London

One Garden Street, Kensington Palace.

At the end of April in London, the evenings were still a little cool.

Abel and Jean-Marie Messier, did not choose the pavilion garden that the French preferred to talk.

Rather, it's in a conference hall indoors.

Jean-Marie Messier came here this time mainly to talk to Abel about the cooperation between Vivendi and Smith Media.

From last year to now, the two media giants have cooperated in many movies and TV series.

It's just that so far, not even one has been released.

This is because most of the movies and TV series cooperated by the two sides are still in post-production and special effects production.

The fastest movie that can be launched will not be available until next month, that is, in May this year.

One of the purposes of Jean-Marie Messier's visit tonight was to discuss with Abel the plans for the launch of these movies and TV series.

First of all, because it is a European and American co-production.

Naturally, these movies and TV series will be released in Europe and North America at the same time.

At the very least, it will be released in the United States and France at the same time, whether it is a movie in the cinema or a TV series on a TV channel.

Now Vivendi wants to open up some of its rights to some of its European collaborators.

This will allow these works to be marketed in Europe faster and gain influence faster.

This can be said to be very helpful for Vivendi's market development in Europe.

But the problem is that at the moment, Smith Media only has some influence in the UK.

It's just influence, not even a movie theater or a TV station.

If Vivendi were to be allowed to do so, Smith Media would be playing the role of an investor.

This is clearly at odds with what is a grand strategy to become.

Therefore, Smith Media has been refusing to let go, and Jean-Marie Messier can only find Abel in person, hoping to get a breakthrough from Abel.

It's hard to let you know, because it's the equivalent of Smith Media, helping Vivendi to open up the European market.

In terms of revenue, there is basically no gain. Because Vivendi's top management is unwilling to give up too many interests.

It is equivalent to wanting the horse to run again, but not giving the horse grass.

It's not hard to wonder that this kind of good thing is good.

Abel knew Jean-Marie Messier's intentions, but waited quietly for him to finish.

“…… Trust me, Mr. Smith. Doing so will play a very big role in our cooperation. It can play a strong role in promoting the relationship between our two sides. ”

"It can also launch the brand and awareness of the European star, in the United States. Lay a better foundation for the cooperation between our two sides in the future......"

Speaking of the back, even Jean-Marie Messier himself felt a bit fake when he heard it.

There is nothing, there is only an illusory future, and it is too difficult to convince people with this kind of thing.

Jean-Marie Messier didn't want that either.

But his original position as CEO was a bit unstable, because the cooperation with Smith Media not only strengthened his original position, but also got the position of chairman.

He did not dare to disobey the demands of the board, which would have removed him from office and would affect his authority in Vivendi.

I know that this kind of thing is very difficult, close to impossible.

He still came hard, hoping for a miracle.

Or learn about Abel's bottom line, so that he can go back and give Vivendi's board of directors an explanation.

"Mr. Messier, Smith Media is willing to cooperate with Vivendi in doing so."

Jean-Marie Messier subconsciously wanted to say, 'It's okay not to agree, it doesn't prevent the cooperation between the two sides.' ’

As a result, when he heard Abel say this, the French were directly stunned.

"But there's a premise." I saw Abel smile and continue.

Jean-Marie Messier perked up: "Please speak." ”

"Mr. Messier, don't you think that as long as Smith Media becomes one of the shareholders of Vivendi. Isn't that easy? ”

Chairman Vivendi was stunned.

"We can hold shares in each other. Carry out a share exchange. In that way, we can be true allies. The cross-shareholding relationship is more stable than any cooperation. ”

Jean-Marie Messier hesitated for a moment, just about to say when.

He saw the American's secretary, the David Jones, walk in from the outside.

Then David spoke in Abel's ear.

Jean-Marie Messier saw Abel's expression and changed slightly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Messier. That's it, you go back and think about it. I have some business, and now I have to go back to the United States. ”

Jean-Marie Messier saw Abel say this to himself.

The Frenchman was stunned again, and before he could answer, he saw Able nod to himself, and then got up and left directly.

