Chapter 63

The three major note-issuing banks in Hong Kong are a very powerful supplement for the ICQ consortium.

If the ICQ company merged the branches of the three major note-issuing banks, it would no longer need to worry about the financing of its own enterprises. Even if the ICQ consortium continued to develop, the three major note-issuing banks could meet its financing needs.

On the surface, the three major note-issuing banks simply couldn't compare with Citibank. Whether in scale, business scope, or profitability, Citibank completely crushed the three major note-issuing banks.

However, for a consortium, the three major note-issuing banks are definitely more important than Citibank, because they represent the Hong Kong dollar and represent a currency recognized internationally.

Looking at the world, the truly top banks are note-issuing banks. Other commercial banks and investment banks without note-issuing rights, no matter how large their scale or how strong their strength, in the eyes of many consortia, are not top banks.

However, to merge the three major note-issuing banks, one has to face the mainland. Not to mention that the boards of directors of HSBC and Standard Chartered have close relations with the mainland, just say Bank of China, which is a bank formed by people from the mainland, and not only that, Bank of China also bears the right to issue the renminbi.

These obstacles were like natural moats for Ye Nan in the past, impossible to cross, but now, with the arrival of the spaceship, the timing for merging the three major note-issuing banks seems to have come.

"Smila, Smila." Ye Nan shouted, cheering for Smila.

"What's wrong, brother." Smila's figure was projected in, somewhat unwillingly.

Ye Nan's almost cruel words last time hurt her a lot. She originally didn't intend to pay attention to Ye Nan, but when Ye Nan really called her, she still couldn't help but respond.

"Smila, go tell Tianwang to let her show signs of not being able to hold on. Give the outside world a signal, a signal that as long as the United States attacks a few more times, it will succeed. But remember, just create a false appearance, don't let the US military really attack," Ye Nan said.

He was putting pressure on the people on the mainland side. Telling them that in a while, the US government would get the spaceship. If they were still dawdling, they would end up with nothing.

Ye Nan believed that with this pressure, the people on the mainland side would soon compromise. After all, compared to the technology inside the spaceship, the three major note-issuing banks didn't seem that important.

"Also, Smila, tell Philip to submit evidence about the three major note-issuing banks in Hong Kong laundering money, and incite the New York Financial Bureau to sue the three major note-issuing banks in Hong Kong."

"Ye Nan, do you want to attack the three major note-issuing banks?" Stark looked at Ye Nan incredulously, feeling that Ye Nan's move was inappropriate, "Since we want to acquire the three major note-issuing banks, there is no need to attack the banks at all. After all, once the reputation of the bank is damaged, it will be very difficult to restore it."

Banks pay attention to a reputation, a credit. After all, there are countless banks in the world. If your credit is not good, wanting users to save money is simply impossible.

And the New York Financial Bureau suing the three major note-issuing banks for money laundering, regardless of whether the three major note-issuing banks have cleared their suspicions in the end, will be affected, and this impact needs a long time to repair.

"I know that too." Ye Nan smiled bitterly, "But you don't understand. Except for Bank of China, which is completely controlled by the mainland, the other banks are only leaning towards the mainland."

"When we try to merge these banks, do you think other shareholders will let go? Even with the support of the mainland, they won't necessarily let go. At that time, there will be a fierce battle."

"So I prepared in advance, borrowed the New York Financial Bureau to sue the three major note-issuing banks for money laundering, smeared their reputation, created a false appearance that the three major banks are about to fail, hit the confidence of investors, and coupled with the support from the mainland, we can easily get the three major note-issuing banks into our hands."...

Ye Nan stretched out his hand and made a virtual grasping action, "Banks are like hearts, providing blood for the human body, and the three major note-issuing banks are three powerful hearts. They can let the ICQ consortium take off."

"What if they refuse to sell? What if they see through our conspiracy? After all, those who can hold bank shares are businessmen with foresight, and they are all exceptionally shrewd," Stark asked again, as if he wouldn't be happy if he didn't hit Ye Nan.

"If they still refuse to let go, then don't blame me." Ye Nan's expression suddenly became gloomy, "In the United States, the ICQ consortium has many opponents, but in Hong Kong, the ICQ consortium is an absolute behemoth."

"If they refuse to let go of the shares in their hands, they will have to face the double blow of the ICQ consortium and the mainland. I think the mainland government should be very happy to help us teach those disobedient consortia a lesson."

The current situation is that the mainland needs them, so they can recklessly put forward their own requirements, as long as these requirements don't touch their bottom line.

"You do this, aren't you afraid of overturning in the gutter? Don't you have an old saying in China: 'A strong dragon does not suppress the local snake'? If our ICQ company is too aggressive and causes the consortia in Hong Kong to unite against us, what should we do?" Stark said somewhat worriedly, "As a businessman, the first thing to do is to get along with the local snakes of various countries and satisfy their appetites as much as possible. Only in this way can the company stand firm."

"You do this, it will bring a lot of trouble to the ICQ company."

"Trouble? How big is Hong Kong?" Ye Nan curled his lips, "As long as I can get the three major note-issuing banks in Hong Kong, it doesn't matter even if I lose the Hong Kong market."

With a *bang*, the door was pushed open violently, and Congressman Kelly walked in from behind the door, panting.

"Wait, you can't go in, Congressman Kelly, you can't go in." The doctor shouted from behind, but there was no intention to stop him.

"Mr. Ye Nan, I'm looking for Mr. Ye Nan." Congressman Kelly said, wanting to walk in.

"Congressman Kelly, why did you come back?" Ye Nan frowned, "You look very bad right now."

