Chapter 1295 Betrayal

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"Whew!"

After a long sigh, the stuffiness that had accumulated in Liu Dong's heart in the past few days because of a series of bad news from Standard Chartered Bank finally dissipated a little because of the rich and huge harvest on this sunken ship.

After instructing Klein and them to quickly sort out the artifacts in the cabin, Liu Dong pulled Charlie Nord off the ship.

"Charlie, the salvage of the shipwreck is over! Your next task is to sail the ocean-going explorer out of the Aegean Sea, through the Suez Canal, and back to Tianjin, China, via the Indian Ocean!" Liu Dong ordered.

"Boss, why? Now that we've salvaged two wrecked ships in just two weeks, this luck must be God's help, so we should work harder, how can we leave?" said Charlie Nord quickly.

Charlie Nord, who had already made a fortune on these two sunken ships, was really unwilling to give up the opportunity to get more wealth.

However, Liu Dong doesn't think so.

There are too many precious ancient Greek works of art on the shipwreck No. 2. Even if Liu Dong has confiscated the communication equipment of all the crew members on the ship and blocked the spread of the news. But in such a close proximity to Greece, it still makes the cautious Liu Dong instinctively uneasy.

Therefore, he planned to accept it as soon as he saw it. Eat the meat that has already reached your mouth first.

"This time we already have three shipwrecks in the cabin, and the space is full. And many of the artworks that have been salvaged from the water continue to be maintained and maintained, and the condition on board is limited. So we have to go back!But don't worry, when you get back and put your things down, I'll allow you to come back and continue salvage!"

Hearing Liu Dong say this, Charlie Nord, who also knows the reality, did not object this time.

Soon, on his orders, the entire ocean-going expedition salvage ship. and the yacht Gonggong began to turn around and leave the Aegean Sea towards the Suez Canal, 600 nautical miles away.

However, after arranging the things on the salvage ship, when he returned to the yacht, Liu Dong, who had just been happy for a short time, was once again disturbed by a phone call from Feng Jianhui. Or rather, they become irritated again.

"Chairman, I just received news from London. The Stella company is out of business!"

Hearing this unfamiliar name, Liu Dong frowned. Although he knew that Feng Jianhui would definitely not call him specifically at this time for something that had nothing to do with him, Liu Dong really didn't remember when he had invested in this company.

"I don't think there seems to be such a company in the investment department of Standard Chartered Bank," Liu said.

"No, but Abi National Bank, which we acquired, is the majority shareholder of Stella Company!" Feng Jianhui said in a deep voice.

"What the hell is going on?"

Listening to Liu Dong's stern tone, Feng Jianhui took a deep breath and hurriedly told Liu Dong the truth about the matter.

After listening, Liu Dong's face was gloomy and scary.

"So we were Sally Kraucek, the board of directors of Abi National Bank, the board of directors of Santander. There's even a UK regulator that has made a trick into it?"

"Yes, but I suspect that the Daxi family is involved!" Feng Jianhui said in a deep voice.

"The Darcy family?"

This name Liu Dong is not too familiar.

Perhaps sensing the confusion in Liu Dong's tone, Feng Jianhui immediately explained: "The Darcy family is a veteran British aristocrat, and the family's Amoco investment company holds 32.8% of the shares of BP Oil Company and is the largest shareholder of the company. ”

"BP Oil!"

This time, Liu Dong is finally no longer a stranger.

BP, is an abbreviation for British Petroleum, and now it is one of the largest oil and petrochemical conglomerates in the world. The business scope covers oil and gas exploration, exploitation, refining, transportation, sales, petrochemical and coal, non-ferrous metals, computers, shipping, insurance and other aspects.

Headquartered in London, the company has a market capitalization of nearly $200 billion. With one million shareholders and nearly 110,000 employees scattered around the world. It has production and business activities in more than 100 countries. In 2003. BP is ranked in the top five of Fortune magazine's Global 500 and tops the European 500. In 2008, it ranked fourth on the Fortune 500.

One can imagine how rich the Darcy family, who own 32.8% of this super-oil giant, really is!

“…… The Darcy family's Amoco Investment Company also owns 28 percent of Stella AG, the second largest shareholder after Santander with 34.78 percent! Amoco Investments helped Santander in its acquisition of Banco Nacional Abi. In return, Santander will acquire a 28% stake in Tesla at a market price from Amoco Investments. ”

After a pause. Feng Jianhui said in a heavy tone, "But after we intervened in the acquisition of Abi National Bank, all this changed! Santander Bank suspended the acquisition of Abi National Bank, and Abi National Bank bought Santander Bank and Amoco, as well as about 30% of the remaining shares of Stella Company!"

