The Venice Street tragedy in Los Santos cast a shadow over the city, but people's lives were not greatly affected. The next day, the streets of Los Santos were still crowded, but there was less noise. The financial tsunami that blew from the East Coast had already sent the aftermath to the West Coast, which was in a state of turmoil.
Around Morgan Stanley's acquisition plan for Goldman Sachs, the entire North American and even the global financial markets were restless. The already turbulent crude oil market made the global economy worse, and now the financial turmoil on Wall Street pushed the crisis to a new peak.
For the WASP consortium, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, only Goldman Sachs remained to support the influence of the Freemasonry on Wall Street. If Goldman Sachs was acquired by Morgan Stanley, then North America would return to the embrace of the Anglo-Saxons, and the annoying Jews would be driven back to Europe.
From the infancy of the North American financial industry three hundred years ago, the conflict between Jews and Protestants had already sowed the seeds of conflict between the two sides. Although the two sides had reached an agreement, the competition and hostility between them had never changed.
If it was in the past, the UA Department of Justice would never allow Morgan Stanley to complete the acquisition of Goldman Sachs. A united Wall Street was not in the interest of the federal government. Even if Hill's campaign funds were a part of the Morgan family, the relationship between them was not subordinate, but partners. The president would seek benefits for "sponsors", but there was a premise, and that was within a limited scope. The two sides maintained a tacit understanding of cooperation and competition, forming the North American campaign ecosystem …
However, the emergence of Future Group broke this tacit understanding.
The CIB's involvement in the attack in Los Santos put the federal government in a passive position. If Jiang Chen made the evidence public, the federal government would not only face the condemnation of the international community, but also domestic pressure.
After all, it was not only the security guards of the Xin Embassy who died on Venice Street, but also civilians, FBA agents, Los Santos police, and even CIB personnel. The Republican Party was eyeing the position of the president. If the aftermath of this matter could not be handled well, Hill was likely to face impeachment by Congress …
Therefore, under the impetus of external factors, the Department of Justice acquiesced to Morgan Stanley's acquisition agreement.
If Jiang Chen proposed that Future Bank acquire Goldman Sachs, the Capital would certainly not agree. However, since it was an acquisition from Morgan Stanley, Hill turned a blind eye to it. Although the ownership of the company had changed, it was still in the hands of the Americans.
This acquisition plan involved up to 50 billion USD, and the assets involved were in the hundreds of billions.
Even the Morgan Family couldn't swallow such a huge amount of assets by themselves. Many investment banks, including First B City Bank and Brown Brothers Harriman Bank, sent their salespeople to contact the partners of Goldman Sachs, trying to get a share of the "robbery".
Future Group didn't fall behind either. Future Bank CEO David Smith immediately flew to Nouveau York after receiving the call. As a former Citibank executive, mergers and acquisitions were his area of expertise.
Jiang Chen's budget for him was 5 billion US Dollar, requesting him to acquire as much of Goldman Sachs' assets or shares as possible.
The CEO was under investigation, and the FBI's police car arrived at the company's headquarters. The panic of investors was reflected in the falling stock price. In order to protect their ownership of the Goldman Sachs Group, the Freemasonry could only obtain funds by selling assets and buy back the shares from the wavering shareholders.
The financial markets were already filled with smoke, and outside the financial sector, there was also a fire of war.
…
The Capitol didn't ask too much about what hit the embassy that day. However, the major media in the UA showed strong interest. CBS simply stationed their broadcast vehicle at the Xin Embassy, waiting for the mysterious hero in the "Iron Man Suit" to appear.
However, they were destined to be disappointed.
Because the main building of the embassy was severely damaged, and the Summit would begin in a few days, Jiang Chen simply booked his residence at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco. Because it was a secret transfer, Jiang Chen did not attract the attention of media reporters when he left.
When the media gathered at the door realized that Jiang Chen was no longer there, it was already a few days later.
"Goldman Sachs' largest individual shareholder, Stephen Sachs, was found dead in his home by the New York police. The cause of death was a bullet to the head. At present, the FBA has been involved in the investigation and initially identified the suspect as a middle-aged Hispanic man. This person was arrested for burglary in 2013 and worked as a mechanic for a car repair company after he was released from prison. "
As if he was deliberately reading it to Jiang Chen, Lawrence, who was sitting in the driver's seat, read it casually when Jiang Chen got in the car.
"Is that so? A sad story. "Jiang Chen fastened his seat belt and said casually.
"Did you do it?" Lawrence glanced at Jiang Chen.
Based on the clues collected by the FBA, the weapons and equipment used by Cham and others may be sponsored by the Sachs family. And the Jewish businessman who had contact with Stephen before was likely to be from the Sachs family.
"Of course not." Jiang Chen looked at Lawrence's expression of disbelief and smiled. "My dear friend, why do you think I did it? In fact, in the face of this kind of interest dispute involving hundreds of billions of dollars, I don't need to do anything at all. They will do everything for me. "
Lawrence didn't speak and acquiesced to Jiang Chen's statement. He put the newspaper aside and drove on the road.
Traces of bullet holes were still visible on Venice Street, but the broken shop windows had been replaced with new ones. The dark burn marks in the middle of the road were also cleaned and repainted. The convoy quickly drove out of Venice Street and headed in the direction of San Francisco.
Xia Shiyu and Zhu Yu sat in another car, and four black cars firmly protected them in the middle.
Compared to a few days ago, Jiang Chen could clearly feel that the security around him had at least doubled. Obviously, the UA didn't want to lose face twice in the same matter, especially at this last moment.
However, the last attack couldn't be blamed on the security work. If Stephen didn't use his authority to weaken the security around the embassy, with just a dozen mercenaries, they wouldn't even be able to touch the door of the embassy.
Soon, the car arrived at the airport.
When they got off the car, Lawrence said.
"Right, someone asked me to bring you a message."
"What message?"
"Yesterday at noon, CIB Director Naomi Madden handed in his resignation." When he said this, Lawrence looked into Jiang Chen's eyes.
"Maybe I should express my happiness?" Jiang Chen mocked Lawrence.
"You should feel honored that at least two CIB directors resigned because of you."
Jiang Chen shrugged.
He agreed with Lawrence's statement very much.
Especially the word "at least."
Presumably in the near future, there would be many opportunities for the two sides to interact.
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