Chapter 1363: Chapter 657: Defeating the Capitalists by Force! (Part 3)

The rain lashed against the glass like a waterfall, creating a constant and dull roar. Inside the office, the soft lighting contrasted sharply with the violent weather outside.

Victor stood quietly at the window with his back to the door.

He casually rolled up his sleeves and held a coffee cup in his hand.

“Knock knock knock.” The sound of knocking came, steady and rhythmic.

“Come in.”

The door was pushed open, and Casare walked in, holding a thin folder in his hand, very excited, “Boss!”

“London, I suppose it’s very lively?” Victor asked.

“Yes, boss, you’re absolutely right!”

“In London, public opinion is boiling, and the pressure on the government is unprecedented. The Northern Ireland issue is giving them a headache. It’s said that even the Irish on British soil are acting strangely.”

“Our second batch of support is on the way, targeting transportation hubs and symbolic measures. If the Northern Irish aren’t foolish, there should be no problem!”

“What’s the value of the lives of over twenty elite soldiers? How much budget is needed to rebuild a core barracks’ destruction? The surge in condolence payments, equipment replenishment, and anti-terrorism budgets… And the unseen impact on market confidence?”

“Boss, their pressure is immense!!”

Victor’s eyes were shining, “Since the British pressure is so great, and their treasury is so strained, does it mean that our ‘harvesting’ season can start early?”

Casare immediately understood what Victor was implying and nodded vigorously, “Boss, the panic will transmit to the market, British Pounds will be under pressure, and the value of British assets will experience violent fluctuations, especially those critical enterprises and tech sectors that urgently need funds to rotate or are severely undervalued due to domestic security crises…”

“Panic is the best catalyst,”

Victor’s voice was not loud, “When people start selling off all liquidable assets, when the government has to sell off quality industries at low prices to fill fiscal holes, that’s when we move. Those once-high-and-mighty British gentlemen will soon understand what it means to be penny wise and pound foolish.”

Casare quickly nodded: “Our fund is fully prepared. Offshore accounts, proxy companies, complex trust structures, all means to avoid British regulatory eyes are in place, just waiting for market panic to peak, we can surge in like a tide, buying those once unattainable quality assets at dirt-cheap prices.”

Victor walked to the large desk and picked up a list that had been prepared for long. It was densely packed with names of target enterprises.

“This aerospace engine company, with technology leading the world, now on the verge of cash flow breakdown due to a reduced military order and plummeting stock prices, we can quietly acquire shares from the secondary market and propose investment when they’re most desperate, with the condition of controlling the R&D department.”

“And that old electronics and information company, holding key cybersecurity technologies for many critical British infrastructures, now that the British government is preoccupied, they have no energy to protect, we can acquire these technologies quietly through a third party.”

“Don’t forget the energy sector,”

Victor pointed heavily on the list, “The North Sea oil field project, due to declining investment returns and environmental pressures, the British government is looking for someone to take over. Now is the perfect time to acquire the exploitation rights at the lowest cost, enjoying the benefits for decades to come.”

Casare looked at the names on the list, feeling his heartbeat quicken.

These are pillars of the British economy and their proud capital, now to become prey in Victor’s words.

“Boss, these targets are too sensitive. Even if the British government is short on money, they probably won’t let them go easily?” he was a bit worried.

“Do they have any choice left?”

“When domestic citizens are grumbling because of safety issues and economic recession, when the Parliament is in uproar over funding issues, when the Treasury Department can’t even afford soldiers’ condolence payments, they can only choose to compromise. We can package it as a ‘friendly investment,’ promise to retain jobs, even draw in some puppet companies from Europe to participate, making it seem like normal commercial behavior.”

He paused, “Moreover, we still have more chips in hand, the Northern Ireland situation can get more lively, keeping the British government under constant pressure, without energy to scrutinize our acquisition cases, by the time they react, those core assets would have long been ours.”

“Tell the fund managers,” Victor said slowly, “to prepare, now we just quietly wait and watch how the British cope.”

Casare nodded vigorously: “Understood! Boss, this time we will definitely make the British bleed heavily!”

Victor said nothing, merely raised his coffee cup, clinking gently towards the rainy night outside.

As if toasting to the imminent harvest.

“The era is truly changing!”

Using capital means, to strike at capitalists!

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