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On the second day after the meeting, Tesla and FedEx jointly established Uber, holding 80% and 20% of the shares respectively, and then recruited programmers to secretly develop Uber taxi software and develop secretly.

Contrary to Uber’s low profile, when Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. was established, it caused a sensation all over the world. On August 1, 2008, Nicholas International E-Commerce, Maersk Group, FedEx, Tesla, Taobao, and Williams Royal Investment jointly announced that the "Global Intelligent Logistics Backbone Network" project was officially launched. The jointly established "Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd." was formally established. As soon as the company was established, it had a huge momentum, and it was impossible not to attract attention.

Many logistics companies still didn't know about Cainiao Network Technology Company at the beginning, so they felt a bit like an enemy.

An insider of the UPS logistics company couldn't help complaining that Cainiao Network is a super giant logistics company! ! !

In fact, Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. does not set foot in logistics, but builds an open, shared and socialized infrastructure platform on the basis of logistics. A set of open social storage facility network is formed within the scope.

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At noon, with the scorching sun hanging high, in the Lucas supermarket in New York University City, a fat man with a big belly and bare arms was sitting in the office watching HBO TV series bored. At this moment, the door rang a few times, and after that, a young, tall, long-haired beauty in denim shorts and a white shirt walked in.

The fat man looked over immediately, and when he saw a beautiful woman walking in, he couldn't help but smacked his tongue, fixed his eyes on her long white legs, and said with a smile: "Oh, so it's the beautiful Miss Betty. , how, have things been considered clearly?"

"Yes, Mr. Richard Lucas!" The beauty named Betty nodded.

"Haha... So, you are willing to sell me the Betty's supermarket that your father left you!" The fat man sat up at this moment, picked up the Coca-Cola soda on the table and drank it all in one gulp. Then put the soda bottle on the table again.

"Mr. Richard Lucas, I came here specially to tell you that I have decided not to sell Betty's Supermarket!" Betty directly found a chair and sat down.

Do not sell? !

The fat man was astonished when he heard this, and he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"Miss Betty," he asked, "Betty's Supermarket is not doing well and seems to be closing down soon. I can't figure out why you can't sell it at a good price now?"

"Because that's my father's legacy!!!" Betty finished speaking firmly, then stood up and left the office directly.

Betty's Supermarket and Lucas' Supermarket are two major rivals in New York University. When the financial crisis came, the old Betty suffered heavy losses in the stock market, which caused problems in the capital chain of Betty's Supermarket. Lucas Supermarket took the opportunity to suppress Betty's Supermarket, causing Betty's Supermarket To make matters worse, it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Old Betty was out of breath, heartbroken and desperate, and died. Betty Sr.'s daughter, Jessica Betty, inherited his estate. It was at this time that Richard Lucas came to the door and proposed to acquire Betty's Supermarket.

Jessica Betty naturally didn't want to sell Betty's Supermarket, but it was very difficult to get Betty's Supermarket out of the current predicament. At this moment, she saw a piece of news on TV: Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. was established, and sincerely invited various partners to work together to establish an open network of social storage facilities!

Betty suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if seeing hope, and murmured: "Betty Supermarket can cooperate with Cainiao Network to become a storage base! In this way, Betty Supermarket can not only get an extra income from Cainiao Network Technology Company, but also It can bring more traffic!!!Students who want to mail things can come to the supermarket to handle it. The things students buy online can be stored in Betty’s supermarket for free, which is convenient to pick up. In addition, Betty’s supermarket can make some product leaflets and send them to various places The dormitory or directly on the package. If students are willing to shop at Betty’s Supermarket for more than $10, Betty’s Supermarket is willing to deliver to the door of the dormitory for free, along with the products they purchased online. Usually, a part of the fee is charged for delivery to the door of the dormitory. In this way, students are definitely more willing to spend money to buy products from Betty’s Supermarket! If this continues, Betty’s Supermarket may be able to survive!!!”

The more Betty thought about it, the more excited she became, and she rekindled her fighting spirit. She couldn't help but find the fat fat man Richard Lucas that day, and then rejected him severely!

