Chapter 264 Crazy Wall Street

Looking down from the porthole, the suburbs of New York City in early winter appear gray.

The large dark areas are dense trees, while the light areas are covered with lush grass.

It will take about another month for the grass to wither with the arrival of the first snow.

In the urban area, intricate roads weave and extend among the tall buildings, like a detailed map of the city's network.

The Manhattan River sparkles in the soft afternoon sunlight, quiet and brilliant.

Looking down on the city from high above, the desolate feeling of New York touches people's hearts even more deeply.

At this moment, the helicopter is about to land, gracefully drawing a large arc along the Hudson River.

The azure waters caress the shores of Manhattan, skyscrapers stand tall, and cross-water bridges span the north and south, together creating a majestic picture that a metropolis should have.

Milo's hair was still a little wet, a sign of having just showered.

He looked across and saw his personal maid Xiao Li Liu, with a smile on her face and eyes as curved as a crescent moon. She was curled up in a luxurious and spacious chair, her face full of the afterglow of a huge shock.

It’s not that one helicopter ride made her like this.

What made Xiaoli look like this was her experience of living with Milo in the Rockefeller Manor Castle in the past few days.

Because it is a marriage between two families, I had said it a long time ago.

Milo and Ariana's engagement ceremony was held directly at the Rockefeller Estate Castle in the suburbs of New York City.

Wait until the actual wedding ceremony.

Then go to Plymouth, outside Boston, where the ceremony is held at Blackburn Manor.

So on the day before Thanksgiving, Milo brought many people and moved directly into Rockefeller Manor.

As his personal maid and caregiver, Xiao Li naturally moved in with him.

But in the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese people, or in the eyes of people from other countries other than the vast majority of Americans.

The word "Rockefeller" is almost a symbol of "American royalty".

Although this is actually true.

The Chinese people of Xiao Li's generation were obviously the most severely affected by the so-called Heshang.

In the minds of this generation, America is heaven on earth, a city on a hill, and a utopia in a dreamland.

And be able to live in the manor castle of the "royal family" in such a utopian country.

It is probably like the time of Tian Khan in ancient China, when a Turkic maid from the grassland lived with her master in Li Shimin's palace.

One can imagine the shock Xiaoli Liu felt and the satisfaction she felt afterwards.

Seeing this, Milo could only shake his head.

This generation of Chinese people is beyond salvation.

Even a genuine American like him told her that America was not as beautiful as she imagined.

Even take her to experience the inside story of America and witness the cruel truth of capitalism.

She would definitely think that this is the price she should pay.

Even enjoy it.

For people like this generation in China, the only way to eliminate their infinite admiration and yearning for the United States is by completely erasing them through the magic of time.

Fortunately, I am not the leader of that country and do not need to consider the influence of these people.

I'm an American, and I look at it from an ass perspective.

In fact, I should hope that everyone in the world and in all countries is like Xiaoli Liu.

Then American Tianlong people like me can really enjoy wealth and prosperity forever.

A helicopter landed on the rooftop helipad at the International Building at Rockefeller Center.

When I came out, I had already had lunch at Ariana's house.

So after taking a short rest, Milo started working directly.

Since the engagement ceremony, he has become the leader of a temporary alliance on the Internet among the American consortium.

Within the framework of raising the climax of the Internet, most people are willing to give him this face.

Therefore, a global Internet event announced to be held on January 1 next year, which is the Gregorian New Year, has now entered the preparation stage.

Co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission and the Blackburn Fund.

The U.S. government, California government and San Francisco government contributed money and manpower.

The purpose is to invite heads of state from all over the world, or at least ministers.

There are also bankers, heads of financial groups, or business leaders related to the Internet and high technology from various countries.

Together with those famous economists, they gathered in Silicon Valley in San Francisco.

Discuss together the Internet technology that is related to the future of mankind and its future development direction.

The specific preparations will be made on the evening after the engagement ceremony.

Milo has already set up a temporary preparatory team, and the work is now underway in full swing.

There's actually not much he needs to do, he's like a flag.

A flag of wealth and the Internet shines as the new beacon of the United States, attracting global attention and drawing the attention of everyone in the world to the Internet technology dominated by the United States.

In addition, this is a major event that most members of the American consortium are now working together to promote.

Basically, Milo doesn't need to continue spending any more energy on this.

What he is thinking about now is how to use his current identity as the "Temporary Martial Arts Alliance of the American Consortium" to seek benefits and advantages for himself and the people around him.

Otherwise, why would he spend so much energy and effort to convince so many people?

Just because he can get the most out of the Internet's high?

That's true.

But in this process, it would be great if we could get more benefits.

Of course we can't let it go.

For example, he is now planning to use this identity to become the temporary leader of the martial arts world.

Expand the scale of Phillips Petroleum, which he and the Boston consortium jointly hold.

Three o'clock in the afternoon.

Milo after dealing with many business briefings.

Came to a street-side cafe on Wall Street in downtown Manhattan.

After Thanksgiving, the more lively Christmas is coming.

The Christmas spirit is beginning to take hold.

