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Chapter 456 Framing and Blaming: The Great Cleanup of Office No. 39
On February 26, 1995, the front page headline of the British newspaper The Times reported that Barings Bank had declared bankruptcy.
The news sent shockwaves through the British financial world.
Lee Efra is organizing a meeting with only one topic: acquiring Barings Bank.
As early as last year, Lee Efra had already learned of the numerous problems that had plagued Barings Bank, including account fraud and lax oversight, which led to its internal collapse.
Although both were in finance, Lee Efra was not very clear about Barings Bank, but he was able to keenly sense that there were problems with Barings Bank.
Nowadays, newspapers have thoroughly investigated the causes and consequences of Barings Bank's collapse.
Since the outside world already knew, Lee Efra and his group naturally knew the details even earlier.
Barings Bank Group was founded in 1762 by Sir Francis Baring.
This bank differs from ordinary commercial banks in that it does not develop ordinary customer deposit business, so its funding sources are relatively limited.
Their expertise lies in corporate finance and investment management.
As of 1993, Barings Bank had total assets of £5.9 billion and pre-tax profits of US$1.5 billion in 1994. Its core capital ranked 489th among the world's 1,000 largest banks.
It's clear that this is a very high-quality company.
But Barings Bank, a bank with over two hundred years of history and assets of over £27 billion worldwide, was destroyed by the young and inexperienced Nick Leeson, who was only 28 years old.
Before joining Barings Bank in 1989, Nick Leeson was a clearing employee at Morgan Stanley.
After joining Barings Bank, he quickly secured a job at its Indonesian branch.
In 1992, due to his outstanding business performance, Nick Leeson was dispatched by headquarters to the Singapore branch to establish a futures and options trading department and serve as its general manager.
Due to an error, the '88888' error account was created but then left unused, yet it still exists on the computer.
Although Barings Bank headquarters had noticed numerous errors at its Singapore branch, Nick Leeson skillfully deflected them.
Over time, the incorrect account '88888' was forgotten, but Nick Leeson did not forget it.
So he used this account to start falsifying accounts and to profit from his losses.
In July 1993, he had already converted the six million pounds lost from the erroneous account '88888' into a slightly better English.
Keep in mind that Nick Leeson's annual salary is only £50,000, but his year-end bonus is nearly £100,000.
If he had stopped there, Barings Bank wouldn't have collapsed.
Unfortunately, greed cannot be stopped.
Starting in late 1993, the market settlement price soared by more than 1000 points, breaking records. The computer screens used for clearing and recording frequently malfunctioned, and countless transactions piled up, making it difficult for people to discover them in a short period of time.
By the time Nick Leeson discovered the error, the '88888' account had already lost $1.7 million.
If he can turn back in time at this point, then there is still hope for him.
Unfortunately, he kept it a secret.
By 1994, the funds in the '88888' error account had dwindled to £50 million.
To make up for this huge loss, Nick Leeson pulled off another brilliant move.
As the general manager of Barings Bank's Singapore branch, he held both the trading and clearing departments, making the bank's auditing process a joke.
So he fabricated a claim that Citibank had £50 million in deposits and misappropriated that money to cover the losses from the '88888' erroneous account.
In January of this year, the Kobe earthquake struck Japan, and the Nikkei index in Tokyo fell sharply in the days that followed.
Nick Leeson suffered even greater losses while simultaneously purchasing a larger number of Nikkei index futures contracts, hoping that the Nikkei index would rise to the price range he had set for the project.
This is the gambler's mentality!
Unfortunately, the larger the number of transactions, the greater the losses.
Ultimately, later this month, Nick Leeson's unauthorized trading of Nikkei 225 stock index futures contracts on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange resulted in a £600 million loss for Barings Bank, far exceeding the bank's total capital of £350 million.
This ultimately led to the bankruptcy and collapse of Barings Bank.
“Our competitors have now arrived in London. What we need to do now is to stop ING and, at the same time, complete the acquisition of Barings Bank before they do.”
Lee Evra said in a deep voice:
"Right now, our focus is on acquisitions. What price do you all think we should acquire them at?"
Barings Bank has collapsed and suffered losses of up to £600 million.
Even if you sold the entire Barings Bank, you still wouldn't be able to raise that much money.
