What made Major General Liu feel very depressed was that before Zhang Lan could get up, a phone call changed Zhang Lan's itinerary - Zhang Lan temporarily decided to throw the unlucky freighter aside for the time being, and get up first to go to the United States to have a look.

"Lehman is down?" There was only one meaning in Zhang Lan's voice: schadenfreude, "Okay, it's good to fall, well, I'll go, yes, I'll go right away." ”

Lehman Brothers fell, and the long-standing investment institution, which had been voted the best investment bank several times, finally collapsed amid the deepening subprime mortgage crisis.

Fallen Richard. In front of Lehman's building, when asked by a reporter what happened to Lehman, Forde scolded bitterly, "What's the matter? Damn, you don't even know this simple question? Lehman was calculated! That's right, from the very beginning, it was a conspiracy! ”

But the grief-stricken Richard. Forder, in addition to grief and indignation, even had some schadenfreude, "I know a lot of people are waiting to see our Lehman jokes right now, it's okay, you can just watch it, but I'm going to tell those bastards who are watching the hilarity from the sidelines, what happened to Lehman today, will happen to you tomorrow!" It's not that I'm crazy about Forder, I tell you, it will! Definitely! ”

Of course, for Richard. Forder's words, the ordinary people who have no business relationship with Lehman basically gloat, in their opinion, investment banks are a bunch of damned vampires, Lehman is the most vicious of them, but now, the most vicious one has finally fallen, and this is really something worth celebrating with a roast turkey on the table;

But for those rich, film and television stars, nouveau riche and tycoons who have invested a lot of money in Lehman and hope that Lehman can help them make money, they also scold, and the target of the scolding is also Lehman, but unlike those ordinary people, the reason why these successful people in the eyes of ordinary people scold Lehman is...... Damn Lehman, why did he fall silently?

Lehman's fall is really bad and couldn't be worse: Lehman's collapse means that their stocks are worthless, all of them have become a piece of waste paper, and the money they entrusted Lehman to invest has all been lost, and their worth of hundreds of millions has almost shrunk by half at once!

The more than 150-year-old existence that was included in the S&P 500 index in 2001 and became a member of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in the Netherlands finally could not hold on, and the behemoth collapsed a year earlier than it was in history, fueled by the Alice Group.

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"I knew they were going to fall." Zhang Lan's expression seemed to be a little proud, of course, he had reason to be proud, Lehman Investment Bank, which has a history of more than 150 years, is actually not simply an investment bank, behind the scenes of Lehman, there is a super predator, this super predator is; In this way, they control a considerable part of the wealth of the country and the world, and indirectly achieve their goal of controlling the world.

"You know they're going to fall?" Little Ford will be angry, Ford Motor and the Ford family have entrusted Lehman Investment Bank in various forms to operate the funds, more than 8 billion US dollars, such a huge amount of money, with the collapse of Lehman Investment Bank, in the end, Ford Motor and Ford Group can obtain compensation, even if it is estimated at the maximum, will not exceed 1 billion US dollars, the evaporation of the entire 7 billion US dollars of assets, even the Ford family, which has been flying with oil because of the Alice Group over the years, is also extremely painful.

In fact, the collapse of Lehman Investment Bank is not the most angry for Ford Jr., the real rice country every day does not know how many companies have failed, although Lehman Investment Bank has a history of more than 150 years, but the age is not the reason why Lehman does not fail...... If the older you get, the less likely you are to go out of business, is it true that the older you are, the less you should die? What made little Ford angry was that since Zhang Lan knew that Lehman would go out of business, why didn't he tell me beforehand? …,

$7 billion, what a fortune that is? How much does it cost to campaign for a president of the United States? $7 billion could even allow the Ford Group and the Ford family to have several consecutive presidents of the United States.

"Yes, I know they're going to fall, but when they're going to fall, how do I know?" Zhang Lan's rhetorical question made Little Ford choke half to death, but Zhang Lan's next sentence made Little Ford roll his eyes and have the urge to fall asleep: "Speaking of which, your Ford Group is too, since the end of last year, the subprime mortgage crisis has become more and more serious, and your family's economic advisory agency has not given you any reminder to warn you to collect funds and avoid unnecessary losses?" ”

This girl is very shameless, and immediately beat a rake.

But Little Ford was very interested in this trick, because Ya's attention was successfully diverted: Zhang Lan's words immediately made Little Ford realize a point, yes, he has only been angry and panicked in the past few days, why did he forget the unqualified previous consulting agency? If you had warned or advised us about our investment behavior, would we have suffered such a big loss? Definitely not!

