American Fortune Life

Chapter 1217 nice guy and hero

"I really hope this disaster will pass quickly..."

In the car returning home, Ivana lay in Andy's arms, whispering softly.

Andy caressed Ivana's golden hair, kissed her forehead comfortingly: "Don't worry, everything will be fine."

"Honey, do you think Warren Buffett's concerns will..."

"Hehe, don't worry, I said that Washington will not let things continue to deteriorate. However, through tonight's exchange, I was slightly surprised. Warren is a staunch patriot." Andy smiled Said, then narrowed his eyes slightly, sighing in his heart.

"Mr. Buffett is a nice guy." Ivana echoed softly.

Andy was taken aback for a moment, 'niceguy' couldn't help shaking his head and laughing when he heard this term, so he had to talk about the most important point in American culture.

To survive in the United States and integrate into the mainstream, everyone must follow the American culture from the moment of birth to the moment of death, including the American corporate culture, that is niceguy.

nice guy. Of course, this does not mean abusing good people. Well, Buffett's set is indeed very much in line with the mainstream values ​​of American white society. He is low-key, lives a simple life, is kind and friendly. . .

"He has two wives..." Andy said softly, not without malice.

"Pfft—"

Ivana smiled coquettishly, gave him a charming look, punched him a few times, and said coquettishly, "After Mrs. Buffett passed away, he married his current wife."

"But after all, he let two women live at home together to serve him...Damn it, this old rascal is really...cough cough, I have no other meaning." Andy complained very enviously, However, under the threat of Ivana's sneering expression and the small hand on his waist that was about to pinch his waist, he coughed twice and hurriedly shut up.

"Humph!"

. . . . . .

On the 16th of the next day, AIG was still in dire straits. This established insurance company was involved in personal insurance, life insurance, property insurance, and auto insurance. It controlled the retirement accounts of millions of American families and provided insurance to 180,000 companies. Insurance for two-thirds of the U.S. workforce also holds $2.7 trillion in derivatives contracts.

Everyone knows that AIG is different from Lehman, which only has a business volume of US$5 billion in the United States. Once AIG falls, the Americans will really be finished.

In the morning, New York State Governor David Patterson announced the approval of AIG, the largest insurance company in the United States, to use its subsidiary's assets of 20 billion US dollars for self-rescue.

Immediately afterwards, when AIG's stock price fell to $2, news came from Washington in the afternoon that Geithner proposed to the AIG board of directors some terms to rescue it, providing AIG with $85 billion in financing through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The capital injection obtained 79.9% of AIG's equity, and the government's capital injection took away three-quarters of AIG's shareholders. Of course, what AIG had to pay was "usury", and the CEO was replaced, and a group of executives were fired! .

"It's really vicious!" Andy said with a sneer as he looked at the fax in his hand. Looking at the displayed message,

"The crisis has already begun to affect the American political arena. The ineffective financial supervision in the United States has become the focus of criticism from the outside world. The public and the media are questioning that these institutions are obviously dereliction of duty. More importantly, they ignore the crisis and sit back and watch the collapse of Lehman, making the crisis further. Expand..." Al said with a serious face.

"The most unlucky thing is Mr. President, who had to blame Paulson. The decision to give up the rescue of Lehman Brothers became the focus of questioning of the Little Flying Shoes government. The political upheaval, the focus of the presidential campaign shifted from the "wiping a pig's lipstick" war of words, and the financial disaster on Wall Street, suddenly became the test of the two presidential candidates O'Hai Niu and John McCain."

Alvetrie's words made Andy sneer again, "For the past year, when these two people could receive an emergency call at three o'clock in the middle of the night,

In the debate over the best crisis management, now it's time to try the financial crisis first. "

Hearing the schadenfreude from the big boss, Al also shook his head and said with a smile: "Then what can the two of you do, other than bragging or making a wish.

However, boss, the panic in the market is indeed a bit beyond imagination. I was at a friend's birthday party last night, and several guests asked me if their money market funds were safe. To be honest, I also started to worry. It has been a long time There are also widespread concerns about the safety of money market funds, which are considered indestructible. "

Andy looked at Al with a dignified face, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, don't look at Al, his subordinates like Bardstone are helping him to make short money crazily, and they are still very worried that the US financial system will really collapse, after all In that case, their confidence that the United States is the greatest will be shattered, which is undoubtedly unacceptable to these American elites.

"Panic is inevitable. It takes time and confidence to calm down. At the right time, not only Warren will make a move to boost his confidence, but I will also make a move." Andy said calmly with his eyes shining brightly.

Al's eyes lit up slightly, he looked at his big boss and said, "You will become a hero!"

Andy smiled indifferently, shook his head noncommittally, and pretended not to care, but in fact this was his perfect strategy of killing two birds with one stone. By then, he would not only be able to buy bottoms in the stock market, but also become a target in the eyes of Americans. A hero, a patriot.

Tsk tsk, niceguy! Andy Smith is a good guy!

As long as he has the halo BUFF of the mainstream values ​​of American society, if someday it is really revealed that some chaotic private life, illegitimate children and other disharmony will be easily forgiven and accepted by the public. After all, who can have no shortcomings, otherwise Well, Warren Buffett, that old hooligan who has two wives, will not be ignored by the entire American society collectively.

"By the way, what's the price of gold now?" Waking up from the YY, Andy looked at Al and asked.

"775 US dollars per ounce, due to the plunge of global stock markets and the rise in risk aversion, the price of gold has risen sharply. Boss, do you plan to..."

Upon hearing the price, Andy shook his head slightly, smiled and said, "It's not the time yet."

Alvetrie's gaze was imperceptibly concentrated. To be honest, he was a little baffled by his judgments about the big boss at first, but now he knows that some of his judgments by the big boss are miraculous.

Although most of them are the results of data analysis by think tanks, this still cannot cover up the shining point of the big boss. Maybe, his boss is really the darling of God.

"Investment banking and capital market business, after the news spread, did anyone inquire?" Naturally, Andy didn't know what Al was thinking. This kind of thing is really too bad, they would rather believe that it is God's favor.

"Yes, Barclays, China Investment Corporation, and Mitsubishi have all appeared on the stage one after another. They all want to gain some benefits from the carrion corpses of Wall Street. After all, the emaciated camels are still very big! However, except for the very sincere exception of Barclays Bank, other Both are looking for a bargain.

In its heyday, Lehman Commercial Bank ranked 7th in the global stock underwriting business, while Barclays Bank did not even make it into the top 25. They had long had ambitions to open up the North American market, and this time they also spotted Lehman Man's business wanted to make up for their shortcomings.

However, their acquisition was stopped by the British government with ill intentions. Originally, they wanted to wait for Lehman to go bankrupt and seize this piece of fat as soon as possible. Hehe, I heard that when the CEO of Barclays Bank learned that After we bought Lehman's core business, we smashed a TV in a fit of rage. "

"Haha..." Hearing Al's report, Andy laughed heartily. He was really happy to be able to deflate the group of bad-hearted Brits. After his laughter subsided, he sneered again and again. : "I just want them to regret while being slaughtered! I didn't expect them to be intimidated by the price of 800 million. Tsk tsk, did I ask for a lower price?"

"..." The corner of Al's mouth twitched slightly, with a black line on his forehead, he didn't know what to say to his boss.

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