The first thousand two hundred and ninety-nine chapters fury
Chapter 1,299 Fury
If the total value of customer information and past accounts caused by Liu Dong's final destruction is included, the tangible and intangible losses of the two banks will exceed US$50 billion.
This does not include the damage to bank reputation and the loss of bank deposits and asset value.
If these are included, the losses for the two banks will be even more severe.
Of course, in addition to heavy losses at Citibank and HSBC, Liu Dong also gained huge assets of nearly 21 billion U.S. dollars. However, despite the amazing gains, it will not be possible to clean up this black asset in a short time.
Even if he has many companies under his control, as well as the Columbia Group, which is the most convenient for money laundering, it may take several years to launder this money. Especially when Citibank and HSBC are frantically looking for the person who caused them to lose money.
When faced with severe forces, one should be even more cautious.
However, Liu Dongdao didn't care much about this. The meat had already gone into his bowl, and he could eat it early or late.
“I feel much more balanced now.”
Looking at the tragic situation of the two banks that was covered in articles in the newspapers, Liu Dong secretly said proudly. The suffocation he suffered from Standard Chartered Bank for more than a month has finally dissipated at this moment.
But just when Liu Dong was proud of his masterpiece, the gray-haired Chris Stillman looked at the empty vault, the mess that was bombed, and the archives that were completely burned by the subsequent fire.
His face was so gloomy that he was almost dripping with water.
The rapid rise and fall of his chest also made people understand how strong the anger was in the heart of this awe-inspiring man who controlled the huge Stillman family at this moment.
"James, what on earth is going on?"
The deep and hoarse voice made James Walker, the president of Citibank next to him, shudder. Facing this chairman who was known as a tyrant in the American business community, he was extremely cautious. Especially in this situation.
This is a sensitive moment.
"Boss. In fact, because the time is too short, we don't know the specific reasons yet," James Walker said carefully.
"I don't know. The core vault of Citibank has been burned like this. You, the president, actually told me that I don't know." He suddenly turned around, his narrow eyes widened. He stared at the person he once trusted the most like a furious lion.
employee, Chris Stillman roared.
"Chairman, although we have not yet found out who specifically stole the great Citibank, we have also found some clues such as this."
James Walker, who was sweating on his forehead, quickly handed over the few clues he had found.
After taking the black iron plate in his hand and looking at it for a few times, Stillman said doubtfully: "This is"
"A symbol of the Afghan Taliban"
"James, the Afghan Taliban armed forces, do you think the Afghans opened the most heavily defended Citibank vault in the world and stole 90 tons of gold and banknotes worth tens of billions of dollars in one night?"
Looking at the mocking smile on the boss's face, James Walker himself knew that this was indeed impossible. The Afghans may be able to fight a war, but they have not yet surpassed the United States economically and intellectually.
"Boss, we also discovered a 50-mile-long tunnel inside the vault." James Walker said quickly.
"Authentic, somewhere?" Chris Stillman said after frowning.
Just inside the vault
"Take me there immediately"
Because of the obstruction of the safe, Chris Stillman, who was standing at the door, did not see the tunnel entrance at first. However, when he came to the innermost part of the vault under the guidance of James, he immediately discovered the tunnel entrance.
A hidden place in a wall corner. A square opening with a side length of about 100 cm.
Standing on the edge of the hole, Chris Stillman could feel the slight flow of air coming out of it.
At this time, the obedient James immediately took a flashlight and handed it to Chris Stillman. The latter used it to shine inside.
Other than the discovery that the tunnel sank about four meters and then turned to the left, there was no other discovery.
"Where does it lead"
"The Japanese Consulate in Northern Manhattan," James said honestly.
"Japanese Consulate, Japanese" Chris Stillman frowned.
This result once again exceeded his expectations.
"Block the news and don't publicize the matter." Chris Stillman, who thought for a moment and understood the complexity of this, immediately ordered.
"Understood, boss"
After nodding, Chris Stillman frowned for a long time before slowly saying: "James, do you think he might be Japanese?"
"I'm not sure, but if it were me, I would never leave such obvious clues."
