"Naturally, a chaotic Europe is more beneficial to China. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Zhong Shi said without thinking, "Not only for China, but also for the United States." It is for this reason that the United States has launched a debt crisis in Europe, with the intention of destabilizing the situation in Europe and making capital more favorable to the United States. ”

As the two poles of the world, the competition between the United States and Europe is comprehensive and multi-faceted, from automobiles to airplanes, from oil to arms, and the two sides have formed a direct competitive relationship in every corner of the world.

However, unlike the United States, which is cohesive, the EU has huge differences in history, culture, and political demands, and some of the differences can never be bridged. After all, they are currently only an economic community, and they have not eliminated the borders between countries.

This gives others room to operate.

"Yes, that's the truth."

The chief nodded with satisfaction, "If Europe loses in direct competition with the United States, then they will be more interested in those new poles of the world that are rising, such as us." In such a situation, we can come up with more conditions for our own development. ”

In the all-round collision, the United States and Europe have at least one thing in common, that is, they are both guarding against the rise of new forces in the world and do not want another opponent to carve up the current market. While the two sides are competing, they are also very tacit in suppressing emerging forces such as China, Brazil, and India.

If it wants to disrupt this pattern, China will have to divide them one by one, and Europe is obviously the better choice than the monolithic United States.

"By the way, an old friend of yours will be coming over soon."

Raising his wrist and looking at his watch, the chief suddenly said, "Recently, he has been planning something that coincides with our plan. But to be clear, all this was not a premeditation on our part, but a coincidence. ”

"My old friend?"

Zhong Shi touched his chin and muttered, "To be involved in such a thing, apart from Mr. Li Jiacheng, I really can't think of anyone else." ”

Speaking of this, he was taken aback, and an idea suddenly appeared in his mind, Li Jiacheng's buying spree in the UK will not be part of the current national strategy, right?

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but look up at the chief in front of him, but saw that the other party was looking at him with burning eyes, and his expression seemed to be smiling, as if he had seen through what he was thinking.

"I'm sorry, I'm late."

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, a hearty voice came from outside the door, Li Xiaojia pushed the door in, and apologized to everyone, "I'm really sorry, the traffic jam is serious, I'm a few minutes late." ”

Li Xiaojia is the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. From this point of view, he is indeed Zhong Shi's old friend.

"Don't worry about these few minutes."

The chief waved his hand casually, motioned for Li Xiaojia to sit down opposite, and said, "I also just talked to Zhong Shi, and he hasn't made up his mind yet. In this case, Xiao Jia, you tell him about your plans and intentions. ”

"Yes, chief."

Li Xiaojia nodded, patted Zhong Shi's shoulder beside him affectionately, and said, "Hey, Zhong Sheng, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard that you had an accident some time ago, how about it?" ”

He was courting goodwill to bring the two sides closer.

"It's okay."

Zhong Shi said lightly, "Thank you for your concern, it's just a little thing." ”

Seeing that Zhong Shi was reluctant to mention it again, Li Xiaojia did not continue to continue on this matter, immediately cleared his throat, and said loudly: "The whole thing is like this, after the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the debt crisis in Europe, the demand for heavy metals in the global market has reached a sluggish stage, but there is only one market exception, and that is our Huaxia. ”

"At present, the copper, aluminum, iron, tin and other materials consumed by Huaxia account for more than 30% of global consumption. Even copper consumption accounts for half of the global share. In this case, the price of market supply and demand should be determined by Huaxia. Unfortunately, the global pricing power for metals is currently in the hands of the LME, the London Metal Exchange. In other words, Huaxia, which consumes more than 30% of the world's metals, has no say in metal pricing, so we are thinking of acquiring LME to increase our voice in these matters. ”

"In addition, if the acquisition of the LME is successful, we can also build large warehouses in Suhai, Hong Kong, Singapore and other places to directly carry out offshore delivery, which can also greatly reduce the current transportation costs from other LME warehouses. This point is particularly important for Huaxia, which has Daxing infrastructure. ”

"The most important point is that we believe that the future development prospects of Huaxia and the LME based on it are quite profitable, so we have the idea of acquisition. At present, the board of directors has been moved by all of them, and the rest is the issue of raising capital. ”

After saying this in one breath, Li Xiaojia explained embarrassedly, "It's also a coincidence, but later I learned that the country has such a strategic plan, which coincides with our business behavior, so I joined in." ”

"Well said!"

The chief smiled and nodded, but with a blank face, he said solemnly, "Strictly speaking, this is not our strategy. In the end, it is not up to us to leave the EU, but on the choices of the British themselves. We are all normal, reasonable business practices, and there are no conspiracy theories in them. On this note, both of you must keep in mind. ”

"If the UK really leaves the EU, then the fluctuation of the pound exchange rate will be not small, I believe that with your sense of smell, there should be a lot of good opportunities to make money."

