Chapter 44: Collision

(Thank you for the tip, I wish you all a happy holiday.) Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info)

The internal force of Zhou You did not create miracles, and Old Barron only sobered up for half an hour when he exhausted his internal strength. He used his last strength to say goodbye to his relatives one by one, and even the few living brothers and sisters who had hated him all their lives rushed over from all over the world, abandoning their past hatred and agonizing that he would leave forever.

Nakahara, who was already three years old, took Paris's hand and looked at Old Barron on the bed, watching curiously. He was too young to understand what death meant.

Old Barron's gaze finally fell on him, and his eyes burst with hope. However, in the end, he didn't say a word, and just put his hand on Zhongyuan's little hand, as if his throat was blocked by phlegm, and he convulsed.

Seeing his hopeful gaze, Zhou You was speechless because of the continuous output of internal force. But looked at him with a determined gaze and nodded.

The nurse with the sputum aspirator still wanted to go to the rescue, but Zhou You let go of the right hand that was holding his hand tightly. He smiled with relief, and the smile froze on his face.

Leaning under his nose to listen, he pressed his hand against the major artery in his neck for a moment, looked at his watch and said, "It's 2:34 p.m." ”

The relatives who were watching began to cry. Marcos, the son who is most despised by Barron Sr., is a playboy with no bottom line, and he is usually very estranged from Barron Sr. But now, in his fifties, he threw himself on old Barron's body and cried loudly, as innocent and affectionate as a child.

Seeing that his mother and everyone were crying, Zhongyuan couldn't help crying, although he didn't quite understand why he was crying.

At this time, Zhou You was the calmest one, comforting everyone one by one, asking the doctor to help collect the body, and instructing the press officer of the Hilton family to draft a eulogy to officially announce to the outside world the death of the head of the Hilton family.

The exhaustion of internal strength makes Zhou You exhausted. Fortunately, in the 100-year history of the development of the Hilton family, although the descendants are not competitive, there are still many talents. Old Barron had already prepared a funeral committee for himself, and with them, everything was going on in an orderly manner.

"I need to rest for a while, don't let anyone disturb me."

The housekeeper said with some stammering: "The room where Miss Paris lives on the second floor is just facing the backyard, and it is very clean because it does not directly face the reporters outside. ”

Zhou You hugged Paris, touched Nakahara's head, and followed him out of the room.

In the hall on the first floor, a large number of people also gathered, and when they saw Zhou You coming out, they immediately crowded around.

Bruckheimer relied on his close relationship with Zhou You, and shouted from a long distance. "Evan, I know it's not the right time, but I need you to take a moment to talk about the shooting."

Zhou You shook his head. "Bruckheimer, I'll give you half an hour in the evening, not now."

"Okay, I'll work with your time at any time."

Next up was Lehman's Greg, who had become a little depressed. "Mr. Zhou, Lehman Brothers Bank has a long history and extensive influence, and I hope you will consider us when you invest in Bank of America."

Although Lehman Brothers has encountered some difficulties this year, all banks in the United States are having a hard time right now. No one would have imagined that the bank would collapse next year.

"I'm sorry, Greg, we can talk about this later, I've lost almost any ability to think about it now."

But the other group of people is not easy to dismiss. "Mr. Zhou, regarding your company's actions in Angola and the DRC, we hope to have a serious communication to avoid further misunderstandings between us."

"Are you from the CIA or the FBI?"

The old man in the lead took out his work card and handed it to Zhou You. "We're staff from the CIA's Africa Division, and my name is Cleopex."

Zhou You didn't look at it, and handed him back his work card. "Please make an appointment with my secretary first, I don't have time this afternoon."

A young man said proudly: "Mr. Zhou, I know that you have a lot of money and a close relationship with the big names in Washington. However, I don't think that's a reason for you to be arrogant in front of us. ”

Zhou Youli ignored him, pointed his finger at him, turned around and left. Batistuta immediately took a stride forward, lunged up, twisted his arm, and folded it behind him from the top of his head. "You are not welcome here, sir, now will you go out on your own, or will I send you out."

