Simon finally told George Norman a few words about the Westeros effect public relations that he had recently cooperated with Pat Kingsley, and then sent him away.
Waiting for Norman to go out, Simon read the documents in his hand, pressed the intercom, and told Girl A: "Help me pick up Soros, the White House, and Bob Rubin... Forget it, let Jim Take the time to chat with him.”
Girl A agreed, and a moment later, Soros' call came in.
As soon as he said hello, the old man started teasing Simon about his disaster star attributes. It can be felt that Soros is obviously very happy, which is also understandable. Simon, the disaster star, has brought three kills of stocks, bonds and foreign exchange to Asia. Even if it avoids Hong Kong, the main battlefield, Quantum Fund's short positions in other countries and regions will definitely gain a lot.
Simon pulled out the roster of Korean chess pieces from the file at his feet. While selecting, he chatted and laughed with Soros, and quickly got to the point: "The plan has changed. George, I will discuss it with you in Hong Kong. Next, I will Standing in the C position... Yes, the reputation of the disaster star is not good at all. I can only tell them that Simon Westeros can be both the disaster star and the savior... There is no good solution in a short time. I can only do it simply and crudely. I spent a sum of money to buy Hong Kong stocks... Mainland China will also publicly increase its investment, but our cooperation remains unchanged. By the way, you should receive a new idea about investing in that expressway. You have the materials... Believe me, George, ten years is enough. You should be able to find that this happens to be a small economic cycle... Of course, the same is true for China. In the context of globalization, not even Africa can escape, let alone China... For the time being, I will contact you if anything happens."
After hanging up Soros's call, just a moment later, the White House connection was connected again.
Simon picked up the phone again: "Sorry, Bill, I hope I didn't disturb your and Hilary's dinner time... Oh, you are still in the office. What a coincidence, we are both busy people... That's it, about South Korea, and you Say hello... Bill, of course I understand the strategic significance of South Korea to the Federation... Well, I do not deny that I participated in short selling South Korea, but I do not mean to destroy this country... Of course, I promise, otherwise I will not give You make this call... The problem is time, it's still a little early, the IMF should wait... I know you and Kim Young-sam have reached a tacit agreement, the credibility of the federation must be maintained, I mean, just let the Koreans regret it... Continue I will make arrangements when I come down... Don't worry, Bill, I will take care of it. Even if the IMF is too late at the critical moment, I will take action... Well, I promise... Goodbye."
Hanging up again, Simon called to Girl A again and handed the two names he had just written based on the chess piece list to the female assistant, as well as the preliminary negotiation results document between Seoul and Washington: "Inform these two people to operate separately, and the core The theme is to tell the Korean people that their president is selling out their country and incite them to boycott."
Girl A nodded and took it, looking at the name on the note, Guan Siyuan, Quan Zhengting.
The general information of the two chess pieces quickly came to mind.
Sewan Siwon, 32 years old, is a second-generation Korean American. His father is American and his mother is Korean. He previously worked in the media and public relations department of Verizon. He was selected because of his ancestry and outstanding ability. .
Kwon Jung-jung, 39 years old, a native of South Korea, a director of the Kia Motors marketing department of Kia Group, the seventh largest chaebol in South Korea, which went bankrupt in July, and the father of four children, two of whom are studying in the United States. After losing his job two months ago Secretly recruited by the Westeros system.
You can tell just by looking at the conditions of two people that their loyalty is guaranteed.
Nodding, Girl A turned around and went out without saying anything else.
I came to my office outside, dialed the two of them personally, and started discussing the specific arrangements.
Simon's words were very brief, but they did not hinder Girl A's understanding. His boss wanted these two pawns who were good at dealing with the media to release the news that the South Korean president was about to ask for help from the IMF at the cost of giving up South Korea's economic sovereignty, stimulating and The general Korean public, who do not know the country's specific economic situation, resisted this.
As for the purpose, it is simpler than delaying South Korea's acceptance of IMF bailout.
Given the precarious economic status of South Korea, every day of delay will reduce the bargaining chips that can be used in negotiations. When the situation reaches the edge of the cliff, it will have to accept more stringent aid conditions.
At that time, the Westeros system will be easier to operate.
After separately explaining to the two chess players who were strangers to each other, the second assistant sent another note from the boss, asking them to compile the contact information of the person in charge of the main creditor of South Korea's foreign debt. Girl A glanced at the note. , made a note in his memo, and asked the assistant to execute it.
It's also easy to understand.
The main crisis in South Korea at this stage is not currency depreciation, but foreign debt, especially large-scale short-term foreign debt. If it is unable to repay in the next few months, South Korea's credit will go bankrupt, which means the bankruptcy of the entire country.
