Blackstone Code

With the development of society today, banks have played an increasingly important role in the entire social operating system.

If nothing else happens, it will become the core of the economy and finance, and even the federal government will revolve around banks in the future.

But the problem is that "if nothing else happens", an accident has happened now, and the Ice Age is about to come.

The social order is facing collapse. In the face of a collapsed society, all causal relationships and all food chains will be disrupted and redistributed.

Although banks are still important, their status is constantly weakening.

When the top managers of the five banks arrived at the Presidential Palace, Connor did not appear so "compromising". He did not even leave his office!

You must know that in the past, when such heavyweights came to visit together, Connor would probably run to the entrance of the Presidential Palace to greet them.

But this time, he sat on his cowhide sofa, patted the armrest, and waited for them to walk in from the door.

After the five people walked in, Connor waited for two seconds before standing up with a smile, "The road looks pretty smooth!"

"The weather is nice today. I wanted to chat in the yard, but they told me it wasn't safe."

"any drinks?"

Five people all wanted coffee. The coffee truck outside the presidential palace quickly made six cups of good coffee and delivered it to the presidential palace.

Six people, holding coffee, eighteen thousand thoughts flashed through their minds.

After a while, the chairman of the board of directors of Shengrong Bank looked at the people around him, frowned slightly, and then added Connor's words, "The coffee is good."

"If there weren't other things going on today, I would definitely be in the mood to taste such good coffee."

"But I'm in a bad mood right now, Connor."

"Lynch refuses to share his platform or technology with us on Global Connect, which is a terrible situation."

Connor sat behind the desk. The sofa in his office was actually quite big, and it could fit ten, eleven, or twelve people in a squeeze.

But there was no need for him to huddle with these people, because they were going downhill, and Lynch was still going up.

He put the slightly whitish coffee in his hand back on the cup holder. Now the entire presidential palace knew that Connor liked to drink coffee with double milk, and full milk.

His eyes also shifted from the coffee to the chairman of the board of directors of Shengrong Bank. "If you are here for this matter, you should talk to him, not me."

"Our government will not interfere in anything between your companies, we must remain neutral!"

The chairman of the board of directors of Rongsheng Bank could hear the perfunctory tone in Connor's words. The federal government has never been a "neutral" kind of guy, and their level of bias is very high.

What Connor really wants to say is that he is on Lynch's side.

"We spoke to Lynch and he was not interested in our proposal."

"This is no small matter, Connor, and eventually the economic order will collapse without us!"

"And don't you think that if Lynch alone holds Global Communication technology, he will have a monopoly?"

“Shouldn’t the federal antitrust laws come into play at this time?”

Connor couldn't help but pick up the coffee cup again and took a sip. It was very mellow.

The rich oil aroma brought by dark roasted coffee is fully integrated with the softness of coffee. At the same time, the bitterness is diluted by milk. The taste becomes more mellow and mellow as you taste it, and the more you drink it, the more addictive it becomes.

He did not immediately answer the words of the chairman of the board of directors of Shengrong. Instead, after taking two sips, he replied in a very relaxed voice, "The success and bankruptcy of an enterprise are inevitable processes and results of the natural operation of society."

"No enterprise can always be successful, nor can it exist forever. It is like a feudal dynasty."

"Even Blackstone Bank will go downhill one day and will go bankrupt, collapse, and die, but its cycle may be longer."

"We cannot intervene artificially just because you are declining. This is inconsistent with federal law and spirit."

"As for whether you think the Global Communication plan involves antitrust issues..."

Connor thought for a moment, "Is this business operational now?"

The faces of several people suddenly turned ugly. The CEO of Jinhui Bank shook his head, "No, sir."

Connor asked again, "So has he formed a technical barrier to prevent you from joining the research?"

"No, sir."

"Or if you lose this business, this platform will be completely inoperable?"

The chairman of the board of directors of Shengrong Bank raised his voice slightly, suppressing Connor's voice, "Connor, you are too biased in favor of Lynch!"

"We all know the importance of this platform, but if you always favor him, we can't talk!"