Barings Bank had a profit of $1.5 billion last year.
Ugh!
A company can go bankrupt in the blink of an eye.
Capitalists will stop at nothing to make a profit.
"I believe we can assume Barings' existing debt, but the acquisition price will be a symbolic £1."
A subordinate suggested a solution.
Because it is necessary to act swiftly and decisively to prevent competitors such as ING from getting involved.
Furthermore, at its peak, they are still a British financial company. It's better for family members to acquire their own assets than to sell them to foreign countries, right?
"Alright, then you'll be in charge of this case."
The matter was settled. Li Efra left the meeting room, sat in his office, thought for a moment, and then called Zheng Baoyin.
The acquisition of Barings Bank was finalized at yesterday's emergency meeting of senior executives.
The outside world did not discover Nick Leeson's underhanded tactics, but Want Want Group has very strong oversight capabilities, so it discovered them long ago.
Barings Bank's Singapore branch was riddled with flaws, and only the British gentlemen at Barings Bank headquarters would be fooled by Nick Leeson.
However, in the eyes of Want Want Group's companies such as Interstellar Financial Group, Infinite Group, and Horizon Capital, this was simply a loophole delivered to their doorstep.
Zheng Baoyin hung up the phone, seemingly unconcerned about Barings Bank.
Even if this bank controls more than £20 billion in global assets, so what?
Compared to the massive Want Want Group, Barings Bank's own assets are only a few hundred million pounds, not to mention that it is currently in debt.
After the acquisition, it will take time and money to revitalize the company, which is not an easy task.
What Want Want Group values is Barings Bank’s heritage and influence, not the bank’s assets.
"How's things in South America now?"
After hanging up the phone, Zheng Baoyin looked at the computer screen; he was on a call with someone.
One of the current heads of Want Want Group's South American branch is Ambrose of the Miller family.
The Miller family is a white-glove family launched by the Want Want Group, and it is currently the only white-glove family in South America, while all others are black-glove families.
Ambrose's main responsibility was to contact organizations in the underworld, such as the Hobart mercenary group, and to complete certain missions.
So this seems a bit contradictory, but in fact, the Miller family was a black glove family before they became a white glove family.
It's currently a process of gradually clearing its name.
"We have now cleared out the Mitsubishi family's local footprint, which consisted of two sites, including two banks and five hospitals, all of which have been eliminated."
"And they sent all of their people back to Japan, but they had only been out of the Atlantic Ocean for a short time when they struck an iceberg that had drifted from Antarctica and sank to the bottom of the sea."
Zheng Baoyin nodded upon hearing Ambrose's words.
What is an Antarctic iceberg?
Only a fool would cross the sea near Ushuaia in South America and head towards the Pacific Ocean.
That's just stupid.
Why not just head north to the Caribbean Sea and pass through the Panama Canal?
Therefore, Ambrose's move was entirely a plan to eliminate the Mitsubishi family.
Japan began making strategic plans in various aspects as early as the 1950s and 60s.
South America is one of the key areas of their strategic layout.
After all, if they want to carry out their plan to steal the world, they need land, funds, and people.
However, Xiao Rizi also prefers to eat alone and is very wary of the outside world.
So after arriving in South America, their first step was to spend a lot of money to buy land and build schools, banks, hospitals, and so on.
The second step was to bring in a large number of Japanese people from their country, either by immigration or smuggling, to bolster their territory in South America.
The third step was to proceed step by step, encouraging the Japanese living in South America to have a large number of children—two or three children were not too few, and seven or eight were not too many.
How many children they can have depends entirely on their own efforts.
The local officials are responsible for providing the money and a better living environment for these people.
At this point in the 1980s, Japan was already claiming it would buy up the entire United States.
At this time, the Mitsubishi family, the Sumitomo family, the Mitsui family and other zaibatsu were all thinking about one issue: don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Therefore, the whole world can see those Japanese schools that are closed off.
It's simply insane.
Such practices by Japanese zaibatsu are naturally not permitted.
They wanted to develop their strength discreetly and covertly, but Ambrose certainly wouldn't let them do that in South America.
