Rebirth Starts From 2006

After talking about work, Huang Shan said a few words to Qin Yu to pay attention to his health, and then was about to hang up the phone.

At this moment, she had another idea and quickly said, "Hey, Xiaoyu."

"Um?"

Qin Yu just took the phone away and put it back to his ear, "What's wrong?"

Huang Shan frowned and asked, "Lehman Brothers' assets have been divided up. Do you think we have a chance to get their data center?"

This was Qin Yu's inspiration for her. Since the data brought by Fuld were of such great value, what about the entire data center?

However, others can turn a blind eye to some irrelevant industry analysis information and let Fuld take it away, but the entire data center must be obtained through formal channels.

We don’t want assets, and we can’t grab the giants, but it’s always okay to buy some data that they don’t like, right? !

The result disappointed her,

As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Yu said helplessly, "Sister, do you think I don't want to buy their data center?

When Fuld called me just now, I asked him this question.

But unfortunately, someone has already targeted Lehman's two major data centers! "

Huang Shan couldn't help but be stunned, "Who?"

Qin Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Who else could it be? Barclays Bank, which has already signed a contract but was rejected by the British Monetary Authority."

Huang Shan frowned tightly, "Is it them?"

"yes,"

Qin Yu sighed and said, "Because this deal was rejected, Lehman lost its last chance to be saved and had to declare bankruptcy.

In addition, Shirley informed me that just five minutes after Lehman declared bankruptcy, Barclays Bank formally applied to Lehman Brothers and launched an acquisition offer for Lehman's North American and French businesses.

And more than seven hours later, at 9 a.m. New York time, negotiations with Lehman Brothers began.

In addition to various assets, the acquisition also includes two data centers.

Fuld just called me and confirmed this. He also said that Barclays intends to develop more business in the North American market, and Lehman's data center will be of great help to them.

This acquisition only needs the approval of the New York court, so the possibility of a transaction is very high. "

Speaking of this, Qin Yu couldn't help but sneer twice, "Humph, Barclays Bank acquired Lehman Brothers' investment banking and capital markets business in North America.

These include products, brand names, technology and customers, with Lehman Brothers employees retained by the British bank,

However, this transaction does not include the risky transactions and debt that put Lehman in dire straits before it filed for bankruptcy protection.

According to Fuld, if the deal goes through, the total value of the accounts eventually transferred to Barclays will not be less than $138 billion.

Do you know how much Barclays would have to pay for such a deal? "

Huang Shan blinked blankly, "How much?"

Qin Yu's lips twitched slightly, and he suppressed his feelings of envy, jealousy, and hatred, "Barclays only offered 200 million US dollars!"

"Twenty million?"

Huang Shan was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this too dark?!"

Although the more than 100 billion can only be regarded as client assets, not Lehman's own assets, isn't the bank engaged in asset management? To obtain such a large amount of asset management rights for only 200 million US dollars is a huge profit. I don’t know how many times.

"Yes, no wonder Barclays's acquisition of Lehman was rejected by the British Monetary Authority, and the Federal Reserve did not allow any company to rescue Lehman,"

Qin Yu sighed, "Lehman is so fat that Lehman must die. Only then can other financial giants have the opportunity to easily get rid of the impact of the financial crisis and re-enter the bank without paying any price!"

After the words fell, the two women were speechless.

This is no longer the fall of one whale and all creation, but the fall of one whale and the fattening of many whales.

Before, they thought that although Lehman was meat in the bowl of the giants, the giants still had to show some respect and give their former close partner Lehman a decent price.

Now it seems that those financial giants want to use the flesh and blood of Lehman and all investors to become their own nutrients.

This is no longer too sinister, but so sinister that you don’t even have a face!

After a short silence, Qin Yu said,

"Two hundred million is just the price quoted by Barclays Bank, but Lehman's asking price is not too high. According to the inside information collected by Shirley, the final transaction price should be around US$250 million,"

Nowadays, Lehman is a sieve. It is not too easy to get some information. Not only Rainbow Group, it is estimated that this information has appeared on the desks of other financial giants. Maybe some people are meeting to discuss how to divide this piece of fat.

