Rick came in style, but he didn't have an easy time going.

Evan reminded that this thing is big and small.

For Rick, if you look at it from the perspective of vital interests, it can only be regarded as neither big nor small. Because neither Taft's bank nor the Commonwealth Bank of California, where he is a director, have foreign exchange transactions, even if the pound falls sharply, it has little to do with them.

On the contrary, Evan himself may suffer a little. Because he has an export business, whether it is Bondi or Rubik's Cube, he receives foreign exchange when he receives money.

The reason why Rick is so concerned about this is only out of the instinct of a banker.

This is a highly probable, almost prophetic prediction, and often means an opportunity for a banker.

Opportunity to make money.

After leaving Evan, Rick decides to start gathering information and trying to speculate for the first time in his life.

Evan didn't know exactly what Rick was going to do, even though he had tried to pull him in.

Evan politely refuses, and convinces Rick that it is best not to act rashly.

At the moment when the Brettonson system was just established, it was a complicated operation to benefit from the fluctuation of currency exchange rates when various financial instruments, such as foreign exchange futures, did not exist.

Rick listened to Evan's advice and wavered, but in the end decided to give it a try.

In this regard, Evan can only be helpless.

Rick's personality is like this, he likes to play and like excitement.

After finding an opportunity to get the Applied Health Care Company and the Magic Seven Company with export business to change the currency of the collection, Evan didn't make any more moves.

On 5 May, the Council of Europe, which represents the post-World War II trend of European unity, was established.

On 11 May, with the consent of the Western occupation authorities, the Federal Republic of Germany was established, and the next day, the blockade of Berlin was lifted, and the GDR was established shortly thereafter, in October. From then on, Germany was officially divided into two sovereign states.

At the end of July, the world's first jet airliner, the Halley's Comet, successfully flew in the UK.

In mid-August, *** published "Farewell, Situ Leiden".

On August 29, a huge mushroom cloud rose in the Semipalatinsk steppe of the Soviet Union in the morning light.

Three weeks later, on September 18, under the double pressure of internal worries (economic depression and debts) and external troubles (the Red Soviet Union), the British government announced the depreciation of the British pound, which would depreciate against the US dollar from the current 4.03 to 2.8, a one-time depreciation of 30.5%. Since then, the British pound, the currency of the former world hegemon, has been "falling" endlessly.

A week after the pound depreciated, Colin took off his part-time job and boarded a train to New Haven, Connecticut, where Yale University is located.

He got on the bus in Sacramento, so Evan couldn't drop him off.

It was a Sunday, and early in the morning, Rick showed up at Evan's house in San Marino with a happy face.

He did something big and couldn't wait to show it off in front of his friends.

"Evan, you know what......"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know!"

Evan interrupted Rick mercilessly, almost making him lose interest in talking all at once.

Rick isn't one to give up easily, though. He paused for a moment, as if he hadn't heard Evan's words, and continued: "This depreciation of the British pound has made me a lot of money, I won't go into details about the process, you are definitely not interested......"

"These months have been truly unforgettable, difficult and exciting......"

Rick confides in Evan about what he's learned in the past few months, and at the same time he is releasing the pressure.

Evan looked at the gushing Rick, silently turned to Audrey and said, "Open a bottle of Lafite." ”

Audrey knew that Rick was especially fond of red wine, so she thought about it and followed Evan's words.

After breaking Audrey away, Evan said, "Rick, there's one thing I warned you about, you didn't go wrong, did you?"

Rick was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "You mean don't let people know that you reminded me of this? Don't worry, no one knows, in the eyes of others, this thing is my luck." ”

"That's good!" Evan nodded, "I don't want the FBI and CIA agents to come and treat me to coffee one day." ”

Rick knew that the stakes were high, and reassured: "Don't worry, if you want to find me, you will only be looking for me, and I will never have anything to do with you." ”

Although, in Rick's opinion, Evan was a little too cautious in this move.

FBICIA WILL NOT COME TO THEM FOR TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY PREDICT THE DEPRECIATION OF THE POUND.

As everyone knows, what Evan is really worried about is related to the leakage of nuclear technology intelligence.

Why are you sure that the Soviet nuclear bomb will succeed in the near future, is it because you are a spy?

If he gets into this kind of problem, Evan is in big trouble.

So there is no reason for Evan to be careless.

The happy Rykra and Evan quickly solved a bottle of red wine, and he wanted Audrey to open another bottle, but Audrey flatly refused.

"A bottle of red wine is enough, but more than that. ”

Rick was stunned for a moment, and then admitted his mistake: "Yes, yes, Audrey is right, she is drunk in broad daylight, not decent!"

"Evan, shall we change the tea?"

Evan has no choice.

Rick stayed with Evan all morning and had lunch before leaving. Before leaving, Rick frowned at Evan who sent him to the door, "Evan, I'll give you a gift in a few days, please be sure to accept it!"

Evan asked what the gift was, and Rick smiled and didn't answer.

A few days later, Audrey received three cases of different brands, each from one of Europe's top wineries.

In this regard, Evan also couldn't cry or laugh.

Audrey was distressed: "So much wine, it's not easy to preserve!"

In order to maintain the quality of red wine, it needs a stable and strict environment, and Evan does not like to drink, so he does not have a special wine cellar, only a small wine cabinet at home.

Evan said: "It's easy to do, just find a weekend and have a wine tasting." ”

Audrey thought for a moment, tilted her head and said, "It's okay, as long as you don't feel sorry for these good wines." ”

Audrey knew the value of the wines, but didn't ask Rick why he was giving Evan so many good wines. She only thinks it's an interaction between friends.

Or is it to have a good drink next time you come?

Not to mention what Audrey did with the wine, the next day, Evan came to the academy.

In a few days, Caltech will be open for the semester. Because there were many new faces in the college, Dean Dubridge specially hosted a welcome dinner.

Among these new faces, Evan has two of the most attention, one is the new head of the department, Robert Batcher.

The other, a person from JPL, whose surname is Qian.

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