Chase Manhattan announced that it had acquired 30.9 percent of the shares of the First National Bank of Boston, and the news that the shares had increased to 50 percent by the end of the year, immediately caused huge repercussions in the society!

The people were hotly discussed.

"Did you hear that?"

"What?"

"First National Bank of Boston is being bought!"

"Huh? The First National Bank of Boston has existed for so many years, and now it can't get to this point, and it is actually going to be swallowed up? No, I'm going to have to get my money out of the First National Bank in Boston, and don't wait for it to be swallowed up and then take my money. ”

“…… Dude, I'm tired of talking to you, and I'm not telling you this news so that you can withdraw your money from the First National Bank of Boston, but you don't know what the impact of Chase Bank's huge purchase of shares in First National Bank of Boston will be? The stock price has skyrocketed! ”

"What do you mean......"

"Tomorrow morning rush into the stock market, frantically snap up Boston's First National Bank stock, and make a fortune!"

This is a conversation among ordinary people.

Wall Street's major financial institutions are also in an uproar, but what they talk about is similar to that of ordinary people, but it is very different.

"Fack! What the hell is Chase doing? ”

"Isn't this forcing Boston's First National Bank stock price to rise sharply? No, you must close the shorts, otherwise you will lose a lot! ”

"How did the Boston consortium become so vulnerable?"

"Didn't you say before that Ji Cheng, the world's strongest financial godfather, joined the Boston consortium? Why can't he, the big man of the financial level, even resist the offensive of Chase Bank? ”

"I think Ji Cheng's financial level is just like that, and he has been able to create miracles repeatedly before because of his good luck."

"That's right, if Ji Cheng really had the ability, he wouldn't have allowed Chase Bank to swallow the shares of First National Bank in Boston, especially now that Chase Bank has also put this matter on the bright side, it is obvious that he has enough confidence to be able to defeat the Boston consortium in one fell swoop, Ji Cheng still can't."

"Leave it alone if he can do it or not, close the short position quickly tomorrow morning."

As the topic heated up, people from all walks of life in the beautiful country began to notice that there was a secret smoke of gunpowder.

Especially the real elders, they know very well what Chase Bank and First National Bank of Boston mean to the Rockefeller family and the Boston consortium.

Several high-level members of the consortium gathered to talk about it.

For example, the Cleveland consortium Mather, Hannah, Humphrey, Yinton and other family members are discussing things.

The head of the Mather family said with a solemn face: "The Rockefeller family and the Boston consortium are at war, how should we stand?" ”

"I think it's best to stay put." The head of the Hannah family analyzed seriously: "Although we are more dependent on the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family in terms of finance, it stands to reason that Lawrence wants to do something to the Boston consortium, and we should help him, and the Boston consortium is much worse than the Rockefeller family in terms of strength, but don't forget, the Boston consortium now has Ji Cheng, the top master in the financial industry, who knows if he will use the pinnacle of financial means to turn things around?" If we are on the side of the Rockefeller family now, and in the end Ji Cheng led the Boston consortium to win this financial war, maybe we will clean up after us, and our strength is not comparable to the Boston consortium. ”

The head of the Humphrey family said with deep thought: "Yes, just don't help the two, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, once which side shows defeat, we will take the opportunity to show favor to the side that is about to win, and then not only can we obtain certain benefits, but also will not lead to a catastrophe." ”

The head of the Yin Dun family smiled bitterly and said, "If it weren't for the monster of the Boston consortium Ji Cheng, we wouldn't have to think about this." ”

Yes, Ji Cheng's level in the financial industry is really beyond everyone's imagination, every time he has made a move and income before, no one dares to despise this person.

The core members of the Cleveland Consortium are different from the outside world, they don't think that the Boston Consortium has not fought back so far because it has been defeated, but they feel that the Boston Consortium is brewing how to fight back with the core of the season.

Of course, the heads of the Cleveland Consortium are very shrewd, and if the Boston Consortium and Ji Cheng really don't make any moves next, they will really fall to the Rockefeller family.

Not only the Cleveland consortium, but also other consortia with relatively weak strength in other beautiful countries are watching and talking about today's incident, and many people and members of the Cleveland consortium are concerned about the strength of the Boston consortium and Ji Cheng's financial means.

"With Ji Cheng here, we can't easily fall to either side."

