"Daniel, I took the liberty of contacting you."

"No, ma'am, it's a pleasure to hear from you."

As one of the top five people in the United States, it is quite a dream for many people around the world to receive her call. Of course, not so much for Daniel.

Rice is known for her tough style and is deeply trusted by George W. Bush, which has led to a rapid increase in her power -- a secretary of state who can command the president's full trust is actually quite different from a secretary of state who has to be chosen by virtue of her influence. The former is like Rice, the latter is like Hillary.

Rice will also attend the Davos Forum this year, which is actually relatively rare, as the US Secretary of State, she will attend the World Economic Forum in person, and she will inevitably be a key figure. If it weren't for the exact need, Rice would have avoided it. But this time was clearly an unusual time.

The United States is losing the trust of the world, and everyone is skeptical about this large country with significant influence in the world -- is it in a major crisis? In fact, the financial crisis of 2008 was also the beginning of what is generally believed to be the decline of American influence. Many people, especially Americans, do not admit this, and generally speaking, as a superpower in terms of economy, military, science and technology, culture, etc., the United States still maintains a dominating influence over the world, which is undeniable. But this does not hide the downward trend of the United States - it is already strong, but from now on it is weakening relative to some other powers!

This is a result that the current US administration must avoid -- Rice, whom Bush Jr. trusts very much, and this time Davos, in front of leaders from all walks of life, obviously hopes to regain trust in the US economy and in the US Government.

But she should have understood that her decision to attend was an indication that things weren't all that good.

Rice showed his attitude.

"Both the government and the Fed are doing their best to push for reforms, and we hope that the business community and public opinion. Able to avoid causing trouble to the process. Rice was very blunt, "Daniel, I understand your attitude towards this crisis, but, in Davos, we want you to be more modest." After all, your statement alone is enough to have an impact on the economy. As a public figure with high influence, you know that your voice will be heard by a lot of people who don't have a professional attitude. They will think that tomorrow is the end of the world. Then the market panics further, which hedges the efforts of the government and the market to deal with the problem.

Moreover, it is not in Plutos' interest to let market confidence collapse. Although you have pulled back your investments significantly, after all, whether it is F2F, MB, or other technology companies, you still rely on the growth of the market and the economy. They are all new industries, but none of them are in any of them. It is possible to stand alone in the general crisis. ”

It may be that Rice mentions the word "crisis" in the capital, and for the past few months Rice has avoided calling a possible problem a crisis - a financial crisis! The Internet stock market crash of 2000. The Asian financial crisis, every problem known as a crisis, is worldwide and sufficiently devastating.

But when communicating with Daniel, Rice did not shy away from saying it.

Politicians in the United States. In fact, they all know how to deal with these big businessmen. Because it is not so much that American democracy belongs to the people, but that American democracy belongs to the big businessmen, the leaders in the military industry, petroleum, science and technology, and so on. In order to have a sustained sense of the market and the government, it is inevitable to intervene in the choice of the highest power. The people can only choose the representative figures put forward by these people - if the candidate does not surrender to the big businessmen, how can he be a candidate? He doesn't even have the money to buy newspaper pages, can he still expect to get votes elsewhere in the federation?

A person who signs up for an election must first go through intra-party competition, and this competition also comes through voting.

But why should a California legislator or governor let the people of Florida vote for you? They don't even know who you are. At this time, the propaganda machine relying on the huge wealth will rumble, and the oil will be provided by the big businessmen from all fields.

Therefore, no matter how many promises the candidates make before taking office, they will "rob the rich and help the poor", which is absolutely a lie or a compromise, and of course, this is one of the advantages of the so-called democratic system.

The Bush family, which has a background in oil conglomerates, certainly understands the content better.

As Bush Jr.'s secretary of state, Rice's communication with Daniel was naturally straightforward.

"Madam Secretary, I don't think it's going to cause panic if it's going to be honest, and you should be prepared if there's a major crisis."

"There's not going to be a financial crisis, Mr. Sandler, and the financial crisis is exaggerated, and I know there is some speculation in the economics community, but I think that's too alarmist. The economy of the United States is still quite strong, our demand is also strong, you should understand that as the most developed country in the world, the needs of our people even feed the Chinese. ”

Daniel almost laughed.

"This is the best news I've ever heard, Your Excellency, but I still want to remind you that Plutos' forecast is very different from what you think. If I accept the invitation of Davos, I will not say any excuses that go against my own ideas, and I must be honest with myself and my audience. ”

Rice was silent on the other end of the phone.

She knows that Daniel is not a person who will be easily influenced, in fact, in the United States, a person with tens of billions of fortunes is also qualified not to be influenced. She hesitated at Daniel's words, and Plutos's prediction was very different from what she said. This big news, despite the fact that Plutos' conservative investment policy has been in place for quite some time, especially the recent strategic retreat from the last important bastion such as Apple, has attracted a lot of attention. However, it is important to note that Plutos has not made any public reports or statements on the issue of the financial crisis so far.

They do it, but they never say it.

This in itself gives some room for U.S. policymakers.

So, it wasn't until both Daniel and Raymond's decision to attend Davos was revealed that the secretary of state would be alarmed if Plutos changed tactics and intended to make a big gesture. Then it will cause a lot of problems. As an important consortium in the Internet field, and the Internet is a pure land in this crisis, this may mean that the crisis will accelerate to other areas.