Hear here. Liu Dong, whose face was pale, 'stumbled' and broke the pen in his hand. The instant spray of ink stained his left hand and the papers on the desk. But Liu Dong didn't care about this. The anger churning in his heart had reached the peak of his resentment towards Sally Kraucek.

The affairs of Stella Company, if it were not for Sally Kraucek, who was in charge of the acquisition of Abi National Bank, could not have gotten any news at all.

"Sure enough, it's the most poisonous woman's heart!" Liu Dong gritted his teeth in his heart.

Although a series of bad news made Liu Dong inevitably feel some frustration in his heart. But this frustration is nothing compared to the betrayal of those closest to him!

"Who did this bureau?" Liu Dong couldn't help but ask.

"We have too little information on hand to know yet. However, the Darcy family, as well as Alan Butler, the majority shareholder of the original Abi National Bank, and the Spanish Fernández family, which holds the largest stake in the Santander family, must all have a share! But whether there are more behind them, and it is unknown whether there are more powerful people behind them!"

After a moment of silence, Liu Dong asked, "If Tesla fails, how much will we lose?"

"At least $6 billion!"

"$6 billion, so much?" Liu Dong said in surprise.

"Yes, Tesla is a well-known British mining company, and the company's main business is in 18 countries around the world. It is a major producer of copper, coking coal, thermal coal, nickel, iron-chromium alloys, alum, zinc. The company has a market capitalization of $13 billion!"

"In that case, how could it go out of business?" Liu Dong frowned.

"Massive debt expansion, and bad luck!"

"Tell me more!"

"Yes, Chairman! Stella was worth $2 billion in March last year. But in May last year, it spent $2.5 billion to acquire Canada's Diverse Minerals Corporation, which suddenly doubled in size. Stella has not stopped at the beginning of the merger, doubling its size again in August last year after it acquired Australian copper, zinc and coal mining company Esprit International for $4.9 billion with the support of Santander. By the end of 2002, their market value had climbed to $13 billion!"

"But Stella wasn't lucky. The war between the African government of Sudan and the rebels in southern Sudan has spread to their copper mines at the bottom of the Athurbara River valley in Sudan. The company's operating income plummeted, nearly $5.5 billion in loans could not be repaid, and it was directly on the verge of bankruptcy!"

"Sudan War!" Liu Dong's expression moved.

"How can we get Stella back up and running?" asked Liu Dong after a half-silence.

"Investment, as long as we can repay part of the loan so that Stella's profits can afford the loan and interest, then we can turn the company around. However, in our current situation, it may not be easy to come up with $5 billion. ”

"It's not easy to take it. Otherwise, this bad news will affect the stock price and smooth operation of Standard Chartered Bank!" Liu Dong said immediately.

After the news of the collapse of the Stella company appeared, it was reprinted by the major media and spread throughout the world's business circles in less than a day. And after the news spread that we were the majority shareholder of Stella AG, the shares of Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, the United States and London plummeted again. Fortunately, we were able to buy all the sold shares in time and stabilize the stock price. But this month's steady stream of bad news from Standard Chartered has affected people's trust in us. Standard Chartered's assets under custody and bank deposits have fallen by 18.9% and 32.6% respectively compared to before the crisis! ”

After a pause, Feng Jianhui said solemnly: "Chairman, we must fight back with more good news, otherwise unless we have 40 billion, 50 billion, or even more funds, it will be really difficult for Standard Chartered Bank to support it in the end! We're going to lose more than $50 billion, which is a huge loss!"

"I know, I'll figure it out...... Also, you inform Shen Peng for me, let Dongfang Copper Company acquire Tesla, and then I will give him another 3 billion US dollars and half a year, half a year later, after the merger of the two companies, Dongfang Resources Company will turn losses into profits, and achieve a turnover of 2 billion US dollars, if he can't do it, find me another person who can do it!" Liu Dong said directly.

"Yes, Chairman!"

Feng Jianhui knew that Liu Dong's conditions were not difficult to achieve. With Shen Peng's ability and experience, plus $3 billion in funds, there is still a great deal of certainty in completing Liu Dong's explanation. So he didn't say anything more. (To be continued.) )

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