giants of the era

Chapter 335 Unimaginable Huge Wealth!
Before I knew it, a few months had passed.

After Wells Fargo received $300 billion in funds from Li Zetian, it started a frenzied acquisition mode. The news that a certain bank was acquired by Wells Fargo came out every now and then, shocking the entire United States.

On Wall Street, many people can't help talking.

**** Bank CEO William Morgan privately sighed: "Wells Fargo's acquisition is simply jaw-dropping! To acquire so many banks in such a short period of time, the financial resources are too strong! It seems that Wells Fargo will not take long. The bank is going to be one of the top [-] banks in America!"

The Rockefeller Zhong family also paid close attention to this matter. Since ancient times, banks have always been the core chain of the industry, and many enterprises are developed or controlled around banks.

In a luxurious sea view villa, Thomas Rockefeller had dinner with his family members. When talking about Li Zetian during the dinner, Thomas Rockefeller couldn’t help but sigh: “I remember when I first met Chronos Li, he was still a A penniless little man has grown into the richest man in the world, and he is even richer than the Rockefeller family!!! Now, my status is far inferior to his..."

After saying this, he raised a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Wells Fargo's acquisition was too crazy, eye-catching, and enviable, so Li Zetian kept a low profile during this time, trying not to provoke those who hated the rich.

It is also worth mentioning that during this period, the Gulf War broke out, and the United States displayed many high-tech weapons, and quickly won the victory with lightning speed.At first, military analysts in many countries believed that the Gulf War would last at least a year.However, it ended in just over 40 days, and the whole world was shocked.The United States has once again demonstrated its great strength to the world and declared its hegemony.

Compared with the strength of the United States, the Soviet Union was much more unlucky.

Not long after the end of the Gulf War, "Georgia" in the Soviet camp declared independence.

The year before, Lithuania declared its independence, and now Georgia has declared its independence, casting a cloud over the entire Soviet Union, and an undercurrent is surging!

The U.S. authorities were naturally happy to hear about it, and even made small moves behind the scenes to encourage more countries to leave the Soviet Union.Of course, this possibility is extremely high. If Li Zetian was the president of the United States, he would definitely do this.

At this time, Dongfang Yuqin and Yu Jingqiu were more confident in Li Zetian's guess that the Soviet Union would disintegrate.

In the hall, Li Zetian smiled and ate grapes, showing indifference to their admiration.Relying on past life memories is no big deal.

Dongfang Yuqin said: "The disintegration of the Soviet Union may be irreversible. According to the news from our people, Georgia's declaration of independence is like lighting a fuse. Now more regimes are preparing to leave the Soviet Union. Mr. Li, before you Fortunately, we sent people to the Soviet Union to make arrangements last year. Once the Soviet Union disintegrates, our gains will be unimaginable, far more than Japanese real estate and stock markets!"

Li Zetian nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, the huge Soviet Union is torn apart. How can a Japanese real estate and stock market bubble be compared? We are earning a country's wealth!!!"

Yu Jingqiu said: "The current situation in the Soviet Union is turbulent, and now I am afraid that more people see opportunities."

"Well, that's right, the United States is behind the scenes, and Europe may also be behind the scenes. They will naturally not let this opportunity go!" Li Zetian said.

Of course, the territory of the Soviet Union is too large, and the two countries have declared independence, but they cannot completely shake the foundation.Many people still can't believe that the Soviet Union, which can stand up to the United States, will collapse in just one year! !I'm afraid even the US government can't believe it!

The reason why Li Zetian is so sure is that he relies on the memory of his previous life.And Dongfang Yuqin and Yu Jingqiu were so sure because they believed in Li Zetian. If someone told them that the Soviet Union would disintegrate within a year, they would definitely think they were joking.

"The Soviet Union's glory is endless, and now it's coming to an end..." Li Zetian sighed secretly in his heart.

Li Zetian traveled through time in 1973, and he really felt the strength of the Soviet Union. Although it could not compare with the United States economically, it was not inferior to the United States in terms of high technology, such as aerospace and military industry.

August 8 is coming, and the situation will change!

After Georgia, Estonia declares independence.

Two days later, Latvia declared its independence.

Two days later, Ukraine declared independence.

A day later, Belarus declared its independence.

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By December 1991, 12, almost all the republics declared independence, including Russia, the Soviet Union completely existed in name only, shocking the world!
On December 12, Gorbachev announced his resignation, and the Soviet Union officially disintegrated!

In the past four months, almost all major news in the world revolved around the Soviet Union.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union has affected the whole world, including politics, economy, military, etc. At present, no country can compete with the United States!
With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the crazy depreciation of the ruble, Li Zetian may become the second biggest winner besides the US government.He borrowed a huge amount of rubles from various financial institutions in the Soviet Union through various means.Some of the money was used to buy local mining companies and then merge the companies.The Soviet government encouraged bank loans, and it also gave special support to the loans required for corporate mergers. For example, merging a company required 20 billion rubles, and the Soviet bank could lend you 10 billion rubles.

In addition, Li Zetian bought a large number of banks in the Soviet Union, absorbed Soviet depositors, obtained a large amount of rubles, and then lent these rubles to himself.This method is more crazy and more profitable than borrowing from other banks.It may only cost a few hundred million rubles to acquire a bank, but the bank's stored funds may be tens of billions of rubles, or even more.The money belonged to the Soviet people, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the money would depreciate anyway, so it would be better to make it cheaper for Li Zetian.As for the final bankruptcy of these banks, let them go bankrupt. Li Zetian made dozens of times more money than he made buying the banks.

In addition, Li Zetian also crazily shorted the ruble, and also used leverage ranging from 10 times to 20 times.

Throughout the process, Li Zetian himself invested less than $50 billion.The benefits are unimaginable!How much there will be in the end, it is impossible to calculate now!
This time, Li Zetian was determined to engage in the Soviet Union, thinking that if he did not engage in it, others would.The people Li Zetian sent found that European and American capitalists were also doing similar things to him in the Soviet Union, but they were not as crazy and determined as him.But they couldn't hold back the large number of them. If Li Zetian was compared to a flat boat, they would be an aircraft carrier.

(End of this chapter)