Jean-Marie Messier was tempted to say something, but Abel was so quick that he couldn't see it for a while.

Obviously, this is Abel's place, and he is relatively slow to react, as if he is the master here.

Jean-Marie Messier is now a little curious, curious about what is happening in the United States.

Let Abel leave in a hurry and return to the United States at this time.

And Abel, he did not deceive Jean-Marie Messier.

He really left No. 1 Garden Street, Kensington Palace.

More than an hour later, the man was already at London Heathrow Airport.

An hour and a half later, the Smith had sailed into the Atlantic.

Abel's Smith is 747-8VIP.

It is based on the Boeing 747 and has been strengthened in many ways.

Much "taller" than other business jets. It has almost the most spacious business jet cabin in the world.

In the cabin, the office area, entertainment area, lounge, and baggage compartment are clearly demarcated.

In the main cabin in white and dark brown, there are 24 large sofa-like seats, each of which can be rotated freely.

This is for Abel's entourage, mainly senior staff and senior management of the group, to sit when traveling with Abel.

There is another sub-cabin, the seats are not so large and comfortable, but there are more of them, there are 40 in total.

The 40 seats are used by the staff of Rock Security, as well as the service assistants who are attached by Abel.

In other words, not counting the crew, every time Abel travels, there will be at least 64 people following him.

In the underbelly of the aircraft, the interior of the airline 747 aircraft, there is a huge space for the luggage of passengers.

In the case of the Smith, it was partially transformed to serve as the aerial vehicle of Abel's Cadillac monster.

The rest, of course, is Abel's entourage.

There are some of them, and even all kinds of light weapons, bulletproof equipment.

To know...... Some of the Rock Security staff are temporary.

These personnel, they receive double salaries at the same time. A salary for Rock Security, a salary for the relevant departments of the United States, primarily the Military Attache of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs......

When Abel is abroad, when necessary, some of these personnel can be converted into official personnel in the United States at any time to provide some special services for Abel.

This is also the reason why Abel is unlikely to go to Mao Xiong and Huaxia.

Because these two countries, do not recognize this special work document.

In addition to these cabins, the most important place on the Smith is, of course, the Smith Sky Room, which is closest to the cabin door.

A master bedroom of more than 20 square meters in the sky, a bathroom of more than 10 square meters, and a living room of more than 30 square meters.

In the living room of the palace in the sky.

In the middle of the sofa.

"Whew-"

Abel let out a sigh and left the satellite phone aside.

He closed his eyes, half-reclined on the back of the couch, and said, "David, how long will it take to get to Santa Barbara?" ”

"From London to New York, it takes about 6.5 hours."

David next to him replied rigorously:

"Another half-hour break, from New York to Santa Barbara, also about 6.5 hours. That adds up to about 13 hours, and now there are about 11.5 hours left. ”

Abel nodded, just about to say something.

The satellite phone that had just been put down rang again.

Abel picked it up and connected it directly, and the voice of George Soros came from the microphone of the satellite phone.

"Hey, man. I agree, let's work together. This time it has to be serious, you know what I mean. ”

Soros's voice is heard, and what he says.

Abel directly let out a hearty laugh:

"Hahaha - of course, seriously, of course. Trust me, George. I've always been very generous to my friends. ”

"Hmm. You're still in the UK, right? That's up to you, and I'll do it. ”

"Uh...... I'm so sorry. An hour and a half ago, I was indeed in London. Now......"

Abel took the satellite phone and looked at a screen hanging directly above the living room of the palace in the sky.

That's a display screen that shows the trajectory of the flight positioning.

The owner sits here, and through that screen, he can know where the plane is flying at this time.

"Now I'm over the Atlantic, well—about 300 kilometers from Iceland, about 100 kilometers from England."

Soros: "......"

"You're out of London? What happened? The oil man capital boss asked curiously.

"It's not a big deal. But I do need to go back to the United States. Well...... It's April 29th. On May 5, the last internal meeting of the Federal Reserve in the first half of this year, will be held in Washington. John Chris Morgun informed me that he wanted me to be there for this meeting. So...... You know. ”

Soros, who was still in New York, clenched his teeth when he listened.

