Section 843. United States National Debt
Section 843 United States National Debt
"A few days ago, my father-in-law was in poor health. I went back once. The old man is getting older. Recently, his health is getting worse and worse. My wife stayed in the northwest this time and did not come back with me." Deputy Governor Liao thought about it. Said for a while.
How could Li Cong be so fine that he couldn't understand the meaning of his words? How could Mr. Long recover from his two blows? Your wife is his own daughter, so I took care of it all by my side. This illness is probably not enough. Li Cong can't tolerate what the Long family has done to him, but he has promised Mr. Liu not to touch the Long family before the old man is alive. We can keep our word, but if you go Well, we can't say no to your juniors, right?
"Oh, it's like this when you get older. Mr. Long has made great contributions to the country. It would be a loss for the country if he just left. I remembered that I had a little festival with Long Ying before. I don't know if Long is old and sick this time Has Chong Longying returned yet?" Li Cong asked again.
Speaking of which, there is only one member of the Long family that Li Cong feels is threatening, and that is Long Ying. This kid is best at finance, but that is what he is least good at. He went to the United States again, and he followed Long Ying. The people who came to the United States were dealt with, and the organization with this ability can only be the Skull and Bones. If Long Ying gets in touch with people from the Skull and Bones, it will be really tricky. Maybe the old man is not dead, this guy You have to start making trouble for yourself.
The last time Long Ying lost was because he didn't have enough funds, and he was young and didn't have much to do with the surrounding changes. This time he went to the United States for so long and he will definitely become more mature. As for the funds, if this guy really follows If the Skull and Bones is involved, there will definitely be a lot of money. After all, the funds of the Skull and Bones are second only to the energy group.
Deputy Governor Liao obviously didn't think that Li Cong would ask about Long Ying, and he also thought of the old man's explanation when everyone went to see the old man, that is, don't reveal anything about Long Ying, maybe that man is the only one in the old man's eyes. He must be the main executor of the revival of the family.
Deputy Governor Liao took a sip of water. Anyway, he has sold the Long family now. Since he has chosen this path, he should go more thoroughly. If he wants to be a fence-sitter, I am afraid that he will end up with neither side. Well, maybe Li Cong will be disgusted to hit him, then he will really steal a handful of rice.
"Long Ying seems to have accepted the solicitation of an organization in the United States. As for what kind of organization this organization is, I have only heard a little bit, and I know that this organization is the largest organization in the United States and even the entire world." It is not easy for the governor to know these things. As a deputy governor, he is already an unattainable figure in the eyes of ordinary people, but if he is to be placed in the world's top forces, such an official position is really not enough. .
American organization? The world's largest organization? Sure enough, it was the same as what I guessed, this guy Long Ying has indeed become a member of the Skull and Bones,
In this way, this guy really can't stay, otherwise he will be a disaster in the future.
When danger is a flame, it should be extinguished, otherwise when it turns into a flame, it is time to be burned.
"Thank you, Vice Governor Liao. I heard that Vice Governor Liao will go to Beijing for a meeting next month. I think it's better to go to the Great Wall Club. I think President Bai Chen will be very happy to meet you. Vice Governor Liao It’s really wronged to be a deputy governor in Shandong with such a long life.” When someone showed his sincerity, Li Cong naturally had to tell him his sincerity, otherwise, how could so many people come to him in the future? Woolen cloth.
Vice Governor Liao is so excited that he doesn't know what to say anymore. I have seen the gate of the Great Wall Club many times in Beijing, and I want to go in many times, even if I just drink a cup of tea in the lobby and watch the people coming and going. People are also a kind of treatment. When I return to Jinan, the old guys above me will not underestimate me casually. I didn't expect that now I have the opportunity to directly communicate with President Bai Chen. What else can I say? ? From now on, I have to follow Li Congqian.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Li, I..." Vice Governor Liao's voice was a bit speechless. Generally, such a situation should not happen in the position of a senior official at the deputy ministerial level, but what happened today was too unexpected. Vice Governor Liao was surprised. Originally, his plan was to get acquainted with Li Conghun. He will gradually get close to him in the future. The last step is to hope that Li Cong can put himself in the Great Wall Club. Unexpectedly This matter will be done on the first day, can I not be excited.
"Hehe, everyone is already friends, so don't talk about these things anymore. Maybe I will need your help in a lot of places in the future. I hope that your old man will not disrespect me by then." Li Cong said with a smile. The place where this guy can be used is probably to extract information from the Long family.
Although the intelligence agency of the energy group can get the information, it is still different from the information that came from the inside. It is very beneficial for me to verify both sides, and it is more accurate. Besides, this guy's future path should be There is still a long time to go, and this can be regarded as a political investment for myself.
