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After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and social unrest, Li Zetian took the opportunity to dig a lot of scientists and technical talents. Today, these talents exceed tens of thousands, including aerospace, arms, steel, biotechnology, etc.
Naturally, European and American countries have also poached the corners of Soviet talents, and they are no less than Li Zetian.
After Li Zetian placed these talents properly, he made time to prepare for some things.
Outside the house, the moon was bright and the stars were thin, and Li Zetian's study was brightly lit.
"By digging so many talents from the Soviet Union and recruiting some talents from all over the world, I can build a powerful aerospace company, steel company, and arms company..." Li Zetian muttered.
Beside Li Zetian, Dongfang Yuqin was sorting out information.
"Yuqin, it's almost time, get ready to close the net!" Li Zetian pondered.
"Yeah." Dongfang Yuqin nodded, expressing that she understands that the Soviet wealth can be cashed out!
Next, Dongfang Yuqin kept calling and giving orders one after another...
The huge wealth of the Soviet Union cannot be cashed out overnight, and it is inevitable that it will take a long time.
Li Zetian roughly estimated the benefits obtained from the disintegration of the Soviet Union this time. From 1990 to 1992, after two years of operation and research, the profit was about 1.4 trillion US dollars! There are three main sources of these incomes: one is to lend to Soviet banks or other financial institutions; the other is to buy banks by themselves, to absorb the funds of depositors, and then lend them to themselves, emptying bank deposits; the third is to short the ruble.
Among them, the second aspect alone has earned more than 700 billion US dollars. Under Li Zetian's secret operation, he invested 5 billion US dollars, first acquired dozens of small banks, and then let these banks madly merge other banks. The original assets of a bank with only a few hundred million rubles turned into a few months. Banks with assets of tens or hundreds of billions of rubles. Then Li Zetian let some banks merge, and then go to merge larger banks, Li Zetian does not need 100% control, as long as he has absolute control of these banks. Soon, the bank in his hand has several trillion rubles, and it is naturally easy to make seven or eight hundred billion dollars from it.
In 1990, the exchange rate of the ruble to the dollar was almost 1:1, and now it has become 1000:1.
Li Zetian borrowed rubles from the bank, and of course returned rubles. In other words, Li Zetian borrowed 1 trillion rubles at the beginning, but now he can exchange 10,000 rubles for only 1 billion US dollars and return it to the bank. As for the loan interest, it is almost negligible.
I have to say that the national disaster is really too scary! ! !
A huge country is gone, and the wealth accumulated over the decades is gone.
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In a blink of an eye, it's the end of the year.
After more than 8 months of cashing out, Li Zetian has cashed out 1.4 trillion US dollars from the Soviet Union, and only a very small part of the funds have not been cashed out.
At the beginning, seeing the funds in the Umbrella Company's account skyrocketing, Li Zetian was so excited that he couldn't sleep. Later, he gradually got used to it, and even became numb. Today, the total amount of funds in the accounts of the umbrella companies is a staggering $1.5 trillion, which is unbelievable!
Li Zetian also knows that the disintegration of the Soviet Union is a rare event in a thousand years. The Southeast Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the global financial crisis in 2008 are nothing compared to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The ruble has depreciated more than 1,000 times, what an exaggeration! ! !
Even Li Zetian himself can't imagine how rich a person is!
With a cash reserve of 1.5 trillion US dollars, no other country can match it!
In addition, there are a large number of companies under Li Zetian's name, and their value is immeasurable! !
Li Zetian's current achievements are unprecedented, even unprecedented!
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By December, the pound crisis was about to break out, and Li Zetian almost looked down on this bit of mosquito meat now.
In the living room, Li Zetian was meeting with George Soros, the founder of the Quantum Fund.
He said to Li Zetian excitedly: "Mr. Li, after the reunification of Germany, the mark has become more and more important and has become the currency of circulation in Europe. Coupled with other reasons, the pound may face this depreciation crisis."
Li Zetian was naturally aware of this, and smiled: "So, you plan to short the pound."
"Yes, Mr. Li!" George Soros nodded heavily.
"Are you confident?" Li Zetian asked in a flat tone.
George Soros only hesitated for a second, then responded: "I am confident! I have studied the sterling and the European currency situation for a long time, and the pound will only depreciate in eight or nine!"