My boss is just in case.
At the critical moment, others may not be able to make phone calls if they have the contact information of these people, but with the influence of the Westeros system, they can still make it possible for major creditors to postpone debt collection from South Korea.
Asia time is already the morning of October 17th.
The news of the Dow Jones circuit breaker level plunge in North America the day before came. After the Asian markets opened today, the stock and bond exchange rates continued to decline. The only thing that can make people feel comforted is that today is already Friday. At least, for the coming weekend, everyone will not have to No longer so frightened.
Seoul, Korea.
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In an ordinary-looking five-story gray office building in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, where corporate giants from Korea and abroad gather, a middle-aged man who was only 39 years old and had a square face with gray hair and gray hair hung up the call from North America and immediately shouted He went outside to personally give his wife, who was his secretary, a meeting with everyone.
The middle-aged man is Quan Zhengting.
As a mid-level executive at Kia Motors, a subsidiary of Kia Group, which once ranked seventh in South Korea, Kwon Jung-ting has experienced ups and downs in his life in recent months.
Three months ago, the Asian financial crisis broke out. The Kia Group, which had been entangled in the quagmire for more than a year, could not continue to support itself and collapsed. Kia Motors, which had the second largest domestic market share after Hyundai in South Korea, declared bankruptcy first, and it quickly affected the Kia Group. all other businesses.
At first, everyone did not despair, thinking that Cheong Wa Dae would come to the rescue. Moreover, both Hyundai and Daewoo, South Korea's two other major automobile giants, and even Samsung, which has been interested in entering the automobile industry in recent years, were interested in taking over Kia, and even fought openly and secretly for this. It is conceivable that , no matter who wins, Kia can actually continue.
At that time, everyone at Kia, including Quan Zhengting, worked hard to save the company.
Unfortunately, it was all in vain.
Because the other three major chaebols were competing for Kia, Cheong Wa Dae was reluctant to come forward. After all, no matter which one gave Kia to, it would offend the other two. Therefore, Kia lost its last chance of survival, completely collapsed, and entered the liquidation process.
Then came the creditor takeover and unprecedented layoffs.
South Korea follows a life-long labor system similar to Japan. Before this, Kwon Jung-ting, who had worked for Kia with his wife for more than ten years and raised four children, never thought that one day he would be unemployed. Even if the couple Not at the top, but still in the management, living a very comfortable life. For the education of future generations, he even sent his four children, a son and a daughter, to attend high school in the United States.
When Quan Zhengting and his wife lost their jobs, it happened to be the time when their son and daughter in the United States were about to pay tuition fees totaling US$80,000, plus living expenses, and two children in China who also attended elementary and junior high schools in expensive private schools. Just this part of the expenditure caused Quan Zhengting to have a lot of gray hair in just a few days.
The family's savings are only enough for the following living expenses.
The two cars owned by the couple are not worth much if they are sold.
The last possession is a 260-square-meter high-rise mansion in Sinsa-dong overlooking the Han River. This is the most proud asset of the couple over the years. A year ago, it was worth as much as 650 million won. At that time, the exchange rate was more than $800,000. Now, due to the economic crisis, not to mention that the price of that house has dropped by 30%, still in local currency, and even if they are willing to sell, no one will take it in the short term unless the price is lowered.
During that time, more than once, Quan Zhengting looked at the nearby Banpo Bridge on the Han River from the floor-to-ceiling window at home, and wanted to drive over and slam the accelerator down.
No more worries.
Just when the couple made the decision to take their children back to the United States, sell the house, and the wife took the children back to her hometown in Daegu, leaving Quan Zhengting alone to try to find a job here, things took a turn for the worse.
Someone actually came to Quan Zhengting and offered him a new job.
Let him set up a separate consulting company to investigate and collect certain information about Kia and other consortiums.
Quan Zhengting has been in the workplace for so many years and has seen a lot. He quickly realized that something was wrong. What the other party asked him to do was, to put it bluntly, commercial espionage.
However, thinking about the government's inaction during the collapse of Asia and the intrigues of chaebols such as Hyundai and Samsung at the expense of the jobs of more than 100,000 people for their own interests, Quan Zhengting quickly passed certain psychological thresholds. After all, what else does he have now? What can be lost
What's more, the other party directly offered him an annual salary of 100 million won, which was more than 30% higher than when he was at Kia.
This is what he needs most.
Therefore, in order to keep this job, for the sake of his family, and even for the sake of the pent-up hatred in his heart, Quan Zhengting worked diligently for several months, working from dawn to dusk, and even resorted to unscrupulous means to dig up a large amount of information and submit it.