The Great Sage Returns from Ten Years of Imprisonment

"I have rejected Cox's suggestion. The company's stock will not resume trading today. We'll see how things go next week."

After briefly explaining the situation, Lauder finally gave his answer.

The investment director was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

"Excellent! We absolutely cannot let those bastards from Morgan Stanley succeed. The company's stock must not resume trading today."

"The movements in international financial markets this week have been too volatile. Over the weekend, governments and central banks must find a way to address this issue."

"Otherwise, the entire international financial market would collapse very quickly. Our company's stock will resume trading next week, which will allow us to avoid this crazy crash."

Lauder fully agreed with this assessment.

After the investment director finished speaking, he couldn't help but express a few words of reflection.

"Although we are competitors with Broad Group, we should still thank them to some extent in this matter."

"If it weren't for the huge losses from the bet, which caused the stock price to plummet, our company wouldn't have narrowly escaped the crash of the past few days, thus avoiding even greater losses..."

After chatting for a few more minutes, they got down to business.

The investment director glanced back at the office door to make sure it was closed before speaking in a low voice:

"Boss, I just received a message from the general manager of Huaxia's Beijing representative office. They still haven't found that bastard Lewis, and there's no news from the police either."

"Do you think it's possible that that bastard Lewis is being secretly controlled by some unknown force? Like those guys at JPMorgan Chase, they're the most likely to do something like that."

"That bastard Lewis owes JPMorgan Chase hundreds of millions of dollars because of huge losses in a bet. Those important secrets he possesses can be sold to JPMorgan Chase to pay off his debts..."

Lauder's eyelids twitched violently, and his face instantly darkened.

He knew better than anyone that Lewis possessed those unspeakable secrets and knew just how valuable those secrets were!

These unspeakable secrets are not only closely related to Goldman Sachs, but also to a considerable extent to Lloyd.

For example, the dirty tricks Goldman Sachs committed during the rapid development of the subprime crisis into a global financial crisis would undoubtedly shock the entire financial market if exposed.

This included secretly shorting Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, which directly accelerated the bankruptcy of these two top investment banks.

At the time, Goldman Sachs and Lloyd himself were among those who heavily shorted these two top investment banks.

The person who secretly handled this matter for Lloyd was none other than Lewis, who had suddenly disappeared.

By secretly shorting Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, Lloyd made a fortune!

Once this matter is exposed, Goldman Sachs will inevitably become the target of countless criticisms and even angry condemnations, and will inevitably be severely punished as a result.

Because of his violation of industry rules, Lloyd is almost certainly guilty of disrupting and manipulating the financial market, and will face huge trouble.

At that time, he will not only become the target of public criticism, but will also be severely punished by the SEC!

He might even lose his position as CEO of Goldman Sachs and be used as a scapegoat by Goldman Sachs, kicked out without a second thought!

No, this absolutely cannot happen!

Lauder clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and said in a low, resolute voice:

"We must find that idiot Lewis at all costs. We absolutely cannot let him betray Goldman Sachs and us; that would be a huge problem!"

"Go back and tell those guys at the China representative office in Beijing that Goldman Sachs headquarters is willing to offer a million-dollar reward for finding that bastard Lewis."

"As for JPMorgan Chase, we have people there, and they're in very high positions. Now's the time to use these guys to gather some information and see if JPMorgan Chase has arrested that bastard Lewis."

"If that's the case, I'll find a way to bring that bastard back, or at least find a way to send a message to shut him up and stop him from talking nonsense."

Knowing they were birds of a feather, the Goldman Sachs investment director secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously.

"This is the best way to handle it. Even if Lewis is really being secretly controlled by those bastards at JPMorgan Chase, I believe those bastards won't dare to go too far."

"We also have a lot of dirt on JPMorgan Chase. If they don't play by the rules, we won't hold back. At worst, we'll fight to the death!"

"That's right, that's what I think too. Those guys at JPMorgan Chase probably won't break ties."

Lloyd nodded in agreement.

After discussing that matter, the investment director brought up another one.

"I just received an email from the headquarters of Yuanda Group. In the email, these guys suggested that Goldman Sachs could use other assets it holds to offset part of the betting debt."

"For example, Goldman Sachs' commercial real estate holdings in Hong Kong Island and New York, as well as a large number of listed company shares, can all be put up for sale. Clearly, Yuanda Group is not fixated on getting money."

"Undoubtedly, their attitude is more pragmatic. Goldman Sachs holds a lot of these types of assets, which can meet their requirements to a certain extent, resolve this problem, and protect Goldman Sachs' reputation."

Lauder frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then shook his head dismissively.

"They're dreaming. I don't want to give away a single penny of cash, listed company shares, or any other assets to those cunning bastards!"

"I still don't understand why they won so easily in this stock index options bet, and why we lost so badly?"

"But I have a strong feeling that we've probably been tricked by that little bastard hiding behind the scenes, and that we've fallen for his dirty trick. I'm going to settle this score with that little bastard."

Upon hearing this, a flash of disdain crossed the investment director's eyes!

Stop talking nonsense! You're making it sound so high and mighty, but you're just trying to renege on your debt!

In the international financial market, there is no such thing as someone being played by someone else; it's always just a matter of the victor taking all!

Since we are inferior in skill, we are destined to be slaughtered!

The investment director muttered to himself while also nodding in agreement.

He then picked up where he left off.

"Earlier today, the Hong Kong branch of Yuanda Group contacted Irwin of Goldman Sachs' Hong Kong branch, formally informing him and his team that they would be attending the second round of negotiations on Saturday regarding the debt related to stock index options betting."

"If we and Barclays refuse to attend these negotiations, they are prepared to apply to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission to freeze all of our company's assets in Hong Kong Island for debt repayment, which would be a troublesome matter..."

Upon hearing this, Lauder couldn't help but frown.

After pondering for two or three minutes, he finally said in a deep voice:

"This is indeed a considerable problem. If we had known it would turn out this way, we really shouldn't have let the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission get involved. Without the witnessing supervision of these two financial institutions, we would have had much more room to maneuver."

"Right now, we can only try to stall for time. Let's get through this weekend, see how the international financial markets react, and then decide how to respond. Only then will we have the energy to deal with this matter."

"We can have Irwin lead the team to tomorrow's meeting, but we must not mention the compensation at all. We need to find a way to postpone it, and let them figure out their own excuses..."

A dozen minutes later, the investment director finally left the office and went back to his own office to call Irwin.

at the same time.

Inside a five-star hotel in Haidian District.

Lewis stared in horror at the two strange men in front of him, feeling a chill run down his spine.

He didn't figure it out until five minutes ago.

The reason I was able to successfully evade the clutches of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase was neither by chance nor because of my own great abilities.

The real reason is that I have long since become a fish on the chopping block, and I can only be slaughtered by others!