章節 1322: Chapter 1322: Sorting out the results of the war
Cindy was the vice president of the mainland branch of Alcoa, but she was more of a figurehead.
At first, she was dedicated to her work and went to the mainland fairly often, but soon she found that she was completely uninterested in it.
Her heart was captivated by something else.
She was fascinated by the ethereal Hanfu.
She had worn kimonos from the island country before, but compared to the Hanfu, which had a richer cultural connotation and more elegant style, she felt that the island country's kimonos were still lacking quite a bit.
For this reason, she simply set up a company in Hong Kong that produced and sold Hanfu, named it Huamei Hanfu Co., Ltd., and was preparing to promote Hanfu culture in Europe and the United States. She was even already conceiving of creating a Hanfu catwalk show.
This way, she has spent more time in Hong Kong.
She has no other friends in Hong Kong, only Xia Yu and others, and she has no desire or time to make other friends.
This day, she wore a new Hanfu design from the company and left work early to come to Xia Yu's place.
'Xia Yu, do you think I look good in this?'
As soon as she walked in, Cindy turned around in front of Xia Yu, and the light blue skirt embroidered with clouds floated elegantly, dazzling Xia Yu's eyes.
At this time, Cindy was wearing a chest-length dress made of gauze. The upper body was more obviously white, and as she walked down, the light blue became more and more obvious. The two sleeves were white, and the jade arms inside the sleeves were faintly visible.
Cindy's hair has been tied up, and the bun at the back is covered by a white gauze ribbon. A jade hairpin is threaded through the bun to hold the flowing ribbon in place.
On top of her head is a relatively lightweight gold phoenix crown. Cindy is holding a round fan in her hand, delicately grasping the handle.
She exudes an aura of immortality, as if a fairy from the heavens had descended to the mortal world.
'It's so beautiful, she looks great, and with this outfit, her temperament is perfectly expressed.'
Xia Yu praised, his eyes lingering on Cindy.
Cindy seemed to be obsessed with Hanfu, and almost every day, she wore a new style of Hanfu, her favourite, and let Xia Yu come to admire and comment on it.
Xia Yu of course would not refuse, and even without realising it, a sense of anticipation had already arisen. Every day when Cindy came to him wearing a different Hanfu, it was one of the most enjoyable periods of his day.
'Hee hee, I think it looks great too. I liked this outfit as soon as I first saw it when it was just made.'
Cindy was overjoyed, her eyes curving into crescent moons, and she twirled lightly in front of Xia Yu again.
Cindy was wearing Hanfu, which made her look ethereal. However, as she was white and had blonde hair, people who were used to watching period dramas would feel a bit awkward. Xia Yu felt the same way, but after a while, he felt that it was a different kind of beauty.
Seeing Xia Yu smiling faintly and admiringly, Cindy was very happy and danced even more nimbly.
Just then, Xia Yu said with a smile, 'Cindy, I think if you have time, you can go back and learn some Chinese classical dance, and your temperament will be further enhanced.'
'Chinese classical dance?'
'Okay, I will definitely try to learn it, and show it to you then.'
Cindy blinked her eyes, nodded her head slightly, and said with a sweet smile on her face.
As their relationship grew closer, Cindy did not hide her affection for Xia Yu. European and American girls are indeed more open and straightforward in their relationships and are relatively more proactive.
The barrier between the two of them was already as thin as a piece of paper, and it might break the next day when the temperature rises...
'Cindy, you should sit down and rest for a while.'
At Xia Yu's invitation, Cindy sat on the sofa, still maintaining a dignified posture, showing off her proud figure to the fullest.
'Oh yes, Xia Yu, my father said to let me tell you thank you.'
Xia Yu was momentarily stunned, then smiled faintly and said, 'Your father is too polite. He also put in a lot of effort, and he deserves it.'
He said this, but Xia Yu still felt even better.
After all, although the Mellon Consortium contributed a lot to this cooperation, compared to the gains, it was definitely considered a bargain.
The Mellon Consortium not only swallowed up the National Bank of Canada, but also merged with a large number of companies in Canada, involving the fields of mining, industry, commerce, finance, etc.
And the Mellon Consortium also took a big bite out of the Chicago Consortium.
Not to mention the cake in the Canadian financial market, they took a relatively large piece. It can be said that apart from Xia Yu, the Mellon Consortium benefited the most, even the Rockefeller Consortium and the Morgan Consortium were still a bit behind.
