The first thousand two hundred and ninety-eight chapters go to New York
Chapter 1298 Return to New York
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Citibank is a retail bank under Citigroup. Its main predecessor is the "City Bank of New York" established on June 16, 1812. After nearly two centuries of development, mergers and acquisitions, it has become one of the largest banks in the United States and one of the largest banks in the world.
A major international bank with branches in nearly 150 countries and regions around the world!
In the 2003 ranking of the world's top 1,000 banks in various indicators by the British "Banker" magazine, Citigroup ranked first with tier-one capital of 66.9 billion, total assets of approximately 1.264 billion, and profits of approximately 17.88 billion U.S. dollars. Its profitability accounted for 1,000
The major banks’ total profit was US$252.4 billion, accounting for 6.1%. +◆
There is no doubt that Citibank is the world's top financial giant in this era. The Stillman family and the Rockefeller family that control them also have unimaginable influence in the United States and even the world.
399 Park Avenue, New York City, is the headquarters of Citibank. Its majestic building and huge strength are enough to make anyone who passes by it respect it.
However, Liu Dong, who parked his car not far from here, was looking at the tall building in the distance with evil eyes. The greed in his eyes occasionally popped out, as if the building in the distance was not a building, but a huge piece of fat.
Meat.
In fact, it is indeed a piece of fat in Liu Dong's eyes.
"Stearman family, you forced me to do this!"
After the thought fell, Liu Dong parked the car on the side of the road. Then he found a deserted place and used the relic Yuan Guang to instantly escape underground. Then he walked towards the Citibank headquarters building in the distance.
For a long time, although Relic Yuanguang has an almost unstoppable advantage in stealing, Liu Dong has been controlling his desires and does not want to use his abilities without restrictions. Otherwise, his heart will grow bigger and bigger.
Greed will eventually bring destruction.
But this time Liu Dong really had no more options.
Originally he thought that enough funds would ensure that Standard Chartered Bank could turn the corner this time. But he got the news from Martin Bouygues that it was the two worlds of Stillman and the Rothschild family who were dealing with him behind the scenes this time.
After joining the top family, Liu Dong knew that things would not be solved that easily.
Moreover, he was alone and had no confidence that he could deal with the dozen wealthy families led by Stillman and the Rothschild family, as well as more people who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.
Therefore, Liu Dong was forced to resort to extraordinary measures. So, he came to New York.
We must not only be generous to others, but also divert the attention of the world's financial community from Standard Chartered Bank.
"As expected, it is an old bank that has been established for nearly two hundred years. There are really a lot of things in this vault!" After quietly entering the Citibank vault, he looked at the 400 square meters of space around him and the things piled up in the space.
Liu Dong couldn't help but admire the gold reserves that represented wealth, and the neatly arranged bundles of brand new dollars, pounds and euros.
Although not all of Citibank's wealth is stored in its headquarters, it is certainly where they store the most assets.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Liu Dong walked around the vault and after a simple inventory, he unceremoniously collected the 90 tons of gold, 5.8 billion U.S. dollars, 1 billion pounds, and 2.2 billion euros in banknotes.
Create your own mustard space!
"Stillman family, let's see how you cry when the time comes!"
After snorting coldly, Liu Dong exited the vault along the original path. But when he saw the archives not far above his head, his heart moved. He went back and placed a time bomb in the archives.
Then, after Liu Dong thought for a while, with a bad smile, he casually threw some Taliban armed logos harvested in Afghanistan more than a year ago on the ground from the Mustard Seed Space.
Having found the scapegoat, Liu Dong exited the Citibank headquarters with satisfaction, but this time he came out not from the original parking place, but from a utility room inside the Japanese Consulate in New York.
"Let your dog bite the dog's hair!"
Even if they knew that the Japanese were not very suspicious, the Stillman family, which had suffered heavy losses, would definitely blame the Japanese for this.
As for the Rockefeller family who was affected by this, Liu Dong didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed.
Steven Rockefeller and him were mostly just using each other, and there really wasn't much of a friendship.
But after the robbery of Citibank is over, the matter is not over yet.
While it was still dark, Liu Dong went to the U.S. headquarters of HSBC Bank in New York.
It is not easy for the Stillman family, and certainly it is not easy for the Rothschild family, which secretly holds important shares in HSBC.