The young man screamed and shouted, "How dare you do it!" This is America! ”

The others tried to save him, but Naya was stuck in the middle. Batistuta strained slightly, he screamed again, and under Batistuta's strength, he staggered and was pushed out of the villa by Batistuta. There were more than a hundred people in the hall, all watching this scene in amazement.

"Mr. Zhou, I don't think it's necessary to intensify the relationship," Pexx exclaimed. ”

Zhou You, who had already walked to the middle of the stairs, stood up, turned around and held on to the oak stair railing, and said condescendingly: "It's just your own opinion." I am not obligated to be accommodated because a bunch of unreserved guests make excessive demands. I also think that it is a purposeful strategy for you to deliberately use a new ding to exacerbate the conflict. If you want to cooperate with me, or negotiate with me, you have to follow my rules. Do you understand? ”

In front of more than a hundred people in the hall, his face looked a little embarrassed. "Because Mr. Zhou doesn't come to the United States often, we are a little anxious. ”

has earned enough face, and Zhou You doesn't want to turn his face directly with the CIA. Looking at the group of women accompanying the hall in the hall, Yan Fangqing, who was a little worried, softened. He said, "Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, I will give you half an hour. ”

Watching Zhou You walk away, Pex sighed and walked out of the villa with a few colleagues.

Screenwriter Trilucio, who came with Bruckheimer, said excitedly: "They're CIA guys, and Evan Zhou is so strong." ”

Bruckheimer laughed: "It's the CIA and it's not the FBI, they don't have law enforcement power in China." ”

Most of the people in the hall were friends and relatives of the Hilton family or close business associates, and the reporters were confined to a designated interview area on the farm, so they were not afraid that such news would spread.

Everyone felt the domineering spirit of Zhou You and envied his might. Only Yan Fangqing was a little worried, since she went to Africa this time, she had already found that her husband was becoming more and more unscrupulous.

A war was waged for the death of a few people on her side, and the impact of this kind of thing on her was too great. She didn't know what else he didn't dare to do now.

But no matter how powerful he is, he is just a person, a business organization, and he will really have good results in fighting with the world hegemon the United States? She couldn't even think about it.

Zhou You, who returned to the room, didn't think about it so much, he didn't remember how long it had been, he had never been so weak. After pranayama for half an hour, Zhou You climbed into bed and fell asleep.

Originally, he just wanted to sleep for a while, but when he was called out by Long Long to get up, it was already time for dinner.

There are more guests on the farm, and the whole area of the main house is very lively.

Old Barron's body had been placed in a refrigerated coffin and placed inside the farm chapel. It will be placed here for two days for guests to pay their respects and then be buried on a hillside five kilometres from the main house. The cemetery was chosen by Barron Sr. himself, and it is almost the most beautiful place in the more than 2,000 square kilometers of flying farms.

According to American custom, family members are also arranged to hold a vigil, but they generally do not kneel to greet them, and they do not even need to wear filial piety clothes. Crying and mourning are not popular here, and after the grief of the moment of death, most of the Hilton family members are now calm. Even Paris, when she was chatting with her friends, couldn't help but laugh when she talked about funny things.

"For the fourth and fifth parts of Pirates of the Caribbean, we are still preparing to shoot two films in a row, which can not only save time, but also save a lot of money. This time, the filming locations were mainly Los Angeles and several Caribbean island countries. Now, we'll wait for your side to confirm the time and start arranging. ”

There is no need to worry about the economic war, not to mention that if an agreement with the United States is reached, many short-term plans will be terminated. Although Zhou You has a lot of things to do now, except for the military cooperation plan with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, everything else does not necessarily have to be Zhou You in person.

So, he looked at Rodriguez, saw that the other party nodded, turned back to Bruckheimer and said, "It's August soon, give me half a month, and I can almost arrange the affairs at hand." ”

Bruckheimer said excitedly: "Okay, then I'll start the overall arrangement right now, thank you Evan for your support of my work." ”

Zhou You laughed and said, "I also have a salary......

In the fourth and fifth parts, Gracia and Paris also have rivalry scenes, and the two of them look at the script and mutter something from time to time, which seems to be very harmonious.

Zhou You pushed all the trivial matters to them to arrange, got up and left the living room, and rushed to the next meeting.

