American Fortune Life

"Lehman's new company, REI, is full of bombs full of nuclear waste ready to go off..."

"Fuld is an idiot, they are charging too much, they scare the Koreans away, his reputation is damaged, and he is afraid of being forced to retreat..."

"Lehman's desperate job is to kick nearly $60 billion of real estate out of the house. Who will be the unlucky one to take over?"

When all kinds of news, true and false, spread on Wall Street, with the help of people with good intentions, on the third day after Andy Smith returned to New York, on September 1st, Lehman's stock price ushered in an upswing. After another dive, it plummeted by more than 40%, from $12.4 to $8.78.

But just in this day, Gaia, which invested 2 billion funds and hedged short Lehman with 10 times leverage frantically, made more than 500 million U.S. dollars in profits in the account. Andy also laughed happily.

Lehman CEO Fuld, who was negotiating with the Bangzi Development Bank in Seoul, had to fly back to New York overnight by private jet to hold an emergency meeting to deal with the diving stock price and clarify various rumors and rumours.

It's just that the capital market has lost confidence. Even if there is no crisis within Lehman, it will be dragged down by market panic, not to mention that it is already in a precarious situation and is standing on the edge of bankruptcy.

The Lehman Building on Garden Avenue in Manhattan, as soon as he returned to his office, Fuld started to make "sell calls" to all his "good friends". Forced to do so, Lehman prepared to start batches assets for sale.

Fuld chose to call his old boss and friend the CEO of the Blackstone Group for his first call. He called Blackrock, Soros, Buffett, Bank of America, Barclays, Keller, etc. invest. . . Called everyone Fuld could think of.

Finally, Fuld made calls to the Fed and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

After answering the phone, Paulson gritted his teeth and cursed sullenly in his office overlooking the White House: "They are all a bunch of bastards who deserve to go to hell!"

Paulson was already devastated by the matter of taking over the two rooms. Although it was going well, he, the finance minister, was fighting on his own in this matter. He verbally supported Bernanke and Geithner 100%. , both refused to join him in the war room.

Although they feel guilty for rejecting Paulson, in fact, both Bernanke and Geithner have a certain aversion to this plan, even disgusting. If you come to rescue the two families, let them fend for themselves. As for the hysteria of creditor countries such as the Celestial Dynasty, Foot Basin, and Russia, let them die!

Well now, Liangfang hasn’t settled here yet, Lehman Brothers is going to be finished again, these damned guys, they almost said directly, "Hey, the government is going to save us, or we will be finished, and the United States will die. The financial system literally collapsed . . . "

Although he gritted his teeth in hatred, Paulson, the fire captain, still sighed helplessly. After taking a few deep breaths, he picked up the phone and called.

Warren Buffett, the legendary value investor, sits in his office at the Berkshire Hathaway headquarters in Omaha, working at his father's simple wooden desk while drinking a cherry drink Yi Coke.

Jingle Bell--

Warren Buffett glanced at the phone, put down the Coke, and picked up the receiver.

"Warren, this is Paulson. How are you? I am now..."

"Hello," Buffett greeted in his trusting, friendly tone.

Paulson exchanged some pleasantries. It sounded like it was just an ordinary greeting call, but in fact he knew very well that he was wandering between the two identities of regulator and deal maker at this time. He quickly turned the topic on to the problems facing Lehman.

"If you can sell, just your name gives a lot of confidence to the market," Paulson said, choosing his words carefully while tactfully stating that he would not vouch for Lehman.

In fact, Buffett had heard years ago that, as Goldman's top executive, Paulson refused to do deals with companies he considered too aggressive in terms of investment or accounting.

Years of friendship have made Buffett very familiar with Paulson's code of conduct. He is a person who can be trusted. If he really wants to do something urgently, he will say it directly.

Buffett knew that Paulson was not very urgent to help Lehman Brothers, so he said with a smile: "Lehman has too many problems. I rejected the investment in March, and Fuld The success of that financing was due to the use of my reputation without my knowledge, I will not trust this kind of person again, so, sorry..."

"Hey..." The corner of Paulson's mouth twitched a few times, and then he sighed softly. He knew the result of this call would be like this.

Buffett pushed his tortoise shell-rimmed glasses, the corners of his mouth turned slightly, and he said, "Why don't you ask Andy, maybe he's interested."

Hearing Andy's name, Paulson's face turned livid, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Gaia is most likely behind the plunge in Lehman's stock price this time. Do you think he will rescue Lehman?"

"Hehe, Paulson, my old friend, it seems that you don't know Andy Smith well. Follow my advice and call him. Maybe there will be unexpected gains. You know, he was in South Korea before He spent a lot of money to buy a large piece of commercial land, and perhaps the real estate owned by Lehman has already aroused his interest."

"You mean he wants to buy the bottom of the real estate market?" Paulson's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help asking eagerly.

"It may not be impossible. His strategic layout is very interesting. It seems that he is not very interested in the financial market, but is more interested in the industry. However, when dealing with him, hehe, you must be prepared to be slaughtered, Lehman It can be said that Warren Buffett has been paying attention to Andy Smith all the time. After all, Andy's rise is too monstrous, and he doesn't care if he wants to.

"Okay, I'll call him in a moment..." Paulson didn't care how Lehman was slaughtered by Andy. As the finance minister, he did his best to match Lehman. As for who would take advantage Whoever suffers is out of his consideration, he just wants the market to remain stable.

When Andy received Paulson's call, he was lying on the Daiso lounge at the back of the office of the Newsweek Building and taking a nap. On the left and right were Tori, his little assistant who had been slapped by him for a whole afternoon. Black and his braided girl Lulana.

The little assistant who was woken up by the phone reached out and took the mobile phone on the creative cabinet and handed it to Andy. Andy, who was sleepless, sat up slowly and leaned on the pillow to answer the phone.

And Lulana, who was under the care of Andy before, was not affected at all and continued to sleep soundly. The little assistant lifted the silk blanket, picked up a nightgown and put it on, and made coffee for the big devil.

Listening to Paulson's words on the phone, Andy yawned, and said with a lack of interest: "Well, Your Excellency, I am very grateful for this kind of good deed. You can think of me, even if you disturb my time." Lunch break, but, sorry, it's not the time to buy the bottom, and, I don't like Dick Fuld, so let them die!

yawn--

So, Mr. Treasurer, is there anything else? I need to take a shower to wake up. . . "

Andy ignored Paulson's wry smile. After chatting casually, he hung up the phone with a sneer on his lips. In fact, the direct cause of Lehman's collapse, excluding all conspiracy theories, is the general consensus on Wall Street that The current CEO of Lehman, Dick Fuld, has a very bad reputation in the industry, and the whole Wall Street thinks he is arrogant and rude. So almost everyone failed to save Lehman when he was about to collapse. More people choose to step on a few feet.