Chapter 768: Peak Loop

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"What's going on?"

Following everyone's gaze, Mitch McConnell angrily and in surprise asked, "Karrov, didn't you raise your hand just now?"

"Actually, I just hesitated. After thinking about it for a while, I still feel that the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch is just an ordinary business merger and does not involve industry monopoly!" Karrov said with a calm expression.

"Do you have to think about it?!" Mitch McConnell said with an ugly expression.

"I thought it very clearly!"

"Mr. McConnell, the current situation is 7:6, and the vast majority of the members of the hearing do not believe that the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch involves a monopoly, so please respect everyone's opinions and the rules of the meeting, and announce the final result!"

Guo Shouyun stood up directly and said.

Although the final result was full of drama and greatly unexpected for him, Guo Shouyun would not let the fruits of victory slip out of his hands no matter what.

Looking at him, and then at the pairs of concerned eyes around him, Mitch McConnell took a deep breath. Even if he is unwilling, in front of the public and in full view, he can't really abolish the public for personal reasons. Otherwise, even if he vetoes the result of today's vote, there will be a next vote that is more biased in favor of Bruce Go. After all, it was the president who stood behind him!

"I declare that the merger of Phoenix Bank and Merrill Lynch is a normal business combination and does not involve a monopoly!"

"Whoa...!"

Under the leadership of Guo Shouyun and the entourage of Phoenix Bank and Merrill Lynch, countless applause suddenly rang out in the entire conference room. Of course, there are exceptions, after all, losers don't applaud those who win.

After the applause stopped for a while, Guo Shouyun looked at Gesershif and the others who were preparing to leave with a heavy expression on his face with a victor smile on his face.

"Mr. Schiff, Mr. Pandit, it looks like I won this time!"

Gessel Schiff stopped, "Mr. Guo, don't forget that when we shorted LinkedIn, we won." No, it shouldn't be said to be a draw, after all, we made $1.2 billion from shorting LinkedIn, and this time you not only didn't earn a point, but also lost a controlling stake in Phoenix Merrill Lynch, which made Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and the Morgan family make a lot of money... So overall you're still a loser!"

"Really, then we'll see!"

"Of course!"

Geselshev, who had left two words, turned around and strode outside.

"Don't be too happy, we've just begun!" Steven Liping said threateningly.

Guo Shouyun clasped his ears, "Do we know each other?"

With that, he turned and left.

"You...!"

With an angry face, Steven Liping, who was originally about to catch up, saw the two sturdy bodyguards blocking the way, his expression froze, and after snorting coldly, he turned around and followed the footsteps of Geselschiff and others and left the conference room.

"Bruce, congratulations!"

David Rubinstein, CEO of The Carlyle Group, who came to the hearing, said.

"Thank you, but it should be said that it is the same joy, the Carlyle Group is also a shareholder of Phoenix Merrill Lynch!"

"Haha, that's right!"

"But seriously, in the end I thought it was no show. I never thought that Karlov would choose to support you at the last minute! The result was so dramatic, it was unbelievable!" Goldman Sachs CEO Blank Fein, who stood on the side, took over.

Guo Shouyun nodded, with a hint of emotion and elusiveness in his words.

"Unbelievable indeed!"

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"Why? Why would you support Bruce Go?"

After the hearing, Mitch McConnell angrily approached Karloff.

"Why can't I support Bruce Go? Did I tell you in advance that I must veto the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch?" Karrov asked rhetorically.

"I...!"

Mitch McConnell was stunned for a moment. They really didn't look for Karrov in advance. But isn't the latter already in trouble with Bruce Guo? It stands to reason that the latter should no longer be supported.

"Aren't you already...!"

After waving his hand to interrupt his words, Karrov said with an indifferent expression: "How to make decisions is my business, you don't have to worry about it!"

With that, he turned and left. Looking at his back, Mitch McConnell's face changed, and after finally snorting coldly, he gave up chasing after him and asking for a clear idea. The hearing has ended, and the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch has become a foregone conclusion, even if you rush to ask for clarification, it will be meaningless to the result.

"Jingle bell...!"

As soon as Karrov got into his car, the phone rang. Picked it up, looked at the caller ID, and pressed the answer button.

"Why do you want to help me?"

"This is what I owe you!"

After a long silence, "Thank you... Carl, the feud between us is written off... Toot toot!"

Listening to the blind voice, Karrov sighed with a complicated face.

