Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

London Stock Exchange. VIP Room 18!

At the same time that Li Yi's investment team was spending money lavishly in the trading hall outside, a completely different scene was taking place in the VIP room, which was the largest and most high-end in the entire stock exchange.

I saw seven or eight impressive government executives and capital tycoons sitting together, apparently chatting.

But their eyes kept looking towards the row of round conference tables next to them, where a dozen business elites in suits and ties gathered, discussing something.

At this moment, the heated discussions among the elites suddenly disappeared, and they seemed to have reached some kind of consensus.

Then, a middle-aged man with a calm expression quickly walked towards the big guys.

"Boss, our analysis has yielded results!"

Hearing this, one of the giants said in a deep voice: "Barkley, tell me your results. Why did Li take a fancy to the stocks of those companies? What is his ultimate goal?"

"Boss, according to our analysis, the reason why Li and his team snapped up the stocks of Bell Group, As Group, and Delin Company is probably because they are optimistic about these companies and plan to increase their holdings at a low price and then cash out at a high price. The purpose is to make money!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a big capitalist questioned, "Barkley, are you sure your analysis is accurate? Those Orientals have set their sights on the stocks of more than 40 companies at once. How can they be sure that the stocks of these companies will rise?"

"Yes, it's easy to operate the stocks of one or two companies, but with so many companies, it's difficult to achieve a simultaneous rise in stock prices even if you want to operate through other means!"

"Barkley, I think you must have a basis for your conclusion. Tell me what you think."

Although questioned by these giants, Buckley, chief economist of the Royal Bank of Scotland, was not panicked at all.

He sorted out his thoughts and then answered, "Gentlemen, the reason why we came to this analysis result is mainly because we found that the companies that Li and his team favored were not randomly selected, but carefully selected by them, because these companies have a common feature!"

"What characteristics?"

"They all support the Conservative Party, or are companies under the Conservative Party. Lee's confidence comes from the lady at 10 Downing Street!" Buckley said shockingly.

After these words were spoken, several giants present were stunned.

These big guys are all smart people. When Barkley talked about the common characteristics of these companies, he immediately understood Li Yi's idea.

Obviously, Li Yi is convinced that the reason why the stock prices of those companies will rise is closely related to the ongoing general election.

All signs indicate that the Oriental is more optimistic about the current Prime Minister, who comes from the Conservative Party, and believes that she can be re-elected.

Western politics has always been inseparable from business. In many cases, the rise and fall of a company is closely related to whether the party it supports can gain power.

Therefore, whether it is the Conservative Party or the Labour Party, they are supported by a large number of financial groups and large companies. These enterprises and companies provide funds to the political parties they support, win over voters, and strive for votes.

Similarly, if the political party they support wins the election, it will naturally formulate guidelines and policies that are beneficial to them.

Therefore, if Margaret can be re-elected in this election, it will be a huge benefit for the Conservative Party she represents and the companies and consortiums that support the Conservative Party, and the share prices of these companies will naturally soar.

Now Li Yi and others are frantically buying stocks while the election results are still unknown and the stock prices of most companies have not risen. After Margaret wins the election, they will surely make a lot of profit.

After figuring out the ideas and goals of Li Yi's team, everyone's attention turned to a gray-haired old man in the field - Jer, senior economic adviser to the Ministry of Finance.

In addition to being a senior adviser to the Ministry of Finance, Jair is also a professor of economics and doctoral supervisor at Cambridge University, and has considerable influence in politics, business and academia.

When Jer saw so many people looking at him, he naturally understood what they were thinking.

After a brief moment of contemplation, he said, "Gentlemen, although I also support the Conservative Party, I also hope that Margaret can win this election and continue to be re-elected."

"But as far as the current election situation is concerned, I personally think that Margaret and the Labour Party have a similar chance of winning, and her advantage is not obvious!" At this time, Major, President of the Royal Bank of England, said immediately: "Professor Jer, Prime Minister Margaret's reputation among the people is still very high, and she has defeated the Labour Party before. With an early election at this time, her chances of re-election are still very high!"

Jer shook his head and said, "Major, you don't understand Margaret's situation. Her first election victory was nothing to brag about. After all, the Conservative Party at that time had never been able to win many votes in reality."

"It was not so much the Conservatives who won the election as the Labour Party's own incompetence that sent Margaret to 10 Downing Street, when Labour supporters either switched to the Liberal candidate or simply abstained from voting, causing the Labour Party to lose the election."

"Now that the Labour Party has learned its lesson and is making a comeback, it will naturally not give Margaret another chance. More importantly, Margaret's personality is too strong and her political views are very radical, which has led to a considerable number of conservatives within the Conservative Party complaining about her. This is also a major test for her re-election."

Jer spoke eloquently, analyzing who would be the winner between the leaders of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party in this election.

According to his analysis, although Margaret has certain advantages, it will not be easy for her to win the election, and the chances of winning between her and the leader of the Labour Party should be fifty-fifty.

After listening to Jer's analysis, Major said, "So, that means Lee is not certain to win, right?"

Jer shook his head and said, "No, the British Empire's economy is currently recovering, and the stock market is about to usher in a new round of prosperity. The stocks acquired by Li's team this time are all from various large companies, and they have huge potential."

"Whether Margaret is re-elected or not, the stocks of these companies will rise, or at least remain the same. From this point of view, their investment action does not have much risk."

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Everyone could see that the Oriental man was determined to fleece the British Empire.

After a long while, Tony Jutte, president of Fuhui Group, said, "So what should we do now? Should we stop that Oriental man?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Jer.

After all, he now represents the Imperial Ministry of Finance and is the true official representative, so his opinion is the most important.

Jer did not express his opinion, but looked directly at Major next to him and said, "Mr. Major, what do you think about this?"

Hearing this question, Major suddenly fell silent.

Blocking Li Yi's team is a very serious matter. If you are not careful, you may get yourself into trouble.

After all, the securities market is an open platform. The only way to prevent Li Yi's team from acquiring the stocks of these companies is to raise funds and compete with them to buy stocks.

But they have learned from previous experience in competing with Li Yi for stocks. If they offer a low price, it will not work. If they offer a high price, that guy will definitely sell all the stocks in his hand to you and cash out at a high price.

Last year, they used this method to defeat six major conglomerates including the Xini Conglomerate, the Nanfei Conglomerate, and the Toyo Company. Now, some of these conglomerates have gone bankrupt, while others have been acquired. It is a miserable situation.

The bloody lesson was right before their eyes, so they dared not provoke that killer!
Thinking of this, Major immediately said, "Since Li and his team came to London for normal investment, we at the Royal Bank of Scotland have no reason to stop him. Please forgive me, Mr. Jer."

As soon as the voice fell, Barclays Bank President Kratt also echoed and said: "I agree with Major's idea. We at Barclays Bank will not take action against Li for the time being!"

"We at Huiyin Group are the same. We will not take any action to stop Li's investment plan for the time being."

Seeing these people's performance, Professor Jer couldn't help but frown.

They all spoke in high-sounding terms, but in fact they were only afraid of Li Yi. That Oriental man had already caused a great psychological trauma to these imperial elites.

Originally, Jer wanted to express his opinion, but after seeing this, he could only sigh deeply and swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Then he apologized to everyone and left the stock exchange in a hurry.

He must report this to the Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister as soon as possible, so as not to be caught off guard by the Oriental man.
(End of this chapter)