Chapter 869: Unexpectedly Important News

'Hello... Mr. Jefferson, how have you been considering it?'

'...'

'Well, if you change your mind later, you can contact me, provided that our company has not acquired enough equity at that time.'

'Click!'

After hanging up the phone, Toby Moulton let out a cold laugh and put the matter behind him for the time being.

Thunder Inc.'s Edward Jefferson obviously wasn't giving up yet, and there was no point in saying more. He could just let him keep waiting. After all, the time limit for the return of shares in the VAM agreement was still a long way off, and Toby Moulton believed that the shares of Philipp Brothers would continue to fall.

In a share bet, the borrower of the shares has more freedom. As long as the period of the agreement is still in effect, the borrower can return the shares at any time, and the lender has no right to urge the borrower to do so.

Even if Thunder Inc. wants to hang on to the shares, he is not afraid. According to the plan that the boss told him, unless Thunder Inc. has the courage to continue betting, its current 3.9% stake will be diluted to an extremely low percentage.

Then, he continued to work hard on the acquisition of the shares.

The financial markets are interconnected globally, not to mention Xia Yu's covert manipulation of the copper and aluminium markets, which had a huge impact.

As the American futures giant Phillip Brothers entered bankruptcy proceedings, it shocked many people.

The British media seized on the hot topic and focused public opinion on the Bank of Bahrain, with bankruptcy looming over it.

As a result, the share price of Barings Bank plummeted.

Investors scrambled to flee, fearing that Barings Bank would repeat the fate of the Phillip Brothers and that their capital would be locked up.

As a result, the already deeply embattled Barings Bank, whose share price had fallen, saw its stock price fall even more rapidly.

When interviewed by the media, the Bank of England, which actually governs all banks in the UK, expressed great concern about the matter.

Just as George Berkeley seized the opportunity to aggressively short-sell Barings Bank, a message delivered by Sumitomo Corporation's Yanagawa Shu-jin made him pay attention.

When G.S. Warburg short-sold LME zinc futures, LME nickel futures and LME lead futures, Sumitomo Corporation received a phone call asking them to give up long-selling LME copper futures and LME aluminium futures, which Sumitomo Corporation simply refused to do.

Sumitomo Corporation had informed George Berkeley of this long ago, and it had once made George Berkeley very vigilant, and he had reported the situation to Xia Yu.

However, later, G.S. Warburg did not short LME copper futures and LME aluminum futures, and it seemed that it was just trying to make a profit in the futures market and then leave. The focus was still on the field of investment banking, so George Berkeley gradually relaxed his vigilance and stopped paying attention.

But Sumitomo Corporation was not willing to give up. Keigo Sumitomo specially hired an intelligence gathering organisation at a high price, and they really managed to find out some information.

That is, when G·S·Warburg was frantically short selling, someone saw members of the Rothschild family go there many times, but their whereabouts were very secretive.

But the City of London is after all the financial centre of the United Kingdom, and G·S·Warburg is also a British financial giant. There were just too many people hanging around the area, and there were always some people who could recognise Evelyn Rothschild himself.

When the Rothschild family was involved, George Berkeley had to take it seriously.

He immediately gathered the company's elites and deduced all possibilities, before making a phone call to Xia Yu.

'...Boss, I suspect that the Rothschild family is connected to the sudden short selling of LME copper futures and LME aluminium futures by the Bahraini bank.'

Hearing George Berkeley's report and speculation over the receiver, Xia Yu couldn't help but frown and think.

George Berkeley might not be aware of the tense relationship between the Rothschild family and the Bahraini family, which is why he came up with this speculation.

But on second thought, it's not impossible.

In his spare time, he occasionally pondered the events that had taken place during the period of reflection. Indeed, there were many suspicious points.

For example, why had Philipp Brothers suddenly aligned itself with the Galaxy Fund and acted as if it were fighting for its life?

Why had G.S. Warburg suddenly jumped out and strongly targeted his ally Sumitomo Corporation, and why had Sumitomo Corporation received threats?

Why did the Bahraini bank suddenly join forces with the Philipp Brothers to short LME copper futures and LME aluminium futures?

There are so many suspicious points.

Now, hearing George Berkeley say that during the period when G.S. Warburg was frantically shorting, he saw the Rothschild family go to G.S. Warburg, Xia Yu subconsciously thought in this direction.

It seemed that every key company had some connection to the Rothschild family.

The Philippe Brothers, Solomon Brothers and G.S. Warburg all had one thing in common: they were all Jewish companies.

And with the memory of the previous big boss, Xia Yu also knew some more secret information, which was that the Philippe family and the Warburg family had relatively close relationships with the Rothschild family.

As for the Bank of Bahrain, the Bahraini family behind it did not have a good relationship with the Rothschild family, and it could even be said that there was some tension.

Put yourself in his shoes. If he were Jakob Rothschild, he would be happy to see the Bank of Bahrain fall, but he would not want to see the collapse of the firms Philipp Brothers, Salomon Brothers and G.S. Warburg.

According to the time period, in this battle that affected the futures market around the world, Philipp Brothers entered the market early, while Solomon Brothers and Bahrain Bank entered the market in the middle and late stages. G.S. Warburg did not enter the market, but fought against Xia Yu's ally Sumitomo Corporation in the middle and late stages, which was actually a way to attack an enemy from the rear and essentially rescue Bahrain Bank.

'No, G.S. Warburg was weakening the bulls' power in order to rescue the bears, not necessarily to help Barings Bank!'

Xia Yu suddenly had a flash of insight, and an outrageous speculation popped into his mind.

'It seems that whether Barings Bank wins or loses is something the Rothschild family is happy to see. Did the Rothschild family play any role in Barings Bank's entry?'

'If the Rothschild family really colluded with G.S. Warburg or was behind the scenes against Sumitomo, it is reasonable that Sumitomo lost so quickly. Although G.S. Warburg is a financial giant, its main business is not in the futures market, so there is no reason why it could beat Sumitomo so badly in such a short period of time!'

'...'

'Boss, are you still listening?'

Xia Yu was thinking for a long time and had not spoken, which made George Berkeley feel a bit unsure, so he asked tentatively, which startled Xia Yu.

Fortunately, Xia Yu had already thought of a lot of things, although some of them were not complete, but it was enough for him to make a decision.

It was always right to be cautious!

"George, listen, there is an important thing you need to do now.'

'Contact Lord Carter-Howard as soon as possible and ask him to investigate why the Baring Bank is shorting LME copper futures and LME aluminium futures, who the instigator is, whether the instigator or executor has had any contact with the Rothschild family during this period, or whether the instigator or executor is possibly connected to the Rothschild family.'

'If you find anything out, let me know immediately, as we may need to adjust our plan.'

'That's all. Do you have anything else?'

'Not at the moment, boss. I'll get right on what you've arranged.' The steady voice of George Berkeley came over the receiver.

'Well, that's it for now. Call me first thing if there's an emergency.'

With that, Xia Yu hung up the phone.

He brewed a cup of tea, went over to the sofa and leaned back, his eyes narrowed as he continued his previous train of thought.