American Fortune Life

The wonderful dusk came as expected, and the golden sun shot out from the tops of the densely packed skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan, immediately dyeing everything in front of us golden.

Just crossing the black Maybach on the Brooklyn Bridge, Andy frowned and called Hamilton, the chief of staff of the U.S. Treasury Secretary, on his mobile phone. He told the other party straight to the point that he wanted to acquire the deposit business of Washington Mutual Bank.

But as he guessed in his heart when he was warned by Warren Buffett, after a long silence, the other party said 'sorry'.

"Who is it?!" Andy's voice revealed the huge resentment and resentment, which made Hamilton, who was holding the phone on the opposite side, smile wryly. Andy could clearly hear someone next to him say, "Tell him."

Then Hamilton said helplessly: "MG Chase, it will be announced later..."

"How much?" Andy narrowed his eyes slightly, almost squeezing the words out of his teeth, and his tone became more and more stern.

"$1.9 billion..."

Andy hung up the phone directly, clenched the phone tightly, his veins bulging, almost crushing the phone.

"hehe..."

Andy's deep and hoarse voice like a night owl came out from the carriage, his originally handsome face became abnormally ferocious, and the burning anger had reached the critical point of eruption, but there was nowhere to vent it. . .

130 billion U.S. dollars in basic deposits, 5400 branches only sold 1.9 billion U.S. dollars!

At this moment, Andy realizes that no matter how bad he is as a traverser, there is still a world of difference between him and these real prehistoric monsters. They are the real top predators, who can play with the country and the people wantonly. between.

The night in Manhattan is slowly coming, standing under the Brooklyn Bridge, beside the East River, on the other side is Lower Manhattan, the place with the densest skyscrapers in the world, the sun is setting, the sky is dyed red by burning clouds, the lights are gradually brightening, slowly Yes, the red became rose red, blending with the blue sky.

The slightly cool autumn wind blows the black hair into a mess, and the slim suit is rattled by the wind. At this moment, Andy's face has no expression at all, only the eyes in his eyes are getting colder and colder.

Exhaling a breath of foul air, Andy showed a self-deprecating smile on his stern face. Maybe the anger that he was a little dazed before was out of embarrassment. He really should take a picture and save it. Later, his children will ask him to explain this word At that time, he took it out and pointed to the photo and said, "Look, this is anger from embarrassment!"

Thinking that I was jumping up and down before waiting to share the fat of Mutual Bank, it seems especially ridiculous now. Maybe Washington Mutual Bank died under the calculation of MG Chase, and it was ready to swallow this from the very beginning. Only the prey will not give others a chance at all.

It seems that my journey has been so smooth that I almost forgot how the real predators in the United States exist!

When I was still working hard for tens of billions, they already had a scale of 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars, and they were still one of the masters of the Federal Reserve. . .

"The gap!"

Walking back to the car, the bodyguard opened the car door, and Andy sat in the car, calming down more and more. This incident was like a clear slap in the face. When he woke up, he was still a little complacent about his achievements and a little bit of arrogance.

In front of the house, Ivana, who was wearing a suspender dress, looked at Andy, who had an ugly face, but still managed to squeeze out a smile. She didn't ask what was wrong. She almost never saw Andy in this state, but she was gentle She held his cheeks in both hands, presented a sweet Wen, then wrapped his bear waist in her arms, and walked into the house.

"Washington Mutual Bank, founded in 1889, was overwhelmed by the subprime mortgage crisis and finally became the protagonist of the largest bank failure in American history on the afternoon of its 119th anniversary.

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington Mutual is the largest U.S. savings bank with $307 billion in assets and $188 billion in deposits.

. .

Analysts believe that the collapse of Washington Mutual Bank is not unexpected. The bank suffered heavy losses in the subprime mortgage crisis, and the credit rating agency Standard \u0026 Poor's lowered its credit rating on the 24th.