The Chinese in Chinatown are all open and aboveboard. Although everyone gathers together, they don't act like closed-off communities in Japan.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Upon hearing this, Ambrose respectfully replied:
"Boss, there's something I need to tell you, just now..."
Representatives from the Mitsubishi family have called to request negotiations.
Because continuing this confrontation will not benefit either side.
Zheng Baoyin immediately said:
"Then talk to them, and take advantage of their influence."
Since the Mitsubishi family is so wealthy, they should contribute more money.
Anyway, they don't seem to care about the money.
South America has very fertile land, with countless places suitable for cultivation.
Whether it's planting grains, sugarcane, or other crops, or turning the land into grassland, animal husbandry is also a very good option.
If the Mitsubishi family wants to use underhanded tactics to seize control of another's territory, Zheng Baoyin and his group will naturally try to stop them and make arrangements accordingly.
"Oh, and remember to arrange for someone to frame the Mitsubishi family later."
Super Dollars have already appeared all over the world and are indistinguishable from real banknotes.
Even if there are two identical banknotes, nothing will happen as long as the bank teller doesn't check them carefully.
Even if we see it, there's nothing we can do, because the super-dollars are now so abundant that even the Federal Reserve can't do anything about them.
So framing the Mitsubishi family was just a way to muddy the waters.
While Zheng Baoyin was busy dealing with these matters, he was far away on a peninsula in East Asia.
The atmosphere in office number thirty-nine was extremely tense and solemn.
"Have the results come out yet?"
Li Jianhui is the current head of Office No. 39.
He was anxiously asking the technical expert in front of him.
Since the late 1980s, their office number 39 has been producing counterfeit US dollars.
And it has always been a top player in the counterfeit currency industry, never to be surpassed.
Because office number 39 is home to the most outstanding technical personnel in Silla.
That's why super-sized US dollars can be produced so quickly.
Unfortunately, not much of the super-dollars they created actually entered the market.
What's even worse is that their office number 39 was raided a few years ago.
This resulted in heavy losses.
After several years of adjustments, Office No. 39 has finally recovered.
Actually, after Office No. 39 was shut down.
The head of Silla has requested the office be rebuilt more than once.
Although Li Jianhui is in charge.
They also repeatedly sent agents abroad to search for new materials.
For example, the color-changing ink needed for super-sized US dollars.
This requires importing from a Swiss company called S Group.
However, they were killed multiple times without knowing which side was responsible.
In short, over the years, they have accumulated a great deal of materials needed to produce the super dollar.
Once imports are involved, it becomes very difficult to get them shipped back.
In addition, the Federal Reserve has redesigned the dollar several times.
Office No. 39 did not have time to complete the research and development.
New versions of counterfeit super-sized US dollars have already appeared on the market.
They were framed and then subjected to a joint investigation by multiple agencies, including the CIA, NSA, and FBI.
It can be said that these past few years...
American planes are frequently seen over the outer waters of other countries.
For example, the famous Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft has circled the waters near Silla many times.
The reason I haven't come here for the past year or so is because the neighboring city of Harbin has developed the Dragon Roar stealth fighter.
This fighter jet is incredibly powerful, with a speed of Mach 5, easily outperforming the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.
Although the Longxiao stealth fighter wouldn't go to Silla, the Blackbird reconnaissance pilots were still afraid.
Their Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft has a maximum flight altitude of 30,000 meters, but the maximum flight altitude of the Dragon Roar stealth fighter far exceeds this limit.
Most importantly, the Dragon Roar stealth fighter is too fast.
Mach 5!!!
The fact that it can continue flying at Mach 5 for two hours is absolutely terrifying.
Therefore, the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft was essentially useless in Silla's territory.
However, the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft was no longer available.
This does not mean that Office 39 is safe and sound.
General Barnes has many other tricks up his sleeve. Not to mention the carrier strike group, just having nuclear-powered submarines loitering near Silla for a while would give Office 39 a headache.
Li Jianhui was under tremendous pressure.
After overcoming numerous difficulties, all the raw materials needed to produce the new version of counterfeit US dollars were transported back from abroad.
That's why they're so nervous today.
"We succeeded! Haha, Director Li, we finally succeeded!"
Suddenly, cheers erupted in the laboratory as Li Jianhui rushed in.
