Although Japan rejected Lamont's request, the finance minister was left with no alternative.
After loudly cursing and scolding the Japanese for not helping him, he hurried to the Prime Minister's residence to report the matter to Prime Minister John Major.
Received Lamont's request for an interview.
The nanny immediately looked for the Prime Minister in the mansion.
However, John Major, who clearly did not go out, could not find anyone there.
The nanny felt very surprised.
He asked the guard at the door to confirm that John Major had not gone out, and then began to search around the villa.
suddenly.
It felt like there was a sound of crying in the closet of the master bedroom.
The nanny was startled.
This unusual crying sound actually came from the closet, which reminded her of many scary urban legends and horror stories.
But human curiosity can sometimes overcome everything.
With deep curiosity, the nanny walked over tremblingly and opened the wardrobe.
With a creaking sound.
The crying stopped abruptly.
John Major in the closet forgot about the pain and looked at the obviously stunned nanny.
"Oh my god! What are you doing here, Mr. Major?"
This question.
It's really hard to say.
After all, being prime minister is a very stressful job.
Moreover, the pound is under attack, and as the country's prime minister, John Major is under a lot of pressure.
His way of venting stress is usually to find a place and cry to release the mental pressure.
But I never expected this.
Today, the nanny discovered this unspeakable secret.
Finished!
Such a scene was discovered.
John Major felt completely hopeless.
The Prime Minister actually hid in the closet and cried. If people knew about this, they would be bursting with laughter.
"Well, I'm studying a play recently, so I'm looking for that kind of inspiration. You won't tell anyone, right?"
"You don't have to explain, Mr. Major. I won't tell anyone. Sometimes, if I'm stressed, I'll find a place where no one is around to cry."
The nanny was very sensible and considerate, which made people feel comfortable.
John Major finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Mary! You came to me so anxiously, is there something wrong?"
"Mr. Lamont has been waiting for you for a long time. It seems that he has something important to talk to you about."
"I see."
Put on a suit.
Tie a good tie.
The man hiding in the closet and crying has turned into the prime minister who will never change color even if the Alps collapse in front of him.
See him.
Lamont immediately broke the bad news.
"Lamont, I think you must know that confidence is more important than gold."
"Even if Japan doesn't help us, as long as the people are united, we won't be afraid of any enemy."
Lamont disagreed. He said in a serious tone: "Even so, confidence also requires real money, so my suggestion is to raise interest rates now to stabilize everyone's confidence."
"How much do you plan to raise the interest rate?" John Major asked with a slight frown.
"If interest rates were raised to 10 per cent, I think at least £2 billion would flow back to the central bank."
“.”
Half a month ago.
Sweden raised interest rates by 750 basis points overnight.
The effect is very significant.
Seeing that it was impossible to short sell, international capital gave up its attack on the krona, and Finland, another Nordic country, suffered a severe blow, and papermaking giant Nokia almost went bankrupt.
And now, the same problem faces the UK.
Think about it.
Sister Mei took the materials prepared by Lamont and signed them.
Can it stabilize? After Lamont leaves.
John Major muttered to himself uncertainly.
The geographical location determines that Britain will definitely be sniped, just like the action launched by Wall Street, which encircled Germany and France from all sides.
After the disintegration of Eastern Europe, it was unable to take care of itself and even affected Finland, which had close trade relations with the Soviet Union and Wolves.
Now Spain and Italy to the south have collapsed.
Britain is the last obstacle in the west.
John Major really had no confidence.
"Suna! Can you believe this?! I just searched the whole villa but couldn't find the Prime Minister, and then I heard crying in a closet."
“Oh my God!”
"I was stunned when I opened the closet door."
"Prime Minister May was crying loudly in there alone."
"I will only tell you this, don't tell anyone else."
“.”
John Major coming out of the closet.
I felt dizzy when I heard the nanny excitedly chatting with her friends on the phone.
Is this what you won't tell anyone? Damn woman.
I really can't believe what they say . On the other side.
Nao Nagano stood in an English-style villa, looking around at the decoration and environment of the villa.
Accompanying him were a group of female agents from a real estate company.
After introducing the history and heritage of the villa, several foreigners asked Nagano Nao with shining eyes whether he was interested in buying it.
Nagano Nao did not answer the question directly, but asked Zhang Weiming who came with him: "Mr. Zhang, what do you think of this villa?"
