabilized, the recovery is still weak. So, neither Washington nor the Fed agreed!"

"So the two sides are deadlocked?" said Blank Fein.

"So to speak!"

After nodding his head, "What about the gold market?"

"It's mostly smooth. The Argentine financial crisis is ostensibly over, and there are no events in the world that could make gold fluctuate significantly!"

After thinking for a moment, Blank Fein sighed and said, "The original plan was to take advantage of the opportunity of the big war between the two sides to intervene and make a profit, but now it seems that the opportunity is not big!"

"It can't be said that there is no chance at all, after all, no one can accurately predict the future. ”

Blank Finn nodded in agreement, "I'm going to go to Huaxia in a few days, so it's up to you to make a bet between Bruce Guo and Citi." ”

"Isn't the dust settled on China's accession to the WTO?"

As a senior executive at Goldman Sachs, Stephen Bryan naturally understands why Blank went to China.

"China's accession to the WTO is over, but the distribution of benefits is not over yet. It's not easy to snatch a piece of meat from the mouths of Seymour, Citigroup, and HSBC!"

"Smack!"

The billiards that was hit by Blank Finn went straight into the net!

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They are not the only institutions like Goldman Sachs that care about Guo Shouyun's bet with Citi. As for individuals, it's more. However, the most important thing among them is the so-called 'anti-Guo Alliance', especially a guy like Oliver Balin who has a 'deep hatred' with Guo Shouyun!

However, care is concern, and it is Citi and Guo Shouyun that really play a decisive role.

"Bruce, negotiations have been going on for three weeks and there are no other terms than the number of loans. $6.5 billion is our final bottom line, and it is absolutely impossible to continue to increase!"

Looking at Paul Turner with sharp eyes on the other side, Guo Shouyun smiled faintly, "Paul, $6.5 billion can't reflect the true value of my assets, if I promise to sign a contract according to this measure, I'm afraid people all over the world will laugh at me for being a complete fool!"

"So we still can't reach an agreement today?"

"It's up to you, as long as you can agree to sign the final loan contract according to the $9 billion standard, then I can sign the contract now!"

"9 billion impossible!"

"Then there is no way!" Guo Shouyun shrugged.

Paul Turner frowned, "Bruce, you know, Pan Pacific Energy Group has huge assets, but its debt ratio is too high. As for Apple, most of its stake was mortgaged when you bought Pacific and Southern California. LinkedIn, PayPal and Google are all unlisted internet companies that are destined to not get too high an asset valuation. After deducting the value of $3 billion in CDs, the asset valuation of $6.5 billion is a very reasonable price!"

"Paul, you have said the same thing more than once. So, unless it's $9 billion, there's no way I'm going to say yes!"

Staring at the calm guy opposite, "Bruce, you brought up the bet on gold?!"

"Of course!"

"In that case, why are you so entangled and unwilling to sign a contract?"

"Paul, I have made it very clear! I am not going to repeat the same thing. "Guo Shouyun's city government has also been exercised for such a long time, no matter what Paul Turner says, it is to insist on the last condition and not relax.

And his attitude did give Paul Turner a headache.

After speaking, Guo Shouyun looked at his watch and stood up.

"Paul, I have to accompany my wife to the hospital for a prenatal check-up in a while, so today's negotiation will come here first!"

"Bruce... You're not deliberately procrastinating, are you?"

After standing up with a bang, Paul Turner stared at the man across from him and said in a deep voice.

"I'm confident about the future of the gold market! I'm just not willing to play an unfair game... See you soon, and tell me more good news!"

After the words fell, Guo Shouyun turned around and walked towards the door with his bodyguard.

Looking at his back, Paul Turner's expression was cloudy, and it took a long time before he let out a long sigh. After these days of contact, he has clearly felt that Guo Shouyun does not seem to be particularly enthusiastic about 'betting on gold'. But the huge amount of money he invested in gold bulls does not seem to be fake. This paradoxical situation is something that Paul Turner cannot figure out. In the past few days, he has tried repeatedly, but he can't get the slightest hint from Guo Shouyun's mouth.

"Do you really want to do the opposite and promise him a loan of 9 billion?"

Paul Turner shook his head slowly, and he decided to wait a few more days to see! Three weeks was not a long time for a loan involving a huge amount of money.