Paris, France.

In April, the weather is the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, in this ancient city, the citizens enjoy the warm sunshine, the corner café, the Seine, in front of the Louvre, there are pleasant crowds everywhere, foreign tourists are amazed by the prosperity of the metropolis, but also intoxicated by the tranquility of the bell of Notre-Dame.

However, not every place can be peaceful. For example, in the French parliament room, at the moment, this weekend, everyone is resting, but they have to work overtime.

"90 years, it's a day to celebrate. In this year, East Germany, West Germany, after World War II, was finally reunified. A man stood on the main stage of the conference hall and said impassionedly: "But what about the impact of German reunification on our Europe? ”

"At the summit of the G7 after reunification, President Helmut Kohl rejected us. We understand that the topic of our summit is how to reach a common understanding on inflation, high unemployment, and slow economic growth in the UK and Italy. East and West Germany had just been reunified, and there were many problems in the country, and there was no need for President Kohl to attend this meeting. ”

His voice, echoing through the well-echoed halls, the empty conference hall, now seated only eleven white men, fluent in English without the need for an interpreter, each of them a figure familiar to their national television. Now, as they groaned and pondered, none of them interrupted the man on the main stage.

Around them, dozens of French special police officers surrounded the place. Because they are well aware that there are not many people here, but they are representatives of some of the most powerful countries in Europe. A real dignitary of the government. Anything happens, even France can't afford it.

"There are no interfering radio waves." "No signs of surveillance were found." "Within a hundred meters in diameter, safe."

In another room, more than a dozen NSA commissioners are carefully watching the actions of specific symbols on the computer. Make sure that everyone in this room, every word, every person is kept in a state of absolute confidentiality.

In the ten-minute reporting status, no one took it lightly because they had reported dozens of times, but carefully checked it again and again, and then sent it to the monitoring center.

"Ladies and gentlemen." The man was a little bald, not young, full of white hair, between 60 and 70 years old, and about 1.85 meters tall. He shook the thick materials in his hand and said solemnly: "I hope you still remember that in the early 90s, Europe began to implement the borderless movement. This is the result of our alliance and our pride. At the G7 summit in the same year, President Kohl rejected us on the grounds that it was a treaty signed by East Germany or West Germany. If that's all there is, our alliance will continue......"

He spread the information on the table in front of him, and the projection instrument was immediately projected onto the LED screen behind him, and the man pointed to the screen behind him and said loudly: "And then?" The German National Bank raised the discount rate to 8.75%! Well, because Germany has just been reunified, the mark and the dollar are still pegged, and this is because the government is afraid of causing inflation, which we all understand. However, this move led to the excessively high interest rate of the mark, so that the UK, Italy and the world's financial predators began to sell the pound, and the lira bought the mark! ”

Germany's Finance Minister Theodore. Weigel, his face was as usual. Even Sir Terence Burns, the finance minister of Great Britain and Italy, and Daren Lowe, did not speak.

It has already happened, and there is no point in pursuing right and wrong, and now it is ...... that is concerned

How to deal with the aftermath?

There are still a lot of marks left in the market, pounds, lira still not rising. More dollar hedging into the mark market is needed to solve this currency crisis once and for all!

"Last year's events left us with too many scars. Now, the terrible wound is healing. As the interim President, I do not want to see this scar continue to spread. What we are going to do in the future, how we are going to do it, I hope you have a clear plan. The man did not continue to talk about the subject, and if anything, during the meeting of the finance ministers of the twelve countries, it could be said that even if he did not say it, the British finance minister, the Italian finance minister, would express his dissatisfaction. But this kind of thing can be said that it is enough to "criticize by name" once.

The scene of the German finance minister walking away in anger is not the only time.

"No matter what you do......" he concluded his remarks, "I just want to remember, remember." Don't hurt the alliance that has taken us nearly three decades to get to where we are today, and I believe that's the premise of all of you. ”

"As for Mark, who is now in the market, I have two proposals. First: the decoupling of the mark from the dollar and the addition of the currency category of the alliance. Second, look for large dollars to dilute the impact of the mark...... German Finance Minister Theodore. Mr. Weigel, do you have something to say? ”

"Mr. Jacques." Theodore sighed and said sincerely, "I sincerely apologize for the damage caused to the alliance by last year's incident. Trust me, that's not what I intended. German reunification has only been around for two years, and we are quite cautious at every step. As for the decoupling from the dollar that you just mentioned, this is not possible for the time being. At least 95 years from now. Decoupling is a long process, and trust our sincerity, we are already taking some gentle steps after temporarily quelling the currency crisis in September last year. ”

The man nodded and said in a deep voice, "We'll see." ”