"It's really beautiful, but it's only 700,000 pounds. It's really too expensive." Zhang Weiming said with envy. When he mentioned the price, everyone could see the pain on his face.
The beautiful agent immediately said, "If it's a price issue, please don't worry, sir. We can try to get you the best discount."
"Discount? Who are you looking down on? It's just a house for 700,000 pounds, do you still need a discount?" Nao Nagano said with an unhappy look on his face.
Oh shit!
Oh shit!
Uncle, do you really not take money seriously? Zhang Weiming was stunned.
I can't understand what money means to Nagano Nao.
Seven hundred thousand pounds.
Even if you give a 10% discount, it would still be at least tens of thousands of pounds.
The people from the agency were also surprised, but then they smiled broadly.
It is said that Xiaoyue is a local tycoon. Today I see that it is true. It would be great if I could meet a few such fools who have so much money that they can't spend it all every day.
Serve with ten thousand times more enthusiasm.
Several people invited Naoio Nagano and his group to the company.
Those who make coffee make coffee.
Take the pastries, take the pastries.
Kneeling on the ground, serving Nagano Nao.
The considerate attitude was like serving God, which made Zhang Weiming and his gang secretly complain.
Isn't it said that British people can't bend their knees?
What the fuck.
How did you start learning Japanese?
I feel like crying with envy.
But I can't envy such a thing.
I secretly hate the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism that corrupt people's hearts, but I have already made up my mind that if I want to make it in the financial circle in the future, I must reap the leeks well and enjoy this luxurious life.
soon.
The purchase contract is finalized.
However, when it comes to the issue of payment, Nagano Nao made a request.
He wants to pay in installments with a down payment of 30 percent of the market price.
This requirement.
Some of them were beyond the agency's expectations.
Since Japan is not short of money, when buying a house in London, people usually pay in full.
However, the lending bank also gives kickbacks, so it would be a waste not to do such a good thing.
When Nao Nagano was taken to the bank, the bank saw that he was a big customer with a loan of hundreds of thousands of pounds and happily completed the procedures.
Paid the down payment.
Got the property rights.
Nao Nao threw the property ownership certificate to Kanako Nagano and said, "Let's go and see the next one?"
"What next one?" Zhang Weiming asked in surprise.
"Dude! As a person, the most important thing is to buy a house. Things like castles and villas are fine for hosting a party with friends occasionally, but if I come here for tourism, I still prefer a manor in Scotland. I saw one before but it was too small. Today, the agent called me and said that there is a 2,000-acre manor for sale. This kind of thing is more so-so."
“.”
Damn little Japan, you are so good at pretending!
You’re not even to mention.
The two thousand acre Scottish estate is really big and comfortable.
Not only are there large grasslands and exclusive horse farms, but there is also a fenced hunting ground.
The building is a Scottish-style manor house with a swimming pool, a super large garden and two wine cellars.
The previous owner went bankrupt due to stock speculation and was anxious to sell the estate to recover cash.
Glance at the surrounding environment.
It’s hard to tell whether Nagano likes it or not on his face.
The agent was a blonde beauty in her early twenties. She glanced at Nagano's Rolls-Royce, unbuttoned the first button of her shirt very skillfully and said, "Sir! If you are not satisfied with anything, you can tell me. I will do my best to meet any of your requests."
"Miss Lisa, this is a great suggestion. Why don't we go to the wine cellar and get a bottle of wine so we can drink while we talk?"
"That's what I thought too!"
"Lao Zhang, wait a moment, we'll go downstairs and get some wine."
Nagano Nao greeted.
Went down to the cellar with the big blond mare.
Looking at the foreign girl's plump buttocks, Zhang Weiming didn't know what to say for a moment.
Stand on it.
After a while, a strange noise came from down in the cellar.
Zhang Wei and Zhao Xin looked at each other.
Seems to be asking.
Is this the life of the upper class? I have to say.
The British sales ladies are very knowledgeable about etiquette and we had an in-depth conversation.
This young lady named Lisa, thanks to a personal gift from Nagano Nao, helped him negotiate a very good price from the seller.
Twelve million pounds.
certainly.
Or a loan.
In order to thank the young lady for her hard work, Nagano-kun had to give her a spiritual tip of over 100 million before leaving.
On the return trip.
Zhang Weiming looked quite strange, but he still said with the intention of making a sincere friend: "Mr. Luo, if you buy such an expensive house and take out a loan, the annual interest will be a huge expense, right?"
