American Fortune Life

It has to be said that Henry Paulson does have a deep understanding of the Celestial Dynasty, and he is also well versed in the way of communicating with the people of the Celestial Dynasty.

After accepting the president's appointment, Paulson, who took over as Treasury Secretary, will be in charge of the U.S. government's foreign policy. He is regarded as an old China hand in Washington because he has visited China more than 70 times during his tenure at Goldman Sachs. .

And Goldman Sachs was the consultant and lead underwriter for the initial Rentian bond issuance. By 1997, Goldman Sachs was the lead underwriter for a telecom IPO, the first and largest privatization in Asia. What followed was the privatization of oil companies and the initial public listing of oil.

As an underwriter, Goldman Sachs has received hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the oil public listing process, but for China, this is undoubtedly a bad deal.

As of 2008, international investors have earned as much as US$12 billion from investing in oil. Moreover, because of financing problems, an oil company had to make unnecessary concessions to the multinational oil giant, British Petroleum Corporation.

Over the past century, the Iranian oil company has plundered and developed oil resources in the Middle East, and now the British Petroleum Company has become its successor. The sale of oil shares to foreigners has also benefited international investors such as Warren Buffett, who invested $488 million in oil and made a capital gain of about $3 billion when he sold his stake in October 2007.

And all of this has a huge relationship with Paulson, who is the CEO of Goldman Sachs. People like Paulson who came to China with a smile and friendship are playing financial embezzlement and high-sounding robbery.

With the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, it is not surprising that Paulson focused on protecting the banking sector on Wall Street. Yet the man who caused the crisis was none other than Paulson, who "has been one of the most active Wall Street participants in Greenspan's new securitization reforms." It was Goldman Sachs, with Paulson as its chief executive, who "promoted securitization reform and endless new product launches" that brought Wall Street to a meltdown.

“It really doesn’t surprise me at all that the Washington bailout package doesn’t offer anything to American homeowners who are facing foreclosure and bankruptcy.

This, in my opinion, is a ruse by Paulson, who aims to save his Wall Street cronies and enrich Goldman Sachs by buying toxic financial products and saving the crumbling US financial system. In Paulson's emergency rescue plan, Goldman Sachs and MG Stanley may be "the biggest beneficiaries"! "

Li Xiaoying's original water-like gentle temperament has completely disappeared when she talks about professional analysis, replaced by a wise, calm and sharp edge.

The corner of Andy's mouth twitched slightly, his face was as gloomy as water, he stared at Li Xiaoying indifferently, and said in a cold voice, "You are very smart, but you know too much... smack!"

"Giggle..."

"boring!"

Ivana, who was a little disturbed by Andy's discoloration, looked at Andy's mischievous hand like a pistol, pointed at Li Xiaoying, and uttered an onomatopoeia, and couldn't help crying and laughing, and Li Xiaoying even more With a big white eye, he complained about being boring in a cold voice.

"Hehe, it's true that Paulson is a bastard, but without his bailout plan, how can he quickly accumulate wealth? He, for me, is definitely a good person, that's enough." Andy proudly picked He raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Li Xiaoying and Andy looked at each other for a few seconds, then smiled lightly: "Don't treat people all over the world as idiots. After the financial crisis, there will inevitably be a wave of reflection. At that time, many people will see things through. You may not be able to." Be alone."

"I know, but the only flaw is the acquisition process of Yingtai Bank, but the special handling method in a special period, even in the face of the investigation of the hearing, I am not worried about it. After all, the FDIC, the Ministry of Finance, and the Federal Reserve have Accomplices, without me even saying, they'll chop off the paws that reach me,

Ahem, the word accomplice is a bit ambiguous, well, it's a partner. . . "

Andy shrugged indifferently and said, holding a knife and fork in both hands, focusing on the food on the plate, not paying attention to Li Xiaoying's worries at all.

"Evil capitalism!" Li Xiaoying curled her lips and said softly, she is not a fool, she naturally knows that in the acquisition and merger of Yingtai Bank, there will be a lot of benefits for some forces and people involved in it to divide up, then But there are many banks worth tens of billions.

And Andy's Yingtai Bank's current total assets are only a few billion dollars, and the rest are toxic bonds worth tens of billions and unrealizable mortgage asset certificates, so it goes without saying where the other assets are. Metaphor. This is a gluttonous feast, and no one or one force can enjoy it alone, and she knows that Andy knows this better than anyone else.

. . . . . .

At around 4:00 p.m., the executives of the think tank headed by Arvette, the executives of the investment company headed by Budstone, Karl and his fiancée, who arrived on a chartered plane, arrived at Haiziyuan under the leadership of the bodyguards.

Ever since Andy moved into the Haiziyuan, the nearby residents knew that the mysterious Haiziyuan belonged to the 20th richest man in the world, and the news spread quickly, and there were naturally more reporters around. stand up.

However, because it is blocked by the fence and the high wall of the courtyard, no one knows the specific situation inside the Haizi courtyard, so they can only squat around outside, frequent foreigners, tall bodyguards with cold faces, etc. All this has become the talk of the nearby residents after dinner.

"That's really good, you're enjoying it more and more..." Carl, who has become more and more normal, put the black suitcase in his hand on the desk in the study, and teased Andy.

Andy gave Carl a white look, and said angrily, "The key!"

Carl shrugged and took a black carbon key from a white rope hanging around his neck with his left hand and handed it to Andy, and then opened the handcuffs that were tied to the handle of the suitcase and his right hand. He said forcefully: "Can you change someone for this kind of thing in the future? Even if there are bodyguards to protect me when transporting such precious things, I will be worried along the way."

"I can't trust others, besides, you have such a thing, only 20 million things, are you so timid?" Andy said lightly, took the key to open the hidden lock of the suitcase, and then began to enter the password.

"Click—"

Opening the suitcase, there was a black velvet jewelry box fixed in the middle of it. Andy reached out to take out the jewelry box and opened it impatiently.

Stunning, bright, and a rare pink diamond shining with dazzling brilliance appeared in front of Andy.

"It's so beautiful!"

"Yeah, when I saw it for the first time, I was also fascinated by it. This pink diamond was discovered by American jeweler Harry Winston more than 60 years ago. The Geological Society of America rated it as a Fancy Intense Pink Diamond. , its purity reaches VVS2 level, which is a very slightly flawed diamond. The authoritative department of the auction house rated its grade as 2A level, indicating that it is very rare.

As the treasure of the Harry Winston brand, you can only buy it at a price of 28 million US dollars this time. I have to sigh your luck. "Carl said with emotion, his eyes full of envy.

"Hehe, thank you for this matter. I didn't expect you to be able to hook up with Harry Winston. To be honest, I was worried that I couldn't find a suitable diamond as a token of marriage proposal. This solved my problem." Urgent." Andy picked up the 24.78-carat rare pink diamond ring set on a platinum ring in the jewelry box, and said with narrowed eyes.

"Sure enough, are you going to propose to Ivana?" Carl didn't seem surprised by the news at all. After all, Andy wouldn't just give away such a rare treasure worth more than 20 million yuan.

"Well, it's about time. There are some things that must be balanced." Andy carefully put the pink diamond ring into the jewelry box and closed it, then glanced at Carl and said, then turned around and took a picture in the middle of the bookshelf. The box was taken down, revealing a safe. After the fingerprints and passwords were verified correctly, the safe door popped out, and Andy put the jewelry box in and closed it.

"Then, congratulations in advance, I believe, Ivana will be so happy." Carl congratulated with a smile.

"Secret it for the time being, don't let me slip your mouth! Let's go, the reception is about to begin." Andy told Carl as he walked out.