After the wedding banquet, the guests all left one after another. Lux and Charlize also returned to the hotel with their children. Also leaving were Bell's wife and Ham Al Fahim's female companions, but they themselves did not leave. go. In the underground conference room of the manor where Carrick got married, Su Zhen and other five people sat around a round table. "Ahem, welcome to join the Avengers." Su Zhen knocked on the table lightly, but the words he said made the other four people almost breathless. They all stared at Su Zhen with dissatisfaction. This was a waste of their time. The expression. "Haha, just kidding, liven up the atmosphere, don't be so serious." Su Zhenle waved his hands and said, and then his expression changed instantly. "Now let's talk about business." It seems that among the five people, he is now in the assumed the position of leader. "Since everyone can come this time, I believe everyone should carefully consider what I said. I wonder what you think?" Su Zhen asked. Although they were nominally here to attend Carrick's wedding this time, But in fact, their more important hidden purpose is to discuss preparations for the economic crisis that is about to begin next year. At the very beginning, Su Zhen was preparing to make a fortune quietly. With his accumulation, it was not difficult to make a fortune in this world economic crisis. However, as his status and wealth increased, With the changes, Su Zhen is no longer limited to being a rich man. He hopes to go further. He hopes to become a member of the top consortium and become one of the controllers of the American economy. To do this, as a first First-generation immigration is the fastest way, but it is very difficult to do this by just relying on himself or the Su Group, so he needs partners. The partners he chose were his five friends, among whom Carrick represented the forces in the United States. As one of the old American consortiums, although it does not have its own bank in the United States like other consortiums, its influence in the United States It cannot be ignored, and Ham, who represents Dubai, and Al Fahim, who represents the Abu Dhabi consortium, have huge financial backing, which is what Su Zhen needs. Today, Su Group's group assets have reached nearly 100 billion, and Su Zhen's His personal assets also exceed 50 billion, and he is tied for first place with Bill Gates in this year's Forbes. But Su Zhen knows that this seemingly huge wealth is still not enough in front of the top financial groups in the United States. Moreover, although there are so many personal assets, it does not mean that Su Zhen has so much funds at his disposal. In fact, Su Zhen now The funds that can be mobilized are only about 6 billion US dollars, and this seems to be a large number. It may be possible to make considerable profits in the economic crisis, but if you want to achieve your goals, this is far from enough, so the UAE royal family has huge funds. It was obviously a very good partner, and in order for them to join with confidence, Su Zhen also put up some of his own assets as guarantee. Of course, Su Zhen is not arrogant enough to talk about controlling the Federal Reserve. Because that is simply impossible. A behemoth like the Federal Reserve cannot be controlled by one force alone. Today, the Federal Reserve is controlled by twelve federal reserve banks in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas and San Francisco, of which the New York Reserve Bank is one. The biggest controller. In the last century, the New York Reserve Bank was controlled by Citigroup 15%, Chase Manhattan 14% (Rockefeller), Morgan Trust 9%, Hanover Manufacturing 7% (Rothschild), Hanover Bank 8%, collectively controlling 53% of the shares. The remaining shares are held by a number of other families and bankers, including the oldest family in the United States, the Mellon family. In other words, in fact, the largest controllers of the Federal Reserve are still the four families of Morgan, Rockefeller, Rothschild, and Mellon. Especially with the development of the times, the Rockefeller and Morgan families have moved from confrontation to alliance. The biggest proof is that in 2000 The merger of Chase Manhattan and Morgan Trust in 2008 became the current JPMorgan Chase. Among these four established families, it is difficult for Su Zhen to get involved, so Su Zhen¡¯s goal is naturally to focus on Citibank. As for why Not Hanhua Bank? One is because the shares of Hanhua Bank are small, but the origin of Hanhua Bank is not simple. In fact, Hanhua Bank has a great relationship with the Chinese, which will be discussed later. "In fact, my financial analysts have calculated that the possibility of the economic crisis you mentioned is very high, but the specific time cannot be judged. However, based on your past success in the financial market, I choose to believe you. By next year I can mobilize about five billion US dollars in funds before the second half of the year. "The first person to speak was Hamm. In recent years, according to Su Zhen's reminder and his control, Dubai World has begun to purposely reduce various large-scale projects. , although this cannot completely avoid the impact of the economic crisis in Dubai, the losses will definitely be reduced, at least in the absence of an economic crisis, the current situation of DubaiThe cash flow has been temporarily stabilized, so Ham believes in Su Zhen. The five billion US dollars he mentioned are not national assets, but royal assets. You must know that national assets and royal assets are basically the same. Two different things, so even if a country is short of funds, it doesn't mean that the royal family is also short of funds. Don't you see that even if Dubai goes bankrupt in the future, the life of the royal family is still very nourishing? However, these five billion funds accounted for almost one-third of the assets of the Dubai royal family. It can be imagined how huge Ham's support for Su Zhen was. After Ham