Game within game: chess player

"Have you heard of the SWIFT system?" Lister looked at Ye Fang and said.

"SWIFT system?" Ye Fang had a puzzled expression in his eyes.

"SWIFT system, in short, is the fund clearing system of banks and financial institutions around the world. It is also a super financial platform for countries to conduct transactions in U.S. dollars and other foreign currencies. This financial system has been established for more than 50 years and is currently the world's most important international financial platform. Fund clearing system, as long as you have the authority to check the direction of any transaction in the world through the SWIFT system."

Ye Fang could hear the arrogance and teasing in Riester's soothing and confident tone.

"Does it mean that the United States has this authority?" Ye Fang immediately felt extremely uneasy. Through this system, it is not easy for the United States to freeze any funds. As long as the United States can accurately capture the transaction account, as long as this account can be controlled through the system, it means that these funds are under the control of the United States.

Fortunately, Ye Fang evacuated most of the funds from the U.S. capital market in a timely manner. Once the funds reside in the account of a U.S. bank, it is very easy for the United States to freeze these funds.

Lister smiled and shook his head and said, "It's not a question of authority, it's that this system is basically based on US dollar settlement. The United States has the absolute right to speak in this SWIFT system."

Later, Ye Fang learned that after the 911/[-] incident, the United States authorized the Ministry of Finance to retrieve financial transaction and capital circulation information from SWIFT in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Rights Act. Therefore, the United States can not only accurately grasp the flow of every bank and every payment in the world, but can also use this to carry out "precision strikes" in the financial field.

"That is to say, it seems that anyone can trade in this system, but in fact there is no privacy or secrets at all, because everything is under the surveillance of the United States, and they can do whatever they want." Ye Fang said.

"Of course there is no problem with normal trading, but there is a problem with your shorting the U.S. stock market this time." List said.

"When Western capital shorted Asian stock markets, why didn't anyone stand up and speak out? Only state officials were allowed to set fires and the people were not allowed to light lamps! American capital can plunder the wealth of other countries unscrupulously, and other countries can't even take a piece of American wool. This Western The fairness, justice and equality are really special." Ye Fang scolded in front of Lister without any scruples.

Lister helplessly spread his hands and said, "This world has no sympathy for the weak and will only rely on the strong! The law of the jungle has always been the same! Complaining cannot solve the problem, what do you think?"

Ye Fang gritted his steel teeth, feeling depressed and having nowhere to go. This feeling of being grabbed by someone's seven inches was really not good. Ye Fang has always believed that when a country is strong, its people will be prosperous. Now that a country is strong, its people will be stronger. It is only because the country's overall national strength is too weak that it will be blackmailed by Western countries led by the United States. This is not the case for him, let alone What about the country?

At this time, Professor Guo's judgment came to Ye Fang's mind again. As long as our country can be given a stable and peaceful 20 years of development, our country will definitely become strong again, and we will no longer have to suffer this or that.

"What do you want?" Ye Fang asked.

Lister smiled cheerfully, showed a matter-of-fact expression, and said slowly, "I don't care what kind of power is behind you or what means you used to mobilize these funds. Since the matter has already happened, we don't want to pursue so much. The United States The American side wanted to hand you over to them, but I stopped you on behalf of the British side and said you were one of ours. The American side then agreed to let you go, but they have a request."

"What's the request?" Ye Fang asked.

"The United States has informed you that some funds are still deposited in accounts in Western countries. You should not be able to mobilize the funds in these accounts for the time being. The US Treasury Department has canceled the cross-border transfer function of these accounts through the SWIFT system. If you agree to transfer If half of the funds in these accounts are handed over to the relevant departments of the United States and the United Kingdom as political donations, the United States will agree to release the other half of the funds."

Ye Fang snorted coldly and said, "Do you know that the funds deposited in those accounts are all my profits? That is the funds after removing leverage and lending. If I remember correctly, it should be more than 500 billion US dollars. You don't have anything to say. You said you would take half of my profits, what is the difference between this and an open robbery?"

Hearing Ye Fang's words, Lister smiled slightly and said, "Of course this is just my temporary idea. Whether it is feasible or not requires communication with the United States. In other words, if they insist on freezing all your profits, you have nothing to do. , is this the truth? If I were you, I would let go of this part of the profit and use it as money to buy."