Attending the Federal Reserve, four times a year, the most important internal meeting, isn't that a big deal?

Now if Abel is in front of his eyes, Soros feels that he may even take a bite of him!!

That's called the Federal Advisory Committee, a board of directors that secretly controls the Federal Reserve remotely!!

A concept proposed by Paul Warburg, a banker and founder of the Federal Reserve.

The committee is made up of one representative from each of the 12 regional banks of the Federal Reserve.

Meets with members of the Federal Reserve's Board of Directors four times a year in Washington.

Bankers make various "recommendations" to the directors of the Federal Reserve on monetary policy.

Each banker represents the economic interests of the region and each has the same voting rights.

The idea is very good, and after the actual implementation. The amount of power, of course, depends on the strength in the end.

Otherwise, a small banker in Cincinnati would have the same power as international financial giants like Wagon and Rockphil.

This kind of thing is not very realistic to think about.

"Whew-"

Soros took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.

Now he knew why Abel had left London so suddenly.

If you change to Soros, you can have this kind of qualification and this opportunity.

Not to mention in London, he felt that even if he was on the moon and Pluto, he would rush back immediately......

"Okay, I see."

Soros said on the other end of the phone: "Then our British plan, is it temporarily suppressed?" ”

"No, that's not realistic. George, the opportunity is fleeting. The British will not remain indifferent all the time, we must arrange in advance. ”

"And what do you mean?" Soros said tentatively.

"You're in no hurry, are you? George, if you could. I think you can go to London and sit in London. I'm sure you're better suited for this job than I am. ”

I knew you kid would say that!

Soros thought to himself.

"I was so unwelcome in the British that I didn't really want to go." The oiler guy makes excuses.

“5%。 After the deed is done, I will give you 5% of the profit. ”

"Although the British dislike me very much. But who told me to love the British Isles so much? No one can stop my enthusiasm to go to London, no one. Soros immediately spoke in a relaxed tone.

"Haha......"

Abel laughed with him here.

On the satellite phone, the two began to discuss the action against the British currency again.

How can the international financial oligarchy attack a country's currency?

The neon bubble crisis is a very typical textbook example.

Moreover, this method has been tried and tested repeatedly, and it is known in economics circles as the "middle-developed income trap".

The first step, international travel capital, or Yankee or Wall Street, will first make your market circulating

How to circulate? Buying and selling transactions, creating so-called "business opportunities".

Once your trading volume is large, does it mean that the market is booming?

However, the internal market is so big, how to meet the increasing production capacity?

Then we need to expand overseas markets!

How to expand? Began to lower the exchange rate, create depreciation, and stimulate exports.

If there are no raw materials, then import raw materials and do processing with incoming materials (neon, Hanguo, Netherlands, etc.) to further stimulate the market.

Well, what does a booming market bring?

It is the increase in the size of the economy, and the original currency is not enough to maintain circulation.

What to do? Additional Currency!

Additional issuance means inflation!

No additional issuance means deflation!

Because there is not enough money, the price of goods in the market will fall accordingly.

This is not conducive to market circulation, so we have to issue more money to create inflation.

The rate of inflation is generally higher than the growth rate of the economy, because you can't wait until there is not enough to increase the issuance, which is likely to break the rhythm.

Well, all the conditions are in place, your country has money, attracted a wave of capital, and the people are considered "middle income".

The wool has grown to the point where it is curled, and it is time to shear.

First of all, let your currency appreciate first!

How? When the dollar depreciates, yours rises.

So, start buying your bonds, borrowing from you, borrowing like crazy to create monetary scarcity deflation, that's the legendary hot money.

What do you do in order to deal with a lot of dollar borrowing and bonds?

1. Raise borrowing rates.

2. The issuance of additional currency will pull down deflation.

3. Disarm and surrender directly, and obediently kneel and hand over the money.

In most countries, 1 and 2 are generally chosen, and 3 will not be actively chosen.

So congratulations, it's the same whether you choose or not, and you still have to choose 3 in the end!

