Chapter 2924: Long Silence
"Ahem...what? What did you say? You want to borrow money from me?"
Chen Mo was choked by the smoke and coughed for a long time.
He felt like he had heard the most ridiculous thing in the world.
The emperor of a powerful country actually asked him, an individual business owner of Da Xia, to borrow money?
Who the hell would believe this if I told anyone?
"Yes, and I can only borrow this money from you.
To be honest, I went to the Federal Reserve to withdraw money today, but the person in charge directly refused me.
There is no room for negotiation.”
Joseph said helplessly.
Even he himself thinks this is bullshit!
If he said that he wanted to borrow money, it would be a slap in his own face! It was also the face of the hegemony!
But what can he do?
This thing has to be done, right?
"Then why don't you fire the person in charge and replace him with one of your own people?"
Chen Mo said with a smile.
"I can't. They're from Nancy's faction.
Unless he's done something terribly wrong, I can find a valid reason.
Otherwise, if I fire someone carelessly, it will only give them something to use against me."
Joseph changed his sitting position and explained helplessly: “Our two factions each have their own positions.
The Federal Reserve is the inherent position of the other faction, and the Department of Commerce is the position of our faction.
In the overall situation, I can control the direction and allocate more benefits to people in our faction.
But when it comes to departments, my room for maneuver is limited.
Otherwise, I could just fire the other team right away and replace them with my own people, wouldn't that be the end of it?"
Chen Mo jokingly said, "It's a bit frustrating for you to be the emperor."
"Do you think that your Daxia is the only one that has the final say?
Which country in the world is completely a one-man show?
Which country doesn't have to balance the interests of various factions to come up with policy outcomes? "
Joseph said slowly, "There's nothing new under the sun. It's the same all over the world. It's no secret."
Chen Mo thought for a moment and said, "How much do you want to borrow? It's impossible that they won't give you a penny when you go to withdraw money, right?"
"That's not the case."
Joseph rubbed his hands and smiled, "Just lend me 9 billion."
"Seize the young master?"
Chen Mo was stunned.
Okay!
Want to borrow 95% from me?
What’s the difference between this and not giving a penny?
"Mr. Chen, I know this money is nothing to you..."
"Stop it! Stop flattering me!
A year ago, my total net worth was only 10 trillion.
With just one sentence you are trying to borrow all the worth I had a year ago from me!!!
Tell me, this is nothing?"
Chen Mo even laughed angrily.
Even the Rothschild family at their peak would not have ignored 10 trillion!!!
This amount of money is more than the GDP of Yin Yang Country in 2007!!!
You tell me, a developed country's GDP in one year is nothing?!
I bother! ! !
"Mr. Chen, it would be beneficial for you to lend me this money.
After all, you can’t take such a large sum of money back with you.”
Joseph reminded: “And you are lending it to us officially, not to me personally.
Our hegemony is..."
"If you want to default on your debt, then default on it. If you don't want to pay back the money, then play rogue.
You, the Hegemony, have done this kind of thing many times."
Chen Mo interrupted directly.
Joseph was embarrassed for a moment, then continued with a smile: "This time it's different. We definitely won't dare to refuse your debt."
Chen Mo pondered for a moment and said, "I can lend you the money, but I need the corresponding official collateral.
And it must be valuable collateral.
I don't believe any of your verbal promises!"
"What do you want?" Joseph asked.
"Hegemony's mining rights, hydropower station operating rights, oil fields, ports, and... well... land in Hegemony's core areas can also be used as collateral."
Chen Mo asked for a huge amount of money.
"That's impossible!" Joseph refused flatly.
"What's impossible?
Anyway, you will definitely pay me back. It’s just a temporary mortgage. What’s wrong with that?
Is it possible that you don’t even want to pay back the money?”
Chen Mo asked aggressively.
"I……"
Joseph really wanted to do this.
Anyway, the thing is done, and he has ten thousand ways to legally delay this debt until he steps down.
By that time, he will have stepped down and will no longer have to worry about the debt problem. He can just trust in the wisdom of future generations.
"Joseph, I'm happy to work with you.
But what I hate most is a bad check.
If you want to borrow money, you must have collateral of corresponding value!
Otherwise, let's not discuss this matter." Chen Mo said firmly.
Joseph tried his best to persuade Chen Mo, but he refused to give in.
"Let me think about it." Joseph said helplessly.
"You don't have much time to think about it. I promised my wife that I would only stay in Baguo for one week.
I will be returning home in one week.
After I borrow the money, I still have to push the plan forward. You can decide for yourself."
After saying that, Chen Mo went upstairs with his arms around her.
Joseph was frustrated: "Why is Chen Mo so stubborn?"
Donald: "Emperor, Mr. Chen's offer is actually not that high.
That’s 10 trillion!
Without any guarantee, who would dare to lend it to me?"
Joseph said depressedly: "Without collateral, Chen Mo will bear all the risks. If the plan fails to be implemented, he will be the only one who will be anxious.
If I gave Chen Mo the collateral he mentioned, all the risks would fall on me.
If he fails to advance the plan, Nancy and the others will definitely use this to attack me.
I have to quit straight away."
Donald: "But we have no other choice now. Apart from asking for help from Chen Mo, the God of Wealth, no one else can raise so much money even if they are willing to help!
Emperor, wealth and honor are sought through risk.
Anyway, those collaterals are not your personal property, so I think it's okay to take a chance."
"Let me think about it again."
Joseph did not change his words immediately.
Yes, the collateral is not his.
But that was mortgaged from him!
If anything goes wrong, he will be held fully responsible!!!
Such a high value collateral is a capital crime!!!
upstairs.
He Chaoling and Chen Mo poured a cup of fresh tea flown in from Daxia Kingdom and asked, "Such a big risk, Joseph probably won't agree, right?"
Chen Mo took a sip of tea and said with a faint smile: "Who in their line of work is not daring?
If he didn't dare to gamble, would he have come this far?
I suspect he will agree, and that he will agree no later than today."
He Chaoling: "10 trillion yuan loaned out, it's not impossible to get it back, right?"
Chen Mo laughed and said, "It's better if we can't get it back! The book value of those collaterals is probably less than 10 trillion.
But the strategic value is definitely more than 10 trillion!!!
I would rather use the 10 trillion in exchange for the collateral, but Joseph would never agree."
The words just fell.
There was a knock on the door.
"Mr. Chen, it's me, Joseph.
I agree to your terms."
Hearing this, He Chaoling looked at Chen Mo in shock, speechless for a long time.
