Chapter 1299: Rage

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If you count the combined value of customer information and past accounts caused by Liu Dong's final destruction, the tangible and intangible losses of the two banks will exceed $50 billion!

And that's not even counting the damage to bank credibility and the loss of bank deposits and asset values.

If these are counted, then the losses of the two banks will be even worse.

Of course, in addition to the heavy losses of Citibank and HSBC, Liu Dong also gained a huge asset of nearly 21 billion US dollars. However, despite the amazing harvest, it is not possible to complete the laundering of this black asset in a short time. Even if he has many companies under his control, as well as the Colombian group, which is the easiest to launder money, it may take years to launder the money. Especially when Citibank and HSBC are frantically looking for the power that has caused them to lose so much, they should be even more cautious.

However, Liu Dongzhi didn't care much about this, the meat had already entered his bowl, and it was the same for eating early and late.

"It's much more balanced now!"

Looking at the tragic situation of the two banks in the newspaper, Liu Dong secretly said proudly. For more than a month, the sulking that Standard Chartered Bank had received was finally dissipated at this moment.

But just when Liu Dong was proud of his masterpiece, the gray-haired Chris Stillman looked at the empty vault, and the archives that were blown up in a mess and burned by the ensuing fire, and his face was gloomy and almost dripping.

And the rapidly rising and falling chest also makes people understand how strong the anger in the heart of this man who has a huge Stillman family in his hands at this moment!

"James, what the hell is going on?"

The low and hoarse voice made James Walker, the president of Citibank next to him, feel 120,000 cautious in the face of this chairman who is known as a "tyrant" in the American business world. Especially at this sensitive time.

"Boss. In fact...... In fact, because of the short period of time, we don't know exactly why!" said James Walker carefully.

"I don't know, the core vaults of Citibank have been burned down like this, and you, the president, actually told me that I don't know?" suddenly turned his head, his narrow eyes wide open, like an angry lion, staring at the employee he once trusted the most. Chris Stillman roared.

"Chairman, although we have not yet found out who stole the great Citibank, we have also found some clues...... Like this one!"

James Walker, who was sweating on his forehead, hurriedly handed over the little clues he had found.

After taking the black iron card in his hand and looking at it a few times, Stillman wondered, "What is this?"

"The symbol of the Tali* militant forces of Afghanistan!"

"Afghan Taliban, James, do you think the Afghans opened the vault of Citibank, the world's most heavily defended bank, and then stole 90 tons of gold and tens of billions of dollars worth of paper money in one night?"

Looking at the mocking smile on his boss's face, James Walker himself knew that this was indeed unlikely. The Afghans may be able to fight, but they are not yet to surpass the United States in terms of economy and brains.

"Boss. We also found a 50-mile tunnel inside the vault. James Walker said hurriedly.

"Tunnel, where?" said Chris Stillman, frowning.

It's at the bottom of the vault!

"Take me there now!"

Because of the blockage of the safe, Chris Stillman, who was standing at the door, did not see the entrance to the tunnel at first, but when he came to the innermost part of the vault under the guidance of James, he immediately found a hidden place in the corner. It is a square hole with a side length of about 100 cm.

Stand at the edge of the hole. Chris Stillman could feel the slight air rushing out of it.

At this time, the obedient James immediately took a flashlight and handed it to Chris Stillman. The latter used it to shine a picture inside.

Except for the discovery that the tunnel sank four meters to the left and then turned to the left, there were no other more discoveries.

"Where does it lead?"

"The Japanese consulate on Manhattan's North Side!" James said honestly.

"Japanese consulate, Japanese?" Chris Stillman frowned.

Once again, the result was beyond his expectations.

"Block the news, don't get it out of the way!" Chris Stillman, who thought for a moment and understood the complexity of this, immediately ordered.

"Understood. Boss!"

After nodding, Chris Stillman frowned for a while before he said slowly: "James, do you think it is possible that he is Japanese?"

"I don't know, but if it were me, I would never have left such an obvious clue!"

"Yes! The Japanese are narrow-minded. Short-sighted, but definitely not stupid!" Chris Stillman nodded.