Li Cong's complexion began to darken after sending away Deputy Governor Liao. At this time, Skull and Bones is not something he can escape. He has never crossed the line and has always been avoiding Skull and Bones. People don't buy their own face at all, it happened once in South Korea, and it happened again for Long Ying, so it's true that they don't take themselves seriously.
"Come in with the group's sales list for this month. I have something to ask you." Li Cong turned on the intercom and called Wang Lingling in.
After a while, Wang Lingling came in. Seeing that there were still a few beads of sweat on her forehead, it seemed that she had brought the latest sales slip from the sales department. In fact, there was also a copy from the secretary, but it was from yesterday. Li Cong appreciates his attitude very much. The boss has many issues to consider. Maybe one day can also affect a major decision. Li Cong really likes his secretary more and more. It turns out that he can still have a job after leaving Dai Lai. A good secretary.
"Give me a report on our sales in the Americas this month. It's mainly environmental protection oil, electricity or natural gas." Li Cong asked while looking at the information. The documents on the table must be approved this afternoon, and each one must Tens of billions of funds are involved, and all of these have to be carefully considered. If my momentary negligence makes the group enter a dead end, it can only show that I am very incompetent as the leader.
Wang Lingling immediately opened the red file in her hand. When she was not Li Cong's secretary, she really wanted to read these files. She didn't expect that there were all such files on her desk now, and she was about to be overwhelmed by these things. I'm exhausted, if time can be turned back, I would rather not have the right to watch these things.
The United States has always been the largest customer of the energy group, and the annual import volume of up to 500 million tons of environmentally friendly oil has made other countries in the world look at it with admiration.
Last month, major energy companies in the United States purchased 40 million tons of environmentally friendly oil, 500 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, and 30 million tons of liquid natural gas from energy groups. The goods worth nearly one trillion yuan were also placed first. column.
"Damn Yankees, if I didn't supply you, you would still be so extravagant every day? You tell the sales department, just say what I said, and start from next month to increase the price of all goods bound for the Americas by 10%. If the Yankees don't want to buy it, just get it, the group doesn't lack their little money." Li Cong said tyrannically, like a tyrant who doesn't think about other things at this time.
I have been Li Cong's secretary for such a long time, and I know what kind of temper Li Cong is. At this time, it is better not to come out to persuade, it is better to follow the boss's words, and the price increase is in the United States, what does it have to do with us? Well, the amount of money Americans earn domestically every year is not a number, so what if they earn it back from energy, it's normal.
"Well, wait a minute, another person from the Government Liaison Office will report to the State Council, saying that 5% of the 10% of the price increase is a tax paid to the state." Li Cong can still I thought of bringing the country together with myself.
The five percent is five to sixty billion yuan per month, and it was hundreds of billions in that year. What can the government do with this money? Besides, the relationship between China and the United States these days is maintained at the level of the news. The announcer's mouth is broken, where are there no cracks in other places? There is still a lot of friction, and the government is happier than Li Cong for earning money from the Americans.
Li Cong arrived at the sales department without any review by any meeting. A dozen directors in charge of the Americas region looked at the notice in their hands with bitter faces. What did the president do? I just came here for Koreans a few days ago, and now I am not facing the Korean bastard who can only shout. It doesn’t matter to other countries in the Americas, but the United States in the Americas is also in the ranks of price increases. The master of bullying? Although they all know that their own group is in trouble, but in a war with the most powerful country in the military, what are the shortcomings?
If there is a problem in my heart, I have a problem in my heart. The president's decision still has to be done. A dozen directors immediately ordered hundreds of salesmen under them to call the liaison office in the United States immediately and tell them about the group's price increase. On the other side, some are busy selling some of their futures and stocks in the US stock market. Good guy, this energy suddenly rose by 10%, so it is no wonder that the stock market must collapse.
In the seventh hour after Li Cong announced the price increase plan, the U.S. stock market opened. As soon as the market opened, the entire market fell sharply like a roller coaster. Everyone knows the reason. The price of energy has increased by 10%. Some Asian energy merchants are still thinking about how much more they can sell their energy to the Americas.
Since Hawaii also belongs to the United States, when the sales area is divided, the price here also rises together with the Americas, but most Asian businessmen set their sights on Hawaii. After one month, the oil price in Hawaii has not risen, and it is even higher than the previous one. The price has dropped a bit, but most of the Asian businessmen who want to make a profit will lose their own money. Hawaii does not have such a big market, and so much energy can only be waited slowly. If it is opened again When the ship was shipped to the United States, the merchants there began to lower the price again, and the series of incidents that occurred were never expected by Li.
