Mediterranean hegemon

"Calais, didn't you tell me a few days ago that you were going to issue convertible bonds with a listed company as the main body? Why did it suddenly become a United Group?" In the evening, Agnes came to Contini's suite specifically. He asked in confusion, "What do you think?"

"You seem to be very interested in stocks, bonds and even investments recently..."

"Of course, it's necessary..." Agnes smiled proudly, "Didn't you give me 10 million US dollars? I took 2 million US dollars to buy stocks."

"Stocks?" Contini was shocked, "Are you involved too?"

"I went to the mall and found that everyone was talking about buying stocks, even the salespeople. I heard Vivian say that you and they both recommended stocks and made a lot of money. If it hadn't been for the incident at United Bank last time, I was in a hurry to throw it away and get the money back to help you. Now I only have 15 million, so I bought the stock. If I make some money, I will send her some to show my concern. I will also save some private money in case you If my father doesn’t give me money next time, I won’t even be qualified to go shopping in Paris.” Agnes smiled, “Actually, it’s not that he doesn’t give me money, but that after I spend the 10 million, I won’t feel comfortable taking another 10,000 next time.”

"You can ask me for it, you are my mother, you can use it however you want..."

"Forget it, you can keep it. It's good that I'm your mother, but I can't just take your money. Ada will have objections in the future."

"No, she's not that stingy."

"I really can't take it. If I can take it, can Rachel take it? Can Benito (Mussolini) take it? If they can take it, can the Franciscos and Adriana's family take it? You How much should be taken out to achieve balance?”

Contini was defeated by this powerful reason and said helplessly: "What stocks did you buy? How much did you lose?"

"Loss? Is your mother so useless?" Agnes said dissatisfied, "I am also highly educated, so how can I lose money by trading in stocks? Let me tell you, not only did I not lose money, I made almost twice as much money. ?”

"Twice the profit of 2 million?" Contini was shocked, "It's only been more than a month..."

“The broker said that we could increase leverage and that the minimum deposit required was only 10%, so I put all my position in and bought Wright Airlines and Curtiss for 2 million—didn’t we visit these two companies? Didn't you say that their products are good? Since they are good, you can buy them..." Agnes said proudly, "I didn't dare to increase it by 10 times, I only increased it by 8 times! I bought these two for 2 million."

"Only!" Contini almost fainted, "Do you understand the meaning of 8 times leverage? As long as the price drops by 12.5%, you will lose all 2 million! This is almost the same as gambling."

"But the fact is that I made a profit! I just cleared it the day before yesterday, and I made a total of 3.77 million after deducting handling fees. I rewarded the agent 70,000, and he was crazy happy! He said that he would go to his girlfriend to propose marriage tomorrow. He is a good young man. He is good-looking and of Italian descent. He sounds friendly when he speaks Italian and has a good attitude. He has served me in front of and behind the horse. He has been a tour guide and follower for more than a month. His ability to pinch shoulders is much better than yours..."

Contini understood that the reason why Agnes was so generous was because she was in a good mood after making money, and it also had something to do with the fact that the young man was likable. Isn't Monica just trying to please her mother? This level is higher than Vivian, Adriana and Ada. It's quite pitiful to think about Agnes. She has a busy husband and an even busier son, so she really lacks companionship.

However, he felt that Agnes was really lucky, and the newspaper also reported that in the third week of May, the share price of Wright Airlines rose by US$34.75 to US$190, and the share price of Curtiss Company rose by US$35.5. To 142 US dollars, it is the most eye-catching star stock. She has caught up with all of them. This is not a help to make a fortune.

"Then you have another chance to go shopping. What do you want to buy this time? Are you ready to look at the house?"

"Don't read it anymore. I made an agreement with the bank. When the money arrives, 700,000 will be transferred to my account. The remaining 3 million will all be exchanged for New York specialties and taken back - give some to Vivian and the others. I did it for you last time. , She has lost a lot, otherwise she would be a multi-millionaire by now. "

"She's a multi-millionaire now too."

"That's different." Agnes shook her head, "That's what she earned, and that's what you gave her. By the way, how many stocks do you have? I'm asking how many U.S. stocks you bought? Several hundred million. Bar?"

Contini nodded and whispered to his ear: "Don't tell others... I have 1.2 billion US dollars."

"Ah!" It was Agnes's turn to be surprised, and Shao Qing nodded again, "No wonder you gave me 10 million US dollars without blinking an eye. You are indeed rich, you should be richer than Agnelli, right? "

"That's necessary!" Contini smiled slightly and said no more - less than half of the number he reported to Agnes, in fact, the number of stocks he held was nearly 2.8 billion.