When it reached the critical point, that is, the maturity of short-term loans, it began to suddenly announce a US interest rate hike and raise the US dollar interest.

What about the hot money? You can only frantically sell your money in your hands, and a large amount of your own currency suddenly appears in your market, is there a short-term inflation surge?

There was an uproar, and the finances couldn't bear the pressure.

Is this sea of money unbearable?

Inflation means depreciation, is it forced to depreciate?

Well, the back hand is coming, isn't there a lot of hot money running to you to borrow this?

That's right, these people lend your money to exchange dollars for dollars to create dollar deflation.

Now that your currency has depreciated, they can exchange a small amount of dollars for a large amount of your money, and then pay off the small amount of debt they borrowed from you.

Inside and out, did he take advantage of the exchange rate difference to make you a lot of money?

Then use the money to buy your things and "return" the money to further inflation.

Does it feel like your brain is buzzing?

What to do?

Is it a choice of 3 to kneel to send money, and then bow your head and admit your mistake and beg to be spared?

The capitals look at it about the same, it's not good to shave too much wool and freeze the sheep to death, and start to stop letting you lick your wounds slowly.

This wave not only washed away your finances, but also piggybacked on a wave of your company's companies with your money, and then competitors became other people's agents.

This trick has been used many times on Wall Street.

The neon cabinet foamed itself, and it didn't recover from lying down for more than 20 years.

Not to mention Brazil, which almost turned into Somalia.

Hanguo also after this move, the controlling shareholders of the chaebol of the Samsung Group have all become foreigners.

In doing so, the former's financial market has been inactive, and players are all white flowers in the greenhouse. As soon as you go to play internationally, you will be played by others in two or three clicks.

The latter turned his face and refused to admit it, and directly asked Western investors to never invest in woolly bears again.

If the woolly bear loses the opportunity to enter the "trap of moderately developed countries", it will not be able to develop at all......

There are pros and cons to both, but it's clear that the former does it better.

It's just that there is a premise that bears and rabbits can do this, not that they are right to do it.

Instead, they do this, without worrying about Yan Ge, and they don't have to worry about the US military who collected Wall Street money to collect debts.

Change to other countries, dare to learn these two goods?

Hehe...... Is it fake to be a gold medal fighter on Wall Street?

Now Abel and Soros are going to target the British pound.

The first two moves of the three-plate axe have actually been used by the UK itself.

What they have to do now is very simple, which is to borrow a lot of pounds from British companies, and then exchange pounds for dollars.

Artificially created short-term deflation of the pound and forced the British to print more pounds.

Later, we will take the opportunity to suppress and impact the pound exchange rate, so as to achieve the purpose of the last board of the three-board axe.

The method is simple and crude, but the success rate is not low.

Ten years ago, Soros relied on this trick to swipe a ticket with international travel funds.

This time it's him and Abel, and Abel chooses to hide behind the scenes.

For the sake of the 5% profit, Soros broke the jar and broke it.

The oiler man said he was willing to charge, as long as Abel gave enough dollars.

It's as simple as that.

The two chatted for more than half an hour, and the time was approaching late at night.

The USS Smith is a global airliner, sailing alone in the sky.

Abel put down the satellite phone and closed his eyes for a few minutes.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and whispered to David, who had never left, "Did Ted go to Santa Barbara?" ”

David was stunned and immediately said, "Boss, I'm sorry, I need to consult." ”

"Go ahead." Abel nodded.

Ten minutes later, David returned.

"BOSS, Mr. Lerner hasn't set off yet. He said his plane was undergoing repairs and was preparing to charter a flight to California. ”

"Let him wait at JFK International Airport."

Abel said directly: "I'll take him with me." ”

Two daughters were cross-infected, and one person pulled for a day...... In order to avoid infecting my youngest sons, I now live alone with them.

Taking care of a child who pulls more than a dozen times a day is going crazy.

There's only one chapter left today, and I'll be back to normal updates tomorrow.

There are no typos-checking in this chapter, welcome to catch bugs.

(End of chapter)