At the White House, Smith Sr. walked down the short hallway from the Oval Office to the Cabinet room to meet with Donkey Party leaders O'Black Bull and McCain.

The people here today are arguably the most powerful people in the United States, and this is a fairly weighty team that has come together to discuss solutions to the financial crisis.

The president, the vice president, McCain, O'Black Bull, Paulson sat at the mahogany desk in the Oval Office, surrounded by the leaders of the House and Senate, Smith Sr., Perrohi...

Many other staff members sat along the wall and in front of the French door facing the rose garden.

Xiao Feishou looked around, his expression was serious, his tone was sincere, and he said in a low voice: "We have a common goal, we need to work together and take action as soon as possible to achieve our goal." ”

As Little Flying Shoes spoke, the elder Smith's attention was focused on the expressions of the politicians present, each of whom represented different interests, and in some cases would definitely stand uncompromising, and seeing Paulson also looking at the group of people, his face was a little ugly, and it seemed that the Treasury Secretary must have felt a strong sense of bad omen.

Flying Shoes threw the pot at Paulson, who began to describe the deplorable situation in the market and the need for emergency powers with a grim face. When he finished, Flying Shoes said he had a simple test to make a decision on the issue: "If Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke say it works and helps stabilize the market, we support it." ”

In accordance with etiquette, Xiaofei turned to the speaker of the House of Representatives and asked her to speak. When Pelosi spoke, it was clear that the Donkey Party had done their homework and planned a skilful response to McCain.

"O'Black Bull will represent the Donkey Party. "Pegga is a very difficult person, especially after being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, but it seems that there is a consensus within the Donkey Party. "O'Black Bull has been working with me in good faith to develop an agreement. ”

The show then began, with a thoughtful, well-prepared speech that outlined the issue and highlighted the need for immediate action

He brushed through the general situation discussed on Capitol Hill and then mentioned the need to adjust regulatory measures and management compensation, as well as the need to help homeowners. He spoke without a transcript, rarely used a speech prompter, and was eloquent.

"Democrats will vote yes. He insisted.

But the elder Smith didn't think that this group of opponents would agree so easily, and sure enough, he then touched the trap set by the Donkey Party: "Yesterday, Senator McCain and I issued a joint statement agreeing that now is not the time to play politics. On the way here, our agreement was in jeopardy again. Now, some people think we should start all over again ... If we do start over, the consequences can be very serious. ”

However, it is clear that, according to the information that Old Smith has learned, there is no agreement at all. Someone once fell for the trick and believed in someone's outward performance. Old Smith was expressionless, with a sneer in his heart, watching the little guy in front of him play tricks in front of him.

It is clear that O'Black Bull and the Donkey Party have cleverly set up a plot in which McCain's intervention polarizes the situation, and the Elephant Party is deviating from the agreement. Throwing all the blame on the Elephant Party, this is a clever political drama, and it is about to turn into a farce.

Flying Shoes also sensed the intentions of this group of guys, and directly skipped the etiquette procedure and turned to McCain, giving him a chance to respond: "I think it's fair, I'll give you the next chance to speak." ”

"I'll wait for my turn. McCain was not grateful for this, but simply replied without giving face, "This is an incredible moment in every sense." We need to follow the procedure. ”

In McCain's view, this meeting was originally his meeting, and it was he, not the president, who called it, and the president just needed to facilitate his wishes as a presidential candidate.

Now it seems that McCain had no plan at all, he interrupted his campaign and called everyone to a meeting. It's not a strategy, it's a political ruse, and the donkey party uses traps to fight McCain's tricks.

"I'm not talking about a completely new protocol, but we do need to adjust key parts of the package. McCain's irons naturally won't get him into trouble, and Xun quickly came up with the idea of an unformed insurance plan.

Looking at Paulson with a faint smile, he asked, "Is this plan inconsistent with our efforts elsewhere?"

"Not really. ”

When meetings were broken by multilateral talks and people exchanged ears, etiquette was gradually thrown aside. Mr. Shelby waved a stack of papers, claiming they were the work of more than 100 economists, all of whom agreed that the bailout plan for troubled assets was a bad idea.

We need time to think about the plan, he said.