"That's right, although the Rockefeller family is more powerful, the Boston consortium has the unknown factor of Ji Cheng, and the final victory or defeat is not certain."

"Let's see how Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium will organize a counterattack."

"Well, anyway, we don't take the initiative to announce which side we are leaning to, it shouldn't attract hatred, let's see the battle situation clearly before deciding who to help beat the water dogs."

"To be honest, I really expect Ji Cheng to give the Rockefeller family a slap, after all, the two most powerful families in the beautiful country today are Morgan and Rockefeller, they have been at the peak of power for a long time, it's time for someone to ring the alarm bell for them!"

"Yes, if Ji Cheng can defeat the Rockefeller family, if we take the opportunity to enter the market again, we may be able to share a lot of benefits, but I don't know if Ji Cheng has such strong strength."

"I've always felt like he's amazing."

"Ji Cheng should come up with some tough wrists, even if he can't defeat the Rockefeller family, at least he can bite off a piece of meat."

"Fuel the news and make them both die!"

Some people in the consortium are very optimistic about Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium winning, but more people in the consortium feel that Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium will lose.

"The strength of the Rockefeller family is too strong!"

"Yes, although the Boston consortium is also very strong, even with the addition of Ji Cheng, a new force, their strength is still far from the Rockefeller family, if you have to find a metaphor, I am afraid you can only compare it with the light of the bright moon and the light bulb."

Indeed, the Rockefeller family controls hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars in huge assets, and it is said that this time the Morgan family and the Citigroup are also on their side, and how many assets does the Boston consortium control? The direct and indirect ownership together supported more than 200 billion yuan, and even Ji Cheng's strength could not reach 300 billion assets. ”

"Hard power is too far apart."

"Although I also admit that Ji Cheng's financial methods are ruthless, but the gap in hard power is so big, it is not a financial means that can make up for the gap."

"Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium may be defeated this time."

"When the Rockefeller family wins, it will definitely liquidate Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium, especially Ji Cheng, I heard that he has a long-standing grudge with the Rockefeller family, and the Lawrence guy has secretly put down cruel words before, asking Ji Cheng to live on the streets with nothing and be a homeless man for a lifetime, if Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium fail, his life will be over!"

"Defeat is a certain thing."

"Let's see how far the final fiasco will be."

"Well, look at the form."

"If Ji Cheng really loses, let's see if we can keep him and become our financial killer."

The Rockefeller family announced the news with the help of the Chase Manhattan Company, which immediately caused an uproar throughout the beautiful country, on the one hand, the financial war of the top five and two giant consortia in the beautiful country attracted attention, and on the other hand, Ji Cheng had a relatively large impact before, and now he is a member of the Boston consortium, which caused such a heated discussion.

No way, there are many people who are popular.

What's more, this is related to the future control of the national fortunes of the beautiful country, and no one else can afford not to pay attention to it.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Ji Cheng received Peter. After Peterson's phone call, he woke up early, just freshened up, and went out without breakfast.

Sitting in the car, he kept flipping through today's major newspapers, and found that not only financial newspapers were reporting on this matter, but also many newspapers that did not want to do anything with finance were reporting.

"Chase Bank strikes hard, Boston First National Bank is locked by fate! 》

"How can Ji Cheng and the Boston Consortium survive in the cracks? 》

Horror! The financial war of Chase Bank is about to break out, and First National Bank of Boston is trembling! 》

"The financial war has started, and it is unknown who will kill the deer!" 》

"Famous financial expert White predicts that Chase Bank will buy First National Bank of Boston! 》

One article!

Three!

Ten articles!

The newspapers all saw that Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium could not win the battle!

After all, the Rockefeller family has been famous for a long time, and its influence in the beautiful country is strong enough to influence the fortunes of the country, and although the Boston consortium is also very strong, there is still a huge gap in strength compared to the Rockefeller family, and it is natural to be looked down upon.

Ji Cheng didn't think about being disturbed by these news, but carefully studied whether there was any useful information in these news that was worthy of his attention.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find any useful information when he drove to the Blackstone Group office building.

Ji Cheng threw the newspaper away, then got out of the car and walked into the building.

As soon as he entered, he saw Peter. Peterson and Steve. Schwartzman and other Blackstone executives waited at the company's gate.

