Volume Two, The Return of the Child, Chapter 20, Intensifying
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Self-monitoring members of Congress is a serious violation of the law, Wesley dare not do anything
If in the past, Wesley could use special training, intelligence tracking and other names to use CIA field agents, now CIA has been hyped up due to the death of former director Jonathan, and Congress has established an independent investigation committee for this. If Wesley uses CIA field agents to track and monitor Congressmen, it will inevitably cause great trouble.
As a last resort, Wesley had to transfer Hubert, who had been an intelligence liaison officer outside for a long time, and asked him to convene more than a dozen veterans who had cooperated with CIA in the name of "Foreign-related Intelligence Security Operations" to form a special operation team that directly obeyed Director CIA. In order not to be involved, Wesley issued an order to the special operation team through his chief assistant Jackson.
With decades of intelligence work experience, Wesley quickly discovered key problems
Nadick is chairman of the Senate Financial Regulatory Committee. He has close Republican members and senior Republican members all have close ties to finance.
Following this clue, Wesley asked Jackson to investigate the personal assets of senior Republican members such as Nadick.
"They are all wealthy rich people, with at least tens of millions of dollars in personal assets and at most hundreds of millions of dollars." Using the federal agency collaboration mechanism, Jackson quickly gained "Except for a small amount of cash, their assets are managed by economic companies in accordance with relevant laws and entrusted investments. There is no big problem. But in recent times, their asset investment has changed a lot."
"What's the meaning?"
Jackson handed a paper document to Wesley. "A few days ago, these Republicans transferred $500,15 million in assets to the investment management company called "Huashi" yesterday, the company used a large number of companies' chairman Chambers to complete the stock exchange transaction and became the largest shareholder of "Louise Resource Investment Company""
"'Huashi'?" Wesley frowned slightly, "Is this company just established?"
“Yes, the registration time is November 7, and the approval time is November 8”
"It's a little too fast, right?" Wesley looked at the aide. "When did the federal government work efficiency become so high?"
Jackson smiled bitterly and said, "This is a disaster for the economic downturn. Now most of the new companies can be approved within 48 hours. If there is a channel, it can be approved at 24:00."
"I guess Nadic has also made a lot of effort." Wesley smiled and shook his head and looked at the registered capital on the document.
“Only $15 million”
After hearing Jackson say this, Wesley immediately frowned, "Where did this company that has just been established for a week get so much money to complete a $2 billion stock exchange transaction?"
"Maybe the place where the commissioned investment is not just a few important members of the Republican land."
“Can other customers be found?”
Jackson hesitated for a moment and said, "It's very difficult, even with the president's approval, the Federal Reserve Bank regulatory authorities responsible for managing financial investment companies may not necessarily give us face."
Wesley rubbed his forehead, suddenly remembered something, looked up at his assistant
“I can try to use the Federal Reserve Bank…”
"There is no need for this." Wesley suppressed his hand, "You start saying, "Huashi" exchanged the stocks of the Lishi Group for the stocks of the "Louise Resources Investment Company" in Chambers?"
Jackson nodded
"Don't you think this is strange?"
"You mean..." Jackson didn't understand what the director meant for a moment
"'Lishi Group' is not only a top 500 group in the world, but also one of the few financial investment groups that can make money now.''Louise Resources Investment Company' is just a small company with unknown names."
"It's still an investment company on the verge of bankruptcy"
Wesley nodded and said, "No matter what background is 'Huashi', those Republican members are not so idiotic that they get millions or even tens of millions of dollars to waste, right?"
“I have checked the situation of ‘Louise Resources Investment Company’”
Wesley frowned slightly and signaled his assistant to continue
"Although the company's market value is only US$2 billion, with a debt ratio of nearly 100%, and is on the verge of insolvency, the company's actual value is around US$5 billion. Eliminating the bank's debt, Huashi can make $1 billion in profits from this transaction, with an investment income ratio of 25%.
"Do you think it's that simple?" Wesley shook his head with a smile, "'Huashi' is just an investment company. It's not about actual value, but market value. If Republicans' members do not plan to retire and run the overseas mines of the "Louise Resources Investment Company" after retirement, they will have no reason to support the "Huashi' deal. Besides, the annual return rate of stock of the "Lishi Group" has always been around 10%, which is considered the best investment project."
Jackson hesitated for a moment and had to admit that the director's analysis made sense
Who is the boss of the real one?"
