Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Dawn of the Night

"It's a madman!"

In the back seat of the graceful and elegant Rolls-Royce car, Little John pinched the cigar in one hand and waved it excitedly in the air with the other, while shouting nervously in his mouth. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Jamie Dimon beside him smiled bitterly and looked at him several times before shaking his head and saying, "You know, sir! It's not an explanation that I can't make into what you tell you to do, but it's a fact, a fact that can't be avoided!"

"So I have to cooperate with him on that occasion and let others play with him like a monkey? Do you mean that I should use all the profits accumulated in the Reserve Bank to make a wedding dress for Citigroup?"

Jamie Dimon looked at the furious little John, knowing that this black cauldron was his back, but who made himself just a worker, the chairman and president of JPMorgan Chase, what a dazzling title, but in the end, he can't be a pawn of the consortium, a pawn that can be sacrificed if necessary.

After reasserting his position in his heart once more, he straightened his collar and said in a slightly humble tone, "Mr. John, it's all my fault. It was I who did not comprehensively consider the impact of the general environment, only saw the opportunity to defeat Citigroup, but ignored the need for market stability in the overall environment, although we lost temporarily. But in the long run, the Rockefellers have lost far more than we do, and it is almost impossible for them to be where they are now. Once Citi accepts the $400 billion loan injected by the Federal Reserve, what they pay will never go back to the Rockefeller consortium. I can guarantee that!"

"No matter how wonderful the unfulfilled promises are, they are just lofts in the sky, and they will always sound good. Little John waved his hand disdainfully, "And you have to know that I need status, not money, billions and tens of billions of dollars in profits are not taken into account by me at all, I need people's respect." And here, I don't see a single ounce of respect, and they're all forcing Morgan to back down and serve the damn big picture. ”

"But we also achieved our goal of dismembering Citi, didn't we?" Jamie Dimon sometimes finds it difficult to do one thing!

For example, this time, the Morgan consortium and a number of American consortia jointly attacked Rockefeller, not only in the stock market and shorted the shares of Citigroup First Group, but also caused great damage to Rockefeller in other aspects, and the tens of billions of dollars in profits earned now and in the future may not be worth mentioning.

But after weakening Rockefeller, Morgan's momentum throughout the Federation will reach a new level.

It's a pity that it backfired, and the sudden change in the general environment made the entire upper echelons of the federation feel a chill.

They just want to make money and avoid risks, and no one wants to sit back and watch the total collapse of the entire financial industry, let alone the Great Depression like 1929, which could even reduce the entire United States to an American country. Their European allies will never miss this opportunity, and once Citigroup suffers a terrible nightmare, then Rockefeller will inevitably choose the last resort, and no one will be able to escape the catastrophe smoothly.

At this point, the major consortia are well aware that in normal times, just a simple Rockefeller itself is not enough to make them feel afraid. So in the current environment, Rockefeller tied himself to the big bomb of the financial crisis, and if one is not good, it can ignite the entire Federation. No one wants to insist on dismembering Rockefeller and turning him into a second-rate conglomerate.

"I don't want to know this, I'm a little tired, you can take care of the rest. Remember to let our eastern allies who are kept in the dark know what happens if we offend the American consortium. Little John said these words without the slightest sense of guilt.

For capitalists, the eternal pursuit must be profit, not the so-called credit and fairness. When Citigroup falls prey, they certainly need a substitute that can be used as a shield. But now that an agreement has been reached between the consortiums, Li Mubai, who was pulled by the Morgan consortium as a chess piece, has naturally come to an end, and maybe he can take some profits from him to make up for Little John's injured heart.

Jamie Dimon nodded, "Of course, the technology and funds he has in his hands are exactly what we need." Maybe we'll have a chance to give our competitors across the Pacific a good look. ”

In a word, the Morgan consortium has completely changed from its original ally to a hostile camp, and I have to say that the world is changing so fast that it is almost incomprehensible.

However, no matter how they struggled, they would never have imagined that their words and deeds, including the contents of the extremely confidential meeting just now, would be known in an instant by a certain big man who was still in Los Angeles.

"See, consortium, hehe!"

Li Mubai, who hung up the phone casually, didn't look worried at all, he even took out a knife to trim his nails and slowly arranged his hands.

In this conference room, there are also 17 American technology companies behind the scenes, and of course there is no shortage of controllers of many large conglomerates in the West, most of whom have a common name in the United States, the leaders of emerging conglomerates! Or can be called representatives of the technology industry.

Led by Stephen Goldblum, the leader of the Western California consortium that invested in Oracle and Cisco, most of them emerged after World War II, especially after the Information Highway project.

"Mr. Li, although I am disappointed that you did not make the gesture of inviting us at the beginning, it does not matter, the most important thing is that now, we are friends!" Stephen Goldbrun stretched out a hand and shook it heavily with Li Mubai.

The latter doesn't mean to be shy at all, anyway, picking up the pit people, these people are the masters among them, he just learned from these people's style and made the most beneficial choice for himself.

