America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 309 The countdown to the big event begins

Another sunny morning.

Compared with London, which is often cloudy and rainy, this kind of weather in southern Europe is too normal.

It may be precisely for this reason that the Greek civilization and the Roman Empire that started in Europe originated here.

Venice Excelsior Hotel.

Opening his sleepy eyes, Abel yawned. He scratched his hair and glanced at Penelope Cruz, who was clung to his arms.

He smiled happily, kissed her on the forehead, and carefully took out his left arm that was under her pillow.

The 27-year-old Spanish national treasure goddess is at the peak of her figure and appearance.

Compared with the Anza people who occupy the mainstream position in Europe and America today.

The Castilian race on the Iberian Peninsula ages more slowly.

Penelope Cruz is a typical Iberian beauty, with a different style from the Anza blonde beauty.

Anyway, he likes them all, he wants them all.

Getting off Simmons, Abel looked at the electronic clock next to him.

This is a "technology product" that has become very popular in Europe and the United States in recent years.

Using a simple LED light, an electronic wall clock that can display specific time, temperature, and humidity on it.

In a few years, it will be replaced by all kinds of more advanced things.

But now, in 2001, it was still a novel high-tech product.

The price is relatively expensive, and only high-end public places and families above the middle class can afford this kind of thing.

On the electronic clock, Abel saw that today is September 9, seven o'clock in the morning.

However, due to the time difference, Venice is six or seven hours faster than New York.

In other words, at this time in New York, it was only around the early morning of September [-]th.

There are still three days.

With that in mind, he walked into the bathroom.

When he came out to the living room with a bath towel on, Doni and another female bodyguard.

Just as always, holding the clothes and helping him put them on.

After a brief breakfast at the Excelsior Hotel, he hurried back to the mansion on Lido Island that he had just bought.

When they returned to the house, Annie and Jessica hadn't gotten up yet.

In the past two days, Aimo Alamuddin, who has suffered most of his firepower output.

She had a good rest yesterday, but she woke up very early today.

When Abel came back, she was playing tennis with Cook Anne's daughter Lulana on the villa's tennis court.

The sunshine in the summer morning in southern Europe is quite mild. Abel watched the movements of the beautiful girls and beauties for a while.

Not long after, David Jones walked over with his No. [-] mobile phone.

"BOSS, it's a Norwegian phone number."

Abel nodded and took it over to answer.

The voice of Slim Stard came from the microphone of the mobile phone.

The Norwegian's voice sounded a little tired, as if he hadn't slept all night.

"Mr. Smith. We agreed to your request. 5% of Statoil, and the same 5% of Norsk Hydro. But at current market value, you know what I mean?"

"Oh, of course I understand." Abel smiled.

"Then." Slim Stard's drowsy voice sounded.

"I understand, I understand. Wait for the good news!" Abel smiled again.

Slim Stard answered and hung up the phone first.

Abel held the No. [-] business phone, and he looked at David, "What happened to the dollar and Norwegian krone last night?"

David immediately said softly: "Last night, the international hot money led by Soros poured 150 billion Norwegian krone into the market again. The exchange rate between Norwegian krone and the US dollar fell below the 7.7 line for the first time, and now it is hovering around 7.7950." , It may rise to 7.8 at any time."

Abel nodded.

Norway is a typical export-oriented country, mainly exporting energy, seafood and industrial products.

Although in this type of country, currency depreciation can often lead to an increase in exports.

There are certain benefits to the economy of one's own country.

However, there is a premise that this currency depreciation must be controllable.

Uncontrollable currency depreciation brings more than just increased exports.

It is that the more the currency depreciates, the more exports will be made, and at the same time, more domestic wealth will be plundered.

This is mainly because the rest of Norway's economy has such a small plate, except energy.

There is a part of heavy industry, but light industry basically needs imports due to climate and population problems.

Even most of the food needs to be imported from outside.

Except for energy, this kind of economy is actually very similar to Han Guo and Neon.

It's just that the Norwegians were abolished by the high welfare provisions, and there was no such thing as East Asia.

Currency depreciation in East Asia is often not a bad thing, but if the currency depreciates too much in Norway, the first people who can't stand it are the Norwegians who enjoy high welfare.

In terms of the affordability of currency depreciation, Norway, a country with high national welfare, is obviously not as good as East Asia, where kings are everywhere.

Abel clicked on the contacts on the second mobile phone, found Soros's number on it, and called.

The call was quickly connected, but Soros' secretary was answering the phone.

