American Fortune Life

Saturday, September 13.

When Andy and his assistants and bodyguards stepped into the lobby of the Federal Reserve Building at around 9 am, Arvitelli, who was sitting on the sofa in the lounge area, quickly chased up with six or seven people around him.

With a happy bright smile on Andy's face, he rushed to Al and asked, "Are you finished?"

"Yes boss, Berlin has already called to inform, the British side will complete the re-signing of the lease contract tomorrow morning, and our people will rush to Berlin as soon as possible ..."

In the elevator, Alvitelie quickly introduced the situation to Andy. Early this morning Al took people to Lehman's headquarters, and almost 13 value-for-money commercial buildings were taken from the other side almost like a robbery. I believe now that the news has spread through Wall Street.

Sure enough, when Andy stepped into the meeting room, the banks' eos and big guys looked at him with complicated and envious eyes. Several people's faces were very ugly, including Paulson. After all, Andy's behavior For some, it is very undesirable.

"Several faces are so ugly, haven't you slept well? Well, as you get older, don't try so hard, pay more attention to your body ..." Andy sat on the boss chair with a bright smile, looking at several faces The ugly old fox teased, paying no attention to the other's gaze.

Paulson's gaze was so deep that after a long look at Andy, it was almost as if someone had come. He coughed and said with a husky voice: "The latest news is that Merrill Lynch is currently negotiating a transaction with Bank of America. Bank of America officially withdrew from the acquisition of Lehman, and now only the British Barclays have chosen.

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope to see the results of Lehman's asset accounting today. Anyway, give me a number! "

The meeting soon ended, and this group of big men, including Andy, had to continue to sit down and let their accountants and data analysts work hard.

Around 12 noon, the first data finally came out. Lloyds and Andy of Goldman Sachs and three other banks and investment bank eo went to the conference room to submit reports. Paulson and Geithner were in charge of the conference room. collect.

Paulson and Geithner looked at the data in the blue write-down form and could not help frowning. At this time, the other groups of data were also sent in succession. Looking at the data, the two principal responsible persons frowned even more. It's tight.

The data shows that people have different opinions on the true value of Lehman, especially the most notorious real estate assets. Almost every number in the data is different, and it is lower than one.

"Is there really $ 41 billion in cash assets? Or 24 billion? Or less?" Paulson sat coldly on the boss's chair, and asked a bit of bleak Lehman eo Fold.

Fuld also seems to have seen through Paulson's fake model and indifferent eyes without making any answer. Prior to this, he had just received a call from Lehman bankruptcy lawyer Harvey, and the other party was very angry on the phone. Representatives from the talks with the Fed were very dissatisfied, and the other party had no sincerity to help them Lehman, and has been talking nonsense.

Fuld glanced at Andy Smith with a smile on his lips and a light expression, lamenting at the thought of what the other party said last night.

"What would happen to Merrill if we were done?"

Hearing Cold's indifferent question, and Merrill Lynch and John Thain sitting not far beside him, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly fell into awkwardness.

"Take care of yourself first! I'm sure I can handle the affairs of AIG and Merrill Lynch." Paulson changed his face slightly, looked at Fold coldly, then looked around for a week and said, "John is here, talking about Merrill made me feel a little uncomfortable ... "

The smile on Andy's face converged, his expression became indifferent, looking at Paulson's gaze full of sarcasm, but only a glance, he cast a trace of sympathy on Fowl who was flushed and his fists trembled slightly. De, this guy who has been famous for his arrogance, was almost spitted by the Finance Minister in a humiliating manner ...

The meeting ended in an extremely weird and embarrassing atmosphere. Andy didn't want to see Lehman about Paulson's almost torn face, and to be honest, he was a bit disgusted, so he took someone out of the Fed building as soon as the meeting arose.

"Al, what do you think of Paulson?" In the car, Andy asked suddenly, looking at the scenery from the window.

Al pushed his glasses down and groaned for a moment and said, "Boss, don't you think he doesn't have the urgency and importance to save Lehman?"

Andy didn't speak, just nodded.

"Actually, this is not understandable. From three aspects, we can understand Paulson's idea.

First, most of the bonds issued by Lehman have been bought by Asia and part of Europe. Only the United States has very few. Lehman's bankruptcy can allow Asian countries and other countries to share the losses of the US economic recession. Partially passed on the losses of the US financial crisis in order to avoid the US government's shoulder-to-head burden of financial crisis liabilities.

The second is to shirk the pressure of public opinion and public pressure from the US government to pay for all failed companies, so as to block the mouths of the donkeys who were "saving the money with the money of Shui people" from all walks of American society.

The third is ... objectively, to eliminate a powerful opponent for the future competition of Goldman Sachs and mg in the capital market. "

When it came to the third point, Al hesitated, and finally stated his inner conclusion.

Andy's eyes were deep, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly: "It seems that there is a lot of inside information! Al, do you believe it? After Lehman falls, the storm will be completely out of control."

"Of course, then we have a chance. Boss, Lehman must fall and deduct 1 billion spent this morning. This time we harvested 13 commercial buildings and 4.2 billion US dollars from Lehman. Your cash assets have now reached $ 34 billion, we have the power to compete for the most delicious part! "

Andy nodded, no longer worrying about those upsets, and there was nothing that made him happier than the growth of his own wealth. He couldn't help sneering: "This is really just saving the second room, I can't save my brother!"

Arvitelli shook his head and laughed, shrugging his shoulders.

Back at home, Ivana in a black camisole gently stepped forward and kissed Andy, helped him hang up his suit, then took over the tie pulled down by Andy, reached out and blocked Andy's waist , Asked softly, "How are you today?"

Andy gazed at Ivana and laughed as he walked into the living room: "Yes, the transfer of the 13 buildings went smoothly. Seriously, it is relatively lucky to be able to win this part of the asset. You do n’t know. Today When I first entered the meeting room, those old guys couldn't wait to kill me with their eyes, hehe, especially the two buildings adjacent to 52nd Street and 53rd Street on Fifth Avenue, absolutely great value for money! "

"Hey"

Ivana happily smiled, turned around and wrapped around Andy's neck, jumped up, and hung on Andy's body. Andy could only reach out and pamper her, holding her to the sofa in the living room.

"Hmm ~ giggles, I know you're the best!" Ivana smiled tremblingly and kissed Andy's mouth, full of worship.

"I will set up a property company to manage and operate these 13 buildings. After that, I will be included in the Smith Foundation asset list ..." Andy sat on the sofa with a smile, watching his decision, his eyes brightened. Ivana, point her finger at the tip of her nose.

Ivana will naturally be very happy. As a family foundation, she and Andy ’s children will be the beneficiaries. In the future, her and Andy ’s children will inherit this foundation, that is, her children will Become a billion baby born with a golden spoon!