Chapter 1741 Mysterious Third Party
On August 7, the US government announced that it would inject $45 billion into Citibank, becoming the third largest individual shareholder of Citibank, and guaranteeing more than $300 billion of various real estate debts of Citibank.
However, there was still no response to the 70 billion funds applied by the Lehman consortium.
On August 8, the day of the much-anticipated opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, the chairman of the Lehman consortium met with the Bank of England to put pressure on the government.
However, the second day of the meeting between the two sides, that is, August 9. The chairman of the Lehman consortium walked out of the New York Hilton Hotel where the Bank of England representative lived with an angry face.
And he fiercely cursed the Bank of England at the reporters who were blocking the door of the hotel, saying that it was not a human being, and actually took advantage of the fire to acquire the core assets of the Lehman consortium at a bargain price.
That's right, this time the Bank of England talked about acquisitions, not mortgage cooperation.
On August 10, the US government directly announced that it would not rescue the market, and declared to the outside world that businessmen should be responsible for their own actions. Expressed concern about the financial turmoil caused by the Lehman Brothers consortium.
As soon as this report came out, the people of Lehman Brothers could not help but curse loudly, and ordinary people felt that this public announcement was a bit inhumane.
Businessmen should be responsible for their own actions, and some people expressed support. After all, if you want to make more money, you have to bear the corresponding risks.
But such a thing that should be supported also depends on the time and environment.
The US government previously injected capital into other companies to rescue the market, and hundreds of billions of dollars were thrown out. Three days ago, it was even more high-profile to inject capital into Citibank and guarantee its debt of more than 300 billion US dollars.
As a result, when it came to Lehman Brothers, it became that businessmen should be responsible for their own actions. So the major real estate developers and Citibank that were pulled out of the water before were not businessmen.
Faced with such a notice, the top executives of the Lehman Brothers did not only curse loudly, they even had the heart to kill.
It’s a pity that his big tree, which was still bright and shiny a few days ago, and the consortium that people could only look forward to, has been secretly dug up by the major consortiums headed by old Morgan in recent years, and the center has been hollowed out.
At this time, the glamorous appearance was removed by a government notice, and the Lehman consortium suddenly found that they were a consortium and even had arms business, but they couldn't even kill a person.
The government just announced that it would not rescue the market, and the Lehman consortium found that all its subordinates had betrayed.
In addition to gnashing their teeth and selling those core assets at a bargain price to save some retirement money, they had no other way to go.
In an ordinary Western restaurant in New York, USA, a group of bodyguards stood around, and there was no customer in the entire restaurant.
People passing by the restaurant pointed at the restaurant and only heard of rich people booking a high-end restaurant or villa for a party.
This is the first time I have seen someone book a low-end Western restaurant (steak house) with an average price of no more than $10 per piece, and the bodyguards look more awesome than the president's bodyguards, so vulgar and pretentious.
"The dust has settled!" Little Jack in the Western restaurant did not care about the eyes of outsiders in the restaurant.
Because he knew that no matter how these people called him stupid, as long as he asked the restaurant owner to get some steaks to give away for free at the door, these people who called him stupid would instantly praise him. Sometimes it was so easy to manipulate the humanity of these ordinary people.
"You don't seem very satisfied?" Castor, who was sitting opposite him and cutting steak, looked up at Little Jack.
"Such a big consortium, so many seats for members, so many resources. In the end, after so much preparation, the bulk of it still belongs to old Morgan.
I only ate a little bit." Little Jack gestured with his little finger, "In the end, I have to share it with the Kennedy family, William, and that shrewd Chinese, etc., so many people. If it were you, would you be satisfied?"
It is said that human desires are infinite. When the situation was deadlocked before, Little Jack had thought that if he could be given a few seats for members of the parliament, he would be satisfied and leave.
As a result, now he has seats for members of the parliament, a few places for the Supreme Court, and a lot of the core assets of the Lehman consortium. But he still can't be satisfied, especially when those people who eat and drink like old Morgan are standing next to him.
At this time, Little Jack would not think at all that Lehman Brothers was actually in the pocket of Old Morgan and his people. He was a hyena on the grassland, and it was a godsend to be able to steal a few bites.
He just felt that Old Morgan and his people should get out, and he would be satisfied only if he could swallow Lehman Brothers alone.
"It seems that a third party is involved in the debt crisis of Citibank this time." Ksto said.
He would not remind Little Jack of his greedy face, because just as Little Jack said. If he had encountered such a rare opportunity, he would not be satisfied with just the gains in front of him.
"Yes, otherwise Old Morgan would not have accepted it so simply."
"Do you know who this third party is?"
"It is not possible to determine whether the other party is doing it very secretly for the time being." Little Jack frowned and shook his head.
Little Jack did not notice the sudden intervention of the third party at first. Until the plan of injecting capital and guaranteeing Citibank was in the Senate, he and the Kennedy family could no longer delay it.
Suddenly, someone reached out and delayed the passage of the bill for a few days, and then little Jack discovered some clues.
Originally, he thought the other party was a traitor who was ready to take advantage of the situation to make trouble.
But after the bill was delayed for a few days, the other party suddenly stopped making any moves, and now when the Lehman consortium was being divided, the other party did not make any moves.
It was as if the plan was delayed for a few days because the other party had nothing to do and then ignored it.
In this matter, Little Jack had guessed whether the appearance of the other party had aroused the vigilance of Old Morgan, so that Old Morgan gave up targeting them and strictly guarded against the other party, and the other party had no chance to attack, so they stopped.
But after carefully tasting this guess, it feels wrong. For example, since the other party dared to make a move on Old Morgan in the Senate, their strength is unquestionable.
Since they have already taken action, there is no reason to stop because of Old Morgan's strict defense. Otherwise, they have stood up to provoke, and in the end, it ends with a tiger head and a snake tail. Doesn't it mean that the other party is rich and willful, just playing?
This is obviously impossible. After all, since the decision has been made, it must be a decision made by the top leaders behind the scenes. Once a decision is made, it is absolutely impossible to start well and then end badly. Therefore, Little Jack was very confused about the other party's confusing behavior and was a little confused for a while.
Looking at Little Jack who was frowning, Castor changed the subject, "When can I have a normal identity and can openly stand in the sun to work for you?"
As a hero who took the blame for Little Jack, Castor has been living in a dark corner since he promised Little Jack. Although he has made a lot of money, he has also taken the blame one after another.
Now Little Jack is basically determined to be the successor of the consortium. At the same time, this time he has snatched a piece of meat from Old Morgan's mouth. When the consortium's reputation has reached its peak and its power has risen to a higher level, it is undoubtedly easy to pardon him casually.
And if Castor does not want to take the blame in the dark for his whole life, it is necessary to step forward. Because only when he steps forward can he have the opportunity to take off the pots on his back one by one and wash them, and there is a possibility of turning over.
Otherwise, no one will know even if he rots in a dark corner.