It can be said that after this move, the Mellon financial empire is still ranked fifth among the top ten American financial empires, but the gap with the Texas financial empire in sixth place has widened considerably, and it has closed the gap with the California financial empire in fourth place.
Xia Yu believes that the current ranking of the top ten American financial empires should be this:
First, the Rockefeller financial empire, with its roots in the eastern United States.
Second, the Morgan financial empire, with its roots in the eastern United States.
Third, the First Citicorp financial empire, with its roots in the eastern United States.
Fourth place, the California consortium, with its roots in the western United States.
Fifth place, the Mellon consortium, with its roots in the eastern United States.
Sixth place, the Texas consortium, with its roots in the southern United States.
Seventh place, the Boston consortium, with its roots in the eastern United States.
Eighth place, the DuPont consortium, with its roots in the eastern United States.
Ninth place, the Cleveland consortium, with its roots in the eastern United States.
Tenth place, the Polaris consortium, with its roots in the western United States.
From the regional distribution of the top ten consortia, it can be seen that the eastern United States is still a more developed region, and the seven consortia in the east are all old consortia.
The original Chicago Consortium was in the Midwest, but it was dismembered.
The western region is dominated by the California Consortium and the Polaris Consortium, and the only consortium in the southern region is the Texas Consortium.
Even if the Texas Consortium is classified as part of the western region, its strength is still 30% and 70%, of course, just a 30% and 70% on the surface.
This shows that under the rule of the original old consortia, it is difficult for new consortia to emerge.
The Polaris Consortium is the only new consortium to enter the ranks of the top ten consortia after the 1960s.
Of course, the division into regions is not actually absolutely correct. After all, in this day and age, the consortia have long since become intricately intertwined and permeable to each other, and the restrictions of region have already become invalid.
Just like now, the major consortia have dismembered the Chicago Consortium and swallowed its assets, and their tentacles have definitely reached the Midwest of the United States.
Over the years, there have been countless such cases, only that the groups that have been infiltrated and absorbed are not as powerful as the Chicago Consortium.
'Cindy, it's almost noon, do you want to come to my place and eat together?'
'That's good, I can chat with Cindy.'
Xia Yu looked at the time and found that it was already a little after 11:40. He smiled and said to Cindy.
'Yes!'
Cindy gladly accepted Xia Yu's invitation.
...
In the afternoon, Xia Yu did not go to the office, but calculated the gains at his own home.
Each company successively reported the results to him in secret, and he also had to sort them out properly to find out how much money he had made and how much his assets had increased.
For this operation, Xia Yu actually used more than 46 billion US dollars, reaching 56.4 billion US dollars, targeting the three major markets of the Canadian foreign exchange market, stock market and bond market.
The reason for this is that Tiger Fund and Bridgewater Fund exploded later, finding a bunch of banks on Wall Street and entering the market with leveraged financing.
With such a huge amount of capital, the profits were of course even higher.
A total of 24.83 billion US dollars was made.
Then there were actions such as shorting major companies of the Chicago Consortium and shorting Dun & Bradstreet Group, which also earned a total of 4.39 billion US dollars when added together. Of course, the profits from this part were basically earned by Polaris Capital and some of its financial companies.
If these profits are added, the total profit of this entire operation is actually 29.22 billion US dollars.
But with such a large profit, the expenses were also high.
Almost all the profits have been spent.
The Bright Fund acquired equity stakes in companies such as the Bank of Nova Scotia, Manulife Financial, Canada Life, Loeb & Loeb LLP, George Weston Ltd. and Bombardier Inc. at a total cost of 16.13 billion Canadian dollars.
Northstar Capital acquired shares in Toronto-Dominion Bank, Northern Trust, Deere & Company, International Harvester and Dun & Bradstreet for a total of 2.13 billion Canadian dollars + 9.06 billion US dollars.
Pacific Oil acquired shares in Husky Energy, Cantarell Energy, Sempra Energy and Enbridge for a total of 6.062 billion Canadian dollars.
Blue Star Mining acquired stakes in Barrick Gold Corporation, Canadian Gold and Teck Resources, spending a total of 5.98 billion Canadian dollars.
These funds, combined, are more than the total profit of 29.22 billion US dollars!
However, not all of these acquisitions were funded using internal funds, and the assistance of consortium banks was also fully utilised to facilitate the acquisitions.
Therefore, the actual amount of funds consumed was not as high as this.
