Chapter 655 Intrigue

   "Are you kidding me?" Jamie Dimon smiled angrily and asked unceremoniously.

"No!" Geithner retorted sternly. "Stanley's life is hanging by a thread, and if you don't save it, Goodman will follow, then GE, and then you big Mac banks. Remember , saving Stanley is saving yourselves!"

   "Nonsense! Nonsense!" Jamie Dimon was so angry that he didn't know what to say, he just kept cursing. After a long time, he regained some sense, and said in a soft tone, "We have done our best to acquire Bear Stearns. How can you let us acquire Stanley?"

The CEO of   **** may have realized that what he just said might have angered Geithner, so he had to beg in a low voice. But Geithner didn't listen to his explanation at all, and hung up the phone after saying "I'll let John Mark call you" coldly.

  Jamie Dimon was trembling with anger, holding the microphone in a daze for a while, unable to speak a word. Of course, even if he could say something, there would be no audience at this time.

  He doesn't know what to do!

  The same scene also happened in the top office of Citibank. Like Jamie Dimon, Robert Rubin also felt helpless. He seems to have no good way to resist the government's apportionment.

   "John, how is your situation?"

Unlike the tough Citibank, Jamie Dimon has more handles in the hands of the Federal Reserve, so even if he is furious, he has to bite the bullet and call John Mark, "I heard that the Chinese are right Is it true that you guys are interested and their team is in New York?"

   "Yes, we are talking with them!" John Mark received the call, but he didn't understand that Geithner's mediation had worked, so he was naturally overjoyed. But how could he have imagined that Jamie Dimon had originally made this call with resentment, and when he heard John Mark's words, his anger was poured into a pot full of hot oil.

"But the Huaxia people are very cunning, and they don't intend to pay a high price for our shares, so we plan to find foreign aid." John Mark did not hear the dissatisfaction in the other party's words, and still explained to himself, "Jamie, we A modest loan is needed so that we can gain an active position in the negotiations."

"How much do you mean that you don't need too many loans?" Jamie Dimon suppressed the anger in his heart, trying to put on a calm tone, "If the amount is not too much, I think we can help! "

   "Really? If so, that would be great!" John Mark was even more happy, and blurted out without thinking, "30 billion U.S. dollars in credit. No, 20 billion U.S. dollars is fine!"

"what?"

  Jamie Dimon suddenly felt dark, and almost fainted, "20 billion US dollars, isn't that too much?"

  Under the current economic environment, no commercial bank can handle the credit line of 20 billion U.S. dollars. Among other things, if we raise some funds, we might be able to acquire Stanley Company. Under such circumstances, how could any commercial bank be willing to lend such a sum of money?

   Moreover, Stanley is currently scandal-ridden, and like Goodman Company is the focus of the market, it may go bankrupt one day. In this case, putting such a large sum of money here is almost like putting it in the crater of a volcano. Where is Jamie Dimon?

"Since the Huaxia people are rich, why don't you ask them for help?" Jamie Dimon said quickly, "$20 billion is not a small amount. Even with the help of the Federal Reserve, the **** wants to get it in a short while. It is impossible to spend so much money. Huaxia people are sovereign funds, and they have plenty of money. John, don't you understand this truth?"

"Of course I understand!" John Mark obviously felt unhappy about Jamie Dimon's perfunctory, but the situation in front of him was stronger than others, so he could only suppress his dissatisfaction and continued to explain, "Jamie, the situation is like this, Huaxia People intend to exchange a huge amount of credit in exchange for our share price concession, which makes me intolerable. If I can obtain additional capital credit, I don't need to look at the eyes of the Huaxia people, do you understand?"

   "I understand, I understand too much!" Jamie Dimon already understood the opponent's strategy, and was even more dissatisfied. He was very upset that Stanley actually planned to drag himself into the negotiation, and Geithner might have been kept in the dark about this matter, but in this case, he found an excuse for refusing to assist Stanley, "But John, you have I never thought about it, if you can't find additional funding credit, does it mean that you intend to accept the terms of the Huaxia people?"

"What?" Now it was John Mark's turn to be shocked. He never expected that the other party might reject Washington's will. He knew that Geithner was putting pressure on the other party. He has carried out the official will, which made him not know what to do for a while, and he stammered back, "Jamie, how...how is this possible? You...are you planning to reject Geithner's proposal? You know that Did you...consequence?"

   "Consequences?" Jamie Dimon chuckled and said indifferently, "Of course I know the consequences. But John, do you know your consequences?"

"Of course I know it too!" Facing Jamie Dimon's hard and soft words, John Mark was also a little anxious, and said viciously, "Isn't it just to sell to the Chinese? If you are in a hurry, I don't care who is British or Chinese, as long as Stanley can continue to survive, I don't care who bought it!"