Flying Shoes chimed in: "No, the current situation requires us to act. We don't have time to have a hearing with a bunch of economists. ”

McCain remained silent and did not speak. Finally, O'Black Bull raised his voice in the midst of the uproar and said loudly: "I want to hear what Senator McCain has to say, because we haven't heard him yet." ”

The conference room fell silent, and all eyes were on McCain, who sat quietly in his chair and held a cue card. He glanced at the cue card quickly and began to make a few general points.

"A lot of MPs have legitimate concerns, and I've started to steer management pay and regulation in the right direction... ”

When he said that he believed that a consensus could be reached soon, Old Smith looked at him with the same face, and cursed in his heart, this idiot, he was not prepared at all, what is it called lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, when he spoke, Old Smith saw that O'Black Bull was secretly laughing.

McCain's statement was anticlimactic, to say the least. His return to Washington was a risky and impulsive move, and old Smith didn't think he was in the middle of it, this idiot could mess up everything and not be able to hold up the mud on the wall!

Old Smith knew that this could not be continued, and McCain, even if he was an idiot, could not let the donkey party people dump the pot of incompetence on the elephant party. He coughed lightly, and everyone's eyes were on him.

"McCain's efforts have been rewarding, as he has focused public attention on problematic asset bailout programs and galvanized Congress to take action. ”

The elder Smith only had to take a pro-McCain stance, and then someone would chimed in, and soon other senators jumped out and said, "Even though we in the House don't approve a deal, we're proud to have successfully incorporated strong taxpayer protections... ”

Pegga interjected loudly at this point, "Taxpayer protection is our business, not yours. Don't put powder on your face!"

Looking at the scene that began to interrupt each other's speeches, Old Smith smiled lightly in his heart, and returned to his original appearance of being a cold-eyed bystander, and Xiaofei Shoes saw the noisy scene, and helplessly tried to restore order, and soon, Pei Po and Old Smith's little brother directly tore their faces and yelled at each other. The conference room was in chaos, and members of the House and Senate gathered around the table to quarrel in an all-out outpouring of words. O'Black Bull began to shout at McCain, who was sitting in silence with an expressionless face.

"What is your proposal?" he urged, "what is your plan for the Party?"

The situation turned ridiculous, and Vice President Cheney began to laugh out loud. Paulson, who saw this scene for the first time, stood on the spot, watching all this at a loss.

Frankly, a half-way monk and appointed official like Paulson had never seen this kind of formation in politics or business, not even in his university fraternity, so they almost rolled up their sleeves and tore each other.

Finally, Little Flying Shoes glanced at Old Smith, who just nodded his head slightly expressionlessly, and Little Flying Shoes stood up suddenly, slapped the table, and said loudly: "Okay, it's obvious that I have lost control of the meeting." Meeting. ”

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Looking at the people who were about to make a move, as soon as the president's voice ended, one by one left the conference room laughing as if nothing happened, and Paulson was left with only shock and frustration. This time, not only did he witness a way he had never expected to behave, but he didn't even come to any agreement. If anything, people seem more alienated than they used to be.

The Donkey Party members gathered in Roosevelt Hall, and as Paulson passed by with a solemn wry smile on his face, he saw the chatting Donkey Party inside, and began to worry that they would fan the flames to the media as they left. So he bit down and decided to get close to them, telling them to stop.

Everyone gathered around the O'Black Bull at the west end of the room, and there was an uproar when they saw Paulson enter.

"Please leave, you are not welcome here... ”

"What are you doing in here, eavesdropping!"

"Leave now!"

Driven by all sorts of people, Paulson was a little unsure of what to do. His face flushed, and he forcibly suppressed the humiliation in his heart, and separated the crowd with his hands, and he walked over to Peggo and bent one knee to bow down to the altar of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

"Nancy. ”。

Pei Po was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyebrows with a flash of banter, and laughed loudly: "Oops, Hank, I didn't know you were a Catholic. ”

"Don't mess it up. Paulson almost gritted his teeth, squeezed a smile on his face that was worse than crying, and said, "It's been a tough meeting, I admit it, but we all need to be together." ”

"It's not us who want to mess up. Pei Po got up from her chair, said with a sneer, and then turned to leave, followed by the others, leaving only Paulson standing up in his chair with a grim face.