The first thousand two hundred and sixteen chapters the god of economics in Pearl Harbor
As night fell, the setting sun enveloped every street in Manhattan. Andy saw the silhouette of tall buildings in the sun through the car window. The convoy slowly crossed the center of Manhattan. Times Square, neon lights flashed, cars were like flowing water, people were full of vitality, while Wall Street was still immersed in the pain of severe turbulence.
In a Samsung Michelin restaurant, Andy hugged Ivana wearing a bright silver fabric suspender dress with a smile, showing off her slender waist, and kissed her, and Ivana, who was about to sit opposite Andy, was pulled.
"Sit with me, and that guy Warren will come over later. Sorry, I have rejected him, but I didn't expect him..."
"Andy, it's not a gentleman to say behind his back..." Warren, who had a smile on his face, appeared at the dining table with black-framed glasses, interrupted Andy's complaints, and showed a kind smile on his face to greet Ivana with a veneer.
"Ivana, you are becoming more and more charming. By the way, I want to congratulate you."
"Thank you, Mr. Buffett, please sit down." Ivana said gracefully with a charming sweet smile on her face.
Andy was not embarrassed to be caught at all. Instead, she gave Warren a blank look and said angrily: "You disturbed our two-person world."
"Okay, Ivana, I'm sorry, I hope you can understand, extraordinary times." Buffett said to Ivana apologetically.
Ivana smiled sweetly and shook her head and said, "It's nothing, Mr. Buffett, I can understand it. I'm glad to invite you to dinner."
"Haha, thank you, what a graceful and charming girl!" Buffett said with a happy smile. Of course, he was not angry about Andy's performance. He and Andy meant to be a bit of a friend, and it was not a joke once or twice.
The three of them ordered and chatted, but the scene of Andy Smith and Warren Buffett sitting together for dinner still made many guests in the restaurant curious, and from time to time, someone would look at them with surprise.
After all, at this time, the financial storm had merged into a financial tsunami that swept Wall Street and even the world. The shadow of panic had already enveloped the whole world. Andy and Warren undoubtedly had a huge influence on the American people. If these two people got together and did not attract attention, they would be a ghost.
"Andy, this is the most panicking moment I have ever seen on Wall Street." Warren picked up the sweet wine before the meal and took a sip of it, his face was solemn, his eyes were deep, and his voice was a little low.
No one would doubt that this may be the most panicked moment in Wall Street history. Neither Andy nor Ivana nor the people of the United States would doubt this.
Andy nodded slightly and said indifferently: "This is a bloodless war, and it is also an international change that has caused countless people to lose their money and even displaced! For us, an unprecedented game has also begun. For example, the intrigue between giant companies and the intrigue that takes the lead..."
Speaking of this, when Lehman thought of bankruptcy, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "Haha, tragic, helpless, and also exciting. Lies go bankrupt, and no more promises!"
Warren Buffett smiled faintly and refused to comment on this. He knew what Andy was feeling, but he had seen too much of this kind of thing. Besides, he would not be confused by the masquerade of the bastard in front of him. The bastard in front of him was crueler than anyone else and was more greedy.
"Andy, I won't go around with you, just say it, are you interested in the aig group? If you have the opportunity to let you swallow it, are you willing to take action?" Warren lowered his voice, leaned forward, and his sharp eyes looked at Andy.
Ivana, who had been listening with a smile, shrank his pupils slightly, and his hands holding the wine glass also trembled slightly unnaturally.
"Oh?" Andy's eyes were narrowed slightly, his brain was running quickly, and he looked at Buffett and asked, "Wilrenstand has contacted you again?"
Warren's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the young man in front of him was so sharp that he nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "Before getting off work, he called me to ask if I want to "take it in one go"? He refers to all the property and accident insurance departments under Aig, and he offered a price of US$25 billion!"
Andy couldn't help but narrow his eyes, his eyes flashed without opening his mouth. He pondered and picked up the wine glass and took a sip of sweet wine. After putting down the wine glass, he said, "Why?"
Warren Buffett naturally understood why Andy's sentence meant, and said without any concealment: "This transaction is too big. If you participate, Berkshire wants to borrow a large amount of money, which may endanger its precious aaa credit rating..."
When Andy heard this, his mouth was slightly raised, and a very obvious sneer appeared. He placed his arms flat on the dining table, and looked at Buffett with a sharp look and said lightly: "As far as I know, Aig's financial difficulties are too serious and too complicated. Not to mention that I can't afford 25 billion US dollars, even if I can buy Aig, I will completely pull its financial hole into hell!"
"Andy, don't get me wrong. After listening to me, I mean, let's invest in buying aig together!" Warren Buffett's face changed slightly, his brows frowned slightly, and his expression was a little nervous.
"..." Andy looked at Warren's expression, couldn't help but frown at him, and then asked curiously: "Warren, why are you so nervous?"
Buffett, who has always been eloquent, suddenly became silent, and after a moment, he said in a low voice: "To be honest, I was not that worried before Lehman went bankrupt. Last night, I had dinner with Brin, one of the founders of Google, and his wife, at the happy hollow club of Omaha Country Club. But when Lehman went bankrupt as expected, Aig was exposed to a hollow of $60 billion, or more! Andy, I was really scared that the entire financial system might collapse, which made me shudder.
Both mg Stanley and Goldman Sachs share prices are falling as people worry that they will become the next batch of companies to go bankrupt. It has helped businesses across the country to get stuck in the commercial paper market to maintain their daily operations…”
Speaking of this, Buffett picked up the red wine glass, drank all the red wine in the glass in one sip, looked at Andy with a gloomy look, and continued, "Do you know what it means?"
Andy didn't answer, but just looked at Warren with a distant expression, waiting for his next sentence.
“If the commercial paper market is completely frozen, then more major financial institutions, even thousands of brands like General Electric, will be dumped because their checks will not be settled.
If this is true, US money market funds with assets of about $3.5 trillion will panic, as some of them hold commercial paper. The resulting chaos can collapse global financial markets, thus endangering Berkshire, and everyone goes to hell together!”
Buffett shook his head with an extremely bitter expression and sighed, "I feel that this is a scene I have never seen before. Neither the American public nor Congress fully understand the seriousness of the problem. I think, there is really a deep abyss in front of us!"
Ivana, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but change his face slightly and became pale. He looked at Andy worriedly. Andy gently patted Ivana's little hand, and then looked at Buffett, who was full of pessimism and said: "When God will not come to save him, the US government will intervene! Perhaps, at this moment, Paulson and Geithner are already formulating an action plan. I believe they know best what kind of disaster will happen if the American International Group goes bankrupt. The cost of borrowing will rise, the family wealth will shrink, and the economic activities will further shrink, causing the fatal damage to the already fragile financial market and economy. Do you think they dare to treat Aig like Lehman?"
In fact, the US government has not stopped helping financial institutions except to show off its face to Lehman Brothers. Paulson has been in touch with Geithner to save Aig. After realizing the seriousness of Aig's problem, Paulson met Xiao Feisai and told him that he might have to let the Federal Reserve come forward to save Aig and hoped to get his support. Xiao Feisai weighed the trade-offs and said that he would do whatever he should do.
Chapter completed!