Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 1223 Conspiracy
Early morning, Huaqiang Taikoo Bank, third floor.

The staff had already set up a meeting room. After Liu Jingyan arrived at the bank, she strolled around for a while, then called the female manager of the administration department over and said with a pout, "At least bring some fruit plates and snacks, so people don't think we're stingy. Today is a day to make a lot of money, why are you setting it up so solemnly? Liven up the atmosphere."

The female manager saw that she was in a very good mood, covered her mouth with her hands and chuckled, agreed repeatedly, said goodbye and left, and hurriedly arranged for people to rearrange it to suit the festive atmosphere.

Liu Jingyan returned to the office humming a little tune, asked her secretary to bring her a cup of Blue Mountain coffee, and sat on the single-seat sofa where sunlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows, enjoying the comfort.

The business in Eastern Europe has been going on for a year. She has been investing so much money that she would be terrified even if she thought about it carefully.

In her opinion, his courage and determination are unmatched even in the world's business world.

What a crazy yet genius idea to acquire the currency of the largest country in the world.

With such a huge investment and suffocating risks, the company has to constantly negotiate with all parties, both guarding against and cracking conspiracies and intrigues, as well as constructing and weaving conspiracies and intrigues. Now it is finally the harvest season.

Under Russia's tough attitude based on common interests, Western capital realized that they could not take over Russian companies while owing huge sums of money to the Russian government and the Russian people. They could only take out the securities of Russian companies they had acquired earlier in exchange for ruble cash to repay their debts.

Who in the world has so much ruble cash on hand?

The answer is unique.

For Huaqiang Taikoo Bank, which has sufficient ruble reserves, the ruble is really nothing rare. Some Russian companies are the hot cakes.

Therefore, the new round of negotiations agreed to be held in this building at nine o'clock in the morning can be seen as the enemy delivering money to the door, and the money sent is precious.

How can I not be happy?

At nine o'clock sharp, Li Jiankun stepped into the conference room on time. A smell of gunpowder hit him in the face. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ayan and a group of Western capital representatives glaring at each other.

Li Jiankun thought to himself why am I not surprised?

In any case, Western capital still wants to sell those securities at the highest possible price, although according to Li Jiankun's analysis, it is useless for them to sell those securities for a few more dollars, because when they were competing to absorb the ruble earlier, they offered very high interest rates. The money from the sale of securities is impossible for the Russian side to put into their own pockets, and it is not enough to redeem and repay the debts owed to the Russian people and the Russian government. As for the rest, they probably will not redeem and repay it.

This is probably just a habit.

There is another reason: I don’t want him to be too happy or make too much money.

That's understandable.

Seeing Li Jiankun appear, the Western capital representatives' momentum was restrained a lot. Although they were reluctant to admit it, this was the reality. Even the Russians could see that this group of Western gentlemen were obviously afraid of Mr. Li.

Mr. Li is indeed a ruthless person. If you annoy him, he will just stop talking later.

Citibank's CEO in Eastern Europe, Barnes, spoke as a representative. He looked at Li Jiankun and said carefully, "Mr. Li, when we acquired... no, we should use the word "snatched" to buy those securities, we paid a lot of premium and paid a lot of money. Therefore, it is reasonable for us to strive for a suitable exchange rate..."

Barnes appealed to the emperor's emotions and reason, and said a lot of things.

Everyone's eyes were on Li Jiankun's face. His expression was calm, and he looked neither happy nor angry. This look was familiar to the Western capital representatives. Their intuition told them that this damn logical guy who always made sense would definitely make Barnes speechless if he didn't speak.

"I understand." Li Jiankun said.

Western capital representatives: “?”

Everyone at the scene was stunned, including the Russians. They didn't expect Jack Lee to be so easy to talk to today.

It was the first time that he actually expressed understanding for Western capital.

Li Jiankun glanced at the Western capital representatives and asked, "What? Am I the kind of unreasonable person?"

