Investor That Can See The Future

Chapter 439

Grace Rothschild asked me instead of an answer.

“President Changmin Huh is afraid of you. To be precise, they fear that political power will be neutralized by capital power. Which presidents don’t? Korean politicians want to move the OTK Company corporation to Korea. Only then will the politicians be able to impose sanctions. Have you thought about the future of OTK Company?”

“I do not know.”

“John Davidson Rockefeller dedicated his life to growing his business. He wasn’t accumulating wealth by illegal means. At the time, monopolies were completely legal. But the United States enacted a new law called the Antitrust Act, and his business was forcibly torn apart. Is there a law against the OTK Company from doing that?”

Nowadays, IT companies such as NPL, Google, MS, and AMZ are vying for the top position by market capitalization of listed companies, but Exxon Mobil took that place just 10 years ago.

And the predecessor of ExxonMobil is Standard Oil, founded by John Davidson Rockefeller. Energy is the backbone of a nation. However, this market was driven by only one person, one company.

The US government enacted the Sherman Act to prevent this. This is the so-called antitrust law.

Rockefeller protested, but Standard Oil was forcibly split and split into dozens of companies. The law was made because of only one person, and the law was applied to that one person.

she asked me

“Is there an unlisted company as big as OTK Company in the world?”

She probably didn’t know, but she said as if she had just remembered.

“Ah! There is only one.”

I said the name of the company.

“Aramco.”

“Yes. Saudi Aramco is a state-owned company owned by the royal family. What would have happened if another entrepreneur had raised such a company in Saudi Arabia? Would that company have worked until now?”

Crown Prince Sulaiman imprisoned the royal family at the Ritzkatton Hotel and extorted hundreds of billions of dollars in money and shares.

Will this only happen in Saudi Arabia?

The Communist Party of China has been outspokenly pushing its own companies to grow them into global companies. But now, they are holding companies in check.

Some businessmen were arrested on charges of corruption or retired from management. Some even donated all of their stock to the government.

This meant that capital power could be overthrown by political power at any time.

“There will be no problems right now. You are the hero who saved America from crisis, and you are close to President Ronald. But can we keep going? Can the OTK Company remain the same even if the president changes?”

“It will be safe for at least four years.”

At my words, she laughed out loud.

“Do you think Ronald can be re-elected?

Ronald saved America from the Big One crisis. Its achievements were considered comparable to those of Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt.

Moreover, the U.S. economy is enjoying an unprecedented boom. It is hard to imagine that he would be re-elected.

“Before he became president, he was a real estate entrepreneur. Who would have financed the business he needed? And he likes women. What do you think we have?”

Real estate requires large-scale PF. Therefore, it is closely related to finance.

Ronald has a history of deliberately going bankrupt several times in his business, and his relationships with women are complicated. In the previous presidential election, Diane also fell on those points, but she did not get a fatal blow.

But does she have more weaknesses than that?

“Are you going to threaten me?”

“This is usually referred to as a political negotiation. Which one will Ronald choose? Will he step down as an honorable president? Or will he run for re-election with all the stigma behind him?”

It was after the Korean War that Seosung Group grew into a conglomerate in earnest.

During those decades, the Suseong Group formed their own human networks in business, politics, legal circles, and academia, and exerted enormous influence on Korean society as a whole. Would you call Korea the Seoseong Republic?

The Rothschilds are a family of financial conglomerates that have been around for 250 years. If so, how much influence do they have on Europe and America?

My mind got confused.

“What do you want to say?”

“The Rothschilds have struggled with political power all their lives. And we know how to fix it.”

“What is it?”

“You become the King. No, to be precise, it should be called the Prince.”

“… … .”

What do you mean?

She continued looking at my surprised expression.

“The Rothschilds have an island in the Caribbean. We move the OTK Company corporation there and join the Commonwealth of Nations.”

It sounds silly, but it’s not impossible.

Among the British overseas territories and Commonwealth countries are small island countries with a population of only tens of thousands.

However… … .

“No matter how much money you have, can a young Korean who has nothing to do with Britain create a Commonwealth?”

“It’s easy when you become Lord Rothschild.”

“What did you say?”

“I’m going to be the head of the Rothschilds after my grandfather.”

Being the head of the Rothschild family means not only the honor of being a nobleman, but also having the power to control the enormous wealth and influence that the family has accumulated over the years.

Just as the sons of chaebol families are fighting to inherit the group, there will be a huge struggle for succession within the family.

But will you give me the seat?

“how… … ?”

“You married me.”

I was so upset that the words didn’t come out.

“Are you going to marry a man you don’t even love for the sake of your family?”

She said with her sapphire-like eyes shining.

“Korean chaebols get married out of necessity. The same goes for European royalty and nobility. How many of them really love and get married?”

If you look at the remaining European royal families, it is difficult to find those who are in-laws with each other.

The Rothschilds also have ties to the royal family and influential people in Europe and the United States.

Christine, who became Crown Princess of Norway by marrying Crown Prince Hermann, is Grace’s cousin, and James Rothschild is married to Nicky Hilton, heiress of the famous hotel chain Hilton.