finished speaking, everyone else nodded. , they have also consulted their own economic analysts, and the result is that an economic crisis is possible, but this is enough. After all, this kind of thing is inherently unpredictable. In fact, this is also a kind of gamble. If the gamble wins, then The benefits brought by it are huge. Although losing the bet will hurt them, they will not completely sink. What's more, Su Zhen also used a lot of his high-quality assets as collateral. In addition, Su Zhen Having yet to lose in financial markets led them to take the gamble. "His Royal Highness William said that he could not convince other royal members, but he convinced his younger brother, His Highness Harry, that the funds they could mobilize were about 200 million pounds, all of which were left to Su You to control. His Highness William said, this is all All his belongings are gone," Bell said. Su Zhen nodded after hearing this. Bell was different from the others sitting here. He is not representing himself, but Prince William. Since the time of the eavesdropping scandal, Bell has become the previous contact between Su Zhen and Prince William. After all, as a member of the British royal family, Prince William lives under the spotlight almost all the time. , so it was very inconvenient to act. Therefore, after the eavesdropping scandal, Bell, who came from a politician family, became the spokesman for Prince William and Su Zhen to maintain a good relationship. Although Prince William's funds are not large, it is indeed very difficult for William, who is only the second heir, to be able to come up with so much. Moreover, the reason why Su Zhen invited Prince William to join was not because Funds, but the influence of the British royal family that they value. Although the UK today is no longer the UK it once was, it is the former sovereign state. The British royal family still has great influence both in the United States and in those member states of the Commonwealth. With William joining, some things will be much simpler. ¡°I convinced my cousin Prince Mansour that our Abu Dhabi consortium can mobilize US$10 billion in funds,¡± Al Fahim said with a smile. Others were not surprised by this. To be honest, everyone sitting here must be very wealthy. There is really no one as good as Abu Dhabi, even if the Su Group and DuPont Consortium are tied together, and Abu Dhabi is so generous. It is related to the political strategy of the upper echelons of Abu Dhabi. Like the Russian Abu, although they are extremely rich, politically the Middle Eastern royal family has always been rejected by the world's mainstream society (Europe and the United States), so as long as there is someone who can improve their international status Opportunities are always given without sparing any effort, so naturally they will not miss this opportunity. "It is estimated that Elena and I can mobilize around five billion US dollars." After several people finished speaking, Carrick also said, but his words made everyone look at him. "Don't look at me like that. After all, we are just one of the members of the family." Carrick said with a smile. In other words, he would only participate in this plan on their behalf. "But you Don¡¯t worry, there will be no shortage of support from family resources.¡± Several other people suddenly realized that Carrick was planning to use family resources to make profits for himself. After all, unlike others, the three branches of the Dupont family stood on a united front externally, but internally, The relationship between the troika is not very harmonious, but if Carrick can make some gains in the upcoming economic crisis, it is very likely that he will surpass the other two and completely control the DuPont family. "That's good. From now on, the funds we can directly mobilize will exceed 20 billion U.S. dollars. If we borrow money from banks, it will not be a problem to raise 40 billion U.S. dollars. No surprise, we can get more profits It will be much higher than this number, and my suggestion for the profit is to acquire a bank and form a joint consortium of our own. I wonder if you are interested?" Su Zhen said to the four people sitting there with a smile. his final plan. "Acquiring a bank?" Others were stunned. They all thought that Su Zhen just wanted to make a fortune by taking advantage of the economic crisis. They didn't expect that Su Zhen would say that he wanted to acquire a bank. But they frowned when they heard this. "Although acquiring banks is a good thing, even if we make a lot of profits from this crisis, it is still beyond our power to acquire big banks, right? And it makes no sense to acquire small banks," Carrick said, DuPont Consortium The reason why it has always been at the bottom among many financial groups in the United States is because it does not have its own bank. This bank is notIt is a small bank with tens of billions of dollars, but a very large bank like JPMorgan Chase that can quickly raise funds for families. The capital of such banks is basically hundreds of billions. It is not possible to acquire such a large bank. It is generally difficult, otherwise the DuPont family would not have been able to successfully control a large bank after working hard for hundreds of years. ¡°Of course it is a large bank, and it is certainly difficult to acquire it under normal circumstances, but what if this bank is hit hard by the economic crisis?¡± Su Zhen said with a smile. "That is feasible, but now the large banks in the United States are basically controlled by major families. If it is not a life-and-death situation, even if it is hit hard, I am afraid they will not sell it." Carrick thought for a while and said But he quickly reflected that there seemed to be one bank that was not completely controlled by our group. "You mean, Citi?" Carrick looked at Su Zhen in surprise and asked. He didn't expect that Su Zhen was so ambitious that he actually had the idea of ????a super behemoth like Citi. (To be continued)