"Since you have said that, there is nothing I can do!" Jamie Dimon has achieved his goal, and naturally he will not continue to talk nonsense, "However, I can give you a feasible suggestion to transform Stanley into a holding-type commercial bank model, so maybe you can easily get financing in the market. But to get this money from us, I can only say sorry!"

   "A holding-type commercial bank?" John Mark rolled his eyes for a long time, and asked suspiciously, "Can you tell me, what are the benefits of doing this?"

  Although he is the CEO, he doesn't understand many details. In particular, there is a big difference between investment banking and commercial banking, so John Mark must ask clearly.

"Of course there are many benefits!" Jamie Dimon said "persuading and persuading". "If it is a commercial bank, you can openly borrow from the Federal Reserve through the rediscount window. As you have seen, so far, large commercial banks have not There's a liquidity problem, and that's the Fed protecting us. But there are other bad things, but now you, do you need to think about the bad things?"

   "What's the bad thing?" John Mark asked calmly, as if he wasn't bewitched by the other party, "I need to think about it, Jamie, what is the bad thing?"

"A lot!" Jamie Dimon fluttered his nose slightly, a little reluctantly, but he had to say it out, "If it becomes a bank holding company, Stanley will be subject to the supervision of the Federal Reserve, have to pay core capital deposits, and be subject to Supervision of various laws. This kind of operational supervision is probably not what you would like to see."

   "I need time to think about it!" John Mark would naturally not answer hastily, "But if we transform into a bank holding company, will our liquidity be resolved? Can you be sure about this?"

"Of course!" Jamie Dimon said without hesitation, "As long as you do this, you will immediately become the target of the Federal Reserve's protection. You must know that even now, they are trying to protect you. But they cannot directly provide funds to You. But if you become a bank holding company, they pay you a lot of money right away. Yes, a lot of money!"

  John Mark is moved!

  …

   "It is said that Stanley is in contact with ****."

In Gao Dongfang’s temporary office, a staff member leaned over and whispered in his ear, “The news is from CNBC. I don’t know if it’s true or not. But it’s said that the U.S. government is putting pressure on big financial institutions, hoping they can help A company like Stanley, Goodman, no question about that."

   "Really?" Gao Dongfang was dozing off at first, but when he heard this, he immediately straightened up, his eyes shot out a terrifying light, "Gao Yuan, what do you mean?"

The staff member named Gao Yuan frowned and replied: "At first, I doubted the authenticity of this news. But at this time, it may be Stanley's negotiation strategy. But there is a problem, if all this is Really, it's going to be a huge threat to us."

   "If it is true, then Stanley really has a different intention." Gao Dongfang also frowned, and silently calculated in his heart, "If this is the case, we can try it out."

   After finishing speaking, he took out the phone from his pocket and dialed Jamie Dimon, "Hi, Jamie, hello, I'm Gao Dongfang from Huaxia Investment."

Jamie Dimon here had just hung up on John Mark when he received a call from Gao Dongfang. He lamented in his heart, the other party came so fast, "Hi, Gao, are you okay? I heard you Buying Stanley, is that true?"

At this time, Jamie Dimon knew very well that the news of his contact with Stanley would not be kept secret for too long, but he had contact with John Mark here, and Gao Dongfang found him there. It still made him sigh: There are really no secrets at this time.

"It's true, I'm at Stanley's headquarters!" Gao Dongfang didn't mean to deny it at all, and directly admitted his intentions, "But Jamie, I heard that you are also interested in Stanley? How about we cooperate How about it?"

   "Cooperation?" Jamie Dimon didn't understand what was going on for a while, "Cooperation and merger of Stanley?"

"Not bad!" Gao Dongfang continued to test, "If you are really interested, **** will provide funds and credit, and we will contribute capital to acquire their equity. We will discuss the equity ratio afterwards. If you are interested, We might as well continue our discussion on this issue."

Until this time, Jamie Dimon finally understood the purpose of the other party's visit. He laughed and said, "Gao, you are too cautious. Frankly speaking, we have no interest in Stanley. Don't worry, we Will not be involved in your plan to buy Stanley."

   "Really?" Gao Dongfang confirmed again and again, "But Jamie, if you are really interested, we can really cooperate."

"We are really not interested!" Jamie Dimon had to repeat again in order to dispel the other party's concerns, "If you really plan to buy Stanley, go ahead and do it. ****It won't be of your enemies."

"Well, it's our regret that we can't cooperate with ****." Gao Dongfang is still relentless, "I heard that Pandit of Citibank is also interested in Stanley, I don't know if there is room for us to cooperate with them ?”

Seeing that Huatou's people were still inquiring around, Jamie Dimon shook his head secretly, knowing that he would not give up if he didn't explain the situation, so he said happily: "Pandit, I, and their associates *Robin talked about it, and not only were they not interested in Stanley, they were also not interested in Goodman."

   "What a pity!" Gao Dongfang hung up the phone hypocritically, "They won't be able to escape this time!"

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