Seeing the experts beaming with joy, Li Jianhui finally smiled too.
But the next moment, exhausted, he fell into a deep sleep during a moment of mental relaxation.
Because he hadn't closed his eyes for over seventy-two hours.
This intense work, coupled with the fact that he has been in a highly stressful work state for the past few years, is why he is now in this state, falling asleep immediately.
too tired!
Two days and two nights later, Li Jianhui finally woke up.
Then he met the young master of the Jin family, which made him extremely excited.
Li Jianhui regained his energy and began to busy himself with his work.
Undoubtedly, their current focus is on producing and spending these massive amounts of US dollars.
Unfortunately, Silla is currently facing a severe shortage of foreign exchange.
When others lack foreign exchange, they start businesses and develop the economy.
But Silla didn't do that; they printed dollars directly.
Now that Office No. 39 has resurfaced, the outside world is bound to be in turmoil once again.
Washington, D.C., CIA headquarters building, Director's office.
Snapped!
After reading the intelligence, Baker Barnes was so angry that he stood up abruptly, slammed his hand on the table, and his eyes widened like saucers as he roared:
"Fuck, do these Far Eastern monkeys have a death wish? They're here again!!!"
The super dollars produced in Office 39 seem to be not much different from the super dollars produced in the Super Dollar Factory.
If it weren't for a slight anomaly that required careful analysis by experts, it would have been impossible to find the answer.
Office 39 has now made its way into the business world, and they've brought out quite a lot of US dollars.
A full three hundred million US dollars flowed into the market.
Although the intelligence agents had identified several suspects, two of them still managed to escape.
The game of cat and mouse has been going on for a long time, but it seems that most of the time it's the mouse that's outsmarting the cat.
How could this not infuriate Beckbarnes?
"Prometheus, I now command you to immediately proceed to Southeast Asia and capture these damned Far Eastern monkeys."
Beckbarnes roared:
"If you can't do it, then resign, and I'll find someone else."
Prometheus inwardly grumbled, but still agreed as the other party had asked.
Just as he turned to leave, Federal Reserve Commissioner Roland Morgan suddenly and rudely pushed open the office door.
"General Barnes, have you made a new discovery? Have you found a super dollar factory?"
Roland Morgan was going crazy. He had been asked to come to the CIA two years ago to oversee the agency's focus on the mega-dollar case.
But almost two years have passed, and unfortunately, there has been no success yet.
The Federal Reserve is already exploring a new strategy: to reissue new dollars in order to guard against a super dollar factory.
Unfortunately, this requires a lot of cost, and the more we do it this way, the more difficult it becomes.
Having been driven to the brink of extinction by the super-dollar factory, Roland Morgan is now only thinking about making a contribution and then quickly being transferred from his current position.
"Fuck, who gave you permission to come in without knocking?"
Beckbarnes became even angrier.
These people all have even bigger tempers than the last.
Roland Morgan's face was grim:
"Is this the time to dwell on these things? General Barnes, let me remind you, the Super Dollar case has been going on for almost six years, and there are now nearly 500 billion dollars in counterfeit money worldwide."
Upon hearing this, Beckbarnes' expression turned even more unpleasant.
He didn't need the other party to remind him at all; he knew all this information perfectly well.
Five hundred billion dollars in counterfeit money is both suffocating and utterly powerless.
That's roughly how much the United States spends on military operations each year.
The counterfeit money ring is truly despicable; it is disrupting the global financial order.
"Can't your Federal Reserve come up with a solution yourselves? Our intelligence agency has already done its best."
Upon hearing Baker Barnes' words, Roland Morgan's breathing quickened.
Is this something a general should say?
It's simply too much.
Prometheus quickly and quietly slipped away, not wanting to get involved in their fight.
To be honest, the current situation is too difficult.
Life is tough for everyone.
In the roundtable room of the Federal Reserve headquarters building in New York, everyone sat silently, the atmosphere frozen.
After a while, the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Spencer, spoke up:
"Ladies and gentlemen, as you've all seen the intelligence reports, Silla has gone out to court death again. They've actually started printing the latest version of the US dollar. Let's discuss what we should do?"
The intelligence information came from the CIA.
The Federal Reserve also has its own intelligence system and has received relevant intelligence.
