Chapter 238: The kidnapped Goldman Sachs and Morgan

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When Guo Shouyun was trying to win over Rebecca Mark to balance Enron, he was also becoming the center of discussion for some people with ulterior purposes.

"Bang...!"

Accompanied by the swing of the club, the white golf ball flew through a white arc towards the distant hole in the warm New York morning sun.

"John, that's not your level. ”

John Schwartzman shook his head, "If I hadn't been invited by you, I wouldn't have the heart to play now!"

"Isn't Seymour's going well? What do you have to worry about?" laughed Stephen Bryan.

Glancing at him, "Stephen, don't tell me you can't guess what I'm worried about. ”

"Bruce Guo?"

"That's right!"

"Looks like Jeffrey Jilin is calling you a lot!" Stephen Bryan laughed.

"He's just one aspect, and the most important thing is Bruce Guo himself. It's mid-June, nearly two months after Bruce Kwok bought Pacific and Southern California and integrated them into the Pan Pacific Group. In the past two months, instead of being in a difficult situation, Pan Pacific Group has made large acquisitions of peer companies. In less than two months, they have acquired seven companies of the same type, and have penetrated deep into eight western states of the United States. Moreover, it is still in contact with Texas Gas and Montana Electric and Natural Gas, and the pace of expansion has not stopped. ”

John Schwartzman took a breath, softened his tone, and said with a somewhat serious expression, "How much liquidity does Bruce Guo, who has already invested $3 billion in these mergers and acquisitions, have in his hands? ”

Hearing this, Stephen Bryan sighed slightly and put the club away. After being mentioned by the other party about what he was also worried about recently, Stephen Bryan didn't have the heart to continue playing.

The two of them handed their clubs and gloves to the assistant next to them, and they walked along the manicured lawn of the course.

In addition to the acquisition, Bruce Kwok has also endured huge economic losses caused by the energy crisis, which has climbed to nearly $900 million per month. In addition, he has invested $230 million to retrofit Trans-Pacific Energy's aging lines. And, according to information from within Pan Pacific Energy, they plan to invest $9 billion over three years to build a new 6,000-megawatt power plant, and the site selection will officially begin in July. All of this indicates that Bruce Guo has at least more than $5 billion in liquid capital in his hands!" Speaking of which, Stephen Bryan sighed, "We all underestimated him, this financial genius has made far more money in gold speculators than we imagined!"

John Schwartzman nodded, the same data and estimates are also available ******* internally.

"It's a pity that Bruce Guo is too protective of the gold trading team of the Thunder Fund, and we don't get much valuable information at all except that we know that it has a code name of 'Solomon'. There's no way to find out how much they've made from gold speculation, and if they don't know that, they're never going to carry out their original plan, or they're making wedding clothes for each other!" said Stephen Bryan.

"This is our common concern. But, Stephen, do you have any good solutions?"

After sighing, Stephen Bryan shook his head.

"In the face of abundant funds, no economic means can do anything. As for the law, it takes too long. Moreover, Bruce Guo has a close relationship with Karl Rove, deputy director of the White House presidential staff, and with his relationship with the Bush family, he can easily win political support for Bruce Guo. In addition, there are now hundreds of clients of the Thunder Fund, and these people are all very high-status social elites, and they will never allow a genius financial planner who can bring in a huge income for himself every year to be knocked down in an unknown way. Even, even if there is a legal loophole in Bruce Guo, they will try their best to excuse him. In addition, I believe you also know the name 'Cold Mountain Club'!"

"That private club organized by Bruce Kwok?"

Stephen Bryan nodded, "Although this club has been established for less than a year, look at the members of it: Karl Rove, the brains of President Bush, deputy chief of staff of the White House, Timothy Geithner, deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Michael Davis, governor of California, Bill Lockyer, California attorney general, John Hannes, president of Stanford University, David Rubinstein, CEO of The Carlyle Group, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, and Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon!" There are many similar political, business, and legal figures in the future. The energy that these people gather together to burst out, even if we have to take it seriously!"

"It's unbelievable that Bruce Guo has made such a big situation in less than two years!" sighed John Schwartzman.

