Chapter 969 Super Fund

Of course, Barron does not want to change the relationship between Britain and Russia from constant hostility to close cooperation.

It just needs to be adjusted according to the interests of the country... The key is his own interests.

In fact, this is not contradictory to some extent.

What needs to be understood is that Britain is no longer the empire on which the sun never sets. Although they are now one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, their economic size is about to be surpassed by India. In Barron's confrontation with certain capital in the United States, relying solely on Britain cannot provide him with enough support, so he needs to achieve his goal through a balance between various forces.

At least he needs to do this before he gets stronger support in the United States in 2015.

If his own interests are the first priority, then Britain's flexible diplomacy between Europe, Russia and the United States is very important. He does not want Britain to continue to play the role of "anti-Russian vanguard".

"We can make some verbal changes in the relationship positioning, Your Highness, but it is not so easy to change the diplomatic strategy. It requires careful analysis."

William Hague's words also show his attitude. He can support His Highness the Duke. I believe Cameron will make such a choice now, but it will be limited to a certain extent. After all, this diplomatic strategy cannot be changed at will.

Often when you see a politician's attitude towards something suddenly change 180 degrees, it often just means that he or the interests he represents are using it as a bargaining chip and are ready to bargain.

Because such a drastic change in the short term often does not have the conditions for real action.

Only after careful analysis can it be possible to really change the route in action, and such changes are often not in place overnight. As the so-called "big ships are difficult to turn around", the more it involves the adjustment of a huge system, the more it needs to be carried out step by step.

Then the fleet did not return directly to London, but landed at Yanjing Airport.

After visiting Russia, Foreign Secretary William Hague's next stop is China.

In his public speeches and statements, Hague still talked about deepening economic and cultural cooperation with China this time.

The main purpose is to implement the package of cooperation that Cameron visited before, and to reaffirm the sincerity of the cooperation between the two sides.

In terms of economy, most of the agreements signed before have reached the implementation stage; and in terms of culture, the cultural exchange activities between the two sides have also achieved a lot of results.

The "China-UK Cultural Exchange Year" originally scheduled for 2015 was also brought forward to next year, that is, 2014, because of the previous visit.

At that time, the "British Cultural Season" will be held in China in the first half of next year, and the "Chinese Cultural Season" will be held in England in the second half of the year. Hague will also reconfirm the holding of this event with the Chinese side.

In addition, the summer exchange activities of college students from both sides sponsored by the Devonshire Foundation last year were also very successful. Not only did 50 college students from each side experience the development and humanities of the other side, but these college students also recorded their visits in the form of videos and posted them on their respective social media, which caused a lot of repercussions in the societies of both sides and changed many people's impressions of each other.

In particular, many British people saw the real scenes of Chinese cities including Shanghai and Hangzhou for the first time under the "special" filters of media such as BBC, and were more shocked.

Unlike Haig's more official attitude, Barron received a special interview with the big boss after arriving in Yanjing.

After all, as the Western entrepreneur with the largest investment in China, he is also highly valued by the Chinese side.

This time, the United Energy Group controlled by him will continue to deepen cooperation with China's "three barrels of oil" - in addition to the United Energy Group's oil and gas blocks in Thailand, Indonesia and other places in Southeast Asia, which will be jointly developed with CNPC and CNOOC, they will also outsource part of the mining business in Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea region to China's oil service companies.

In addition, regarding the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" strategic plans proposed by China in September and October this year, Baron also said during the meeting with the bigwigs that he was very interested in this idea and believed that it would be a grand plan to connect the most promising regions in the world, and many of his industries were willing to join this plan.

You know, first of all, in the financial field, Standard Chartered Bank, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered-Merrill Lynch, had its main markets in emerging countries such as Asia and Africa before. The distribution of its markets has a great overlap with the "Belt and Road" plan. Participating in this plan will be of great benefit to the development of Standard Chartered Bank.

In addition, Greece and Kolo, where Barron invested, are both important shipping nodes of the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road". The Port of Piraeus in Greece is the largest port in the Mediterranean and was jointly invested and developed by Peninsula Oriental Group and China COSCO Group; and the Port of Loti in Kolo is the largest port in West Africa and is also of extraordinary significance for radiating West Africa.

Even if it is based on considerations of interests, joining the "Belt and Road" plan will promote many of his industries.

Moreover, this is also a risk hedging strategy for his industrial layout. Knowing the future development of the world situation, Barron will naturally not put all his industries All in the American camp. Otherwise, he will inevitably be like other Wall Street capitals, with his butts determining his head. Because of the binding of interests, he has to fight against the rising emerging forces with all his strength.

"We are about to set up a super fund with a scale of 65 billion US dollars to invest in emerging markets. I believe that these investments can promote your country's "Belt and Road" plan."

The super fund with a scale of up to 65 billion US dollars proposed by Barron has also aroused the interest of Huaxia.

This fund is called Vision Fund... Sorry, Sun Zhengyi, I guess you have to think of another name for the future "100 billion fund".

However, now that the Middle East capital and Barron are cooperating more closely, and SoftBank's shares in Alibaba have been severely compressed, it is still difficult to say whether Sun Zhengyi can still raise funds for his fund as smoothly as in the original time and space.

The total capital of Barron's Vision Fund is $65 billion, which will come from the $50 billion he previously obtained from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, as well as the profits from this short-selling operation.

In fact, a considerable part of the funds of this fund, which he claims will "invest in emerging markets", will be used to support Barron's industries in the layout of the "Europe-Asia-Africa" ​​strategy.

For example, the investment of United Energy Group in Romania and Azerbaijan will be obtained by issuing additional shares to the Vision Fund.