"Yes, Mr. Ye Nan, I am very bad right now, please save me. That damn mutant, he turned me into a mutant." Congressman Kelly shouted, but his body staggered and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Ye Nan immediately climbed out of bed and helped Congressman Kelly up from the ground, his brows furrowing even deeper. "What's going on, you are covered in liquid. Who is this liquid? Doctor, doctor, you come over and take a look quickly."

Ye Nan called the doctor over, then comforted him lightly, "Don't worry, the strength of this hospital is very strong. No matter what problem you have, it will be solved."

"I know. I know." Congressman Kelly panted, as if every word he said would cost him his life.

"I know the strength of this hospital is very strong, and I also know that Mr. Ye Nan is in the hospital, so I came here to find you. Mr. Ye Nan, please, you must save me. No matter what, no matter what price I have to pay, I am willing. I don't want to die."

Congressman Kelly still had a worry in his heart that he didn't say, which was the fear of entering an ordinary hospital and being treated as a mutant. In that way, he would completely lose the opportunity to compete for the presidency.

"Rest assured, I will definitely save you." Ye Nan looked at Congressman Kelly and made a promise.

If the plot was not wrong, he was transformed into a mutant by that machine, and Congressman Kelly also died miserably as a pool of water because of the radiation, with all the cells in his body completely dead....

But he couldn't let Congressman Kelly die like this, because Congressman Kelly was an important chess piece of his, and he absolutely wouldn't allow Congressman Kelly to die.

"Magneto, I didn't expect you to use my money to build a base and finally pit me. Is this called 'eating your own fruit'?"

Ye Nan cursed in his heart. He had cooperated with Magneto and provided Magneto with a large amount of money, and he also knew that Magneto had built a base on a certain island, and Ye Nan even guessed that Magneto would manufacture that machine.

But he never expected that Magneto would still take action against Congressman Kelly, knowing that Congressman Kelly was his person, and treat Congressman Kelly as an experimental specimen to test his machine.

Ye Nan certainly wouldn't think this was just Magneto needing experimental specimens. To put it bluntly, there were so many people in this world, he could just find a batch of people to experiment with, but he chose to grab Congressman Kelly and treat him as an experimental specimen. This was completely a provocation, a provocation to Ye Nan.

"Smila, help me see where Congressman Kelly's plane went." Ye Nan asked.

Smila looked at Congressman Kelly on the ground, and a thick look of incomprehension appeared on her face, but she still did as Ye Nan said. The next moment, she exclaimed, "How can there be two Congressman Kellys."

"Sure enough, it's like this. Damn Magneto, you still used Mystique to replace Congressman Kelly to attend this meeting. Damn, if I let you succeed, wouldn't the world be in chaos?" Ye Nan scolded.

For Magneto, who cooperated with him but pitted him, Ye Nan was deeply hateful, and Magneto's plan was a devastating blow to him.

Magneto wanted to use that machine to turn all the heads of state into mutants, creating a *fait accompli* from top to bottom. After all, the heads of state themselves were mutants, so they would definitely not let the public oppose mutants, and would even raise the status of mutants.

But he forgot that this was the United States, not Germany. Germany's little mustache could cover the sky with one hand and harm Jewish bankers, but the United States couldn't. As former US President Coolidge said, "The president needs to talk less and do less. This country has its own path."

Of course, in a sense, this was President Coolidge's compromise with the consortium.

"Stark, you take care of Congressman Kelly here. Peter, you come with me, we are going to stop that madman Magneto, absolutely cannot let him succeed." Ye Nan said, "Once Magneto succeeds, the whole world will fall into chaos, and most importantly, that damn Magneto simply doesn't know what consequences his experiment will cause."

Ye Nan looked at Congressman Kelly, then said to the doctor beside him, "Gather all the free doctors, let them treat Congressman Kelly together, must cure Congressman Kelly, at all costs."

"Thank you." Congressman Kelly's eyes were full of emotion.

He had seen too many consortia that kicked the congressmen away after using them up. The so-called congressmen were just dogs of the consortium, telling them to go east, they absolutely didn't dare to go west. And even so, they still lived unhappily. When something happened, the consortium kicked the congressmen away, and some even fell into the well. Consortia like Ye Nan who were willing to help him with all their might basically didn't exist.

"Angela, Ellie, sorry, I have some things to do." Ye Nan said with an apology.

"It's okay, Ye Nan, this is your work, I will support you." Angela said.

Although Ellie was a bit dissatisfied in her heart, since even Angela forgave him, she also said generously: "Anyway, I am going to study the *Book of the Dead*. By the way, Ye Nan, I don't know if you can let Smila help me find some ancient Egyptian languages? I found that there are many unknown characters in the *Book of the Dead*. From the shape, they are ancient Egyptian characters, but I have never seen them."...

"No problem." Ye Nan nodded and agreed, then asked, "By the way, how is your translation of the *Book of the Dead* going? Is it written about how to use the superpowers of mutants?"

"No." Ellie shook her head, "It's written about some texts praising God, but a part of the obscure texts tells about the end of the world sent by God, which seems to be some kind of prophecy."

"The end of the world sent by God? Prophecy?" Ye Nan felt a panic in his heart for no reason and immediately asked impatiently, "Is the prophecy time mentioned on it 2012?"

"How do you know?" Ellie looked at Ye Nan strangely, "I remember I translated it only a few days ago, and I haven't told you yet, how do you know it's 2012."

Boom!

Ye Nan was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person stood still on the spot.

"So my premonition is true, so the fear in my heart is true, so there really is 2012, so everything in the real world is a dream bubble."

Ye Nan muttered, looking crazy.

"Ye Nan, what's wrong with you, are you okay?" Angela looked at Ye Nan, her eyes full of worry.

"It's okay, it's okay, I just thought of some things, it's okay." Ye Nan rubbed his temples and said: "You stay here, Peter, come with me, let's go meet that damn Magneto together, I must let him eat his own fruit this time." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)