Chapter 752 Seeking a Job

Before this, because Brown still insisted on seeking re-election, Barron did not talk to him about related matters.

However, Brown has a close relationship with Barron. Although he supports Cameron more in this election, as a means of balancing the other party, Barron will certainly not give up his support for Brown.

"IMF Chairman?"

After hearing Barron's words, Brown said puzzledly:

"But Kahn's term of office still has two years..."

However, from Brown's expression, it can be seen that the position of Chairman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still attractive to Brown.

After all, to some extent, this position is also a high-ranking position, and considering Brown's experience as the British Finance Minister for many years, he is also very suitable to serve as the Chairman of the International Monetary Fund.

"I think you are very suitable for this position. As for Mr. Kahn's term of office... before that, you can seek a transitional position in the EU or UN. I believe that you will have a great chance of winning the IMF position competition at that time..."

There is actually another reason for making this suggestion, which Barron will not tell Brown directly.

That is, the Frenchman Kahn, who is now the chairman of the International Monetary Fund, actually has only one year left in his term...

The term of office of the chairman of the International Monetary Fund is usually 5 years, and Kahn took office in November 2007, so normally his term of office will end in November 2012...

But if things don't change, then in May next year, that is, one year later, Kahn will be accused of sexually assaulting a waitress at a hotel in New York, so he will have to resign as the chairman of the International Monetary Fund.

At that time, with Brown's resume and Barron's operation, he still has a very high probability of taking over the position of chairman of the International Monetary Fund.

In fact, in Barron's previous life, there were many contradictions in the sexual assault of Strauss-Kahn, and there have always been conspiracy theories that he was framed.

After all, as a Frenchman, Strauss-Kahn strongly supported the euro and boycotted the dollar during his tenure as chairman of the International Monetary Fund. He also advocated reforms to the International Monetary Fund to reduce the power of the United States.

It is not an exaggeration to say that his actions have become a "thorn in the eye" of the United States. Therefore, judging from the past methods of the United States, it is not impossible to do so.

In addition, France did not support Strauss-Kahn in this incident.

The reason is that when Strauss-Kahn was the chairman of the International Monetary Fund, he gained a very high reputation in France. At that time, France was about to hold a general election. After Strauss-Kahn finished his term in the International Monetary Fund, he would most likely return to France to run for election and become Sarkozy's biggest competitor.

Therefore, if he can take this opportunity to destroy Strauss-Kahn's prospects, Saad would be very happy to see it...

When Brown participates in the competition for the chairmanship of the International Monetary Fund, his advantage is that, on the one hand, he is British and can get some support in Europe; on the other hand, Brown has always opposed Britain's joining the eurozone, and the United States is more likely to support Brown in terms of the attitude towards the euro and the dollar...

Of course, before that, because the Conservative Party has won the general election, Brown can no longer hold relevant positions in Britain. Therefore, during this period, it is not very difficult to seek a transitional position for him in the EU or the UN.

For these things, they only need to wait for a year, and after Strauss-Kahn's incident happens, they can help Brown get the position of chairman of the International Monetary Fund.

There is no need to rush to tell him so clearly now.

It is obvious that Brown is still very interested in Barron's proposal, and he said he needs to go back and think about it.

Even so, judging from his performance, Barron knows that this matter is almost certain.

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“In terms of the acquisition of the Port of Piraeus, the team formed by Peninsula Oriental Group and COSCO Group has begun to contact the Greek side and is preparing to acquire the shares of all shareholders, including the Piraeus Port Authority…”

According to the agreement reached between Greece and the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the finance ministers of France, Germany and other countries, the premise for them to obtain assistance is that they need to significantly reduce their fiscal expenditures, and according to the requirements of Greece's creditors at this time, they also need to raise corresponding funds by selling departmental state-owned assets to ensure debt repayment.

Among them, the Port of Piraeus became one of the assets to be sold by the Greek government. It was also at this time that Peninsula Oriental Group and COSCO Group jointly negotiated and bid for the shares of this port.

In addition to the joint bid of COSCO-Peninsula Oriental, Denmark's APM Terminals and the Philippines' International Container Terminal Services also participated in the bidding for the Port of Piraeus. However, their advantages are still very obvious.

After all, before this, COSCO Group had already obtained the operating rights of Piraeus Port. Under this premise, neither Maersk nor ICTS of the Philippines would be very enthusiastic about bidding.

"In addition to this negotiation, we have also withdrawn our short positions on Greece, but we still have a large number of short positions in other European countries."

Daisy smiled and said:

"Through this training, Rami has become more and more experienced in this kind of financial investment. Now the Predator Fund he is in charge of has a return rate of more than 300%, which is one of our best performing funds."

"He is just 18 years old. Encouragement is important, but he should not be too complacent. After all, in this kind of work, the price of arrogance is very high."

Daisy also agrees with Barron's words. Apart from other things, the reason why the trader named Peter from NM Rothschild Bank caused them such a huge loss was that he was too confident in his judgment, which was also the main reason.

Rami's growth is certainly worth celebrating, but although he is very talented, he is only 18 years old.

How many brilliant traders in history have finally disappeared after shining for a while.

Barron doesn't want him to have the same result, which is too regrettable.

"Don't worry, I will be optimistic about him. Judging from his performance, his mentality is very stable. He doesn't look like an 18-year-old kid at all..."