"Then let's talk about convertible bonds, shall we? Last time you told me that United Group would not be listed, but would only list subsidiaries. Now it will be listed with convertible bonds. I really don't understand...I humbly apologize to you Ask for advice."

Contini smiled: "This is all a lie. How can United Group, a company that is not listed and has no profits, realize convertible bonds? My current goal is to send out 1.5 billion, and the banking industry will definitely come Come to me, and then we can talk about the content. Didn't you see that your father also used this method to fight for the department budget? He obviously needed 1 billion liras, but he must have said that he needed 1.2 billion, and then asked you to cut 200 million. Everyone would be happy. If He honestly said he wanted 1 billion, but he couldn't guarantee it - business, who wouldn't be bluffing? I also said long live the good-will friendship, but if the ship capsizes in the future, it won't matter if it's green tickets and local products! The last word!”

"Then how do you pay it back? You keep throwing money into it, and you say it's not profitable. What will you do in the future?"

"Why should you pay back the money you borrowed based on your ability? Have you forgotten how United Bank came to be?" Contini laughed. "Your son has already thought about his retreat! You can't do business honestly. You must Another way out. Besides, I now hold half of the air force in my hands, and I also fund shipbuilding for the fleet, build arms for the army, control the gun factory, and have a division of oil guards. Even the French can stand up to me. I am really a normal person. Don’t be afraid. Once you marry Ada home, there will be no problem with the leaders, and your son will have the final say in the Italian business community.”

Agnes laughed so hard that she didn't think her son was arrogant at all. Instead, she felt that this was like her son. If it was the old Ciano's uncontested character, it would be really inferior.

"Dear, did you hear what little Ciano said? I feel that your face was a little stiff when you shook hands with him today - after all, he donated 50,000 US dollars to you and thought you could be elected governor. You His attitude is a bit unusual.”

Franklin Roosevelt, who was running for governor of New York State, shook his head slightly and said to his wife Anna Elinor: "I can see clearly better than many people that this guy is a big liar! An absolutely superb liar!"

"Liar?" Elinor asked in surprise, "How can you see it?"

"I have carefully studied the development trajectory of United Group and came to the conclusion that this group has never made any money!"

"Not making money? Impossible? Haven't you seen the hot sales of motorcycles? Haven't you seen the sales of Bailangduoxi? These are all hot products in the market!"

"This is all a small business!" Roosevelt shook his head. "Tens of thousands of motorcycles a year are just a few million dollars in profit; this new drug is only a few million dollars in profit, and I'm afraid the total will not reach 10 million." , but how much money did he borrow? In the United States alone, he took away more than 3 billion! If he borrowed 5 billion US dollars in interest, how could he pay it back? Come out?"

"Doesn't he still have oil?"

"Oil has only been mined for less than 2 years, and the total is 5 or 6 million tons. You can earn 30 million by dying!" Roosevelt said, "His method is very simple. He keeps borrowing money, snowballs to expand the scale, and then accumulates industries. You see Does a group company cover all industries? "

"It seems...not really."

"Have you ever seen a commercial company continuously investing money in national armaments? Planes, tanks, warships and even machine guns, everything?" Roosevelt reminded, "If it is a normal commercial company, you work hard to make money just to donate to Country? Is this more noble than the emperor’s character?”

"It doesn't seem like..."

"Just because he has never considered paying back the money, it is like this and can be spent carelessly."

"But he has no record of defaulting on his debts! Nor has any risk incident occurred."

"So his scam is very clever!" Roosevelt sighed. "The scale of his loans is expanding year by year. In essence, he is using new loans to repay old loans and interest. In order to prevent others from seeing through his logical system, he must continuously send money to all parties. Entering various industries, constantly creating hot spots, and showing the results of his construction when appropriate, but this balance sheet is gradually expanding. Why does he not make large-scale loans in Italy? It is because he knows that Italy cannot support such a scale. Only we can."

"Since it's a scam, why hasn't anyone exposed it? Aren't there many capable people on Wall Street?"

"This is a good question! First, he cooperates with Wall Street to launch a scam, and everyone gets the money, so no one will take the initiative to expose it; second, he always gives everyone some surprises at the right time, and whenever there is suspicion When he provides intelligence and news, he always comes up with some unusual things to strengthen his confidence, such as oil, motorcycles, and medicines. But listen to his slogan - Fight for your dreams. Suffocate, create a better life, and rebuild the Italian industry in 10 years. Is there any realistic and logical path here?" Roosevelt expressed his views with a serious expression.