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  Chapter 1108 Hunting

   "What's happening now is absolutely unacceptable. It's not 1812 anymore. Any country that puts up a cannon on the coastline dares to rob America!"

  On the TV station, on a talk show, the host was full of righteous indignation and talked about the "bullying" of America.

Now the voices asking America to show some color to the old Europeans in France are one after another. Don't worry about being opposed by the native Americans, this is in line with the wishes of the American people!

   "As I said, America doesn't need to curry favor with those old Europeans!"

  There was a burst of laughter in the mansion of the Grand Commander, and the little cowboy showed the latest approval statistics report to Chief of Staff Card with a little satisfaction.

This is the latest support statistics. With the rapid progress of America in Tahir, and the public opinion just now, there are endless voices supporting the tough attitude of the little cowboys towards the old Europe. All these make the little cowboys support rate not high Decrease instead of increase.

Looking at the approval rating, Card could only shake his head helplessly. Although he still thought that the old Europe should be wooed, he also knew that sometimes he should be tougher and put pressure on the old Europe to show a tough stance, so as not to let The outside world thinks that America is really in decline.

   "Mr. Grand Commander, in this matter, you really have the foresight. Applying pressure now will also help the Grand Commander's trip to Europe, and you can get more gains!"

   Card boasted a little about the little cowboy. After the little cowboy took office, before he had time to start his trip to Europe and Asia, all kinds of **** happened.

The great commander of America, when he arrives overseas, he basically has to take some benefits to go back. He brings all parties in America to make a fortune in order to show his strength and skills to the mainland of America. If he returns empty-handed , I am afraid that he will be ridiculed, Card feels that if he puts pressure on the old Europe now, he may not be able to get more benefits when the little cowboy travels to Europe.

   "Bruno Song and Immelt's appetite is really not small!"

  Paulson has also inquired about the news and knows where this wave of public opinion comes from.

   Knowing that Song Yang and Immelt wanted to take Alcatel Group and Alstom, Paulson couldn't help but said to the assistant standing in the office.

After thinking for a while, Paulson waved his hand to let the others leave, picked up the phone and called Lloyd Blankfein, the current president of Goldman Sachs, and found out what Song Yang and Immelt were going to do, and also knew what the federal government was doing. While preparing to make a move, Paulson naturally wanted Goldman Sachs to make a move, ready to take the sheep with one hand, and then cut a crop of leeks.

Once the scandal between Alstom and Alcatel Group comes out, and even being sanctioned by America, the stock price will definitely collapse, and may even lead to the collapse of several major stock markets in old Europe. This is a great opportunity for Wall Street institutions to cut leeks. How can Goldman Sachs miss it? Opportunity!

  Old Europe, especially France, after the news from America, Alstom’s stock price plummeted immediately, and the entire Paris Stock Exchange’s stock was followed into the ditch.

   "What on earth is America going to do, and what is it going to do to Alstom?!"

  At this moment, Alstom’s interior is already in turmoil. In the conference room, the various executives of Alstom are all angry and panicked. They don’t know what the wave of America is going to do.

   Alstom President Kelong Bai sat there without saying a word. From time to time, he exchanged glances with Martin Bouygues, the head of the Bouygues Group, Alstom's major shareholder. Both of them seemed to be waiting.

Bouygues Group is a major shareholder of Alstom with 29% of the shares. It is also a giant company in France. Its main business is the construction industry, but it also has many industries such as water plants, telecommunications, sports, and media news. Alstom is just Bouygues Group One of the many companies under its umbrella, Martin Bouygues, the head of the Bouygues family who controls the Bouygues Group, would not come here in person if there was no problem with Alstom.

   "What did Montbourg say to the boss of the French economic department?!"

Looking at the messy conference room, Martin Bouygue didn't want to ask, so what else could he ask at this time? It's much better for these people to be excited about Alstom than to sit there with a dead face and sigh .

The current situation is not only related to Alstom, but it is not so related. The American side is menacing, and Alston alone will definitely not be able to stop it. Now it depends on France, whether it can give Alstom Tong backed up.

Hearing the two names mentioned by Martin Bouygues, Bai Kelong also sighed, and shook his head helplessly. Montbourg is now the boss of the French industrial department, and the other boss of the French economic industry is France. Two figures who could determine Alstom's fate.

   That is, even if Alstom wants to sell itself, it is not enough for Guangbo Kelong and the major shareholder Martin Bouygues to sign. The above two must sign at the same time.

Martin Bouygues was not surprised when he heard Bai Kelong's reply. Don't look at France's posture of the Blue Star Five Hooligans when facing other regions, but when it comes to America, the suzerain country of the entire old Europe, France's performance is not as good as How much better could America's other big dog in Asia, Japan, be doing.

   "If I had known earlier, there would be so many troubles. Perhaps, Alstom should have been traded before!"

   Facing Bai Kelong, Martin Bouygues said unabashedly that Bai Kelong didn't react much when he heard the shocking words of the major shareholder. Obviously, he knew Martin Bouygues had this idea for a long time.

As early as last year, after the NASDAQ crash, the telecommunications industry in America was hit hard. The telecommunications business under the Bouygues Group also failed to escape. The loss was terrible. Alstom’s performance in the past two years was also not good. In the boom, Martin Bouygues had the idea of ​​selling Alstom.

But there are only a few buyers who can buy Alstom, such as General Electric, Siemens, Westinghouse Electric, and Japan Mitsubishi. Among them, only General Electric and Siemens are the most powerful. For Siemens, Bo Kelong and Martin Bouygues are not in the mood.

Because the market and business of Alstom and Siemens completely overlap. If it is acquired by Siemens, Alstom will definitely be laid off or even split up. At that time, France will not be able to explain it. In Europe, it will still face anti-monopoly investigations. So although Siemens is interested, Alstom is not interested.

  But in the current situation, Martin Bouygues can't help but feel that he might have talked with those buyers at the beginning, and he would have sold Alstom earlier, so he wouldn't have to face the current troubles.

  While Bai Kelong, Martin Bouygues, and Alstom executives were helplessly waiting for the decision from Paris, the door of the meeting room was pushed open, and a supervisor rushed in.

   "America received news that Vice President Pierucci was arrested at the New York airport..."

  (end of this chapter)