Chapter 699: The shattered dream of European revival
On the east side of London's famous St. Paul's Cathedral, there is a place called "one square mile". It is densely packed with buildings and narrow streets. Although it is not as dense as Manhattan, New York, it is stable, with heavy architectural style and luxurious interiors, and the atmospheric decorations are even better. There are hundreds of banks and other financial institutions gathered here, which are regarded as a replica of Wall Street in London. This is the Financial City.
The City of London is the most densely populated place in the world. It has the world's largest foreign exchange market and international insurance market, the oldest stock exchanges and gold markets, and the European currency market and commodity market here also occupy an important position in the international arena.
Andy crossed his legs and gently tapped his fingers on the armrest of the car seat on the side. Looking at the Financial City outside the window, this was his second turn. This time he came to the UK. In addition to acquiring football club, the most important thing was to make preparations for the future short-selling and buying Europe.
He is not those traditional and ancient chaebol forces. The Smith family may be very awesome in politics, but they have no background in the business field. If it weren't for him being a time traveler, he had prepared enough for the subprime mortgage crisis and had the qualifications to come to play, he really wouldn't dare to think about the Trojans prepared by the United States for Europe and participate in the future sheep sheep.
"Call Alvetre..." Andy tilted his head curiously and looked at the skyscrapers in the Financial City through the car window, and ordered Tory Black who was sitting beside him.
“…Boss, the phone is on.”
"Well. Hey, Al, pack up and bring people to London. I think we need to open a new company in the Financial City. Well, I'm going to tell you in detail. This time, maybe I can double my assets again."
Andy made some casual words of joking, which made the little assistant beside him look at the side face of the big devil in amazement. His assets doubled? Oh my God, the big devil is indeed the best.
This time, Andy received a strong hostility as soon as she got off the plane. The media and newspapers questioned him and hostility made him very unhappy. In the free economy, there was no way to take advantage of the situation. However, the British deliberately wanted to provoke trouble, and Andy naturally would not be kicked back to the United States in shame.
His status and wealth he now have both allow him to access many messages that are not known to ordinary people. Combined with some events in his mind about future Europe, through his longitudinal analysis, he increasingly felt that since the establishment of the European Union, the United States has been holding back his worries and regarding the four countries that revived the old European countries as European pig countries, and secretly planted a Trojan horse that triggered the European debt crisis.
Andy remembers that after the worst period of the subprime mortgage crisis, the debt crisis of European countries was followed by the bankruptcy of Icelandic countries and the Greek debt crisis. What’s interesting is that the three major rating agencies in the world simultaneously lowered the Greek sovereign rating, causing it to fall into a fiscal crisis, and the euro fell sharply against the US dollar.
The entire EU is plagued by the debt crisis. As Germany and other leading countries in the euro zone began to feel the impact of the crisis, the euro fell sharply, and coupled with the sharp drop in European stock markets, the entire euro zone faced the most severe test since its establishment for more than a decade. At this time, S&P lowered Greece's sovereign rating to "garbage level", and the crisis was further promoted and escalated.
There is no trick here, and I don’t believe it if I kill Andy. This is a wool shearing plan that the United States has been planning for a long time. From the establishment of the EU, I want to join forces to keep warm and get rid of the control of the US imperialist. The euro was born to fight against the US dollar. When I got rid of the exploitation of the US dollar, the US imperialist with a smile on his face was ready to fatten the pig and then slaughter it.
What's more, there is the European messenger in the UK, who joins the EU but does not join the euro zone. Haha, in Andy's opinion, this EU is simply a deformity that is difficult to compensate for innate deficiencies.
Since 1999, when the euro was just born, it was hit by the United States. The zipper bombed the nan alliance, causing the euro to depreciate and capital flight. The nan alliance was dismembered into seven pieces. Europe was further fragmented, which also made France and Germany angry with the United States and couldn't calm down.
This economic crisis, Andy knew that it would be a turning point. Several old European countries jumped out to pull the weakened United States out of their way, and the United States was also preparing to take the fattening European pigs to bleed and supplement nutrition.
