Thousands of sparks

Chapter 172 Shocking
Olin Commercial Bank's transactions involved a lot of "ups and downs", and there were even a few bloody winds in them.

There is no limit to the nasty things people can do for money.In just a few weeks, Central Teco handled three attacks on the Olin Development Bank.

Yes, raid.Attacks using firearms and explosives in an attempt to kill DDB depositors or destroy DDB branches.

Olin's "financial experts" are not fools either. It took them less than two days to quickly judge the terrifying power of this financial model.There are a large number of free citizens and low-level nobles in Olin, and if the cash in their hands can be gathered together, it will be a jaw-droppingly large number.

The group of financial experts who were trying to acquire a commercial bank at a low price quickly estimated the amount of money Olympian Development Bank could collect within two weeks based on the crowd data they observed.

About... twenty-four million gold pounds.

According to the interest rate given by the Olympian Development Bank, the total annual interest on these funds is about 100 million pounds.In other words, if the Olympian Development Bank is going to forcibly intervene in the acquisition of commercial banks, even if the price is raised to 240 million pounds, it can still guarantee a considerable profit.

The total value of Olin Commercial Bank's assets and good accounts is at least 140 million gold pounds. Even if Olin Development Bank buys it and does nothing but sell the assets separately, it can profit from it—anyway, 100 The interest of 240 gold pounds has to be paid anyway, which means that the assets purchased by paying 140 million gold pounds can earn at least 100 million gold pounds in profit.After using 140 million of them to pay interest, the bid became a bid of 40 million, with a profit of [-] gold pounds.

Calculated in this way, the development bank's acquisition of commercial banks looks like a loss-making transaction.But...the commercial bank's valuation of 140 million pounds is only based on the "sale of assets immediately after acquisition".

If the time is extended, the commercial bank's loan business can earn at least 20 gold pounds per year in the next five years, and the financial leasing will be about 35 gold pounds per year.Securities trading intermediary services are slightly lower, but [-] gold pounds a year is not a problem.

Everyone knows that Olin Commercial Bank's price of 140 million gold pounds is seriously underestimated, but no Olin Financial company is prepared to raise the price.How could such an opportunity, which should obviously be thrown into trouble, be missed?

Therefore, Olin's financial wizards are going to use some means to prevent the smooth development of this nascent "Olin Development Bank".Violence is one of them.

Being able to detect such an attack in advance and prevent it is basically due to the personal ability of the "diplomat" Mr. Schultz and the powerful intelligence capabilities of the Central Special Branch.

As a "young" organization less than one year old, the intelligence capabilities of the Central Special Branch are unimaginably strong.Regardless of the "formal way" or the "informal way", since the Olympian Development Bank's sign was put up and began to collect reserves, Schultz ordered all members of the Central Special Section to pay close attention to any deployment of resources that might lead to an attack.

As soon as the monitoring started, Central Teco found a bunch of suspicious clues.It has to be said that Olin's dangerous goods control is simply full of loopholes, and too many clues even directly interrupted the analysis and investigation of the Central Special Branch.

Schultz quickly adjusted his adjustment strategy and stopped trying to solve the problem by monitoring the source.Central Teco's monitoring was quickly transferred to the six banks that had obvious desires to buy Olin Commercial Bank.

Through the round-the-clock close tracking of high-level officials and lip-reading, the Central Special Branch quickly proposed twelve possible attack target points and time periods.Subsequently, the Central Special Branch agents who pretended to be ordinary deposit customers or simply passers-by successfully captured and seized a batch of dangerous substances.

"It can be seen from our seized materials how corrupt this country is!" Rao, the well-informed Schultz, also changed his color after seeing these dangerous substances.He scolded the empire's insanity at the meeting of the Central Special Branch, "An ordinary bank manager can actually get the Pypsilon scatter bomb from the Navy's weapons research and development department!"

This kind of weapon that makes Schultz break out in cold sweat is just like its name, it is a special weapon made from the "Phipsilon Mine".The so-called "Viipsilon Mine" is still essentially the magical mineral that can be used for space jumps.But its state is different from ordinary Ypsilon mine - its interior is full of tiny cracks that are even invisible to the naked eye.

During the use of Epsilon ore, internal stress may be generated due to the process of rapid temperature loss after heating.Although according to the long-term experience of human beings using the Ipsilon mine, such internal stress may be released by itself after a period of time.But... under high-intensity use, the Yipsilon Mine may still be broken due to internal stress changes.

