"Thank you for your trust. From now on, simply transfer the money directly to the following bank accounts. We will promptly deposit the corresponding amount in euros into one of your usual accounts based on the current international exchange rate. We hope for a pleasant cooperation in the future."
Six accounts were then sent over, three were American banks and three were German banks. Two of these were banks that he hadn’t previously used for arbitrage.
Presumably, these were all banks from the other party’s camp, but definitely not all of the banks from their camp.
Simultaneously, a website was sent over for future contact. Just like before, it was a wild website and a wild computer, where no useful information could be traced.
Their communication ended shortly afterwards without any unnecessary chit-chat.
Throughout the entire ordeal, the other party had not tried to probe Tang Qing for information nor had they fished for familiarity. They strictly discussed business and adhered to discipline. However, one thing was for sure, the other party must be keeping a keen eye on his information just as Tang Qing wanted to know about theirs.
Both parties will undoubtedly spare no effort in investigating each other.
However, these are things that can only be done, not shared. It was enough for them to be privy to it tacitly.
Tang Qing sat down on the chair and closed his eyes, feeling as if he had been toyed with.
In the middle of the night, the other party had set things into motion with a simple flick of their wrists, making all events play directly into their hands. Tang Qing was left with twenty million euros in apology fees and not even a chance to get angry.
This is really going crazy.
Now, he can’t even determine who the other party is. Earlier, they only referred to themselves as a union of several banks. However, there are so many of these banks, and it’s completely unclear whether they belong to a bank shareholder, a professional manager, or a supervisor.
Perhaps the individual from earlier was just a minor pawn pushed to the front stage.
The possibilities are endless, enough to give a headache to Tang Qing. He hated the feeling of things not being in his control.
He’d better conduct an honest investigation.
"Tang Yi, draw up a plan immediately. I want clear insights on this union as well as other unions, and get to know how they’re using these funds. But the investigation must be done discreetly. I don’t want to directly confront them." Tang Qing immediately ordered. Excessive actions would be evidently inappropriate.
"Yes, chief," responded Tang Yi.
Observing Tang Yi become busy with the task, Tang Qing felt a bit sympathetic. Not for Tang Yi, but for the money. It was evident that such a large-scale plan would burn deep holes in pockets.
More enemies indeed meant more money spent.
Forget it. If you can’t help splurging, then so be it. Seems like a good portion of the money will be spent on the Command Room and Comprehensive Service Center in the future. He is, however, consoled by the fact that the cash return from it far outweighs investing in other industries, which makes him more willing to spend money.
He is not a stock market guru, he doesn’t know how to trade futures and foreign exchange, and he certainly doesn’t remember which sports events to gamble on.
What he does remember is the subprime crisis of 2008. Maybe he could make some money, maybe he couldn’t because he didn’t know whether he’d take an interest in the money by then.
The path he walks down is not to be a miser and rake in money incessantly, but to strive for power. The closer he gets to the core power of this world, the lesser the utility of money. No one would regard you highly because you have a lot of printed bills.
Money isn’t the crux of Tang Qing’s desire. It’s sufficient if it satisfies the development. With the system’s mandatory goals and the functionalities it unveiled, what he yearns for is the authority of discourse in this world.
However, it’s still too premature to dwell upon this meticulously. Contemplating too far would turn him into a fool. It’s best to move forward, step by step.
Half an hour later, the entire plan was fresh out of the oven.
Tang Qing briefly glanced at the plan’s contents.
It did indeed seem costly.
A total of 500 million RMB was needed.
The amount was less than what he’d estimated. Tang Yi explained that this was because some people from the surveillance plan were already in the command room so they didn’t need to add many more intelligence analysts - a substantial portion of the workforce was to be deployed overseas this time.
Tang Qing then had a detailed look at the content of the plan and was left more than .... speechless. It was a complete manifestation of the ’darker’ style of these men.
The core aim of the plan was to get clear insights on the equity information of those banks, so they could determine who was behind the scene this time. However, it wasn’t an easy task to investigate the equity holdings, layers of holdings, and cross-holdings would make a person dizzy.
Apart from investigating large shareholders who have made their status public, they also had to examine minor shareholders. There are countless large families in Europe and America. Ordinary people can list ten or twenty once they are mentioned, but do they represent the top power in this world?
Obviously not.
Common knowledge to the general public would make these big shots lose face if taken as absolute truth. Tang Qing didn’t entirely trust this as he believed that in the information age, whatever you wanted to know was what the capital wanted you to know. Truly believing this would make one a fool.
The plan was vast, with ramifications that could make an average person go crazy.
The plan was divided into four lines.
The first one was the entire history of Europe and America. Yes, it was that absurd. For anyone who has read the history of Europe and America, they would know that family alliances were very common in Europe. For example, all those countries fighting each other had some sort of relative relationship. Without careful investigation and research, it would be hard to understand who was who.
The second part was to check the equity information of all key businesses in Europe and America. They needed to figure out who owned what first. It was similar to when he had asked Sky Eye to note down the information of domestic large-scale businesses. This plan was just more detailed and strictly compulsory. They had to figure it out and the workload was massive.
The third step was to get hold of the equity registration information of all companies and institutions at all offshore centers globally, which supplemented the second step. This process was simple—with both online and on-the-ground methods. The on-ground investigation wasn’t hard, as long as they reached out to the key people. This information wouldn’t be easily obtained through normal methods, but without any bottom line, there aren’t many secrets in this world. Otherwise, it would be laughable for the intelligence organization to survive on friendly negotiations alone.
The last point was to gather useful information by probing the leads from Africa. If possible, they’d even infiltrate their interior. If not, that was fine because this point was not very demanding.
Four lines, all progressing hand in hand, with means gentler than the Bangkok plan. That’s also because it was inevitable that one day he’d expose himself to these people. They should avoid making enemies so as not to initiate a full-scale war before two episodes are aired.
That would make wrapping things up rather difficult.
Honestly, there wasn’t a necessity to deploy such a massive strategy, but after pondering over it, Tang Qing realized that all of this was indeed necessary. Whether it was in the future for various industry layouts or for finding alliances, if the relationships weren’t straightened out there was always the risk of unknowingly getting betrayed.
The only downside was that it made his wallet cry out in pain. After allocating five hundred million RMB to Tang Yi, he hadn’t much capital left for his disposal.
Also, there was a loan of three hundred million due at the end of the month to repay Liu Qian. Tsk tsk, he’d better earn money diligently.
Soon after, Tang Qing began a new method of arbitrage transactions, depositing money into the bank accounts specified by the other party. Within a minute, he received a deposit confirmation on his euro account.
The speed was indeed impressive.
After nine transactions, Tang Qing calculated the new arbitrage profit - 36.23 million RMB per day.
Tsk Tsk, earning money feels so good.
By the end of the month, he could precisely pay back Liu Qian’s loan of 300 million.
ps: I am writing this from my mobile, so the rhythm might not be as good. Passing the buck completed, hehe.