"Then go for it!" Li Zetian took a sip of red wine and said with a smile, "I express my support."
After George Soros got Li Zetian's support, a flash of excitement flashed on his face. However, there was a hint of hesitation on his face, and he couldn't help asking: "Mr. Li, do you believe me so much that you don't study the pound carefully?"
Although George Soros believes in his own judgment, he is not 100% sure. As a legend in the investment world, George Soros would like to hear Li Zetian's analysis. He came this time to prepare to talk to Li Zetian about the pound in detail. Unexpectedly, Li Zetian agreed with him to short the pound without asking anything.
Li Zetian shook the red wine glass and smiled without saying a word.
At this time, Dongfang Yuqin, who was beside him, took out a document and handed it to Soros. Soros took the document and looked puzzled.
"Open it and take a look." Li Zetian said with a faint smile.
"OK."
When George Soros opened the document, the headline on the first page was "The Sterling Crisis". Soros looked shocked and continued to look down. The more he looked, the more exciting and excited his face became.
"Mr. Li, we almost coincide!!!" Soros closed the document, looked at Li Zetian in surprise, and couldn't help but said, "No, it should be said that you look farther and analyze more thoroughly."
George Soros is a very smart and proud man. He thinks that he is the only one who discovered the sterling crisis in advance this time. He is a genius in the investment world. However, he didn't expect that someone was more powerful than him. At this time, his pride was dimmed in front of Li Zetian, and he had to express his admiration in his heart.
And Li Zetian still looked calm, smiling slowly: "Mr. Soros, this time is an opportunity for the Quantum Fund to become famous in the world, you must seize it!"
"Mr. Li, don't worry, soon, everyone in the industry will know about the Quantum Fund!"
"Well..." Li Zetian showed a strange smile.
This time the Quantum Fund engages in the United Kingdom, and it can get behind the scenes itself. The pound crisis will inevitably lead to a severe impact on the British economy, and countless companies will face bankruptcy. At that time, it was the perfect time to enter the UK market.
After chatting for more than an hour, Li Zetian sent Soros away.
When Soros left, his face was full of smiles and confidence. He looked at the sky and murmured, "It's time for Soros to become famous!!!"
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In the hall, Li Zetian was sitting on the sofa, peeling the peel and saying, "Yuqin, let our people support Soros's actions behind the back! The British government will inevitably intervene when the pound crisis breaks out."
After a pause, Li Zetian laughed and said, "This time, I... want to defeat the British government!"
Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help laughing when he heard this. In terms of US dollar capital reserves, the British government did not even have a fraction of Li Zetian's. It would not be difficult at all to defeat the British government.
"The UK is really going to be miserable this time!" Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help sighing. She had studied at Cambridge University before and had some feelings for the UK.
"Hehe, we are not specifically going to engage in the UK, but just follow the trend. If there is nothing wrong with it, would I dare to do it?" Li Zetian said.
"Well, that's what I said." Dongfang Yuqin nodded.
Li Zetian smiled and said, "Next, let's watch Soros. Such a big show must be very exciting. By the way, you need to collect some information on well-known British companies so that we can acquire them."
Dongfang Yuqin smiled and nodded: "Haha, I understand!"
Among European countries, Li Zetian's main industries are in Germany, including Carl Zeiss, Trumpf, Bayer, BASF, and SAP. In the Netherlands, there is a lithography machine giant ASML. Of course, other companies under Li Zetian's name, such as Apple, Microsoft, Mango Computer, Galaxy Network, Sun Microsystems, etc., have established branches in various European countries. On the one hand, they attract local talents and on the other hand promote the company's products.
As one of the very important countries in Europe, the UK has a developed economy and huge influence. Li Zetian naturally extended his tentacles to the UK.
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Every December, Li Zetian is very busy and needs to read a lot of materials.
The chain Internet cafe project that Li Zetian paid more attention to has already achieved initial results. A total of more than 200 Internet cafes have been opened in first- and second-tier cities in mainland China. Among them, more than 80% of the Internet cafes belong to the chain Internet cafes under the name of Li Zetian. At this time, the network cost is very expensive, and only a few people have access to the Internet. Therefore, after the Internet cafe was built, the business was very hot due to the large number of monks and few meat, and the supply was in short supply. AOL's chat rooms, Netscape browsers, Yahoo websites, etc. surprise Chinese netizens. When they came into contact with the Internet for the first time, it was like a grandmother entering the Grand View Garden, which was an eye-opener.
