Chapter 339 Which cup?
"Hello, Your Highness the Duke, I am Benjamin Rothschild..."
After Barron had that conversation with Colin Hall, he met the middle-aged man.
And when the other party announced his name and handed his business card to Barron, Barron's pupils froze.
Benjamin Rothschild, Executive Vice President of Rothschild \u0026 Co.
No matter judging from the other person's surname or his position, he is from the Rothschild family.
In his previous life, of course, Barron also read the book "Currency War" that was once a best-seller in China when he was young.
Since then, the statement that the Rothschild family controls the Federal Reserve, controls the world, and is the richest mysterious family in the world has been widely circulated in China...
In fact, there are many fallacies in this. In reality, the Rothschild family did have glory before World War II. It once controlled the financial lifeline of many European countries, including Britain. However, in the United States, it has long been dominated by the locals. Capital was squeezed out, coupled with several subsequent misjudgments. Now, although the Rothschild family's power is still not to be underestimated, it is mostly limited to Europe... In the world, it is not ranked very high.
Last year, LCF Rothschild Group only ranked around 15th in global M\u0026A business.
And what you need to know is that the Rothschild family also has many branches. It can be said that many members of the Rothschild family have been marginalized and are not even much different from ordinary people.
But the Rothschild Group still has considerable strength. For example, the LCF Rothschild Group's main business is in Europe, and its assets under management are around 80-90 billion euros.
The Rothschild family still controls approximately 49% of the shares of LCF Rothschild Group, and Rothschild \u0026 Co belongs to LCF Rothschild Group, also known as NM Rothschild Bank. This bank mainly engages in investment The bank's operations are managed by Benjamin and his father.
At this moment, Barron had already recalled information about the Benjamin Rothschild in front of him.
After all, at this time, there were countless financial giants in Europe, and he definitely needed to know basic information.
"Hello, Mr. Rothschild, I wonder why you met me this year...?"
"For the sake of friendship, Your Highness the Duke."
Benjamin Rothschild showed a confident smile and said to Barron.
…
The motorcade was driving on the road in London, and the neon lights of the night could be seen outside the car window.
Barron, who was sitting in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce, was thinking about his meeting with Benjamin Rothschild just now...
"Friendship? Mr. Rothschild, friendship always needs some foundation."
"Your career is going well and we have the funds, and that is the basis of our friendship, Your Highness."
Benjamin walked to the table, picked up Barron's wine glass, and said:
"This is your wine glass, Your Highness the Duke..."
With his other hand, he opened the bottle and poured whiskey into the glass...
"And our funds are like this wine. The ice cubes in the glass have no value, but when the wine soaks the ice cubes, they become delicious."
He handed the wine glass to Barron:
"What do you think, Your Highness the Duke?"
"I have a lot of wine glasses, which one do you want to turn into something delicious?"
Meeting Barron's gaze, Benjamin Rothschild said:
"We, the Rothschild family, are only interested in the biggest one."
"Oh? You mean O2 Telecom?"
"No, it's DS Capital."
…
"Mr. Rothschild, it seems that he is not ready to accept your friendship."
Colin Hall said to Benjamin after Barron left.
Benjamin Rothschild sat in Barron's seat just now, and looked at the glass of whiskey on the table that the other party had put there without moving it.
He picked up the wine glass, carefully observed the wine soaked with ice cubes in the glass, and said lightly to Colin Hall:
"What a beautiful colour, no wine should be wasted, Mr. Hall."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"There will always be a way, and besides, isn't there you?"
He looked at Colin Hall and drank the wine in the glass:
"I must drink this glass of wine."
…
Wednesday, November 10th.
Finn Hudson, CEO of Global Industrial Investment Fund, went to the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to make inquiries.
At the same time, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced that it would investigate Standard Chartered Bank regarding DS Capital’s loan financing.
After the London Stock Exchange opened that day, Summit Media's share price continued to fall. However, when its share price fell to 20 pounds, it was as if there was an invisible hand holding it firmly at this price...
No matter how many subsequent sell orders there are, they will all be swept away at this price.
In the end, a huge buy order for 2 million shares appeared directly on top of the buying order. This made many investment institutions understand that there were large funds protecting Summit Media's stock price, and 20 pounds was the bottom line they drew. .
"Mr. Rothschild, this huge purchase order now makes it impossible for us to continue shorting Summit Media in a piecemeal way..."
"Digest it in one fell swoop!"
After hearing the boss's instructions, the next step was to place a huge sell order and immediately destroy the purchase order of 2 million shares.
But then, immediately another purchase order for 2.5 million shares appeared at a price of 20 pounds...
"Boss, this..."
“Check where the funds are buying Summit Media’s shares!”
Benjamin Rothschild frowned slightly and said.
He picked up the phone, dialed, and asked:
"Mr. Hall, are you sure that DS Capital does not have more funds now?"
"DS Capital has just completed the acquisition of Gucci Group. According to our calculations, they have no excess funds. Moreover, most of their company shares have been mortgaged. Even the shares of Gucci Group have been mortgaged to Standard Chartered…”
The voice on the phone was Colin Hall's. Naturally, he was also paying attention to the share price of Summit Media today. This was the key point for them to leverage DS Capital...or toppling the dominoes.
"In this situation, if Standard Chartered Bank dares to resist the trend and make additional loans, then the FSA will definitely hold them accountable. If it uses funds from the Mars fund..."
"The Mars Fund is also under our attention. If he doesn't want to cause trouble, he won't do this!"
…
"Your Highness the Duke..."
Barron looked at Nigel Inkster who walked into the office and asked casually:
"What, is there any news?"
"Yes, those two congressmen themselves are not clean...especially the congressman from the Liberal Democratic Party, which can be said to be very exciting."
Nigel handed a document to Barron, watched him flip through the contents, and asked:
"Should we give him some color?"
"It's not too urgent. He is just a little guy. If he makes a fuss now, it will be easy for others to think that we are seeking revenge."