That being the case, the losses of the Ford Group and the Ford family are caused by these damned economic and financial advisors. Little Ford, who realized this, was furious: Nima, Lao Tzu pays you tens of millions of dollars in consulting fees every year, but at the critical moment, you have no effect at all...... Even if Lao Tzu is a pig raiser, he can make a lot of money with an investment of more than 10 million US dollars a year, right?

Little Ford, who was successfully diverted, immediately apologized for his faux pas just now, he knew very well, and even the entire Ford family knew very well that the current Ford Motor and the Ford family could not do without the help of the Alice Group, if the young owner of the Alice Group was unhappy, Ford would definitely not have any good fruit to eat.

"It doesn't matter, we have been partners for so many years, and we won't do anything because of such a small misunderstanding," Zhang Lan waved her hand generously, reassuring Little Ford's little liver that has been riddled with holes in the past few days, "But now, I think the top priority now is not anything else, but to find a way to reduce your losses." ”

This is what little Ford wants to hear the most, and of course, he also thinks it is also the most meaningless sentence: the damn Lehman Investment Bank has gone bankrupt, how much money can they come up with to compensate themselves? So at this moment, all little Ford could do was force a smile, "Mr. Zhang Lan, thank you for your kindness, but we think that this is probably ...... Hard. ”

It's not very difficult, but after such a change in Lehman Investment Bank, the Ford family immediately held a meeting to analyze this matter, and the final result of the analysis is that even if everything in Lehman Investment Bank is realized, and the customers are compensated according to the prevailing standards of the United States, Lehman can compensate the Ford Group and the Ford family will not be too much, and the most important thing is that these wealth are not real money, but more likely to be physical. For the Ford family, where most of the company's business center is on automobiles, it is likely that it will take several years to realize these compensation and exchange these compensation for what the Ford family needs.

years, that's a hell of a number!

"Hehe......" Zhang Lan smiled, but did not speak, is it difficult, how to say this kind of thing, our country has always had such a saying: things are man-made.

Don't say that the legal system of the United States is sound, everyone is doing things according to the provisions of the law, and they will never forget what the root of the United States is, which is capital! …,

At any time, in a country built on capital, everything can be measured in money, people's hearts, honesty, truth...... Everything, as long as you offer a suitable price, can be bought with money.

The same is true of the money entrusted by the Ford family to Lehman Investment Bank, don't look at Lehman It seems that the investment bank is now putting on a posture of a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, but in fact, it is not that there is no way to operate, but it is still the same sentence...... Why should I help you? Just because of the Ford family's support of the Alice Group over the years? Come on! It's best to first figure out who has received more help from whom over the years.

Little Ford couldn't help but feel a little strange, could it be that Alice Group has a way?

As soon as this idea came to him, little Ford couldn't help but excite the spirit: yes, I'm really a pig! How could I not have thought of such a simple thing? What else in this world can be almost omnipotent, no! Isn't it almost, but completely, the all-powerful Alice Group? No! Not a single one!

At least in Little Ford's impression, as long as the Alice Group wants to do it, there is never a time when they can't do it!

Thinking that he had saved the family and appeared in front of everyone as a great hero of the family, the eyes of those people in the family who were shocked and jealous to death, Little Ford was stunned to find that he was extremely excited!

"Mr. Zhang Lan, I ......," Little Ford said to Zhang Lan excitedly.

But before Zhang Lan finished speaking, Little Ford was stunned to find that Zhang Lan actually shook his hand to himself.

"Mr. Zhang Lan, you ......"

"Mr. Ford, I know what you mean, and I admit it, are you really sure that we are going to do this for you?" Zhang Lan asked Little Ford without being in a hurry.

"Yes, of course...... It's ......" Little Ford, who should have thought about this question, suddenly got stuck when Zhang Lan asked him this question...... Maybe it's easy for the Ford family to ask Alice to help them solve this big problem, but it's not a good thing for the Ford family?

Although he didn't know what he felt uneasy about, Little Ford still cautiously followed his inner reminder, and after thinking about it carefully, Little Ford said to Zhang Lan sincerely, "Mr. Zhang Lan, thank you for the reminder, my request just now was a bit reckless, you are right, this matter, our Ford family really needs to think about it carefully." ”

Zhang Lan smiled in his heart, he was really worried that Little Ford would have a brain to the end, if that was the case, it would not be in line with his original intention of coming this time.

"It's okay, we're friends!" Zhang Lan said with a smile, but compared with Little Ford's sincere smile, the smile on this kid's face always makes people feel that there is a fake taste in it.