The secretary said that Soros was still sleeping, Abel revealed his identity, and the secretary immediately went to Soros.

A few minutes later, Abel heard Soros' weary voice on the microphone.

The old guy probably stayed up late last night, and he is not young anymore.

Being called up so early will naturally feel a little tired.

People in their 70s are still working so hard.

Retire when you should!

"George." After hearing Soros' voice, Abel said bluntly: "The Norwegians have already given me benefits. 5% of Norway's Hydro company shares, and the corresponding shares of Statoil."

Soros on the other side of the phone heard Abel's words.

The Oilman, who was still a little mentally sleepy, suddenly lifted his spirits.

Soros laughed angrily, "We have worked hard for more than two months, and we have only made billions of dollars until now, and it is still divided among more than 100 people."

"Abel, it's good for you. You haven't done anything yet, and you've already got such a big benefit!"

Hearing Soros' angry words, Abel was unhurried, "No way, who told me to look more like a good person. Who told me to dominate the flow of the war now?"

He said bluntly: "George. If I want to get these shares, I'm going to enter the market. I'm going to start helping the Norwegian. Don't you have any ideas?"

"I see what you mean. But Abel, do you know what you're doing?"

Soros' voice sounded in the phone microphone: "It means that you are going to be an enemy of most investors in the world!"

"Don't make you sound so powerful." Abel was not afraid of his threats.

"If you were really that powerful, Norway would have surrendered to you a long time ago. If you were really that powerful, you wouldn't have returned empty-handed on Hong Kong Island a few years ago! George, many times you can only fight with the wind financial pirates."

Soros was a little speechless by what Abel said.

It was not because of his lack of eloquence and quick wit.

It's Abel's timing that's too good.

Now Abel is holding 40 lots of USD/NOK foreign exchange futures.

Once he chooses to close the position, such a large amount of liquidation will inevitably suppress the rising USD/NOK momentum.

It is very likely that in a short period of time, the two-month efforts of international hot money will be wiped out.

On the other hand, he holds a large amount of NOK spot, if he sells it.

The current situation in Norway, which can still be maintained, is likely to collapse instantly.

The 800 billion US dollars he now holds is not the most invested in this financial war.

But just when the two sides are in a stalemate, the old power has gone and the new power has not yet been born.

No matter which side he enters to help at this time, the other side will feel very uncomfortable, and even lose this war because of it.

Norway couldn't afford to lose even more, so the Norwegians showed their favor to Abel first.

Even the shares of the two most important companies are willing to take out.

Soros' side looks stronger now.

But the ingredients on his side are too complicated, and there are all kinds of ingredients in the international hot money.

They did not fully obey Soros' orders, and most of them just fished in troubled waters with Soros.

If they can all obey Soros's orders, they can do everything they can.

Don't talk about Norway.

Except for the United States and countries with closed financial systems in the world, it is estimated that no country can withstand their attacks financially.

The actual situation is that Soros can directly direct the actions, and the funds willing to completely listen to him are actually less than Abel!
It is precisely because of this that Soros has been unable to give Abel any benefits.

Because they are not a whole, in many cases, they themselves are each other's competitors or enemies.

Why did Soros let other people do favors for Abel?Why should other people help Soros benefit Abel?

So the final result was that Soros only looked for Abel once, and there was no movement after that.

The reason is that the international tourist capital itself is countless messy international capital.

It's just a group of financial pirates gathered temporarily when it seems to be profitable.

It's okay for everyone to rush forward to fight the wind.

When someone has to sacrifice, no one is willing.

In this case, Soros can't give much benefit at all, and he is unwilling to give it.

Now facing Abel Chiguoguo's blackmail, all Soros can do is threaten and try his best to keep Abel out of the game.

"Then you are really going to end?" Soros' voice continued to sound.

"Aren't I notifying you? George, for the sake of our good relationship, I think we should notify you first, so as to avoid the discoloration of our friendship."

Soros would like to say what kind of friendship do we have?
There is no friendship among financial giants.

If possible, each financial giant would like to bite a large piece of flesh and blood on the other's body!
In a field like finance, which is a zero-sum game most of the time, it is impossible to have real allies!

Some are just false allies temporarily united because of interests.

"In that case, we can only talk on the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Norwegian krone." Soros, who couldn't take advantage of it, or should be said unwilling to give it himself, said in a deep voice.

"Is this your feedback? Very good, George. Then when I take Norwegian shares, I can take them with peace of mind."