After a moment of silence, Chris Stillman said again: "Last night, HSBC had the same experience as us, right?"

"Yes! The explosion occurred at almost the same time. I believe it must have been done by the same group!" James said respectfully.

"Then practice with them and try to find out the mastermind as soon as possible!" Chris Stillman gritted his teeth.

This time, the Stillman family, which holds a majority stake in Citibank, has suffered a heavy loss. Even as the head of his family, he felt a deep headache. And this is also the most tricky thing he has encountered since he took control of the family.

"Boss......!"

At this moment, a middle-aged secretary in a black suit with a serious expression walked over with a mobile phone.

And when he met Chris Stillman's questioning eyes, he hurriedly said, "It's the president's call!"

"Give it to me!"

Chris Stillman raised an eyebrow and took it.

As the helmsman of the Stillman family, Chris Stillman does not have much reverence for the president of the United States, because these conglomerates are the real masters of the United States. And the president is just a tool to achieve their interests. But there should be superficial respect.

After a few intermittent remarks, Chris Stillman said that Citibank's damage was not serious and would not affect the financial order in the United States, and the conversation ended.

After returning the phone to the secretary, Chris Stillman asked, "Hasn't Eric arrived yet?"

"Just over the phone, Mr. Eric's plane will be four hours away from New York!" the secretary said respectfully.

"Call again!" said Chris Stillman.

Citibank is not just the Stillman family, a large part of it belongs to the Rockefeller family. It can't always be a headache for him alone.

"Yes, boss!"

After nodding, looking at the black hole under his feet, Chris Stillman sighed in his heart, "It's time to let those bastards of Morgan, Mellon and Dupont see jokes again!"

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The time back in New York was a rare leisure time for Liu Dong in the past year. After he invested all the $37 billion he had prepared in Standard Chartered Bank, he not only restored his controlling stake to a record 98.4%, but also finally stabilized the bank's stock price at $78!

However, the stock price is meaningless in the end, because of the concentration of equity and the lesson of this time, Liu Dong has delisted Standard Chartered Bank.

Moreover, with the eyes of the international business and financial circles focusing more on Citibank and HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, which looks relatively safe, has finally eliminated the run and asset loss for more than a month. Moreover, at the beginning of the last month of '03, the amount of deposits exceeded the amount of withdrawals for the first time after the crisis.

Although the 150 tonnes of gold prepared by Liu Dong from Colombia was credited, this good news helped Standard Chartered Bank a lot.

It has allowed Standard Chartered, which has survived the crisis, to regain people's trust. As a result, deposits and assets that had been flowing out of banks due to the crisis have repatriated.

“…… In fact, this crisis is both a bad thing and a good thing for us!" Feng Jianhui said.

"Where does the good thing come from?"

"Hehe! The good thing is that because many people withdraw their money early, we don't have to pay a lot of interest. A conservative estimate is that the amount is no less than $1.5 billion!"

After nodding clearly, Liu Dong smiled: "It seems that this matter is really a good thing!"

After this crisis, some of the problems caused by the rapid expansion of Standard Chartered Bank have been solved or disappeared. Although the losses are still heavy, the current standard Standard Chartered Bank is no longer loosely structured, but truly a whole. This will be of great benefit to the development of the bank in the future!" Feng Jianhui said with a smile.

Now that the crisis has passed, a smile finally appeared on his face.

"Yes, there are always two sides to things, there are good things, and naturally there are bad ones!" Liu Dong sighed slightly.

And nodded approvingly, Feng Jianhui said: "Chairman, there is one more thing!"

"What's the matter?"

"Time Magazine wants to do an interview with you!"

"Push it, I'm not interested!" Liu Dong prefers to 'pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger' than to be famous. Although this possibility has become less and less possible with the increase of his economic power and status, long-term habits are not so easy to break.

Liu Dong's refusal was not unexpected by Feng Jianhui, but he did not agree because of this, but persuaded him: "Chairman, I think you should accept this interview!"

"Why?" Liu Dong said strangely.

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