In addition, many computer games have also attracted many netizens. However, "Counter-Strike", which is popular all over the world, is still under development, otherwise, the Internet cafes will definitely be crowded.
Games are the key to the popularity of Internet cafes.
Li Zetian has a game such as "Counter-Strike", which is a treasure of the town, naturally, it will not slow down the development speed of the chain Internet cafes, but instead ordered it to develop at a faster speed.
In order to ensure that "Counter-Strike" is as similar as possible to his previous life, Li Zetian will often participate in the development of game engines and "Counter-Strike".
Li Zetian brought a lot of advanced programming techniques and algorithms, which once shocked those new game developers. They thought that Li Zetian was just the boss, but they didn't expect that he was the most talented programmer! Over the years, Li Zetian has changed from a tech god to a boss, and people have gradually forgotten his programming skills. Back then, Apple-l computers and operating systems were written by him!
In fact, Li Zetian has never abandoned his programming talent, and often participates in the development of various projects. In addition, he is still writing the JAVA language on his own. Many Internet software and websites are more advantageous to be written in JAVA language.
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In the Retensen system, the US dollar is the only core currency. All other national currencies are pegged to the US dollar, and the US dollar is only linked to gold, which can only be issued by God.
However, in the 1980s and 1990s, the US economy declined and the Bretton Woods system was unstable. European currencies have been contradictory, and the British and Italian economies have been sluggish, with slow growth and rising unemployment. However, the rise of the Deutsche Mark has caused great problems for European travel currencies. Excessive German interest rates have caused a wave of selling pounds and lira in the foreign exchange market and snapping up marks, causing the exchange rate of the lira and the pound to plummet.
In recent days, many British media suddenly spread a lot of news that is not conducive to the pound.
Some people spent huge sums of money shorting the pound, causing the pound to depreciate and shocking British investors.
"What's the matter? Who is shorting the pound?!"
"Oh my gosh, over £500m short at a time!"
"Is the pound going to depreciate?"
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Investors are panicking.
Immediately afterwards, there were suddenly several hundreds of millions of large orders to short the pound.
This time, people were more panicked.
"Oh my god, someone is shorting the pound!"
"It's over, the pound is really going to depreciate!"
There was already a sterling crisis, and now people are panicking, the stock market has plummeted, and the pound has further depreciated.
Li Zetian knew that the Quantum Fund had already started.
"Yuqin, start assisting Soros and strike the pound!"
"OK."
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The UK foreign exchange market was turbulent, and there was a large sell-off of the pound. In addition to Soros' Quantum Fund, many international capitals have joined it, including, of course, financial investment institutions secretly sent by Li Zetian.
At this time, the British government held a press conference, announcing that the central bank would spend 10 billion pounds to save the foreign exchange market.
And eggs.
The huge international capital easily defeated the Bank of England, and the pound continued to plummet.
The name of Soros and the Quantum Fund shocked Britain.
"Damn it, Soros is the main culprit in the devaluation of the pound. Without him taking the lead, how could the pound depreciate!"
"God damn Soros and the Quantum Fund, damn it!"
"If Soros dares to come to England, I will kill him!"
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The British government also hates Soros to the extreme. The pound is not stable in the first place. His actions are like an avalanche, and the pound is completely destroyed. What makes the British government even more angry is that Soros frequently appeared in front of the media and arrogantly promoted the devaluation of the pound, causing more people to panic and making the British government powerless to resist. In just one month, the British economy has experienced a severe downturn and unemployment has skyrocketed.
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Li Zetian's villa.
"It really deserves to be Soros," Li Zetian sighed. "The means are really powerful. I am afraid that even without my help behind the scenes, the British government would not be able to recover."
Dongfang Yuqin nodded and smiled: "Soros is indeed a powerful person."
"Well, from now on he will be a sword in our hands!" Li Zetian laughed, "We will hide in the dark."
Dongfang Yuqin nodded with a smile: "Haha, let him be blamed!"