"Mr. Zhang Lan, may I ask, can I know what you are doing this time?" After finishing the topic just now, Little Ford cautiously asked Zhang Lan, "Is there anything we can help with?" ”

This sounds quite sincere.

"If you want to talk about this, there really is." Zhang Lan is not polite at all, and this guy doesn't know what politeness is.

Zhang Lan didn't know what politeness was, but his words frightened Little Ford, what he said just now seemed to be sincere, but in fact it was just a hypocritical statement, just like seeing someone who didn't know him well would always greet "Have you eaten?" Or, "How's it going?" But who would have thought that Zhang Lan would really come up the slope? …,

Think about when you are at a meal, and you happen to meet an acquaintance who you don't know well, and you greet the person you don't know well, "Have you eaten?" Would you like to have something together? Originally, it was just a simple kind word, but who knew that this acquaintance who didn't know it well was unconscious, so he followed it up: "Great, I didn't eat it, just go and eat together," the same feeling: Brother, I'm just polite, you don't have to take it so seriously, right?

But for Little Ford, he really can't afford to provoke the behemoth of Alice Group, and similarly, Zhang Lan, the future heir of Alice Group, he can't afford to provoke at all, since he can't afford to provoke, then the best way is to ask for this meal.

However, after all, Little Ford is different from ordinary people, although he is very unhappy with Zhang Lan's absence in his heart, he can't see it on his face at all, and he seems to be quite happy, "Is it?" Please say, if there is anything we need to help with, I will tell you that we have always kept in mind the help of Alice Group to our Ford Motor over the years, and it is our honor to be able to do something for Alice Group. ”

Zhang Lan knows the dissatisfaction in Little Ford's heart, but he doesn't mean to pick it off, everyone knows that there are ten major consortia in the country, and now it is to add an Alice Group, the top ten consortia plus the Alice Group, which is a completely unreasonable and abnormal existence, constitutes the first group of capital power in the United States, and the second group is represented by the Ford family, whose influence in politics and economy cannot be compared with those superbosses in the first group, but the same, They also have a huge amount of energy in their hands, compared to the first group, they are only a little weaker, but it does not mean that when the first group bullies them, they do not have the ability and courage to break the net, and it is this taboo that can make the second group led by the Ford family and others live until now, such a strong strength, and now the Ford family itself has taken the initiative to take the bait, if they don't let them do something, I'm really sorry for them.

"That's right, I need to meet with a few big people during this time, and I need to trouble Mr. Ford Jr. to help me deliver a message." Zhang Lan said with a smile.

The so-called handing words, in layman's terms, is the role of a middleman or messenger, Xiao Ford, who originally thought that Zhang Lan would put forward what kind of difficult conditions, was relieved when he heard this, but the next moment, Xiao Ford's heart stopped beating: Who is this kid in front of him? can make this kid use the word "visit" to describe it...... Of course, Little Ford knew that even those few people were not qualified to let Zhang Lan use the word "visit...... Who else but those few?!

The last time he was in the United States, Zhang Lan made a big fuss with those people on behalf of the Alice Group, and I heard that the one of the California consortium was even more insulted, and then publicly said at some banquets that he was not finished with the Alice Group, and there was no response to this Alice Group before, and many people speculated whether the Alice Group was planning to back down? Especially the guy from the California consortium, who is said to have weighed more than 300 pounds, intensified his efforts, proudly claiming that the Alice Group was afraid of him, afraid of the California consortium to which he belonged, and later said a lot of unbearable things.

Now it seems that probably the Alice Group didn't plan to deal with that fat man at first, but who knows which damn fat man turned out to be so ignorant of life and death, and finally annoyed the Alice Group, so this time Zhang Lan decided to punish which damn fat man on behalf of the moon...... Poor fat man, why is it that the fatter he is, the more he can't figure out how important he is?

"How? What's the problem? Seeing that Little Ford was slightly stunned there, Zhang Lan asked Little Ford with a smile.

"Huh?" Little Ford reacted at this time, glanced at Zhang Lan in awe, and hurriedly shook his head, the unwillingness in his heart before had already flown away from the clouds, "No, no, no, there is no problem, there is no problem at all, please rest assured Mr. Zhang Lan, I will definitely satisfy you." ”

"Thank you then." Zhang Lan politely thanked Little Ford.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Little Ford exchanged pleasantries with Zhang Lan in his mouth, but his mind flew to the clouds: Damn fatty, alas, should buddy sympathize with you, or should he sympathize with you? Or should I sympathize with you?

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The fat man didn't know that the Demon King's wings had shrouded him in thick darkness, and he still boasted to a noble lady with a glass of red wine, "Madam, please believe me in my words, I never lie to people......"