Glancing meaningfully at Zhong Shi, the chief continued, "Of course, if you refuse, it's okay to refuse. After all, from this one point alone, whether we participate or not has little to do with the final outcome, and it mainly depends on the game between the British people and the EU. ”

His words suddenly made Zhong Shi feel a little waxy.

"I'm joining!"

Zhong Shi immediately said without thinking, "Even from the perspective of interests, I shouldn't miss such a thing." Some people say that I am a mercenary businessman, so I should simply be a mercenary businessman. ”

Having said that, whether it is out of public interest or self-interest, Zhong Shi has no reason to refuse. After a little thought in his heart, he happily agreed.

"That's great, if the Tianyu Fund intervenes, it won't be a problem for us to bid."

Regarding Zhong Shi's statement, Li Xiaojia was very excited, and slapped his hand and said, "In this way, we will be more confident in eating the LME." ”

At present, the biggest problem plaguing the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is capital, because the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is not the only one that covets the LME. Although the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the second largest exchange in the world, its own profitability is not very strong. If there is a well-funded Tianyu Fund to join, then the whole transaction is basically a sure thing.

"Okay, I'm sure you two can solve the problem together."

The chief looked at the two with a smile and picked up his teacup.

The two of them got up and took their leave.

"I said President Li, you are familiar with the UK, how could you suddenly think of being involved in this troubled water?"

On the way back, Zhong Shi and Li Xiaojia sat in the same car, the two had not seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had a lot to say, Zhong Shi was the first to speak, "Also, what do you think is the prospect of Brexit this time?" Where should we start first? ”

"Shall we proceed?"

Li Xiaojia looked at Zhong Shi with wide eyes, and said with a strange expression, "Zhong Sheng, we are just businessmen, not spies. As the chief said, what we are doing is only commercial activities, and we will not do anything illegal or criminal. ”

"As for the UK, I went on a field trip last month and the situation was very serious."

Speaking of this, he looked solemn, "Except for London and nearby satellite cities, there is basically no one in other old industrial areas who support Britain to continue to stay in the EU." To tell you the truth, a coal miner in Bolton receives only a few thousand pounds a month in government benefits, which are used to pay rent in addition to food and clothing. And some new immigrants from Eastern Europe, because of the policy support, can get this figure every month without doing anything, and the rest of the expenses are covered by the government. ”

"This is a real case in the UK, where those who have fought for the British Empire all their lives are not as good as an illegal immigrant at the end of their careers. You say this system is ridiculous, what do you think they think? ”

"The British political elite has benefited so much from free trade with Europe that they are firmly on the side of the EU. But in the middle and lower strata of society, the benefits of this liberalized trade are small, and even they are the most harmed group, forming an extreme polarization. ”

"In a normal society, there are fewer poor people and rich people, we all know that the poor cannot be saved, there are poor people in any situation, as long as the society can be kept in normal circulation, people have the hope of changing their fate. But this time Britain's problems are too serious, and in order to deal with illegal immigration and Eastern European labor, the British government has raised its knife to the largest middle class, increasing their tax burden to subsidize outsiders. In doing so, they inevitably offend the middle class, which is the one who really decides the direction of the election. ”

"So I think it's inevitable that Britain will leave the EU."

In the end, Li Xiaojia was already a little embarrassed, "The debate on whether to stay in the EU has been going on for decades, but the deterioration has started in recent years. Although this is a big step backwards in eliminating national borders and integrating peoples, the price of this simple and simple desire should not be borne by their taxpayers, who are the citizens of this country. ”

"How can there be such a thing?"

Hearing Li Xiaojia's words, Zhong Shi was shocked. He was not a nationalist, nor was he a racist, and he was open to outsiders or immigrants, after all, these people would never reach his class, but he never imagined that the middle and lower classes, who were squeezed by outsiders, would be so impoverished.

"Nobody cares about them, nobody."

Li Xiaojia sighed, shook his head slightly, and was in a trance, "Those high-sounding newspapers ridicule them one by one for having low horizons and not knowing the benefits of internationalization. They're high, they're in control, they're well-dressed, they're dogs, they just don't go down to see it in person. Once such a topic is openly discussed, these people will also be labeled as nationalists and racists, so that no one dares to talk about it openly at all. ”

"This is indeed in line with the old saying in my country, Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road."

When he said this, he barely bothered to pick himself up, "But fortunately, these countries have self-correction mechanisms." A similar election would wipe out the incumbent interest groups. I don't think the current British government will have much time to stay in power. ”

Zhong Shi didn't say anything more, but tapped his hand lightly, and looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking. (To be continued.) )