When it was almost ten o'clock, Austin put his arms around his wife's waist with a smile on his face and walked in the direction of the host of the banquet, Antonio Sr.

Old Antonio's side is surrounded by many well-known bigwigs in the American financial industry at this time.

While walking in the direction where the group of bigwigs gathered, Austin whispered to his wife about the origins of the bigwigs-

"The one who is clinking glasses with old Antonio is the former president of the St. Louis Fed - William Poehle (the author's own translation)."

This person is easy to recognize, and Pei Pei knows which person Austin is referring to at a glance.

Austin put his arm around his wife's shoulders, slowed his steps, and continued: "The two men standing on the left hand side of Antonio Sr. are talking in a whispered voice, the older one wearing glasses is Charles Haldeman, the executive CEO of 'Fannie Mae', and the other is David Kellerman, the senior vice president of 'Freddie Mac'. ”

At this point, Austin frowned slightly, as if thinking about something, so he paused.

But soon, he continued to introduce his wife as usual: "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the two largest non-bank mortgage companies in the United States, and the industry has always referred to these two companies as 'two houses'. ”

The introduction is the introduction, but at this time, Austin's footsteps have always stayed in place, and it seems that he has temporarily changed his attention and does not plan to continue to approach the direction where the big guys converge with his wife.

Pei Pei looked up at her husband suspiciously, but saw that her husband's expression at the moment was natural. But with her understanding of her husband, she could still see that the corners of Austin's originally smiling mouth had unconsciously closed, and her expression was slightly stricter.

When Pei Pei was about to open her mouth to ask Austin what was going on—

Austin had already walked away from his wife with his arms in his arms, explaining as he went, "Honey, we can't go as we planned now!" I think we'll have to stay a little longer! ”

"What's wrong?" As soon as Pei Pei heard this, she immediately turned her head and glanced in the direction of old Antonio, "Did you notice something wrong?" ”

After Austin took his wife to a corner, he leaned against the wall with his head bowed and his chest crossed, tapping his fingers on his cheek in a pensive look.

A moment later. He looked at his wife and replied, "I'm not sure yet." I can't analyze it until you go back and tell me everything you learned from little Antonio in detail! ”

As he spoke, Austin turned to face in the direction where the bigwigs had gathered, and bowed in that direction. Explain to his wife: "Do you see the three people chatting on the right hand side of old Anthony? One of them is 'Marshall. The manager of WestGlobal Financial Funds' - Emmett Regipa. The other is the chief fixed income strategist of Barclays Capital in the United States - Ajay Rajadhyaksha! There is one more famous. That man was Henry Paulson! He was the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Bank until '06, and was invited by Bush to become the 74th U.S. Treasury Secretary in July '06! These people come together."

Before Austin could finish speaking. Pei Pei had already picked up the conversation: "Tut-tut, it looks like something big is going to happen!" ”

"Clever!" Austin smiled and scratched the tip of his wife's nose.

Pei Pei rolled her eyes at her husband and snorted arrogantly: "Huh! I'm certainly not stupid! With these titles you have reported, as long as any one of them stomps his feet, the Dow Jones index of the United States will be shocked, and this group of people will all gather together tonight, something must be wrong! ”

Austin laughed "hehehe", shook his head while laughing at him, and said, "I just said that you are smart, you are stupid again!" If the private banquet held by old Antonio is not attended by some dignified figures, it will be called a big event! Isn't it?"

Austin rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully: "The former president of the Federal Reserve, plus the executive of the 'two rooms', and the manager of a hedge fund, plus the US resident of Barclays Bank of the United Kingdom and the current Secretary of the Treasury!" They got together to talk about the real estate market in the United States! If we add to this the news that there are internal problems at Merrill Lynch, it is finally confirmed to be true"

When he said this, Austin's eyes lit up, and after clenching his fist and giving himself a high-five, he lowered his voice and looked at his wife, and said with a stern face: "Peer, do you know about the subprime mortgage crisis?" ”

Pei Pei blinked her eyes and looked at her husband inexplicably-

Austin's expression at the moment was vaguely excited in Yan Sù.

