Chapter 667: The Age of Globalization of Financial Capital
While Lu Li stayed in the champagne room to vent the pressure accumulated over the past few days, far away in Montgomery County, Maryland, Marilyn Hewson, the president of Lockheed Martin, was sitting alone on the sofa in the living room with a phone in her pajamas, her forehead was bruised, and the expression on her face was very scary. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After all, since she became the top executive of the world's No. 1 weapons manufacturing enterprise, no one has dared to hang up her phone so unreasonably, not even the president of the United States.
But she was angry, but she didn't lose her mind, and after calming down the anger in her heart for a while, she immediately dialed the phone number that came in for half an hour.
In a matter of seconds, the joking voice of JPMorgan Chase Bank President Jamie Dimon came out: "Good evening, ma'am, I believe that your eloquence must have succeeded in convincing him to keep his shares, right?"
"Damn! don't mention that guy to me! he's unreasonable!" said Marilyn Hughson angrily.
Originally, she thought that she had adjusted her emotions, but who would have thought that after just one sentence, her anger was seduced again.
But it's no wonder that the more high-ranking people are, the more domineering and stubborn they are, and they are unwilling to accept anyone's criticism or suggestions from the bottom of their hearts, not to mention a merciless slap in the face.
"Hahaha, relax, ma'am, I have repeatedly reminded you before that Lu is an out-and-out anti-war man, and even Admiral Paul Selva has been ridiculed by him to his face as an executioner, and you will be no exception. Jamie Dimon laughed and comforted.
In his eyes, the outcome of this conversation was doomed from the very beginning, and the so-called compromise of ceding part of the interests was just wishful thinking of Lockheed Martin, which was simply impossible to realize.
Marilyn rubbed her swollen forehead and sighed helplessly: "Alas, well, this time you won, I agree that JPMorgan Chase Bank will eat two-thirds of the thirty percent shares, and the rest must go to us." ”
"No problem! everything is divided according to our previous bet. Jamie Dimon nodded in the affirmative.
Needless to say, he won the undisputed victory in this secret battle, not only gaining enough benefits, but also bringing the new materials company under the control of JPMorgan Chase.
In contrast, Lockheed Martin can be described as a ruthless one.
Marilyn originally wanted to pull Lu Li into the chariot of the military-industrial complex, and by the way, balance the power structure within the new company, but who would have thought that the hot face was attached to the cold ass, and the other party not only did not appreciate it, but also sneered, and did not care about the loss of money at all.
When she encountered this kind of person, she obviously didn't have a good way to deal with it, and after thinking about it for a while, she immediately proposed: "Mr. Damon, I believe you should be very aware of the development potential of that new material, so I want you to be sure to deal with that difficult young man." First of all, he has to become a U.S. citizen as soon as possible to make sure that if something unexpected happens, we have enough reason to intervene, and second, Alibis Biotech has to go public within two to three years, and you don't want to see such advanced biotechnology in the hands of someone who can't control it. ”
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'm not interested in interfering with a close ally's private decisions, but I also warn you not to play with those vile little tricks, or I won't sit idly by. As for the technical support, don't worry, I'll take the time to talk to him the day after tomorrow. Okay, that's all for tonight's conversation, I've been a bit busy lately, and I have to take an early break, or it will affect my productivity. ”
After that, Jamie Dimon simply hung up the phone, without giving the other party a chance to entangle.
Listening to the busy sound coming from the microphone, Marilyn narrowed her eyes and repeatedly recalled the words with a strong hint just now, and quickly said to herself: "Interesting, it turns out that he chose to join the financial capital consortium......"
As the saying goes, no one who is a success in this time is a real idiot.
After a little thought, she came to a conclusion, that is, the reason why Lu Li dared to refuse Lockheed Martin's invitation was because he was integrated into the financial sector with the greatest economic influence in the entire United States, otherwise JPMorgan Chase Bank would never have sheltered a foreigner for no reason.
Obviously, with the protection of JPMorgan Chase Bank, a giant of financial capital, even Lockheed Martin does not dare to act rashly.
It is important to know that the current form of the world economy is no longer the era of competition for industrial production capacity before and after the Second World War, but has entered the era of globalization of financial capital.
What is the globalization of financial capital?
The answer is simple!
After the Second World War, in order to avoid another economic crisis caused by overproduction, Western economies have transferred low-end production lines and equipment outward, and then relied on the strong position of currency to rewrite the rules of the game, through the manipulation of currency, debt and economic means, to pass on their own crises.
The most typical example is that government liabilities in developed countries are no longer repaid, but are converted into assets and sold on the market for investors to buy.
Many people don't understand why the Chinese government wants to buy such a large amount of U.S. Treasury bonds.
In fact, the reason is very simple, there is a huge trade deficit between China and the United States, and every year it can earn a huge amount of foreign exchange from the huge market of the United States.
Normally, this money should be used to purchase advanced equipment, technology, and resources from the United States, and then transport it back for research, absorption, and digestion to enhance its own comprehensive national strength.
But in reality?
Will the U.S. government allow its biggest competitors to buy its own advanced equipment, technology, and resources?
As long as its brain is not kicked by a donkey, it will definitely not be allowed, and there are many obstacles to mergers and acquisitions, so the money can only be used to invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to preserve value and avoid risks.
In other words, the products that Chinese companies have worked so hard to make have only ended up with a huge amount of debt, and they have also taken the initiative to help the United States bear the risk of inflation and economic crisis.
As for repaying debts, the United States has more financial means to deal with it, and there is no need to really repay it at all.
The wise saying that thousands of years of debt repayment has been subverted from beginning to end in the era of financial capital, and now you don't have to pay back your debts, and you have to sell your debts to make money.
The so-called era of financial capital is essentially an era in which there is no need for real industry, and it is an era in which the flow of funds around the world can be generated by relying solely on super quantitative easing (over-issuance of money, dilution of the total amount of money held by creditor countries, reducing the value of bonds, keeping bank interest rates low, and passing on inflation to the oil and futures markets) to guide the flow of funds around the world, an era in which financial capital can wantonly plunder the world.
And standing at the top of the pyramid in the era of financial capital is none other than the famous Federal Reserve.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, one of the people in control of the Federal Reserve, naturally has unparalleled power, even Lockheed Martin, which is known as the world's No. 1 weapons manufacturer, is only a slightly stronger ant in front of it.
Even the four ABCD multinational companies, which control the global grain distribution and distribution, are closely relying on the power of financial capital to make waves in the grain futures market.
If they had relied on the meager profits from selling agricultural products, they would have all gone out of business long ago......