Chapter 733 The Whereabouts of Gems
As Depp expected, several important national leaders visited four European countries the next day. Of course, this is only on the surface. In fact, the person these big shots want to meet is Zhang Jun. After the two parties agreed, they had a two-hour conversation in a hotel. No one knew what they said.
After Zhang Jun walked out of the hotel, Hu Feng, who was guest driver, looked at the black waist plate in his hand that was neither gold nor stone, and said with envy: "This is a tribute from a big country, tsk tsk, usually only the heads of high-grade cultivation families have it. Qualified to possess.”
Zhang Jun looked at the waistband, looked through it, and felt that the material was very special, so he asked: "This thing doesn't seem to be high-tech. Have you seen it before?"
Hu Feng nodded: "Of course I have seen it before. This thing was made by a master of weapon refining using magical powers. It is extremely hard and can interact with a popular machine. Such a waistband can only be worn by one person forever. It is impossible to imitate it. Disaster."
Speaking of this, he said with emotion: "I really don't understand. You are not a monk at the sage level, and you don't have a small world to back you up. How could they give you such a precious place?"
Zhang Jun said calmly: "Because my influence on this country is greater than any other small world. Although they are powerful, they are aloof and do not touch the fireworks of the world. But I am different. I hold trillions of dollars of wealth in my hands. I Any decision can determine the fate of countless people.”
Hu Feng nodded and sighed again: "It's true, you have too much money, and you are as rich as the country!" Then he looked at the enshrined waist badge again, "I wish I had one, maybe Wudang Mountain is Can rejuvenate.”
In the process of talking with several big shots, Zhang Jun knew the meaning of this waist card. As a minister of a great country, when the country is in trouble and he needs to take action, he cannot retreat. However, in normal times, if he has any requirements, the country will do its best to meet them.
For example, if he needs funds, as long as they are not excessive, the country's specialized agencies will provide them as soon as possible. Or maybe he needs some extremely rare extraterrestrial meteorites to make a magic weapon, and the country will try its best to find them. In short, no matter what the request is, as long as the country can meet it and does not harm the national interest, it will generally be satisfied.
From this, the status enshrined by this great country is so lofty. No wonder only the great powers of the small world were qualified to possess it before. In fact, there is more than one country that has offerings. European countries, the United States, Japan, South Korea, India, etc. all have their own offerings. The only difference lies in the number and strength of offerings from different countries.
Returning to the compound, Old Depp was waiting for news. As soon as Zhang Jun came back, he immediately asked: "How was it?"
Zhang Jun smiled: "It's very satisfactory. They gave me the status of a great power and guaranteed that no one from the government would target Tianxing Group at any time. As for Shennong Bank, they are willing to sell 5% shares, continue with us.”
Old Depp nodded: "These conditions are barely acceptable. If you can be more ruthless, you can still strive for greater benefits."
Zhang Jun shook his head: "I don't want to fight them to win or lose, I just want them to know my strength. Only in this way can we cooperate on an equal footing." After saying that, he smiled and said, "Old Depp, if you are willing, then 100 I can sell you five-fifths of it, but you have to agree to be a financial advisor to Shennong Bank."
Old Depp was stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Jun to be so generous. He thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, then I'll accept it. I won't let you suffer in terms of valuation."
Two days later, Zhang Jun met with representatives from several European countries in a hotel. Zhang Jun is willing to take back Shennong Bank, and European countries are willing to pay 120 billion euros for it, of which 10 billion euros will be provided by Switzerland.
Hundreds of billions of euros is a huge expense for the EU, and it is very rare to be able to do this. This is also forced to have no choice. Once Shennong Bank completely collapses, the entire European economy will be ruined. By then, even if it takes out one trillion euros, it will be too late.
In addition to the "compensation" of 120 billion euros, Zhang Jun also received a member seat on the European Central Bank Council, the euro-issuing body. There are only ten seats on the European Central Bank Council, which means he has one-tenth of the say.
120 billion euros. In fact, they only paid 20 billion euros to Zhang Jun. The remaining 100 billion euros were all invested in the European Central Bank. Shennong Bank has since owned 6.3% of the shares of the European Central Bank.
When the Shennong Bank was sold, the price offered by Jiang Heng and his group was 80 billion euros. In addition to the 100 billion euros they had previously invested to suppress Shennong Bank, they actually invested 180 billion euros. If you include the 120 billion euros in European compensation, Zhang Jun actually earned nearly 300 billion euros.
