"You know, everyone thinks they're the smartest one..." In a coffee house not far from the harbor, Mr. Herbers and his international banker friends were enjoying a sumptuous breakfast.
Going to a coffee house for breakfast in the morning was nothing new, especially in Bupain, a city that "never stopped". People did not have time to leisurely go around the kitchen to make a heartwarming breakfast. From the moment they opened their eyes, they would blame themselves for sleeping for too long and for their weakness.
Their weakness came from their desire to continue sleeping. They might not even be able to sleep for six hours a day, but they had countless reasons to wake up.
Not to mention their dreams that they did not know when they would be able to realize, just the money they spent on their houses, the cost of various services and studies, and the installments of various loans and arrears, if they did not want to be kicked out of the city like garbage, they had to get up and work immediately.
The media in Bupain had reported more than once that the CEO of a certain group company got up at 5: 30 every morning. Almost the life of the upper class was similar to that of everyone else. They all went to bed late and got up early. Therefore, people did not complain as much.
When they got up in the morning, in order to get into their busy lives faster, people would often buy a cup of unsweetened coffee from places like coffee houses to wake themselves up a little. This might be the only cup of coffee that the Federation people could drink without sugar and milk.
Then they would pick up a burrito or something, or buy a hot dog on the side of the road, which was why Boone's Coffee House opened early. The first wave of customers arrived while the people who were paid a hundred or two hundred dollars and always complained that they weren't rich enough were still asleep.
As a result, Herbus and the others had a place to shelter from the wind and rain. The cold wind outside the house made them, who liked to travel all over the world and spend winter and summer in pleasant climates, a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, this was not important to Mr. Herbers and these people. What was important was that they saw money, an uncountable amount of money.
Mr. Herbers put down the cup in his hand and looked at the others. "The Federation government is indeed a little crazy. They can't wait to prove to the world their influence in many fields and their control over the world."
"They are too civilized, so they ignore the fact that the change in the dominant position between countries does not come from civilized diplomacy!"
"However, this is a good opportunity for us!"
He reached out and took out a roasted bean from a small plate. After peeling it, he stuffed it into his mouth. The aroma of the roasted bean mixed with the aroma of the coffee, making everyone's eyes light up.
He spoke very slowly, but the gentlemen around him were not in a hurry. They all tasted their coffee and enjoyed the leisurely time.
"The people of the Federation have harmed themselves, but this has nothing to do with us. On the contrary, we can make a lot of money from the people of the Federation!"
Mr. Herbers glanced at the two police cars that left and shook his head slightly. "Lynch thinks that his friend, Mr. Trumann, can persuade the Gaffra Exchange to allow him to exchange the bonds in his hand. So, what we need to do is to stop him from doing so in the short term."
"I know that some of us have some connections with the Gaffra Exchange. Please use these connections. I believe that if any of you can do this, the rest of us won't mind you taking more of the profits in the end."
Everyone nodded. None of the people sitting here were idiots who had just entered society and didn't know anything. They still had the idea that "if Lynch can make money, so can we. Everyone can make money."
Here, every well-dressed gentleman, the refinement and virtue they displayed, was only a disguise for themselves.
They were crocodiles that ate people without spitting out the bones. Not only did they want to eat Lynch's money, but they also wanted to tear a large piece of meat from the Federation.
Therefore, when Mr. Herbers said this, the international bankers began to laugh happily.
They were willing to sign an VAM agreement with Lynch for the Gaffra bonds that were worth hundreds of millions in Lynch's hands. In the beginning, they didn't think that they would be able to exchange 100% of the bonds. But even if they only exchanged 50% of the bonds' face value, the profit this time was more than 20 million Frats.
This amount of money was equivalent to at least five years of income for these people. In today's global economic environment, this amount of money was especially important.
"Your Highness, how do you plan to persuade the Guevara People to reject their conditions?"
A noble from a small country raised his own question.
Many of the international bankers here were nobles from small countries. Some of them were even the royal family of these small countries or the front desk of the rulers, helping the people behind them to manage a large amount of money.
This included Mr. Herbers himself. He was a noble prince, and his wealth had surpassed that of the king. In his country, he was called the "symbol of wealth." His brother, the king, was very poor. People liked their poor king, but they didn't like their rich prince very much.