Qin Yu continued to talk,

"Although this price is still a bit low, Barclays's quotation for Lehman Brothers' two data centers and corporate headquarters building is not bad. The initial quotation was US$1.2 billion, and the final transaction price should be between 1.4 billion and 10 billion." Between US$500 million,

Those two data centers are located in a 40-story building in Jesse, New Jersey, covering an area of ​​more than 13,000 square meters. The equipment inside is also very high-end. Taking into account the value of the information, it is consistent with the price. "

The fact that the prices are consistent does not mean that Barclays Bank has found out, but that the asset transactions of bankrupt companies are watched by the court. The value of the account assets can still be manipulated, but fixed assets are basically clearly marked.

Anyway, I can’t take advantage of it much, so I might as well be more generous.

And even if they are generous, Barclays still takes a big advantage, because they have to rely on themselves to collect this information. It takes an unknown amount of manpower and material resources, and there is no ready-made advantage.

With another sigh, Qin Yu continued, "As for this transaction, don't say we can't intervene. Even if we can intervene, Fuld advises us not to intervene."

Huang Shan quickly understood, "Is it because of the acquisition of Santander Bank?"

"That's right,"

Qin Yu pursed his lips and smiled helplessly, "Ford said that during the negotiations with Barclays Bank, he would convey a message to them, that is, Rainbow Financial Group also expressed to him that it wanted to acquire Lei Man Data Center, but because Barclays applied for it, it was directly withdrawn.

Then, in return, when we acquire Santander, Barclays needs to provide us with certain conveniences within the UK. Otherwise, they will violate the rules of the game.

Of course, there is a price to pay, but with their help, it will be much smoother in the end! "

"Well, that's a good idea,"

After hearing Qin Yu's words, Huang Shan felt better again and said with a smile, "Santander has a large part of its business in the UK. If we can get the support of Barclays, it will really be of great help."

Compared with the strategic plan to acquire Santander, the Lehman data center will have to be put aside.

Well, crows, don’t laugh at pigs, everyone is not a philanthropist.

It's not your own thing at all, it has become a bargaining chip.

For Caihong, just giving up an opportunity can get a lot of convenience, so why not do it.

"As long as you know,"

Qin Yu smiled and yawned again, "Ah, I won't tell you anymore. I'm exhausted. I'm going to sleep. Bye."

"Bye-Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Huang Shan collected her thoughts for a moment and then said to Chen Yang,

"Xiaoyu sent me a document, which is Lehman's management structure and a data management system construction plan. It means that we can refer to it and change it to our own."

"Um,"

Chen Yang took a sip of water, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then asked, "Does their management system have supercomputing?"

He listened to what Huang Shan said just now, and probably understood what happened. Since he couldn't get something, it was useless to think about him, so it was more practical to focus on himself.

Huang Shan was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly, "There should be, their two data centers are quite big."

Is the boss trying to get into trouble with supercomputer?

"Oh, that's fine,"

Chen Yang nodded and explained, "Cloud computing and big data are future development trends, and the financial industry cannot avoid them. Both of these require the support of supercomputing technology. When we build a data management system, we must Take this into consideration.”

Huang Shan nodded slightly, "I understand, I will."

One or two of the family members are uncles. Boss Chen just talks and doesn't care. As for Qin Yu, all his energy is focused on financial business and he doesn't care about being so considerate at all.

She can only be responsible for this kind of specific work.

Fortunately, today's Rainbow Group has a strong team, unlike last year, when many things had to be started from scratch, which would be exhausting.

…

The impact of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers has just begun.

On September 15th, it was already evening in our country, but Wall Street, thousands of miles away, was ushering in the opening of the stock market.

As the stock market officially started trading, U.S. stocks plummeted at the opening. The Dow Jones index recorded its largest single-day drop in points and losses since the September 11 Incident. It can be said to be a veritable "Black Monday"!

The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, which had begun to emerge in August last year, was completely detonated on this day!

the next day,

September 16th,

Boss Chen got up early today and rarely went to the gym to work out. After breakfast, he rushed to the company with Zou Rong.

Without his summons, Huang Shan rushed over immediately, and then connected Qin Yu in New York through the encrypted conference call system.