Seeing that he suddenly became easy to talk to, the representatives of Western capital all put on smiles, but they were all criticizing him in their hearts.

brazen!
"As long as it's reasonable, don't think you can raise the price just because you have a treasure. I can accept it." Li Jiankun glanced at Barnes, then looked at the faces of other Western capital representatives one by one, "But I won't talk to you again. Excuse me, the efficiency is too low and I have wasted a lot of my time. Call your boss over and I will talk to them and try to reach a deal in one go."

The representatives of Western capital look at each other.

Li Jiankun asked: "Why, is this request too much?"

At this time, the Russian leader spoke up: "I think this is a very reasonable request. With Mr. Li's status, you should have talked to your boss. It would be easier for them to come up with results if they discuss it in person. After all, you can't make the final decision on many things."

Barnes groaned and said, "We need to get in touch. Whether it will work or not, I can't promise it now."

Li Jiankun nodded slightly, "I'll give you some time."

The meeting is suspended.

Western capital representatives left the scene one after another and contacted their bosses behind them.

Leaving Su Wa to entertain the Russian personnel, Li Jiankun and Liu Jingyan returned to the office.

Liu Jingyan asked in confusion: "Is this necessary? Even if those old guys agree, it will definitely take some time for everyone to gather together."

"A lot of them are actually in Eastern Europe. There is a base in Ukraine. When I came back from Ukraine, many of them were still there." Li Jiankun lit a cigarette, leaned back on the sofa, and said slowly, "The disintegration of the Soviet Union was a big event. The countries in the former alliance are now beginning to govern themselves. Most of them, like Russia, are transforming into capitalist societies. There are many business opportunities and wealth in it, which are rare and they will not miss it."

Liu Jingyan suddenly realized: "Oh, if that's the case, they should come out for a talk."

"No, they won't," said Li Jiankun.

Liu Jingyan: “?”

She was stunned for a few seconds before asking in surprise, "Why? And since you knew they wouldn't come over to talk, why did you make such a request?"

"Whether they want to talk to me or not is not the point. The point is that they will not come to Russia," Li Jiankun said, blowing smoke rings. "My goal is to gather them together. The base in Ukraine where more of them happen to be currently located is their only choice."

Liu Jingyan obviously still had many questions, but before she could continue speaking, Li Jiankun pointed at the door and signaled her not to ask more questions for the time being. Although the probability of having ears through the walls in one's own territory was very low, it was always better to be cautious.

in the afternoon.

The meeting continues.

As Li Jiankun expected, his proposal was rejected. Before Li Jiankun could do anything, the Russians got angry and started bombarding, which was not the first time anyway.

"What are you doing? It's you who are urging us to talk every day. It's you who are putting pressure on us to close the negotiations. Now Mr. Li is willing to talk, and is willing to talk to your boss, hoping to get things settled in one go, but your boss refuses to talk. It's really..."

The Russians were speechless.

Barnes quickly said, "Don't get me wrong, the bosses didn't say they don't want to talk, but we have many people involved, and Mr. Li is just one person. We hope Mr. Li can take the trouble to come to the place we arrange for the discussion."

Barnes said this, looking at Li Jiankun with anticipation.

Before Li Jiankun could speak, Liu Jingyan raised her eyebrows and said, "No!"

Barnes said coldly: "Ms. Liu, you are not among those we invited, and we did not ask for your opinion."

Li Jiankun stopped Liu Jingyan from retorting, then glanced at a group of Western capital representatives, and finally fixed his gaze on Barnes. He laughed, "It seems that you don't want to talk properly at all."

After saying that, he stood up and left the scene.

Liu Jingyan and Su Wa followed behind.

The Russian leader glanced around the conference room and said unhappily, "I wouldn't agree to this either. If I'm not mistaken, you guys are eager to negotiate with Mr. Li right now. In this situation, you still want him to go to your boss's house?"

Barnes smiled awkwardly and said, "I just explained the reason and also said that I would trouble Mr. Li to come here."

The Russian leader retorted: "Is this the first day you met him?"

Barnes: “…”

The matter was deadlocked for two days. Finally, the Western capital side proposed a compromise plan. Jack Lee would talk to their boss. This point would remain unchanged. However, their boss would not come over, and Jack Lee would not have to go over either. The negotiations would be conducted over the phone.

