Dume Point Estate.
It was a sunny morning after breakfast on Sunday. The Shell Villa had a glass curtain wall with a stunning sea view. Simon and Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston were sitting on the sofa beside the curtain wall. The two elders My uncle is passing around Jin Yongsan’s handwritten letter.
Anthony Johnston read the handwritten letter written in English in his hand, handed it to his brother beside him, took a sip of the coffee in front of him, crossed his legs and leaned on the sofa comfortably, and said: "Simon, Korea is so small, and It’s very xenophobic, I don’t understand why you are interested in this country?”
Simon also crossed his legs and leaned on the sofa, holding a coffee cup with a relaxed posture. Hearing this, he said: "Because the timing is perfect in all aspects."
Anthony was also paying close attention to the Asian financial crisis. Of course he knew it. After thinking about it, he said, "But I think that no matter what you are interested in in South Korea, we can actually do it ourselves."
Simon shook his head: "Tony, there is an old saying in China. The general idea is that the superior people use others, the middle people use intelligence, and the lowest people use physical strength. If we have to do everything by ourselves, we will only limit ourselves to using our own people. The average person category of intelligence.”
Anthony smiled and said: "Simon, I understand what you mean. However, what I mean is that we do it ourselves, which does not mean that we have to use our own brains to do it."
Simon thought for a moment and also smiled: "Then, Tony, maybe we should put ourselves on another level, a higher structure that directly uses superior people instead of middle-class people to expand for us."
"I think Simon is right," Anthony hadn't replied this time. Norman Johnston, who had quickly read through Jin Yongsan's autographed letter, had already added a sentence with a smile, and looked at his brother-in-law or brother-in-law again. My cousin asked: "Simon, what are your specific arrangements for South Korea?"
Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston brought their family to North America this time, nominally to visit their sister's family. In fact, they mostly discussed Simon's plans for the future battery industry in person, including lithium, nickel, cobalt, etc. The Johnston family is responsible for the layout of mineral resources.
All day yesterday, the three brothers had been discussing relevant details and had initially finalized many things.
Today is a day off.
However, taking advantage of Kim Young-sam's personal letter, I also want to talk about the next step in targeting this important chess piece in South Korea.
Simon listened to Norman's question and said: "In South Korea, I am more interested in semiconductors and LCD screens. I won't talk to you more about this part. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I hope Australia can help us eat South Korea." The shipbuilding industry, in addition to the construction and machinery parts, Australia can participate appropriately. Well, I will ask A to compile a piece of information for you later."
The two brothers nodded together. Norman Johnston, who had been in charge of Asian affairs, thought for a moment and said, "Simon, I know you have always been very optimistic about China. It may develop into the world's largest producer and consumer country, which will then drive the development of the global economy and the explosion of material transportation volume. In this case, there is no problem for us to bet on the shipbuilding industry. However, Simon, have you ever considered it? What if we make a mistake in judgment?”
The younger brother asked, and Anthony also looked over.
This is probably the common concern of both of them.
Especially in Australia, many of Johnston Holdings' layouts in recent years, including the steel industry, and even the large investment in China's coal field some time ago, as well as the Korean shipbuilding mentioned at this time, are all based on the same foundation. The premise is the rapid rise of China's economy in the next few years.
But what if it’s wrong
If these things judged at this time do not happen, the entire Westeros system may not be damaged, but Johnston Holdings will suffer a big setback.
This situation is roughly like a down jacket company judging that the coming winter will be very cold based on various information, so it increases production and strives to stock up before winter comes, hoping to make a fortune in the cold months, but unexpectedly ushered in A super warm winter with very few temperatures below freezing.
In the face of similar changes, bankruptcy is not impossible.
Simon also knew that the considerations of the two uncles were not unreasonable. He thought about it for a while and said: "Tony, Norman, I can only say that we are now in a very advantageous situation. We can actively manipulate the chess players that affect the direction of the world economy." position, rather than those small and medium-sized capitals that can only passively adapt to the economic cycle. Under such a favorable situation, we should have the courage to make enough arrangements. If we fail again, it can only be said that we are very unlucky."
The two of them nodded when they heard this.
Influenced by the character of their grandfather and father, both brothers are ambitious and will not be satisfied with the status quo of the Johnston family. Now, this brother who is actually a family member has created such a superior situation for everyone, and the two of them have no reason to back down.
If you don't even have this sense of adventure, there's nothing you can do.
Thinking of this, the brothers couldn't help but have the same idea as their father. It would be great if this younger brother could return to the family and change his surname to Johnston. In this way, the Johnston family will suddenly become one of the most powerful families on the planet.
It's a pity that it's useless to think too much.
Norman Johnston quickly asked: "Simon, you said that China's entry into the WTO will be a turning point in the country's economic rise. In this case, should we take the initiative to accelerate this matter? "
Simon nodded, then shook his head: "We will ensure that this happens, but there is no need to push it forward deliberately."
Norman Johnston didn't understand for a moment.
Anthony smiled and explained to his brother: "China will join the WTO later, so we will have more time to plan."
Norman suddenly understood, then smiled and said: "Speaking of which, Simon, my father really appreciates your operation of using Hong Kong to harvest international speculators, and thinks this is what the Johnston boys should do. However, my father also He was a little dissatisfied with your last mercy, he felt it was completely unnecessary, what do you think?"
What Norman was talking about was the trend of the Hang Seng Index on Friday, local time.
According to the capabilities of the Westeros System, Quantum Fund and other capital on Wall Street, when other international speculators have basically exhausted their bargaining chips, if they exerted their strength without reservation on that day, they could directly raise the Hang Seng Index to 12,000 points or even 13,000 points. It's not impossible.
