Chapter 965 Satisfactory Punishment

Speaking of which, in the United States' global strategy, it controls strategic pivots in major regions.

For example, Japan and South Korea in Asia, England in Europe, and Israel in the Middle East.

Then the question arises. Except for Japan and South Korea, which exist as colonies, the other two countries have a complicated "conjugated father-son" relationship with the United States...

If there is an irreconcilable conflict between Britain and Israel, then whose side will the United States side with...

One is the biological father and the other is the wild father. Of course, there is no doubt that the United States will side with Israel. Faced with such a situation, what else can the British do except complain about being "unworthy"?

What's more, even though Barron has great influence in England, he still cannot represent England. At least for the moment, he cannot exist as the "uncrowned king" of England.

Therefore, if his conflict with Israel escalates, apart from the fact that his own strength is currently unable to compete with Israel, the United States will of course take action to prevent their wild... er, strategic fulcrum in the Middle East from being hit.

This is what Nigel said to Barron. They need to respond to Mossad's involvement in Barron's assassination, but they also need to control the scale of the response.

In addition to supporting some weapons to Hamas to attack Israel, Barron has also expanded the "adoption" of Palestinian orphans and will train a group of capable personnel with sufficient quality for the future of Palestine at the Munger base. .

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"It's great that you're okay..."

"There were some minor troubles, but it's over now, honey."

After being released, Ivanta stabilized IC Capital's situation and immediately flew to London.

For safety reasons, she deliberately flew first class on civil aviation this time.

In this incident, Ivanta rejected the other party's choice to cooperate and threaten. It can be said that he passed Barron's test and temporarily dispelled his doubts due to Ivanta's "backstabbing" Jianguo in his previous life.

Of course, it is reasonable to think so. After all, in her previous life, Ivanta chose the interests of herself and her husband's "small family". Now, although Barron and her have no status, they can still be regarded as a "small family." .

And she is also a smart woman who understands that although she manages IC Capital, most of the time, she is able to achieve her current achievements because of Barron's backing.

Otherwise, based on ability alone, is she stronger than her father?

Think about how much assets the entire TP family has now, and how much assets she manages IC Capital, and the reasons are clear.

A person can be smart, stupid, or ordinary, but as long as he can understand the boundaries of his own abilities, it is not difficult to at least have a good death.

In addition to Ivanta's arrival, John Bogle also arrived in London shortly after her.

"It's not easy to come to see you, Your Highness the Duke. After all, traveling such a long distance is no longer easy for me."

John Bogle looks older than when Barron first met him. After all, he is 84 years old.

He sat in the seat where Avril Haynes had sat before and said to Barron:

"I have not cared about the Pilot Group's affairs for a long time, but now that this is a regrettable situation, they have invited me out again..."

By the time John Bogle showed up, Barron already knew what he was there for.

After all, in the past few days, they did not give the Jewish capital a chance to withdraw in time. In other words, just when the other party hesitated, the opportunity had passed by.

When the opponent's attack was the most violent, the share prices of listed companies controlled by DS Group, including United Energy Group, O2 Telecom, Woaw Technology and other companies, once fell between 20-25%, which was enough to cause panic in the market. .

However, as DS Group obtained funds and began a large-scale counterattack, various companies announced that major shareholders would invest to increase their stakes to stabilize confidence, and Barron's spokesperson said that all companies are operating well and will be in the third quarter of this year. After the quarterly profits increased, the stock prices of these companies began to rebound strongly from the bottom, not only recovering the lost ground, but even experiencing a retaliatory rise compared to before.

This situation makes short-selling capital including Vanguard Group and BlackRock Group very uncomfortable. Conservative estimates suggest that their losses from short-selling this time will exceed US$15 billion!

You know, Société Générale's loss of nearly 5 billion euros almost caused the bank to close down. Now if the losses cannot be reduced as soon as possible, even for companies such as Vanguard and BlackRock, it will not be a big deal, but it will be. Causing them to lose money on a larger scale - this will cause them to lose the trust of quite a few investors and choose to withdraw their capital.

"Fortunately, you can still see me, Mr. Bogle. This is God's favor to me."

"This is a very irrational and unforgivable mistake, Your Highness the Duke. It also goes against my original intention of establishing the Pilot Group..."

Regardless of John Bogle’s true thoughts, at least at this moment, he still expressed emotions of anger and sadness.

He said to Barron sincerely:

"The board of directors will remove William from his position as chairman and CEO, dismiss all personnel involved in the matter, and stop the malicious short selling of all companies related to you..."

When John Bogle said this, Barron did not respond immediately, but still looked at him with a smile, waiting for his next words.

"Of course, in order to avoid market turmoil, I hope you will temporarily stop the operation here so that we can smoothly close the position."

The other party's loss in this short selling operation has been determined, and the only uncertainty is how much the loss will be.

John Bogle's meaning is very clear, that is, he hopes to reduce their losses.

"I'm just curious, if I'm not blessed by God this time, will you give DS Group a chance to retreat safely?"

After hearing Barron's words, John Bogle touched his nose, his mouth twitched slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"It's meaningless to say this now. I can only tell you that if I were still in control of the Navigation Group, this wouldn't have happened. We would still be close partners, but now that things have happened, what we need to do is to try our best to repair it. Those who participated in this matter..."

He looked at Barron and deepened his tone slightly:

"You will get a punishment that satisfies you, but if you really continue to fight like this, In order to avoid further losses, these companies, including Vanguard Group, can only do their best. You know, the assets controlled by these companies exceed 20 trillion US dollars... This is not a threat, Barron, but just a statement of fact. Neither investors nor the board of directors will allow too much loss in this action..."

"You know what the punishment is that satisfies me, Mr. Bogle. In addition, I can temporarily stop the purchase of DS Group from that time, but there is another condition."

"You say."

"Vanguard Group and BlackRock Group withdraw all the shares currently held in these companies, and I will arrange for other companies to take over at the price you close your positions."