American Fortune Life

"Son, you are amazing!"

At the door of the house, Andy knelt down and hugged the extremely happy and proud Li Wanqing. He was also very happy to hear his mother's praise. After all, it was definitely a very happy thing to make his family proud of him.

When I walked into the house, I saw my grandpa and grandma were there. Naturally, I greeted and chatted again. Then the family of five officially began to enjoy a sumptuous dinner at eight o'clock.

"Dear heavenly Father, thank you for the sunshine and rain that you give, and make the earth produce rich food. I also ask you to cleanse this food for us. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!"

Listening to the pre-meal prayers of parents, grandparents, Andy folded his hands into fists and put them on the dining table, then closed his eyes, and pretended to sit with his family and pray before meals.

"Thank the Lord for giving me today's food. Please don't swallow during meals. Please don't hiccup after meals. Please let me absorb everything I eat, so that I will become healthier and more handsome. Amen! "

No way, it's a tradition that both old Smith and grandma are there.

After drawing the cross, everyone opened their eyes. Oston gave Andy an angry look, but Grandma Andy just shook her head and smiled lovingly. Although Andy's prayer was a bit funny, God would still bless him.

Old Smith also smiled, raised his glass, looked at Andy and said, "Let's toast Andy together."

"Thank you. I will continue to work hard to make money!" Andy thanked him, raising his glass with a smile.

Everyone couldn't help but chuckled. Everyone was proud of Andy's achievements today, especially for Old Smith, the significance was even greater.

"... To be honest, Grandpa, you suddenly issued a ban on short selling, but it hurt a lot of people, including me, you can't imagine how much money I made, hey." Andy still has a lot of feelings about this. Complaining.

Old Smith swallowed the fresh and tender veal, took a sip of red wine, and said with a smile: "As a game with specified rules, when Wall Street can't play well, they must understand that what they should do now is to be obedient. "

Andy's expression was slightly embarrassing, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he complained helplessly: "I have begun to sympathize with Paulson. He has always been in a nondescript position in the rescue of Wall Street. He seems to have the supreme power over Wall Street, but Being subject to Congress, and his own status is in danger at any time, tsk tsk, the debate about Paulson's actions in this financial crisis will never end."

"Hehe, this is just the beginning, Andy. I thought that if you could write a novel like "House of Cards", you should be able to see the essence of DC. It seems that I am a little too optimistic. Whether it is the financial crisis or not, Regardless of the financial turmoil, in DC, there is only politics."

Sr. Smith shook his head and laughed, not paying attention to his grandson's complaints. "You can't take credit for a disaster that has been avoided. You can't go to the voters and say, "Hey, it's really bad, but you know what? ? It would have been so much worse if it wasn't for me! "No one has left his name in the history of the world because of this.

Paulson and Bernanke's main plan is to apply to Congress for appropriations to buy distressed assets or inject capital into banks. Paulson was trying to explain the Wall Street jargon, but the President was obviously in the dark, but I knew the President thought the same way as I did, as an Elephant with a strong tendency to let the market figure things out. Sen and Bernanke's plans clash intuitively.

Saving those businesses on Wall Street would expose those involved in decision-making to moral hazard, make innocent NaSHUUI people pay the consequences for greedy humanity and failed business models, and also potentially encourage the creation of derivatives that take huge risks to earn huge returns , because if the bet is lost, the government will also come out to collect the stall. This is unacceptable to us, so when it comes to Lehman, we let it die, even if it makes President Slippers uncomfortable. . . "

"What about the AIG Group?" Andy asked back.

"The development of the situation is somewhat beyond imagination. The chain reaction has indeed brought about the risk of financial collapse. Once the financial industry is paralyzed, due to its industry attributes, the paralysis will affect all industries, and the unemployment rate will rise to a historically rare height. .No one can afford such a risk.”

Andy looked at the calm old Smith, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, raised his hand as a gesture of surrender, shook his head helplessly and said: "Okay, okay, then the next rescue plan, if the donkey party vetoed?"

"We are happy to see the results, and all the consequences will naturally be borne by the donkey party. In this way, maybe McCain can easily enter the White House. Unfortunately, neither Nancy nor O'Hai Niu are so idiots " Old Smith said lightly, it seems that the disaster that those companies that have been around for a century or two may suffer is not within his consideration.

Andy didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he acted like he was convinced by you, DC was really full of pitfalls, and what everyone thought was no longer on the same line.

"Okay, okay, it's dinner time now, don't bring work home..." Grandma Andy saw her grandson's expression, and stopped the conversation in a timely manner, and the family began to chat about relaxing topics.

Only Auston was a little depressed. Although he was very happy to see the shriveled appearance of the evil son, he found that he had lost his sense of existence for a moment. He could only listen honestly during the whole process, which made him depressed. vomiting blood.

After dinner, in the living room, Andy, Old Smith, and Auston were sitting on the sofa drinking coffee and chatting. Old Smith even made some comments and defects on the serialized content of the second volume of "House of Cards". Replenish.

"Overall, the content of the second book is too dark, and the characterization is more stereotyped. Although there are more reversals, the logical loopholes are bigger, such as Frank pushing Zoe off the subway to die tragically.

For a politician, the risk of killing himself is simply too great for the personality of a wily man. Of course, some people also have sexual fetishes, but at least there must be a foreshadowing. If politicians act like rock stars on the spur of the moment and treat their subordinates as bones and bones, it is impossible for him to hang out in the officialdom for too long. . . "

Old Smith didn't speak in a half-hidden way, but expressed his point of view very bluntly, "The most important point, Andy, no one can win here all the time, and no one in your book seems to be able to win. On par with Frank, whether it is an enemy or a person who is kept in the dark and foolishly used by him, how is this possible? Unless, as I said to you, with a halo of mental retardation, it can make everyone think that everyone is stupid except yourself. . . ”

"Pfft—"

Oston, who was drinking coffee, couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing, while Andy's mouth twitched in embarrassment. Well, to save trouble, he just reproduced it, and every plot in the play became That's all for the text, and there will be some unreasonable corrections to be considered there. Besides, this is a romance, and only seven points of truth and three points of falsehood can add drama.

"Okay, I'll let Frank get some retribution and punishment, even if it's not for the so-called "justice", I still have to give the audience a little "stimulant"." Andy shook his head and laughed.

"Hehe, I asked someone to send you some information. To be honest, some ideas really inspired me. I have to say that it is really feasible." Old Smith said with a smile.

Andy blinked a few times uncertainly, looked at Old Smith, and Old Smith waved his hands with a smile, ignoring Andy's cuteness, took out a document from the bag beside him, and handed it to An Di Dee said: "This is the latest decision of the Federal Reserve Board, take a look."

Andy hesitated, looked at Old Smith and said, "I see no problem?"

"Brat, I know those confidential matters better than you." Old Smith laughed angrily at Andy's question, and cursed angrily.

Andy shrugged, took the file and quickly read it. The content of the document is that the Federal Reserve Board once again decided to keep the federal funds rate, that is, the overnight lending rate of commercial banks, at the existing % unchanged. This undoubtedly exceeded everyone's expectations that the Fed would cut interest rates by 0.25 or even 0.5 percentage points.

"It seems that tomorrow's stock market will usher in a rebound!" Closing the document, Andy narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked at Old Smith with a smile, and said in a firm tone.