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An official residence on the outskirts of Moscow.

Li Jiankun came in a low-key manner under the escort of special agents. In a warmly decorated reception room, he met Ye, who also came in secret.

The West has been criticizing that Russia and Jack Lee are in cahoots, and it is even more difficult to let them find any evidence.

Ye is very confused about the recent actions of Western capital and Li Jiankun, and hopes that Li Jiankun can help him clear up some confusion.

"We proposed that Western banks should hand over securities, but to be honest, we didn't expect them to agree so quickly. You know how they work. The fat meat in their mouths is their only gain. And you have to talk to their boss, is it just because you don't want to pass the message through a layer of microphone?"

Li Jiankun answered the question irrelevantly: "When you proposed this suggestion, did you think that it was a double-edged sword?"

"I have considered it. In fact, making this suggestion means a certain degree of falling out. It is you who made me see their true colors. It is also a foolish act to rely on the West." Ye said.

Li Jiankun pondered and said, "But from what you said, I can tell that you haven't made a reasonable analysis of the consequences of this double-edged sword."

Ye retorted: "No, we do. But what can they do? This is our country!"

Li Jiankun smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "What I'm going to say next may not sound good, but I hope you won't get angry and think about it calmly."

"what?"

"In my opinion, the result is not what you just said about what they can do, but what you can do to them. By handing over securities, they will no longer covet your company, and you will lose the bargaining chip to control them."

"I understand what you're saying, but their people are still here, and the company is still here!"

"People? What people? The people you are referring to are, to put it nicely, bankers and well-known businessmen. To put it bluntly, they are just dogs of Western tycoons. Even if they are dogs that bite people, how reluctant do you think they are to part with Western capital crocodiles, compared with billions of wealth? Besides, those people are responsible for the current situation of Western capital's planning. Maybe their masters have long wanted to deal with them. They are not roles that cannot be abandoned. As for the enterprises, you don't know how much US dollars Western capital has invested in the enterprises?"

"The Western tycoons and their family members are here!" Ye frowned.

Li Jiankun asked: "Are those family members corporate legal persons or managers?"

Ye: “…”

Li Jiankun continued, "Even if you know they are the children of those chaebols, you have to have a crime if you want to deal with them. Just like this time, why did Western capital take out securities and bow its head so quickly? One of the important reasons is: as the creditor, you are indeed in the right. Even if you directly deduct the account, they can only stare blankly. At most, you can find a reason to keep those chaebol children here, and the West will definitely find various reasons to get them back. Of course, the current submission of Western capital does not mean that they are really submissive. They will definitely cause trouble next. I believe that after saying this, you should be able to imagine what it will be."

After a brief pause, looking at Ye with a frown on his face, Li Jiankun asked, "Now you understand why I asked those chaebol bosses to come over for a talk."

Ye did understand, looked at Li Jiankun with gratitude, and then smiled bitterly: "But they didn't fall for it."

"They definitely won't fall for it if they've already made up their mind to default on the debt."

Ye: “?”

Li Jiankun seemed to change the subject and asked, "I have some opinions on some things, but I still want to hear your answers in person."

"what?"

"How much influence do you have over Ukraine? If we send people over there to enforce the law, how far can we go?" Seeing Ye's puzzled expression, Li Jiankun added, "The bosses of Western chaebols will gather in Ukraine and negotiate with me over the phone."

Ye's eyes lit up, and he patted his chest and said, "This matter involves the wealth of our country and people. There is no bigger matter than this. Even if the neighbors don't help us, they dare not stop us!"

Li Jiankun smiled knowingly, "That's good. It seems you need to send some special agents over there."

Ye grinned and said, "Do it right away!"

He suddenly became very excited. He thought, leaving behind a group of dogs and a few family members, can't we make you surrender? Then what about the helmsmen of the various chaebols?
Now let’s see if you still dare to owe money and not pay it back!

Deadbeat?

Think beautiful!
Ye was well aware of how big a commotion this move would cause, but he was even more aware that if he couldn't even protect the people's purse strings, his position would be over.

He had no choice.

(End of this chapter)