"Rosie, where's Colin?"
"Ma'am, Mr. Hall is meeting guests in the study, and he said we are not allowed to disturb them..."
Hearing the maid's words, Catherine frowned slightly.
She walked up the stairs, hesitated for a moment, and did not go to the study, but returned to her bedroom.
…
"I told you that we can't rush things. I've tied the rope around his neck, but now is not the best time. We need to deliver a fatal blow when he is at his weakest. Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain."
Colin Hall was walking back and forth in the study at this time, speaking with resentment.
"But we don't have much time, Mr. Hall. You know, he has already started to target the London Stock Exchange. If he succeeds, do you understand what this means? There is data on most British companies there!"
The person who said this to him had a slightly hoarse voice, but the other person was sitting in the shadow of the light and his face could not be seen clearly.
But after hearing his words, Colin Hall became even more excited:
"That's when you show your influence, F**K! Guess what I saw, even the Ministry of Finance claims to 'remain neutral', and the so-called neutrality is to help that kid!"
"Don't get excited, Mr. Hall. You have to know that it's not that we are doing nothing. It's just that he and Gordon Brown have reached some kind of tacit understanding at some point. But this is not a problem. The Prime Minister still hasn't given in. We will try to delay as much as possible, but you need to speed up. After all, DS Capital has already taken on your debt of 6.5 billion pounds. In addition, their other debts are piling up. There is only a small impetus left to topple the first domino..."
When the other party said this, Colin Hall's expression became a little impatient. He said unhappily,
"I told you that it will take time! You know, the assets he pledged are not listed companies yet. We can't use financial methods to generate 'driving force'. That guy is very careful. The only listed company pledged was given to Standard Chartered Bank, which was originally his own bank! Can we compete with Wall Street and short Google? But this can only cause him minor troubles, not fatal ones."
"You bankers rely too much on the power of finance, Mr. Hall. You should know that bad news about a company does not have to be dealt with only in the stock market. If the boss of the company has an accident..."
"Are you crazy? Do you want me to go and do it to him?"
Facing Colin Hall's gaze, the other party's tone remained calm:
"At that time, his father and brother..."
"I have said it many times, I did not do that. I would never do such a thing to a duke, and I would never do it to such an extent that even Scotland Yard could not find out..."
"Scotland Yard?"
The other party smiled contemptuously:
"Don't forget, many times, suspicion does not require evidence, Mr. Hall."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, Barclays Bank can stay out of this now, even we can stay out of it, but you can't. It's either you or him. Have you heard of the fate of those people in the London Star? If you don't do anything, you may be the next one. Mr. Hall, don't think that the other party is really a good guy."
…
At this time, Barron was already on the return flight...
Originally, he was planning to visit America, but the election there is in full swing right now...
It can be said that this month, almost all of the world's attention is focused on the American election. The incumbent president and the Democratic candidate, John Kerry, are evenly matched, so Barron naturally does not want to join in the fun at this time.
After all, this time more of his "donations" went to the incumbent Elephant Party candidate, who is a psychic, while Kerry of the Donald Party has a close relationship with the Kennedy family. If Barron went to the United States, it could be said that it would be difficult for him to get involved on either side, but he would inevitably meet with the Kennedy family. Therefore, he finally decided to avoid this period and wait until early next month when the election results are settled.
By the time we returned to London, it was already October 12th.
Since the end of last month, on September 28, the international oil price broke through $50 for the first time this year, after a period of fluctuations, it has stabilized above $50 in October...
On October 12, the highest price of international oil reached that day was US$54.46.
According to the trend of the original time and space, in ten days, the international oil price will exceed US$55 in one fell swoop, reaching the peak of this year's oil price.
In this case, from now on, DS Capital has begun to close its long positions in crude oil futures...
After all, the proprietary trading portion of DS Capital has a relatively high position in crude oil futures. It is impossible to wait until the crude oil price reaches its highest point before starting to close the position. The result of that would probably be catastrophic.
In July of this year, DS Capital mortgaged its shares in Summit Media, which had just gone public, to Standard Chartered Bank, from which it borrowed 1.55 billion pounds, equivalent to more than 2.8 billion US dollars, of which 1.8 billion US dollars went into the account of Global Industrial Investment Fund as 30% of DS Capital's own funds...
The other $1 billion was used to go long on crude oil at a price of $36 with a leverage of 10 times.
In addition, earlier, Mars Fund and part of DS Investment Company's proprietary funds had already established long positions in crude oil futures...
According to this calculation, even if DS Capital successfully closes its positions at the current price, even if it does not include the Mars Fund, their profit this time will exceed $6.5 billion!
Therefore, don't look at Barron's face at this time. DS Holdings' accumulated debt has exceeded 13.2 billion pounds - this is combined with the recent acquisition of Gucci Group and the privatization, thereby mortgaging shares in Northern Rock Bank. The 3 billion pounds of financing obtained by mortgaging Gucci Group shares from Standard Chartered Bank - but Barron is not too nervous.
After all, in addition to the upcoming gains in the crude oil futures market, by the end of the year, the gains in EUR/USD foreign exchange futures will be even higher than this time...
This is why Barron was so confident in the beginning. Others may not be able to explain it, but Rolf of Barclays Bank, although he did not have a comprehensive understanding of DS Capital's holdings, had some knowledge of the general securities investment assets. As long as he was not crazy, he would not participate in the actions against him.
Not only that, they will even try their best to stand on your side and not reveal these inside stories.