In terms of profits, six companies – Bright Fund, Jiuding Securities, Polaris Capital, Bridgewater Associates, Tiger Management and Galaxy Fund – also contributed in different ways.
However, only Bright Fund, Polaris Capital and Galaxy Fund actually used capital, while the other three did not participate in the acquisitions.
The funds for the acquisitions of Pacific Oil and Blue Star Mining were all provided by Galaxy Fund.
However, Galaxy Fund also provided financial assistance to Polaris Capital and Bright Fund. Xia Yu allocated a large sum of money to each of the two companies through the accounts of offshore companies.
Xia Yu did not touch the profits of the three companies, JD Securities, Bridgewater Fund and Tiger Fund, and let the three companies manage them as they wished.
As a result, the assets of Bridgewater Fund and Tiger Fund both exceeded the 10 billion US dollar mark.
The two companies also used this record to open two more investment funds, each raising 2 billion and 2.5 billion US dollars, all within two days.
The assets under management of Bridgewater now reached 12.58 billion US dollars, including 3.58 billion US dollars of the company's own assets.
The assets under management of Tiger Fund have achieved a comeback, reaching 12.82 billion US dollars, including 3.47 billion US dollars of the company's own assets, more than 100 million US dollars less than Bridgewater.
Finally, there is the capital that Xia Yu has in the Galaxy Fund account. He originally put in $35 billion, but after allocating funds to other companies one after the other, there is now only $32.4 billion, a shortfall of $2.6 billion.
However, the $32.4 billion in private liquidity is enough to provide sufficient security for Xia Yu's business empire.
These are different times.
With this latest rapid expansion of his business empire, especially the addition of three of the world's top 100 banks and two major insurance companies, his ability to raise funds has risen to a whole new level.
The combined assets of the three banks, Scotiabank, TD Bank and Northern Trust, have already exceeded 100 billion US dollars.
In addition to these, he already owned the Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC Holdings, Jiuding Bank and Wells Fargo, all of which are among the world's top 100 banks.
In total, he controls seven of the world's top 100 banks!
In addition, he also owns a bunch of banks such as the Austrian Central Savings Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and the island nation's Chiba Bank.
In terms of financial hard power and fund-raising capabilities, he is really not afraid of anyone, even the financial overlord Morgan Group. In terms of banks alone, he has enough confidence to compete with the Morgan Group.
Even if J.P. Morgan Bank controls more than 30 banks abroad, and the Morgan consortium has major banks such as the New York Trust Bank and the Northwestern Bank, it is still the same.
Of course, the only thing Xia Yu fears is that the Morgan consortium holds shares in the Federal Reserve. If the Federal Reserve starts the printing press and prints money like crazy, no matter how much money he has, it is not as much as the Federal Reserve's paper!
Fortunately, however, the Federal Reserve is not controlled by the Morgan consortium, and the Federal Reserve's crazy printing of money is also an indiscriminate attack...
After sorting it out, Xia Yu contemplated for a long time. When he came back to his senses again, the unhurried temperament on his body had become even more profound.
Appearance comes from the heart, and the heart moves as it pleases!
With more confidence, Xia Yu's mentality naturally underwent some more transformation.
'However, in the second half of this year, I have to be low-key.'
After taking a sip of tea, Xia Yu let out a long breath and muttered to himself, looking at the floor-to-ceiling windows as if he could see through time and space and see a bunch of enemies watching him.
This time, the Rockefeller and Morgan consortia pushed the Chicago consortium to attack Canada, targeting the Rothschild family, and they spent a lot of effort on it.
But the end result was that the Chicago consortium was dismembered and fell, the Rothschild family was heavily damaged, but the big cake was eaten by the Bright Foundation, Polaris Capital and Mellon consortium.
If you look carefully, you can always find traces of Xia Yu's intricate connections.
Xia Yu was certain that over the next six months, the world's major families, especially the many American consortia, would be frantically gathering information about him, Polaris Capital, and Bright Fund.
If he made any big moves at this time, he would be exposed even faster, making it easier for his enemies in the shadows to find loopholes.
Therefore, Xia Yu had already made up his mind to ride out the storm in the second half of the year and keep a low profile in Europe and the United States.
It so happened that this time, he had a mouthful of food and had to digest it properly. He had to clean up as much as possible the remaining tentacles of other family consortia and completely take control of the acquired company.
Of course, if it's a privatisation cake like the one in the UK, it's still worth grabbing. Although it will cause a lot of noise, it's definitely not as big as this attack on Canada.
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