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Lin Hong has a good habit, when he encounters something he doesn't understand, he generally doesn't express his opinions at will, he will silently observe and learn until he fully understands its essence. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In front of the many demonstrators, Lin Hong walked all the way through, and he began to take some interest in the motivation behind this phenomenon.

He came to an old man with very sparse hair and beard, and crouched down. The old man, probably because he was too tired, sat cross-legged on the ground, and in front of him, there were two posters.

The text on the poster on the left is handwritten.

"I have two main enemies: the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institutions behind me. Of the two, the latter is the biggest threat. I see a future crisis that makes me shudder and make me tremble at the safety of our country. The power of money will continue to reign and hurt the people until wealth finally accumulates into the hands of a few, and our republic will be destroyed. I am now more anxious about the safety of this country than I have ever been, even in the midst of war. ”

The other is printed, apparently printed with a printer, with a large dollar sign on the background.

"A great industrial country is firmly controlled by the credit system. This credit system is highly centralized. The development of this country and all our economic activities are completely in the hands of a few. We have been reduced to the worst of domination, the most complete and complete control in the world.

The Government no longer has free opinion, no longer has the power of judicial convictions, it is no longer the Government chosen by the majority of voters, but it is a Government that operates under the opinion and coercion of a very small number of people who have the power to dominate. A lot of business people in this country are afraid of something.

They know that this invisible power is so organized, so invisible, so pervasive, so interlocked, so thorough and comprehensive. So much so that they dare not openly condemn this power. ”

The contents of these two posters. It was not as empty as the slogans of those people before, but it had a deep meaning, so Lin Hong couldn't help but stop here and look at it for a while.

The old man seemed to have not bathed for many days, he was sloppy, his long beard covering the lower part of his face, leaving a lot of debris on it, and he also exuded a strange smell mixed with alcohol and body odor, which made Phyllis feel the urge to gag when he stayed aside.

"Do you know where these two words come from?"

This time. A question suddenly came from Lin Hong's ear, and his voice was old and familiar.

Lin Hong turned his head to look, but he didn't expect to meet an acquaintance, and the person who questioned him was the calm hostage king he met in the bank robbery, Walter Schloss.

Lin Hong greeted him first, but he couldn't answer his question, he originally thought it was written by the old man sitting on the ground, but he didn't expect that there was a source.

"The words on this poster on the left must have been spoken by President Lincoln." Then. Phyllis next to her chimed in.

"Yes, these words came from the mouth of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president." Walter nodded at Phyllis.

Lin Hong is no stranger to this president, as he was the first president in American history to be assassinated and once led the American Civil War. The Emancipation Proclamation was promulgated, thus preserving the unity of the American Union.

Lin Hong wondered in his heart, but what does Lincoln have to do with finance?

"Lincoln defeated the enemy in the South, but he was no match for another." Walter seemed to be talking to himself, as if he was talking to Lin Hong.

Lin Hong was slightly surprised, he said very vaguely, another enemy?

According to that paragraph. Is the other enemy the financial institutions?

Before Lin Hong could ask, Walter continued: "The second paragraph is from the twenty-eighth president, Woodrow Wilson. ”

After saying that, Walter glanced at the old man sitting on the ground, then shook his head, sighed, and left with a slow, heavy step.

Lin Hong opened his mouth, wanting to stop the other party. But he finally gave up, and he could see that Walter was not in a very good mood at the moment.

"Uncle Stone, let's go." Phyllis proposed, she didn't want to stay here any longer, if Lin Hong wasn't coming, she wouldn't have paid attention to these people at all. As the daughter of the president of the Morgan consortium, she naturally has no good feelings for these people.

"Okay."

Seeing Lin Hong's agreement, Phyllis immediately pulled him towards the direction of the western restaurant where she had already set the location, and now it was almost lunch time, after eating, preparing the relevant materials, you can go to sign the contract at what time.

Lin Hong had been thinking about what had just happened in his heart, and he could feel that Walter seemed to know the old man just now, and had understanding and helplessness for their behavior.

"I remember!" After walking a distance, Phyllis suddenly realized, and immediately stood in place, turning to look at the old man sitting on the ground in the distance.

"What do you remember?" Lin Hong, who was thinking about things, suddenly looked at her in surprise.

"That old man! I said why did it sound familiar, if I remember correctly, he was supposed to be the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and his name was ...... Called John Miller! ”

Lin Hong was stunned when he heard her words.

That beggar-like guy is the US Treasury Secretary?

That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

Even if it's the former finance minister, it's not going to be so miserable, right?

Lin Hong couldn't help but look over there a few more times.

He really couldn't imagine why this old man named John Miller could fall from the finance minister of a country to this point.

Lin Hong finally knew, no wonder Walter knew this old man.

However, why did the former US Treasury Secretary stand on Wall Street to demonstrate on Wall Street with protest signs, just like these ordinary people? Isn't that a great irony?

"After he became finance minister, he was forced to resign after less than a year in office, and then disappeared completely, so many people have almost forgotten him today." That's why. Phyllis almost didn't recognize him.

"Less than a year? What caused him to step down? ”

"I guess it's because the economic philosophy is different from that of the White House. I know too much about the specifics, so I have to check the information to know. Phyllis had also seen a short introduction to him in a book on U.S. financial policy, with a picture of him on it, but at that time he was in high spirits and in the prime of life, but he didn't expect that he would have fallen to the point where he is now.

In fact, from his current behavior, Lin Hong can also guess something.

