Chapter 1466: Sink European capital!

Island country, Osaka!

Xia Yu's father-in-law, Sumitomo Kosuke, hurriedly left the Sumitomo Bank headquarters after receiving Xia Yu's phone call and rushed home.

When he arrived home, he found his father, Sumitomo Shinichi, leisurely sitting on a wooden bench by the lake, wearing reading glasses. He was holding a newspaper in his right hand and occasionally pinching some bread crumbs in his left hand and throwing them into the lake, attracting the koi to compete for food.

At 76 years old, Sumitomo Shinichi's health was far from what it had been a few years ago. He had let go of most of the family affairs, and his son, Sumitomo Kosuke, had basically taken over.

However, Kosuke Sumitomo often seeks his father's advice to avoid making careless decisions that would cause the family to suffer losses.

'Kosuke, why are you back so early?'

Hearing footsteps, Shinichi Sumitomo looked in the direction of the sound and asked softly with a faint smile on his face.

'Father, I just received a call from your grandson-in-law Xia Yu. I want to ask your opinion on something,'

said Kosuke Sumitomo, sitting down opposite Shinichi Sumitomo with a serious expression.

Sumitomo Shinichi was momentarily stunned, then smiled and handed the newspaper in his hand to Sumitomo Kosuke, saying, 'Is this the matter?'

Sumitomo Kosuke took it and looked at it. It was the newspaper "All Japan News", and on it was the news about the Guangming Fund taking out more than 3 billion pounds for dividends.

He had also seen this news early this morning, but he hadn't read it in the "All Japan News" newspaper.

However, Xia Yu's contact with him was indeed related to this, albeit indirectly.

He nodded and said, 'It is related. The Bright Foundation is Xia Yu's ally. Now this dividend action by the Bright Foundation is clearly aimed at those institutions that previously shorted Xiangjiang.'

'According to the old Chinese saying, it's called 'removing the firewood from the bottom of the pot.

'Xia Yu told me that this time he and the Bright Foundation, along with other allies, are preparing to take advantage of the European local consortium's tight funding situation to launch an attack on the Rothschild family. He invited us to join in this feast.'

Shinichi Sumitomo narrowed his eyes slightly, thought about it for a moment, and then nodded: 'This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.'

'He didn't contact us before because he was afraid that we didn't want to take risks. Now this move by Bright Foundation is very clever. Although the effect has not yet been seen, we can guess the general effect.'

'There will definitely be a lot of people itching to get started.'

'Did he say who he was going to get to work with?'

Kosuke Sumitomo said honestly, 'He told me that in the UK, apart from the Bright Foundation, some old local families will also participate, such as the Howard family.'

'Then the Southeast Asian consortium is in his hands and will also participate.'

'On the island country side, we have been invited, as well as the Zennihon consortium.'

'In the United States, he has already invited the Polaris consortium and the Mellon consortium, and is inviting the Morgan consortium and the Rockefeller consortium to participate.'

Sumitomo Shinichi's narrowed eyes widened slightly, and an obvious arc formed at the corner of his mouth as he exclaimed, 'His influence is truly great. It seems he is determined to severely retaliate against those European short sellers.'

'This kind of opportunity cannot be missed!'

'Being able to strike a blow against the Rothschild family, I don't think the Morgan and Rockefeller consortia will miss this opportunity.'

'If Xia Yu can rally all the allies he mentioned, even if they don't act in unison, they will be enough to sink European capital!'

'Reply to him, we will definitely participate!'

Kosuke Sumitomo nodded emphatically: 'Okay, father, I will call him back now.'

After saying that, Kosuke Sumitomo took out the satellite encrypted mobile phone in his bag and dialed Xia Yu's number.

...

In the United States, Pennsylvania, among the Mellon family.

Although the time was different, a similar scene was also taking place here.

However, unlike the Sumitomo family, the Mellon family directly called a meeting of the family's senior management. The meeting was of course chaired by the family head and Xia Yu's third uncle, Leonard Mellon.

'…That's the situation. My idea is to participate in this operation. After the family experienced the last crisis, our management has always been conservative, focusing on integrating resources. At present, the entire family and the consortium have calmed down, and it's time for us to expand again.'

'This is a great opportunity. We may very well use this opportunity to establish a firmer foothold in Europe, which will facilitate future expansion in all aspects.'

'Furthermore, my brother-in-law did my family a great favour last time. Although his invitation this time also serves to help him, I tend to interpret it as him helping us again. This kind of win-win invitation, I can't think of any reason to refuse.'

Leonard Mellon, who was sitting at the head of the table, spoke at length, making his attitude very clear. This was a marked difference from his attitude during the previous family meeting, and everyone at the table could see it.

Since Leonard Mellon had such an attitude, what else could be said?

Everyone supported it!

After all, this is indeed an opportunity with high returns and low risks!

'I have no objection.'

'I support it!'

'Agreed!'

'...'

...

Morgan Stanley headquarters, chairman's office.

John Chris Morgan, with a Cuban cigar in his mouth, stands in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the streets of Manhattan lined with skyscrapers, takes a deep drag and then exhales heavily.

'Jacob Rothschild, hahaha...'

'You really let me down, and we always considered you our rival.'

'Unfortunately, you lost in Canada, you lost in Australia, you lost in Hong Kong, and you lost three times in a row. Now you've even been beaten at home.'

'Since you can't protect your huge wealth yourself, I'll take care of it for you.'

'I just hope you still have the strength to defend against our attacks.'

After muttering to himself, John Chris Morgan came to the table, extinguished his cigar, and picked up his phone to make a call.

After ten seconds, the call connected.

He said dreamily, 'David, I think we should cooperate this time. What do you think?'

'No problem,' came the aged voice of David Rockefeller over the phone.

John Chris Morgan's mouth slightly lifted, and a trace of expectation rose in his heart.

...

Xiangjiang.

'Chairman, is there anything you need me to do?'

Fok Kin Ning pushed open the door and came to Xia Yu, respectfully asking.

'Sit down and talk.'

After Fok Kin-ning had sat down, Xia Yu said with a smile, 'The Sumitomo, Mellon, Morgan and Rockefeller consortia have all agreed to this plan to attack Europe. We have less than a week, and as soon as the fundraising for the Bright Foundation is complete, the operation will begin.'

'We need to roughly divide the direction of the operation to avoid internal resource depletion and delays, and the think tank needs to come up with a plan.'

'But don't get the general direction wrong. We are targeting European capital and the Rothschild family, but that is not the most important thing.'

'The most important thing is these places.'

With that, Xia Yu turned the notebook with a few lines written on it upside down and pushed it to Huo Jianning.

It read 'West Germany, Italy, Spain, Central Europe, South Africa'!

Huo Jianning frowned and looked up at Xia Yu with some confusion.

Xia Yu let out a light laugh, 'These places were heavily defended before, and our foundation is too weak...'