Half an hour later, the meeting ended, and the man who had just given the speech rubbed his swollen temples and walked into his car. The driver was a tall white man who was also his secretary and bodyguard. Seeing him come in, he smiled respectfully: "Your Excellency Jacques, it's not going well?" ”

"Of course it didn't go well." Jacques. Dror took off the brown frames of his glasses, sighed and closed his eyes to rest, and muttered: "The Germans are just a bunch of pigs who can only eat and drink Lazar, and last year's currency crisis was completely caused by their disregard for the other members of the alliance and only the development of their own country." I don't want them to join at all if I could. ”

The secretary didn't speak, he knew how much pressure a person with a high position of authority like Jacques was, and sometimes, the other party needed catharsis more than debate.

"The Community Alliance, it has been so many years since the seven countries of the Maastricht Treaty signed it......" Jacques looked at the roof of the car, the car did not move, and he whispered as if venting: "You know, it's like a scale, press down this end, and get up again." It is hard to see that it is tending to balance, who would have thought that last year's European financial turmoil would slump the pound...... The entire alliance is still filled with an atmosphere of disbelief...... Oh, yes...... If I were the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, I would not believe that Germany would not choose what it did last year when something like this happened in the future......"

He put on his glasses, let out a long breath from his somewhat hooked nose, and pushed the bridge of his nose: "It is impossible for the mark to decouple from the dollar, Germany is not credible for the time being, and the United States is even more untrustworthy...... That's a scavenging wolf that is even more voracious than Germany...... But what about the large amount of marks left over from last year's currency crisis? Where does the coalition find two or three hundred billion dollars to flatten the impact of the mark? ”

He waved his hand irritably, probably thinking that this kind of grumbling was pointless: "Drive, go to the British Treasurer Terence Burns." I still have some things to talk about. ”

"Yes."

As the car drove slowly, Jacques pulled out his old handmade pipe, which had been with him for more than fifty years, and had not been put down since he picked it up in his twenties.

Pick up a pinch of cherry-flavoured tobacco – his favourite flavour, and it's the finest from Zimbabwe. With the crisp symphony-like sound of the bright silver Dupont lighter, an intoxicating fragrance permeated the carriage.

He closed his eyes in revelation, and in between tight meetings, it was his unique, favorite way to relax.

However, as soon as he closed his eyes, there was a knock on the window, dull and hurried, that made his brow furrow deeply.

"It's Melphes......" Jacques opened his eyes again, his secretary in his thirties, his face was full of excitement at the moment, and his fair face was even a little red. He knew that this young man, Melpheis, was dedicating himself to his work and knew how to measure himself, and he rarely saw the other party knock on the window so disregarding his image in public, it was no different from knocking on the door.

With a slight frown and snapping his fingers, the driver rolled down the window knowingly, just about to say something. I didn't expect the other party to be faster than him!

"Lord Jacques!" His voice was wheezing from the rush of running, his chest heaved violently, he gritted his teeth, and most of his body leaned into the car, and said a few words close to Jacques's ear.

Jacques's expression was as usual, but, in just two seconds, he grabbed the other party's hand, the majesty in his eyes, the eagerness to verify was almost impossible to ignore: "When did you arrive?" ”

His voice, even if it was several times more serious than the discussion in the Congress just now, even carried an indescribable urgency.

"An hour ago, Your Excellency! You were in a meeting at that time, and I didn't inform you. Melphes said anxiously.

"Nonsense! This kind of thing...... You should have let me know right away! Oh! My God! The last sound was completely raised, and in a hurry, he accidentally grasped the hot pipe, and his teeth were clenched.

However, without the slightest pause, he threw the cigarette butt at the driver, opened the door, and immediately walked out.

At the entrance of Congress, there are not many people at this moment. As soon as he walked out of the place, a woman in her forties walked up respectfully and whispered, "Your Excellency, in an hour it will be Sir Orondo's welcome dinner. You need to do the styling right away......"

"Push it off." Jacques said without hesitation, and his footsteps did not stop, and four capable bodyguards followed him like a shadow.

"Your Excellency, in two and a half hours, the British Minister of Finance, Mr. Burns, invited you to consult with the German Minister of Finance and the Minister of Finance of Italy."

"It depends." Although he was answering, he barely passed through his brain, and the instructions were sent out quickly. One staff member after another was ignored by him, and instead issued orders to his closest secretary.

"Hold him steady! Invite him to the most luxurious VIP room for foreign guests! ”

"Yes!"

"Tell them at once, I'll be there in twenty minutes. I'm going to meet this capitalist in person...... Whatever he wants, all of them are met unconditionally! ”

"Yes!"

"Don't go yet!!"