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As Andy stepped out of the conference room, many Wall Street executives came up to stay up to date. A team from Lehman squeezed in the front door. Lehman's advisor, Rodkin, squeezed in front of Andy.

“Mr. Smith, what happened? ”

Andy told them the bad news with no expression on his face. “We found a bank willing to do business, but the British didn't approve. ”

Rodkin grabbed Andy's arm and shook, “No, this is horrible! ”

Andy watched Lehman's men rush into the conference room, surrounding Paulson and Gaitner, begging for another way.

The heart couldn't help but sigh, but it was all over, and Andy could see the despair on their faces when he saw the people around him finally understand this cold reality. Andy was even a little saddened by the atmosphere that everyone here, all weekend long, fought to the death.

Gaia's conference room was crammed with people, and Andy stood in the lead and said to all of his think tank members and Freedom City Investment Company people, "Feast on! ”

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft.

The exciting applause and exciting cheer throughout the room finally arrived at the moment that everyone was looking forward to.

Andy pressed his hands up a couple of times, calmed the meeting room down and continued: "Luxury cars, mansions, xing beauty, lots of knives, you want it? ”

Andy looked around for the week and looked at an excited face, lifting his arms out the window and saying in a youhuo-filled tone: "Wall Street has opened its doors to rob... ”

Buzz -- wow ——

Throughout the room, once again occupied by excited expressions, excited cheers and thunderous applause, Andy looked at a fanatical expression, and at this moment, Andy was uniquely calm.

Out of the fanatical meeting room, Andy returned to his office with a brilliant smile on his face, taking off his suit, unbuckling his white shirt, holding his sleeve, and laughing: "Thousands of words never catch up with money. Beautiful women are more inspiring! ”

“Oh... ”

Al and Bud shook their heads at the same time and smiled, not to mention the young people in their twenties, even the middle-aged, who were infected with the fanatical atmosphere of the past and had a burning heart.

“Get down to business.” Andy sat on the boss's chair and looked sharply at his left and right arm and said, "Within the next three months, the acquisition of Starbucks and AMC estates must be completed. If you don't have enough people, the most important thing on Wall Street right now is commercial finance talent, all right? ”

“No problem!”

Al and Badderstone replied seriously at the same time.

“Well, in three months' time, I'm going to start implementing the biggest merger of the financial crisis! ”

Andy's eyes became so radiant that Al and Bud couldn't help but glance at each other, with a slight surprise in their hearts, and their expressions looked at the young Big BOSS and waited quietly for the next.

Take a folder out of the drawer, Andy gives it to Al, Al takes over the folder, curiously flips the folder directly, and Budstone looks over the title of the file.

“Qualcomm?! ”

Lehman filed for bankruptcy on Monday!

“Mr. President, we are going through a financial crisis. ”

This worrying word comes from the mouth of Ben Bernanke. He is the chairman of the Federal Reserve, peaceful in character, facing the President of Little Flying Shoes sitting in the Roosevelt Hall of the White House. Theodore Roosevelt, who was tamed on horseback, was painted on the oil painting above where they were sitting, and all present knew that the United States was facing the greatest economic challenge in decades.

The little fly shoe had a thick upper, frowns wrinkled, hands crossed on the desk, leaned forward and said to the hands-free phone: "Can you explain why Lehman's situation is different from that of Bellstein? ”

The little flying shoe questioning changed the face of the entire Roosevelt Hall, with several people looking at each other, and Paulson, the finance minister on the other side of the phone, after a brief silence.

“Yes, Mr. President,” Paulson replied, "there's really no way to save Lehman. Even with the help of other private companies, we still can't find a buyer. We can only try to control this situation.

Mr. President, I need to apply to Congress for more power to deal with this crisis. ”

“Oh, really? Is this the worst crisis since the Great Depression?” Little flying shoes have some weird tones and problems that make the atmosphere in the conference room more and more weird.

“Yes," Bernanke was the first to answer the question, "as far as the financial system is concerned, we did not see this again after the 1930s, and it could get worse.

If we fail to act, the consequences are unthinkable. It is not fair to use the money of the American people to stop this disaster, which they did not cause, but, even more unfair, to do nothing to make the American people suffer the consequences. ”

The seriousness of Bernanke's answer made the choices he faced clearer and made him more angry and helpless: Do I, as President, have to look at making this economic catastrophe worse than the Great Depression? ”

Xiaofei sank into the water for a moment before coldly saying: “Let's move. We have to fix this. ”

After that, he hung up, stood up and left Roosevelt Hall and walked through the corridor into the oval office.

Emotionless old Smith, senior presidential adviser Ed, and talented, highly effective press secretary Dana followed her into the office when Dana closed the office door.

“Boom!”

“These bastards...” The little flying shoes were slapped on the table with some impatience, biting their teeth and laughing coldly: “Huh... Again with the Great Depression! You see, they're forcing me to choose whether to be Roosevelt or Hoover! ”

Old Smith's eyes were half squint and he looked unexpected. In total disregard of the anger and complaining about the little flying shoes, he could imagine where the President's anger came from at this moment. The relationship between the little flying shoes family and the Lehman Brothers Company was not ordinary intimacy. This time he was shaded by the Goldman Sachs system, he was able to calm down and weird.

Thinking of the Goldman Sachs system, Old Smith's eyes also became cold. Over the years, the U.S. government's preference for Goldman Sachs, coupled with Goldman Sachs' infiltration of the White House, has made Goldman Sachs not only a leading brother on Wall Street, but also a powerful tool for the U.S. to knock down competitors and even small and medium-sized economies.

In a sense, Goldman Sachs is a microcosm of the unparalleled financial power in the United States. It is one of the top companies in the United States where bankruptcy cannot fail during the most difficult period of the financial industry. Even if Wall Street's shame can be blamed, the toughest financial reform bill, whoever is in the White House, should be blamed for Goldman Sachs.

“Now that Paulson has a comprehensive plan, let him handle it. On Monday, once Lehman declares bankruptcy, he believes that the world's stock markets will plummet, and that the White House cannot do anything to avoid the collapse of the U.S. stock market, and urgently enact a restraining selling mechanism. Ed, can it be promulgated outside by tomorrow? ”

Old Smith suddenly opened his mouth, leaving three people in the oval office, including the president with the little flying shoes, stunned. Senior Advisor Ed glanced sharply at the president and said, “Tonight's overtime should be fine! ”

Little flying shoes also calmed my anger at this moment. When I heard Old Smith's words, the corner of his mouth smiled coldly and said: "Send someone to my house to work overtime, I want to sign it first! ”

“Paulson wants moral immunity...” Finally, I felt like I could teach that bunch of vampires a lesson. The little flying shoes looked at Old Smith and asked.

“When he took over as CFO at the time, didn't he say he wanted to hold higher ethical standards than his predecessor, not only to sell all Goldman Sachs shares held, but also to avoid close contact with Goldman Sachs management during his tenure?... ”

Old Smith just looked at the President of Little Flying Shoes and asked a slight question, causing the corner of Little Flying Shoes to lift slightly, while the senior adviser to the President beside him lowered his head and sent a text message on the quick Blackberry phone with his fingers, contacting his subordinates, his mouth irresistibly twitched and looked like a sneer.