Chapter 267 KKR Program

Washington, America.

On Capitol Hill, in an inconspicuous office, around a rectangular mahogany round table, a dozen or so white men who looked not young were sitting, either talking in low voices, or enjoying the mellow and fragrant Cuban cigars , or close your eyes and meditate, you don't regard this place as a solemn and solemn office at all.

  This is Capitol Hill, where the members of the Senate and House of Representatives work, and each member has a large independent office. In addition, there are a large number of conference rooms. Here, a congressman you meet while wandering around may be able to see his proposal on a certain policy passed on TV that night, which will affect thousands of people; or you may see an inconspicuous A few years later, they will suddenly find out while watching TV that he may choose to run for president.

  This is the legislative body of American power, where members of the Senate and House of Representatives make laws. In addition, each term of the president reads the oath, state of the union address and so on here when he takes office.

  Although Capitol Hill is open to the public, if you want to visit it, you must first make an appointment, wait, and then enter it under the arrangement of the staff. Although the security work has not reached the terrifying level of "one post at five steps, one sentry at ten steps", the machine guns placed at the door clearly tell visitors that this is an extremely serious place.

   But in such a place, there is a group of slightly disrespectful old guys at this time, chatting and doing business in this conference room, not taking the serious atmosphere here seriously.

  If it was normal, the staff standing at the door would have stepped forward to stop him, but at this moment, his head was sweating, and even his eyes were constantly dodging the contemptuous gazes of these people.

"If I'm not mistaken, here are all the bigwigs on Wall Street, including the presidents of big investment banks such as Goodman, Salomon Brothers, and Merrill Lynch, as well as hedge fund leaders such as Paul Tudor Jones, Julian Robertson, and George Soros. Dude, my God, these people can almost represent the entire Wall Street." The sweat on the forehead of this staff member named Paul couldn't stop flowing down, although he also had a big or small position here, he obviously couldn't compete with these people. people on a par.

   There are still a few people in this group that he doesn't know, but considering the identities of the previous few, it is obvious that the identities of the others are not too low.

   "Paul, why hasn't your boss come? We've been waiting for five minutes." Just as Paul was thinking wildly, a dissatisfied voice suddenly sounded.

Paul put away his wild thoughts, looked closely, and found that the person who spoke was George Soros, who has been extremely popular recently. Recently, the media has reported numerous articles about his role in the Asian currency crisis, and he has become the focus of attention in the global financial circle for a while. . Seeing such a big man questioning him in a stern tone, although it may not be intentional, Paul shrank his neck subconsciously, and replied with an unnatural expression: "Mr. Soros, my boss has gone to see the vice president. Please wait a moment."

   "Really? It's been a long time since I played golf with Al. When I'm done with this time, I'll make an appointment with him." Soros smacked his lips with a disapproving expression on his face.

  If Soros said these words elsewhere, I am afraid others will think he is showing off. But here, the faces of everyone present have not changed much, obviously they don't think this matter is a big deal. In fact, who here doesn't have a few friends on Capitol Hill and the President's Council?

  Seeing that the owner of the meeting still has not appeared, these bigwigs who can shake Wall Street by stomping their feet can only suppress their dissatisfaction and continue chatting to pass the time.

  Paul also took the opportunity to wipe off the sweat from his forehead, and breathed out a foul breath with lingering fear. You must know that even in the face of Mr. President, he does not have that much pressure, but the President is only the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the head of the country in name, but these bigwigs in charge of the financial lifeline are the ones who can really influence the direction of this country. Being able to go further on the political path is inseparable from the support and donations of these consortiums.

After another five minutes, Paul's big boss pushed the door open, with a slightly apologetic smile on his face, and said loudly as soon as he entered the door: "I'm sorry for wasting your precious time, something happened temporarily, now Everything has been settled. Since everyone has already arrived here, I won't waste your time any longer, let's start now!" After finishing speaking, he suddenly noticed something, turned his head and looked coldly, and stood still in a daze. Paul at the door.

  Paul immediately came to his senses, quickly bowed, and quickly exited the meeting room, closing the door behind him.

  Since the talks between my immediate boss and the bigwigs on Wall Street must be highly confidential, even if I see and hear this kind of thing, I have to consciously rot in my stomach, otherwise I will get into big trouble. As soon as Paul walked out of the meeting room, he saw two guards in black suits and sunglasses standing on both sides of the office. When they saw Paul coming out of the meeting room, they all bowed to him They curled their lips, signaling him to stay away from here, and one of them glanced maliciously at his bulging waist.