Nothing is impossible.

Before the sale of Apple's shares, Plutos' investment holdings that could be withdrawn had bottomed out, and it was very likely that they were going to come out and say something at this time.

Even, for Rice, there is a more serious problem.

The financial crisis has had its many losers, but it has not been without its winners.

For example, Plutos. If they are well prepared, they can weather the temporary problems brought about by the financial crisis and reap greater benefits in a longer-term plan. This is what Rice needs to worry about, and she fears that Plutos himself intends to push the crisis to erupt.

Daniel had no such intentions.

This is true, he can certainly profit from the financial crisis - a large amount of cash reserves, which allows him to make shares, mergers and acquisitions, buy patents, invest, and so on at a lower cost, but the market is stable. It is also important for him. If it weren't for the 2008 financial crisis, Facebook might not have had to wait a few years before making an IPO, and the same is true for F2F, which is already quite large today. An IPO is a matter of time, and if an Internet company is not listed, sooner or later it will lack sensitivity to the market. It's not just a matter of capital, it's an important issue for the company to be able to survive.

Daniel will not narrowly retain all of F2F's shares.

"Daniel, the government needs help now. I think you should help us. ”

"I'm from the Democratic Party."

Daniel made a joke that although he is not a Democrat or a Republican, his political views have always been widely considered close to that of the Democrats. But this has to do with the fact that the Democratic Party is in opposition, and generally speaking, everyone is against the government, especially in the United States, and everyone elects a new government just to oppose it, and then change it again in a few years, and so on, and so on, and keep making progress.

It's a bit of a waste of time, but out of that waste, the American people can feel what they mean to their country.

Rice got to this point, and she smiled, "The Democrats don't like financial crises either." ”

"Yes, I'll think about it."

The answer was determined early on, and it was impossible for Daniel to change his course, and to follow Rice's boast of the stability of the American economy, or even to keep quiet, would make him lose his reputation. But as a person with close ties to American political and economic circles, Daniel is also unlikely to be "willful" in his actions. He is not a pure economist, let alone a practitioner in the field of finance and economics, he cannot express his attitude so neutrally, in fact, he does not need to express his attitude so neutrally. Because those people, to put it mildly, are all speculators, if they can predict a certain major event, they will immediately double their worth and even leave their names in the annals of history. That's what they're after. Daniel's quest is quite different, with wealth being his most important goal - at least in the business world. He didn't want to be the president of the World Bank in the past, nor did he want to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, let alone be a clown like Zhang Jiadun, who predicted China's collapse for a lifetime, but he has been slapped in the face and never surpassed. Making Plutos bigger, more stable, and more impactful is what Daniel wants to accomplish.

Rice was able to get this answer, which is already a good result.

Get a super-rich man to endorse the U.S. government? It's not that it's impossible, but at least you have to be attractive enough that Daniel doesn't sell arms or oil, and the U.S. government can't give him anything, and certainly can't demand anything from him.

"Okay, see you at Davos."

"Okay!"

……

Hanging up the phone, Daniel smiled.

For the financial crisis, he did not feel much in his previous life, China's 4 trillion stimulus plan, left a lot of sequelae, but also ensured a good unity situation in the Olympic year. The wonderful evening on August 8 hardly reminds people of the word financial crisis. Luxury, spectacular, technologically advanced, and beautiful, Director Zhang's talent and the new face of China have spread all over the world.

But it must be said that when he came to the United States, although everyone had not yet recovered from the financial crisis, the economic situation in the United States had returned to the positive side.

That being the case, today's financial crisis is a lack of real appeal for Daniel, and an enemy who is destined to be defeated will not thrill him.

……

On December 1, the world premiere of "Juno" was held in Los Angeles, and Daniel rarely attended the premiere of his film, which attracted a lot of attention.

Allan. Peggy, Michael. Serra, Jason. Needless to say, Reitman and other main creators.

A large number of beautiful celebrities help out, which is what makes everyone excited. Hollywood is in the shadow of a writers' union strike!

Screenwriters are very unhappy with their treatment, they think that the production company gives too little to the writers, and very few screenwriters get a cut, that is, a continuous income from the project - which is usually a lot of money. Moreover, the treatment of screenwriters announced by the production company takes too much into account well-known screenwriters. Some big screenwriters, a film can get millions, while small screenwriters only have tens of thousands, or even thousands of dollars, this is still a buyout price, and from then on, this script, except for the right of authorship, everything else has nothing to do with you.

All along, screenwriters can only wait for the day when they become famous, but this possibility is too low, and not everyone is Matt. Damon and Ben. Affrak, who was lucky enough to win an Oscar for his first screenwriting work, lacks this opportunity and ability for most people. They had to survive at the bottom all the time.

Now, they're going to say "no."

Many projects are about to start to be suspended, even blockbusters like "Mission Impossible", even if Paramount invites big screenwriters, but at this time, no screenwriter dares to challenge the Writers Guild - in fact, they must also follow the requirements of the Writers Guild to act in unison.

Importantly, there is a possibility that this strike will spread further.

The premiere of "Juno" against this backdrop is a good news fodder, at least for the entertainment media.

You know, readers don't like to watch "strikes" that much, and some real entertainment news is what they want. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for catching fish, mush, dark night reward, thank you for the eternal fall, and the worldless monthly pass