Chapter 469

  London,

  1 Kensington Palace Garden Street.

  At the end of April in London, the night is still a bit cool.

  Abel and Jean-Marie Messier did not choose to talk in the garden outside the pavilion that the French prefer.

   Instead, it was in a conference hall indoors.

  Jean-Marie Messier came here this time, mainly to talk to Abel about the cooperation between Vivendi and Smith Media.

  From last year to now, the two media giants have cooperated in many movies and TV series.

   It's just that so far, not even one has been released.

  This is because most of the movies and TV series that the two parties cooperate with are still in post-production and special effects production.

  The movie that can be launched the fastest will not be available until next month, which is May this year.

  One of the purposes of Jean-Marie Messier's coming here tonight is to discuss with Abel the plans to launch these movies and TV series.

   First of all, because it is a European and American co-production.

  These movies and TV series will naturally be released in Europe and North America at the same time.

   At least it will be released in the United States and France at the same time, whether it is a movie in a cinema or a TV series on a TV channel.

   Now Vivendi wants to open up some copyrights to some of its European partners.

  In this way, these works can be launched in Europe faster and gain influence faster.

   This is very helpful for Vivendi's market development in Europe.

   But the problem is that at present, Smith Media only has some influence in the UK.

   It's just influence, not even a movie theater or TV station.

  If Vivendi agrees to do this, Smith Media's role is just an investor.

   This clearly does not fit into the grand strategy of what is to be.

  So Smith Media has been unwilling to let go, so Jean-Marie Messier can only find Abel himself, hoping to get a breakthrough from Abel.

   Let it be known that this is difficult, because this is equivalent to Smith Media helping Vivendi develop the European market.

   In terms of income, basically there is no income. Because Vivendi's top management is unwilling to give up too many benefits.

  It is equivalent to wanting the horse to run, but not giving the horse grass.

   It is no wonder that such a good thing is not difficult.

  Abel knew the purpose of Jean-Marie Messier's visit, but he still waited quietly for him to finish speaking.

   "...Please believe me, Mr. Smith. Doing so will play a very important role in our cooperation. It will greatly promote the relationship between us."

   "This will also boost Eurostar's brand and popularity in the United States. It will lay a better foundation for our future cooperation..."

  Speaking of the latter, even Jean-Marie Messier felt a little hypocritical when he heard it.

  There is nothing, only an illusory future, and it is too difficult to convince people with this kind of thing.

  Jean-Marie Messier didn't want that either.

  However, his original position as CEO was a bit unstable, because the cooperation with Smith Media not only strengthened his original position, but even got the position of chairman.

  He dared not disobey the needs of the board of directors, that would make him step down and affect his authority at Vivendi.

  I know that this kind of thing is very difficult, close to impossible.

  He came anyway, hoping for a miracle.

   Or learn about Abel's bottom line, so that he can go back and give an explanation to Vivendi's board of directors.

   "Mr. Messier, Smith Media is willing to cooperate with Vivendi in this."

  Jean-Marie Messier subconsciously wanted to say, 'It doesn't matter if you don't agree, and that doesn't hinder the cooperation between the two parties. '

   But when he heard what Abel said, the Frenchman was stunned.

   "But there is a premise." Abel continued with a smile.

  Jean-Marie Messier cheered up: "Please speak."

   "Mr. Messier, don't you think that as long as Smith Media becomes one of Vivendi's shareholders, wouldn't this matter be easy?"

  The chairman of Vivendi was startled.

   "Both of us can hold each other's shares. Exchange shares. In that way, we can become true allies. The relationship of cross-shareholding is stronger than any cooperation."

  Jean-Marie Messier hesitated for a moment, just about to say when.

  He saw the American's secretary, that David Jones, coming in from the outside.

   Then David whispered a few words in Abel's ear.

  Jean-Marie Messier saw Abel's expression change slightly.

   "I'm sorry, Mr. Messier. This is the case, you go back and think about it. I have some things, and now I have to go back to the United States."

  Jean-Marie Messier saw Abel say this to himself.