"Secret Service?" Paul just glanced at them, and immediately recognized the identities of the two. He was even more surprised, and hurried away from this meeting room in three steps at a time. The agent laughed behind his back.

  In the conference room, the meeting, which was delayed for nearly ten minutes, has just begun.

"Jefferson, why did you call us here from all the way? Could there be some change in the plan? You must know that our time is very precious, so why not use a teleconference?" The first person to speak was Paul. Tudor Jones, the founder of Tudor Fund, is as famous in the investment world as the other two peers, namely Julian Robertson of Tiger Fund and Soros of Quantum Fund. Tudor Fund is also a macro hedge fund, but its main focus is on commodities, but it does not exclude other trading varieties. In today's Asian currency crisis, Tudor Fund also occupies the Thai baht, ringgit, and Philippine pesos. A large share of short positions.

  Jefferson is the one who just walked in. He looks about forty years old, with high eyebrows, deep blue eyes, and thin lips. He is a handsome guy. This kind of person is most suitable for politics, because appearing on the TV screen will attract the attention of female audiences.

   But it would be a big mistake to be fooled by his appearance and think that this is just a handsome guy with mediocre talents. This guy is a top student who graduated from the School of International Political Relations at Princeton University. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He once performed missions in the Gulf War, and then joined the staff of Vice President Al Gore. Soon He stood out with his extraordinary political talent and became an indispensable role in Gore's staff team and even President Clinton's staff team.

Hearing Paul Tudor Jones' question, Jefferson frowned subconsciously, and said: "Paul, based on the principle of confidentiality and the criticality of the issues we are discussing, all other communication methods except face-to-face interviews It’s not reliable, and it’s not like you don’t know it. Compared with what you can gain in the Asian market, I believe it’s worth spending this time.”

  After listening to his explanation, Paul Tudor Jones rarely refuted. Instead, he snorted and turned his head away from him.

"Okay. Now this plan has been going on for some time, including Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and other countries have announced that they have abandoned the fixed exchange rate system, and the initial goals we have set have been achieved. The next stage will focus on South Korea, Hong Kong and Russia Hong Kong is the key point, and Hong Kong is now theirs, which is good and allows us to be free. Everyone, there is a relatively loud code name for this plan, called the KKR plan, do you have any comments?"

It turns out that the currency crisis currently spreading in East Asia is an economic war planned by certain regimes. The instigators are these people here. There are macro hedge funds acting as thugs, credit rating agencies that affect confidence, and international investment banks that specialize in spreading wind. There are also multinational banks as the main funds, which condense almost all powerful institutions in the entire financial industry.

"KKR plan? You might as well start a venture capital fund! I hate these **** who take equity in the early stage of the business. They take all the existing enterprise value, these barbarians!" The person who spoke was Carl .Icahn, a real "barbarian at the door", is one of the most feared investors in American companies. The main business of his funds is to merge and spin off companies, and then sell them. "The Barbarian". In the past few years, due to the intensified conflicts between PE and mergers and acquisitions, the two sides have often had conflicts in the company's board of directors. Therefore, Carl Icahn is not interested in large-scale venture capital like KKR. This subconscious rejection even reached a on the code name of the action.

Jefferson smiled slightly, and after Carl Icahn finished complaining, he said slowly: "For M&A funds, there are too many opportunities in Asia now, Carl, you can definitely do something amazing again." move."

  The astonishing move he said happened in 1985, when Carl Icahn discovered that there was a loophole in the control of TWA, so he teamed up with his partners to launch a hostile takeover of TWA, and finally took full control of the company. Then, he and his partners sold the assets of TWA in a planned and step-by-step manner, and finally made a profit of more than 150 million US dollars, which caused a sensation in the entire American corporate world.

Hearing Jefferson's praise, Carl Icahn showed a smug look on his face, but he returned to normal after a while, and his tone showed worry: "It's just that the laws and openness of those areas may not allow me to make such an acquisition. Behavior. If that’s the case, don’t I end up doing my job for nothing? Oh my God, I might as well not be in this meeting if I know that’s the case!”

"You will participate!" Jefferson took a deep look at him until the boss calmed down completely, and then continued, "In terms of policy, the IMF has already been working hard, this time due to the currency crisis The resulting financial crisis depends on the strength of their own or regional organizations, and I am afraid that they will not be able to return to normal in the shortest possible time. Therefore, it is inevitable to ask for help from the IMF and the World Bank. Under such circumstances, we just started Set out the corresponding conditions and let them open the relevant market. Therefore, Carl, your funds are useful.”

  Carl Icahn's face remained unchanged, and he nodded slowly, his cloudy eyes kept flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

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