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When Andy stepped out of the conference room, many Wall Street executives rushed up to get the latest news. A group of Lehman was crowded near the door. Lehman's adviser Rodkin crowded in front of Andy.

"Mr. Smith, what happened?"

Andy told them the bad news blankly. "We found a bank willing to do the transaction, but the British did not approve it."

Rodkin grabbed Andy's arm and said trembling, "No, it's terrible!"

Andy watched Lehman's men rush into the conference room, surrounded Paulson and Geithner, and begged to think of another way.

I couldn't help sighing, but everything was over, and when seeing the people around him finally realized this cold reality, Andy could see the despair on their faces. All the people present were fighting hard all weekend, infected by the atmosphere, and Andy even had a bit of sadness.

Gaia's conference room was full of people, Andy stood in the chief position, and said to all of his think tank members and the people of the Freedom City Investment Company: "Dear everyone, the feast has begun!"

Papapa

Exciting applause and cheering sounded throughout the conference room, and the moment everyone was looking forward to finally arrived.

Andy raised his hands and pressed down a few times to calm down the conference room and continued: "Luxury cars, luxury homes, beautiful women with a sense of beauty, a lot of beautiful knives, do you want?"

Andy looked around for a week, looking at the excited faces, raised his arms and pointed out the window, and said in a tone full of youhuo: "Wall Street has opened its doors, grab it ..."

Buzz

In the entire meeting room, once again occupied by excited expressions, excited cheers and thunderous applause, looking at the frenetic expressions, Andy at this moment, was rare to keep calm in his heart.

Out of the conference room in a frenetic atmosphere, Andy returned to his office with a bright smile and took Alvitre and Bardstone, took off his suit, unbuttoned the white shirt's cufflinks, and held them Sleeve, while laughing: "A thousand words can never keep up with money. Beautiful women can inspire morale!"

"Ha ha……"

Al and Bud shook their heads and laughed at the same time, let alone those young people in their twenties, even their middle-aged people, were infected by the frenetic atmosphere before them, and their hearts were hot.

"Speak business." Andy sat on the boss chair, staring sharply at his left arm and right arm, said: "Within the next three months, the acquisition of Starbucks and the AMC cinema line must be completed. If you don't have enough staff, go to recruit, The most indispensable thing on Wall Street right now is business and finance talent, okay? "

"no problem!"

Al and Bardstone answered with serious faces.

"That's good, three months later, I will start the largest merger and acquisition in the financial crisis!"

Andy's eyes became extremely bright, Al and Bud could not help but glance at each other, both of them were a little surprised, and looked grimly at the young big boss, waiting quietly for the following.

He took out a folder from the drawer, Andy handed it to Al, Al took the folder, opened the folder full of curiosity, and Bardstone turned to look at the title of the file.

"Qualcomm?!" ...

collapse! Lehman filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday!

"Mr. President, we are going through a financial crisis."

This worrying discourse came from Ben Bernanke's mouth. He is the chairman of the Federal Reserve and has a calm personality, facing the President of the Flying Shoes sitting in the White House Roosevelt Room. The oil painting above their seat depicts Theodore Roosevelt taming the horse on horseback. Everyone present knows that the United States is facing the most severe economic challenge in decades.

Xiao Fei's shoes were dignified, his brows were frowned, his hands were folded on the desk, his body leaned forward, and he said to the speakerphone, "Can you explain why Lehman's situation is different from Bear Stearns?"

Xiao Fei's interrogation changed the faces of the entire Roosevelt Hall slightly. Several people looked at each other, and the treasurer Paulson on the other end of the phone was briefly silent.

"Yes! Mr. President," Paulson replied, "There is no way to save Lehman. Even with the help of other private companies, we still can't find a buyer. We can only try our best to control this situation ... President Sir, I need to ask Congress for more power to deal with this crisis. "

"Oh, is it? Is this the worst crisis since the Great Depression?" Xiao Fei's weird tone and questions made the atmosphere in the conference room even stranger.

"Yes," it was Bernanke who answered the question first. "As far as the financial system is concerned, we haven't seen that since the 1930s, and it could get worse.

If you do nothing, the consequences will be disastrous. It is unfair to use the money of the American people to stop this disaster that is not caused by them, and even more unfair is to do nothing and let the American people bear the consequences. "

Bernanke's answer with a serious expression made the choice facing Xiao Fei shoes very clear, and filled his heart with anger and helplessness: As president, I must see that this may be more than the Great Depression. Did a bad economic disaster happen? "

Xiao Fei's shoe sank into the water, and after a moment of groaning, he said coldly, "Act. We need to solve this problem."

After speaking, Xiaofei shoes hung up the phone, stood up, left the Roosevelt Hall, and walked through the corridor into the Oval Office.

The expressionless old Smith, Ed, the senior presidential adviser, and the talented and efficient press secretary Dana followed her into the office when Dana closed the office door.

"boom!"

"The **** ..." Xiao Fei shoes patted on the table with anxiety and grief, grinning his teeth and sneering: "Oh ... facing another Great Depression! You see, they are pushing me Choose, be Roosevelt or Hoover! "

Old Smith's eyes were half-squint, a look of no surprise, completely disregarding the anger and complaints of Xiaofei shoes. He can imagine where the anger of the president of Xiaofei shoes comes from, the Xiaofei shoes family and Lehman Brothers. The relationship was not ordinary intimacy. This time, the Goldman Sachs department used the rules to die overcast, and was calm and strange.

Thinking of the Goldman Sachs department, Old Smith also became dreadful. For many years, the US government's preference for Goldman Sachs and the penetration of Goldman Sachs into the White House have made Goldman Sachs not only the leading brother on Wall Street, but also the United States, beating competitors and even destroying small and medium-sized economies Body power tool.

In a sense, Goldman Sachs is a microcosm of the world ’s unmatched financial power. It is one of the top companies in the United States financial industry that can not go bankrupt in the most difficult times. Even if it can casually blame Wall Street for its shamelessness, launch the most severe The Financial Reform Act, no matter who is in the White House, must also jeopardize Goldman Sachs.

"Since Paulson has a comprehensive plan, let him handle it. On Monday, once Lehman declared bankruptcy, I believe that stock markets around the world will plummet. In order to avoid a U.S. stock market crash, the White House cannot do nothing. Empty mechanism, Ed, can it be announced before the market opens tomorrow? "

Old Smith suddenly opened his mouth, letting the three people in the oval office, including the president of Sneakers, startled slightly. Senior adviser Ed even had a sharp light in his eyes. After looking at the president, he said, "Tonight It should be okay to work overtime! "

Xiao Fei shoes also calmed the anger in his heart at the moment. He heard Old Smith's words, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, saying, "People go to my house to work overtime. I want to sign it as soon as possible!"

"The moral immunity that Paulson wants ..." At last he felt that the little flying shoes that could give the vampire a lesson looked to the old Smith intently.

"When he took over as Treasurer at that time, didn't he vowed to uphold a higher ethical standard than his predecessor. Not only did he sell all his shares in Goldman Sachs, but also showed that he avoided close contact with Goldman Sachs management during his tenure ...

Old Smith just looked at the president of Xiaofei shoes, and asked a little, asking the corners of Xiaofei shoes to tilt slightly, while the senior president's consultant on the side was lowering his head, sending a text message on his blackberry with a quick finger to contact himself. The twitching of the corners of his mouth changed, a sneer.