"Pounds? His yield is too low! And it's against the law! I will not go against the law! Of course, if you have enough outlets, I can blow the bubble bigger! Edward replied with a joke

"Well, can you elaborate on that? Of course, I mean the legal kind ......," Solomon asked

"I can't make a few words clear, and it's very inconvenient on the phone, when are you free? I'll come here, and it's about 1 hour enough. I will tell you the benefits and risks in detail. ”

"Okay, I'll have time at eight o'clock tonight. Come to my private office......"

"Okay......

……

Solomon's private office is located in the Chryss Building, which is actually a neighbor of the hapless man Hines.

However, for now, Hines has long since gotten out, and his place is occupied by Solomon's assistant Henry Puzell.

So Feng Shui is obviously superstitious......

A beautiful tall brunette brought coffee to Edward.

Solomon leaned back on the sofa, took off his gold-rimmed glasses, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "I'm very tired today, and many things give me headaches, so let's talk more directly." If I could, I wouldn't turn down the opportunity to make money. ”

"Okay." Edward took a sip of his coffee and slurped his lips with a subtle expression.

Then he took out a bunch of chart files from his briefcase, spread them out on the coffee table, and explained them in detail......

"So, this time it's the vultures of Wall Street who are dizzy themselves! They really want to get rich and want to go crazy! Naked and oversold! Edward spoke for half an hour, during which Solomon listened and asked his own questions from time to time.

Neither of them is a finance major, but they are rare smart people.

One is a traveler who has been a human being in two lifetimes, and the other has received a full set of elite education since birth, and his experience is far richer than that of his peers, but the layman can quickly draw inferences from one another, deduce the overall situation from the local area, and in turn from the macro to the micro calculation.

One side asks, one side says, and even one side will ask back, and the other party can quickly give an answer.

This is an invisible contest between the two sides in intelligence, high-speed, fierce, turbulent, the result is not related to the gain or loss of interests, but both sides gritted their teeth, bent on defeating each other, this is a matter of dignity, the best respect for each other by smart people is to defeat each other fairly and thoroughly.

It's tiring, but the result is pleasant, and we all feel sorry for each other.

"If she were a woman, I guess I'd have to chase him" Someone somebody didn't know how to come up with such a strange idea in his head, and then quickly erased this dangerous thought.

"I can roughly understand that. It's a good opportunity, there's risk, but it's really nothing in terms of returns...... "Solomon Puts on Glasses" is a good deal, a good deal from an investment point of view. ”

Edward: "Yes, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I wonder if someone has already set their sights on these little vultures." Although the stock price of the national cinema chain is still falling recently, the trend is obviously easing, and it cannot be ruled out that smart money has begun to intervene. ”

"Well, can you tell me, why did you come to pull me in? I don't believe that just the lack of money, with your and your grandfather's ability, it is easy to get hundreds of thousands or even millions of extra principal. Solomon folded his palms in front of his chest looked like a prayer, but it was actually a very oppressive gesture.

"Ahem" Fortunately, Edward has thick skin, and he has already made up his mind - to communicate with a guy like Solomon as honestly as possible, the social status of the two sides is very different.

If the other party wants to, it is completely possible to verify everything he says by staring at Edward to death, and honesty is the best strategy in the face of such an opponent.

"I have a good impression of you, this is the first one. Although we have different positions, and before ...... Right. But I do think you're someone you can work with......"

"Huh?" Solomon laughed, "Looks like we have a lot in common." ”

"The main thing is that you are smart, and you don't ......" Edward scratched his head, how to put it, you know advance and retreat, you have a lot of power, but you don't use it easily, sometimes you are even willing to take a loss, and you don't use the off-the-field rules that are easy for you to use, although that is your most powerful weapon. In short, you are a smart person who knows awe, and that makes me feel safe. ”

"Secondly, I need the backstage, this time my opponent is a few second- and third-rate funds on Wall Street, although inconspicuous, but it is not something I can deal with, I don't know who their white gloves are, and I don't know how they will clean me up when they are provoked. I don't want to float on the Hudson River one day......"

"Understandable, so you found me? Do you know my family and resume? You know, my father was just a foreign professor, and he was a ...... in the humanities."

"I don't know, but I think you should be very powerful," Edward said seriously, "At the moment I have two members of the House of Representatives, of course they will not join in person, but they have sent representatives......"