Both parties acted very quickly. They signed the contract secretly in the morning and held a press conference in the afternoon. Shennong Bank was open for normal operations and stated that any deposit user could come to withdraw cash after three days, and each location would be open 24 hours a day. As soon as the news came out, the panicked Europeans immediately calmed down, and those who thought their savings were in vain breathed a long sigh of relief.
Subsequently, those small foreign banks that had secretly disappeared transferred large amounts of cash to Shennong Bank from various channels, and Europe's number one bank immediately came to life. Three days later, no matter whether it was online channels or business halls, there was an endless stream of people withdrawing money.
About 20 billion euros were withdrawn in just one hour, but this did not make Shennong Bank feel any pressure. This situation lasted for three days, and the number of withdrawals gradually decreased. People found that Shennong Bank seemed to be fine. Since everything was fine, why bother withdrawing money?
As customer confidence increased, Shennong Bank timely put forward the slogan "the safest bank in the world", began to absorb a large amount of private deposits from around the world, and merged large-scale bankrupt Swiss small and medium-sized banks.
Most of these Swiss banks have a history of hundreds of years and have deep foundations. They failed to survive the last round of bank runs. The bankruptcy of these banks happened to give Shennong Bank an opportunity. Under Depp's personal guidance, Shennong Bank began one round of mergers after another.
Since most of these bankrupt banks have negative assets, they do not need to pay much cash when acquiring them. At most, they only bear the responsibility of hiring bank staff. However, once these banks are acquired, it means that they must also perform joint and several liabilities and allow customers with deposits to withdraw funds.
This approach of Shennong Bank has been highly praised by all walks of life, and the media believes that it is a bank with a conscience and responsibility and is worth relying on. Switzerland is also worried about the negative impact of the bankruptcy of small and medium-sized banks. Now that Shennong Bank is willing to step in to turn the tide, they are naturally willing to accept it and fully cooperate.
In the next month, Shennong Bank will spend 40 billion euros to acquire more than 60 bankrupt small and medium-sized banks, and will also pay customers the equivalent of 78 billion euros in deposits.
Shennong Bank's decision made it famous all over the world overnight, making the headlines of many front-line newspapers. As the Swiss economy gradually returned to stability, private deposits from all over the world gradually gathered here, and Shennong Bank became their first choice.
A week later, Shennong Bank changed its name to "Tianxing Bank" and was officially placed under the name of Tianxing Group. Starting from this day, Tianxing Group officially entered the European market.
While Zhang Jun was busy with various matters at Shennong Bank, the group of people who almost caused the European financial crisis were imprisoned in the toughest special prison in Europe. On the second day after entering prison, Jiang Heng and several of the masterminds died inexplicably. No one knew how they died.
Jiang Heng brought countless people into the ditch at once. There were too many people who hated him and wanted to kill him. His death was expected. As for the other people who were killed, the reason is simple because they are all Jiang Heng's partners.
The European matter was finally over, and Zhang Jun felt a lot more relaxed. He helped Old Depp adjust his body, and then began to think about how to find the European goddess. The "stone of life" was really attractive to him.
During his busy period, Alice, the fragrant jade girl, had decided to follow Zhang Jun under Adam's persuasion. Just like Adam said, she is already a vampire. Only by staying with Zhang Jun can she have a chance to grow, otherwise she will not live long at all.
Moreover, she now has no relatives and no way to contact the Goddess Sect. She can only seek refuge with Zhang Jun. After she became Zhang Jun's maid, Adam taught her the training methods of the Vampire Clan without hesitation, and Alibi officially became a Vampire Clan member.
At noon that day, Zhang Jun was reading the group information sent by Xiaoqiang. Alice brought in a cup of tea and said respectfully: "Master, the goddess just sent me a message."
Zhang Jun suddenly became energetic and asked: "Where is she?"
"She was trapped in an abandoned temple on a mountain by people from the church. The strange thing is that the people from the church never broke in. She has been waiting inside for three days and just sent me a message." Alice's face was filled with emotion. With an incredulous expression, she figured out what was going on.
Zhang thought for a moment and felt that he could not miss this opportunity easily, so he asked: "Do you know the direction?"
Alice nodded: "I know the master, I can find that place."
"Okay, let's get ready and wait until dusk." Zhang Jun made up his mind and wanted to go there himself.
Zhang Jun is thinking about the gem of life, while Yang Tianji and Yang Tianxing are thinking about him. In a church not too far away from here, Yang Tianxing and Yang Tianji led four holy masters to appear in person. Among the eight personal guards, four are eighth-level gods and four are ninth-level gods. They are all extremely powerful masters.