All of the ambitions that had been restrained for decades were exposed. France was the first to jump out, wanting the US dollar to abdicate, and the euro wanted to replace the US dollar as the only international currency. Other countries agreed in unison. Russia, which had been unhappy in the United States, even proposed to sell US debts and de-dollarization. The truth was revealed one by one, and it was very likely to pull the United States down from the world hegemony.
At that time, many people at the Celestial Empire suggested that RMB should take the opportunity to internationalize and be scheming... Ahem, the very steady leader politely declined Russia's suggestion that Rabbit countries would throw US debts together. Instead, he helped push the euro to the front desk. RMB hid behind and quietly became a handsome man, watching the US use some tricks.
As a result, Europe began to stage a European debt crisis with national bankruptcy in Greece...
After European countries were forced to release blood by the United States, they thought they could learn a lesson and calm down a little. O'Hainiu was ready to point his finger at the Rabbit Country, but the new generation of European giants began to make a brilliant appearance when they came to power. Even the German Lao Mo, who was released by the labor reform, wanted to lead Europe. The United States saw that it was not possible, and he killed a fight. After a combination of punches, Europe became a mess.
Before Andy traveled through time, he felt that something was wrong with Europe and other countries, and why they were all in chaos. Now, I think about it, the United States is still cruel!
Europe and Germany have been slept with firewood and gall for decades. Since the subprime mortgage crisis, all their efforts have been wasted. What about the revival of old Europe? If you want to revival, you will wait for decades. Unless the Rabbit Kingdom kills the United States, the problem is that European countries instigate the Rabbit Kingdom to kill the United States. Unfortunately, they have to be involved in power struggles. The Rabbit Kingdom, which has a history of power struggles for thousands of years, can kill them. What the Rabbit Kingdom wants is to coexist with the United States.
The disappointed Europe was continued to be squeezed and bleed by the cruel and ruthless United States. Before traveling through time, Andy felt that Europe was so pitiful, with a sluggish economy, disasters of refugees, terror, financial blood loss and other problems. One of these problems is too big to fall on the head. Now it completely confirms the old saying that disasters never come singularly.
How could Andy miss such a lively Europe, such a perfect foreign exchange futures market, and such a sumptuous big short feast! Although the main force will be the giant chaebols in the United States, this does not prevent Andy, a small crocodile qualified to go into the water, biting a piece of fat or two, and having a full meal.
When Andy wandered around the Financial City for two times and decided to get a share of the pie in the future wool shearing operation, in a spacious and bright, classically decorated office in a building in the Financial City, a middle-aged man with a slightly tired and smart look sat opposite him, talking with Andy Smith as the center.
"Levi, don't do those small movements that cannot be on the table. You should know that you are not facing the young man from the United States, but David Dunn. Do you think he will care about your tricks?" Joe Lewis' brow had not been stretched for a while, and he had a half-burned cigar on his finger. After saying that, he put it in his mouth and took a sip. The smoke was spit out, and a mellow fragrance drifted away. The old man slowly breathed and savored.
"I understand. However, the boss, the valuation of 250 million pounds is not outrageous. I believe that persisting will definitely make the other party compromise and accept it. After all, Andy Smith, a young man, will not care about spending tens of millions more. You are inevitably full of energy. He acquired many teams in the United States some time ago, and he should be planning sports investment. If we drag it on, he will almost lose patience and ask David Dunn to complete the acquisition."
Levi was actually most worried about Joe Lewis, who was in front of him, bypassed him and completed the transaction with Andy. By then, he would really become a small shareholder who was not a person inside and outside and was completely marginalized. The plan to sell the shares he had to cash out would be over.
"..." Joe Lewis pondered for a while, but he did not respond. He hoped to complete the transaction as soon as possible and get cash to operate, not only deliberately alleviating his cash pressure, but also operating according to the current stock market trends to reduce his losses. After all, in the financial market, time is money, and this is the unchanging iron rule.
Chapter completed!