The Boston Consortium could not last long.
This is not because they have no money, on the contrary, they are very rich and have wealth that is unimaginable to ordinary people. Since the 1950s, the scientific research results of MIT have been used to develop emerging technology industries, and the transformation from light textile industry to electronics, optics, radar, missiles, and even aerospace and other fields has been completed. If the actual wealth controlled is calculated, it is probably ten birr. It is difficult for Gates to be his opponent. After all, Bill Gates is only one person, and more than one of these consortiums is even a family.
For such a huge economic behemoth, banks are not their hematopoietic stem cells, but they are a more important heart! If there is a problem with the heart, the huge financial and industrial systems will face the risk of tight capital chains.
So as soon as the bank run emerged, the Boston Consortium's offensive against the Future Group came to a sudden halt, and there was no next move for a long time. The antitrust investigation did hurt Future Group, but it was nowhere near as painful as the punch they received at the First National Bank of Boston.
The two sides are like boxers standing in the ring. Everyone knows that they cannot knock the other party down with one punch. They can only weigh their own gains and losses and hesitate whether to throw the next punch.
An estate in the suburbs of Boston.
At this moment, the person standing in this house holds one-tenth of the power in the entire United States. The heads of the five major families of Lowell, Lawrence, Adams, Kennedy, and Lodge gathered here, including big capitalists, shareholders of the Federal Reserve, and Democratic congressmen...
They come together for the common good.
"It's so deceptive! I bet they were responsible for the leak of depositors' information!" John Lawrence punched the table and said through gritted teeth.
"I think so too, but we have no evidence and we haven't found any clues over there." Bernie Adams said helplessly.
"How did they do it? The First National Bank of Boston is responsible for the information security. If their hackers can hack into our servers, then there is no reason why they can't hack into the Pentagon." Mr. Lowell also frowned. frowned.
Since Raytheon spent $1.9 billion to acquire the company, the Boston consortium's properties have been protected by the cybersecurity company. Because its business involves the military industry, the consortium's servers receive a lot of attacks every year. But no attack has ever been successful.
"I will alert the Pentagon," Adams said.
"That's enough, my friends. What we should worry about now is not the Pentagon, but the Future Man Group!" Lawrence said with a headache.
"There can be no concessions on the Saudi freshwater project," Joseph Kennedy replied.
"But we need funds for our garment factory in Texas, Raytheon's radar project at the Guam military base, and orders from Bell Helicopter and the Pentagon." Lowell glanced at Joseph, "Although I know that Saudi Arabia The freshwater project is very important to you, but now it seems... If we continue to fight with the Future Man Group, even if we win in the end, the losses suffered by the consortium will be beyond our ability to bear."
"I agree with Mr. Lowell," Bernie Adams nodded.
"I can't accept it." John Lawrence shook his head. "If we compromise with them, where will our face be?"
"Come on, Mr. Lawrence, we are businessmen, only gains and losses in business. If you really can't swallow this breath, we can deal with them later. But for now, we'd better take it slow. At least on the Internet We must upgrade the security aspect!" Rocky, who had been silent, said.
"Then as usual, let's vote by show of hands. For our long-term alliance, no matter what choice we make in the end. Even if it is a choice that I don't want to accept, I will contribute my strength to the alliance. So... those who are in favor of reconciliation , please raise your hand." He finished. Lowell glanced at the four people present and raised his hand.
The vote was three to two.
In favor of reconciliation.
"Who will contact them?" Although the decision made by the consortium was not in line with the interests of his family, John Kennedy had no dissatisfaction on his face.
"I'll go." Rocky looked around at the people present and said, "I am the majority shareholder of the First National Bank of Boston, so it would be more appropriate for me to take the initiative."
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Although the major financial groups that control the U.S. economy usually have a harmonious relationship, there is no such thing as a lack of harmony in the business world. When one party is in trouble, it is normal for all parties to reach out.
Something happened at the Bank of Boston. Citibank and ******** Bank have announced upgrades to their bank security systems to ensure the security of every depositor's personal information. Such an approach undoubtedly adds insult to injury. It is also not advisable for large financial groups to do too much. So, on the third day that network information security became a topic. The Fed took action.
According to the latest news from the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Reserve injected US$100 billion into the Bank of Boston to stabilize depositor confidence. At the same time, Bank of Boston announced that it would upgrade its security system to ensure that such an incident would not happen again and recover some of its losses.
While investors on Wall Street were struggling to digest the two blockbuster news, "Boston Bank depositors' information was leaked" and "Future Technology may withdraw from the United States," Jiang Chen, who was far away in the Western Pacific, seemed much calmer.
Standing next to the launch site, Jiang Chen watched the rocket take off, watching the solid smoke column dissipate, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth.
In this way, there will be twelve quantum communication satellites in outer space.
"Do you still have time to watch the fireworks?" Natasha teased, standing next to Jiang Chen.
"Oh? It seems that even Russia knows about our little conflict with the Boston Consortium." Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"Of course, you are now on the ia's list of key investigations. They believe that you were the one who hacked into the First Bank of Boston, but your true identity is actually an IT engineer who is proficient in computer technology."
"This conjecture is very interesting, but unfortunately, my computer level is only Level 2." Jiang Chen laughed and avoided Natasha's probing, "Let's not talk about it anymore, what do you think of our rocket launch technology?"
Natasha would appear at the rocket launch site of Star Circle Trading, and of course it could not be for personal reasons. Starlink Trading's rocket launch technology has matured. In order to absorb excess launch resources, Jiang Chen set his sights on Russia.
Due to total budget reductions and exchange rate changes, Roscosmos was forced to cut the maintenance costs of the International Space Station by nearly 30 billion rubles (about 75 rubles per US dollar) from 2016 to 2025. Since Russia has high maintenance fees for the space station, the Star Ring Trade can just take care of it.
Not only can they make some extra money and let Star Ring Trade be responsible for its own profits and losses as soon as possible, but they can also accumulate experience in delivering supplies to the space station.
Why wouldn't Jiang Chen do such a good thing
However, Natasha's answer surprised Jiang Chen.
"If you are willing to sell rocket engines, we can talk about it. If you plan to contract this project... my answer may disappoint you." Natasha sighed, spread her hands and said, "We don't This project will be contracted to foreign aerospace companies, there is no need to discuss this matter.” (.)
ps: Sorry, it was already 9:40 when I woke up. I was so scared that I quickly got up to update.