"What? It can't be, absolutely impossible! ”

Mbowini couldn't hide his horror and flatly vetoed, "God, do you know what you're doing? Not to mention that we are listed in London, even if we are listed in South Africa, we can't do that. You must know that it is against the law, gentlemen, and the consequences are to go to jail! ”

"In my opinion, nothing is impossible in this world!"

Paulson unhurriedly lit a cigar and handed it to Mbovini, and when he saw that the other party waved his hand and refused, he didn't think it was offended, smiled and stuffed the cigar into his mouth, and said slowly, "Does the SEC know?" As long as you do your homework beforehand, even they won't be able to find out. Even if it is found, even if it is based on the principle of suspicion of guilt, what can they do to me? ”

"I'll tell you the truth, I've done a lot of illegal things. So far, I haven't been caught. Of course, I am also ready to apply for a settlement with the procuratorate if I am caught. Keep in mind that the cost of a settlement can be much lower than the profit from the violation. If you don't believe me, you can ask this person next to me. ”

"By the way, you may not know who he is. Now, let me solemnly introduce to you this is Mr. Zhong Shi, from Hong Kong, who founded the famous Tianyu Fund. ”

Pointing to the expressionless Bell Stone, Paulson smirked, "Perhaps this gentleman has experience in the London market and can be used as a reference for you." ”

"Him?"

Although he had known that Zhong Shi was not an ordinary person, Mbowini still had a surprised expression on his face. In his limited knowledge of the financial market, there was no such concept as Tianyu Fund, "Sorry, this is not an offense, but I just don't know if this gentleman can communicate with George. Mr. Soros compared. Who will be more famous? ”

"Soros?"

Paulson's expression was slightly stunned at first, and then he burst out laughing, "Mr. Mbowini, you're so funny to compare this to this." Hahaha, I won't tell you. Can Soros compare to the one in front of me? Hahaha, it's so funny. ”

Mbowini suddenly looked ashamed, but fortunately, his complexion was so dark that he couldn't see it at all.

"Alright, that's enough!"

Zhong Shi shook his head slightly, still with a blank expression, but as soon as he stopped drinking, Paulson's laughter suddenly stopped abruptly like a duck being choked by the throat. "Mr. Soros is much more famous than me, but ...... Hey hey ......"

He smiled faintly and didn't continue, but the implication was already obvious.

"Mr. Zhong, tell me about some of the things that happened to you in the London market?"

Seeing that Zhong Shi refused to say more, Paulson on the side encouraged, "There are some things I don't know, so it's better to say it today to open our eyes." ”

"Yes. Yes, I'm also very interested in that. Mr. Zhong, please give me advice! ”

Mbowini echoed, "Forgive me for my previous presumptuousness, it's really like a mountain of interlacing, I don't know enough about the situation in your financial industry, I'm very sorry." If you can. Please also ask Mr. Zhong to give me a chance to get to know you. ”

"Really?"

Looking at the sincere expressions on the faces of the two of them, Zhong Shi began to hesitate, and only after a moment did he ask, "What do you want to know?" But first of all, I want to tell you that all of this I am going to say from now on is strictly forbidden. But if anyone else knew, I would definitely not admit it. ”

"Of course!"

Paulson agreed without hesitation, and then he looked at Mbowini and motioned for him to hurry up and say the same.

"Mr. Zhong, you can rest assured, I will never leak a word."

In order to show his sincerity, Mbowini even stretched out his palm and swore, "In the name of my company and my family, I Tito. Mbowini swears to God......"

"Okay, don't be so serious."

Zhong Shi waved his hand to stop the other party, and then said in a relaxed tone, "In fact, the regulation of the British exchange is not as strict as you think, at least in my opinion, it is almost equivalent to nothing. It's not like the SEC at all, which will get you in trouble if you have anything to do. ”

"I'm sure you all know about the Sumitomo Copper incident. Yes, that's what I did! Zhong Shi said lightly.

"What?"

Mbowini is better, he doesn't know what the Sumitomo Copper incident is. For Paulson, the news was like a thunderbolt in his ears, and he jumped up on the spot and looked at Zhong Shi with a shocked face, "Oh my God, how is this possible?" ”

Paulson, who is now in the middle of the Japanese side, was just a fledgling hedge fund manager at that time, how could he not know about this major event that caused a sensation in the entire financial industry back then? At that time, Yasuo Hamanaka, who was in the London copper market in March, was forced to choose to cut his position under the attack of several forces, and the loss reached a huge amount of 2.6 billion US dollars at that time, and then successively lost about 1.4 billion US dollars, and Sumitomo Trading Co., Ltd. lost a total of more than 4 billion US dollars in the copper position.

At that time, world public opinion dug deep into Yasuo Hamanaka's opponents, but the reports came and went, and in the end, there was only one conclusion similar to chasing the wind and shadows, that is, the quantum fund may be deeply involved. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is impossible for the Quantum Fund to invest such a large-scale position in it, that is, it is certainly not their forces that are involved.

