Blackstone Code

The luxurious study room was filled with a strong smell of smoke and alcohol volatilization. These smells mixed together made it very unpleasant.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank sat on the sofa, his back no longer as straight as it used to be.

He was a little rickety, and his whole body seemed to have lost its luster. He was hunched over on the sofa.

The cigarette in his hand has burned a lot, but he has not taken a puff. The ash has accumulated a lot, and any slight vibration may fall down.

He actually no longer wants to smoke, his lungs are alarming, and his brain is beginning to resist nicotine intake due to too much nicotine.

But it was as if he had ordered a cigarette, even if it was only for the first puff and then for the last puff of it!

Just click on it and hold it between your fingers, and it will make him very "satisfied".

"There are still some people who disagree with the board of directors' decision, and I have selected some people with appeal..."

One director placed a list on the coffee table and pushed it over.

The chairman of the board of directors picked up the list and took a look. Among these people were several major shareholders and some ordinary shareholders.

When talking about a major shareholder, it actually means one ten thousandth, three hundred thousandths or five hundred thousandths of the equity.

It sounds like very little, but being able to become a major shareholder with such a small number of shares is... incredible?

With such a small amount of shares, can he be called a major shareholder?

However, considering the tens of thousands of shareholders of the Federal Reserve Bank, the number of shares held by these people has actually exceeded the average, or even exceeded the average by a large margin!

Even the chairman of the board of directors himself holds only one point and one percent of the stock, with three decimal points to follow.

Before the trouble, he actually held only 0.9% of the shares, or nine thousandths, and these were the shares he later repurchased.

For many company shareholders, holding more stock is a happy thing, but for him, and for them, it is painful.

Because their cash was basically drained out of stock buybacks!

But this can also reflect a problem.

For example, those shareholders who hold one ten thousandth of the company's shares have been able to enter the top two hundred ranks in the rankings of the shareholders' meeting.

Ranking among the top two hundred among tens of thousands of shareholders, what is this other than a major shareholder?

Every time the chairman of the board sees a name, the appearance of these people appears in his mind, and even the voice he used to speak can appear in his mind!

These people did not agree with Lynch entering the Federal Reserve Bank for various reasons. The most important resistance was actually because of Lynch's identity.

He is the largest shareholder of Blackstone Bank, and his shareholding alone exceeds that of everyone else combined!

And Lynch doesn't have a very good reputation in some fields, such as business and finance.

He has caused many "tragedies". Big companies, even Nagaril, went bankrupt because of his operations!

It may not be a good thing for such a strong person to join the Federal Reserve Bank!

"Inviting the robbers into the house" was what they were most worried about at this time. If they were not careful, they, the "hosts", not only did not have to be "guests", they might be directly brought to the table by Lynch.

There are also some people who are more simple and direct, and if they don’t like it, they just don’t like it.

Because the equity changes involved are large and there are many shares, which will directly change the current pattern of the Federal Savings Bank's shareholders' meeting, so this matter needs to be approved by a majority of the shareholders' meeting.

If Lynch holds 5% of the shares, he can split his shares into, say, fifty thousandths, or five millionths.

In short, as long as the threshold for entering the board of directors and entering the shareholders' meeting can be met.

Suddenly from one person to so many people, Lynch's "control" over the Federal Reserve Bank will skyrocket, and it is even possible to "control" the board of directors or shareholders' meeting to a certain extent.

So there will always be some people who don’t want to see this scene——

Some people may think that maybe not everyone on the board of directors supports him.

You are right to think so, but the positive attitude shown by the board of directors at this time makes them unable to see the slightest result they want. The board of directors seems to welcome Lynch to join!

For these people, the only thing they can do is to object!

The chairman of the board was upset and put the list back on the coffee table.

Because he leaned forward a little too much, the ash accumulated on the cigarette in his hand rolled down.

But he didn't care at all, raised his hand, took a puff, and put the cigarette out in the ashtray.

"Have you talked to them?"

“It’s really impossible to buy out their shares and use bank money.”

Using bank money to buy shares from shareholders is actually very illegal, but at this time it is no longer time to worry about whether it is illegal or not.

And even if there is a violation, someone has to report it. For the chairman of the board of directors, this is not a problem at all.