I saw that after he finished saying that, he didn't wait for Pei Pei to answer, and immediately said to himself again: "No, I have to join their conversation!" ”

As he spoke, Austin straightened his expression and made his face look as normal, then lowered his head and pecked his wife's forehead, "Honey, if you are bored, go sit there for a while, I may not be back for a long time!" Sorry! ”

With that, Austin turned around and strode in the direction of the group of bigwigs, smiling

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Pei Pei originally thought that she would have to wait for at least an hour, but who expected that Austin had only passed less than twenty minutes and walked back to her side in a daze.

Of course, this "stupid" was crowned by Pei Pei herself for her husband.

If it weren't for Pei Pei's self-proclaimed understanding of her husband's personality, it would be impossible to see how he was feeling at this time from Austin's face.

From the speed of her husband's return and the love revealed in his eyes, Pei Pei guessed that Austin's past just now must have been a fruitless ending!

"How did you come back? Isn't it a joke? Pei Pei looked at her husband curiously.

Austin walked back to his wife, smiled, and didn't answer.

Then, he reached out and grabbed his wife's waist, and walked back with her in the direction of the bigwigs.

As he walked, he also explained: "This time I really have to take you over to say goodbye to old Antonio!" ”

"Why?" Pei Pei looked sideways at her husband suspiciously.

Austin pursed his lips and replied helplessly: "Old Antonio just told me that he was going to the cigar room with some old friends to smoke for a while. As soon as I heard this tone, I knew that these people must have something to talk about in private, and it was inconvenient for me to be there! In that case, I might as well take you straight away, let's go home early, I want to hear the whole story of your communication with little Antonio! ”

After a while, the couple walked up to the host of the banquet, the old Antonio, and expressed their willingness to say goodbye to the old Antonio.

In the polite retention of old Antonio, he made a little more greetings, and then finally officially said goodbye and left this magnificent super mansion.

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Outside the door of the house, the driver Mohr sat dutifully in the car, and he had to wait until the boss and the hostess came out of the banquet and sent them back to the apartment, and the day's work could not be officially over.

As soon as she got in the car, Pei Pei couldn't wait to tell Sù Austin about the whole process of communication with Little Antonio and some of her own thoughts.

However, as soon as she mentioned the name of "Little Antonio", Austin immediately put his index finger against his wife's lips, and then said, "Don't worry! Wait a minute! ”

After speaking, Austin glanced up at the driver Moore who was concentrating on driving in front of him, and then reached out and pressed a button in the row of buttons above the roof, and then between the driver's seat in the front row and the position where the couple were sitting in the back row, a layer of soundproof panels was slowly stretched out.

After the acoustic panels were raised to the top and the front and back rows were completely separated, Austin smiled at his wife: "Okay, now you can take your time!" ”

Pei Pei cleared her throat and began to recall methodically (to be continued......

PS: Regarding the financial turmoil that swept the world in 08, there are all kinds of speculations and analyses on the Internet, and the author himself is more inclined to the term "conspiracy theory".

The signs of the financial turmoil originated from the subprime mortgage crisis of the "two houses", the United States used a large number of subprime mortgages and mortgages, and used the housing market to promote the economic development of the United States and greatly increase the consumption power of the domestic people -- the United States, which has active consumption and a good economy, attracted all kinds of domestic and foreign investment -- the trade surplus increased -- banks of various countries bought US debt and stocks -- the subprime mortgage crisis broke out -- the "two houses" must be saved, and the crisis had to be passed on -- such as "Merrill Lynch" and "Bear Stearns" reacted quickly and negotiated prices, so it was "saved" - and "Lehman" became a victim, and after the collapse with a "bang" - European countries failed to invest in the US stock market and bonds - the financial storm officially swept the world!

Hahaha The above is a shallow analysis made by the author after consulting a large amount of information, don't laugh at it!