Chapter 428 Three Billion Dollars in Liabilities

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"Boss, tonight is Harry Kane's first game after joining. If you can watch it in person, I think the whole team will put in 100% effort to win the game."

Yang Cheng was sitting in the back row of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, paralyzed by a standard BJ, his whole body was as soft as mud.

He was on his way to the Land Rover dealership when Ian Ayre called and invited him to Stamford Bridge for the League Cup match against Chelsea.

"What's so good about the League Cup? Even if you win the championship, it's useless, don't go!" Yang Cheng was so full of thoughts on how to pick up girls, how could he be in the mood to think about the club's affairs, she replied arrogantly!

"Boss, no matter how you say it, is the first championship we may win this year. Of course, we have to pass Chelsea first. Harry Kane himself expressed his wish for the boss to appear on the court." Iraqi Enel continued to persuasion earnestly.

"Don't go! Don't try to lie to me. Harry Kane is very shrewd. How could he say such a thing? You definitely made it up. Tell me, what is your plan? It won't be someone who is after Chelsea." Right?" Yang Cheng was just saying it casually, but who knew it would really hit him right!

"Boss, you are a genius, you can guess this, well, I am really interested in Chelsea's all-rounder Ivanovic in the backcourt, he is the captain of the Serbian national team, an authentic defender with a knife, if there is him Joining, we will have no worries for Liverpool's defense!" Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Ian Ayre had to tell the truth.

Yang Cheng pondered for a while, and playing around was playing around. Serious matters that are good for the team should not be used as a joke, "Well, you can get me a few tickets for the front volleyball on the side of the rostrum. If you have time, I will I will go to the scene to watch the game, inspect the defense generals you are talking about, I will not go to the box, and you should not talk too much to inform Chelsea that I will be there, understand?"

"Understood, understood! Boss, I'll send someone to deliver the tickets to you right now. Are 3 tickets enough?" Hearing that Yang Cheng agreed and automatically ignored the "if" question, Ian El responded repeatedly. It doesn't matter where you sit and watch the game, as long as Yang Cheng agrees with Ivan's strength, wouldn't it be easy to buy someone?

Yang Cheng thought for a moment, "It's better to have 4 cards, two of them need to be connected by seats, and the other two don't need to be connected but the distance should not be too far away." He was considering taking Xu Lingyue to watch the game, and the two bodyguards could not be left outside the court. Just bring them in together, keeping a distance, Xu Lingyue can't find it.

"Good boss."

Soon, not long after hanging up the phone, Yang Cheng went to the Land Rover dealership, went in without a word, swiped his card and picked up a Range Rover Sport, the top model of this car, which costs less than 100,000 pounds in the UK For the price, it looks like a high-end white-collar worker. It is neither shabby nor luxurious. Xu Lingyue, who was in the modeling industry before, should be able to accept it. After all, it is very common for people to drive mid-to-high-end luxury models such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Land Rover abroad. , cheap!

In order to pick up girls, Yang Cheng took great pains. He drove a brand new Land Rover and went straight to a nearby shopping mall. He bought a set of casual winter clothes of a light luxury brand. It was a blue sweater and jeans, and he wore a dark gray long windbreaker directly on the outside. He is full of business style, and the whole set of clothes is only a few hundred pounds. His own temperament is compelling, even though the quality of the clothes he wears has dropped a lot, but the flaws are not concealed, and the image of the gentleman of Qianqian is very good.

He did a full set of acting, and he took off the million-dollar Audemars Piguet watch on his wrist and put it in the bodyguard for safekeeping. He didn't have time to take it off yesterday, but fortunately, he didn't show it easily to be seen. Anyway, Yang Cheng With a busy schedule, I have built myself into the image of a high-end wage earner with a high annual salary, which is well controlled within the acceptable range of ordinary girls, and shows my strength just right.

Perfect!

Yang Cheng looked at herself in the rearview mirror,

He snapped his fingers and muttered narcissistically.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the morning sun was in the sky, but there was a thin layer of mist on the Thames River. Looking across the Thames River to the other side, the southern London looked extremely cool. However, Yang Cheng had no time to appreciate the unique beauty of London. His Attention is divided into two parts by the mobile phone and the graceful figure on the shore, how can there be any room for worrying about others?

On the street by the river bank, a low-key black Land Rover was heard. Under the big tree more than ten meters behind it was a khaki Rolls-Royce Phantom. The two cars seemed to have nothing to do with each other, but they were parked on the road at the same time. It's a bit weird that the car is not moving, and there is no one in the car, especially on this morning when everyone is busy commuting to work.

In the driver's seat of the Land Rover, Yang Cheng had a dignified face, but his eyes were surprisingly soft when looking into the distance, which was really a long time ago.

It's just that the reason for such a contradictory expression is probably because of William's untimely phone call.

"Jason, the chairman and CEO of Glencore, Ivan Glasenberg, arrived in London last night. He was accompanied by officials from the Qatar Investment Authority. After arriving at the hotel, he met Ma Shimin immediately after arriving at the hotel, as well as the other people mentioned earlier. Representatives of several consortiums had a meeting, and what they talked about is unknown, but the whole meeting lasted for more than an hour, and there were laughter from time to time, I think they had a very pleasant talk."

