Early the next morning, at the airport, Xu Yuan met with Rocky, the majority shareholder of Merkava.

Unlike internationally renowned financial predators, Xu Yuan has never heard of his name, and he is unheard of for the Rocky family.

Not only is he a major shareholder of Merkava, he is also one of the secret shareholders of the Federal Reserve, and in order to gather this information, it took a lot of effort for the agents embedded in the Berry Country.

This kind old man in a blue suit is far more energetic than he seems.

"It's better to see than to hear, Mr. Xu Yuan looks much younger than in the newspaper." Seeing Xu Yuan, Rocky greeted him with a smile and stretched out his hand to shake him.

Judging from this smiling face alone, it is really impossible to imagine that the two sides have already met each other in the business field.

"Mr. Lodge has spoken."

Xu Yuan pondered the meaning of his personal visit, and exchanged a few words of greeting with him with a smile.

Since we were staying in the presidential suite of the hotel, the hotel's special car for transporting VIPs had already arrived at the airport.

When Mr. Lodge checked into the hotel, Xu Yuan instructed his subordinates to prepare a reception room.

Half an hour later, the two took their seats in the reception room.

"In some ways, we may have had a little misunderstanding. And I came this time to clear up the misunderstanding between us. Rocky said straight to the point.

"For example?" Xu Yuan asked with a smile.

"For example, because of the freshwater project, we had a disagreement, and the disagreement led to friction in our other businesses."

After a pause, Rocky looked at Xu Yuan, "Then I won't talk nonsense, it won't benefit anyone if it continues to consume, it's nothing more than whose loss is greater, do you agree with me?" ”

"I deeply agree, but this does not mean that we will compromise, and Source Film International Group only promises not to use unfair competition means first." Xu Yuan smiled.

"Oh? In other words, do you admit that you were responsible for the depositor information leak? Rocky said with a smile.

"I've never said that, please don't misinterpret what I mean, and don't speculate without evidence." Xu Yuan said without hesitation.

Rocky glanced at Xu Yuan meaningfully, paused, and continued.

"For the freshwater project, we will negotiate with other shareholders of the wind array to withdraw from the project."

On the technical side, the wind gust has lost to Yuanying International Heavy Industries.

Withdrawing or not, they have little chance of winning, and their equipment is unattractive unless the Arab side insists on building its own desalination plant.

This favor is sold without sincerity at all.

"Wise, but I would say that the problem is not here at all."

Xu Yuan shook his head, rested his hand on the table, stared at Rocky's eyes and continued, "Since you have plans for peace talks, then I won't go around the bush, stop all unfair competition against the Source Shadow International Group, and return to the framework of fair competition." ”

After a pause, Xu Yuan said seriously.

"Otherwise, we will take further action."

The silence lasted for two minutes, and Rocky explained.

"The antitrust investigation against Future Human Technology has been in the making for some time, the virtual reality network is on the rise, and Berry Country will not pin its cybersecurity on foreign companies, we just advance this plan that has not been discussed for a long time."

"Really? We deeply regret the hacking attack on the bank, and I heard that Berry Country is subject to tens of thousands of cyber attacks from overseas IPs every day, compared to this leak of depositor information is just accidental. Xu Yuan smiled.

And by chance, it can happen again.

Rocky fell silent again, and after a long time, spoke in a soothing tone.

"We're here today to talk about reconciliation, aren't we?"

"Since you intend to reconcile, at least make an offer that we can see in good faith, Mr. Rocky, and I have to remind you that you started this war first." Xu Yuan said sternly.

From the moment the environmental protection organization pointed the finger at the Source Shadow International Group, this war was no longer limited to the wind gust and the source of the shadow international heavy industry.

And there is naturally only one way to end this war, that is, each side withdraws its hand to the other.

The Department of Justice stopped the improper antitrust investigation of Source Technology, and Source Technology stopped hacking operations against Merkava Bank.

Rocky's fingers tapped lightly on the table and spoke.

"We can help you get the Justice Department lawsuit dismissed, but do you have to do something about our damages?"

"And what do you think?"

"Recovering our losses in depositor credit and listed stocks."

"We're not very good at manipulating stocks, and I probably won't be able to help with that." Xu Yuan leaned back in his chair and spread his hands and said.

"It has nothing to do with stocks, there is a proverb in China, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, since it is no longer in the interests of both of us to continue to fight, then there is only one remaining option. I mean, interested in a strategic partnership with us? Rocky smiled.

Lodge's proposal surprised Xu Yuan, and the Merkava consortium was actually willing to abandon prejudices and launch strategic cooperation with Source Shadow International Group on the basis of reconciliation?

After being silent for a long time, Xu Yuan spoke.

"Your proposal is tempting, but I want to hear the specifics of this collaboration."

"I'm prepared." The old man took a document from his briefcase and placed it on the table, and the old man smiled very cheerfully.

Picking up the document, Xu Yuan glanced at it roughly, and raised his eyebrows.

……

Early the next morning, the Wall Street Journal rushed to print 20,000 copies, but it was sold out in a short time.

