how i bought the whole world

Chris agreed to move to Boston first.He was the one who faced the collapse of the World Trade Center first-hand and knew what a terrifying event it was, an attack that will live on in every New Yorker's mind for a lifetime, and even in later years it will be difficult to undo its impact.

Then Brandon agreed.

So I said, "Brandon, let's inform our employees. Anyone who is willing to go to Boston with us is very welcome. If not, I will also write him a good letter of recommendation. Chris, corporate office I will leave the location to you, and you have worked in Boston before, so you must have quite a network there."

I came home after working all night, and when I got home I just wanted to fall asleep, but the answering machine came from Alfonso's message from yesterday, "Hi William, today's attack I saw on TV. , It's really scary. I heard that the place where it happened was in the World Trade Center, not far from your company. I was really worried about you. Fortunately, I called your secretary and said that you were not injured, otherwise I would definitely Will fly over there to see you right away. But if you have time, can you call me? I want to know how you are now."

Holding my breath, I called Alfonso back, "Alfonso."

"William!" he called over the phone. "Are you okay? Although your secretary told me that you are fine, I will never really feel relieved until I hear your answer!"

"I'm fine. I was eating breakfast in another area when the incident happened." I suddenly thought of Gu Anning who I had forgotten in the cafe, "But Tiffany broke a leg."

"Mr. Jonathan is injured!" Alfonso was relieved to hear that I was safe and sound, but now he began to worry about Tiffany again, "Too bad, which hospital is he in? Maybe I should go and see he?"

"Tiffany is at NYU Medical Center now, Alfonso, of course you can visit him, I think Tiffany just needs someone to talk to, since he's a stubborn little old man who loves to teach." I Trying to make the topic a little lighter, Alfonso let out a cooperative laugh, but the laugh was very forced.

After a while we all fell silent. "It's been a horrible day," he said.

"Yes," I admitted, "I'm still in shock."

"From today to yesterday, newspapers and TVs have been talking about the World Trade Center being hit by planes, and I heard that the Pentagon was also hit. Now the official has not given the exact number of casualties, but I hope it will not be too many."

"I can only say that I hope so."

"But I have one more thing to tell you." Alfonso suddenly became hesitant, "William, I graduated, I have already bought a train ticket, and I will go to Hollywood in three days, and I will not stay in New York anymore .”

I smiled wryly, "What a coincidence, I'm also moving to Boston, within a week or two."

"You're going to Boston?" he was surprised. "Is it because of yesterday's incident? It has a great influence on you?"

"Yes, yesterday's attack has wiped out my foundation on Wall Street." I had a headache, "I can't stay any longer, or my company will suffer a heavy blow in the next few months."

After finishing the call with Alfonso, I had to contact Gu Anning again, and apologized for leaving him in the cafe.Fortunately, Gu Anning didn't mind, and instead comforted me.

"At that time, seeing how you ran out so quickly, there must be friends at the scene. Are they okay now?"

"Thank you for your concern. My friends are all well. Where are Mr. and Mrs. Bennet?"

"Uncle Egbert was at home that day, but one of his employees died." Gu Anning said, "My parents were very worried, but I called them and told them that I would stay at home obediently."

"Yes, it's safest for you to stay at home before you know the situation."

After all this work, I slept for two days before recovering, and finally caught up with the last day to see Alfonso off.A week later, the New York stock market reopened, but because I shorted the stock in advance, William Field's loss was not much.And Chris and I were busy moving to Boston, about 100 employees said they could leave with us, and the rest I wrote letters of recommendation for them to go to Egbert.Bennett looking for a job there.But I have a hunch that it will not go well, because the layoffs in the financial industry may be about to begin.

After the end of this week, various financial institutions are terrified by the shrinking trend of the stock market this week, and some magazines reported that the No. Stock markets fell everywhere.Soon, this disaster will spread to the whole world, causing a global economic tsunami.But the good news is that at least I invest in gold, and the stocks in the military industry have not fallen but risen. Even if there is a loss in aviation investment, it will not be too difficult for me in the short term.