However, this time, something seems off.
The information wasn't just leaked about the precise figure of $300 million in counterfeit money; it was leaked during the very early stages of Silla's introduction of these counterfeit bills into the market.
It's as if an invisible hand is controlling everything.
Allen Span had a feeling that another counterfeit money ring was pulling the strings behind the scenes.
They seem to be consciously guiding the Federal Reserve to target the Korean Peninsula.
Although counterfeit money was indeed printed on the peninsula.
However, it is undeniable that the counterfeit money rings around the world are not limited to the Peninsula alone.
The organization that gives the Federal Reserve the biggest headache—the one that prints the most counterfeit US dollars—has remained completely silent so far.
Although the Federal Reserve has dismantled numerous counterfeit money rings in the past few years with the help of agencies such as the CIA, NSA, and FBI.
However, it was only afterward that everyone realized that those so-called counterfeit money dens were all deliberately disguised.
However, the counterfeit money ring acted so convincingly that they managed to fool everyone.
Throughout 1994, the global market saw an increase of over $120 billion in counterfeit currency.
Now, in 1995, just a few months into the year, several hundred billion dollars in counterfeit currency has already been added.
That's absolutely outrageous.
Upon hearing Allen Span's words, a group of executives began to express their opinions.
But it's always the same few sets of clothes.
If it were useful, they wouldn't need to sit here and continue discussing it.
idiot!
Alan Spencer, who was secretly cursing, felt utterly powerless at this moment.
More than an hour later, everyone finally decided to apply to the Pentagon to put pressure on the Korean Peninsula.
Yes, although the Peninsula Office 39 only produced $300 million in counterfeit money, and their distribution channels for counterfeit money were too limited, they were easily caught.
Even if the intelligence about Office 39 producing counterfeit money was obtained by another counterfeit money group, it is very likely that the Federal Reserve deliberately let them know in advance.
Regardless, the Federal Reserve must seize this opportunity to make an example of someone.
The Federal Reserve must act as the knife and eliminate Office 39 on the Peninsula.
As for the counterfeit money rings hiding in the shadows, Allen Spencer believes that a top-down investigation is still necessary.
So after the meeting, Alan Spencer immediately went to find the current heads of the old financial magnates such as the Morgan family, the Rockefeller family, and the Mellon family.
In a secluded yet luxurious villa estate in the heart of New York City, Alan Spencer met with several elderly men, including the Morgan family.
"Dear Mr. Morgan"
"Here's the situation. After discussion, we believe we should contact the Pentagon and send a carrier strike group to the waters near the peninsula to pressure the Kim family into handing over the counterfeit money personnel in Office 39."
"In addition, I suspect that the counterfeit money syndicate we've been unable to locate is very likely hiding within the United States, and that one of our lawmakers is providing cover for it."
"Therefore, I believe we need a top-down purge; otherwise, no matter how many times the Federal Reserve updates the dollar, we probably won't be able to get rid of the counterfeit money problem."
Alan Spencer is quite capable.
His guess wasn't without merit; he was simply oversimplifying things.
Throughout the United States, there are countless corrupt and shady forces hiding in the shadows.
The probability of such a top-down purge being approved is less than one percent.
Even if it is approved by chance, there will inevitably be many difficulties in its implementation, and it may even come to nothing before long.
Are you confident? Do you have anyone you suspect?
Old Morgan's brows furrowed into a deep frown, clearly indicating that he was not so easily fooled.
If Alan Spencer's plan ultimately ends in failure, then it would be better not to launch it at all.
Although the financial groups behind the Federal Reserve are powerful and have deeply entrenched financial resources, they are all established financial groups and are inherently at odds with newer financial groups such as the California Group and the Texas Group.
In particular, the rise of European conglomerates in the last decade or so has caused headaches for conglomerates like the Morgan family.
It's no longer very likely that European financial groups can be destroyed.
However, it seems that European consortia are not too keen on deeper cooperation.
It seems that European financial groups are unwilling to cooperate with the old financial tycoons of the eastern United States, such as Morgan, Rockefeller, and Mellon, in more areas.
Instead, they are closer to the new financial groups that emerged after World War II, such as the Texas Group, the California Group, and the Cleveland Group.
