Chapter 448: Eating at the Table
The ‘sudden death’ of Nutao Group was something that no one expected.
The Federal Economic and Security Council was just about to take action to "strengthen the balance" and allow the two sides to continue to balance power so as to cause internal friction. As a result, as soon as the plan was delivered to the chairman of the committee, Angelo, he received urgent news saying that the Nutao Group had gone cold. Half of it.
After ending the communication, Angelo smiled to himself, then closed the plan he had just opened on the virtual screen, and finally said to Vice Chairman Garrison in front of him:
"Yeah, your plan is in vain."
"ah?"
"I just received the news that the market value of Nutao Group shrank by more than 50% at halftime, and a large number of short-selling institutions suspected of being secretly controlled by Atlas Group held a large number of stocks at low prices. It can be said that it is basically a death sentence."
"Wait, how could it be so fast?"
Garrison, who was sitting opposite Angelo, was a little confused. After he received the public opinion offensive about Atlas and the extremely abnormal pre-market trading trend in the stock market in the morning, he immediately started planning this plan.
Garrison thought that his speed was fast enough. If Chairman Angelo agreed, the Security Committee would even wait until the market opened in the afternoon to start taking action.
But he never expected that Atlas would move so quickly, and the performance of the Raging Waves Group would be much more difficult than he expected. In the end, he spent the whole morning rushing out the plan, and also failed to complete it. If it is not used, it will be thrown into the recycling bin.
"Have we been marginalized for too long, so we are so slow to act?" Garrison sighed and slumped back in his chair.
Angelo also shook his head and said at the same time: "It is better to say that Atlas's movements are too fast. With such organization and efficiency, it is no wonder that they can rise so fast."
"Then what should we do next? Should we continue to try to intervene? Or as a regulator, should we stop this conflict first?"
"Call a stop?" Angelo was stunned for half a second, and then directly vetoed: "There is no way to call a stop. Do we have any valid reasons to call a stop now?"
As he spoke, he opened a report from the analysis team on the virtual screen.
"This is compiled by analysts. The institutions in the market that have recently launched a campaign against these companies in the military-industrial complex include the ones that took action this morning."
“Then doesn’t this further illustrate Atlas’s vicious competition in the market?”
"Garrison, you are mistaken. We have always believed that these institutions are controlled by Atlas, but in fact our analysis team has searched all the information we can find and cannot find this. There’s a half-dozen relationship between the agency and Atlas.”
When he said this, Angelo's tone also became a little helpless. This feeling of knowing the truth but having no way to prove it made him really uncomfortable.
"This is really a clean slate." Garrison also frowned and stared at the content on the virtual screen. Then after seeing the latest name that appeared, he said:
"Yuge Capital? Wait, this name looks so familiar."
"The financial backer is the Yuge family from the Qianxing Empire. They have been established in the Federation for a long time and are also a long-established short-selling organization."
Angelo replied that as the chairman of the Economic and Security Committee, he is still more concerned about these institutions with a background of "foreign forces".
"Atlas Group is also a 'foreign-funded enterprise' from the Thousand Stars Empire, so it seems that they have a close relationship with the Yuge family?"
"I personally think it is related, but unfortunately we are unable to verify this. After all, we have no way of knowing what the internal equity structure of the companies in the Thousand Stars Empire is like."
The expression on Angelo's face became darker. As the conversation between him and Garrison continued, both of them felt a lot of powerlessness at the same time. At the same time, they began to doubt themselves. They had previously considered maintaining both sides. Is the "balanced" plan a little too naive, or out of touch with reality?
"All in all, after this period of conflict, it should be no problem for Atlas Group to sit at the 'main table' of the federal enterprise circle and eat, and maybe even sit directly on the main table."
"Is this what other people in the military-industrial complex are looking at?" Garrison said with a frown.
"Humph, these guys are not as united as you think. Now that the leader of the Nutao Group has fallen, who else do you think can stand up? If they cannot stop effective resistance, they will only become Atlas one by one. “
Angelo said disdainfully, with a look of deep worry on his face.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I have to say that we may be about to see the worst happen."
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"Serving the table for dinner?"
In Atlas's internal remote meeting, after hearing the director of the Financial Business Center describe Atlas' current situation, Amber said:
"There's nothing wrong with describing it this way, but to be honest, from a personal perspective, I really don't want to sit at the same table with these people."
"Then let's just drive them away and sit at the table by ourselves~"
One of the participants, who was also a former ‘Longchang Enlightenment’ boss, said this, which immediately aroused laughter from the people around him.
"Very good, as expected of you."
Amber also laughed, and then continued:
"But this is actually my ultimate goal. To make Atlas a real 'global giant', rather than the so-called 'giant companies' that only have a large scale and are only good at forming cliques for personal gain.
In my opinion, a global giant is not just about how many galaxies its business covers, but also the hard power that matches its own scale.
To put it more extreme, a real global giant should no longer be restricted by other forces and political systems, but should be able to have equal dialogue and communication with them.
This is what I mean by 'eating at the table'."
Although Amber was participating in the meeting remotely through a holographic projection device, his words still made everyone breathe faster after they heard them.
To be honest, if Amber's remarks were made in the Federation or the Empire, he would at least be labeled a 'traitor', and then the relevant departments would come to the door.
But this is Atlas, and the people gathered here have a low sense of belonging to the Federation or the Empire, and basically no sense of belonging.
Especially the people in the financial business center, they are eager to show their strength and take back what they have lost, so Amber is quite satisfied with the "big pie" she drew.
After the meeting, everyone at the headquarters left the meeting room with laughter, and Isabel also told Amber to come back to the headquarters to accompany her before the call ended.
However, Isabel didn't know that her friend Alanita was sitting opposite Amber at the moment, looking at the latter with a playful look.
When Amber closed the call, the female elf smiled and said, "I am relieved to see that you two are still so greasy."
"What kind of old mother's speech are you?"
"Hahahaha, then is it my turn next? Speaking of which, as a major shareholder, I haven't had a good chat with my investment target for a long time."
"As you wish, Ms. Yuge."