As soon as Carrick's words came out, everyone's eyes were shocked, yes, the United States is really a large bank, and it is not controlled by a big family, only the largest bank in the world, Citibank.

In fact, it is not too accurate to say that Citibank is not controlled by the big family, but it is undeniable that Citibank is the bank that is least influenced by the major old families in the United States, thanks to its founders, the Stillman family.

The growth of Citibank can be said to be very tortuous, its predecessor, the City Bank of New York, was founded by the Stillman family in 1812, and in the past two hundred years of development, Citibank has been controlled by Rockefeller, and has also taken refuge in the Morgan consortium, but because the Stillman family has always followed the principle of making Citibank self-contained and independent development, it has gotten rid of the control of Rockefeller and Morgan in the continuous development, and has developed into a behemoth that has now made the two families vigilant. Today's Citigroup is actually a collection of large companies that are not at the mercy of several major families, and the core is Citibank.

Officially because of this, Rockefeller and Morgan and other families have always regarded Citi as a betrayer, a thorn in the flesh, which is also for what the previous Citibank suffered from the subprime mortgage crisis and was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the other major families were indifferent, one is because the financial system of the major families themselves has also been impacted, and the other plan is to completely suppress this opponent, but what the major families did not expect is that Citibank actually fell to the US government in the end... That's right, it's the U.S. government, Su Zhen remembers very clearly, Citigroup fell to the U.S. government in its previous life and became the leader of the nationalization of U.S. banks...... Let the glasses of several major families in the United States fall to the ground, you must know that this is not what they want to see, although the existence of the US government itself is controlled by the consortium, but it does not mean that the interests of the US government are the interests of the consortium. In fact, the two are largely opposed, but the government has always been in a weak position, and there have been several presidents in history who have tried to limit the influence of the consortium family on the government, but in the end they have not ended well, including Wilson, Roosevelt and Kennedy.

Wilson was the president of the First World War, and it was during his tenure that the United States became a creditor country from a debtor country, and it was he who introduced antitrust laws, dismembered the Rockefeller Standard Oil Company, and cracked down on the trust consortium in the United States.

And Roosevelt let alone that. Roosevelt's New Deal was a huge blow to the American consortium, and because of World War II, Roosevelt's rights were unrivaled for a while, and he was the president who was most likely to let the US government ask the consortium to control, but unfortunately before the war was completely over, he died of illness before he could do anything to the consortium.

Needless to say, Kennedy was assassinated precisely because his New Economic Policy threatened the interests of the consortium.

And there's a very interesting phenomenon. All three presidents are from the Democratic Party ~~~~

Getting back to the point~ Hearing that Su Zhen wanted to buy Citibank, several people here were incredulous, and they wanted to know that the shares of a big bank like Citibank could not be bought with money. Almost all of the shares were grabbed by those shareholders, and only a very small number of common shares were circulated in the market, so even in the previous life the U.S. government's investment was only a dilution of the original shareholders' shares. And not those shareholders who will sell the shares.

"I know that this may seem unbelievable to you, and under normal circumstances, we really don't have the possibility of getting a stake in Citibank. But you have to know, what is Citibank's biggest business? Is it credit, and what if this economic crisis itself happened in the bank credit industry? Su Zhen asked with a smile.

Sizzle, in this small conference room, there was a sudden sound of cold air, if this is really the case, then it will be a big trouble, you must know that the banking industry is the lifeblood of the consortium, if this goes wrong, it will be a big trouble.

"Sue, how sure are you that the source of this economic crisis is the credit industry," Carrick asked Su Zhen with wide eyes.

"Sixty percent" Su Zhen thought about it and said, he didn't dare to say death, after all, the butterfly effect is difficult to say.

"Enough, enough, you have to fight for this" Hamm muttered with red eyes, if all this really happens, then the economic strength of the upper echelons of the United States will inevitably undergo a major reshuffle, and the UAE will have enough status in front of the US government like the Saudi royal family.

In today's Arab world, Saudi Arabia has the highest status in front of the United States, not only because of Saudi Arabia's oil, but also because Saudi Arabia has the right to speak in several major consortia in the United States, such as Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed, who has a large number of shares in Citibank, so if there is such an opportunity, Hamm will definitely not hesitate to join in, anyway, if it does, it will be a book of thousands of miles, even if it doesn't work, it will not be said to hurt the muscles and bones, at most Dubai will return to the state of a few years ago.

Carrick's eyes also reveal hope, the DuPont family has a certain number of seats in Philadelphia and the New York Fed Bank among the twelve Federal Reserve Banks, but only a dozen of the more than 400 seats in the New York Fed Bank, basically the same as none, the main force is still in Philadelphia, but the influence of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on the entire Federal Reserve is almost none, which is also one of the reasons why the DuPont consortium has always been listed in the downstream of the top ten consortiums. But if it is really as Su Zhen said, Citibank has a controlling stake in the bank, then the DuPont family's position in the Federal Reserve will be greatly increased, you must know that Citibank has a full 97 seats in the United Reserve Bank of New York, accounting for a full quarter, which means that the DuPont family will officially become a top family like Rockefeller, Morgan, and Mellon...... For the sake of the family, gambled.

"I need to ask for advice on this, but I don't think it's a big problem" Alfahim said with a serious face, after all, he is different from Hamm, he does not fully represent Abu Dhabi, all decisions need to be made by Prince Mansour behind him, but I think my cousin will not let go of this opportunity.

"Well, there is not much of a problem on His Royal Highness William's side, he said before he came, everything is up to you" Bell shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "But can you count me in it?" I borrowed 10 million from the old man, and I can't write anything with you, but this is the maximum amount of money I can get, and if I lose it, then I estimate that I will have to shoot a show for you for more than ten years to pay it off."

"Very well, in order to wish us success, let's have a drink together, which is treasured in my winery". Su Zhen smiled and pointed to the wine he brought on the table and said.

As five lifetimes with amber liquor come together, the Avengers, oh wrong, the Freedom Alliance, who will control half of the American economy in the future, was formed. As for what is a free alliance? That's what I took casually...... Don't care about this kind of detail~

(The consortium relationships and American politics involved in it are all made up by me~). (To be continued......)