Chapter 154 Who Gave You the Courage?

"No, you can't do this." In San Francisco, the headquarters of Wells Fargo Bank, shareholders gathered together and roared angrily at the people who came to the seat.

"Of course I can. My BOSS currently holds 52.5% of Fumin Bank's shares and is located on Wall Street. The decision to reopen will not change."

Ben, who has been sitting in the think tank for many days, is sitting at the head of the meeting room at this moment, telling shareholders the sudden news with a polite smile.

“We have a lot of savers in San Francisco, what are these people going to do?” protested one shareholder.

The interstate laws of the banking industry have not changed. If they want to gain a foothold on Wall Street in New York, they can only choose to close their doors here.

"Branches here will be closed and temporarily shut down to inform all customers that they can choose to withdraw their money or wait for the opening of Wells Fargo New York."

Sure enough, the answer Ben gave was exactly what they had guessed.

"Their families, careers, and lives are all here. Do you want them to go to New York every time they withdraw money?" A shareholder gritted his teeth and slammed his fists on the table.

"I said, they can take their money." Ben kept smiling.

"I will not agree to such a ridiculous decision. I will protest to the Fed. You are destroying this bank and destroying our efforts."

The former largest shareholder, the third generation of the Fargo family, the founder of Wells Fargo, blushed and shouted with a thick neck.

"This resolution will not change. As for what you want to do, Mr. Fargo, that is your freedom."

Ben restrained his smile, stood up and closed the document in front of him unhurriedly, and said with teasing eyes: "I also want to inform everyone that Wells Fargo Bank will receive a capital injection of up to 1 billion US dollars. I hope you have enough money in your pocket to keep it safe." existing shares."

When Li Zitao and Juliana started negotiations, the acquisition of Wells Fargo by the think tank had already begun.

Wells Fargo's stock price plummeted to 80 cents, and shareholders were very comfortable letting a lot of their shares stay in the market at a time when no one was going to touch the banking industry.

So the think tank spent a week quietly absorbing 45% of the shares without attracting anyone's attention.

Immediately afterwards, he opened his bloody mouth and swallowed 7% of the shares in one fell swoop.

By the time the board of directors of Wells Fargo reacted, he had already controlled 52.5% of the shares.

After Ben left with his bodyguards, the shareholders in the conference room limp on their seats, thinking about what to do in the future.

With a capital injection of 1 billion US dollars, the current market value of Wells Fargo is only 20 million, which obviously does not give them a way out!

With such a huge capital injection, how many shares can they retain? 0.05 percent, or 0.1?

...

Money, money, money, after finalizing all the details in New York, Li Zitao should worry about money.

He doesn't have a fund reserve of 400 million US dollars, and the only way he can think of now is to pledge his shares for a loan.

"Aiken, I've brought you a big deal." The first thing Li Zitao did when he returned to Chicago was to invite Aiken to dinner.

"..." When he knew that Li Zitao was going to borrow 400 million dollars, the fork in Aiken's hand almost dropped on the table.

"what are you planning to do?"

Aiken's first reaction was that Li Zitao committed a crime and was about to run away.

Under the current situation, what kind of business can use 400 million US dollars? Is he going west to buy Los Angeles?

Li Zitao's love for Los Angeles is clear to anyone who pays attention to him.

"Investment banking, insurance and wealth management industries, I plan to settle on Wall Street!" Li Zitao said easily, but a wry smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

Settling down on Wall Street sounds very simple, just rent a building, set up an office, and then recruit talents to open the business.

But if things were really that simple, Li Zitao would really have to thank God.

"Hehe..." If Aiken also watched the live broadcast,

This will have to be called six, six, six...

Wall Street is Morgan's reverse scale, and it is the private land of the Morgan consortium. They never allow anyone to get involved.

They are also among the eight major consortiums. If they want to get involved, they have to form a cross-holding with Morgan to let the other party get a share.

Who gave you the courage to do this? Is her surname Liang?

"What are you going to use as collateral? The Blue and White Chamber of Commerce...or SHIELD?" Aiken's pupils lit up when he said the last name.

"Golden Arch!" Li Zitao directly dispelled his imagination.

Blue and White Chamber of Commerce? S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Do you have such a good appetite?

"The specific details will be discussed with you by the United... think tank." Li Zitao originally wanted to talk about the United Bank.

But thinking about the fact that Union Bank, which is currently in a shutdown and is basically an empty shelf without a leader, Li Zitao feels that it is more reassuring to leave it to the think tank.

"Of course." Aiken nodded regretfully.

Compared with the golden arches, he is more interested in S.H.I.E.L.D., or in other words, all consortiums are very interested in S.H.I.E.L.D.

According to information collected by think tanks, including the Chicago consortium, a total of four consortiums are forming their own armed forces.

Of course, their actions are more secretive, and they place their subjects abroad.

The family has a big business and a great reputation, which is also a burden for them.

Li Zitao started his business by relying on SHIELD, and created the private security industry, and also received the support of the military.

In addition, he is a Chinese, and most people treat him as if they are looking at a "foreign company," with a sense of vigilance, so it doesn't have a big impact on him.

These giants are different. They are national enterprises recognized by the public, participants and witnesses of the growth and rise of the United States, and they are the pride of the public.

"What you represent is the country. Now you suddenly want to engage in private armed forces. What do you want to do?"

99% of the world is ordinary people, so this nonsense can basically be ignored, and the big incidents caused by rumors have never decreased.

The bigger the business and the higher its status, the more attention will be paid to its every move.

If the public knows that the consortiums are engaging in armed forces, the first thing that comes to mind will be, "There is going to be another war."

The Civil War, the Mexican-American War, World War I, and the Spanish-American War, although the United States became powerful and prosperous as a result, these experiences were not at all pleasant for ordinary families.

No matter which nation or country in this world, the beneficiaries of the war will only be the country as a whole and a small group of people.

For ordinary people, war represents only life and death and cruel wailing.

"I agree to this loan, but there is one thing that must be kept confidential." Before the conversation ended, Aiken made a small request.

"That's exactly what I want to say." Li Zitao also didn't want people to know that he was short of funds.