“And I like you.”

I’m crazy.

“What did you say?”

“You said it before. I like lucky people. Who else in the world is as lucky as you?”

“… … .”

I cleared my mind.

As you can see from the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, St. Lucia, and Samoa, British and Commonwealth countries are still used as tax havens.

Her words were, in a word, about creating a tax haven on their own. This is possible because OTK Company is an investment company.

That way, there will be no need to pay taxes, undergo a tax audit, pay attention to politicians, or split the company.

She reached out her hand towards my face.

“There will be a no-deal Brexit. The UK financial markets will be thrown into an unexpected chaos, and in a situation like this, who would object if someone who could solve the problem became a member of the Commonwealth?”

I felt something strange in her words.

Everyone is predicting a no-deal Brexit to some extent. So the impact, if any, will be limited.

What, then, is the utterly unexpected chaos?

I thought for a moment, then my back became cold.

“Northern Ireland.”

Ireland achieved independence from Britain in 1922, but Northern Ireland remained a British territory. Afterwards, Ireland and the UK entered the EU together, and the Northern Ireland problem was settled, but the problem started to arise again due to Brexit.

Ireland’s position is that Northern Ireland is basically its own territory.

If Britain really built a wall on its borders, Northern Ireland would be turned into a powder shed. Maybe war-level bloodshed beyond Bloody Sunday of 1972?

“The worst crises that nobody thinks will happen are the best opportunities.”

The moment her finger was about to touch my cheek, I grabbed her wrist.

“chance? Is dying a chance?”

“Did you think about the process when investing?”

“… … What?”

“You knew Brexit, but you didn’t stop it. Do you know how many suicides have increased in the UK since Brexit? Have you thought about the EU citizens and refugees who will have to be evicted from the UK?”

Remaining 49.1 vs. leaving 50.9, a difference of only 1.8 percent. If only 1 percent of them had changed their minds, the outcome would have been different.

If I had started to stop, would I have been able to stop it?

“What about Ronald’s victory? Was it really for the world or for your benefit? What is the North Sea Oilfield? You knew the rig was going to break. The North Sea is still covered in oil. Who is responsible for the damage caused to those who have lost aquaculture and fishing? How is Japan? The money that Nishida Securities lost by mistake was the Japanese people’s retirement funds. The Japanese people must have an unhappy old age as much as you make money.”

“… … .”

I couldn’t answer easily.

“Sheep are gentle animals, but in England they eat humans.”

Naturally, sheep, which are herbivores, do not eat humans. This is a metaphor for Thomas More’s critique of the enclosure movement in his Utopia book.

At that time, nobles and landowners fenced the land and turned farmland into pasture to raise sheep. Unable to cultivate, peasants were either starved to death or had to flee to the cities.

she said with a smile.

“But there is nothing we can do to get good quality wool.”

It meant that they wouldn’t care who or what happened to make money.

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I did not cause Brexit, nor did I damage the North Sea oilfield facility. But it is true that he was silent even though he knew. Can I really say that I am not responsible for that?

As much as I have made a profit on my investment, someone else has lost. Was that really fair?

But bloodshed is a different story. Even the place where it happens is the UK, not any other country.

Does it matter if there is a war in your country?

Again, a strong sense of incongruity was felt in her attitude.

I was born in an ordinary house and came to this position. But she has been a member of the financial conglomerate family Rothschild since her birth.

Not only the life I have lived, but the way of thinking is different from mine.

People see the world from where they stand. What does the world she sees look like?

“Why are you doing that? why?”

she said in a calm voice.

“Francesco Pizarro raided and captured Atahualpa, king of the Inca Empire. And in return for his life, he demanded enough gold to fill the room. King Atahualpa kept his promise, but Pizarro did not. King Atahualpa, who gave his all, was slain. After forcibly converting to Catholicism to preserve even the body.”

The vast amounts of silver and gold looted from the New World were loaded onto ships and headed home. Spain grew up sucking gold like it sucks blood. Britain also plundered those ships and took a share.

“It was the same with Hernán Cortés who did something similar. The Aztecs did not understand and asked him. ‘Why do you white people need so much gold that they can’t even eat?’ Hernán Cortés replied. ‘Because I and my companions are suffering from a mental illness that only gold can cure.’”

Perhaps that was the only truth he told the Aztecs.

A smile appeared on her face.

“We all suffer from the mental illness of greed. That’s why we need so much money that everyone can’t even spend it. How are you?”

No matter how much money you have, you can’t use it all.

Even if there are several houses, you cannot live in them all, and even if you have several cars, you cannot ride them at the same time.

It is out of necessity that those who do not have, desire to have more, because of greed.

“Greed is the driving force that moves the world.”

I couldn’t deny her words.

If the already successful entrepreneurs and investors hadn’t tried to make more money, the world wouldn’t have developed this way.

She whispered in a sweet voice.

“You can get anything you want.”

At that moment, something appeared in front of her.