Connor shrugged, "You haven't answered my question yet."

"Also, it doesn't mean that if you speak loudly, it must be reasonable, and others must listen to you."

"Now tell me, without this platform, wouldn't you be able to continue your work after entering the shelter era?"

None of them answered, because they all knew very well that even without this platform after entering the shelter era, the bank would still be able to exist.

It's just that the bank will be divided from the whole into individuals in the refuge, and they will also fall from the top of the mountain.

The bad news is that this is difficult to change, but the good news is that they stop halfway up the mountain.

Their current social status and power are based on their absolute control over the entire bank, hundreds or thousands of branches!

Once they enter the shelter era, they are just equivalent to the top brass of a branch.

Without control over all banks, their status and power will naturally shrink a lot.

But the Global Communication platform provides them with a very important opportunity to maintain their power and social status!

This is why they came here to put pressure on Lynch through Connor. In fact, it's not for some monopoly or any other reason, it's just for themselves!

When Connor saw that they didn't answer, there was a smile on his face.

"From the beginning, I never favored Lynch. I just stood on a neutral position and didn't help anyone."

"You think I'm partial to Lynch just because I didn't meet your demands or interests, so you feel you've been harmed."

"But in fact, none of you have suffered any harm because of me, if you can face this problem less selfishly."

"I have talked with Lynch before. He will not apply for patents or set up technical barriers. Even if you develop the same thing as him, he will not solve it through litigation."

"You want to get something that others spent a lot of money and a lot of time to develop without paying the price..."

Connor shook his head while holding the coffee, "Now is not the past."

In the past, the six major banks were invincible, but now that the Federal Reserve Bank's business has been divided and merged with Congress, it is no longer interested in specific economic activities and does not matter.

The five major banks are no match for Lynch. In the past, they could use various methods to deal with capitalists who were unfriendly to them, but against Lynch, they had no way at all.

The senior executive of another bank couldn't help but said, "Connor, we all have to slow down and think about this issue seriously."

"Is it really a good thing to have Lynch solely in control of this global platform?"

"He controls the communication between shelters. Without him, we have no idea what is happening in the outside world!"

"This platform should not belong to just one person, it should belong to the entire federation and the entire human race!"

Connor was very strong today, and of course this has something to do with his plan to continue to hold shares in Blackstone Communications, "I need to remind you that at that bad time, you knew or didn't know what happened to other shelters, for you, Or to more people, it’s meaningless.”

"You can't endure the ultra-low temperature of tens of degrees below zero to travel or visit your grandmother. It is important but not necessary. Do you understand?"

At this point, several people also understood that the method of putting pressure on Lynch through Connor would not work, and several people expressed their helplessness and indignation.

Apart from not saying harsh words on the spot, basically all the good and bad things have been said!

In the end, Connor still had the attitude of "I don't care what you say about you" and could only retreat.

After a few people left, Connor called Lynch.

"They came to my office, and you can't imagine their attitude. They didn't even want to call me 'Mr. President'!"

"You can rest assured that no matter what they do, I will always stand by your side and never waver!"

The words of almost absolute loyalty were in sharp contrast to the complaints in his words, and it was clear that he was indeed very unimpressed with these people.

Although the top executives of the five major banks are indeed not far behind the federal president in terms of social status.

But as the President of the Federation and the seemingly first person, Connor still hopes to be respected!

In particular, he has become the largest independent shareholder of Blackstone Security, and will also become the largest shareholder of the newly established Blackstone Communications!

Lynch gave him 1% of the shares, for which he spent almost all his money, including the money Lynch gave him!

But he doesn’t think this is a problem. He also knows very well that once we enter the shelter era, the current economic and financial systems will immediately collapse, including the monetary system.

This is why the credit currency system was born, and the credit currency system will be completely bound to Blackstone Bank later.

Lynch promised Connor that he would give him one thousandth of the shares in Blackstone Bank when the time comes!

This group of unscrupulous people want to harm their own interests, and they are not even willing to say "Mr. President" with respect. They keep calling him "Connor". Doesn't he lose face?

Even calling him "Mr. Connor"?