Seryosha set a new goal for Mikhail, that is, to make Colombia a top financial institution that the US government could not shake, and only then would Seryosha and the Gorky Brotherhood be completely safe.
In order to do this, it is necessary for the Bank of Colombia not only to have money, but also to be able to affect the economic situation of the United States and the lives of the majority of ordinary people in the United States, because only in this way can whoever becomes the president of the United States and wants to move the Gorky Brotherhood have to weigh whether the consequences of doing so can be afforded.
When it comes to impacting the lives of most Americans, start with the industries that offer the most jobs.
Therefore, manufacturing, catering, and consumer industries, which provide a lot of jobs and tax revenues, are naturally the first to be included in Seryosha's pocket.
Now, during the stock market crash, if nothing else, global stock markets will continue to fall, which provides an excellent opportunity for Seryosha's acquisition.
After careful consideration, Seryosha set the first targets for McDonald's, the restaurant chain that spread all over the world, Philip Morris, the parent company of Marlboro, and Kraft Foods, the world's second-largest food company.
Why these three companies, Seryosha actually has a deep consideration, now Glencore's grain business is very large, so much grain is really a bit single just by relying on trade with the Soviet Union, so Seryosha must find companies that can consume these grains on the consumer side, McDonald's and Kraft are the best choices.
McDonald's is not an obscure fast-food chain, it is the largest buyer of flour, the largest buyer of ground beef, the largest buyer of cabbage and tomato in the United States.
In a way, McDonald's is the ideal partner for Glencore's agricultural sector.
Because of McDonald's strong position on the consumer side, it can ask the largest meat supplier in the United States to produce ground beef according to its standards, which must include feed.
This provides Glencore with an excellent sales channel.
Kraft Foods also has a similar effect, although their products range from cereals, to biscuits, peanut butter, etc., but the basic raw material of these things is actually just grain, with Kraft's presence Seryosha is expected to consume most of Glencore's agricultural capacity, and after Kraft's secondary production, the resulting products are then shipped to the Soviet Union, and the profit is much higher than simply transporting grain to the Soviet Union.
As for Philip Morris, it is because the main production area of tobacco is in Latin America, and it will be easier for the tobacco trade to channel funds to Colombian drug lords.
These three companies may seem unremarkable, but they all have good cash flow.
Even if the economy declines, the impact on these industries will be minimal, and these three companies are definitely cash cows.
Seryosha can use the funds from these companies to acquire more companies after acquiring them.
When the stock market is good, it is almost impossible to buy these three companies, but when the stock price is down and everyone is selling their shares, it becomes much easier.
Seryosha relied on the connections of the Blackstone Group, and soon came into contact with McDonald's, Kraft Foods, and Philip Morris on the boards of interested major shareholders, and at first they were lucky about the US stock market, but the market soon told them that it was better to recognize the reality, so after repeated negotiations, Bank of Colombia and Blackstone joined forces to obtain a controlling stake in these three companies.
The three companies spent a total of $20 billion on Bank Colombia in the face of the stock market decline.
At the same time, with the help of the stock market crash, Eva's communications began to buy 10% of AT&T's shares, while Karim and Tonya, who were far away in Europe, continued to expand their voice on the board of directors of Volkswagen while reaching out to the British National Electricity Company.
As a newcomer to the European and North American markets, Bank of Colombia's acquisition quickly attracted the attention of the American financial circles, who all felt that Colombia might suffer a big loss at this time, but Bank of Colombia had its own difficulties, and if it were not for the market setback, the large financial institutions behind these companies would not let Bank Colombia succeed so easily.
With the acquisition of controlling stakes in the three companies, Bank of Colombia finally has downstream businesses to deal with.
All three companies are in the consumer sector with good cash flow, and although the profit is not large, the victory is stable performance.
It can bring a steady stream of cash to Bank of Colombia, and the deal is a good deal in the long run.
As U.S. and global stock markets continue to fall, the Federal Reserve and the U.S.
Treasury finally can't sit still.
At the request of large financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve began to inject capital into large financial institutions in the United States, in order to encourage large financial institutions to intervene in the U.S. stock market and prevent further deterioration of the market.
These large financial institutions naturally include the five largest investment banks in the United States.
The Bank of Columbia, on the other hand, has only a share of greed, and although the funds provided by the Federal Reserve have a certain amount of interest, for top predators like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, these interest rates are almost a completely negligible cost, and they can use taxpayers' money to buy those high-performing stocks and blue chips in the US stock market.
Thus further strengthening the control of the US economy.
It's not fair to say at all, but the government has to do it.
So every financial crisis only gives Wall Street more and more power.
Even the U.S. government had to serve them.
This incident made Mikhail deeply understand what Seryosha meant when he said too big to fall.
In this stock market crash, Bank of Colombia ate McDonald's, Kraft Foods, and Philip Morris.
But how many companies Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley control, Mikhail knows this.
On top of that, Goldman Sachs and Morgenstern use U.S. government money, while Bank of Columbia uses its own money.
Moreover, General Electric, the crown jewel of the American manufacturing industry, has always been firmly controlled by Morgan Stanley, and even if the Bank of Colombia comes up with more money, it is impossible to gain control of the company, and the five major investment banks have always been the biggest winners by virtue of their too big to fail.
Mikhail now understands what he is doing in the United States, and compared to the hunting jungle of the American capital market, the Japanese market is a zoo.
When the day comes when the Fed has to rely on the Bank of Colombia to save the global economy, the Gorky Brotherhood will be completely invincible. t1706231537: