Rebirth of England.

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Just after Ivanta and his secretary were taken away by the FBI to "assist in the investigation", some well-informed people in both America and Britain had already received the news.

That was the Devonshire, the private plane of the Duke of Devonshire of England, which took off from Colo. On its way to America, before it left the African continent, it was suspected to have been attacked in the airspace near Libya and Algeria. The people who first received the news had different descriptions of the incident because of their distance from the source of the information and different channels.

For example, someone received information that a bomb was installed on the plane and exploded during the flight.

Some people have received news that the USS Devonshire was attacked by missiles in the crash area...

And so on...

But one thing that is relatively certain is that the plane exploded and disintegrated in the air, and it is likely that no one on board survived.

It can be said that this news is very shocking.

Who is the Duke of Devonshire?

That is more than just a Duke of England - after all, even though the Duke is the highest non-royal title in England, there are still 28 Dukes in the whole of England, which is not a small number in terms of number alone.

The key point is that in addition to the title of Duke of England, Barron Cavendish is also a world-renowned investor, entrepreneur and super-rich man - his global wealth ranking has always been among the top five in the world, and he has been the richest man in Britain for many years.

Of course, a few discerning people know that the wealth calculated in these wealth rankings is only part of the Duke of Devonshire's apparent wealth.

It is no exaggeration to say that, secretly, the Duke of Devonshire controls Britain's top companies in communications, energy, media, automobiles, retail, luxury brands, finance, technology, etc.... In fact, every British person, from birth to death, is inseparable from the industries he controls.

If such a person had an accident...

The consequences are unimaginable. Apart from anything else, once chaos occurs, I am afraid the entire British economy will suffer a setback.

It is no wonder that as soon as the Queen of England learned about this, she immediately summoned Cameron, hoping to get detailed information about the matter and confirm the safety of the Duke of Devonshire.

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"Boss, it's hard to draw conclusions about the source of the funds in the short term, but what is certain is that many of the companies we hold have been shorted on a large scale, and some media have begun to publish news that His Royal Highness the Duke has encountered an unexpected event..."

At the DS Financial Centre in the City of London, the atmosphere at DS Group was somewhat tense.

A few days ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched an investigation into DS Group's New York branch for illegal transactions. Although it was very difficult, it was not a big deal for Daisy. In the past, Wall Street capital, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, has also been investigated by the SEC, but in the end, it often ended in nothing. At most, a part of the fine was paid to reach a settlement, the so-called "spending money to avoid disaster."

Moreover, DS Group’s internal self-examination has also proved that they do not have any particularly serious problems in the areas alleged by the SEC. Of course, it is an exaggeration to say that their operations are completely legal and compliant, but for a financial group like theirs, it is very normal for individual employees to slightly cross the line, and it is not at all a situation where the SEC has to deal with it seriously.

If that is really the case, then all Wall Street capital, one by one, will probably be unscathed...

But starting today, DS Group has begun to discover that the listed companies they control, including United Energy Group, O2 Telecom, Woaw Technology and other companies, whether listed on the London Stock Exchange or the US stock market, have successively encountered large amounts of short selling...

If this kind of thing happened under normal circumstances, Daisy would not panic but would laugh out loud, because it was no different from suicide.

But choosing now as the time point, coupled with the fact that some media outlets, including those in America and Europe, have begun to release news that His Royal Highness the Duke had met with an accident, would cause some trouble.

Because these news will inevitably affect market sentiment. When the market becomes suspicious of these companies when the Duke of Devonshire encounters an accident and the company's prospects are unclear, it is easy for investors to sell their stocks for risk aversion. This is like a domino effect. Under the chain reaction, the stock price will inevitably continue to fall. Even if they can come up with funds to support the stock price... it is easy for those short-selling institutions to take a bite of meat in the process.

Moreover, before this, because of the global quantitative easing policy, the capital controlled by Barron also took the opportunity to make large-scale acquisitions. Now if a huge amount of funds are used to support the stock prices of related companies, it will easily cause liquidity shortages in the operation of these industries. If someone seizes this point to attack them, the consequences will be more than just a piece of meat being bitten off...

What is troubling Daisy now is that she cannot contact Barron. This makes her worry about him, but she is also unsure to what extent she should fight back against the current short selling.

"We will temporarily use our existing funds to protect the market. In addition, we will contact those companies and issue relevant announcements as soon as possible to appease investors."

This is the safest approach right now...

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Quincy Dean, director of the FBI's Criminal Investigation Bureau, walked into the interrogation room again.

Meanwhile, Ivanta, who was sitting in the interrogation room accompanied by his legal advisor, looked at him calmly.

Although the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the due process rights of American citizens, including "protection from unreasonable searches and seizures."

This means that law enforcement agencies cannot search and seize citizens without clear evidence and reasons.

But now Ivanta is facing the FBI, and the FBI does not necessarily need charges to arrest people - although in most cases they arrest and prosecute suspects based on criminal behavior, sometimes they may launch investigations for other reasons. In this case, the FBI may take action even without clear charges.

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The FBI's mission is to investigate and combat all types of crime, including terrorism, economic crime, cyber crime, etc.

In the course of carrying out their missions, the FBI sometimes takes extraordinary measures, and even does not need exact charges, but only suspected criminal behavior to conduct investigations and interrogate the target.

The FBI has now detained Ivanta for nearly 10 hours. If they cannot find sufficient evidence, they will release Ivanta after 24 hours at the latest.

After all, Ivanta is not an ordinary person. Not to mention that she comes from the TP family, even the IC Capital she manages is a capital giant in the United States. What's more, after Ivanta was taken away by the FBI to "assist in the investigation", her team has taken action. Many congressmen have "expressed concern" about this, and some have questioned whether the FBI has evidence to carry out this action.

It can be said that the FBI is now under considerable pressure.

DNA Quincy Dean didn't care about it. He sat in front of Ivanta and put a newspaper on the table:
"Ms. TP, this report may be of interest to you."

Ivanta first glanced at her legal advisor, and after the other party nodded, she picked up the newspaper, which was the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper that Ivanta usually reads.

But when her eyes fell on the bold headline on the front page of the newspaper, she immediately showed a surprised expression and her eyes widened.

"The Duke of Devonshire's plane exploded, killing all on board..."

"No, this can't be true!"

Quincy Dean had been looking forward to this moment before he came in. At this moment, he admired the slightly inappropriate expression on Ivanta's beautiful face and smiled:
"Do you think we would hand you a fake newspaper? In front of your lawyer? Perhaps Ms. TP, I can give you time to let your lawyer confirm the authenticity of this news..."

(End of this chapter)