If we really create a super extreme market with a single-day increase of more than 20%, the result of short positions is probably equivalent to Simon's memory of a domestic bank being cheated out of 30 billion in crude oil futures overnight, and at that time The international speculators only tricked one of them. This time on Friday, if they really tried their best, a whole bunch of them would be tricked.
It's not enough to describe how sad people are everywhere.
Moreover, in that case, except for some top financial institutions with rich wealth such as Deutsche Bank, many other small and medium-sized short-selling capitals could not afford to lose money at all, so the Hong Kong authorities had to foot the bill.
Simon shook his head with a smile and said to his two brothers: "You can't do that, otherwise many institutions will really rebound."
If you cheat a whole family, you can only admit that you are unlucky.
He has tricked a group of people, and he is still trying to trick them into death without leaving any room. Others will have no way to survive, and it will be impossible if they don’t rebound.
Simon explained this, and Norman suddenly understood.
Anthony nodded slightly in agreement and looked at his brother again: "That's why my father said that Simon is more ambitious than you, but at the same time he also knows more about propriety."
Norman Johnston was helpless.
He couldn't remind him that he just said that his old man was not satisfied with Simon's mercy.
However, who is the younger brother in the family who stands out the most? As for the old man, no matter what he says, everything Simon does is right.
Just like the chaos in someone's private life, if Simon was just a poor boy who just met his sister ten years ago, and dared to act like this, it would be strange if his old man didn't kill this boy with a gun.
Now, because in the old man's mind, this is more of his nephew, a very, very promising kind, or to be more accurate, this is Simon Johnston. Therefore, it is understandable that young people should be overly sexual with women, not to mention that the eldest son and second son are all pure members of his own family, and the other little ones will not be able to take away much from them in the future.
With this in mind, Norman Johnston pointed to the handwritten letter he had just placed on the coffee table after reading it: "Simon, how are you going to respond to this letter? Will you provide assistance to South Korea?"
Simon shook his head: "No, what I am currently pushing is for South Korea to first open up foreign shareholding restrictions on enterprises. In addition, there is no need to rush on your side. For South Korea's shipbuilding, machinery and other enterprises, we will slowly take over them in the next few years. The timing better."
Norman roughly understood that this was Simon's judgment on South Korea's economic trends, but he was still curious and hoped to get a more specific reason: "Why?"
"South Korea is currently suffering only from the financial system. The impact of this crisis on the real industry will only become apparent in the next two years." Simon explained: "In addition, for example, South Korea's two largest consortiums, Hyundai and Daewoo, They all focus on heavy industry. Because they are too large, they are enterprises that South Korea focuses on supporting. If we do not let them fall into a desperate enough crisis, if we want to take over, it will not only be resistance from these chaebols who think they are not in desperate situation, but also It’s also not easy for the Korean government to pass.”
"Actually, I think..." Anthony added at this time: "Simon, your intervention in Hong Kong this time may have accidentally stopped the spread of the Asian financial crisis. In this case, the current problems in South Korea may not be too serious. Degree."
Simon said confidently: "We are chess players, Tony. As long as we don't want the chess game to end, they must continue."
Norman said: "In this case, Simon, your different attitudes towards different countries in Asia will be revealed, such as South Korea, and they may feel your hostility."
Simon just smiled: "Norman, my attitude towards Asian countries is different. For China, we are collaborators, because China is too big to be eaten. For South Korea, we are conquerors, conquerors There is no need to think too much about the feelings of the conquered, because no conquered person wants to be conquered."
Norman once again felt the ambition in his younger brother's seemingly relaxed words, but he still said: "Simon, South Korea's national character is extremely fierce. If we do this, we may become the target of boycotts by the Korean people."
"This goes back to the issue we just discussed," Simon said: "I just said that we need to use superior people to be a higher-level superior. For South Korea, our strategy is like this, we don't We will stand directly in front of the stage. On the surface, South Korea's economy will still be controlled by those chaebols. All we have to do is control those chaebols. At that time, the Korean people will only know that it is the chaebols that are controlling them and oppressing them. In addition, , and the incompetence of the government caused them to be oppressed by the chaebol. In order to comply with public opinion, the Korean government had to frequently confront the chaebol and was unable to care about others. This formed a contradictory relationship between the chaebol, the government and the people, which were intertwined with each other. We are playing games with each other, and everything has nothing to do with us. We only need to watch and reap the benefits that belong to us at the right time."
When Anthony and the two heard this, they were both thoughtful.
After a moment, Anthony said: "I think Simon and the entire Westeros system can use this method."
The Westeros system is now in the trillions and is basically an independent economy second only to the United States and Japan. If the goal is too big, it will inevitably become the target of conflicts among various countries and forces. If you want to avoid becoming a target or even being shot into a sieve, it is necessary to proactively adopt a conflict transfer strategy to avoid being targeted.
"I have already started to do this, not just in North America, but also globally," Simon nodded and said: "One of the goals I want to achieve is to build the Westeros system into a system that is above all countries and controls the entire world. A separate economy in the world economy, be the ultimate chess player. We do not take any position, so no one, and no one is allowed to shift the contradiction to us. Speaking of it, this is actually like the global expansion of Britain and the caste in India. system, the massacre in Rwanda three years ago was fundamentally the result of the British Empire's strategy of deliberately localizing divisions and creating internal conflicts in the region to avoid being targeted. The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets ultimately only occupied part of this world, and we will use the entire planet as our chessboard in the future.”
Norman Johnston nodded subconsciously and said with a smile: "Simon, I think we should sit together and chat more often in the future. It can bring a lot of insights."
Simon smiled and said, "Actually, talking to Lei more often will have the same effect."
Norman shook his head and said: "It's different. My father prefers to teach us how to do it directly, and doesn't like to explain the principles. In fact, he probably doesn't understand the principles. It's just the instinct of a businessman family."
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