"Yes, although the Japanese are narrow-minded and short-sighted, they are definitely not stupid." Chris Stillman nodded.
After a long silence, Chris Stillman said again: "Last night, HSBC also encountered the same experience as us, right?"
"Yes, the explosion occurred at almost the same time. I believe it was done by the same group of people," James said respectfully.
"Then practice more with them and try to find out the mastermind as soon as possible," Chris Stillman gritted his teeth.
This time, the Stillman family, which controls a majority stake in Citibank, suffered heavy losses. Even as the head of the family, he was deeply troubled. This was also the most difficult thing he had encountered since taking control of the family.
"boss"
At this moment, a middle-aged secretary wearing a black suit and a serious expression came over holding a mobile phone.
When he met Chris Stillman's questioning look, he quickly said: "It's the president's call."
"give it to me"
Chris Stillman raised an eyebrow and took it.
As the head of the Stillman family, Chris Stillman doesn't have much respect for the President of the United States, because these consortiums are the real controllers of the United States. The president is just a tool to realize their interests. But on the surface
The respect is still deserved.
After a few intermittent words, Chris Stillman said that the damage to Citibank was not serious and would not affect the financial order of the United States. The conversation ended.
After returning the phone to his secretary, Chris Stillman asked, "Isn't Eric here yet?"
"I just spoke on the phone. Mr. Eric's flight will take another four hours to arrive in New York," the secretary said respectfully.
"Call me again," Chris Stillman said.
Citibank is not just the Stillman family, a large part of it belongs to the Rockefeller family. He cannot always have this headache alone.
"Yes, boss"
After nodding and looking at the black hole at his feet, Chris Stillman sighed in his heart, "I'm going to let those bastards from Morgan, Mellon and Dupont see the joke again."
The time he returned to New York was Liu Dong's rare leisure time in the past year. After he invested all the US$37 billion he had prepared in Standard Chartered Bank, he not only restored his controlling stake to a record 98.4, but also
It finally stabilized the bank’s stock price at $78.
However, the stock price has no meaning in the end, because of the concentration of equity and the lessons learned this time, Liu Dong has delisted Standard Chartered Bank.
Moreover, as the international business and financial circles focus more on Citibank and HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, which looks relatively safe, has finally eliminated the runs and asset losses for more than a month. Moreover, in 03
The last month of the year started with deposits exceeding withdrawals for the first time since the crisis.
Although the 150 tons of gold prepared by Liu Dong from Colombia was attributable to this, this good news did a great favor to Standard Chartered Bank.
It allowed Standard Chartered Bank, which survived the crisis, to win people's trust again. Therefore, the deposits and assets that originally flowed out of the bank due to the crisis have a tendency to flow back.
"In fact, this crisis is both a bad thing and a good thing for us," Feng Jianhui said.
“Where do good things come from?”
"The good thing is that many people withdraw money in advance, so we don't have to pay a large amount of interest. It is conservatively estimated that the amount is no less than 1.5 billion US dollars."
After nodding his head in understanding, Liu Dong smiled and said: "It seems like this is really a good thing."
"Well, compared with the profitability after going through this crisis, some of the problems that arose after Standard Chartered Bank's rapid expansion have also been solved or disappeared. Although the losses are still heavy, the current Standard Chartered Bank is no longer as loosely structured as it was originally.
Rather, it truly becomes a whole. This will be of great benefit to the future development of the bank," Feng Jianhui said with a smile.
Now that the crisis has passed, a smile finally appears on his face.
"Yes, there are always two sides to things. There are good things, and naturally there are bad things," Liu Dong said with a sigh.
And nodded in approval, Feng Jianhui said: "Chairman, there is one more thing."
"What's up"
"Times would like to conduct an exclusive interview with you"
"Put it down, I'm not interested." Compared with becoming famous, Liu Dong prefers to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger. Although this possibility has become smaller and smaller with the improvement of his financial strength and status, the long-term habit is not that
It's easy to change.
Liu Dong's refusal was not unexpected by Feng Jianhui, but he did not agree because of it. Instead, he persuaded: "Chairman, I think you should accept this interview."