"Who?"

"George Duffy and David Hill"

"You're amazing, both parties give you a platform."

Edward spread his hands, "Actually, I'm only known to these two. Theoretically, Senior Senator Andrew Percy of New York State should have been impressed with me, but I didn't dare go to him...... I don't think this Percy man has as much strength as you, and he's probably going to trick me backhanded......"

"Why?" Solomon laughed playfully, "You think Senator Percy will hurt you, but I won't?" ”

"First of all, I personally feel that I can't come up with a proof process for this. Believe it or not, whatever you want. "Edward took a sip of coffee to moisten his throat"

"Secondly, you are young and you have unlimited hopes. Although Mr. Percy is a senior senator and the chairman of a committee, he has basically come to an end in his life, and his horizontal expansion (sphere of influence) and vertical ascent are almost the same. It can be said that he has established a kingdom in which everything from the prime minister to the tax collector is available. If I help him make money, he might be very optimistic about me, but what about the guys he has under him? But I'm afraid I'll squeeze out their place. ”

Solomon smiled and asked, "Are you so sure?" ”

Edward spread his hands helplessly, "If it was half a year ago, I would have really tried it, but now, you know, Master George Duffy was elected to the House of Representatives this time, and I made a lot of efforts, and as a result, hehe, fortunately, I was clever and didn't join his team......"

"And you," he looked at Solomon, "it's different, a star of hope with a luxurious family background, and with your own efforts all the way up, the team around you is definitely not as complete as Master Percy, so even if I don't join your team, you don't need to harm me." After all, we are both young, and maybe I will be able to do a lot for you in the future. So, if you help me, not only can I make money, but it's also a good venture capital, invest in me as a person. For you, I feel like I'm worth more than money......"

"Okay...... I join. Solomon applauded: "You have succeeded in convincing me." So, at the moment we're in the same boat. To that end, I have to introduce myself to you. ”

"You guessed it right, my family background...... It can even be said to be quite good. I have never denied that my achievements today have something to do with my family background, but in general, I believe more in my own struggles. You should be able to understand this. ”

"Of course. Actually, I understand very well. It's like...... It's like...... If Sheldon had said that my grandfather had been the culmination of my achievements, I would have been unhappy because it wasn't true. But conversely, I wouldn't say anything about capital equal to 0 outside of ability. ”

"Capital outside of ability is equal to 0.hahahaha" Solomon laughed loudly, laughing very arrogantly, and it could be seen that he was really amused.

I wrote it down. Well, really wrote it down. There's a chance to throw a couple of guys in the face that I hate. I'm getting more and more fond of you, why don't you even think about coming over and me? After Henry Puzell went downstairs, I never found a suitable assistant...... You know what I mean. Alright, alright. Don't look so ugly, I don't force it, anyway, this invitation is always valid. If you figure it out one day, I'll always have a place here. ”

"Let's get down to business," Solomon said slowly

"My father, David Simon Blomheim, who received his Ph.D. in personal literature from Hopkins University and taught at the school, was a good humanities scholar who studied Jewish languages in the Middle World, and was a Guggenheim scholar. My mother's name is Eleanor Lansing," said Solomon, slowly, "her maiden name is Dulles......

"......" Edward gasped

He understood, Solomon's door.

"Seemingly, you've already guessed it, it's that Dulles ......"

John Foster Dulles, who was Secretary of State to His Excellency President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

And John Dulles's wife was the granddaughter of former House Speaker Pomerroy, who was brother-in-law to Henry William Seward Jr., whose father was a well-known and record-breaking father in the history of the United States, and served two different presidents, President Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson, as Secretary of State.

This kind of combination is really a good match.

His younger brother, Alan Wilsch Dulles, was clearly inferior to him, and the highest position was director of the CIA.

But Allen inadvertently set two records, first, he was the first civilian intelligence director, who was an active military attache before him, and second, he served from '53 to '61, playing with President Eisenhower throughout the court, making him the longest-serving CIA director in history.

In addition, he is also Donovan's most favored subordinate of Donovan, the father of strategic intelligence in the United States.

And although Alan is a civilian official, his early career has always been related to intelligence, and he has gained quite a lot, which is the main reason why he can suppress a professional old spy after he takes office.

Besides, his brother is the secretary of state, so it will be convenient for him to talk to the State Council about "business cooperation" in the future.