"It's not surprising either. When you have amazing wealth, and you have an even more amazing ability to gather wealth, you will naturally gather many equally capable people around you. Although these people have no simple purpose, as long as they come together, they will undoubtedly send a signal to the outside world: We are in this group!"

John Schwartzman nodded, "I'm afraid that's exactly what Bruce Guo wants to see." Unite those who are eager for profit with pure and fragmented interests!"

"That's right. This trick has proven to be the most effective, and it always works!" said Stephen Bryan.

"Well, that's where we get bogged off!" After a pause, John Schwartzman turned his head and said, "Stephen, I have some not-so-good news for you. Yoria: they're ready to do it!"

"What do you mean?"

"I think you should also understand that when Citi on behalf of Yolia pulled up Enron's stock price before, it did not sell at $70 as agreed, but instead took 30 million shares along the way, and now they hold 5.9% of Enron's stock, worth about $4 billion. Originally, they hoped to sell at a high price, but now because of a series of bad news about Enron on LinkedIn and a large short sale of Bruce Guo's Thunder Fund, their investment is trapped. Enron's stock price is now down more than $10 per share on average compared to their buying price. In order to avoid losses, they intend to start the second part of the 'Hound Plan' ahead of schedule!"

"Are the people at Citi stupid? Now it makes no sense to start the second part of the Hound Project, to suppress the stock prices of Apple and Amazon, and to walk around the bad news of Pan Pacific Energy and the Matrix. Bruce Kwok's abundant funds can easily support them. And I think Bruce Kwok would have wished we could do it, because he could buy more shares of these companies at a lower price. Stephen Bryan said angrily.

The people at Citi understand this. But they need to divert Bruce Kwok's attention from Enron so that they can unwind the money they have invested in Enron. Otherwise, the loss of billions of dollars is enough to remove the current management of Citi!"

Stephen Bryan took a breath and calmed his mind, his brow furrowed.

He was able to understand Citi's considerations. The good and bad of Apple and Amazon companies do not bring her considerable profits. On the contrary, if Enron's situation improves, it will be able to reduce and even increase their benefits. It's easy to decide which one to choose.

Still, the people at Citi choose what is best for themselves. But it left a problem for the three accomplices of Goldman Sachs, Seymour and Bank of America. They all own stakes in Apple and Amazon, as well as corporate bonds issued by Pacific Power and Natural Gas, Southern California Edison Power, and now Pan Pacific Energy. If Citi had used its energy to spread their bad news to the outside world and take advantage of the opportunity to go short, Goldman Sachs, Seymour and Bank of America would undoubtedly have suffered significant losses.

No one likes to lose, especially financial people!

"John, we need to talk to Yolia or the rest of Citi!" said Stephen Bryan solemnly.

"Stephen, I also hope you can sit down and talk. But with Citi's current situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to accept our point of view and change their strategy!"

Stephen Bryan certainly understands that no company will make its own losses conditional on other peers being profitable. This is a self-digging grave!

"Are we going to be stupid to follow Citi, this is terrible!" said Stephen Bryan with an ugly face.

"We can also choose to hold positions, and if this is the case, the 'Hound Project' will have nothing to do with us! Moreover, judging from the current economic situation in the United States and the world, it may take two or three years to wait for the situation of Apple, Amazon and the Pan Pacific Group to improve. Two or three years mean that we get almost no income from the money we invest in it. This kind of capital utilization rate is too low, and mutual funds will perform better than us!" John Schwartzman sighed.

"So, we have no choice?"

If Citibank is allowed to act alone, then they will definitely use the methods that everyone has discussed to attack Guo Shouyun and his companies. Wait until they use these methods to make money and quit. Goldman Sachs, Morgan, they obviously can't use the same means again. When the time comes, the Hound Project also loses its meaning to them.

"Yes... Stephen, China on the other side of the Pacific is about to open up, and it's full of opportunities to make superprofits. Therefore, it is stupid to put more than a billion dollars of funds on a few projects that will not generate income for two or three years! ******* will not and will not allow this!"