Chapter 1197: If you don't die, you won't die
"Lehman's new company Rei is full of bombs filled with nuclear waste that can explode at any time..."
"Folde is an idiot. They asked for too high prices and scared the Koreans away. His reputation was damaged and he might be forced to retreat from the inside..."
"Lehman's desperate job is to kick out nearly $60 billion of real estate out of the house. Who will become the unlucky guy to take over?"
When all kinds of true and false news spread on Wall Street, with the help of those who are interested, on the third day after Andy Smith returned to New York, on September 1, Lehman's stock price ushered in another plunge, falling more than 40%, falling from $12.4 to $8.78.
In just this day, Gaia, which invested 2 billion yuan in funds and used 10 times leverage to hedge against Lehman's shorting, had more than 500 million US dollars in profits in the account, making a lot of profits. Even Andy, who is not short of money now, laughed happily.
Lehman Eo Ford, who was negotiating with the Bangzi Development Bank in Seoul, had to rush back to New York by private jet overnight to hold an emergency meeting to deal with the dive stock price and clarify various rumors and rumors.
However, the capital market with no confidence is no longer there. Even if there is no crisis within Lehman Company, it will be dragged down by market panic, not to mention that it is already in danger and standing on the edge of bankruptcy.
Lehman Building on Garden Avenue in Manhattan, Ford, who had just returned to the office, began to call all his "good friends" and was forced to start selling assets in batches.
Ford chose to call his old boss and his old friend, EO from Blackstone Group, Black Rock, Soros, Buffett, Bank of America, Barclays, Kelle Investment... to everyone who could think of.
Finally, Ford called the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson.
After answering the phone, Paulson gritted his teeth and cursed in his office overlooking the White House, "It's all a group of bastards who should go to hell!"
Paulson was already in a state of trouble when he was taken over the two houses. Although the progress was going well, he, the finance minister, was fighting independently. Bernanke and Geithner, who verbally supported him, refused to join his war room.
Although they felt guilty about rejecting Paulson, in fact, both Bernanke and Geithner had a certain disgust and even disgusted with this plan. In their opinion, they should not use the money from the Nashu people to rescue the two houses, and they should let them fend for themselves. As for the hysteria of creditors such as the Celestial Empire, the foot basin, and Russia, they should die!
Now, the two houses have not yet settled, and the Lehman Brothers are going to be finished again. These damn guys are just about to say directly, "Hey, the government wants to save us, otherwise we will be finished. When the US financial system falls, it will really collapse..."
Although he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, Paulson, as the firefighting captain, sighed helplessly, took a few deep breaths, picked up the phone, and called out.
Warren Buffett, the legendary value investor, sits in the office of Berkshire Hathaway's headquarters in Omaha, while working at his desk on the simple wooden desk used by his father, while drinking cherry-flavored Diet Coke.
Dingling ring
Warren Buffett glanced at the phone, put down the Coke, and picked up the microphone.
"Warren, I'm Paulson. How are you? I'm now..."
"Hello." Buffett greeted in his trustworthy and friendly tone.
Paulson exchanged a few greetings, which sounded like an ordinary greeting call, but in fact he knew very well that he was wandering between the two identities of regulators and deal matchers. He quickly led the topic to the problems facing Lehman.
Paulson said: "If you can take action, your name alone will bring great confidence to the market." He carefully chose the words, while tactfully saying that he would not provide guarantees for Lehman.
In fact, Buffett heard many years ago that as Goldman Sachs' top executive, Paulson refused to trade with companies he thought were too radical in investment or accounts.
Years of friendship have made Buffett familiar with Paulson's code of conduct. He is a trustworthy person. If he really wants to do something, he will say it straightforwardly.
Buffett knew that Paulson was not very urgent about helping Lehman Brothers, so he smiled and said, "Lehman has too many problems. I refused to invest in March. Moreover, the successful financing of Ford made use of my reputation without my knowledge. I will no longer believe in such people, so sorry..."
"Oh..." Paulson's mouth twitched a few times, then sighed softly, knowing that the result of the call would be like this.
Buffett pushed his glasses with the turtle shell, his mouth slightly raised, and said, "Why don't you ask Andy? Maybe he's interested."
Hearing Andy's name, Paulson's face turned pale and gritted his teeth and said, "Behind the plummeting Lehman's stock price, Gaia's company is the most likely to dominate. Do you think he will save Lehman?"
"Haha, Paulson, my old friend, it seems that you don't know Andy Smith. Follow my advice and call him. Maybe there may be unexpected gains. You know, before, he spent a lot of money in South Korea to buy large commercial land, and perhaps the real estate of Lehman Company has attracted his interest."
"You mean he wants to buy the real estate market at the bottom?" Paulson's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help but ask anxiously.
"This may not be possible. His strategic layout is very interesting. It seems that he is not very interested in the financial market, but prefers industry. However, when dealing with him, hehe, be prepared to be slaughtered, Lehman..." Warren Buffett has been paying attention to Andy Smith. After all, Andy's rise is so evil that he can't help but pay attention.
"Okay, I'll call him later..." Paulson didn't care about how Lehman was slaughtered by Andy. As the finance minister, he was doing his best to match Lehman. As for whoever takes advantage and who suffers, it's not within his consideration. He just wants the market to remain stable.
When Andy received a call from Paulson, he was lying in the lounge behind the office of Newsweek Building to take a nap. On both sides were the little assistant Tory Black who had been beaten up by him for noon and his braided girl Lulana.
The little assistant who was woken up by the phone reached out and took the cell phone on the headstand and handed it to Andy. Andy was no longer sleepy and sat up slowly, leaned on the pillow to answer the phone.
Lulana, who was taken care of by Andy before, was not affected at all and was still asleep. The little assistant lifted the silk blanket, picked up the nightgown on one side and put it on to make coffee for the Devil.
Listening to Paulson's words on the phone, Andy yawned and said with interest: "Okay, Secretary of Finance, I am very grateful for this kind of good thing. You can think of me, even if you disturbed my lunch break, but sorry, it is not the time to buy at the bottom, and I don't like Dickford, so let them die!
yawn
So, your lord, is there anything else? I need to take a shower and wake up..."
Andy ignored Paulson's bitter smile, and after chatting casually, he hung up the phone and showed a sneer on his lips. In fact, the direct reason why Lehman's company went bankrupt is to rule out all conspiracy theories. The general consensus on Wall Street is that Lehman's current eO Dickford, who has a very bad reputation in the industry. The whole Wall Street thinks he is arrogant and rude. So when Lehman was about to fall, almost everyone couldn't save him. More people chose to step on a few feet.
Chapter completed!