The FDIC, which took over Washington Mutual, recently sold the bank's deposit business and affiliates to MG Chase for $1.9 billion. But the exact structure of the deal, which marked the end of Washington Mutual, once the nation's largest mortgage thrift, was unclear. . . .

The FDIC said the deal would have no impact on depositors and other customers of Washington Mutual and would not involve the company's deposit insurance fund. . .

Through the acquisition, MG Chase will acquire 5,400 branches of Washington Mutual Bank in 23 states of the United States. . .

AMC News Channel has you covered live from Seattle. "

Looking at Andy who was sitting on the sofa next to him, staring at the TV with a gloomy face, Ivana stretched out her hand to hold his hand with some worry, leaned on his shoulder, and said softly: "No matter what happens, What, you are the most amazing lover and best friend I could ever dream of!"

Andy was startled for a moment, then stretched out his hand to embrace Ivana in his arms, kissed her on the forehead, and said softly: "You are also the lover I dreamed of and made me crazy, I love you You! Don't worry, it's nothing, it's just a small setback in business, come on, let's go eat."

Seeing that the smile on Andy's face became much brighter, Ivana felt relieved a little. She looked at Andy with a look of a little girl, showing a sweet smile, and whispered in Andy's ear with a pretty face and a little red. A few words.

"Really? Tsk tsk, then I have to check the quality of the new suit. It seems that I have to work harder, as long as you don't beg for mercy..." Andy's eyes glowed green when he heard Ivana's words, Tsk tsk, raised eyebrows and laughed.

Ivana rolled her eyes like silk, then stood up and pulled Andy up, and walked towards the restaurant together.

"We were both young when If firsts aw you..."

When the dinner was almost over, the music of "Love Story" written by Taylor, the main feature of Taylor's new album, sounded. Andy put down the knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and looked at it. Said to the curious Ivana: "It's Grandpa's call."

"Well, grab it quickly." Ivana also put down the knife and fork, wiped the red spring with a napkin, walked into the kitchen, picked up the coffee pot and poured a cup of coffee, she had already walked out of the dining room, and stood in front of the French window in the living room, Overlooking the night view of Manhattan, Andy, who was listening to the phone with a stern face, sent it over.

Andy took the coffee with a smile on his face, nodded to Ivana, looked at Ivana's back, and the expression on his face became serious again.

"Someone is worried that something is wrong on your side. Let me call to appease you. Hehe, their eating situation this time is really ugly. The call you made to Hamilton made them smell troublesome. The deposit of 20 billion US dollars is basically The amount will be transferred to Yingtai Bank, and you should stop exploring this matter in private."

Hearing Old Smith's relaxed and indifferent tone on the phone, the corners of Andy's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, revealing a sneer of self-deprecating sneer, and said with a hoarse smile: "They are worrying too much, how can they pay attention to a small person like me? inside."

"Hehe, you must learn to control your anger. Anger will reduce your wisdom. Don't hate. Hatred will make you lose your judgment. Your lethality is not as weak as you think. After all, the few things you have done have overturned Otherwise, do you think they will offer benefits in exchange for your silence? This is not their fear and helplessness.

You don’t need to investigate, let me tell you, since the beginning of September, they have used unconventional means to disclose the confidential information of WaMu (the abbreviation of Mutual Bank) to the regulatory agency, which caused the FDIC to intervene in the investigation and quickly complete the seizure and takeover. FDIC, MG quickly completed the transaction in the short process of bankruptcy liquidation and sale. "

Hearing Grandpa Old Smith tell the truth, Andy couldn't help but sneered and said, "Commercial spies...the people at Mutual Bank won't let it go."

"Hehe, whether they are willing or not, the mutual bank is gone, isn't it? In the end, it's just a compromise under the interests."

"... Huh——" Andy's expression changed, and he finally breathed out a sullen breath, and then laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "Hehe, should I thank them for thinking of me so much, the basic deposit of 20 billion, hehe, mine Yingtai Bank can add value."

Old Smith's chuckle came from the phone.

"Son, don't worry, take your time!"