The Son of Finance of the Great Age

  Chapter 536 On the Sword at the Peak (Part 2)

  Everyone knows what happened afterwards. Three planes crashed into the Petronas Twin Towers and the Pentagon respectively, shocking the whole world. And those religious radicals are also called terrorists by the world. For this reason, the United States did not hesitate to launch two local wars to completely wipe out the two regimes.

   It is precisely because of the previous thorough cut, so the Saudi royal family is not too much accused of these matters. In order to repay Zhongshi's kindness, under the arrangement of Prince Faisal, the Saudi royal family transferred five oil-rich oil wells to Zhongshi at a low price. Once the Iraq War broke out, these oil wells immediately became worth a hundred times and became Zhongshi's huge wealth. part of the empire.

"Actually, I'm not very sure. I always feel that the risks in the subprime mortgage market have not completely disappeared. There is still a risk that this market will continue to deteriorate, even if the Fed has taken action." Looking at the Twin Towers, Zhong Shi sighed In one breath, he said with some emotion.

Hearing what Zhong Shi said, Prince Feisal's face suddenly became solemn. He didn't think Zhong Shi was just perfunctory himself. You must know that many times, many things don't make sense, but somewhere There is a feeling reminding myself. Of course, Prince Faisal simply believed that this was God's warning to him.

   "Hey, you didn't do that thing in England, did you?"

  Frowning and thinking for a while, Prince Feisal couldn't help asking. He was talking about the run on Northern Rock Bank that happened a few days ago.

  With the growth of oil capital in recent years, the demand for overseas investment in Middle Eastern countries has also begun to grow strongly, and rich Europe is naturally their first choice. In addition to entering the real estate industry, they also set foot in aviation, finance and other fields, and some rich people even spent a lot of money and bought a football team for fun.

  Due to geographical reasons, the wealth of Middle Eastern countries is more inclined to seek opportunities on the European continent, rather than across the ocean to the American continent. This is the same reason that Russian oligarchs love London.

  So for what happened in Europe, the Arab consortia have maintained sufficient vigilance. Although at some point they are also vigilant by the local consortium, they still regard the whole of Europe as their back garden and try their best to prevent other consortiums from coveting. When he knew that there was a bank run crisis at Northern Rock Bank, Prince Faisal's first reaction was not that there was a real problem with Northern Rock Bank, but that someone was behind the scenes. According to the principle of maximizing profits, he was naturally shorting the shares of Northern Rock Bank. .

   However, through investigation, Prince Faisal and his think tank did not find the involvement of a super consortium. Although the stock of Northern Rock Bank fell by nearly 90% of its market value, there are various indications that this is only a problem within them. Just when he was puzzled, a think tank reminded him not to limit the matter to Northern Rock Bank itself, maybe this matter has something to do with subprime mortgage loans.

  Prince Faisal couldn't help feeling cold when he thought that he had just signed a bond purchase agreement of up to 20 billion US dollars with Stanley Company, and there was a run on here. After calming down, he began to think one by one, who was planning this incident behind the scenes. After much deliberation, there is only one goal, that is, Zhong Shi, and only he has such strong financial resources and great ambitions to plan such a major event that shocks the market.

  So there was this meeting between the two parties.

   This was the question that Prince Feisal wanted to know the most, but he concealed himself very well, and didn't ask straight to the point at the beginning, because it might offend the other party. After reminiscing about the past, he finally got to the point, and asked seemingly casually.

"What's the matter?" Zhong Shi was slightly taken aback, but he quickly understood what Prince Feisal said, and shook his head slightly to retort, "How is this possible? Do you think I can control the interest rate of the entire pound lending? I can do it, and I'm not likely to short Northern Rock Bank, knowing that it may anger the Bank of England, and then investigate me. What, you have a share in that bank?"

   "I don't have any shares, but I just feel a little strange. It's incredible how such a thing happened at this time." When Zhong Shi was speaking, Prince Faisal kept staring at him. From the beginning to the end, Zhong Shi did not avoid the other party's gaze, his eyes were clear and bright, and his expression was natural and sincere. It was obvious that he was either a master of disguise, or he was telling the truth. Prince Feisal naturally believed it was the latter, because the other party really didn't need to hide anything, even if the other party made a move, if the clock stone said it openly, he would have nothing to do with the other party.

"It's all caused by subprime mortgages!" Zhong Shi didn't know that so many thoughts had flashed through Prince Feisal's heart at this moment, he frowned and analyzed, "It seems that this Things are getting worse, not only in the United States, but also in the UK market, and what I was worried about finally happened."

  Prince Feisal's complexion became extremely pale at this moment, without blood, even though his skin was originally extremely fair. But at this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed from the sky, and at that moment, Zhong Shi clearly saw that even the blue blood vessels on the opponent's face could be seen very clearly.

The lightning was fleeting, and Prince Feisal was speechless for a long time. After a long while, he asked bitterly: "Mr. Zhong, the most reliable and loyal friend God has bestowed on me, this time you must Help me, tell me what to do."

"Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful!" Zhong Shi didn't take it seriously, and watched Prince Faisal's exaggerated performance with a smile, and said, "If you know that I didn't buy the bond, you must have done it too. Prepare the other hand. I believe that with your shrewdness, you will never let such a large amount of money be lost in vain, you say yes. "

"Hey, I really can't hide anything from you!" Prince Feisal's expression fluctuated for a moment, and finally he smiled, regaining his previous faint arrogance, and gave Zhongshi a thumbs up. , he said with full admiration, "That's true. When I heard that you didn't buy the bond, I reserved a way out for myself. It's just that I didn't expect that the situation would change so quickly. It's beyond my imagination. Just wait, I'll call right away and cancel this deal!"

   "Don't worry!" Zhong Shi waved his hands, looked into the distance, and sighed leisurely, "The storm is finally coming!"

   As soon as the words fell, a thunderstorm sounded above their heads, and then the torrential rain poured down from the sky.

   Thanks to the book friend, my uncle, for another generous reward!

  (end of this chapter)