Want to buy Betty's supermarket, no way! ! !

After Betty walked out of the Lucas supermarket, she immediately contacted Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. to ask for cooperation. Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. has just been established and is currently in need of a large number of partners like Betty Supermarket. Therefore, Cainiao Network Company will certainly not refuse Betty's request.

And after Betty Supermarket became a partner of Cainiao Network, its performance improved immediately!

In addition to Betty's Supermarket, there are many companies participating in the cooperation of Cainiao Network. The scale of Cainiao Network is getting bigger and bigger, and its development speed is beyond people's imagination. On average, 500 companies become members of Cainiao Network every day.

Many large logistics companies have also cooperated with Cainiao Network, and Cainiao Network then re-introduced UPS package delivery company, Deutsche Post, Ryder System, Panalpina, Yingyun Logistics, TNT Express Company, Gangjie International Company, the world's top ten Seven of the major logistics companies are strategic partners, and FedEx and Maersk are also among the top ten logistics companies. Only Nippon Express is excluded.

At this moment, the media were stunned.

Lina Mika, editor-in-chief of "Fortune" magazine, said: "Cainiao Network will spread all over the world, and its future market value may be another Nicholas International E-commerce Group!!!"

"Reuters": "Cainiao Network is the brightest new business star in the global financial crisis!!!"

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To the outside world, the rookie network is so crazy, but to Henry, it's just a small test. At this time, the global financial crisis has not stopped because of the rise of Cainiao Network, but Citigroup, which is second only to Williams Bank of America in the United States, is in danger!

From February 2007 to August 2008, Citibank lost money for 18 months. Customers, creditors, investors and rating agencies have completely lost confidence in Citibank. Since October last year, the government has bailed out Citibank three times in a short period of time and injected huge sums of money, but it is still facing bankruptcy. The stock price of Citibank has plummeted from a high of around $35 in 2007 to $1.60, and its market value is not even 5% of $280 billion at the end of 2006, or $12 billion...

Henry asked Williams Royal Investment Company to short one trillion U.S. dollars in the U.S. stock market. In order to save the market, the U.S. government kept spending money to fill the hole, and it was at the end of the day. Although Citibank has a huge economic status and influence in the United States, with tens of millions of users, if it goes bankrupt, the country will be in chaos. The United States is determined not to let Citibank go bankrupt, and wants to continue to give Citibank a hand. However, the global financial crisis triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States continues to worsen, and Williams Royal Investment Co., Ltd. is particularly targeting Citibank. In this case, the U.S. government can't pull Citibank at all. In this life, Citibank will either go bankrupt or be bought by Henry! ! !

Seeing that Citibank was about to go bankrupt, the U.S. government started looking for a "receiver".

The U.S. government first asked JPMorgan Chase. JPMorgan Chase said that Citibank was too big to eat, and that he was about to "die". He hoped that the U.S. government would send some life-saving funds! The U.S. government then went to Bank of New York Mellon, Wachovia, and American Express... However, none of them dared to touch Citibank, a hot potato.

Henry is very dissatisfied. The U.S. government should ask Williams Bank of America. If you ask, you will definitely be willing to buy Citibank! As for other banks, who the hell dares to buy Citibank, I let Williams Royal Investment Co., Ltd. short Citibank stock crazily, and they will die! ! !

The U.S. government has asked all banks, large and small, and almost never asked Williams Bank of America. Right now, Williams Bank of America is the dominant one, seriously affecting the U.S. economy. If it merges with Citibank, it will be fine! ! !

At this moment, the White House is holding a very important meeting.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson looked anxious and was shouting at the meeting at the top of his lungs. "Everyone, at the moment only Williams Bank of America has the ability to acquire Citibank, so in order to keep Citibank, we can only..."

Before he finished speaking, someone stood up and interrupted: "Henry Williams has penetrated into every corner of the United States, and Williams Bank of America is his industry. If Williams Bank of America takes the opportunity to do Big, I don’t know, who has the final say on the American economy, do you think it’s you? Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury?!”