  The Frenchman was stunned again, and before he could answer, he saw Abel nodded to himself, then got up and left directly.

  Jean-Marie Mercier wanted to say something, but Abel was walking so fast that he was out of sight for a while.

   Obviously this is Abel's place, and he, who reacts slowly, seems to be the owner of this place.

  Jean-Marie Messier is a little curious now, curious about what happened in the United States.

   Let Abel leave in a hurry at this time and return to the United States.

   And Abel, he did not deceive Jean-Marie Messier.

   He really left No. 1 Kensington Palace Garden Street immediately.

   More than an hour later, the person has arrived at London Heathrow Airport.

   An hour and a half later, the Smith had flown into the Atlantic Ocean.

  Abel's Smith is a 747-8vip.

   Based on the Boeing 747, it has been strengthened in many ways.

   Much "taller" than other business jets. It has almost the most spacious business jet cabin in the world.

  In the cabin, the office area, entertainment area, lounge, and luggage compartment are clearly divided.

  In the main cabin, which is mainly white and dark brown, there are 24 large sofa-like seats, each of which can rotate freely.

   This is for Abel's entourage, mainly senior staff and senior management of the group, to sit when traveling with Abel.

   There is another auxiliary cabin, the seats are not so big and comfortable, but the number is more, a total of 40.

  These 40 seats are used by rock security staff and Abel's accompanying service assistants.

  That is to say, the crew is not counted. Every time Abel travels, at least 64 people will follow him.

  In the lower abdomen of the plane, inside the 747 used by airlines, there is a huge space for storing passengers' luggage.

   On the Smith, part of it was transformed to serve as the air vehicle for Abel's Cadillac monster.

  The rest are naturally Abel's accompanying supplies.

   There are parts inside, even various light weapons and bulletproof equipment.

  You need to know... Among the staff of Rock Security, some personnel are considered temporary workers.

  These people, they receive double wages at the same time. A salary for the rock security guard, a salary for the relevant departments of the United States, mainly the military attache of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

  When Abel is abroad, if necessary, some of the personnel here can be converted into official US personnel at any time to provide some special services for Abel.

  This is also the reason why Abel is unlikely to go to Maoxiong and Huaxia.

  Because these two countries do not recognize this special work certificate.

  Besides these cabins, the most important place on the Smith is, of course, the Smith Sky Palace closest to the cabin door—

  A sky master bedroom of more than 20 square meters, a sky bathroom of more than 10 square meters, and a living room of more than 30 square meters.

  In the living room of the sky palace.

   On the sofa in the middle.

   "Hoo—"

  Abel let out a breath and put the satellite phone aside.

  He closed his eyes, half-lyed on the back of the sofa, and said, "David, how long will it take to arrive in Santa Barbara?"

   "It takes about 6.5 hours from London to New York."

David next to    replied rigorously:

   "Half an hour's rest, starting from New York, arriving in Santa Barbara, also about 6.5 hours. Add up a total of about 13 hours, and now there are about 11.5 hours left."

  Abel just nodded, just about to say something.

  The satellite phone that had just been put down rang again.

  Abel picked it up and connected it directly. The voice of George Soros came from the microphone of the satellite phone.

   "Hey buddy. I agree, let's work together. It's got to be serious this time, you know what I mean."

   Hear Soros' voice, and what he said.

  Abel let out a hearty laugh:

   "Hahaha—of course, of course it is serious. Please believe me, George. I am a person who has always been very generous to my friends."

   "Well. Are you still in England now? That's up to you to direct, and I will cooperate."

   "Um... sorry. An hour and a half ago, I was actually in London. Now..."

  Abel held the satellite phone and looked at a screen hanging directly above the living room of the sky palace.

  That is a display screen showing the flight positioning track.

  The owner sitting here can know where the plane is flying through the screen.

   "Now I'm over the Atlantic Ocean, um—about 300 kilometers away from Iceland, and about 100 kilometers away from the United Kingdom."

  Soros: "…"

   "Did you leave London? What happened?" the oilman capital tycoon asked curiously.

