Chapter 1566: Lu Jing's Worldview
Lu Jing stayed at Gem Manor for only two days before packing up and returning to downtown Dubai, ready to fly back to the capital in the afternoon.
The meeting with Mohammed Salim will be a success. After all, it's hard to get away from Diana in Dubai.
Lu Jing didn't want her to have evidence of Hehua's cooperation with Mohammed Salim. There are some things that can be done and cannot be left behind.
Although he doesn't need to explain anything to the princess of a small country, after giving Diana the evidence, I am afraid that it will cause a backlash within the Dubai Diamond Group.
If it is Mohammed Salim, a big businessman from Saudi Arabia, who tries to take control of the Dubai Diamond Group, it is an internal contradiction. And if it is replaced by Hehua, it will arouse the common hatred of the shareholders of Dubai Diamond Group.
As one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China has become increasingly powerful, but it has not yet made local powers around the world respect and fear their domestic capital as much as they respect and fear American capital. In many cases, Chinese companies struggle to invest overseas. Being deceived and deceived is pediatric.
Because, as far as the world is concerned, public opinion and force are in the hands of Western forces, led by the United States.
Disobedient public opinion stinks. It doesn't work to stink, hit.
Since the collapse of the USSR. The United States has become a superpower, and the world pattern has become one pole and multiple peaks. Over the years, the United States has invaded various regions of the world, exported democracy, engaged in color revolutions, and so on, bringing extremely rich benefits.
But, as the great man said, where there is oppression, there is resistance. The American empire has also reaped the benefits of hatred. The events of 11 September are a case in point. Global challenges to the United States have risen and fallen.
After entering downtown Dubai, the speed of the convoy slowly slowed down. In the team's second extended Mercedes-Benz with bulletproof function, Lu Jing leaned comfortably on the saddle, rubbed his brows lightly, and continued his train of thought.
In the 5,000-year history of mankind, there has been no long-lasting empire. A little further afield: Greece, Rome, Alexandria, the Kingdom of the Franks, the Napoleonic Dynasty, Hitler's Third German Reich, Persia, Great Food, Qin, Han, Tang, Ming. In modern history: the Netherlands, the coachman of the sea, the Armada of Spain, the empire on which the sun never sets, the United Kingdom, the red empire of the Soviet Union. Without exception, it declined for various reasons.
The United States has risen since World War II. By the beginning of the nineties of the last century, the collapse of the Soviet Union reached its peak. Since then, countries that have raised a glass to challenge the strength of the United States as the world's leader have continued to emerge.
The first is Japan. Japan's military orders to the United States developed rapidly after World War II, and its economic power reached its peak in the 80s. However, in 1985, the United States used financial warfare to abolish Japan through the Plaza Accord.
This is followed by the United Kingdom. The Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom, to be precise.
For three hundred years, no one has been able to challenge the supremacy of the Bank of England. Before the birth of the Federal Reserve. The Bank of England is the most powerful central bank in the world, and its will is irresistible law.
Although the British economy never returned to its former glory after the Second World War, the prestige of the Bank of England remains daunting. The Bank of England has the most experience in regulating markets and resisting disruption. Today's Fed is just one of its younger protégés.
The prestige of the Bank of England in the financial sphere hinders the financial hegemony of the United States. In 1992, Soros shorted the pound. The British government is powerless to respond. Forced to announce the withdrawal of the pound from the European monetary exchange rate system and free floating. This battle has knocked out the prestige of the Bank of England in the financial field, and completely established the hegemony of the dollar in the global economy and the supremacy of the Federal Reserve in the global economy.
Why did you choose 1992? This brings us to the next challenger. European Union.
On 17 February 1992, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Finance of the 12 countries of the European Community signed the Maastricht Treaty in Maastricht, the Netherlands, which was the most important milestone in the process of European integration.
The Maastricht Treaty covers many aspects such as politics, economy, military, justice, and citizen welfare. The most central, and most controversial, part is the provisions of the European Monetary Union.
If the euro can be realized in accordance with the Maastricht Treaty, then the euro will become a supercurrency comparable to the dollar, the capital markets of the 12 countries of the European Union will be seamlessly integrated, and the cost of capital circulation will be greatly reduced, which will greatly benefit the development of the European financial industry, and European bankers and fund managers will be expected to regain large territories lost in the past decades from the Americans and Japanese.
The third challenger to emerge, the European Union: the event marked by the discovery of the euro on January 1, 1999. This is a sign of Europe's attempt to compete with the United States for hegemony.
The 2008 U.S. subprime crisis was followed by a European debt crisis. It is not clear how the United States will transfer its own crisis to Lu Jing. But the impact of European debt is far-reaching. Until Lu Jing was reborn. The euro has not been able to replace or become a currency on a par with the dollar.
The Americans have successfully met the challenge of the euro.
The fourth challenger, Russia. It's not so much a challenger as a natural adversary. Russia, which inherited the legacy of the Red Soviet Union, no longer trusts the West after experiencing the catastrophe brought to the country by the "democratic-sovereign" advocated by the West.
Confrontation is inevitable. At that time, energy soared. Under the leadership of the politician Vladimir Putin, Russia is gradually regaining its vitality.
The means used by the United States against Russia are military. The war in Chechnya, the crisis in Kosovo and much more. This is all solved by Putin one by one. After the Ukrainian crisis, the United States resorted to financial means. Oil plummeted.