On the other side, Guo Shouyun, who hung up the phone, asked instead, "Did you send out the things that were handed over to you the day before yesterday?"

"It's been sent! But the news hasn't spread yet, and we can buy it back with money. Wang Jue hurriedly said.

"Forget it, send it out, send it out!"

Guo Shouyun waved his hand. If it weren't what he expected, even if he didn't expose Karrov's black materials, the Schiff Citigroup, which had suffered a big loss, would have been exposed! Since the results were all the same, there was no need to make another move.

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"Damn, damn it, that bastard has something to brag about. When I became the head of the Schiff family, with tens of billions of dollars in money, and roaming the mall, he didn't know where to play with mud!"

When he got home, old Schiff completely lost his cool.

Looking at his furious father, William Schiff sighed inwardly. He knows his father very well, although he is calm on the surface, but he is a very conservative person in his bones, and he attaches great importance to his face and the family style of the nobles, and no one can see that he has the slightest disrespect for him. Especially Guo Shouyun's behavior of slapping his face in front of the public, in his opinion, it is even more shameful!

Old Schiff, who had vented a little, finally calmed down. After taking a deep breath, he picked up the phone and called Cram Pandeit, CEO of Citi.

"Ram, I think it's time to start planning the next step!"

"I'm sorry, Gesell. The board of directors feels that it is difficult for Bruce Guo to make a profit by shorting Unocal under the premise of mastering Phoenix Merrill Lynch, so we can't participate in the next step!"

"Ram, that's not what you said in the first place!" said Old Schiff, suppressing his anger.

"Old man, even though I'm the CEO of Citi, major investment actions are also subject to the constraints of the board of directors. So I'm really sorry... Toot toot!"

"Bang...!"

In a fit of rage, old Schiff threw his phone out, "Bastard, each of these guys is more aggressive than the other when they take advantage, and when it's their turn to help, one runs faster than the other!"

The quality of the Nokia mobile phone is very good, although it was thrown far away by the old Schiff and smashed a vase halfway, but when it was picked up by William Schiff, it can still be used normally.

"Father, now that the aftermath of the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch has not dissipated, it is normal for Citi to have concerns.... ”

"Normal fart, I think they were just stunned by Bruce Guo's hairy boy!" After rudely interrupting his son's words, Old Schiff picked up the phone again, "I don't believe that except for Citi, there are few who have the guts!"

As a result, old Schiff made a round of phone calls. With the exception of Halliburton Energy's CEO Steven Lepin, the rest of the group rejected his offer to work together again.

Old Schiff's face turned pale, and he took a deep breath, and his old face showed a hint of deep thought. After half a ring, he turned and went upstairs to his study, opened the safe hidden in the corner, and took out a red mobile phone.

William Schiff, who came with him, saw this mobile phone, and his face immediately changed.

"Father, what are you going to do?"

Glancing at his son, Old Schiff said in a cold tone: "They are right, after owning Phoenix Merrill Lynch, Bruce Guo has reached the peak of both financial resources and influence on financial public opinion. It is no longer realistic to short Unocal by shorting LinkedIn before. But there's never just one way to do it!"

"Father, Bruce Go's influence is too great now. And now everyone knows that we have a conflict with him, and once he is dead, our Schiff family will be the first to be suspected...!"

Old Schiff interrupted his son with a wave of his hand.

"Don't worry, I'm not that unwise! And Bruce Guo is so careful, we may not be able to kill him!"

Stopping here, William Schiff's heart finally relaxed a lot.

"Then why did you use the Black Lion Mercenary Group?"

As a century-old family in the United States, the Schiff family, like other old families, has its own secret armed forces. In addition to defending itself, he also uses this force to deal with some covert activities. The role is basically the same as that of the internal security forces around Guo Shouyun!

"Doesn't Unocal have a lot of oil wells in Southeast Asia? If some are blown up, I believe its stock price will react soon!" Old Shif's eyes flashed with a cold light.

In order to save face, he really did everything.

"Father, did you really decide to do this?" asked William Schiff in a deep voice after taking a deep breath.

"What, can't you?"

He originally wanted to persuade his father to give up the idea of fighting with Bruce Guo to the end, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered the results of his previous repeated persuasions, and changed it again.

"It's not impossible, but if you do this, the impact will be too great!"

"The impact is greater, so that the more Unocal stock price falls, the more we earn. And, who in the world knows we did it?"

When he stopped, he knew he couldn't stop it. He was not the head of the Schiff family after all.