"goodbye!"

Abel hung up the phone first.

In a hotel in the City of London, Soros smashed his mobile phone into pieces with a bang.

His secretary silently stepped forward to clean up without saying a word.

After a while, the secretary found the special mobile phone card of the mobile phone, and then inserted the mobile phone card into a new mobile phone.

He silently handed the new phone back to the angry Soros.

Soros took the phone, made a direct call, and went into the bathroom to wash up.

When he came out, the secretary heard that he was still on the phone.

".Yeah. That little Dixie obviously knows something. I just fell for it, and I'm so mad."

"I should pretend to agree to his conditions and delay the discussion for a few days. At that time, if he wants to do this again, it will be difficult to justify it."

"But maybe it can't be delayed. If he knows something, he won't make a wrong judgment because of my few words."

"Yes, yes. But who would have thought that Norway has such good resilience? I originally thought that the battle would be over in a month and a half at most!"

"What should we do? Let's retreat. It's not that we're afraid of him. It's that our time has dragged on for too long, and the best time has passed. Stop and wait and see the situation."

While constantly making phone calls, Soros walked out of the hotel.

Abel's side is more direct, he made a phone call.

London, England and New York, the two headquarters of Smith Capital, immediately began to liquidate their long USD/NOK holdings on a large scale.

By noon that day, the Norwegian krone, which had already broken through 7.8, quickly fell back to the 7.7 line.

After discovering the large-scale liquidation of Smith Capital.

Many people realize that Smith Capital is preparing to leave.

When it leaves the market at this time, it is obviously playing against the international hot money headed by Soros.

At first, everyone thought that the Norwegian Krone would see a good show next.

The new financial god who has been invincible since his debut is a good show against Soros, the sword of Wall Street and international hot money.

However, at night, a scene that surprised everyone appeared.

That is, a day has passed, and Soros has done nothing at all.

This Wall Street oilman and financial tycoon sat back and watched the exchange rate of the Norwegian krone, which was finally beaten down by them, fall to the 7.7 line.

Many people are speculating that Soros didn't move, maybe he and Abel reached some agreement.

In this way, part of the international hot money that followed Soros quit.

Soros himself does not come forward, and this part of the hot money comes out on his own.

The confrontation did not officially appear until the second day, and the exchange rate of the Norwegian krone was pulled back to the 7.7950 line again.

By the end of the day, the Norwegian krone continued to fluctuate on the 7.7550 line.

Yesterday plus today, for two consecutive days, Soros was extremely calm.

During these two days, Abel also signed an agreement with the Norwegian Petroleum Fund and Norges Bank Investment Management Co., Ltd.

The US Pacific Energy Company acquired 10% and 5% of Statoil's shares at a price of US$10 billion and US$5 million, respectively.

These shares are preferred shares.

The so-called preferred stock is compared with common stock when it is voted within the company.

Voting rights are only one-tenth of ordinary shares, or even none at all.

Simply put, preferred shares are generally non-voting shares.

Now that important voting rights have been lost, there will of course be compensation in other ways.

Preferred shares without voting rights will have priority dividend rights when dividends are paid.

That is to say, when the company pays dividends, the preferred shares can get the money the fastest.

Most of Wall Street's shares in Han Guo's giants are preferred shares.

This is why Lee Jae-seo's family shares are so low, but they are still able to take charge of the Samsung Group.

Because of his little share, he almost has the most voting rights.

That is, the money earned basically does not fall into their own pockets, and most of it goes to the mouths of Wall Street giants.

So many times, Han Guo consortiums look rich, but they are actually very poor.
So after Li Zaixi passed away, when his children were forced to pay inheritance tax, they had to sell a large number of shares in exchange for cash, and use the cash to pay inheritance tax.

It's not that they don't value these shares, it's that they really have no money, and the no money here refers to cash.

Who said most of the company's profits were taken by foreigners.

In fact, most Han Guo groups are like this.

The plutocrats got nothing but power and influence in the southern peninsula.

The bulk of the real profits are all given to foreigners.

This is why those chaebols who seem to be very profitable often appear stingy.

It's not that they want to be stingy, it's that they really don't have much money!
It is because more than 90% of the money earned by giant companies like Han Guo and used for dividends is given to Wall Street.

The two 5% shares given by Norway are also this kind of stock.

The vast majority of the shares of these two companies, 51%, are in the hands of the Norwegian government.

The rest is in the hands of local capitalists in Norway.

Abel also knew that it was impossible for him to annex these two Norwegian companies.

