As Andy walked out of the conference room, Wall Street executives rushed to the meeting to find out what's new. A group of Lehman was huddled near the door. Lehman's adviser, Rodkin, squeezed in front of Andy.

"Mr. Smith, what's going on?"

Andy told them the bad news with a blank face. "We found banks that were willing to do the deal, but the British didn't approve it. ”

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

Andy watched as Lehman's men burst into the conference room, surrounding Paulson and Geithner, begging for something else.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, but it was all over, and Andy could see the despair on their faces when he saw that the people around him finally understood this cold reality. Everyone present fought desperately all weekend, and Andy even felt a little sad because of the atmosphere.

The conference room of Gaia Corporation was packed, and Andy stood in the chief position and said to all the members of his think tank and the people of Liberty City Investments, "Everyone, the feast has begun!"

Bang Bang Bang –

The whole conference room resounded with excited applause and excited cheers, and the moment that everyone had been waiting for had finally arrived.

Andy raised his hands and pressed down a few times to silence the conference room, and continued: "Luxury cars, mansions, beautiful women, a lot of beautiful knives, do you want them?"

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

Buzz - Whoa-

The entire conference room was once again occupied by excited expressions, excited cheers and thunderous applause, looking at the fanatical expressions, Andy at this moment was rarely calm in his heart.

Walking out of the conference room that fell into a frenzied atmosphere, Andy returned to his office with Alvitatre and Badstone with a bright smile, took off his suit, unbuttoned the cufflinks of his white shirt, and said with a smile while rolling up his sleeves: "A thousand words can never catch up with money, and beauty can inspire morale more!"

"Hehe... ”

Al and Bard shook their heads and laughed at the same time, not to mention those young people in their twenties, even they were middle-aged, they were all infected by the previous frenzy, and their hearts were on fire.

"Get down to business. Andy sat in the boss's chair, looked sharply at his right-hand man and said, "In the next three months, the acquisition of Starbucks and AMC Cinemas must be completed." If you don't have enough people, you can recruit them, and the most important thing on Wall Street now is commercial and financial talent, no problem, right?"

"No problem!"

Al and Bardstone replied with serious faces.

"Well, in three months, I'll start implementing the biggest merger of the financial crisis!"

Andy's eyes became incomparably bright, Al and Bard couldn't help but glance at each other, their hearts were slightly startled, and they looked at the young boss with a solemn expression, quietly waiting for the following.

Taking out a folder from the drawer, Andy handed it to Al, who took the folder and opened it directly with curiosity, and looked at the title of the document with Badstone, who leaned over.

"Qualcomm?!"

。。。。。。

Lehman filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday!

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

This worrying statement comes from Ben Bernanke's mouth. He is the chairman of the Federal Reserve, with a peaceful personality, facing the little flying shoes president sitting in the Roosevelt room of the White House. The oil painting above their seat depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, and everyone present knows that the United States is facing its worst economic challenge in decades.

Xiao Fei's face was solemn, his brows were furrowed, his hands were crossed on the desk, he leaned forward, and said into the speakerphone: "Can you explain why Lehman's situation is different from Bear Stearns?"

The face of everyone in the Roosevelt Hall changed slightly, and several people looked at each other, while Treasury Secretary Paulson on the other end of the phone was silent for a short time.

"Yes, Mr. President," Paulson replied, "there is really no way to save Lehman." Even with the help of other private companies, we still couldn't find a buyer. We can only do our best to control the situation.

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

"Oh, yes, is this the worst crisis since the Great Depression?" Xiao Feishou's strange tone and questions made the atmosphere in the conference room even more weird.

"Yes," it was Bernanke who was the first to answer the question, "and as far as the financial system is concerned, we haven't seen it since the '30s, and it's probably going to get worse."

If you don't act, the consequences are dire. It would be unfair to use the money of the American people to stop a catastrophe that they did not cause, and even more unfair than to do nothing and let the American people suffer the consequences. ”

Bernanke's answer with a serious expression made the choice faced by Xiao Feishou very clear, and it also filled his heart with anger and helplessness: As president, do I want to watch this economic disaster happen that may be worse than the Great Depression?

Xiao Fei's upper sank into the water, and after a moment of silence, he said coldly: "Take action." We're going to fix that. ”

With that, Flying Shoes hung up the phone, got up and left Roosevelt Hall, and walked down the hallway into the Oval Office.

Expressionless old Smith, senior presidential adviser Ed, and Dana, a talented and efficient press secretary, followed into the office as Dana closed the office door.

"Bang!"

"These bastards ... Xiao Feishou slapped the table a little angrily, gritted his teeth and sneered: "Hehe... Facing another Great Depression! You see, they are forcing me to choose between Roosevelt or Hoover!"

Old Smith's eyes were half-squinted, he looked unfazed, completely ignoring the anger and complaints of Xiaofeishou, he could imagine where the anger of President Xiaofeishoe came from at the moment, the relationship between Xiaofeishoe family and Lehman Brothers was not ordinarily close, and it was strange that Goldman Sachs used the rules to kill him this time.

Over the years, the US government's preference for Goldman Sachs and Goldman Sachs' infiltration of the White House have made Goldman Sachs not only the leading big brother of Wall Street, but also a tool of power for the United States to beat competitors and even collapse small and medium-sized economies.

In a sense, Goldman Sachs is a microcosm of the world's unparalleled financial power in the United States, and it is one of the few top companies that cannot go bankrupt and collapse in the most difficult period of the American financial industry.

"Since Paulson has a comprehensive plan, let him deal with it, on Monday, once Lehman declares bankruptcy, I believe that the world's stock market will plummet, in order to avoid the collapse of the U.S. stock market, the White House can't do nothing, urgently enact a mechanism to restrict short selling, Ed, can it be promulgated before the market opens tomorrow?"

Old Smith's sudden opening made the three people in the Oval Office, including the president of Little Flying Shoes, stunned slightly, and senior adviser Ed's eyes radiated a sharp light, and after glancing at the president, he said: "Tonight, it should be no problem to work overtime!"

Xiao Feishou also calmed the anger in his heart at this moment, and when he heard Old Smith's words, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Let people go to my house to work overtime, I will sign it as soon as possible!"

"The moral immunity that Paulson wants... Little Flying Shoes, who finally felt that he could teach the vampires a lesson, looked at Old Smith with burning eyes and asked.

"When he took over as finance minister, didn't he claim to uphold higher ethical standards than his predecessor, not only selling all of his Goldman Sachs shares, but also saying that he would avoid close contact with Goldman Sachs management during his tenure... ”

Old Smith just looked at President Xiaofeishoe and asked lightly, making the corners of Xiaofeishoe's mouth slightly upturned, while the senior presidential adviser on the side lowered his head and sent text messages on the Blackberry mobile phone with fast fingers, contacting his subordinates, the corners of his mouth twitched and changed, and he looked like he was smiling.