Of course, foreign intelligence is the most suitable to hang under the State Department...... Allen himself made his debut in the same way.

In addition, Allen also has a well-known partner of Cromwell & Sullivan Law Firm, a well-known barrister.

Because of his intelligence and legal excellence, he later also became a member of the Warren Commission – the highest body established by Congress to investigate the JKF assassination.

These two brothers are as famous as the elder brother, but if you talk about the influence of the open and the dark, I am afraid that the younger brother will be stronger, after all, he is a professional bigwig in politics, intelligence, and law/business.

By the way, Edward also remembered that Solomon's mother, Eleanor, was not a good stubble, she had worked in the Intelligence and Research Bureau under the State Department, and her work direction was West Berlin after the war, and it was her series of reports and judgments that contributed to the subsequent "West Berlin Airlift".

Being revered as the "Mother of Berlin" by many media outlets, of course, this is sycophancy, but it also shows the importance of her research, at least in the academic world, Eleanor is no less famous than Ruth Benedict, the author of "Chrysanthemums and Knives".

There are many intelligence systems in the United States, and the Intelligence and Research Bureau is probably the smallest of them, with a staff of only two or three hundred, but it is the most respected and core intelligence agency.

Its predecessor was the Research and Analysis Division of the Strategic Intelligence Agency, which was founded by Donovan, and after the acceptance of World War II, the Strategic Intelligence Agency was disbanded, and the large establishment and personnel formed two organizations, the CIA and the Intelligence and Research Bureau.

From the point of view of origin, the Intelligence and Research Bureau belongs to the highest level of strategic and political intelligence analysis, and its research results have a decisive impact on the foreign policy of the United States.

That's where it gets interesting.

The Bureau of Intelligence and Research is subordinate to the State Department, the Secretary of State is the elder brother, and he is from the same school as the CIA, and the CIA director is also the elder brother.

Such a family history can not be described as terrifying.

In just one generation, he has the heads of the government affairs system, the intelligence system, and the diplomatic think tank system, although they are all retired now, but the extensive connections he has accumulated can allow Solomon to walk sideways in Washington, yes, as long as he wants, he can walk like a crab on Pennsylvania Street, and no one dares to care.

However, this guy is also strange, but he ran to New York, and he still took the legal route of relatively weak family power, and from this point of view, Solomon is also quite demanding.

This is also the norm of many rice countries, second and third generations, no matter how much they break out, if they succeed, then they can create a new world with the help of family strength.

If you fail, EMMMMM, you will have to go back and accept the family's arrangement, not only the position, but also the marriage - henceforth it will become a ruthless breeding machine, pouring thousands of miles for the family to spread its branches, and the rice green seeds will float around like dandelion seeds in the ripe season...... At this moment there should be Bob Dylan's Blowing in the Wind as BGM.

Edward scratched his head, and it was clear that Solomon had succeeded in avoiding the latter fate.

In someone's eyes, that kind of life is also very good, you don't have to worry about it every day, you are full of food and drink, only you are others, you will not be used by a rich woman with a steel wool ball, what a beautiful life.

However, I always felt that something was wrong.

He looked at the other party, and the other party leaned back on the sofa and looked at him, with a hint of banter and a little expectation in his eyes.

Yes!

Edward suddenly understood that he knew something was wrong.

The two Dulles brothers were hardcore Republicans, and they were both close associates of President Athan Howell.

Although Eleanor Lansing Dulles is unaware of party affiliation, she is actually a civilian researcher, belonging to the category of a think tank, and partisanship is relatively unimportant.

But...... Solomon is a rising star in the Democratic legal system!

This, this...... Inexcusable......

How can one's own party spend a lot of money to cultivate the elite children of the other side?

He didn't rush to ask the question, but bowed his head and remained silent.

Solomon became more and more satisfied.

His conversation just now has given enough information, for ordinary people those words are simple family introductions, but for smart people, the first thing is to be able to see this contradiction.

Secondly, we should be able to find the direction in the interpretation of contradictions......

Edward closed his eyes and went through the other man's words from beginning to end.

"Eleanor Lansing Dulles......" He looked at the other party and nodded solemnly and decisively in the manner of a foul-smelling predecessor, "If I guess correctly, the source of this Lansing should be President Wilson's Excellency Secretary of State?" ”