Yang Cheng pinched the center of his brows, and said worriedly, "What are they going to do? Why is Glencore selling? What kind of trouble have they encountered before?"

After asking this series of questions, William was speechless. After a long while, he said quietly, "Jason, I have a guess. Although my investigation is not over yet, the final result should not deviate too much from the guess."

Yang Cheng couldn't wait to urge, "Then tell me quickly? My understanding of Glencore is only superficial, and your speculation is the basis."

"Since its establishment, Glencore has been accompanied by scandals, such as suspected illegal transactions, falsified warehouse receipts and so on.

Despite the recent rapid rebound in commodity prices and the recovery of the mining industry, according to my investigation, in the past two years, Glencore has been secretly selling the company’s assets to stop losses, and the group’s debts have reached nearly 30 billion US dollars. To the solution, it is inevitable to go the old way of Lehman. "

Yang Cheng listened quietly, but her eyes never left that beautiful figure.

"I feel that their ultimate goal is probably not just to acquire Glencore Group!"

"what?"

Yang Cheng admitted that he was frightened. Could it be that their previous guesses were just imaginations?

Pressing his throat, he asked, "What is the basis?"

"Last year's Ukrainian crisis!" William's succinct words made Yang Cheng feel as if he had opened up the two veins of Ren and Du, enlightened, and instantly understood what William meant.

I couldn't help but patted my forehead annoyed, how could I forget about this matter, no wonder this time gathered bigwigs from the three regions of Europe, America and Asia, if it was related to polar bears, this matter would not be so difficult to understand.

The Ukrainian crisis that William mentioned is actually the Crimean crisis, which is inextricably linked to polar bears.

The Crimea peninsula is the only autonomous republic in Ukraine. It has no land connection with polar bears, but the vast majority are people of fighting ethnic groups. Historically, the Crimea peninsula has been under the jurisdiction of polar bears.

But in the 1950s, former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev assigned the Crimea state to Ukraine, citing the 300th anniversary of the union between Ukraine and the polar bear.

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Crimea joined Ukraine as an autonomous republic and was recognized by the international community.

But polar bears have always been worried about this, and they are not willing to give up Crimea because, since the 18th century, Crimea has been the base for Tsarist Russia to control the Black Sea coast, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Balkans.

Crimea's geography makes it key to controlling the Black Sea region, especially the western Black Sea.

Losing Crimea, the polar bear's imperial status in the Black Sea and its political influence on the Mediterranean region will be problematic. Maintaining its influence on Crimea is an important factor for polar bears to maintain their status as a great power and restrict Ukraine in terms of politics, economy, and military.

This is one of the fundamental reasons for the conflict between polar bears and Ukraine, not to mention that Ukraine has been trying to get closer to the EU and NATO, which is a natural opposition to the polar bear's position. Of course, the military and ZZ reasons are not mentioned for the time being, and the economic aspects are the only ones. :

Energy shortage has long been a shortcoming that restricts the economic development of Europe. EU countries rely heavily on polar bears for oil and gas energy imports.

And 84% of the crude oil exported by polar bears and 76% of the exported natural gas are purchased by the EU, and about 1/4 of the EU countries are completely dependent on the natural gas and crude oil supplies of polar bears.

Polar bears currently supply a third of the EU's gas needs, half of which transits through Ukraine.

An analysis report by the German ZF shows that if Russia stops supplying gas, the natural gas used in Germany in autumn and winter will be short of 23 billion cubic meters, accounting for nearly half of the total, and the energy shortage will also cause huge losses to German industry.

If polar bears turn to energy as a countermeasure, a good part of Europe will suffer.

This is the huge impact of the Ukraine crisis on the global economy.

But does this have anything to do with Glencore?

The answer is yes, and the relationship is huge!

First of all, we must figure out Glencore's business experience. Glencore and its leaders are like the arms trader Yuli Olov played by Nicolas Cage in "Lord of War", often wandering in the iron and steel industry. The edge of the curtain profit.

Due to the Ukrainian crisis, the price of polar bear oil has plummeted and exports are difficult. In Glencore’s view, it is an excellent opportunity to buy bottom.

Gregsenberg and Glencore are now betting on the recovery of the world oil market, and they are looking at the oil companies that can buy shares of polar bears at low prices under the crisis. In the face of a severe setback, Glencore may acquire the shares of some oil giants in Polar Bear at a very low market price, so Glencore will not be afraid because of ZZ factors and sanctions.

Like the founder Mark Ridge, Glasenberg, who has Jewish ancestry, is like a Spartan soldier. It is rumored that his life has been spent on the phone, either collecting information or connecting feelings. Always ready to broker a deal, he often flies to two countries in a day, visiting mines, trade offices and banks, and even the head of state of a country. In order to make a profit, he even forgot how to spell the word 'tired'.

This time a number of global investment consortia and several giants within the Glencore Group gathered in London. I am afraid that Glasenberg played a big role in it. As William guessed, the relationship between them may not only be the acquisition and cooperation The acquired relationship is still playing a big game against polar bears!

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