Paulson, who was obviously a little preoccupied, but still squeezed out a smile, into the courtyard, and after a brief greeting, Paulson wanted to talk to Andy alone.

After Andy led him into his study, Paulson first asked with a solemn expression if he was safe.

After checking in on the first day, Andy, who had people 'cleaned' inside and out, nodded faintly.

Then Paulson, who had a helpless look on his face, opened his mouth and said, "Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae", these two bastards, "are simply cheeky and shameless... ”

Andy sat down, tossed Paulson a cigar, lit it at his leisure, and then listened to Paulson with a light smile.

It turned out that both companies were struggling to find a solution to the subprime mortgage crisis. Fannie Mae is more attentive and more rewarding. It has in fact raised $7.4 billion, while the sworn Freddie Mac has received nothing in terms of financing.

Just this morning, Fannie Mae executives came to the door to present a PowerPoint presentation to the Treasury Department, and for the first time explicitly admitted that they could no longer afford to raise money in the capital markets. Still, the damage they expected was lower than the inspectors had estimated. In other words, even now, Fannie Mae is still lying.

Andy listened to Paulson's angry words, and after listening to the other party's so-called non-concealment and confession, Andy was a little dumbfounded, closed his slightly open mouth slightly, and after being surprised, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Truly. Fannie Mae's cheeks are so thick. The essence of their presentation to the U.S. Treasury is that "unless you help us, we're in big trouble."

But since we clearly meet the requirements of the authorized capital adequacy ratio, you cannot touch us, but can only do what the decree requires, that is, inject capital into us according to the conditions we have agreed to. ”

Andy sneered at Fannie Mae even to create the impression that all of their troubles were caused by the U.S. government, because it was the bazooka that the U.S. government demanded to take over that made everyone lose confidence in them—and because of this, the U.S. government was obliged to solve problems on favorable terms for them.

"FXXK! I was worried about their condition all the time, and I had to do my best to reassure the Celestial Empire in private and at banquets that everything was going to be fine... They are still trying to cheat money, trying to get away with it!"

Paulson was already a little angry, his whole face was gloomy and terrible, and he cursed through gritted teeth.

Andy, on the other hand, still looked at Paulson's anger with an indifferent face, watching him perform more than his inner anger, for the virtues of the two rooms, to be honest, Paulson should have known a long time ago, and the current situation is just that the two rooms began to play scoundrels, preparing to kidnap Washington, and then use the money of the people to save them.

Paulson also has a great interest in taking over the two houses, and although there is an element of compulsion, Paulson has shown great initiative in this matter.

"So... Your Excellency, what do you want to do with all this to me?" Andy asked with a light smile as he took a puff of smoke, picked up his coffee cup, took a leisurely sip.

Paulson looked at the faint smile on Andy's face, and said with a helpless wry smile: "I know that Alvitatre has some of the people in your think tank in the capital, and I hope to get the consulting help of your Gaia company, and I also hope to get real-time information about all the Bloomberg terminals in the two rooms."

After all, you know, I have a few days left on this Olympic holiday, and one of the things that is quite troublesome is that my phone calls home have to be kept private. My communications here may not be secure, and I don't want any news of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's unfavorable situation to leak out... ”

"Hehe, of course I will accept business at the door, but what kind of consultation and help do you need from us?" asked Andy with a smile.

"About the plan for two bedrooms to be placed directly in the reception process!" Paulson said, staring at Andy.

Andy looked at Paulson without backing at all, then nodded slightly, and said with a light smile: "There will be many people who will raise their hands to support this idea, but, believe me, including Bernanke, will not personally participate in the planning to help you."

Because even I have a certain aversion to this plan. In my opinion, brazen two-room houses should not be given "special care," no matter how hysterically those foreign governments seek the protection of the U.S. government. ”

"Hey—" Paulson also shook his head with a wry smile and said helplessly: "You guessed right, Bernanke said that he supported me 100 percent, but Geithner said that he would find "a moment of peace" for himself, fishing in the valley, and he felt a little guilty about rejecting me, I can understand. ”

"Since the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, the stock price of the two houses has fallen into a "cliff" crash. Fannie Mae's stock price has plummeted since July last year, falling from $65 to less than $5 by last week's close, and Freddie Mac's stock price also plunged from around $60 to $1 between the middle of last year and last week.

In the eyes of the market, the world in which Fannie Mae lived was gone. Ordinary shareholders have lost almost everything, if you do this regardless of the political cost, the only people who can benefit are the creditor countries such as the Celestial Empire and the foot basin, well, maybe you still have some reservations, regardless of it, since it is business, I have no reason not to accept it. “

Andy's words made Paulson's cheeks twitch a few times, revealing a touch of embarrassment, but when he heard Andy agree, he was about to say words of thanks, but Andy stretched out his hand with a smile on his face to interrupt him, and then listened to the conditions offered by this cunning young man.

"My men are joining your war room, though!"

Paulson was silent when he heard this request, the reason why he wanted to get help from Gaia was because he knew that since the subprime mortgage crisis, Gaia has been in front of all Wall Street investment banks, and has been researching and laying out short-selling two houses very early.

If it is said that in the market, in addition to the two houses themselves knowing their own predicament, the people who know the real situation of the two houses best are probably the subordinates of the greedy hungry wolves under the young man in front of him.

Now I found Andy and sought the help of Gaia Company, also because Andy, who had been unable to squeeze a little oil and water from the two houses in the secondary market, was no longer interested in the two houses, so without the interests involved, the advice given to him by Gaia Company would be more fair and credible.

It's just that Andy's current request is a bit excessive, this is to reach out to his economic and financial crisis rescue team, once he agrees to Andy's Gaia company to join, mastering various policy information is secondary, and more importantly, according to Andy's will needs, there may be things that affect the direction of the bailout policy.

Looking at Paulson's sinking expression, full of defensiveness and hesitation, Andy squinted slightly, took a puff of his cigar and threw the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"You know the rift between the two parties in Congress at the moment, and I can help you once in your toughest moment, whether it's O'Black Bull or McCain... ”

Paulson's pupils shrank suddenly, and the gaze in his eyes became extremely sharp, looking at Andy, who was spitting out his eyes and smiling calmly, at this moment, he seemed to be facing the lucky young man who was not a young man who was always unconsciously despised, but an old fox from Washington who knew how to compromise deals.

“。。。。。。 Paulson's brain was running rapidly, and after a moment of silence, he smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Deal!"