Friday, 28 November 1997.

"Morning, Daniel, nice haircut, cut at that salon downstairs?"

"Hey, you're early, uh, Arwen, didn't you take a shower yesterday? Give you half an hour off, go to the bathroom next to you, take a shower, and change into a new shirt. Go quickly!"

"Gary, did you watch the last episode of Song Shijie last night? ”

At half past eight, Zhang Chen arrived at the office on time, joking with every employee he met, and his relaxed attitude also made everyone who was about to face the big war feel a little relaxed.

Zhang Chen sat in his seat humming a song and approved a batch of emails, and due to the time difference, he could receive a bunch of emails from all over the world every morning.

Looking at the time, it was already more than nine o'clock, Michael Barry's office and Zhang Chen were only separated by a transparent glass, Zhang Chen thought about it, came to the door of Michael Barry's office, and knocked on the door.

"Hey, Michael, how did you sleep yesterday?" Zhang Chen walked to Michael Barry's right and patted him on the shoulder.

Michael Barry's right eye moved, "It's okay." ”

Zhang Chen said enthusiastically: "That's good, relax, don't be nervous, today is an ordinary day." ”

Michael Barry said expressionlessly: "Could it be that today is a Chinese holiday?"

"Well, no, there's still a month left until the nearest Christmas. The muscles on Zhang Chen's face twitched twice, it was really boring for himself.

"Today, of course, is an ordinary day. Michael Barry nodded, his eyes fixed on the computer screen again.

Zhang Chen touched his nose in embarrassment: "Uh, okay, you get busy first." He turned and walked away.

“Zack。 Michael Barry suddenly called Zhang Chen, and as soon as Zhang Chen turned around, Michael Barry's healthy eyes moved, "Don't be like that just now, it's not suitable for you, so stupid." ”

“。。。。。。 Zhang Chen was completely speechless.

"It's going to open soon, why don't you talk to your team? Zhang Chen's heart was full of malice, Michael Barry was not good at words, and he didn't like to speak in front of everyone the most.

Michael Barry thought for a moment: "It's okay. With that, he walked to the public office area and clapped his hands.

Michael Barry was the de facto manager here second only to Zhang Chen, and everyone fell silent when they saw him talking.

"Hmmm... Let's check the computer and the program, there are still twenty minutes to open, and each group can operate according to the established program, let's go and prepare. Michael Barry said a few dry words and returned to his office without looking back, continuing to stare at the computer.

What kind of thing is this? Zhang Chen almost couldn't help but scold, that's how you encourage morale?

But no matter what Zhang Chen thought, he found that these employees seemed to have really calmed down, and the overly tense atmosphere just now had almost disappeared.

Zhang Chen thought about it and couldn't help but smile, Michael Barry had already won the recognition of all the employees with his excellent judgment and climactic skills, and trusted him, so as long as he behaved as usual, everyone had a backbone.

Every leader has his or her own different leadership style. Michael Barry's leadership style is that "Lao Tzu's technology is strong, as long as there is Lao Tzu, he will not lose." ”

No matter what kind of leadership style, as long as it can improve team cohesion, it is a good leadership style.

Of course, there is no way to promote Michael Barry's approach, and it is only suitable for a small number of people.

In fact, Larry Page and Sergey Brin belong to the same leaders.

Anyway, Michael Barry's calmness made Zhang Chen feel a lot more relieved, and the expression that he had just pretended to be relaxed was really relaxed.

Yes, everything is ready, whether it is a strategy or a model, any response of the other party has been analyzed and found a coping strategy. In the previous life, the Xiangjiang Monetary Authority was not so well prepared, and hurriedly launched a war against international speculators, but still won the final victory, and for today, it has been preparing for so long and has such a far-reaching layout, how can it lose?

Let's think about what happens after today.

"Mikhail, I really didn't expect that you haven't slept yet, or rather, you're up now?" The phone rang a few times before Zhang Chen picked up the phone. "I can't see your caller ID, have you already used the special line?"

"Hehe, yesterday Yeltsin appointed me as the first deputy chairman of the State Economic Reform Commission, so now there is a confidential phone. Khodorkovsky's voice was still so gentle, "You don't know, do you?"

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "I just wanted to congratulate you, one step closer to your ideal." ”

Khodorkovsky laughed twice: "Forget it, we all know that this is not a good position, and we are worried that Chubais will use me as a scapegoat for economic reforms." ”

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "But this situation won't happen, will it?"

Khodorkovsky chuckled twice in a low voice, and then said in a serious voice: "As you expected, the actual number of the Rakshasa fiscal deficit far exceeds the announced figure, twelve percent, this is the real information I just got from the Rakshasa Ministry of Finance, considering the statistical 'error' at all levels, the actual figure is likely to exceed twenty percent." ”

Zhang Chen understood: "For the statistics of the Yeltsin government, there will always be 'errors'. What are you going to do? It's a big black pot. ”

Khodorkovsky's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness: "Hehe, it's very simple, on Monday, I will hold a press conference and make the actual statistics public. ”

Zhang Chen remained silent: "Good idea." ”

It is indeed a good idea, Rakshasa is now at least nominally a democracy, and although Khodorkovsky's move completely broke with the Yeltsin government, again, after this news is announced, the Yeltsin government will inevitably step down. And Khodorkovsky can gain huge popularity with this matter, become a hero who exposes the truth and resists the rule of corruption, and two years later, as long as he participates in the general election, with this popularity and his huge financial resources, it is very likely that he will become the president of Rakshasa with this popularity!

Of course, he will definitely offend a large number of vested interests in the country, and assassinations and revenge will become a daily routine for him in the future. But even that didn't stop him from coveting the top of the power.

This is the temptation of power.

Khodorkovsky was slightly surprised: "You don't object?"

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Why am I against it?"

Khodorkovsky said in a low voice: "Soros, they obviously want to fight a protracted war in Xiangjiang this time, I looked at the Hong Kong index, you should also force them to transfer their positions until December." As long as I release the real data on the fiscal deficit on Monday, the Rakshasa stock market, the bond market, the foreign exchange market, all three markets will collapse. The cascading effect of the stock market will affect the Dow Jones, FTSE, Frankfurt, and the Hang Seng Index including Xiangjiang, and it will be more difficult for you to save the market.

Zhang Chen smiled: "Protracted war? No, there is no protracted war, the end of this war is today." ”

(End of chapter)