"Ji, you're finally here!"

"The situation is critical."

"If we can't come up with more than $600 million to save the scene this time, the Blackstone Group will really fall!"

"Ji, help us."

"Don't worry, let's go in and talk."

Under the support of a large number of people, Ji Cheng and Peter. Peterson, Steve. Schwartzman and the others came upstairs to the conference room.

Everyone sat down.

What Ji Cheng didn't expect was that Peter. Peterson actually gave up the main seat to himself.

He hesitated for a moment, but he saw Peter. Peterson's pleading gaze, he probably understood something in his heart, and did not refuse to sit down.

"Can you tell me more about that?" Ji Cheng was straightforward.

Steve. Schwarzman has always been relatively close to the Boston consortium, and now Ji Cheng is one of the six heads of the Boston consortium, he said almost unreservedly: "Mr. Ji, that's the case, we acquired two companies a few months ago and owed a high debt of one or two billion dollars to the bank, and one of the companies was even on the verge of bankruptcy. The main reason for this is that these two companies are not able to repay the interest on the loan from the company's profits, and because the loan contract is short-term and almost the contract is nearing the end of the contract term, we are unable to obtain loans from other banks to alleviate the repayment crisis. ”

Ji Cheng had actually collected all the information about the Blackstone Group in the modern society as early as when he invested in Blackstone Financial Management Company, and he had already known about this matter. ”

This time Peter. Peterson spoke, "The second difficulty is what I told you on the phone before, we established a joint venture with Pretty Country Steel, took over the railway and ship transportation business, and originally negotiated a loan of 670 million US dollars with the bank, well, the company only took out 2% of the transaction funds, and the rest were all bank loans. ”

Another senior white woman in her forties at Blackstone said bitterly: "If we had this money, we could still revitalize the railway and ship transportation businesses, so that we could use that company to negotiate with the bank to obtain more funds to repay the previous loan, but now the bank is unwilling to borrow, and our entire company's capital operation has a big problem, and we are not far from the brink of bankruptcy." ”

Although Ji Cheng had long known that the Rockefeller family was behind this incident, what he had heard so far had not changed much from the development process of the Blackstone Group gathered from modern society, which meant that even if he didn't make a move, the Blackstone Group should eventually be able to survive the difficulties and become brilliant.

If you don't start a financial war with the Rockefeller family in the future, with Ji Cheng and Peter. Peterson's relationship, he will definitely take the initiative to lend some money to the other party, after all, on the one hand, he can make the other party owe favors, and on the other hand, he can earn a lot of money with loan interest.

"You're trying to borrow money from me?" Ji Cheng took the initiative to ask, but while asking, he was thinking about how not to hurt and refuse, no way, he was waiting for the money, and he really couldn't move out the funds.

"Yes and no." Peter. Peterson's answer was ambiguous.

Ji Cheng was dumbfounded, "Peter, what do you mean?" ”

Peter. Peterson looked next to the company's co-founder, Steve Brown. Schwartzman glanced at it, then sighed heavily, and said, "Originally, I meant to borrow a large amount of money from you and sign a long-term loan contract, of course, the company will pay you high interest." ”

Ji Cheng knew that the other party hadn't finished speaking, so he didn't say anything, and listened quietly.

Peter. Peterson continued, "But last night Chase Manhattan announced that it was going to start an equity battle with Boston First National Bank, and I know that you, as a member of the Boston consortium, will definitely join the battle, and the amount of money needed will be too large to be immeasurable, so it may not be a good thing to borrow money from you at this time." ”

That's true, Ji Cheng asked, "Then what do you mean......"

The other Blackstone executives showed wry smiles, but Steve Brown. Schwartzman, a man close to the Boston consortium, had a smile on his face.

Peter. Peterson took a deep breath and said, "So I want to make a deal with you." ”

"Deal?" Ji Cheng was stunned for a moment.

"That's right." Peter. Peterson nodded heavily and said, "You provide $650 million to the Blackstone Group, and we will sell 15% of the Blackstone Group's equity to Huajin Capital!" ”

it!

Are you willing to give me 15% of Blackstone's shares?