No matter how much the media digs into the ground, no trace of other forces has been found, even if there are reports of chasing the wind and shadows. After a long time, when the enthusiasm subsided, the whole thing finally came to an end.

This was not the most shocking thing for Paulson, given Bell Stone's current age, he was not yet twenty years old when he first intervened in the matter, which was the most incredible thing Paulson felt.

"It was the time of the bond market crash, and because some hedge funds were desperate for a chance to recoup their losses, they were eyeing London copper. That's when I set my sights on London Copper, but unlike them, I was always behind them. ”

Zhong Shi only smiled faintly at Paulson's reaction and continued. "Needless to say, the process is as reported in the media, and we didn't hit Mr. Copper hard several times. In the end, it was through the release of some media that the United States was the first to take action. Yasuo Hamanaka was so conceited that he wanted to manipulate the price of copper futures in the U.S. market, and they caught the handle this time. The SEC quickly followed up and asked the British side to jointly investigate, and Sumitomo Trading Company was completely panicked, so it removed Yasuo Hamanaka from his position in a hurry, and directly declared a failure. ”

"In the whole matter, no matter how Yasuo Hamanaka manipulated the price of copper futures, the London side has always ignored it. They didn't intend to really intervene until the U.S. side intervened. This shows how the regulation of the London market is scattered. Of course. I don't know what the situation is now. ”

Zhong Shi said it lightly, and when he looked at the two of them again, he found that both of them had their mouths wide open, and they couldn't say a word for a long time.

Mbowini was okay, he just picked up information about the loose regulation of the market in London. And for Paulson, everything that Bell Stone said was something that shook his soul completely, and he had absolutely no courage or guts to do such a thing at the age of twenty.

"So. Mr. Chung, can I ask you. How much money did you really make on that trade? ”

After being stunned for a long time, Paulson smiled wryly and asked, "I'm really sorry, but I'm really curious." ”

"This ......"

Zhong Shi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said uncertainly. "Looks like half of what they lost, right? It's been too long, and I'm not sure, but I remember that in the process of fighting with Yasuo Hamanaka, the Quantum Fund and they retreated several times, and I took over the empty orders that were vacated. Three times and two times down. I have a third of the entire short market. Combined with the information that was later revealed, I determined that the position should be about half of the long position of Yasuo Hamanaka. ”

"So you're making at least $2 billion?"

Paulson's eyes were about to twinkle with stars, "Oh my God, this was nearly twenty years ago. God, how did you do all this? ”

"What?"

Mbowini, who was only surprised by Zhongshi's participation in the London market, was also shocked, looked at Zhongshi in disbelief, and asked again and again, "Two billion dollars, my God, what is this concept?" If I'm not mistaken, Soros only made $1 billion when he beat the Bank of England, right? ”

That's when he realized why Paulson laughed so unscrupulously when he compared Soros to Bell Stone.

At this moment, Mbowini realized that he was a frog at the bottom of the well.

Among other things, the $2 billion alone is enough to alleviate the dire predicament that AngloGold is currently facing. And the other party was able to do this more than ten years ago, and now I don't know how much it will swell, so it's no wonder why Paulson is groveling in front of him.

Almost instantly, Mbowini made up his mind.

"Two gentlemen, there is no problem on my side regarding cooperation, and I also promise you that I will do my best to persuade you about the board of directors." He said sonorously, "But I don't know if you two have ever thought that our company is the third largest gold producer in the world, and there are Barrick Gold Company and Newmont Mining Company in front of us. ”

It turned out that Paulson's condition for buying shares was to ask Anglo Gold to cooperate with his announcement, so as to influence the price of gold on the world market. This is naturally a kind of market manipulation, which is why Mbowini hesitated before, but under the inducement of Paulson and Zhong Shi in black and white, he quickly chose to give in.

"You don't have to worry about this, my colleague is already working on this!"

Paulson waved his hand and said proudly, "This one is a Canadian company and the other is an American company, although it is very difficult to convince them, but except for Newmont, which is a little difficult, the other problems will not be very big, after all, no one will have trouble with money, right?" ”

"So it's all arranged?"

Only then did Mbowini suddenly realize, but he was terrified. He didn't know what the consequences would be if he didn't say yes, but luckily, he had the right choice.

"Your colleague?"

Zhong Shi was keenly aware of the message revealed in Paulson's words, "What do you mean? Didn't you tell me that before I came? ”

He had a vague sense that the whole thing didn't seem to be as simple as Paulson had suggested.

Seeing that the two seemed to have different opinions, Mbowini stood up very interestingly, walked straight out, and said to himself: "I'm hungry, I'll go and order!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" After Mbowini left, Bell Stone said to Paulson in a fierce voice, "You didn't tell me the truth, are you lying?" ”

"No, boss!"

Paulson flatly denied it, but he changed the name to Jongshi, "In a few days, you will know, please forgive me for selling it before this time." But you can rest assured that the whole thing is definitely a big positive, no, maybe bigger than the sky! (To be continued......)

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