However, the assets of HSBC's headquarters in the United States are obviously not as large as those of Citibank's headquarters. But 45 tons of gold; 3.5 billion US dollars, 900 million pounds, and 1.5 billion euros of wealth are enough to satisfy Liu Dong.
In fact, there are many financial institutions around the US headquarters of HSBC and the global headquarters of Citibank. Through the relics Yuan Guang Liu Dong can also 'see' the mountains of wealth there.
However, in order to prevent things from getting out of hand, Liu Dong restrained his passion very well.
He just wants to cause trouble to draw the financial world's attention away from Standard Chartered Bank, but he doesn't want to attract the attention of the US government! Although Uncle Sam can't spare much energy for the bad war in Afghanistan, Liu Dong is not willing to take risks
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After finishing everything, Liu Dong drove back to his hotel.
"Is it almost time?"
Just as Liu Dong finished muttering to himself, he heard two explosions coming from the bustling area of Manhattan shrouded in darkness outside the window. Of course, the explosions were not loud, and they were far from earth-shattering.
Even Liu Dong couldn't see the fireworks from the explosion while standing by the window. But he understood that these two explosions would make the whole of New York boil, and the resulting impact would bring about great changes in the international financial situation.
"But... this is what I want!" After smiling slightly, Liu Dong closed the curtains with a bang as he listened to the fire truck sirens outside.
Then he checked out of the hotel at dawn and returned to his villa on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
"Chairman, good news, great news!"
Feng Jianhui, who received Liu Dong's arrival in New York early in the morning, ran in excitedly with a newspaper in hand.
Seeing his happy brows and flushed cheeks, he was completely different from his usual calm and steady attitude.
However, Liu Dong also understands his excitement. In the past few weeks, Feng Jianhui, who took over as President and CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, has been under the greatest pressure.
The almost irreversible decline has been weighing on Feng Jianhui's heart, making him almost breathless.
But now with the two explosions last night, everything is different!
"Jianhui, what happened to make you so happy? Has the stock price of Standard Chartered Bank stabilized, or is the run and asset loss over?" Liu Dong, who pretended to be confused, said with a smile.
"Chairman, Standard Chartered's stock price is still falling slowly, and the runs and asset losses are not over yet, but there will definitely be a significant improvement. Look, this is the New York Times that was just published this morning!"
After Liu Dong took over the newspaper, Feng Jianhui still said excitedly: "It was reported above that at three o'clock in the morning last night, there was an explosion at the Citibank headquarters and the HSBC headquarters building, and the fire caused by the explosion burned most of the floor.
!Although the time is too short, the losses of the two banks have not been announced yet, but they are certainly not a small amount. Moreover, as soon as the New York stock market opened today, the stock prices of the two banks fell by more than ten percentage points."
"I believe that as the stock prices of the two banks fall, they will inevitably experience varying degrees of runs and asset losses. During this period, most of the attention that has been focused on our Standard Chartered Bank will shift to them. As long as we can stabilize
If we keep the stock price under control and come up with some good news, then this Standard Chartered Bank crisis will be over!”
Liu Dong briefly glanced at the newspaper in his hand, smiled and nodded, "This is indeed good news! But we cannot take it lightly!"
"I understand!" Feng Jianhui nodded in agreement, but at this moment, the joyful expression on his face was not reduced at all.
Liu Dong didn't say much about this.
After suppressing it for such a long time, I finally got some good news. I should really be happy.
"By the way, Jianhui, send a letter to Chris Stillman, the patriarch of the Stillman family, for me, saying that I want to visit him!"
"The Stillman family?"
"That's right!" Liu Dong nodded.
Looking at the unpredictable look on his face, Feng Jianhui vaguely guessed something. However, the matter was too important, and it was hard for him to ask more questions if Liu Dong didn't tell him.
"I see!"
After sending Feng Jianhui away, Liu Dong looked at the newspaper on the table. After more than a month of gloominess, Liu Dong finally showed a happy smile again.
One night's actions caused Citibank to lose nearly 13 billion US dollars and HSBC to lose nearly 8 billion US dollars! Compared with the trillions of dollars in assets of the two banks, although these two figures are not too large. Although the assets
It is huge, but it does not entirely belong to the bank. What really belongs to the bank is tier 1 capital.
US$13 billion almost caused Citibank to lose nearly one-fifth of its Tier 1 capital, and HSBC to lose nearly one-sixth. This directly reduced the strength of the two financial giants by one level.