The shattered Ypsilon Ore is the ultimate nightmare for any warship on a warp mission.A large number of dispersed Ipsilon ore will start a disorderly transition the moment it loses heat, and this transition will eventually tear the entire ship into countless unrecognizable pieces.

This kind of Ypsilon mine that "must be broken after heating" is called "Faiypsilon Mine" in the Imperial Navy.And as the name suggests, the Vaypsilon Scatterer is what turns this jump ship nightmare into a weapon.

If the scatter bomb actually exploded outside the branch of the Olin Development Bank... for the first time, civilians in the Empire will witness "targets and people scattered like flying sand, and then scattered on the ground within about three miles of the explosion's origin." up" tragedy.

Leaving aside whether this tragic situation will scare away other customers who tried to make deposits at the Olin Development Bank, I am afraid that once the bomb explodes, the entire Olin intelligence and powerful agencies will quickly go into a state of madness.

This kind of weapon, which is still under development and has never been tested in actual combat, actually exploded in its own heart. Even if these agents captured a group of completely innocent people and shot them on the spot, then declared that "we have found the real culprit". Will not make people feel outside.

Such a big fight for a bank acquisition worth 140 million pounds?

There are also a lot of other dangerous items, such as high-pressure gas cylinders with unknown contents, heavy explosives, and even leaflet bombs such as "Olin Development Bank is a criminal den run by allies."

"It is not difficult to see from the actions of the other party that these damned moths are very hostile to us, and even take the lives of tens of thousands of ordinary people to prevent us from competing with them." After the blast, Lorraine calmly summarized the status quo. "These people don't care how many people who speak the same language, breathe the same air, and even bleed the same blood as them live or die. What they care about is having money. Nothing can stop their sick desire for money, No morality, no law, no justice.”

Lorraine stood up, put her hands on her desk, looked around at the young and angry members of the Central Special Branch, and said word by word, "But, we can."

If there is warmth in the eyes, the current meeting room is enough to melt steel.

"We are now facing two contradictions. One contradiction is the contradiction between the empire and its vassals on the empire's body, and the contradiction between the vast majority of the empire's civilians. This is the core contradiction that dominates the fundamental purpose of all our work." Luo Lin said seriously, "The secondary conflict is the conflict between the Olin Development Bank we established and other imperial banks."

"I know many of you feel that Central Teco opened the bank to make money and to benefit ourselves—that's totally against your ideals. I also know that many of you already think The leadership of Central Teco has abandoned their ideals, and is going to suck blood from the public to nourish themselves like those damn bankers.” Lorraine sat back on her seat and said, “If you have such thoughts, it means that , you are still not thorough enough to study the dialectics issued a month ago."

"Under certain circumstances, the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction can be transformed. The direction we are working on now is this 'certain situation'." Lorraine exchanged glances with Schultz on the side, and then said, " Establishing the Olympian Development Bank, we're just building ourselves the first weapon big enough to stab the behemoth of the Empire."

"Comrades, how much damage can our actions alone cause to the empire, the largest country in human history? Of course, we can work step by step. With our efforts, 20 years, 30 years or even After 50 years, Newsale will surely become the representative of the brightest future for all human beings. And sweep all the corrupt ruling institutions represented by the Empire into the garbage dump. But...we can afford to wait, Newsale, etc. Affordable... can those ordinary people who live in Olin and the other 41 colonial planets of the empire afford to wait?"

"Today, they can use such violent methods to achieve their goals without hesitation for the acquisition of 140 million. What about tomorrow? If there are another 100 million, 200 million, and 300 million potential gains in front of them, they What kind of means will they use to harm our compatriots?"

"Comrades, there is only one fundamental purpose for us to gather together—for the people." Lorraine's voice became higher and higher, and she could clearly feel that the eyes around her were getting hotter and hotter, "Then, please You understand that the Olympian Development Bank was established in this way - it exists for the people, to protect the people, and to prevent more of this from happening."

"The financial front is the fastest and most effective product for us to deal with behemoths like the empire. To the empire, it is the sharpest sword; to the people, it is the strongest shield." Lorraine said solemnly, "I am to you The requirements have not changed from the beginning to the end, everything is for the people!"

"Everything for the people!" The members of the Central Special Branch gave a suppressed answer, but there was determination in it...

Shocking.

(End of this chapter)