Think of the content on the two posters just now. Lin Hong found that it seems that in the United States, there are many people who have a lot of hatred towards the financial predators on Wall Street.

From the President of the United States and the Chancellor of the Treasury to the common people, such people are common.

Although Americans don't like to talk about politics in ordinary life, when it comes to vital rights, they tend to become extremely crazy people, demonstrating, protesting, handing out all kinds of propaganda posters and leaflets to passers-by.

Lin Hong didn't come here for long. I've seen a lot of this in the newspapers and on the TV news.

Of course, the current Lin Hong does not understand this phenomenon very well, and he is puzzled, these phenomena seem to conflict with many of his previous cognitions.

He couldn't help but sigh again. The world is often more complex than we think, and what you see and hear is not necessarily true and accurate. Behind these seemingly ordinary events, there must be many facts that are not well known.

After having lunch with Phyllis in a Western restaurant, Lin Hong was pulled by Phyllis into a men's clothing store. Then he carefully selected a light-colored suit that was half casual and half business.

Wait a minute, they're going to the signing ceremony after all, and it's a bit rude to dress too casually.

When Lin Hong saw the price of the suit, he was suddenly a little staggered, such a simple-looking suit cost 12,000 US dollars!

"More than 10,000 dollars...... With my little money, I could only buy more than 700 suits like this. Lin Hong subconsciously said no.

Are you kidding, what is this all about? Even if it's woven with gold thread, it's about the same price, right?

I want to be at the beginning. He had a "huge amount of money" of $3,000 and was worried for a long time.

And now, a dress costs 12,000 dollars, is this place a black shop? At this moment, Lin Hong's consumption concept has been unprecedentedly impacted and subverted.

Lin Hong said that he would buy a cheaper one, and he planned to have a luxury and buy a few hundred dollars of clothes to wear.

However, this time, Phyllis, who thought about it, didn't agree to anything, and pushed him into the locker room and asked him to change it.

Lin Hong immediately opened the door again.

Seeing this, Phyllis glanced at him helplessly, and suddenly walked over, pushed Lin Hong's chest with one hand, and directly pushed him into the locker room again, and she also came in and closed the door casually.

"If you don't wear it, I'll help you wear it!" Phyllis insisted with a blushing face, but her eyes revealed stubbornness.

"Uh......" Lin Hong struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally said, "You go out first, I'll wear it myself." ”

Phyllis smiled slyly and walked out.

Lin Hong tossed around in the locker room for a long time, and finally opened the door and came out under the urging of Phyllis many times.

Phyllis, who was waiting anxiously outside, couldn't help but light up her beautiful eyes when she saw the new Lin Hong.

People rely on clothing, and Buddha relies on gold.

Lin Hong himself has a special temperament that is inexplicable, usually looming and unpredictable, making people think it is an illusion. But now after wearing this dress, this unique temperament is completely magnified, so that Phyllis is addicted to it for a while, her eyes flicker, and even her mind becomes trance.

"Uh...... How? Isn't it pretty? Then don't do it! After Lin Hong finished speaking, he was about to go back and take off his clothes.

"No, it's perfect!" Phyllis hurriedly grabbed him, "This dress is simply tailor-made for you!" Don't take it off, just put it on. Waiter, it's going to be like this! ”

As she spoke, Phyllis took out a gold card from her bag and handed it to the waitress who had been waiting beside her.

The waiter glanced at Lin Hong enviously, and then took the gold card to the cashier.

Lin Hong's old face turned red when he was seen by the waiter's eyes, and the other party seemed to think that he was eating soft rice!

Lin Hong and she went to a business hotel on East Wall Street, where their signing ceremony will be held in one of the hotel's conference rooms.

When Lin Hong and Phyllis arrived, the scene was completely set up, and Joseph White was waiting there, with him and several entourages.

This is a relatively simple signing ceremony, Joseph didn't even want to toss this small scene, if it weren't for Phyllis, he would directly take a check and a contract, go directly to Boston, find a café similar to the last time, smash the check to Lin Hong, and then take the contract back to the headquarters to hand it over.

But now that Phyllis has come forward, the nature is completely different. He didn't know what role Phyllis was in, but the signing process still had to go through.

"Phyllis, Stone, you're finally here, I've been waiting for a while!" When Joseph saw them, he immediately greeted them warmly.

Phyllis held Lin Hong's "Mr. White, are we late?" ”

"Nonono, it's just that I arrived a little early."

With his usual smile, White walked into the venue with them.

At the front of the venue, detailed contracts and pens have been prepared, and several beautiful female signers with hot bodies are standing there quietly waiting.

"If it's okay, let's start the signing ceremony, right?" Joseph asked, he didn't want to put it off any longer, his competitor had recently received rumors that he seemed to be interested in acquiring the patent, and today he had waited so long that he thought something had gone wrong.

"Joseph, why are you in such a hurry to sign a contract? Why don't you wait for an old friend? ”

At this moment, a blonde woman with an unusually hot figure suddenly appeared at the door.

Joseph's face changed when he heard this.

This beautiful woman is in her thirties, but she is very well maintained, her hair is very soft with a shawl, her figure is even more hot than that of those signing assistants, and the professional women's suit on her body seems to be unable to restrain the huge chest and is about to fly.

"What are you doing here!"

"What do you say? Coming for the acquisition of patents, of course. Ignoring the annoyed Joseph, the beautiful woman walked up to Phyllis and said politely, "Miss Phyllis, I'm Leighton Meester, the head of foreign patent acquisitions at Iazon, and this is my business card." (To be continued)