"It's not a big deal. But I do need to go back to the United States. Well...it's April 29th. May 5th, the last internal meeting of the Federal Reserve in the first half of this year, will be held in Washington. John Cleese Morgan informed me that he wanted me to be present at this meeting. So...you get the idea."

  He was still in Soros in New York, and his teeth were clenched when he heard it.

  Participating in the most important internal meeting of the Federal Reserve, four times a year, is this a big deal?

  Now if Abel is in front of his eyes, Soros feels that he might even spit on him!

  That is called the Federal Advisory Committee, a board of directors who secretly controls the Federal Reserve by remote control!

  A concept put forward by Paul Warburg, a banker and founder of the Federal Reserve.

  This committee is composed of 12 Federal Reserve regional banks, each electing a representative.

   Meets with members of the Federal Reserve Board four times a year in Washington.

  Bankers make various monetary policy "suggestions" to the directors of the Federal Reserve.

  Each banker represents the economic interests of the region, and each has an equal vote.

  The idea is beautiful, but after it is actually implemented. More or less power, of course, depends on strength in the end.

   Otherwise, a small banker in Cincinnati can enjoy the same power as international financial giants such as Morgan and Rockefeller.

  This kind of thing is not realistic no matter how you think about it.

   "Hoo—"

  Soros took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly.

   Now, he knew why Abel had suddenly left London.

  If you change to Soros, you can have this qualification and this opportunity.

   Let alone in London, he felt that even if he was on the moon and Pluto, he would come back immediately...

"alright, I got it."

  Soros said on the other end of the phone: "Then our British plan, is it temporarily delayed?"

   "No, this is unrealistic. George, the opportunity is fleeting. The British will not remain indifferent. We must arrange in advance."

   "Then what do you mean?" Soros asked tentatively.

   "You're in no rush, are you? George, if it's possible. I think you could come and sit in London. I'm sure you're a better fit for the job than I am."

  I knew you kid would say that!

  Soros thought.

   "The British are extremely unwelcome to me, and I don't really want to go." The oil man made an excuse.

   "5%. After the matter is completed, I will give you 5% of the profit."

   "Although the British don't like me very much. But why do I love the British Isles so much? No one can stop my enthusiasm for going to London, no one." Soros immediately relaxed his tone.

"Ha ha…"

  Abel laughed along with him here.

   On the satellite phone, the two began to discuss this action against the British currency again.

  International financial oligarchy, how to attack a country's currency?

  Neon's bubble crisis is a very typical textbook example.

   Moreover, this method has basically been tried and tested, and it is called the "middle-developed income trap" in the economics circle.

   The first step, international hot money or Yankees, Wall Street, will first let your market circulate

  How to circulate? Buying and selling transactions, creating so-called "business opportunities".

   Once your transaction volume is large, does it mean that the market is booming?

  However, the internal market is so large, how to meet the increasingly large production capacity?

   Then expand overseas markets!

  How to expand? Begin to lower the exchange rate, create depreciation, and stimulate exports.

   If there is no raw material, then import raw materials and do processing with supplied materials (Neon, John, Holland, etc.) to further stimulate the market.

   Well, what does a booming market bring?

   is the increase in the size of the economy, and the original currency is not enough to maintain circulation.

what to do? Issue additional currency!

   Additional issuance means inflation!

  No additional issuance means deflation!

  Because the currency is not enough, the prices on the market have dropped correspondingly.

  This is not conducive to market circulation, so more currency must be issued to create inflation.

  The speed of inflation is generally higher than the economic growth rate, because you can't wait until there is not enough to issue more, which is likely to break the rhythm.

   Well, all the conditions are met, your country is rich, has attracted a wave of capital, and the people can be considered "middle income".

  The wool is so long that it curls up, it's time to cut it.

   First of all, let your currency appreciate first!

How to do it? As the dollar depreciates, yours appreciates accordingly.

   Then, start buying your bonds, borrowing from you, crazy borrowing to create currency scarcity and deflation, this is the legendary hot money.

   What do you do to deal with the large amount of dollar loans and bonds?