Having said that, life is really good for ordinary middle and lower class people in America these days.

There is no shortage of food and entertainment, and the people’s self-confidence is skyrocketing.

Regardless of anything else, the double festive atmosphere of Thanksgiving and Christmas in the last two months at the end of the year is enough to make most ordinary Americans happy for two consecutive months.

In the cafe.

David Mellon, one of the leaders of the New York Mellon family, the mascot of the Mellon Group, and the general manager of Mellon Bank in New York, whom Milo had made an appointment with, had been waiting for him in the cafe for half an hour.

"Sorry, David. There was a traffic jam. My motorcade was coming over and there was a slight delay."

"Oh, don't be sorry. My dear Milo, New York's traffic jams are world-famous. It would be strange if there were no traffic jams here!"

David Mellon replied with a smile.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about the same, Milo got straight to the point: "David, I heard that the US steel market is in a difficult situation right now?"

David Mellon nodded and said, "Under the current international environment, basic industries are in a recession. The overall operation of the U.S. steel industry is very difficult. Now the overseas market is even more difficult."

"What about chemistry?"

"It's similar to the steel industry. The overall market is saturated. Anyone with a little ambition wants to explore new markets, such as China and India in Asia, or those countries in South America."

Milo's true intentions were exposed: "What about the petrochemical industry? I heard that Gulf Oil's recent strategy is to abandon its overseas business and shrink its business back to the United States?"

David Mellon opened his mouth to answer, but hesitated and looked at Milo.

Milo smiled and said, "I've seen relevant news recently. Gulf Oil has been gradually cleaning up its assets outside the United States in the past few years."

David Mellon hesitated.

In the end, he didn't hide it and admitted frankly: "Yes."

"Last year, we sold our gas stations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden and Norway to Kuwait's national oil company twice."

"In the near future, we also plan to sell more than 1,500 gas stations in Western Europe and the 4 million tonnes/year refinery in Bertorio, Italy."

“In the future, the company’s refining, sales and chemical businesses in Western and Northern Europe will all be liquidated.”

This is Gulf Oil's stated business strategy.

So David Mellon didn't hide anything.

They even hope that the news will spread further to attract more buyers and bring in more funds.

After all, the current situation of Gulf Oil Company is not very good.

Gulf Oil Company, the pillar of the Mellon Group's oil sector.

As one of the Seven Sisters of Oil, it is currently the fifth largest oil company in the United States and the seventh largest in the world.

However, last year's annual turnover was US$59.8 billion, but the profit was only US$1.4 billion, with a profit margin of only 2.35%.

This is the sixth year that Gulf Oil's profits have fallen.

In addition, last year and this year, Venezuela’s oil production increased.

With international oil prices low, major oil giants are basically not making any money.

After all, in this era, China has not yet grown into an industrial power that consumes unlimited raw materials such as oil and iron ore.

There are only a few oil importing countries in the world, and the amount consumed each year is limited.

As the world's largest industrial nation, the United States is now also the world's largest oil consumer.

The problem is that the United States itself is a major oil-producing country and can meet most of the demand on its own.

The amount that needs to be imported is really not that large, which makes life increasingly difficult for global oil companies.

It will take at least ten years until that country launches the industrial Cruxopathic Road before global energy and bulk raw material trading can really take off.

Hearing what David Mellon said, Milo narrowed his eyes and said with a smile:

"Dear David, after hearing what you said, I suddenly became interested. How about Gulf Oil selling all its Western European and Northern European businesses to me at once?"

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Milo's sudden proposal surprised David Mellon.

He originally thought that Milo invited him out for coffee.

Maybe he was talking about the Internet conference.

Unexpectedly, he was talking about something about an oil company that had nothing to do with the Internet.

After looking at Milo for a few seconds and realizing that Milo was serious, he smiled and said, "Of course, as long as the price is reasonable."

Buy low and sell high, this is the chain of practice that all consortium operators believe in.

Now, except Milo, no one would believe that after this year there would be a country's demand for oil so exaggerated.

At present, the United States and Western Europe have basically clearly deindustrialized.

Most global oil companies are pessimistic about future oil sales.

Everyone has the mentality that after a few years, they don’t know who to sell the oil to.

It's not just Mellon's Gulf Oil that is gradually selling its overseas assets.

The other seven sisters of the oil industry are also more or less slimming down or preparing to do so.

If someone is willing to take over at this time, the Mellon Group would naturally be happy to do so.

Milo smiled slightly and said softly, "Of course, I won't let my friends suffer. I'll have someone contact Gulf Oil Company later. Please notify the management in advance."

"No problem." David Mellon nodded with a smile.

It's just a message. Even a mascot can do this.

Leaving the cafe and saying goodbye to David Mellon.

While the people were still in the car, Milo ordered the Blackburn Foundation and Phillips Petroleum to immediately send a team to the Mellon Consortium.

Negotiated acquisition of Gulf Oil's refinery, marketing and chemicals businesses in Western and Northern Europe.

Milo, who is familiar with the historical trends, knows this very well.

It can be said that Gulf Oil has now made an extremely wrong strategic decision.