Lehman is a big pit, and you will never step on it. They are also too unscrupulous in their actions, always thinking that the U.S. government will save them the same way that they will save them. At a time when other banks are tightening their monetary policies, they are still picking up bargains and buying bottoms. However, there is still a basement below the floor, which eventually drags Lehman into the abyss.

Lehman is just a commercial bank, and although it is related to the safety of thousands of depositors' funds, most of its debts are bonds, and they are all floating losses on stocks and contracts. Therefore, it is the shareholders' money that they ultimately lose, and as for the depositors' money, as long as other banks are willing to bear it temporarily, when the economic situation improves, the paper losses can rise back.

Therefore, the U.S. government was unwilling to carry this burden, and in the end it did not save Lehman. Lehman was dumbfounded at this time, and could only declare bankruptcy, and their assets were eaten by many banks, and after 2010, many banks relied on these contracts to make a small profit.

However, the U.S. government did not expect that Lehman's bankruptcy would be like the collapse of dominoes, bringing about a series of market overreactions, which triggered a more serious financial crisis after the subprime mortgage crisis, dragging the U.S. economy into the abyss.

If they knew, maybe they wouldn't have been so hasty to see death.

Although the change of time and space makes Zhou You uncertain whether the U.S. government will save Lehman, there is no need for him to take this risk. Because the input and output are disproportionate, now taking a stake in Lehman not only has to take on their heavy debts, but also continue to invest huge sums of money to keep afloat, and in the end, only make a small profit.

If he gets involved, I'm afraid the U.S. government will not save Lehman and let Lehman go bankrupt in order to waste his money.

Investing in Citigroup, Bank of America, or Wells Fargo is much more cost-effective. Not only is the risk not great, but the rate of return is much higher, and in this way, it can involve countless US corporate claims, which in turn will affect the real economy of the United States.

Therefore, no matter what Greg said, he did not agree to take a stake in Lehman in the end, which made him very disappointed.

As a high-ranking official in the financial circle, he immediately learned about Zhou You's agreement with the U.S. government. Give Zhou You some sweetness and stop harassing the U.S. economy in the financial markets, which has barely met with any resistance in the United States.

Because a trip is not terrible, but now the hot money of European countries is operating with the trip, which is very scary. Although the U.S. economy is more stable than Southeast Asia in '97, the power of travel is much greater than that of Soros.

What's even more terrifying is that the method of traveling around is completely different from Soros's. Soros relies on the scale of funds to force countries to gamble. However, the operation of Zhou You is like a light breeze and drizzle, and it does not violate any business rules, but it only gently digs a hole in the US economy and withdraws, and even after digging a knife, it also turns around to help the United States bandage it.

The United States just wanted to thank him, but he ruthlessly attacked it elsewhere. The others were not as kind as Zhou You, and countless hot money poured in, eager to dig a few big holes.

From the very beginning of Bear Stearns' default, he has been constantly acting as a bridge black hand in the CDS contract, plucking the goose and plucking the feathers, making the successor lose a mess, but he has made a lot of money, and New Century Finance was almost directly bankrupt by Zhou You.

Subsequently, all the actions of Zhou You were stuck in front of almost everyone, Macquarie Bank, and the two houses, all became victims. And in response to the depreciation of the dollar, Zhou You has long been prepared, and the value of the dollar assets is hedged and hedged, and the funds invested by the central banks of various countries to save the banks have been exploited.

Because of the shortage of US dollars, the pressure of appreciation has increased, and Zhou You has hedged US dollar assets in advance against operations. In the first half of this year alone, Zhou You led Santander and HSBC to a book profit of more than $20 billion when almost all banks were losing money, and Zhou You's personal profit was half.

Recently, because of the addition of the Spanish government's sovereign funds, including the royal family's funds, all the hot money in Europe has been heard. Although the profit of traveling around is less, the destructive power is even greater.

Therefore, the U.S. government was overjoyed that Zhou You could agree to stop, and the most stubborn diehards no longer refused to give Zhou You a little benefit to make him stop.

Lehman may have used Zhou You's investment team to save his tragic fate, but he seems to have no interest in Lehman, and no matter what he says, Zhou You will not turn his investment direction to Lehman.