American Fortune Life

7:30 a.m. in San Francisco.

"There's been a lot of buzz around here in the last year about the cost of continuing to grow. People aren't sure how much they're going to pay, and valuations just keep going up. I'm really not surprised that so many stadiums are closing . . .

This has happened to hundreds of courses across the United States in recent years, even in golf meccas like Florida, Arizona and California. The reasons are mainly the economic crisis and changes in family life style.

Indeed, which would you choose between the $45,000 initial dues at a private club and the $5 increase for a round at a public course? I believe that only a few fools will spend a lot of time calculating. "

In the bright and spacious conference room, the professional elites in suits and leather shoes all stared at Ivana sitting at the head of the conference table with serious expressions, and listened carefully to her speech.

Her blond hair is loose, and she is wearing a black and white dyed wool OL suit with a large round neck and three-quarter sleeves with pink satin trim. The front of the dress is hung up so that the two skirts can cover the matching black V-neck underneath. The pair of round and proud shores under the bottoming shirt.

Ivana knows better than anyone how attractive her figure is, and when facing daily work, she will choose quite decent OL suits for her clothes, so that her hot figure is not so prominent, making her More authority and leadership.

The watery pink chun is lightly opened, and the corners of the mouth are slightly pulled to one side when speaking. There is nothing to do about it. This is due to genetics. Only her sweet and clear voice echoes in the entire meeting room. For the group of elites who control the company We, Ivana are also familiar with the road.

"According to the data of the National Golf Foundation, 140 of the 16,000 golf clubs in the United States will be closed in the next two years, compared with only 50 new ones. We must think about how to survive the economic crisis. Cold winter..."

pedal——

Stepping on the seven-point high-heeled shoes, she walked towards her office with flying steps. The female secretary behind her quickly ran a few steps to help her open the door.

As soon as Ivana entered the office, she kicked off her high heels skillfully, and said to the secretary standing at the door, "Quick, get me something to eat first."

"It's been prepared a long time ago. Here's your breakfast—Fisherman's Wharf hot dog."

The female secretary hurried to the rest area, opened a box, took out a hot dog and a cup of Starbucks coffee, and sent them to Ivana who was sitting on the boss chair.

"God,

Jenny, you have these high-calorie foods again. . . Well, well, let's eat first, look for the Ellen show, I didn't see Andy's interview last night. . . woo woo. "

With a smile on the corner of the female secretary's mouth, she turned on the TV with the remote control turned her back to Ivana, looking for CBS, "I found it, ah..."

The female secretary turned around with a smile and said to her boss, but the scenery she was looking at was so beautiful, it wasn't because she was not in the right mind, but because it was so evil.

Ivana's little white hand held a hot dog with a red grilled chang. She had already bit off the head of the hot dog, and then chewed it with a face full of intoxication. The white salad dressing stuck to the red chun, and she rolled it with a shin Into the mouth, there are still some in the corner of the mouth. . .

My God, this scene is so beautiful that I can't bear to look directly at it! Could it be that eating too much of Mr. Smith has become an instinct? cough cough. . . This is really skillful. . .

"Jenny, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?" Ivana asked curiously as she looked at the stunned secretary who was drooling.

"Ah? No, it's nothing... I found the show, I'll get you some tissues." The female secretary, who was already completely evil, changed the subject in a panic, feeling a little nervous.

A little unclear, so Ivana continued to eat her delicious Murloc hot dog from top to bottom. If she knew what was going on in her secretary's heart, she would be pissed to death.

However, from the shape of the holding hand to the degree of opening the mouth, as well as the roll of salad dressing, everything is so natural, basically a subconscious reaction, all so familiar, it can be seen that someone's teachings are simply shocking. pointing degree.

Looking at the calm and confident boyfriend on TV, Ivana couldn't help but squint her crescent eyes. The reason why she started to deal with work so early today is because she was going to fly to Los Angeles in the afternoon to meet her rogue boyfriend. Confluence, she knows better than anyone else, being attached to her boyfriend, in the first period of time, she basically won't have much free time.

Either being cultivated severely, or on the way of being cultivated hard. Damn, why is there a feeling of can't wait?

"what--"

Andy was wearing a bathrobe, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, facing the bright sunshine, he stretched his body greatly. It was another pleasant morning and he was in a good mood, but he was lifted by a few trees outside the villa wall. The paparazzi looking at the camera ruined it.

"These damn bastards are getting more and more presumptuous."