He wants this 5% stake mainly to increase his voice in Europe.

As the largest oil-producing country in Europe other than Maozi, Norway has a certain voice in Europe even if it does not join the EU.

In addition, selling oil is the easiest industry to make money.

This 5% stake is based on the soaring oil price in the future.

Abel knew that he would be able to pay back his capital in two or three years at most.

After that, it is easy to get dividends every year.

He is not short of this money, but the money can be put in the family office of the family fund.

This kind of stable long-term income is the most suitable industry for family offices.

So even if it's preferred stock, it's a good thing for him.

He agreed, and the deal was done.

At this time, the time has come to September 9.

There was still no movement on Soros' side——

It's not really quiet, if anyone can see through Soros' disguise.

It can be found that Soros has been quietly leaving since the 8th.

By the 10th, Soros and his true allies had withdrawn more than half of their funds.

The market is still fighting Norway and Abel.

Only those international hot money who have made too much money following Soros in the past few years are left.

So on the 10th, international hot money without a backbone gradually began to retreat.

The 7.7 line that has been maintained for two days has also begun to break.

Wait until the evening of September 9th, European time.

Smith Capital, which is frantically closing its positions, has already closed all its USD/NOK position contracts.

And instead of the Norwegian government and the Norwegian Petroleum Fund, they frantically bought NOK spot on the market.

Wait until noon on September 9th, European time.

Smith Capital already holds 6000 billion NOK in spot, making it one of the largest holders of NOK in the market.

At this time, the exchange rate between the Norwegian krone and the US dollar has also fallen back to the 7.6950 line.

Italy, Milan.

As a well-known fashion capital in the world, the largest number of shows here every year are various clothing shows.

At the beginning of September this year, Milan welcomed the angels from New York's Elizabeth Back Garden Company.

After nearly half a year of deliberation, Isha finally mustered up the courage to go to Europe.

The first stop is in Milan.

For one week in a row, Isha and its collaborators walked the catwalk in Milan for a week.

Elizabeth's 25 signed models also worked hard for a week.

This time Isa has big goals.

The company will run catwalks in Europe for two consecutive months, covering Milan, Paris, London, and Berlin.

Fortunately, the week of catwalks is over.

Then the models can rest for one to two weeks, and then go to Paris to fight again.

Abel's Elizabeth angels can finally take a good rest.

Noon European time.

There is such a secluded area on the outskirts of Milan.

It is built on the mountain, with a beautiful and huge Italian-style wooden villa. The higher you go, the better the view.

This is a spa villa designed by the famous Italian architect Renzo Piano.

Speaking of hot springs, due to its location in an earthquake zone, earthquakes often occur in Italy.

Of course there are many bad side effects, but it also brought some small benefits to many parts of Italy.

For example, like the neon cabinet, there are many hot springs in Italy.

In Europe, Italy is a famous hot spring town.

There are many well-known hot springs in Milan, such as Storm Hot Springs, QC Hot Springs and Ski Resort Hot Springs.

The wooden building designed by master Renzo Piano has its own temperature zone inside.

It is half indoor and half outdoor, and the outdoor part is built in the open air, on a high place.

During the snow season, you can enjoy the snow while soaking in hot water, overlooking the city of Milan below.

The indoor part is directly connected to several bedrooms, including the master bedroom, which can be directly accessed.

Master Renzo Piano used wooden sliding doors with a little neon style to divide the bedroom and living room.

Enough windows and enough places are left in the main room to appreciate the changes of light and shadow.

At this time, on the outdoor terrace, the hot springs piled up by smooth stones are constantly steaming, fighting against the cool temperature in the mountains. With the wind, the nearby forest can almost turn the entire suburb of Milan Colors are available.

Da da da da
"Swish"

After strenuous exercise not long ago, Gisele Bundchen returned indoors to rest for a long time.

As the leader of Angel Elizabeth, with the famous Xiongmei features, and the aura of domineering on the stage.

She is often the first to be exported.

It is logical to be the one who gets tired first.

Now that she had rested and had something to eat, Gisele Bundchen, in a three-point bikini, jumped into the hot spring pool, and she swam to the outdoor part of the hot spring pool.

Not surprisingly, she saw her colleagues outside the open-air hot spring pool in the rippling hot spring water.

And her boss.

In the rippling hot spring pool water, Gisele Bundchen felt coquettish.

Another game vs25.

This boss is not afraid of breaking his waist! !
(End of this chapter)