The spokesperson of the energy group's publicity department also did not answer the questions of the major reporters, but said that the price increase was decided by the group's high-level meeting, and it was caused by the recent global inflation.
Some financial experts read the answer of the energy group, and they wished to throw the coffee in their hands on the TV. How could there be inflation? Because the energy group absorbs a lot of cash, the whole world is now in a state of currency shortage. But the government does not dare to print money on a large scale, which will cause its own financial system to collapse.
Li Cong happily crossed his legs and watched the news of the economic crisis in the United States caused by the price increase of the energy group. The workers in the transportation industry have already started to strike, hoping that the government can give more subsidies. , The new President of the United States has signed a subsidy plan of up to 35 billion US dollars, but it is not known whether the Senate and the House of Representatives will pass it.
The U.S. government is basically an empty shell. Asking them to take out money is more difficult than asking Africans to take out money. The U.S. government can only increase the U.S. national debt to the world again, making it already in debt of 5 trillion U.S. dollars The current U.S. government has once again added a burden. Of course, if compared with the trillions of U.S. national debt, these tens of billions are just a number.
Naturally, Li Cong's methods will not stop here. He checked and found that the group still has nearly 200 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. treasury bonds. Li Cong also immediately ordered the finance department to sell these U.S. treasury bonds to see if anyone can take over. .
U.S. assets have long been considered risk-free, and most people believe so, because U.S. Treasurys are thought to be as deep and liquid as other assets. However, with the huge fiscal deficit in the United States, the high unemployment rate in the United States, and stagnant economic growth in the United States and other problems have been "staged", the world has seen that the so-called "safest assets" have also begun to appear in crisis. Over the past year, the U.S. debt limit has been lifted 78 times, with an average of once every 8 months. The economy is maintained by borrowing more debt and printing more money by the central bank. This economic growth model of borrowing-paying unemployment benefits-consumption-reborrowing, There is almost no essential difference from a Ponzi scheme.
The current national debt of the United States is already astronomical. According to the report of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the net amount of U.S. national debt in fiscal year 2 was 100 million U.S. dollars, which was 3 times that of GDP. According to estimates, the net interest on U.S. Treasury bonds will reach 100 million U.S. dollars by the end of this year. Not to mention letting the United States pay off its debts, even paying interest on national debt will overwhelm American taxpayers. In two years, on average, each American has to pay more than US dollars in interest on national debt.
According to the safety line established by the European Union's "Maastricht Treaty", the US national debt has long been in danger, but it has long relied on its status as the number one economic power and the global reserve currency country. It has been able to maintain and overdraw its grade credit.
In fact, Li Cong's ultimate goal is to break the credit rating of the United States and plunge the whole world into a panic, letting people know that the Americans have actually repaid their debts, and the whole world will see clearly How sad would it be for the Americans, at that time, would the Skull and Bones come to make trouble for themselves?
Li Cong is not a fool, and immediately suppressed the tempting thought in his heart. If the American government he really engaged in declared bankruptcy, the first one not to let him go would be the Chinese government. After fifty years of debt kidnapping, almost every government in the world has been kidnapped by the Americans, and they have to buy more US treasury bonds.
The national debt in Li Cong's hands is not too much, and it is not too little, but throwing it out in this way can still create some souls in an economic crisis of this scale, because Li Cong didn't even inform the US government that it would be as high as 2,000 yuan. Hundreds of millions of U.S. government bonds were thrown directly into financial markets around the world.
US$70 billion on the Dow Jones Exchange in New York, US$50 billion on the London Stock Exchange, US$30 billion on the Swiss Exchange, US$20 billion on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, US$50 billion on the Tokyo Exchange in Japan, and US$100 million on the Singapore Exchange in Southeast Asia 100 million US dollars, a total of 230 billion US dollars in US government debt.
The most indispensable thing in the financial market is people who follow suit. Although most of the U.S. national debt is in the hands of the government, some large companies and private individuals also have a lot of it. Li Cong was very lucky to get 230 billion U.S. dollars from that person, but those who followed suit did not get any money except for the hundreds of billions of U.S. government debt bills. .
However, the result of this is that the U.S. Secretary of State made an emergency visit to several major U.S. creditor countries, hoping that these countries can buy these U.S. treasury bonds. Of course, in return, the U.S. will give up some principles on some disputes, which are basically some face-saving projects.
Not to mention that the U.S. Secretary of State’s mouth is really better than Zhuge Liang’s. Except for the Chinese government, several others such as the United Kingdom and Japan have just moved casually to eat up the hundreds of billions of dollars in national debt. It seems that the hearts of the Americans are still okay, but Li Cong also tried a sledgehammer and knew that the United States can be leveraged by relying on US national debt, but there is only a problem of method.