Reborn in 2014: A One-Man Tycoon

Chapter 444: Cutting off someone’s financial resources is like killing their parents

Initially, after listening to Meng Chuan recount the events, Fifth Master thought Meng Chuan was a promising talent.

He could easily gain the trust of that old fox, Henry.

And it can cause these capitals to diverge and become antagonistic towards each other.

This underhanded tactic may not be entirely honorable.

However, by employing unorthodox tactics, one might indeed achieve unexpected victories and turn the tables.

It is clear that Meng Chuan was truly both intelligent and brave.

But upon hearing that Meng Chuan was so audacious as to want to take over the entire Goldman Sachs Group, Fifth Master was immediately filled with shock and anger, and said:

"You...you still want to take over Goldman Sachs? You're asking for death!"

Fifth Master had always known that Meng Chuan was bold.

But I never expected Meng Chuan to be so bold.

"Why are you courting death? The Goman family wants to kill me. It's only fair to retaliate. If we don't act, we don't act at all, but if we do, we'll wipe them out completely. Isn't that what you taught me?"

Meng Chuan retorted somewhat indignantly.

When Meng Chuan spared Xue Ren's life, he was severely reprimanded by Fifth Master.

Especially Fifth Master's domineering words:

The Green Gang does not accept threats of any kind.

The words, "Even the Mafia must bow down before my Green Gang," still ring in my ears!

Why did Fifth Master back down when he got to Goldman Sachs?

"Have you actually investigated the history of how Goldman Sachs came to be?"

Fifth Master asked coldly.

"They're just two emerging families! They're banding together for survival!"

Meng Chuan said somewhat guiltily.

He hadn't actually investigated Goldman Sachs.

I only learned from Alice that Goldman and Sinks were related by marriage and jointly founded Goldman Sachs.

Moreover, the conflict between the two companies is intensifying.

"Compared to the established Morgan family, the Warburg family is indeed a relatively new family."

Fifth Master said in a deep voice:

"But do you really think that in a country like the United States, which is dominated by capital, two newly established families with no foundation could rise so quickly?"

Meng Chuan fell silent.

Although Meng Chuan did not conduct a detailed investigation of Goldman Sachs.

However, Meng Chuan has already deeply experienced the bloodshed and cruelty of American capitalists.

Fair competition in the capital market is only relative to two equally matched forces.

If the strength is vastly different, there is no such thing as fairness; they prefer to use "truth."

It's like a dense primeval forest.

A towering tree that blocks out the sky will never compete fairly with a sapling at its feet.

"If you're driving a cart full of bread through the slums all by yourself, you'll either get robbed of everything, or you'll have to distribute the bread to the most powerful people in the slums. Only under their protection will you have a chance to leave the slums alive."

Fifth Master said:

"Similarly, Goldman Sachs was ostensibly co-founded by the Goldman and Sachs families."

"But from the moment they started their business, they have been constantly distributing bread to others."

"To my knowledge, more than half of Goldman Sachs' shareholders are American political families or other capital groups, holding shares directly or indirectly."

"Moreover, these people did not invest money to acquire shares."

"It's a free stock offer from Goldman Sachs."

“These politicians or other capitalists can receive hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends from Goldman Sachs every year without doing anything.”

"Otherwise, do you really think Goldman Sachs could have risen so rapidly in just a few decades?"

Fifth Master's tone grew increasingly serious as he spoke:

"You can swindle Goldman Sachs if you want. But if you want to take over Goldman Sachs and cut off everyone's source of income, you're playing with fire."

"Also, don't think that just because you're the young master of the Green Gang you can do whatever you want."

"When you do not harm the interests of others, they will be wary of you and afraid of you."

"Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. And you've cut off the livelihood of nearly half of the powerful people in the United States. Can you imagine the consequences?"

After Fifth Master finished speaking, he stared intently at Meng Chuan.

Because he suddenly felt that Meng Chuan was really getting a bit cocky.

Perhaps it's because Meng Chuan's journey has been too smooth.

Unbeknownst to them, they underestimated the world and overestimated themselves.

He must pull back from the brink before Meng Chuan gets burned.

The Green Gang may despise the world, but it cannot ignore it.

No one dares to mess with the Green Gang, but that's on the condition that the Green Gang doesn't easily mess with others either!

"But……"

Meng Chuan also looked serious, but he was still somewhat unwilling.

"But what? Don't you have enough wealth now?"

Fifth Master earnestly advised:

"Meng Chuan, you need to know that money is worthless; enough is enough."

"You must never get so obsessed with money that you lose yourself."

Not only Fifth Master, but even Prince Fu looked at Meng Chuan with some confusion.

According to their incomplete statistics, Meng Chuan's current wealth is no less than 5 trillion yuan.

Of course, a significant portion of this wealth is overseas and cannot be brought back for the time being.

But the money left in China is enough to deal with the stock market crash.

Even if Meng Chuan stopped all money-making methods now, he still had enough money in his hands to allow the Green Gang to squander for hundreds of years.

Moreover, the Green Gang also has its own businesses and can maintain its own operations.

They truly couldn't understand why Meng Chuan was so obsessed with money.

"Fifth Master, first of all, I must state that I do love money, but not for myself."

Meng Chuan pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Of course I know you're not doing this for yourself, which is why I understand it even less. Can you clear things up for me today?"

Since the conversation had gotten this far, Fifth Master simply asked the question directly.

Fifth Master truly believed that Meng Chuan wasn't making money for himself.

Since he met Meng Chuan, he had never seen Meng Chuan buy a single piece of clothing; all of them were bought for him by Liu Qian.

I've never seen Meng Chuan buying houses, cruise ships, or airplanes everywhere.

Meng Chuan was young and wealthy, yet he didn't indulge in pleasure-seeking, which pleased Fifth Master.

He doesn't spend money, yet he loves money; Fifth Master finds this very puzzling.

“I once had a dream in which the United States led the world in a joint effort to sanction China.”

Meng Chuan said, half-jokingly:

"Especially in the field of science and technology, it was almost completely blocked by the whole world, and the development of science and technology stagnated for several years."

"Currently, the core of the most important technology field in the world is the chip company."

"And the world's chip companies are almost all in the hands of the Americans."

"So, my desire to take over Goldman Sachs is not simply because it offended me, nor is it because I love money."

Meng Chuan solemnly said:

“My real target is He Lan’s Asmai Company. I am already the second largest shareholder of Asmai Company.”

“But that’s not enough. I want to take Asmai for myself completely, and if possible, I want to move Asmai back to China.”

"However, I haven't thought of a better way yet!"

"Perhaps, exchanging Goldman Sachs, with a market value of ten trillion dollars, for Asma, with a market value of three hundred billion dollars, is the only solution I can think of right now!"

As soon as Meng Chuan finished speaking, all three of them, including Ying Die, looked at him as if he were an idiot...