  1. Increase the lending rate.

  2. Additional currency issuance will reduce deflation.

  3. Directly disarm and surrender, obediently kneel down and hand over the money.

  Most countries generally choose 1 and 2, and will not take the initiative to choose 3.

  Then congratulations, it doesn't matter whether you choose or not, you still have to choose 3 in the end!

   When the critical point is reached, that is, when the short-term borrowing expires, they begin to suddenly announce a U.S. dollar interest rate hike and increase the U.S. dollar interest rate.

  What about hot money? You can only crazily sell your money in your hands, and a large amount of your own currency suddenly appears on the market. Is there a short-term surge in inflation?

   With a bang, the finances were overwhelmed.

   Is this wave of Qian Hai unable to withstand it?

  Inflation means depreciation, is it forced to depreciate?

  Okay, here comes the second player, is it because a lot of hot money is going to you to borrow money?

  That's right, these people borrow your money to exchange for dollars to create dollar deflation.

  Now that your currency has devalued, they can exchange a small amount of dollars for a large amount of your money, and then repay your small amount of debt.

   Inside and out, did he make you a lot of money by taking advantage of the exchange rate difference?

   Then use the money to buy things in your house, and "return the money to you" to further create inflation.

   Do you feel your brain buzzing?

what to do?

   Did you choose 3 to kneel down and give the money, then bow your head and admit your mistake and beg to let go?

  The capitals seem to be about the same. It's not good to shave too much wool and freeze the sheep to death. Start to stop and let yourself slowly lick the wound.

   This wave not only ruined your finances, but also bought a wave of your company with your money, and then your competitors became agents of others.

   Wall Street has used this trick many times.

  The small neon cabinet is self-foaming, and it has not recovered after lying down for more than 20 years.

  Not to mention Brazil, it almost became Somalia.

   Hanguo is also after this trick, the controlling shareholders of the chaebol of the Samsung Group have all become foreigners.

  The former did so, which caused its financial market to remain inactive, and the players were all white flowers in the greenhouse. Once you go to play internationally, you will be played in two or three strokes.

  The latter turned his face and refused to admit his account, directly making Western investors no longer invest in Mao Xiong.

   Let Mao Xiong lose the opportunity to enter the "trap of a moderately developed country", and simply cannot develop...

  Both have advantages and disadvantages, but it is clear that the former is better.

   There is just a premise, bears and rabbits can do this, not that they are right.

   It's that they do this without worrying about Yan Ge, or the U.S. military who has received money from Wall Street to collect debts.

   Switch to other countries, dare to learn from these two goods?

  Haha... Is it fake to be a gold medalist on Wall Street?

  Now Abe and Soros, going against the British pound.

   The first two tricks of the three tricks have actually been used by Britain itself.

  What they have to do now is very simple, which is to borrow a large number of pounds from British companies, and then exchange the pounds into dollars.

   Artificially creating a short-term deflation of the pound, forcing the British to print more pounds.

   Later, we will take the opportunity to suppress and impact the exchange rate of the British pound, so as to achieve the goal of the last of the three tricks.

  The method is simple and rude, but the success rate is not low.

  Soros relied on this trick ten years ago to earn a lot of money with international hot money.

   This time it became him and Abel, and Abel chose to hide behind the scenes.

  Looking at the 5% profit, Soros broke the can.

  The oil man boss expressed his willingness to charge forward, as long as Abel gives enough dollars.

  The situation is as simple as that.

  The two chatted for more than half an hour, and the time was approaching late at night.

  Smith's global airliner sails alone in the sky.

  Abel put down the satellite phone, closed his eyes and dozed off for a few minutes.

  Suddenly he opened his eyes, and asked softly to David, who hadn't left, "Has Ted gone to Santa Barbara?"

  David was startled, and immediately said: "Boss, I'm sorry, I need to consult."

   "Go." Abel nodded.

  After more than ten minutes, David came back.

   "BOSS, Mr. Lerner hasn't set off yet. He said his plane is undergoing maintenance and is planning to charter a flight to California."

   "Let him wait at JFK."

  Abel said directly: "I'll pick him up and go with him."