Chapter 655: Bundle of Interests
There is no doubt that being involved with arms dealers is the last thing Lu Li wants to see in his life. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason is simple, once any person or company is labeled as an arms dealer, it should not be expected to be taken off in this life.
What's more, he doesn't want to tie himself up at all to the United States, the world hegemon that is constantly going downhill.
After all, the root cause of the current stability of American society is that its own system and economic system were mythologized after World War II, so that many people think that if they want to become a strong country, they can only copy the American system.
As long as it maintains its financial and military hegemony, most people will not be aware of the great crisis that lies beneath the false prosperity.
Take the subprime mortgage crisis as an example, what the U.S. government has done has not solved the root cause at all, they are using more debt to solve the current debt, and the crisis will break out again sooner or later.
But if one day the United States loses its financial and military supremacy, the states are likely to be divided over economic disputes, or even civil war.
As early as eight years ago, when the black presidency was running, the upper echelons of the American political elite were aware of the consequences of the hollowing out of the economy, such as providing fewer jobs, a higher proportion of unemployed, a widening gap between the rich and the poor, a rising crime rate, and a shrinking middle class that supports the country's finances.
Unfortunately, the black president caught up with the subprime mortgage crisis before he could realize his campaign slogan to rebuild the real economy.
In order to save the financial industry, which accounts for more than 80% of GDP, he had to rescue the virtual economy first.
When the stock market, futures and bond markets recover, the eight-year term has come to an end, and there will be little time to revive the real economy.
In addition, various labor unions in the United States are also unstable factors restricting the real economy, and the famous automobile city of Detroit is because they have repeatedly forced companies to improve the treatment of workers, so that the American automobile industry has completely lost the cost competition with Japan, and finally led to the financial bankruptcy of the entire city.
Lu Li chose to settle in the United States because he wanted to take advantage of the periodic financial crises in the capital world to strengthen himself and obtain the rights and social status he longed for, not to give the United States a life extension.
If one day the United States really shows signs of its end, he will guarantee that it will withdraw faster than anyone else, and may even loot social wealth without any psychological burden, repeating what the United States did to the Soviet Union in the past.
After being silent for five minutes, Lu Li suddenly smiled without warning, and laughed at himself while laughing: "Hehe, I'm sorry, Mr. President, I'm afraid I'm going to refuse your kindness, and I can't accept it if I cooperate with Lockheed Martin." If it's convenient, can you put me in touch with JPMorgan Chase's shareholders? I'm going to exchange these shares for JPMorgan Chase shares. ”
"Are you sure? You know, the 30 percent of the shares are likely to exceed billions or even tens of billions of dollars in the future, and it can also give you a lot of political influence. Jamie Dimon kindly reminded.
"Yes, for sure. I understand what you mean, but participating in the arms deal is really against my principles of life, and I guess becoming a shareholder of JPMorgan Chase Bank can achieve the same goal, isn't it?" Lu Li asked meaningfully.
Obviously, he knew very well that the Wall Street legend in front of him was trying to tie himself up with the financial capital of the United States with his interests.
Because in the eyes of the capitalists, there is no stronger relationship in the world than an alliance of interests, and only when there is enough entanglement of interests will the capitalists regard you as their own.
Jamie Dimon glanced at the contract that was still on the sidelines, picked it up and replied: "Okay, since it's your insistence, then I'll take it back and ask the shareholders for their opinions, I believe that there will be many people willing to take over, maybe it won't be long before you become the largest individual shareholder of JPMorgan Chase." ”
"It's my honor to be a shareholder of JPMorgan Chase Bank!" Lu Li said, pretending to raise his glass.
Jamie Dimon smiled and waved his hand: "No, I'd say it's all of our luck that you're a shareholder of JPMorgan Chase. Now all the shareholders are cautiously buying shares, waiting for me to announce the announcement of the investment in Alibi Biotech, and then take advantage of the stock price to rise. ”
"When are you going to announce it to the public?" Lu Li asked curiously.
After all, nearly two months have passed since the contract was signed, and he can't figure out why the other party is still hiding, and it seems that he is planning some big moves.
"Hahahaha, don't worry, this is an opportunity to make a lot of money, I want to give the financial investment department plenty of time to prepare, so I can delay it for as long as I can, if nothing else, it should be announced to the public on Christmas Eve." If I'm not mistaken, it seems that you have a sum of money on hand to invest in gold futures, and I personally recommend that you sell it for a stake in JPMorgan Chase Bank. Jamie Dimon laughed and revealed his plans.
As a brilliant banker, he clearly did not let go of this opportunity to make money, and even took the initiative to suppress the stock price, causing the stock to continue to fall for several weeks, forcing investors to lose confidence and sell their own stocks.
In front of the huge financial capital giants, ordinary investors are like small fish in a pond, and they have no power to resist at all.
Lu Li nodded thoughtfully: "Christmas Eve?" Okay, I will put as much liquidity as I can into it, I hope you don't disappoint me." ”
"Don't worry, as long as you don't disappoint me, I won't let you down. Oh, by the way, the batch of fruits I took with me will be auctioned at the banquet in half a month, and any rich person with a JPMorgan Chase Palladium card is eligible to participate, so you must remember to come and introduce some new friends to you. ”
With that, Jamie Dimon raised his glass and drank all the champagne inside.
"No problem! I'm also very happy to make friends with celebrities. Lu Li agreed without thinking.
Since the United States is a federal country, each state has its own relatively independent judicial and executive powers, so it is natural that one interest group after another has been formed.
These groups compete with each other, but they also cooperate and compromise with each other.
If a foreigner wants to really enter the upper class, the easiest way to cook is to join a powerful interest group, otherwise he will be harassed and suppressed by the government, which is almost 100% of the situation.
In the land of the United States, the so-called free and equal social system has never existed, did not exist before, does not exist now, and will never exist.
It is essentially a society of the jungle, which is easily discernible from Americans' crazy worship of successful people such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, Rockefeller, and Morgan.
Only the strong are qualified to speak loudly, and those poor who are so poor that they have no shelter and no food will never appear in the mainstream media as if they did not exist......