Chapter 1507: A huge funding gap

Since joining the ranks of the Rothschild family's allies and participating in the European capital war, the scenario that Saren Francisco had hoped to lead the family to rapid development has not materialised.

After actually getting involved, he has come to appreciate the thrill and brutality of the struggles in the capital market.

This is a battlefield where people are killed without bloodshed.

It is also a battlefield that severely tests a person's comprehensive abilities.

Jumping out of the Spanish pool, he needed to consider and face even more problems.

What's more, the opponents he faced were all at the top of the world.

After seeing the Rothschild family retreating step by step and the hardcore allies of the Rothschild family defecting either voluntarily or under duress, he had more than once reflected on whether he had gone crazy.

There was no turning back now, and he could only charge forward.

However, the results were not very encouraging.

He initially selected the Schroder Group as his acquisition target, and it was also what he wanted most. However, he has only acquired 20.14% of the shares so far, and every subsequent acquisition of shares has been difficult.

Therefore, he could only take advantage of the chaos and take advantage of the chaos in the financial markets across Europe to hunt for some other weaker targets as supplements, in order to facilitate subsequent integration and improve the industrial chain.

However.

Every time he started an operation, it went relatively smoothly, but soon after, he would encounter interference from the Bright Fund.

The Bright Fund made it clear that they were against him, and as a result, the results of his series of operations were not as good as he had hoped.

During this period of time, he had spent a lot of money and covered a wide range of areas, but it was like a loose collection of sand. None of the acquisitions had truly been strategic.

Under these circumstances, how could his mood be good?

And even worse things happened.

Late one night, as Salen Francisco was resting in his London mansion, he was woken by the ringing of his phone on the bedside table.

'Honey, what's wrong? Why is someone calling so late...'

The ringing and the sound of Salen Francisco getting up woke up the two young women sleeping next to him. One of them yawned, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and asked drowsily, 'What is it?'

Although Salen Francisco was also annoyed, a serious look came into his eyes.

His subordinate and friend could not possibly not know the rules, and if he was calling him directly at this late hour, then it must be something important.

'Don't speak!'

'Hello, what is it?'

'Chairman, this is Brooke Gascoigne. I have something very urgent to report to you. We are in big trouble...'

The news reported by Brooke Gascoigne was like a bolt from the blue, instantly making Saren Francisco lose all sleepiness. His face unconsciously turned dark and black, and his back began to sweat.

He was shocked.

In two days, he had withdrawn 4.4 billion US dollars in liquid funds from the Bank of Biscay in Bilbao in South America, and the reason he was discovered was because Coca-Cola Company requested a temporary withdrawal of 520 million US dollars.

His mind, after a moment of confusion, immediately told him to operate and analyse any possible further dangers.

Who was the enemy?

Apart from Coca-Cola, would there be any other large withdrawals in South America?

Outside South America, was there a similar conspiracy in Spain itself or even in Europe?

...

The more he thought about it, the more horrified he felt.

He forced himself to calm down and think of a countermeasure.

On the other end of the line, Brooke Gascoigne, who had already finished reporting, waited a long time for an echo, but after hearing a heavy breathing sound, he subconsciously slowed down his breathing, for fear of affecting the chairman's train of thought.

'Honey, come and rest...'

Just then, the woman in bed placed one hand on Saren Francisco's hairy chest, but her flirtatious voice woke him up from deep thought.

'Mierda!'

Salón Francisco's face turned pale, and he angrily shook off the woman's hand, ignoring her cries of pain, and sprang up.

At the same time, he instructed Brooke Gascoigne on the other end of the phone, 'Brooke, we'll talk about your problems later, but right now you need to go and find out how many large deposits the bank has received in South America this year, apart from Coca-Cola...'

'In the meantime, I will have the head office transfer the funds as soon as possible. You will contact other banks first thing tomorrow morning to borrow funds and return the money...'

After hanging up the phone, Saren Francisco immediately got dressed and walked towards the door, while the two frightened women watched from the bed without daring to say a word.

...

Less than twenty minutes after their conversation ended.

The content of their conversation was reported to Xia Yu's desktop through a series of reports.

It was just after noon in Hong Kong.

As the head of a family and a conglomerate, Saren Francisco was highly vigilant, especially after the invention of the mobile phone, and he used satellite communication signals that were less susceptible to eavesdropping.

Moreover, he had not been in one place for the past two months, making it difficult for the network to monitor him.

But the network had no problem monitoring Brooke Gascoigne.

Long before the operation, Brook Gascoigne, the president of the South American region of the Bilbao Vizcaya Bank, was the focus of surveillance. During this period, his every move was under the control of the network.

Xia Yu's office.

After reading the contents of the conversation between Saren Francisco and Brook Gascoigne, Xia Yu snorted derisively and then threw it aside.

'I really didn't think much of Francisco. His ability to handle emergencies is only average, and the think tank's portrait analysis is accurate.'

'My plan is completely set in motion. At this point, unless he can raise the base of ten billion US dollars in working capital within three days, no amount of tossing and turning will help!'

'I don't believe he has the ability to do that...haha...'

'If you want to borrow from your peers, let's see if you can get in touch quickly, or if my side can notify you faster?'

...

South America.

It was just the start of the working day, and the various national branches of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria were all holding emergency senior management meetings, with extremely short meeting times.

After the meetings, all the senior managers set out with a single goal: to borrow money from other banks in the same region, according to their respective division of labour.

But the result shocked Brooke Gascoigne.

The team from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya had been repeatedly rejected, and at first they were puzzled. But it wasn't until they were mocked by their outspoken colleagues that they realised that the major banks in South America had learned of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya's depleted funds.

When these banks in South America learned of the situation, it meant that one-third of the world's top 100 banks knew the news.

At this point, there was no need for Xia Yu to intervene.

These people immediately urgently passed the news back to their respective head offices in various countries, which were in daylight in both the Americas and Europe at the time.

So much so that half an hour later

Saren Francisco actually heard the news of this tragic event full of mockery from other colleagues!

And the next moment, he received a 'death notification' from his subordinate Brooke Gascoigne, along with a fax.

It clearly recorded some shocking data.

From January to the present, the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria South American branch has received an astonishing 14 temporary deposits, most of which are from companies with old accounts.

Together with the largest deposit of 520 million US dollars from Coca-Cola, the deposits from these 14 accounts total more than 2.04 billion US dollars!

This figure is much higher than what Brooke Gascoigne reported at the last meeting!

This is really fatal!

What was even more suffocating was that

within ten minutes,

he received another call from Brooke Gascoigne.

Thirteen companies other than Coca-Cola, as if by appointment, also requested to withdraw all their funds.

Thinking about the only 300 million dollars of liquid capital that BBVA had in the South American region at this time, and then thinking about the 2.04 billion dollars of withdrawal applications.

The current hole in South America was more than 1.7 billion dollars!

For a moment, Saren Francisco trembled with anger, but he could only vent his anger on the innocent vases and teacups.

Oh dear, this unlucky vase...