There are at least ten such conglomerates throughout the United States.
Now, with the addition of European consortia, there are probably more than ten.
If we follow Allen Span's advice, we risk offending all the major financial groups.
Even though old Morgan considered himself extraordinary and boasted of his immense power, he wouldn't dare offend so many forces at once.
Allen Span pondered for a moment and said:
"Mr. Morgan, the only ones I can guess are a few newly emerging financial groups, especially European ones. Their rise is too suspicious."
Before he could finish speaking, John Rockefeller suddenly interrupted him:
"Allen, I've done in-depth research on the European consortium. You might not know this, but this European consortium isn't just close to a few consortia in California and Texas; they've also made significant investments in a major country in the Far East."
"The businesses they own, such as computers, toys, movies, cars, and finance, are quite profitable."
"I obtained this information through bribing a mid-level employee at the Velociraptor Fund. They reportedly made over $15 billion in profits in 1994."
"This is just a financial company; we have no idea how many financial companies the European consortium actually owns."
"It's easy to see that the rise of European conglomerates is not without reason. They possess advanced technologies in various fields, representing the culmination of years of accumulation, and they have all capitalized on every emerging trend."
"The rise of European conglomerates is not without precedent; their current assets are at most four or five hundred billion US dollars, which is not particularly powerful."
John Rockefeller's words silenced Alan Spencer.
He hadn't expected the other party to know so much about European conglomerates, even down to how much wealth they controlled.
European consortiums have assets totaling four to five hundred billion US dollars.
It sounds almost equivalent to the more than 500 billion US dollars printed by counterfeit money syndicates.
But the more this is the case, the less you should act recklessly.
Since the rise of European conglomerates, Alan Spencer has studied the companies under these conglomerates on more than one occasion.
He has researched all newly emerging companies, and even those that have been acquired.
Although most companies' revenue cannot compare to that of the behemoth that is General Motors.
However, companies such as Velociraptor Fund, Maple Tree Capital, Walsin Technology, and Magic Child Toy Factory all have very high profits.
The reason is simple: they either locate their factories in a large country in the Far East, or they outsource most of their less important business to that same country.
This business outsourcing model has made these companies incredibly wealthy.
There are even other modes.
For example, the Magic Toy Factory has even engaged in in-depth collaborations with Hollywood giants such as Paramount, MGM, and Marvel Studios.
They created a globally popular film using their intellectual property, and then sold the toys from the Magic Child Toy Factory to the world.
As a result, their profits are extremely high.
The key is that this model is very difficult to imitate.
It seems they all possess extremely excellent intellectual property.
For example, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings, Independence Day, Transformers, and so on, as well as Marvel Studios, the comic book company.
Almost every movie in the series has been a box office hit, and the merchandise related to the movies also sells very well.
It’s incredible!
In any case, Warner Bros., Disney, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and other Hollywood giants simply cannot learn from it.
Besides that, there are several financial companies such as Maple Tree Capital.
They were in the right position during the financial crises they encountered over the past decade.
For example, the Plaza Accord of 1985, the US stock market crash of 1987, the Japanese bubble economy of 1990, and the massive devaluation of the Russian ruble in 1991.
Therefore, from this perspective, the rise of European capital conglomerates is not without precedent.
It's simply unbelievable to say they were part of a counterfeit money ring, or that they were involved in one.
"My suspicions are likely with the California and Texas firms."
Allen Span had no choice but to speak up.
Morgan Sr., John D. Rockefeller, and others fell silent.
At this moment, the head of the DuPont conglomerate suddenly said:
"Gentlemen, I think it's worthwhile to add the European conglomerates to the list. This major purge can serve as a good opportunity to test their capabilities and see if they are willing to cooperate with us."
That makes sense!
Allen Span, however, was overjoyed.
Because he was already very suspicious of European financial groups.
They are also very interested in their wealth; in short, they are greedy.
That's right, all these people sitting together talking about the Great Purge are actually just doing it for business.
All talk of win-win cooperation is far less effective than seizing other people's wealth, which is faster and gives these capitalists a greater sense of accomplishment.
Just like they plundered Japan and Russia a few years ago, everyone was raking in the profits during the partitioning.