"Atlantic and cruiser building must be stepped up," I said to Yitzhak and Brandon, "We have to shift the focus of the William Field Group from the securities company to the industry as soon as possible, thank God it is not too late to work hard, for the attack Americans have become reluctant to go out or go to large public places, so now they prefer indoor shopping, which is our advantage. And just now the planning department told me the good news, there are already [-] A merchant has agreed to register on the cruiser, and the preparations for the Atlantic Ocean have been completed, and we are just waiting for our publicity, let us get through this cold winter of the stock market as soon as possible.”

"Chris." Then I called Chris on the intercom. "I have a private question I want to ask you, please come here alone."

I waited in the office until Chris was surprised by my sudden summons, "What's the matter, William, what's going on?"

I was worried, "Chris, haven't you noticed that the stock of American military industry is going up too fast?"

Christian thought for a while, and his face suddenly became serious. We are both smart people, and we can understand some things with a little bit of words. "Do you think the government may resort to force to sanction Afghanistan? How is it possible? Didn't the media give any hints?"

"The American people are filled with righteous indignation, and at the same time, they are also terrified, Chris." I pointed out calmly, "Think about it, before September [-], how many American people had myths about their defense system, and no one dared to attack the United States. No one came to provoke the United States! This is the idea of ​​the American people. They even think that it was just a coincidence that Japan was able to attack Pearl Harbor in the United States. Now the United States has various advanced detection equipment and a natural line of defense in the Atlantic Ocean. Its system Invulnerable! But the fact is that the current attack is launched from within, and it will completely destroy the confidence of the American people. It can defend against external enemies, but cannot defend against internal enemies. How do you ask the government to explain their mistakes? They must have To shift the focus, in order to restore the confidence of the American people, and in order to reverse the rising unemployment rate, economic downturn and other problems, attacking Afghanistan seems to be a good choice, think about the Gulf War!"

Chris agreed with me, "Maybe you are right. On the 14th, the House of Representatives has agreed to carry out military strikes against terrorists. Since the headquarters of terrorists is in Afghanistan, it is also possible to carry out force strikes against that country."

"Then we are in danger. What Afghanistan is famous for is oil! And what makes us the most money today! It is also oil! I don't know when our economy will recover, but the fluctuation of oil will definitely not be a good thing, Chris, I've thought for a long time that maybe we should be more cautious about investing in oil."

"I don't understand." Chris frowned. "If war breaks out, won't the oil market be in short supply? Then the oil futures market will rise accordingly. What do we have to worry about?"

"You're wrong Chris, that's exactly what I'm most worried about. Yes, at the beginning of the war, the oil market will definitely go up because of the attack in Afghanistan, and it will even pull the entire U.S. stock market up briefly, but that's just In the early stage! We can’t judge how long a war will last. What if a war breaks out for a year? In the absence of sufficient oil supply in the Latin American market, people will blindly speculate on oil futures, whose rise and fall depend on the front The news that comes, even if it is false news, and the war is the same, how can we judge the final direction of the oil market? And there are so many oil traders, they are a group of cunning investors, and the country is in trouble Good hands of money, I have to say, we will struggle in this regard!"

Chris turned serious, "William, your concerns are very correct. This is indeed a problem that we cannot ignore. I will immediately recruit someone to find out the attitude of the House of Representatives towards Afghanistan. You know I have this contact. If things really come to that One step, then we have to prepare in advance.”

We moved collectively to Boston two weeks later, and Tiffany was still out of the hospital, but he had no complaints about my move.

"If you were Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan or Morgan Stanley, and you told me you were leaving Wall Street, I'd kick your ass and see if you were a deserter," he said. It's still a sapling, so I said to myself, well, let it develop."

I hugged the old man, "I'm not leaving finance, sir. I'm a Wall Street junkie now, and I can't leave the stock market!"

"You also took away my favorite grandson," he complained.

"Okay." I laughed, "To make amends to you, I promise to bring you the best future for your grandson, how about it?"