"Here's the question! If the pound depreciates by 30%, do you think it will be a profit or a loss?"
"The Bank of England raised interest rates yesterday. It's hard for them to fall any lower at this point!"
"Normally that's true, but yesterday, the British Treasury asked for help from our Ministry of Finance and was rejected. What do you think this means?"
Nagano Naoio was not at all surprised by the news.
Although the ERM system is conducive to Europe's direct response to economic pressure from the United States, adjustment of overseas strategies is now a general trend. As the second largest economic system, Europe does not need to have a very strong economic system at this time.
on the contrary.
ASEAN has been lukewarm in the years since its establishment.
The biggest wish of the financial community has always been to promote ASEAN relations, form a common economic entity, and counter pressure from the United States.
Now that the plan has been put into action, the strategic investments of major consortiums are based on tiered manufacturing industries. They will use these industrial chains to sort out ASEAN relations and use interests to involve Asian countries together.
At this time.
It would be a miracle if we could agree to Britain’s request.
Zhang Weiming was also shocked.
I never expected that Britain would seek help from Japan.
Has the British Empire become so weak? I was filled with anxiety.
There is only one reason why a country seeks help from another country, and that is that it knows it can no longer hold on and has lost confidence.
In this case, that means that all the news in the media is meant to appease people.
Next.
Zhang Weiming was completely eye-opening.
This guy Nao Nagano swept through a total of six Scottish estates worth tens of millions.
I thought this guy really liked buying houses, but the following outrageous actions made Zhang Weiming's heart almost explode for a long time.
The group went into forty-eight banks in the UK.
Nao Nagano carelessly mortgaged these assets to the bank and borrowed pounds.
The reason is.
Optimistic about the economic development of the UK.
Want to invest for the long term.
then.
The original payment of 30 million pounds was inflated to 430 million pounds by 48 banks.
Zhang Weiming was completely screwed.
I never dreamed that a property could be loaned to multiple banks.
In Naoto Nagano's eyes, the financial loopholes of this era were like sitting ducks. After all, Internet information was not well developed at that time, and there was a long time lag in the aggregation of customer information between the Bank of England and commercial banks.
unconsciously.
Half a month passed.
This half month.
The pound sterling held the support level of 1.78 by raising interest rates three times in a row to 14%.
This day.
National Westminster Bank.
This bank, which has always served the royal family, received news from the royal family.
No hesitation.
The bank president called the director of the investment department.
Borrowed £1 billion from the Bank of England.
Almost at the same time.
Royal Bank received the same news the next day .
Lamont vowed on television that it was time for the people of the British Empire to defeat the bad guys who deliberately undermined financial stability.
This country has never been afraid of provocation in its history.
We once defeated the invaders at the cost of cannon fodder, and today, we will definitely defeat those bastards again.
I believe that as long as everyone unites, any malicious conspiracy will fail.
And at this time.
A young man.
I walked into the London Foreign Exchange Exchange with enthusiasm.
Thinking of the Finance Minister's inspiring words, he felt an urge to go to the battlefield.
yes!
The country's financial system is under attack.
But we beat Germany.
Defeated the invaders.
As long as we unite as one, no enemy is invincible.
Take out all your funds.
The young man bought the British pound with great enthusiasm.
It was like being infected before the war.
Almost at the same time.
More people also went to banks and bought pounds to support the stability of the pound's exchange rate.
However, at this time.
After finishing his speech at the press reception, Lamont hurried to the corner, took out his phone and called his mistress Lina.
"Baby, listen to me. Go to the foreign exchange futures market and short sell some pounds right now. It's the most critical moment."
“.”
That day.
The battle to defend the pound has officially begun.
The electronic Zerg mobilized more than 10 billion in funds to sell, and the Bank of England paid a heavy price, but was still unable to stop the decline of the pound.
That day.
The pound plunged 6 percent and the resistance level was broken.
the next day.
Like a burst dam.
The pound sterling accelerated its decline, with the drop widening to 13 percent.
A foreign exchange trading department.
There was a young man in his twenties who looked at his liquidated account blankly. His blood was frozen by the result and his eyes were filled with confusion.
Although, the pound is a completely foreign exchange market.
But no matter how complete the market is, those who hold pounds are all British people.
At a time like this, everyone will surely unite to support their country, so why has the pound fallen so much? An ultimate question lingers in my mind.
Everybody is going long.
The pound has depreciated so much.
So who is shorting it?