Hearing what Lister said, Ye Fang stood up angrily and said, "This is banditry, naked robbery!"

Lister saw that Ye Fang was a little out of control and was secretly happy. He quickly pretended to be concerned and pushed Ye Fang back to his seat and said, "You are a talent, and an absolute talent. I admire you very much! I I hope you can truly join the British Empire instead of swinging around like you are now. You need to make a decision, Mr. Ye, this will be your only choice. If you can't make up your mind, I can help you make it."

Ye Fang obviously didn't understand the meaning of Lister's words and said, "How?"

Riester smiled enigmatically and said, "You will know this in the future. I have reported your performance to the Prime Minister. He is very satisfied with your financial abilities. As long as you agree to join the Commonwealth, the Prime Minister will How about promising you that we can directly appoint you as the special assistant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and make you fully responsible for the UK’s investment business?”

Ye Fang looked up at Lister and snorted coldly, "You mean you want me to give up my business in mainland China?"

"You can transfer it now. As far as I know, your group is very profitable. As long as you are willing, there will be many people willing to take over." Lister obviously doesn't care about Ye Fang's domestic assets. Convert it into pounds. How many.

"This is impossible!" Ye Fang refused directly.

Maybe Lister had expected that Ye Fang would say this, and didn't care. He said directly, "You can let this matter go for a while. I'm not in a hurry. For your cash assets abroad, do you want 250 billion or [-] million?" We don’t even have a penny, so this account should be easy to settle as long as your head is not broken, what do you think?”

Ye Fang raised his head and took a deep look at Lister. Seeing the greed in the eyes of Western capitalism, he nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, I promise you."

"Okay! I will coordinate this matter with the United States immediately and will give you the news in three days." Lister said cheerfully.

Ye Fang stood up from the sofa, straightened his collar and asked, "If I hand over this money, similar things will not happen again in the future?"

"What about this?!" Lister rolled his eyes and said, "I really can't answer you. I can't represent the U.S. government, but what I can promise is that as long as you join the Commonwealth, this kind of thing won't happen. After all, the United States wants to estimate the attitude of Britain, its staunch ally, are you right?"

Ye Fang was very disgusted with the rhetorical question that Riester always used to follow. This rhetorical question often contained a sense of ridicule and a sense of superiority that you had to agree to.

"Can I understand myself as a fat sheep? If you fatten me up, a piece of meat will be cut off from me. I will not starve to death but will not let me have the ability to resist. Is my understanding correct?" Ye Fang? asked rhetorically.

Lister obviously did not expect that Ye Fang would ask such a straightforward question. He did not think of how to respond to Ye Fang for a moment, so he could only say, "Mr. Ye, you are overthinking. We will not do this to our own people."

Ye Fang smiled slightly, looked at Lister and said, "You know, Lister, I see hypocrisy in your eyes. Even if you do this, you will never dare to admit it! But I am different, I always know that I What do you want and what don’t you want? I dare to say it and I dare to do it!”

Lister didn't mind Ye Fang's attitude towards him at all. He still maintained a humble smile and said, "Maybe this is the difference in ideology." Then Lister called the assistant over and said, "Send Mr. Ye off for me."

"Goodbye, Mr. Ye!" Lister watched Ye Fang walk to the door. Suddenly Lister seemed to remember something again and stopped Ye Fang.

"Is there anything else? Mr. Lister." Ye Fang asked with a frown.

"We have always had a question, how did Mr. Ye follow the rhythm of the 911/911 incident? Was it an accidental arrangement, or..." The implication of Lister's words is that it is obvious whether Ye Fang knew about the [-]/[-] incident in advance, although Lister was not aware of this possibility. With a distrustful attitude, he did not believe that Ye Fang had the ability to plan such a large terrorist attack, nor did he believe that Ye Fang knew about it in advance, but he still asked Ye Fang out of professional habit.

Ye Fang showed a deep smile and asked, "Isn't your intelligence system said to be the best in the world? It shouldn't be difficult to find out who did this, right? If it was really me, you could have asked the United States to come directly to China If you want someone, why bother asking me directly."

