Chapter 742: Bomb (3rd Update)
Khodorkovs is one of UBS's big clients, and he knows that UBS has dozens of service centers for wealthy clients scattered in the foothills of the Alps.
UBS and SBC are indeed some of the best banks in the world when it comes to serving top clients, to the point where they need to spread rumors that they are not awesome.
After the popularization of the Internet in later generations, a considerable number of scholars ridiculed those articles that promoted UBS's awesomeness, and ridiculed these articles as stall literature, but they did not know that this was exactly what UBS wanted.
UBS's high-end services do not need to be advertised or well-known to the public. Unless you have liquid assets of more than $30 million, you are not a target customer for UBS's high-end business at all. And these customers contributed more than 50% of UBS's profits.
Indeed, Switzerland reformed its banking laws at the end of the 80s, requiring customers to use their real names and provide proof of a legitimate source of funds. But note that this is only for the average client, and for the top clientele, UBS still maintains a centuries-old tradition: no matter where the money comes from, no matter whose money it comes from or how it gets it, Swiss banks will always laugh at it and carry out neutrality to the end.
Even in 2014, when Switzerland could not withstand pressure from governments and was forced to revise its absolute secrecy clauses, UBS was still the safest bank for the richest of the richest.
It is even more of a misreading of UBS's farewell to the confidentiality clause, and the customer information published by UBS is only a part of the depositor's information at the request of the tax authorities of various countries, and this part of the information is only used for tax purposes.
To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the IRS being too strong, UBS would not have been able to make any compromise on the principle of secrecy.
The dull sound of gears spinning lasted for dozens of seconds, and the PINpad fell again, replaced by a safe that had risen from the ground in the same place.
The safe is not big, there are two keyholes on it, Zhang Chen first picked up a key left by the staff in the room, took out his own handle from the pocket of his jacket, inserted them into the keyhole of the safe, clicked, and the lock opened.
Khodorkovsky couldn't suppress his curiosity, looked over, and saw Zhang Chen put on gloves and took out a bulging handbag and a walkman from the safe.
Zhang Chen turned on the switch on the Walkman and handed the headphones to Khodorkovsky.
"If you want to see me, in five or six minutes, come to George's office... ”
"First of all, you need to plan with Betty that you're going to leave the office at 7 or 7:30, well, that's when all the people who hate me and cause me a lot of trouble will go home. Then, you'll have to sneak back to the office quickly, and I'll sneak over in the meantime. When the time comes, we'll be able to have a sweet date of 15 minutes, half an hour or more, whatever you want... ”
"I'll take off my clothes and start ...... Okay, I know you don't like that, and I hope to see you later, and when the time comes, I hope you can do what I want from my script. ”
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In this recording, a dialogue between a man and a woman is intermittently recorded, and the content is so hot that people blush and heartbeat. Anyone who listens to this recording will decide that the relationship between these two is definitely not ordinary!
Khodorkovsky's personality is calm, but it is difficult to hide the strange expression on his face, this, this is really wonderful!
What could be more exciting than hearing about the recording of a cheating affair between a current president of the United States and a woman nicknamed Monica?
"It's really convincing. Khodorkovsky took off his headphones, "But if that's all there is, I'm afraid it's useless." ”
Zhang Chen smiled slightly, and took out a blue dress from that handbag, "What if you add this?"
Khodorkovsky's pupils shrank, and his eyes caught a glimpse of a pale white translucent stain that had condensed at the hem of the dress, "Is this?"
Zhang Chen didn't speak, nodded slightly, and Khodorkovsky gasped: "Where did you get these things?"
Zhang Chen pondered the words and said, "An accident." ”
Khodorkovsky understood Zhang Chen's caution very well, since entering this room, every word Zhang Chen said did not involve specific issues, even if it was recorded, it could not prove that Zhang Chen had anything to do with this matter.
Khodorkovsky's eyes lit up: "Well, you can make an offer." ”
Neither of them is a good person, Khodorkovsky knows very well that if the two things that Zhang Chen took out are true, as long as he exposes them in batches through secret channels at the right time, there will inevitably be an uproar in the American political arena, and the US government will be too busy to take care of itself, and there will be no time to care about the idle affairs of Rakshasa at all.
Of course, if you can hold this handle and keep it secret, and only let those who should know about it know, maybe the benefits will be greater.
But this kind of nuclear-weapon-level bombshell, Zhang Chen naturally will not provide it for free, he must have something to ask for, and now it depends on what price the other party can offer.
Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "Franchise, Rakshasa oil and gas and mining development franchise." ”
Khodorkovsky knew what he knew.
Sure enough, the only thing Rakshasa can do now is natural resources such as oil and minerals.
Oh, and the beauties.
However, if you think about it with your ass, you can also know that people of Zhang Chen's level will certainly not do the industry of human traffickers, and Western countries have always coveted the rich oil and gas reserves of Rakshasa, and Zhang Chen's request was not unexpected by Khodorkovsky.
Khodorkovsky, who thought that he had mastered Zhang Chen's intentions, made up his mind and refused: "I can't give you a guarantee, you know, even under the current circumstances, there is no guarantee that I can really achieve my 'ideal'." Even if the 'ideal' is realized, this kind of thing is not something that I can say alone. ”
Zhang Chen said calmly: "There is an ancient saying in Huaxia: do your best, obey the destiny of heaven. Now the time and place are on our side, if it still does not succeed, it is the will of God, and I will naturally not make excessive demands at that time. But if it succeeds。。。。。。 ”
Zhang Chen smiled and said: "You can rest assured, I am a serious businessman, as long as I give my company the same treatment as Mobil and BP, fair competition, whether I can obtain the franchise is my own business." And I won't do it in my own name, so you can rest assured. ”
Serious businessmen? Will serious businessmen have the courage and ability to design the president of the United States? Khodorkovsky complained in his heart, and naturally redoubled his vigilance against Zhang Chen in his heart.
He was also almost certain that Zhang Chen's background could not be that of a simple businessman.
"Okay, I'll give you this promise. Khodorkovsky's eyes rolled, "If 'successful'." ”
In any case, if you can really succeed, it doesn't matter if you have the same interests on both sides. If the interests of both parties do not coincide...
Promises are meant to be reversed.
Zhang Chen seemed to be unconscious, and smiled happily: "It's worthy of Mikhail, it's really refreshing, the thing belongs to you." ”
(End of chapter)