But in fact, no one knew that the money was actually owned by him and his brother. A considerable part of it, more than half, was actually the king's property.
The purpose of doing this was actually very simple. It was to fool the people. In a small country with a monarchy, if the king was too rich, the people would think that their wealth was stolen by the king, which was not conducive to the rule of the royal family.
Therefore, the king had to be poor, but at the same time, he also needed a negative character, such as a rich prince, who would always use all kinds of methods to steal the wealth.
However, the king and the royal family would not sit back and watch such things happen. They would not sit back and watch the prince become richer and richer. Sometimes, the king would also "fight" with the prince, and this kind of fight was more political and misleading.
The smart but poor king always had a way to get a sum of money from the rich and greedy but stupid prince to subsidize the country's policies and designs. Every time the king made the prince pinch his nose and swallow the bitter fruit again, the people would cheer for the king's wisdom and unite even more closely around the royal family to defend the royal family's power.
Some of them even wrote a series of stories about the struggle between the king and the prince over the years, and it was quite popular.
This kind of ruler's method of fooling the people didn't only happen in one country. There were similar stories in many countries, so don't expect the gentlemen around Herbers to be "kind."
The word "kind" was a far cry from them. Not only did they want to eat the huge dividends brought by the appreciation of Galil, but they also wanted to swallow Lynch's bonds.
Mr. Herbers raised his hand and touched his two tufts of mustache. "We don't have to persuade Guevara to refuse to exchange these bonds. The price we have to pay is too high, and it may even attract the attention of the Federation."
"What we need to do is to persuade the Guevara People to postpone the exchange of these bonds. For example …" He left the sentence hanging, picked up his coffee, took a sip, and peeled another bean.
The gentlemen around him were so anxious that their hearts were about to explode, but their faces were calm and collected.
After Mr. Herbers swallowed the chewed bean in satisfaction, he said, "We just need to persuade the Guevara People to postpone the exchange. The VAM agreement we signed ends in June. For now, we don't have to do anything."
"We just need to contact the people over there and see if they have any weaknesses. Then, in April or May, they won't be able to withdraw the funds in a short period of time."
Mr. Herbers spoke very casually. In fact, he already had a whole set of plans. He didn't say it now because he didn't want some people to suddenly side with the Federation or Lynch.
Of course, even if the Federation and Lynch knew that he had such an idea, the Federation wouldn't intervene. First of all, these things didn't really happen yet. He had just helped Lynch raise 10 billion Galil in cash. If the Federation wanted to deal with him right away, people would doubt their motives and worry about their own safety if the Federation wanted to do something in the international community in the future.
Second, this kind of normal business behavior wasn't targeted at a certain country, nor was it maliciously aimed at the Federation. This was just a problem between Lynch and them. It didn't conflict much with the Federation's plan.
What they wanted was the bonds that Lynch mortgaged with them, not the Federation's development plan. That way, the Federation would have no reason to intervene in the game between these capitalists.
Without the help of a giant like the Federation, Mr. Herbers believed that Lynch couldn't possibly be a match for them. In fact, Lynch couldn't possibly be a match for him alone.
He could make Lynch suffer a loss at an auction in the past, and he could do it again this time. He was very confident about this.
And as far as he knew, Lynch didn't have any connections in Gefra. In a few months, he wouldn't be able to build his own network in Gefra as a member of the Federation. He would lose for sure.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Mr. Herbers' mouth. The other gentlemen were observing him, so they naturally noticed this smile. Soon, everyone began to laugh because everyone knew that they were going to be rich this time!
Lynch, the Joint Development Company, and the Federation's move to buy Galil shocked the world in less than half a day. Coupled with the pursuit of international hot money, the exchange rate of Galil rose faster than expected.
On the afternoon of December 25th, the exchange rate between Galil and fra was originally 237 to 1. However, after a short period of time, the exchange rate between Galil and fra had floated to 169 to 1.
This meant that all the people who owned Galil had their wealth increased by more than 20% today without doing anything!
The columnist of the International Observer described all of this as a "miracle of the world"!