"Of course, I always thought we were in this together. Morgan Rockefeller, they have ruled this land for too long, I believe it is time for them to rest and retire, after all, the replacement of the old and the new in this world is the mainstream. After Li Mubai said a polite word, he walked directly to the desk and picked up a document and handed it to the latter, and said, "I believe you don't need me to elaborate, you should also know." The Federal Reserve officially held a meeting today to discuss the allocation plan for the rescue of a number of financial institutions, and we are very sorry that many financial institutions, including the Bank of America and the Western National Bank, did not get the bargaining chips you expected in this allocation plan. So I want to say, it's time for you to say no to them. ”

"Of course, my consistent position is that everyone has money to make together, but they provoked the financial crisis, and now they pat their butts and want to leave, how is this possible? Since Rockefeller and Morgan are not willing to involve the California consortium, then simply stop playing. Stephen was very direct, which probably had something to do with his own experience as a child, and he didn't speak like the big businessmen who were successful.

Li Mubai especially appreciated him, otherwise he would not have agreed to cooperate with the California and Southern consortiums.

"Well, gentlemen, I don't think this is the time to discuss this, the most important thing now is that Morgan and Rockefeller have joined forces, and the Federation intends to provide them with a huge bailout and a credit guarantee, and if we want to continue to short at this time, then we have to take a huge risk. I'm sorry, I'm not denying our position, and I'm not trying to say no, but we have to do something to make sure that we don't lose money and that our interests aren't violated. ”

Thomas Riley, the de facto head of Bank of America, the second largest financial institution in the United States, the only non-tech company in attendance, spoke, and at the same time whispered to Stephen, "Sir, although we have different paths from Morgan and Rockefeller, their strength is far superior to ours, and I am afraid that there is not much chance of winning if we start a war rashly." ”

"It's true that if I just wanted to be on the safe side, I would definitely choose to work with them, but my instincts and my experience tell me that if you are not sure, would you believe that a newly rich man from a foreign country would be willing to gamble his entire fortune, especially if he has never failed once. I am willing to believe him, especially some of the secret information he provides, and I am convinced that we will be the ones who will succeed in the end. "Stephen has never looked up to a person like that.

Li Mubai was the first because he gave a promise that no one on the planet could give.

Especially when he still has what it takes to deliver on that promise, Stephen naturally knows what to choose.

Before Li Mubai could speak, Intel Chairman Barrett came forward directly, because there was no point in hiding it at this time, he distributed a large stack of materials, and then said to those technology giants who were still hesitating, "If there is no this, I am afraid that the first person to walk out of this room now is me! But after seeing this, I have every reason to believe that the last one to cry will definitely not be me!"

The details in the information are simple, and most of the content is only for one company, which is the target of their operation - Citigroup First.

If the information previously handed over to Lehman Brothers could only make Citigroup lose the confidence of investors! Then the details disclosed this time are enough to make Citigroup go bankrupt in an instant, because no matter what it contains, including the details of tax evasion and evasion, and even the specific transaction of a specific overseas subsidiary on a certain day and a specific time, the profits involved, the tax figures that should be paid, and the tax evasion figures.

How to circumvent it, how many agencies are involved, this is simply a chain of evidence that is beyond question, and even only need to hand over this page to the Federal Tax Service, which will drive its own armored car and instantly surround Citigroup.

Tax evasion is only one of the insignificant details, and once the other scandals involved are revealed, it is no exaggeration to say that unless the people involved commit suicide, even if all the well-known barristers in the United States are invited, it will not change the fact that they will spend the rest of their lives in prison.

"If these things are revealed, not to mention Rockefeller, even if it is the president, he will have to step down immediately!" Stephen became more and more shocked the more he looked at it, this was as specific as the diary recorded by the Rockefeller consortium Walker's own diary, covering almost all the illegal facts of Rockefeller over the years.

Thomas Riley was almost stunned by the information in front of him, and he shuddered a little and said, "Oh my God, if I'm not dreaming, then this is too hard to accept!"

"These are just hors d'oeuvres, I sometimes wonder, if all these things are announced, then those angry investors, will they take guns and rush directly into New York and bloody the headquarters of First Citigroup?" Li Mubai turned the pen in his hand, snapped his fingers to attract everyone's attention, and said directly, "Gentlemen, the funds have entered the stock market, and it will take at least more than a week for the federal bailout, but they will soon build momentum, and the market will change unfavorably at that time." ”

"That's useless, sir. With you, let alone a $400 billion rescue plan, even if a 0 is added to the end, it can't change the situation that God can't reverse, and they're finished! These $400 billion are just pocket money given to us by the Federation. Thomas Riley was thrilled at the thought of the profit he was about to make.

But soon his ambition was extinguished, because Li Mubai's opponent was never the federal government, and he was tantamount to controlling the entire federation at this time, after all, his background was still a little shallow, "I'm sorry, your idea is too good." We're just targeting Citi, not the Rockefeller behind him. Not to mention cracking down on the entire old conglomerate, if we do so, it could trigger a full-scale war, and we are not sure of victory. ”

"Yes, I agree! Now is not a good time for a decisive battle, let's eat Citigroup first, digest it, and then attack other companies, and strive to weaken their strength little by little before the consortium integrates its own resources to start a war. Stephen shared the same idea, and his ambitions were no less.