American Fortune Life

The setting sun poked out half of its head between the gaps in the skyscrapers, slowly falling, and finally disappeared at the end of the busy street. It's sunset over Manhattan.

Andy looked through the car window with a satisfied face, looking at the scenery on the roadside, because tomorrow is the weekend, the streets are obviously a little more leisurely. There is no traffic flow during peak hours, and there are no anxious figures of bustling office workers. Even the locals are willing to sit down and spend more than ten minutes enjoying such a pleasant time, admiring the rare Manhattan hanging sun.

"Stand aside!"

After Andy told the driver, the glossy black Maybach stopped on the side of the road, and four bodyguards quickly got off from the two SUVs in front and behind, standing guard around. Andy got out of the car and told the person who opened the door Kenny nodded and smiled, "Is there any cash?"

"Yeah." With a stern face and mouth corners, Kenny took out a hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it to Andy.

"Thank you." Andy smiled and raised the one hundred dollars in his hand, and walked to the ice cream vendor stalls that can be seen everywhere on the street.

"I want a taro one, strawberry and mango ones, chocolate ones, and this...Thank you, here's the money."

The ice cream vendors have long been attracted by the previous ostentation. When Andy got out of the car, many people recognized him. There was a group of passers-by in front of the stall where Andy bought ice cream, and some fans were even more excited. whispering to each other, and a bold girl came forward to ask for a group photo.

Andy showed a friendly and charming smile, and met the demands of several girls. In the excited expression of the hawker, Andy took a bite of the ice cream, stretched out his thumb and praised: "It's very good, the familiar taste of New York, thank you .”

"Hehe, thank you, thank you Mr. Smith for your visit, this is..."

"No need to look for it, goodbye." Andy looked at the other party looking for money, couldn't help laughing, picked up the ice cream and walked back to the car, ignoring the crowds that gathered around him and the raised mobile phones around, and sat in the car. Get in the car, open the car refrigerator, and put the ice cream in it.

Buzz——

Andy, who was eating ice cream, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, looked at it and picked it up.

"Well... you say."

"Boss, I am on my way to Fannie Mae, and I will accompany Paulson to Freddie Mac in a while. The takeover plan is officially launched, and the takeover will be completed this weekend."

"Well, that means next Monday, Asian and European stock markets will usher in a rebound, okay, I see, you are busy."

Andy hung up the phone, took a bite of the ice cream, but narrowed his eyes slightly. In the end, Paulson chose to do this regardless of the political cost. At this time, President Xiao Feixie, who was sitting in the White House, was thinking about how to persevere In the next few months, otherwise the US economy will completely collapse in his hands.

The financial crisis has changed the fate of many people. Some will become heroes, while others are destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history. Obviously, neither Flying Shoes nor Paulson wants to be the latter.

Since the financial crisis hit, Paulson and his team have been working around the clock, often seven days a week. The greater the power, the busier the work, and Paulson, the finance minister, can also be said to be the first to lead the way, rushing to the front line.

On the afternoon of Friday, September 5, a team headed by Treasury Secretary Paulson went to the two companies to meet with their management; on Saturday, September 6, Paulson met with their boards of directors. The receivership plan was closed, which also means that common stockholders have lost almost everything.

On Sunday, Paulson formally announced that he had placed Fannie and Freddie under receivership.

"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are so large and so closely related to the financial system that the failure of any one of them would cause major turmoil in the US and global financial markets. We considered all available options and decided to implement This comprehensive and complementary set of initiatives . . . ”

Andy put his arms around Ivana, who was only wearing a suspender nightdress, opened his mouth to eat the watermelon that Ivana handed to him, and watched Paulson facing the flashing lights on TV to the United States,

The world announced the takeover results of the two rooms.

"I can finally breathe a sigh of relief..." Ivana looked at the press conference, couldn't help but sighed in relief, and said softly.

"Relieved? Hehe..." Andy pulled out Lushan's Claw from his nightdress, picked up the phone from the table on one side with his arms behind his back, and dialed with Ivana's curious expression of frowning.

"Has Lehman's third-quarter results come out? Well, okay, I see, add funds to short American International Group (AIG) and Merrill Lynch..."

After hanging up the phone, Andy raised his eyebrows at the curious Ivana and said: "The real crisis is not limited to the two companies, Lehman is on the verge of bankruptcy, and American International Group and Merrill Lynch are also on the verge of death.

If Lehman follows the path of Bear Stearns and is acquired, then Merrill Lynch will be the next weakest investment bank. A new round of run against Merrill Lynch is inevitable, and AIG's stock price fell by 50% within a week. "

Ivana turned around abruptly, her eyes flashed brightly with excitement, she stretched out her hand to caress Andy's cheek and asked tremblingly, "Honey, how much have you earned during this time?"

"Hehe, not much, 6.7 billion!"

"Ah--God, OMG...boo~boo~ God, God, dear, you are the hand of God!"

With an excited scream, Ivana's pretty face flushed, and she hugged Andy's face excitedly and kissed endlessly, saying excitedly incoherently.

"Hehe, this is where it is going to be. It will be more exciting next time. I will squeeze out the last drop of oil from Lehman. The previous hedging was leveraged ten times, and the profit was 5 billion US dollars. After deducting the return to the securities company and the loss, a total of 34% was obtained. Billion dollars, you said, with so many prey in front of me, will I let them go?"

"Of course not! The market value of Lehman Brothers has evaporated by hundreds of billions, so of course it won't work if you only get such a small amount!" Ivana's pretty face was flushed, her almond eyes were wide open, she looked down at Andy from a high position, and said menacingly.

"Ahem, don't rush, don't worry, there is still a chance, take your time, to be honest, there are too many opportunities to choose this time, I also need to be cautious, after all, high leverage also represents high risk... hey , Hey, don't be so excited, tsk tsk..."

Andy looked at Ivanna, who was excited by her soaring wealth, and before he finished his solemn introduction, he began to show him off, while Ivanna herself chose to sway in the sun and feng shui . . .

Sure enough, wealth and power are the most powerful desires in the world for women!

Monday, September 8.

The two companies were taken over by the US government and nationalized, providing capital and credit support of 100 billion U.S. dollars to the two companies. The Asian and European markets soared across the board.

Andy Smith, who was sitting in his office on the fifty-eighth floor of the luxurious "Newsweek" building, welcomed a very unexpected guest early in the morning.

"Mr. Finance Minister, shouldn't you be very busy? Why do you have time to come to me?"

"The "two rooms" crisis exhausted me. Solving the "two rooms" crisis is the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life. I was supposed to fly back to Washington and explain to Congress why we were forced to use new powers, but , I have to come to see you, Andy, are you really not interested in Lehman?"

To be honest, Paulson is really going to be forced to die. As the firefighting captain of Wall Street, although he doesn't like to see Lehman, he has to help this bastard company find a buyer and guarantee the American financial system as much as possible. System stability.

"Hehe, of course, I have a lot of interest in it, haven't I been shorting them all the time?"

Andy asked back with a chuckle, making Paulson's face completely black, but he quickly took a deep breath, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You people are really too greedy..."

"Hehe, Paulson, you used to be one of us greedy vampires, didn't you?" Andy narrowed his eyes slightly, with the corners of his mouth upturned, and sneered faintly.