Shrinking international business and shifting the focus entirely back to the United States would lead Gulf Oil into the abyss.

Only the Mellon Group is so big and powerful, and Gulf Oil is one of the Seven Sisters of Oil that cannot go bankrupt.

Otherwise, this decision alone would have been the demise of Western Gulf Oil.

The value of these international assets of Gulf Oil will recover in a few years.

Of course, what Milo values ​​most is the talent and management system involved in Gulf Oil's businesses in Northern Europe and Western Europe.

This is the accumulation of decades.

If you want to build the same amount of business from scratch, it will take at least ten years, even if you increase your investment.

Now, his Phillips Petroleum Company has bought up nearly $7 billion worth of oil fields and oil exploration company shares around the world in just over a year.

He plans to continue hoarding oil fields in the future, as what he urgently needs is the ability to process and sell oil.

If you can solve it with money or buy at the bottom, isn’t it great?

Normally, it is already past four in the afternoon.

According to Milo's usual schedule and habits, he would have been off work by this time.

However, during this period, he has been busy with the Internet conference and his engagement.

It has nothing to do with the company, especially Paladin Investments.

Calculating the time, Milo found that his plan of having Paladin invest in three places and short-selling to reap the Kingdom of Denmark should be almost complete.

So he went back to the office and asked someone to call Nelson, the head of Paladin Investment.

As soon as Nelson entered the office.

"Nelson, how much money do we have available in Danish Kroner now?" Milo asked, touching his chin and narrowing his eyes.

"After a month-long ambush, Boss, we have about 5 billion US dollars in Danish kroner so far."

The corners of Milo's mouth turned up, the arc was very large, and his smile became very bright. As expected, he was a money-grubber.

The only thing that makes him happiest is hearing that the money is increasing.

Although he had already seen the funding data in the briefing.

But when he listened to the reports from his subordinates, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Concentrate your efforts on shorting the Danish krone. I believe that many forces are now eyeing Denmark."

"We may have been able to conceal our actions over the past month from the Danish government, but we definitely could not conceal them from the hyenas on Wall Street who have a keen sense of smell."

"The Danish krone has been moving so strangely recently. I guess someone must have thought the same thing as us."

"So it's time to charge. Directly hedge the exchange rate of the Danish krone. This is the simplest and crudest way to quickly plunder wealth."

Milo said with a calm expression.

As for the Danish people, their actions this time may cause the value of their banknotes to depreciate wildly.

What caused the prices in their country to soar.

That was not within Milo's consideration.

"If the exchange rate plummets, the Danish government will definitely step in to rescue the market..." Nelson said softly.

Milo smiled and shook his head, interrupting his subordinates' worries and saying directly:

"It's not just us. As far as I know, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Mellon Bank, and Citigroup are all doing similar things. I dare not talk about others, but JP Morgan and Citigroup, as long as I give them a call, they will be happy to act with me."

This is one of the reasons why Milo rushed to become the temporary leader of this American consortium.

That is at least within this period of time.

As long as there are benefits to be gained.

People from other consortiums were more or less willing to listen to him.

Like this time Milo ambushed Danish Krone in advance.

Others on Wall Street took notice and quietly followed suit.

If Milo was not the temporary leader at this time.

It is likely that in the end, each will fight each other to see who can snatch money from Denmark, or steal other people's money.

And since he is the temporary leader, many people are willing to make progress together with him.

This way you can maximize the benefits.

Just like he had just taken the opportunity to propose to David Mellon that he wanted to acquire Gulf Oil's overseas business.

These are all benefits for this temporary leader of the martial arts world.

"So if so many of us go down at the same time."

Looking at Nelson, Milo smiled. "How much money can the Danish government put up to support the market? They have no room to resist. In the foreign exchange market, their Danish kroner will be mercilessly sold off."

"Even if other countries come to the rescue, hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars are just adding fuel to the fire. If they don't rescue the market, how can we make money? They will eventually announce that they will give up supporting the Danish krone exchange rate because they have no ability to support this exchange rate."

Milo looked at Nelson with burning eyes and said, "Denmark is more like a private investment fund than a government. Now, they have become our prey. All we have to do is rush in and take everything!"

"Understood, boss!" Nelson responded solemnly.

If only the Paladin family took action, they could only play a supporting role at best.

After all, the Danish government is quite rich.

But if there are so many in the company, or even the entire Wall Street acting together.

Let alone the government of a small country like Denmark.

Even Britain and France would tremble if they encountered Wall Street.

"This time it will be a three-way collaboration. There will be others joining us. So let's get started!"

"Also, tell my robbers. Tell them that I have never been a stingy person. This time, the team with the highest profit ratio will receive 5% of its profit as a bonus!"

"I gave them the chance to become rich. Whether they can seize it depends on themselves!"

Nelson immediately smiled brightly, "Boss, if they hear you say this, they will go crazy."

"Haha, what I want is for them to go crazy."

Milo smiled and said, "You can't be a demon without being crazy, and you can't be successful without being crazy. On Wall Street, you have to be crazy to succeed."

(End of this chapter)