Ji Cheng was stunned when he heard this, although he had spent $1.5 billion to obtain 50% of the shares of Blackstone Financial Management Company and 20% of the shares of Blackstone Group in cooperation with Blackstone Group, but because the contract specifically stated that 20% of Blackstone Group's equity could not allow him to participate in the company's decision-making, but only had control of Blackstone Financial Management Company.

And more importantly, after a period of time in the future, according to the content of the contract, Ji Cheng needed to resell the 20% shares of the Blackstone Group to Peter. Peterson's.

It means that he actually doesn't own any shares in the Blackstone Group.

But now?

Peter. Peterson offered to give Ji Cheng a 15% stake in all the actual shareholders' interests at a cost of only $650 million!

Who doesn't know that Blackstone will have a market value of more than $65 billion in the future and will be one of the world's largest independent alternative asset managers?

The market value of more than 65 billion US dollars is good to say, but the most important thing is that the assets controlled by the Blackstone Group in the future will reach more than 100 billion US dollars, even if it cannot be compared with those large consortia in the beautiful country, it is still an independent consortium, and it is still a strong one.

Ji Cheng thought that it would be good for him to be able to get control of Blackstone Financial Management Company, but he didn't expect to receive an unexpected joy when he came here today!

He was incredulous and said, "Peter, are you sure?" ”

Peter. Peterson showed a serious look and said: "Ji, we have long been a grasshopper tied to a rope with you, and you are now at war with the Rockefeller family, if you lose, then our Blackstone Group will definitely be fully liquidated by the victorious Rockefeller family, with the company's own strength, it can't resist the Rockefeller family at all, many partners of the company have discussed, rather than this, we might as well fall directly to you and the Boston consortium, maybe the Blackstone Group can't help much in this huge battle, But even if it is cheering, it can be regarded as a sign of determination, a strong determination to survive together with Joaquin Capital and the Boston Consortium! ”

Yes, since the Blackstone Group accepted his help, it has been a member of the Joaquin Capital consortium in the eyes of the outside world. Schwarzman has always been at odds with the Boston consortium, and is also considered to be one of the supernumerary partners of the Boston consortium.

If the Rockefeller family defeats Ji Cheng and the Boston consortium, will they easily let go of the Blackstone Group next?

Answer: No.

Therefore, instead of sitting still, the Blackstone Group should take the initiative to lean towards Ji Cheng and the Boston Consortium, betting that Ji Cheng and the Boston Consortium can survive the powerful offensive of the Rockefeller family.

Even if it can't be the person in charge, at least it can keep the company.

Ji Cheng didn't expect that the Rockefeller family's attack on himself and the Boston consortium could bring such a good thing, although he is currently short of money, but the future achievements of the Blackstone Group are too brilliant, if you don't take advantage of the current equity to get it, it will be difficult to get it in the future.

He barely hesitated and said: "Okay, Peter, I promise you this cooperation plan, I will provide you with 650 million US dollars in financing funds as soon as possible, you let the legal counsel draw up the contract as soon as possible, I will be busy for the next period of time, and I will start a vigorous war with the Rockefeller family, and I don't have much time to waste on this matter, please forgive me for speaking more directly, don't mind." ”

"No, no."

"We understand where you are."

"Mr. Ji, I really appreciate your willingness to save us from danger."

Peter. Peterson and Steve. Schwartzman and the others are grateful, indeed, the current situation of the Blackstone Group In their opinion, if Ji Cheng is unwilling to make a move, the company is really going to be finished, and they understand that Ji Cheng needs a large amount of money to fight the war next, but they are willing to lend a helping hand, how can they not be grateful?

Ji Cheng and them had different ideas, because according to memory, even if he didn't make his own move, the Blackstone Group would be able to survive the difficulties, and he took out $650 million to get 15% of the shares, which can be said to be pie in the sky.

The key also makes Peter. Peterson, Steve. Schwartzman and the senior management of the Blackstone Group are grateful, which is an invisible and huge help for him to completely merge the Blackstone Group into Huajin Capital Group in the future.

Good!

The Rockefeller family did a great job this time!

Not only did he see the hope of becoming the master of the beautiful national university, but he also obtained a large number of shares in the Blackstone Group, the world's top asset management company in the future, which has an actual stake, and he was so happy!

Ji Cheng really wants to say thank you to the Rockefeller family, well, he will definitely thank him, such as sending Lawrence. Rockefeller ascended to Western Bliss as soon as possible!