"Ronald Lee"
"Chinese?" Wesley immediately widened his eyes
"It's not clear, the information we can get from the regulatory authorities is very limited."
"Find out the background of this person as soon as possible." Wesley took a long breath, "No matter what, 'Huashi' is not simple, and the person named Ronald Lee is not simple either."
"Do you think he's doing it behind the scenes?"
"It is not yet certain that 'Huashi' operates stock trading with market rules. Those Republican members entrusted investments in a way that law allows. The evidence we have not only has no legal significance, but also cannot infer from this that the person named Ronald Lee has political transactions with the Republican members." Wesley hesitated for a moment and said, "In addition, can we monitor the trading situation of 'Lishi Group' stocks?"
"It's difficult to fully monitor, and at most you can only grasp the trading volume of stocks."
"Go and do it immediately and pay close attention to the trading of 'Lishi Group' stocks"
"It's better to get the president's authorization." Jackson reminded the director, "We are an intelligence agency, not a financial regulator, nor a judicial agency. If we don't have the president's authorization, we may..."
"I know this," Wesley nodded, "You conduct an external investigation first, and wait until I get the authorization, and then conduct in-depth investigation."
After the assistant went out, Wesley pondered for a long time
Half an hour later, he left Cia headquarters in a helicopter and flew to the White House.
After listening to Wesley's report, Japeer's face changed immediately
The president's expression changed and told Director Cia that his guess was correct. After Ji Youguo left New York, Japeel asked Wesley to arrange personnel to monitor Yanbo, who held a banquet to entertain Ji Youguo. When reporting on the Republic's sale of arms to Argentina, the president asked Yanbo about Yanbo's incident. The president must be suspicious of Yanbo. Could it be that Yanbo cooperated secretly with the Republican Party and used the news media to destroy the president?
Wesley didn't dare to make random guesses because he felt that the powerful relationship behind it was too amazing.
"So, the Republican Party and Yanbo have secret contacts?"
"It's not certain yet," Wesley said the facts. "As far as we know now, 'Huashi' has nothing to do with Yanbo, and there is no need for Yanbo to set up a new investment company outside the 'Lishi Group'."
"If Yanbo cooperated with the Republican Party, would he take risks with the 'Lishi Group'?"
"this……"
"I know your analysis is objective, maybe I'm too careful. After all, the stocks of 'Shi Group' circulating in the market are worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Yanbo is only the largest shareholder of the group. 'Huashi' can buy stocks of 'Lishi Group' through other channels." Jia Peier changed his tone and said, "If my guess is correct, Yanbo will buy Republican members through 'Huashi', and what he provides is more than money."
"You mean..." Wesley was shocked, "The question is, Yanbo is just a businessman, how could he..."
"There is nothing impossible, otherwise Ji Youguo would not have rejected my invitation to attend the banquet held by Yanbo for him."
Hearing this, Wesley was even more shocked
Although the president did not say it clearly, the meaning was clear. Yanbo cooperated with the Chinese intelligence department and handed over the intelligence provided by the Chinese intelligence department to the Republican Party, so as to destroy the president and make the Democratic and Republican Party bad, after they came to power, they would inevitably continue to cooperate with Yanbo, that is, cooperate with the Chinese intelligence department.
This is not an ordinary economic and political issue, but a problem that concerns the fundamental interests of the United States
Seeing Wesley's sudden realization, Japeer smiled coldly and said, "You are not serving me, but serving the United States. In any case, you must find out the relationship between Yanbo and the Republican members."
Wesley suddenly came back to his senses and quickly said, "If you want to continue to investigate, I need a higher level of authorization."
Japeer hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you talking about written authorization?"
“It is not just written authorization, but also the highest level of authorization to obtain relevant information from other federal government agencies”
Now, Japeer was a little hesitant
"Your Excellency President, if your guess is correct, it is related to the fundamental interests of the United States. If the truth can be found out, I believe that the rumors from the outside world will soon dissipate."
Japeer gritted his teeth and nodded and said, "I will give you the highest level of authorization, you must find out the truth."
"I will do my best to investigate"
After obtaining the president's written authorization, Wesley hurriedly left the White House
However, Japeer couldn't calm down because he knew that Wesley was a "selfless" intelligence officer with no political tendencies and was dedicated to serving the national interests. He was even more worried that the "duty and responsible" director Cia would investigate too deeply and find out the truth that should not be found.
For the president who is trying to turn the tide, the situation is gradually getting out of his control
damn it*
Chapter completed!