The director sitting aside shook his head, "I have already contacted them. A few people are willing to sell their shares, but none of the leaders are willing."

The chairman of the board of directors raised his eyebrows, "They want more money?"

The director shook his head, "They want to exchange it for the shares of some lower-level institutions..."

The Federal Reserve, like other banks, has many subsidiaries.

Some of these subsidiaries eventually became bank enterprises because they lent money to these companies but the companies failed to pay back.

There are also some subsidiaries that are relatively common investments. Banks also need to combat market risks and have profit indicators.

The bank's profit structure is not limited to lending to society, but also many other businesses.

The most common is to invest in some rising industries, as well as agriculture and animal husbandry.

About 40% of the farms and ranches in the federal agricultural and animal husbandry industry belong to various banks.

Because the development of the agriculture and animal husbandry industry is very stable, except for natural disasters, there is no need to consider losses. It can be said that it is basically 100% profitable.

This kind of industry with good bottom line is also the focus of bank investment.

When the director said this, the chairman of the board of directors immediately understood that they must have taken a fancy to some companies that the bank has invested in.

For example, some companies that are on the rise have basically been able to achieve a healthy financial situation and have no need for financing at all. Even if someone has money, they cannot enter these companies.

If they turn shares into money, then money can only be money.

But if the shares are converted into shares of other companies, based on the number of shares they hold, they may be able to take away the bank's shares in many other companies!

This is a very cunning approach, and they must choose companies with very good profitability.

Thinking of this, the chairman of the board of directors suddenly became even more dissatisfied.

"Let's talk to them again and implement the buyback terms. It's okay to add a little money."

The returns that a good investment can bring are not just a few times, but returns of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times!

Lynch's Light of Tomorrow Investment Group is the most typical example. He often only invests hundreds of thousands to two to three hundred thousand in the companies in his industrial incubator park.

But once the company is successfully listed, the money he invested can double more than ten times in an instant!

Dozens of times or even hundreds of times are common!

The investment of the Federal Reserve Bank is actually similar, and they can not only provide financial support to enterprises, but also help these enterprises in terms of personal relationships.

This also allows many high-quality companies to always provide generous financial feedback to the Federal Reserve Bank. He is unwilling to give up these cows that can milk out gold.

The director nodded and hesitated, "I actually talked to them before, and they rejected the repurchase terms."

"When I proposed the buyback terms, their attitude was that they were unwilling to sell their shares and were only willing to exchange..."

The chairman of the board of directors sighed softly. Only then did he flick the cigarette ashes off his body. "Talk to them again and say that I care about these issues."

The director immediately knew what he should do...

At around ten o'clock in the evening, the chairman of the board of directors sat on the bed with two sleeping pills on the bedside table.

During this time, he had been needing sleeping pills to fall asleep. He was the only one in the bed. He asked his girlfriend to go on a trip and he didn't want to waste any energy on her.

Just when he picked up the pills and was about to take a rest, the phone suddenly rang.

Fortunately, there isn't much water in the cup, otherwise it would definitely spill out.

He put down the pills and cup in his hands and answered the phone. The director was here.

"I've talked to them and they're maintaining their stance of either exchanging shares or... rejecting it."

The chairman of the board of directors was silent for a while, "I know, let's do this first."

Then he looked at the pill in his hand for a long time, then raised his head and swallowed it with a sip of water.

These despicable, greedy little bugs...

In fact, they are not unwilling to repurchase at all, they just want to maximize their profits.

By exchanging a share with an uncertain future for a share with a bright future, based on the number of shares they hold, they can easily exchange shares in many projects from the Federal Reserve Bank!

From a capitalist's perspective, there is nothing to criticize in their practices and behaviors.

Because their purpose in doing so is to maximize their profits while reducing the risks they bear.

But what they did was so disgusting that it disgusted the chairman of the board of directors!

The next morning, the chairman of the board of directors drove out of the bank early after finishing his work. He drove around the suburbs twice and then entered an old house.

The owner of the old house has nothing to do with him, and it is a mystery whether he is even alive.

The house was swept clean, not even dust was found.

He waited for a while, about ten minutes, and someone took the key and opened the door...