Andy murmured and closed the white gauze curtain, and walked into the dining room. The little assistant, Tory Black, was arranging a rich morning for him. When he saw the big devil coming in, he put the chopsticks away and said: "Boss, today's briefing needs to be answered as soon as possible. The stock market seems to be in danger of collapsing. The Tianchao has begun to plummet, especially the direct stock market that HK has been looking forward to has been rejected by their prime minister. The Hang Seng Index may also collapse today..."

Andy, who had just picked up the chopsticks after sitting down, was a little stunned by Tori's quick speech. He looked up at a tight white shirt on his upper body, and Tori was wrapped tightly in a lavender tight OL skirt. The shirt Rolling up his sleeves, he straightened his body and began to read the briefing in his hand.

"Can I have breakfast first? The sky won't fall...Besides, there are three hours before work in New York. Has Merrill Lynch's third-quarter loss come out?" Andy rolled his eyes and continued to use He picked up a bun with his chopsticks, took a bite, served it with pickles and tofu, and enjoyed his morning.

"Not yet, but soon, there will be a message at six o'clock..." When Tori was talking, the BlackBerry phone on the table squeaked, and Tori's hands were extremely fast Picking up the phone, he opened the email, "There is news, Bank of Merrill Lynch announced the largest quarterly loss in history of 8.4 billion US dollars, and blamed it on the write-down of assets related to subprime loans..."

"Hmm~" Andy pursed his lips, raised his eyebrows gloatingly, and said, "It's fun to watch today!"

The reason why it is said that it is only fun to watch today is that the key reason is that the U.S. stock market has just passed the peak of the big bull market after all. But in the initial period after the end of the bull market, nothing particularly noteworthy happened in the stock market, and although the decline began, it was slow and gradual.

It wasn't until a year later that the effects of the stock market decline began to be felt, and the banks had to sell their illiquid securities at a discount to their book value.

In addition, the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department are still sitting on the dream of getting through the subprime mortgage crisis without giving systematic and effective countermeasures, thus exacerbating the bear market crisis and stock market panic.

"... This time, we want to make a long-term layout for the U.S. stock market. We are still shorting the U.S. stock index, but it started in November. In the past two months, I believe that you have also made a lot of profits by taking advantage of this big bull market. Let's The two private equity funds under it can also distribute dividends, to make our clients happy, hehe..."

Andy held the coffee and tasted it with a relaxed face, and smiled lightly at the video window on the monitor in front of him.

"Boss, we can take advantage of today's sharp drop..."

"No, no, Abiel, we are already too focused. This is not good. Short-term profits are no longer good for us now. Although we are not afraid, it is not a good thing to be hated by the Ministry of Finance. We cannot be marked is a troublesome label.

Moreover, this is the general trend. The U.S. economy grew steadily in the third quarter, and the tightening of the financial market has also eased. Today, there will be a sharp drop due to the impact of Merrill Lynch’s earnings report. However, although the stock market will continue to fluctuate and decline in the next few months, But the speed will be very slow, this is our opportunity to slowly lay out. "

Andy smiled at the executives of Liberty City Investment Company and shook his head, saying that he was already too full from the financial market, and he couldn't ignore everything in his bowl. He was already attracting attention, saying Maybe Wall Street is silently watching the flow of funds belonging to him.

He can recklessly stir up troubles in foreign countries, and even become a leader, but at home, unless he doesn't want to mess around, he will create market panic for a little short-term profit. Nima, he doesn't want to be harassed by the annoying United States. The Securities and Exchange Supervision Commission came to the door to prove that there was no illegal operation.

That's right, the Securities Regulatory Commission in the United States is one of the few that implements the presumption of guilt, and then asks me to produce evidence from the department that proves my innocence. Is it because he is so unreasonable and there is no way to prove it? Well, confiscate all your illegal gains, and then fine two to three times, no money? Congratulations, I can open a single room for you.

Of course, Andy doesn't need to worry that this matter will fall on him, but it is really not a pleasant thing to be labeled as troublesome by these departments. It is said that the United States is the world of the rich. It has not touched the bottom line of the government. Once it is touched, if the US government really decides to be unreasonable, it will be enough to drink a pot if it just investigates and tosses a few times.

"Autumn is the harvest season!"

Before turning off the video, Andy sighed with a smile on his face. All the financial elites were slightly taken aback for a moment, and then quickly reacted, understanding the meaning of the big boss' words.

This year's autumn is coming to an end, so it is natural to say next autumn.