Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

Yuan Tianfan: "Boss, Prince Charles knows that Boss, you arrived in London today, and wants to meet you tonight."

Yang Chen frowned: "Where do we meet?"

Prince Charles has his phone number, but the other party did not call him, but asked Yuan Tianfan to send a message. What does this mean?

"It's like this, boss. Lloyds Bank held a reception tonight and invited many celebrities to attend. Prince Charles will also attend at that time. Lloyds Bank has already sent invitations."

As Yuan Tianfan said, he took out an invitation from the briefcase he was carrying, and put it on the table in front of Yang Chen.

Yang Chen picked up the invitation, and said curiously: "Tell me, what's different about this reception, even Prince Charles will attend it."

Before Yuan Tianfan could speak, Angela interrupted directly: "It's a bit special, let me tell you about it!"

"It is rumored that Lloyds Bank was deeply mired in real estate non-performing loans during the Latin American debt crisis in the past two years... If my guess is correct, this time Lloyds Bank should want to raise funds from the market and re-absorb new shareholders in order to to restore people's confidence in it."

Lloyds Bank is one of the four major private banks in the UK. Founded in [-], it is one of the oldest banks in the UK and was one of the earliest banks in the UK banking industry to conduct international business.

In the 70s, Lloyds Bank carried out a large-scale global expansion, but unfortunately one wrong step caused it to fall into an unprecedented credit crisis.

At this time, Lloyds Bank is trying to reform. Instead of the previous strategy of "big is good", it will focus on increasing shareholders' interests, and has set a goal of doubling shareholders' interests every three years.

Lloyds Bank chose to implement this strategy by promoting well-run businesses and divesting or selling poorly-run businesses. Through a series of strategic transformations, it established a flat organizational structure internally and implemented low-cost management. Lloyds Bank Deutsche Bank has gone from a small, mediocre bank to a focused UK retail bank.

By the end of the [-]th century, Lloyds Bank's capital market value ranked first in the world, realized the transformation of the bank's business strategy, and achieved great success.

Of course, Yang Chen didn't know the results of Lloyds Bank's subsequent transformation, because in his memory, he was not familiar with this bank.

In his memory, the most powerful foreign banks are called the Federal Reserve, Citibank, Swiss Bank, etc., but there is no British bank named Lloyds.

But after learning about Lloyds Bank, he became a little interested in this ancient bank that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Not to mention other things, the service outlets it has in countries all over the world are enough for it to be ranked in the world's first-class banking system.

Now this bank is in a once-in-a-century predicament. To describe it in one sentence, it is called 'a rare opportunity'.

Chapter 665 The Big Robbery

manor gate

At night, the wind was a bit strong, the temperature dropped sharply, and it was slightly chilly. Yang Chen stood at the gate, with his hands in his trouser pockets, his face showing a bit of helplessness.

Men are most afraid of two things in life:

First, afraid of women shopping.

Second, I am afraid of women going out.

"Boss, Miss Alisa said, they are already in the car and will be there soon."

The same thing finally came true once.

In less than 5 minutes, several cars came into view. He lived very close to Alisa, and it took only a few minutes to drive.

Now that it's finally here, Yang Chen has the urge to burst into tears.

The car stopped in front of Yang Chen, and before he stepped forward to open the door, the door had already been opened from the inside.

"Uh..." Yang Chen was stunned, his eyes couldn't be moved no matter what.

Alyssa seemed to be very satisfied with Yang Chen's reaction, she flashed a pair of beautiful big eyes, and asked knowingly: "Chen, do you look good?"

"It's beautiful, very beautiful."

Yang Chen strode forward, staring at the beautiful woman in front of him, he never thought that Alisa would go out in a cheongsam that only oriental women would wear today.

She was wearing a red cheongsam embroidered with peonies, which showed her proud figure to the fullest. She was wearing a pair of flat flowered cloth shoes. Although there were no high heels, it did not make her look short, but set off her A different kind of beauty.

The whole person seems to come out of the painting, and people can't help but be deeply attracted by it.

Not only Yang Chen couldn't move his eyes, even Jun Zi and Tie Tou were slightly absent-minded for a few seconds when they first saw it, before they came back to their senses.

"Where did you get your clothes?"

Alisa turned her head and glanced at Angela, the two looked at each other, and finally stuck out their tongues and said, "Secret, I can't say it yet."

Yang Chen stretched out his hand and scratched her upturned nose, and said angrily: "You're still playing with me to keep it a secret, don't tell me, wait until the reception comes back, and see how I deal with you."

"Let's go, get in the car first, we're delaying, I'm afraid we'll be late."

On the way, in order to dispel Yang Chen's curiosity, Alisa told Yang Chen a story about a bank robbery that happened in London ten years ago.

It is said that 11 years ago, the largest "bank robbery" in history took place in London, and the place where the story happened was the Lloyds Bank where they were going.

The bank robbery that year not only alarmed the British police, but even the British Military Intelligence.

Overnight, more than 200 safes in the vault of Lloyds Bank, worth millions of pounds, were stolen.

At the time, the incident was described by major newspapers as a "radio robbery" because it was accidentally discovered by an amateur radio operator, Robert Rowlands, before the incident.

Rowlands is said to have been fiddling with his radio receiver when he heard a crosstalk of a stealthy robbery and called the Metropolitan Police.

Through preliminary analysis, the police targeted a certain bank within a radius of ten miles from the center of London.

For this reason, a total of hundreds of banks in London were inspected at that time, but in the end no sign of illegal break-in was found in any of them.

It wasn't until Monday, when Lloyds opened for business on the corner of Baker Street and Maryburn Road, that staff discovered that more than 200 safes had been emptied of the bank's main vault.

This incident was a sensation at the time, and all the British media paid great attention to it.

Yes, this last robbery left people with an unanswered question, because after several days of continuous newspaper coverage, the whole incident suddenly disappeared from the media completely.

The government listed this incident as a "defense secret" and did not allow any media or newspapers to report it.

"The Great Bank Robbery?"

After listening to Alisa's narration, Yang Chen suddenly remembered the bank robbery movie starring Jason Statham in later generations.

The reason why Yang Chen watched this movie was mainly based on two points. First, because it starred Jason Statham. The Expendables and Fast and Furious starring this great god are Yang Chen's favorite foreign movies and star.

Second, the big bank robbery movie involves news about the British royal family. For ordinary people, the unknown things among the rich and nobles are what everyone is most interested in.

Although the movie comes from reality, it also transcends reality. Yang Chen didn't know the truth of the story, so he listened with great interest.

After Alisa finished speaking, Yang Chen couldn't help asking curiously: "By the way, what is the truth of the matter? I heard that the royal family is involved, is there such a thing?"

As a member of European high society, Alisa must know much more than ordinary people.

Newspapers and media sometimes exaggerate, but word of mouth in the upper class can learn some truths.