The current situation is that in the past year or two, they have not only failed to reap the benefits, but have also suffered significant losses due to the counterfeit money groups.
This is, of course, impossible for them.
Alan Spencer's suggestion was just right, giving them hope.
Then it's the perfect time for a major purge.
Of course, they'll definitely pick on the weakest link.
Although the European, California, and Texas financial groups are not pushovers, the Great Purge is justified in its name, representing the dollar system and carrying the justice of the federal government.
So naturally they wanted to give it a try.
If you asked them to take a jab at the Boston Group, the Chicago Group, the Cleveland Group, etc., old Morgan and his team were less willing.
After all, these are arguably old financial groups, and we have very good relationships with them. Their influence is deeply entrenched, making them difficult to deal with.
In the following time, Allen Span briefly explained the process of the Great Purge.
He also stated that he would clarify the whole matter within the next week.
"You stay here. Don't leave until you've completed all the details of the purge process, and don't contact anyone outside."
That's what Morgan Sr. said.
This is for confidentiality reasons.
Without the slightest hesitation, Allen Span agreed immediately.
A few days later, at the Federal Reserve headquarters, a senior executive, Hunter Roberts, arrived at the door of the Federal Reserve Chairman's office.
The secretary informed him that Allen Span had not appeared for three days.
The secretary didn't know exactly what he went to do.
Hunter Roberts immediately realized something, turned around and left, and then quickly relayed the message.
After half an hour and several transfers, the news finally reached Martinez.
"Oh, the Federal Reserve Chairman has been missing for three days?"
Martinez found it somewhat amusing, and after a moment's thought, he still informed Zheng Baoyin and other senior executives of the news.
The Want Want Group has a very good management method: many hands make light work.
There are so many people in the senior management team, all of whom are intelligent and have different opinions and perspectives.
Through discussion, we might be able to resolve the problems that are bothering everyone.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Spencer's disappearance for three days is not normal news.
Especially after Want Want Group deliberately leaked intelligence information about the Korean Peninsula to the Federal Reserve.
At such a crucial juncture, why has the Federal Reserve taken so little action?
This is so abnormal.
"Find him, monitor him, and eavesdrop on him!"
Wang Jianchao offered his suggestion directly, which was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.
They don't have much news about Allen Span right now.
But we must value the other party.
Half a day later, the Want Want Group, through the sorting out of relevant intelligence, basically confirmed the places Allen Span had been before he disappeared.
So hundreds of small drones were deployed.
After another day of searching, they finally located the secluded villa in downtown New York.
However, it is not easy to enter this villa to listen in and monitor the other party.
"It's time to send out insect drones."
As night falls, the lights are on.
On the streets of New York, several homeless people appeared near a villa.
One of them took out an insect, and then a remote control for an insect drone.
Immediately afterwards, Ron Holden, a special forces expert disguised as a homeless man and a heavy artilleryman, who came from the Exa farm, piloted an insect drone and quickly flew along the street into the villa estate.
Through surveillance cameras, key points can naturally be found quickly.
While Ron Holden was operating the insect drone, on the other side, someone crawled into the sewers below the villa and cut a cable.
They initiated a network intrusion program, then temporarily took over the villa's surveillance and network, and most importantly, deactivated the alarm.
Thus, the insect drone smoothly entered the villa.
When the insect drone quietly landed on the bookshelf three or four meters away from Allen Span, its camera was focused on the papers in front of him.
Through the drone, it can be seen very clearly that Allen Span is drafting the Great Purge plan.
The list also includes names such as Hela O'Brien, Allen Costa, Dylan Dario, Zheng Baoyin, and Wang Jianchao.
When Ron Holden saw the names of Zheng Baoyin and the others, his pupils dilated sharply.
In particular, Martinez's name was mentioned, and the purpose of this massive purge was to find out if the counterfeit money ring was hiding inside the United States.
This really scared Ron Holden.
The news was immediately relayed to Martinez and others, and all the senior executives of Want Want Group held an emergency meeting.
Because this is not a trivial matter.
Everyone is eager to find out why Allen Span suspected that Want Want Group was a counterfeit money ring.
If they don't understand this, they probably won't even be able to get some sleep.
"Investigate, but it needs to be kept extremely confidential!" (End of Chapter)
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