The chaos in the conference room was no different from that of a vegetable market, no, it was even more violent than a vegetable market, because Treasury Secretary Paulson had already fought with the brawlers!

"Stop!!!" U.S. President Bush yelled, you are paralyzed, is it dead to be the President of the United States? You actually got into a fight in front of me. If I didn't care about my image, I would roll up my sleeves and beat you up!

Paulson was separated. He had just been punched in the face, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

If Henry knew what happened just now, he would laugh from ear to ear.

Bush's face was livid, and he reprimanded sharply: "Isn't it glorious to fight in the US Congress?! Paulson, Richards, why don't you two go back to your seats and sit down!!!"

Bush's speech was still effective, and the two sat down in their seats obediently, but when they looked at each other, they were still angry.

"Okay, after hearing so much from you, let me express my opinion." Bush touched his nose, thought for a while, and then said, "I think Citibank must be preserved, and Williams can be allowed to Bank of America acquired Citibank, and when the financial crisis is over, we will demand that Williams Bank of America is too large and suspected of monopolizing the market, to be split up!"

"Your Excellency, the U.S. government is going back on its word. I'm afraid it will be true and be criticized by others!"

"There is no need for the U.S. government to provide a guarantee for this acquisition. Citibank can contact Williams Bank of America by itself!"

"If so, I think it's feasible!"

"I second!"

"I also agree!"

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On August 10, Williams Bank of America merged Citibank with a total investment of 12 billion U.S. dollars, causing a global uproar. On that day, Citibank's stock price recovered.

Just as the outside media was buzzing and discussing, Henry ordered the merger of Williams Bank of America and Citibank, and the merged new bank was called Citibank. At present, the central bank of the Williams Empire is called the Williams Bank, and Henry hopes that the names of other banks can be distinguished from the Williams Bank.

Subsequently, Henry then ordered the sale of Citibank's overseas business to Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Bank at a low price... At the same time, the new Citibank's junk business and overlapping business in the United States were cut off, streamlining its staff and reducing its scale.

From now on, Citibank will be responsible for the United States, Standard Chartered Bank will be responsible for Asia, Standard Bank will be responsible for Africa, and Royal Bank of Scotland will be responsible for Europe... Although these banks have different names, they can form an alliance, just like China's UnionPay. A "Williams Bank Alliance" with Williams Bank as the core, and other banks are also welcome to join the alliance.

As for why Henry carried out the reorganization so quickly, it was because he bribed members of the U.S. Congress, and he knew exactly what kind of wishful thinking U.S. President Bush was playing. Therefore, without waiting for the United States to make a move, Henry took advantage of the financial crisis to sell Williams Bank of America and Citibank to other banks under his own name at a low price, and everything he did during this special period, such as layoffs and low-priced sales Subsidiaries and so on are reasonable, and the US government has nothing to say. As for Citibank, which has lost weight, it is still the largest bank in the United States. It has reduced a lot of expenses, but it holds high-quality assets and users in the United States, and its profitability is higher. If the U.S. government still wants to ask Citibank to split up, it will directly file a lawsuit. There is nothing to be afraid of!

Henry intends to mainly promote the Williams UnionPay card after the establishment of the Williams Bank Alliance, and also launch the "Black Card" and "Supreme Black Card". The black card does not accept applications, only banks actively invite customers to join. Only a very small number, even less than 0.1% of the world's top customers will be invited.

The black card can be used for unlimited overdrafts, and cardholders can obtain services covering almost all fields, providing them with the most meticulous needs, such as private cabin and first-class cabin upgrade services for daily airliners, hotel suite upgrade services, private travel consultant services, heavyweight Tickets for performances, 24-hour private banking, VIP seats for various events around the world, and exclusive privileges at top private clubs in major cities around the world. As long as the cardholder has a request, he will do it wholeheartedly.

And the "Supreme Black Card" can only be owned by members of the royal family Henry and Williams! (two in one)

(to be continued ~^~)