After saying that, Ye Fang turned around and walked out of Lister's room without looking back. Lister looked at Ye Fang's leaving back and sneered, "You have quite a temper." Lister then thought about who changed this matter. Being extorted for tens of billions of dollars won't make you feel any better.

As for Ye Fangzai's financial layout before 911/[-], List could only understand it as an accident, and he just got the right rhythm and obtained huge profits.

But this explains Ye Fang's frightening financial intuition from another angle. Lister believes that if he can successfully conquer Ye Fang and use it for the British, he will be described as a general and good talent in Chinese terms. He firmly believes that Ye Fang is good at finance. These talents will be even more powerful with the support of British financial strength.

Lister looked through the window and saw Ye Fang getting into the car. He laughed evilly and said, "Ye Fang, it won't be long before you come begging me to take you in!"

Ye Fang just got into the car and said coldly to Lu Jiuge who was driving, "Drive!"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Nan Nan didn't dare to ask when he saw that Ye Fang's face was wrong. During the whole journey, Ye Fang was as heavy as water and as cold as ice. Suddenly Ye Fang said, "Pull over."

After the car stopped, Ye Fang got out of the car. He found a steel pipe from somewhere and smashed it at a car parked on the roadside. Ye Fang held the steel pipe and smashed all the glass of the car, and then he tried his best to knocking on the car body.

"Mr. Ye, are you crazy?" Lu Jiuge murmured.

"He must have been stimulated by something. Don't disturb him and let him vent to his heart's content." Nan Yi said.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of a roadside shop. Seeing someone smashing his car, he quickly stepped forward and shouted, "Why are you smashing my car! Stop! Stop!"

Ye Fang was forcibly held by the middle-aged man, panting heavily and ignoring the middle-aged man's questions. At this time, Lu Jiuge hurriedly stepped forward to pull the middle-aged man away and went to discuss compensation. Nan Yi walked up to Ye Fang, took out a handkerchief and handed it over.

At this time, all the claws in Ye Fang's hands were broken, and he threw away the steel pipe in his hand. Ye Fang took the handkerchief handed over by Nan Yi and wiped the blood on his palms, saying, "Two hundred and five, just feed the dogs."

"What did you say?!" Nan Yi obviously did not understand the meaning of Ye Fang's words.

"Nothing, let Lu Jiaming come to the villa." Ye Fang said solemnly.

Back at the Deep Water Bay Villa, Lu Jiaming was already waiting. When he saw Ye Fang, he hurried forward and said, "Boss, I just received a notice from the bank today that more than 500 billion overseas funds have been frozen overseas. What should I do now?" "

Only then did Lu Jiaming find out how wise it was for Ye Fang to transfer his assets at that time. Even with such a speed of response, some of the funds were still stranded overseas. If 500 billion US dollars was an astronomical figure in the eyes of Lu Jiaming before, now under Ye Fang's influence it is not much different from 500 yuan. But it is an astronomical figure when converted into Hong Kong dollars, so Lu Jiaming is a little confused now. Take measures.

"Sit down." Ye Fang did not answer Lu Jiaming's question directly, but asked Lu Jiaming and Nan Yi to sit in front of him.

Ye Fang directly asked Nan Yiyi, "Nan Yi, do you know the SWIFT system?"

"I know." Nan nodded and explained the basic functions of the SWIFT system to Ye Fang.

Ye Fang nodded, and said the same thing as Lister, and continued to ask Nan Yi, "How can we bypass this system and achieve international currency settlement?"

"This is impossible!" Before Nan Yi could speak, Lu Jiaming directly asserted, "The SWIFT system is now the mainstream system for currency settlement in the world. It is simply impossible to circumvent this system to achieve international currency settlement."

Nan nodded and said, "Now all commodities in the world are priced in US dollars. This system has been in existence for decades. If you want to bypass the SWIFT system in this world, you must return to cash settlement."

Nan Yi saw the helplessness in Ye Fang's eyes and asked, "Why did you suddenly talk about this topic? Are you in any trouble?"

Ye Fang smiled helplessly and said, "We were ripped off just because of this system. It's just that the fleece was a bit expensive, worth 250 billion US dollars!"

"250 billion US dollars?!" Nan Yi and Lu Jiaming exclaimed almost simultaneously.