On the computer screen, Qin Yu was wearing a clean suit and sitting at his desk, greeting the camera, "Rong Rong, Ah Shan, how are you?"

Zou Rong also waved her hand immediately, "Hello, Sister Yu."

Boss Chen's face darkened, "Where's the big guy like me?"

Qin Yu grinned, revealing a smile that looked fake, "Hello, boss, hello, boss!"

"Thanks!"

Boss Chen rolled his eyes, and when he looked at the screen again, he was slightly startled, "You must have been up all night, why don't you seem to be in good spirits?"

"Slept, slept for four hours,"

It's okay not to say it. As soon as he said this, Qin Yu couldn't help but yawned, "I got up before six o'clock this morning, and then I was busy all day long. I didn't even have time to breathe. I'm exhausted."

Chen Yang frowned slightly, "Work is work, but don't break down your body. Just leave some things to the people below. Don't do everything yourself."

"I know, I know," Qin Yu waved his hand impatiently, "You should still care about your girlfriend when you have time, and care about other girls as much as you want. Be careful that she gets jealous."

Before Chen Yang could speak, Zou Rong immediately smiled and said, "That won't happen, because Sister Yu is not someone else!"

"Oh, that's what I said," Qin Yu pretended to be touched and held his heart with both hands, "To warm my heart, Rongrong is better."

Zou Rong giggled happily. She also knew now that almost 80% of her husband's career was earned by Qin Yu and Huang Shan. These two must be coaxed well.

Especially Qin Yu, she doesn't know whether she will earn billions or tens of billions for her husband this time. She must provide for her husband, otherwise she will suffer huge losses if she gets angry.

Of course, these two people have pretty good personalities and are very pleasant to get along with.

Therefore, in this relationship, there is both interest and sincerity, and it is not purely polite.

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business,"

Huang Shan smiled and waved her hands, then looked at Qin Yu on the computer, "Xiao Yu, how is the situation now?"

When talking about work, Qin Yu's face suddenly became more serious and he said seriously, "The situation is very bad!

Of course, when I said something bad, I was referring to others,"

After saying this, she couldn't help but reveal a smile on her face, "Since the opening of trading this morning, the stock market has been falling all the way, especially financial stocks. It's really miserable. Until the closing, there was almost no correction.

This time can be said to be a landmark event. If nothing unexpected happens, 99% of the time, the global stock market will plummet! "

Huang Shan opened her laptop, brought up a few pages, and said while reading, "Now the stock exchange markets in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia have opened.

Well, without exception, everything fell! "

Chen Yang turned around to look and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Wow, the water is flowing down!"

Other sectors are okay, but the financial sector is really not worth watching. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is jumping off a cliff.

"Don't look at it, there's nothing interesting about that,"

On the screen, Qin Yu pretended to be calm and said, "It is normal for the stock market to fall. In addition to the stock market, the foreign exchange market is also bleak. The US dollar and the Australian dollar are both falling.

In any case, Lehman is also one of the four major investment banks in the United States and a well-known old financial institution in the world. If such a company collapses, if it doesn't make some noise, wouldn't it be a disgrace to its reputation? "

Chen Yang's mouth twitched slightly,

According to you, you should feel honored? !

Huang Shan turned around and looked at Qin Yu, "Since last September 30, when Citigroup acquired Wachovia Bank for a total price of US$53 billion, to today when Lehman went bankrupt, there have been fifteen banks in the United States. Large and medium-sized banks were merged or bankrupted,

In addition, countless small banks have collapsed,

This series of reactions has been fed back to the stock market, which is the downward trend of global stock markets this year.

Today, when Lehman goes bankrupt, it is time to bring this financial crisis to an end. "

On the screen, Fang Qi walked in from outside the screen, put a cup of coffee for Qin Yu, and left quickly.

Qin Yu said thank you, picked it up and took a sip. After putting it down, he said, "We think it's the end, but many economists and scholars don't think so."

As he spoke, he looked in the direction of Chen Yang and said with a smile, "This is one of the main reasons why I proposed to hold this emergency meeting today. We need to once again determine the action plan for the next stage.

Next, it depends on whether the boss can stick to his opinion! "