And the reason for this situation is completely two names - Source Technology and Merkava Bank.

For a period of time, these two names dominated the newspapers, magazines, portals and forums of the major media outlets in the Berry Country.

The former was caught in the vortex of antitrust investigations and completely suspended its operations in North America, while the latter saw its stock price and number of depositors plummet due to the leakage of depositor information.

It is not difficult for those who have a heart to get a glimpse of these two incidents.

Yuanying International Heavy Industries is involved in the cake of the freshwater project, and the wind gust is controlled by Merkava Bank, considering this, the context of the whole incident is very clear.

Xu Yuan moved the cake of the Merkava Consortium, and the Merkava Consortium bribed the Whale Public Welfare Organization to smear the Source Shadow International Group, kicking off the war.

Irresponsible conjecture, with the control of the major consortiums over Congress, this Department of Justice's antitrust investigation of Source Technology, eight times out of ten. Nine is the ghost of this Merkava consortium.

The hacking of Merkava Bank is also very likely to be done by Source Technology, after all, others are experts in the Internet field, and artificial intelligence has done it.

However, last night, the two companies announced on their official websites at the same time that they would cooperate with each other in the field of virtual reality finance to pave the way for the upcoming virtual reality shopping.

As soon as this news came out, all rumors were directly dispelled, and Merkava's stock price also rose by 6% on the day the news was announced.

This is the first time since the leak of depositor information that this magnitude has rebounded!

Not only VR+ finance, Yuanying International Heavy Industry separated the production and supply of freshwater projects and established a subsidiary, Shuiyuan Marine Freshwater Supply Company.

With a registered capital of 400 million US dollars, it replaced 20% of the shares of Wind Array from Merkava Bank with 19% of the shares, replacing the Lodge family as the first shareholder of Wind Array.

The two companies will cooperate in business, with Wind Array using its own resources to pull orders, while Source Shadow International Heavy Industries is responsible for digesting orders.

For Yuanying International Group Heavy Industries, the acquisition of Fengfeng is undoubtedly an excellent choice.

At the same time, Shuiyuan Freshwater will be listed on the NASDAQ, and Merkava Bank will provide the relevant procedures for listing.

The listing of Shuiyuan Freshwater will also become the first listed subsidiary of Yuanying International Group.

Wall Street investors are looking forward to this, according to the assessment of Wall Street analysts, the Tamsui project with Arabia will bring at least $400 million in annual income to the newly established company!

And given the huge freshwater market in the Middle East, there is a good chance that this number will more than triple!

According to the 15 times price-earnings ratio, the market value of this company, which has a registered capital of only 400 million US dollars, may exceed 6 billion US dollars! And one year after listing, it is soaring towards 10 billion!

Such a high investment value is naturally coveted by countless investors.

With the assistance of the Merkava consortium, the listing process of water source and freshwater is also a green light.

The lengthy approval process, with the support of the consortium and the enthusiasm of investors, is not a problem at all.

As for why Xu Yuan suddenly changed his mind and went public, it was because of Rocky's words.

At that time, the two had reached a consensus on the cooperation project, but Xu Yuan raised objections to the listing of the water source freshwater.

The reason is very simple, he is very optimistic about the prospects of the freshwater business, and now Yuanying International Group is not very short of money, and there is no need to attract money through listed subsidiaries.

"Arabia is a strategic ally of the Berry Country, and even if we don't get in the way, I am afraid that it will not be peaceful for you to do business in the Red Sea."

"Why?"

"Because of the Berry Nation's military presence in the Middle East." Rocky smiled,

"Whether it's IS or other horror . Organizations, or pirates, are inextricably linked to us to a large extent. The connection is reflected not only in the fact that the rifles and bullets in his hands come from the state of Maryland, but also in the degree of control that the White House and Congress have over them. They can help the Berry Nation get rid of people who shouldn't exist when necessary, and they can provide an excuse for unnecessary wars when necessary. ”

"I kind of see what you mean." Xu Yuan spread his hands indifferently, "You mean I'm afraid of pirates?" ”

"Of course not." Lodge shook his head, "According to the Pentagon report, your armed forces are probably the strongest of all dictators, but do you think the Arabs will allow you to station troops within their borders?" Just because of a freshwater project? ”

Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes, this time he understood what Rocky said.

Of course, the Berry Country will not do it on its own, but when the time comes, it will definitely acquiesce to pirates or other organizations to attack the desalination platform, and even pay for the "loot" they get in their hands and get it back to study it carefully.

At this time, the situation faced by Wishing Star Trading Company will be very passive.

Military operations abroad are a test not only of military prowess, but also of diplomacy.

"I don't understand, what does this have to do with going public?"

"If we go public on the NASDAQ, even if we only list 10% of the float, it will dispel the hostility of the White House towards us."

When he said this, Lodge used the word "we".

After signing the equity exchange agreement, he has become one of the shareholders of Shuiyuan Freshwater.

To make such a proposal, it is natural to consider it from the perspective of fresh water.