Russia has suffered a lot as a result. But Russia's national identity did not give in, and even when the national currency, the ruble, depreciated by 20%-30%, the social order remained stable.
This is the second contest between the two sides after the Asian financial crisis spread to Russia in 1999. The first contest ended with the Central Bank of Russia taking the initiative to sharply devalue the ruble, causing heavy losses to hedge funds led by Soros.
This time it's a battle of who will win in the end. It's hard to determine -- the United States cannot keep oil prices low indefinitely, because it will cheapen another potential adversary: the White Rabbit. Black-bellied rabbits.
So far. It can be concluded that Russia can create problems for the United States. However, it cannot replace the hegemony of the United States -- no one will underestimate Russia's military strength. But its economic power was not enough to support the birth of an empire.
Well, the last challenger: China. For the Americans, this is the most powerful and dangerous challenger.
No other nation has been able to create a brilliant civilization like us and pass it on from generation to generation.
No nation can return to the top after being destroyed by barbarians a few times.
There isn't any one!
Han Chinese! China!
The Qin, Han, Tang and Ming dynasties were all ethnic groups with the Han nationality as the main body. They are all empires that conquer all nations and expand their territories. The wind of prosperity is like the trend of global immigration to the United States today.
The four ancient civilizations have passed. Only the ethnic group with the Han nationality as the main body, only the hard-working, kind and brave people living in this land are still pursuing, and they still have the ability to recreate the glory of their ancestors in the past.
We're on our way.
The subprime debt crisis of 2008 was a sign of a decline in U.S. financial power. It cannot be judged that the US empire will immediately lose its global hegemony, perhaps for at least 200 to 300 years. But it can be concluded that this empire, which has dominated the world for almost a hundred years. Its political and economic systems are not as flawless as their propaganda agencies say.
We have a chance.
Lu Jing's heart fluctuated, and he picked up the warm water at hand and drank a big sip, the warm water moistened his throat, which was very moisturizing. This is the so-called general trend of history.
If Hehua wants to become an economic Sixth Empire, it must rely on the rising trend of the country to reach the heights of the Rothschild, Morgan, and Rockefeller consortiums.
Rothschild relied on Metternich, the prime minister of the Austrian Empire, who was the dominant European empire at the time. Both Morgan and Rockefeller relied on the rise of the United States. China's rise will inevitably lead to the birth of one or several super-conglomerates.
Lu Jing's idea was to let Hehua use the "east wind". Let Hehua reach an unprecedented height.
Some people say that the rich have no borders, and capital has no borders, which is a. The most classic evidence is a dialogue recorded in "Warring States Policy-Qin Ce".
Lu Buweijia, a native of Puyang, was in Handan, and when he saw Qin's proton and a different person, he returned to his father and said: "How many times is the benefit of plowing the field?" ”
He said, "Ten times." ”
"How many times does Jewel win?"
He said, "A hundredfold." ”
"How many times does the lord of the country win?"
He said: "Countless. ”
He said: "Today, Litian is sick, and there is no warm food and clothing; Today, the country is built and the monarch is established, and Zehe is left behind. May the past be. ”
Thousands of years ago, the ancients knew that the capital that financed the founding of the country was innumerably profitable, but the businessmen at the end of the modern information explosion would not know?
Capital can only make windfall profits if it is branded by the state.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley plundered the global financial markets. Billions of dollars in annual profits. Do you really think that the dignitaries and magnates of various countries are fools? Once the United States declines, how many countries do you think will allow greedy financial capital like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to deposit?
The rise of Hehua must rely on the power of the state.
"Damn, what a rot! Public-funded travel to Dubai. Yu Le's exclamation interrupted Lu Jing's contemplation. A convoy drove by outside the window. It looks like it's an official domestic delegation.
Lu Jing waved his hand. stopped Yu Le's whining and said in a low voice: "It'll be fine!" ”
Yu Le shook his head, disapproving. But after all, he respected Lu Jing's opinion and didn't say anything.
Lu Jing and his entourage checked into the seven-star Burj Al Arab Hotel, and after lunch, Lu Jing asked Mo Jingwen to go to the café for coffee. In Dubai, he has been accompanying Shi Ning for the past few days, and Jingwen has some resentment in her heart.
The café is in a quiet setting. The round sconces are extravagant. A soft, high-backed sofa surrounds a round glass table. At lunchtime, there are not many customers at the café. There were a few groups of guests sitting in a sparse manner.
Lu Jing and Mo Jingwen chose a seat in a secluded corner and sat down to chat. The topic is very casual. Lu Jing said a few words. made Mo Jingwen cover her mouth and chuckle. Bright and elegant sexy beauties.
Mo Jingwen was wearing a white elegant lace sleeveless dress, and Lu Jing held her hand and rubbed it gently in the name of palmistry, accompanying him to talk nonsense, and her snow-white pretty face was crimson after shyness. It doesn't matter what you say, the important thing is to enjoy the wonderful time when the two of them are alone at the moment, and Lu Jingken to tell a few lame jokes to amuse her mind.
At this time, Yan Shining suddenly called, and after saying a few words casually, she said hesitantly: "Lu Jing, I have something I want to ask you for help." (To be continued)