Chapter 43: The Financial Empire
The scene shifts to an ancient and luxurious castle
The castle sits on a small plain that has been bulldozed in the mountains. Covering nearly 300 acres, the beasts that infested the neighborhood in the early years have been wiped out by a group of professional hunters led by the first avid owner of the castle. In one of the 1,032 rooms in total, there are vaguely specimens of the trophies of that year.
The tall green iron gate at the entrance, the patchwork of gardening around the courtyard and the quiet pond during the period are all repeated reminders of the dignity of the owner of the manor. But the estate, which has changed hands several times, has unconsciously left its mark on the lives of its owners: two cinemas with a capacity of 50 people each, four blue swimming pools of different shapes, five tennis courts, two helipads, and six parking lots scattered throughout. There are also countless gyms, bars, ballrooms, and showrooms for collectibles. Although it is often demolished and demolished according to the owner's temperament, and there are many buildings with different styles, they have become one after the friction of time. Only the tulips planted by the first lord of the castle have won the favor of previous owners. Unfortunately, the darkness of the night does not allow people to see the splendor of their usual colors, but the tangy fragrance can make everyone who enters the manor feel that it is full of dreamy atmosphere...
Walking inside the castle, you will be dazzled by porcelain and furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries, famous Renaissance paintings, wall hangings, and crystal chandeliers. It's an exaggeration to say that even one of the toilets here can be opened to sell tickets to visit! Maybe this is the mansion in the mansion where you will get lost in your own home...
In the largest of the castle's eight heated cellars, Shark Emperor Edward Menrose handed Orlando Cam a glass of dusk-colored whiskey beside him and said, "Old man, my golden cauldron is ready. But just wait for your dry firewood. ”
"I'm doing something, you still don't worry. Thinking about the bloody storm three months later, I can't help but think of the feat we did thirteen years ago, which destroyed all the financial systems of five entire countries! It was that time that you let the people of this world see for the first time that the power of financial warfare can reach such a terrifying order of magnitude! At that time, those people were terrified when they heard your name, hahaha. The Elephant Emperor sighed
Rewind to a day thirteen years ago
"Do you know why the atomic bomb is so powerful?" asked Edward Menrose, who was not yet emperor at the time
"Oh, are you going to test me on physics, Edward?" replied Orlando Cam, the Elephant Emperor, quipped
"Satisfy my curiosity for a moment. Edward Menrose pleaded sincerely
"Okay. If I remember correctly, the power of the atomic bomb comes from the fission chain reaction between the atoms caused by nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. The Elephant Emperor replied
"That's right, but have you ever thought that in fact, every person in our society is like an atom, and between people, except for small groups, there are feelings mixed with each other, and the vast majority of other people use money to 'communicate' with each other, so money is like the 'atomic nucleus' stuffed between every 'atom' in society! As long as we can detonate these 'atomic nuclei' and produce a fission chain reaction, then we will have endless wealth!"
"But how can we detonate this chain reaction?" the Elephant Emperor then asked
"If everyone in society is connected by money, and this money represents a kind of trust between people. The best way to get everyone to give up this trust is to fill the gap between people with fear. Because in the deepest part of every human being, all distrust comes from fear. By the way, have you ever been to the market to buy seafood, Elephant Emperor?" asked Edward Menroth rhetorically
"Please, please don't sell it anymore, just say it. Orlando Cam urged, impatiently
"Hehe, an old classmate of mine did the sea with an idea. He first borrowed money from the bank, and then used the money to sell the biggest and best seafood to the restaurant at a low price. Sometimes he doesn't think he has done enough, so he just sends a few more catties. After he had killed all the other local wholesalers, he frantically poured water into the seafood. But one day, a diner died after eating the seafood that his company had supplied to his body with rancid water. After that, the locals didn't talk about eating seafood, and when they heard that it was a seafood restaurant, they didn't even dare to enter it again.
Therefore, what we have to do is to let everyone taste the new first, that is, to continue to speculate on the local stock market and property market, and then frantically inject water into it, that is, to increase leverage and buy short two local markets full of bubbles in the offshore market, and finally we only need to frantically sell those outrageously high 'toxic' assets. Then everyone will be as afraid of their assets as they are of a dead fish. And we can sit back and wait for their money to fly into our pockets on the offshore and foreign exchange markets, hahaha!" said Shark Emperor Edward Menros with a light in his eyes
At that time, the invincible Elephant Emperor, who was firmly in the second position of the Golden Family, stared at the middle-aged man in front of him, and thought: 'He will soon usher in a new era of his own, and all I have to do now is to help him as much as I can...'
Time goes back to the present castle
I still vividly remember the stunned expression of the Green Tiger King, who has always been rude. Haha, until today he has been respectful when he sees me! Time really flies. I think when I came up with that crazy plan, no one in my family approved of it. Only if you resist all doubts and support me, who was only a small fund manager at the time, can the plan be implemented smoothly. But those who began to oppose were not ambiguous at all when they collected the money later, humming. ”
"Don't blame them. You are the leader of this era, and they are still stuck in the glory of the past, unable to extricate themselves. Aren't you now the second emperor? Originally, we didn't reach out to save Henry, the Iron Lion King, this time, and the kings of them were quite resentful. The Elephant Emperor replied
"It's a global economic crisis, and there's a lot of overcapacity. The steel industry is a shining day, a bottomless pit, and if it is saved, it will be saved in vain! Can't they even see this?!" said the Shark Emperor
"Now that the war is imminent, it is more important to stabilize the morale of the military. Okay, let's not talk about these annoying trivia. Come, lift your glass. I would like to praise you in advance for this perfect plan that has come out of nowhere! it is more vicious and subtle than the one before it! I can't help but admire it!" said the Elephant Emperor
"Hehe, you can't do it without upgrading the version. After all, they have suffered such a big loss, how can they fall for the same fool again. But fortunately, the greedy inferior genes in them can never be changed. So just put on a new mask, and then open the arms of fear. They will surely be like last time, and their obedient hands will offer the fruits of many years of labor, hahaha!
"The Elephant Emperor, the Shark Emperor, the people are almost here. Outside, an old man who looked like a housekeeper came in and urged
Then the two went out for a meeting. Also present at the meeting were the Green Tiger King - Edric, the Eagle King - Andrew, the Stone King - Philip III, and a mysterious person sitting behind the bead curtain in the compartment, and the old butler just now had been standing in front of him waiting. Nearly halfway through the meeting, a middle-aged man who had appeared in prison appeared at the venue with a cup of coffee.
"Yo~ This is not the Turtle King, why did you come to the meeting so late. It seems that young people are busy now, how can we have so much leisure time like us old antiques~" Shiwang Philip 3 said in a weird manner
"I've been here a long time ago. It's just that I received the meeting an hour later than yours. I don't know who did the dirty little trick that caused me to drink coffee in the café downstairs for an hour. Silicon King Cormier grumbled nonchalantly
"Okay, okay, today is a meeting where the boss gathers everyone. It's rare for everyone to see each other in a year, so don't quarrel over these little misunderstandings. Silicon King, come on, sit down for a meeting. The Elephant Emperor said in a circle
The Green Tiger King smoked his beloved Cuban cigar without saying a word, and stared contemptuously at Cormier, the silicon king who entered the door. Andrew, the fat Eagle King on the side, was bored and picked up a banana from the fruit bowl on the table, peeled it and ate it.