Chapter 2428 Test

Still walking east along the street where they bought burgers yesterday, passing George Washington University Hospital, and continuing east along K Street, the White House was already in sight.

The Treasury Department is located just east of the White House.

This is really a much larger building than the White House, taking up an entire city block, but frankly speaking, many tourists probably won't notice it at all.

Feng Yiping didn't pay attention before, but he has always had a question: Why is the U.S. Secret Service, which protects the President of the United States, a department under the U.S. Department of the Treasury (until March 1, 2003)?

Because we can't imagine that Zhongnanhai Bodyguard is a department under the Ministry of Finance and has nothing to do with it.

But after looking at the geographical locations of the White House and the Treasury Department, this problem is easily solved.

It should be because the U.S. Treasury Department is close to the White House, and the U.S. Treasury Department established the Secret Service very early - in the year Lincoln was assassinated, but its original mission was to combat currency counterfeiting.

Later, after Lincoln, the 20th President Garfield and the 25th President McKinley were assassinated one after another - it must be said that the United States should be the country that has killed the most heads of state by its own people.

Therefore, the success of the United States really makes sense, because they are so cruel to themselves, killing a president at every turn, and killing a president at every turn...

The personal safety of the President of the United States gradually became very unsafe. As a result, the armed force next to the White House, while fighting counterfeit money, sent a few people to protect their neighbors, and later to protect their neighbors full-time.

This problem actually shows that Americans are indeed very extensive in many aspects of their work, or they did not anticipate many problems at the beginning - just like the subprime mortgage crisis this time.

Following the car in front, Feng Yiping and the others did not go through the closer north gate, but deliberately went around to the south gate to enter the Ministry of Finance.

The answer to why this is so lies in the bronze statue in front of the majestic and thick marble columned porch.

The bronze statue at the north gate is that of Albert Gallatin, the fourth Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, while the one at the south gate is that of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

That's the person on the front of the U.S. $10 bill - the building is on the back of the bill.

This is the founding father of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, he served as the personal adjutant of Washington, the founding father of the United States. After the war, he spent more than seven months completing studies that others would take four years to complete at the fastest, and successfully obtained a license to practice law. Admission to the Bar.

Because of his legal background, he promoted the convening of the Constitutional Convention and became one of the drafters of the U.S. Constitution. And because he published many articles on the Constitution, he and two others, one of whom later became the President of the United States, James Madison, along with a U.S. Secretary of State, John Jay, are known as the fathers of the U.S. Constitution.

However, the founding father, legal expert, and financial expert of the United States eventually died in a duel. The target of his duel was the third Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr.

The vice president who killed an American ancestor who could not even kill the British later even joined forces with important military personnel in an attempt to establish an empire in the vast western region from the Ohio River Basin to Mexico...

Therefore, the United States has always been quite weird!

Seeing Wu Qian paying serious attention to the bronze statue of Hamilton, Feng Yiping wanted to tell her that this man died in a duel, but when he saw the officials in front and Wu Qian's possible screams, he shook his head. ,forget it.

He and the people who came to greet him walked into this very old building in the United States. The lobby was deep and grand, but it was inevitably a little too bright, which Feng Yiping didn't like very much.

Therefore, in such an environment, he easily spotted Paulson waiting at the top of the stairs. The latter's head seemed to be reflecting light.

"Haha, Feng," Paulson smiled and strode down the stairs.

His smile was warm, but his laughter was hoarse.

"Mr. Minister," Feng Yiping stepped forward to greet him.

"How's it going? Do you like DC?" Paulson asked.

"It's a little cold here, and I'm afraid of the cold," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"Haha, but I don't think Silicon Valley is much warmer," Paulson led Feng Yiping toward his office, introducing him to the history of the building as he walked.

But they were all very general, and it seemed like he wasn't very familiar with the history of the building.

This is not surprising. He has only been in office for a short period of time, but his tasks after taking office are not easy.

Not only do we have to deal with such a difficult crisis, we also have to fight with Congress.

It seems that the US president will become a lame president in the latter part of his second term. For example, the current George W. Bush administration is a Republican, while the Democratic Party is the majority party in Congress.

Many of their plans were ultimately shot down by Congress.

Therefore, Paulson's situation is really difficult.

Fortunately, Feng Yiping doesn't care much about this. If you are interested, just find a tour guide - the U.S. Treasury Department is also open to tourists.

They quickly brought it to Paulson's office, which felt similar to Mr. Zhou's office, solemn and grand, but with simple furnishings.

"Mineral water?" Paulson asked Feng Yiping.

Feng Yiping nodded. It seemed that the Finance Minister knew him quite well.

"Give Feng a bottle of water and give me a cup of coffee, thank you," Paulson said to his secretary, took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "You can probably guess that these days, without coffee, I still I really can’t hold on,”

Feng Yiping thought he was going to bring the topic to the subprime mortgage crisis and said, "I have great confidence in Mr. Minister,"

But Paulson suddenly said, "Feng, I want to ask you a question,"

At this time, the secretary knocked on the door and came in. He paused until the door was closed again, and then he continued, "That year, the shares of Alibaba, the e-commerce company that Goldman Sachs transferred to you, were yours?" What is needed?”

Feng Yiping opened the mineral water. The change in the topic was really bigger than the nine bends of the Yellow River.

Did you know that turning like this can easily make you dizzy?

"The reason I agreed so readily was because I heard it was your proposal," Feng Yiping said. "You know, I hope to have a good relationship with Wall Street, especially big companies like Goldman Sachs."

Paulson leaned on the sofa, crossed his hands in front of him, and looked at Feng Yiping with a smile.

"But that is indeed what I need," Feng Yiping continued, "I have actually been planning for e-commerce for a long time, because by understanding the development of eBay and Amazon in the United States, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion that the future development of e-commerce , there’s a lot to look forward to,”

"So, I'd love to be able to do a deal like that that kills two birds with one stone,"

"I knew," Paulson looked at Feng Yiping, "that would definitely be the decision I regret most in my career on Wall Street."

“I don’t know if Mr. Minister understands our country’s philosophy,” Feng Yiping said.

He didn't expect Paulson to answer anything, but Paulson said one word, "Tai Chi?"

"It is indeed related to Tai Chi. Our country's ancient philosophical view is that things have yin and yang, that is to say, everything has pros and cons,"

"First of all, I'm not too sure about how far my e-commerce group will develop in the future after accepting your shares in Alibaba and merging Alibaba." - This is naturally a lie, he is simply too Clearly, it will definitely be much better than the original Ali.

"So, we don't know how much the shares you transferred to me will be worth in the future,"

"Secondly, if they don't transfer it to me, I think Goldman Sachs will transfer it to other companies or individuals at that time. In comparison, I think it's better to transfer it to me."

"Why?" Paulson asked.

"Because," Feng Yiping gestured between the two of them with his hand, "the friendship between Mr. Minister and I,"

"No matter what, I will always remember Mr. Minister's proposal and the convenience it brought to me. No matter when, I will definitely remember Mr. Minister's friendship,"

What Feng Yiping meant by this was that these two "remembers" of his would be very rare.

I believe that in the office of the finance minister of the most economically powerful country in the world, there are not many people who say such careless things.

However, Feng Yiping really has such qualifications.

Because Paulson only has more than a year left in his term.

"Speaking of which, I would like to ask, by the way, what kind of plans does Mr. Minister have for the future after successfully solving the subprime mortgage crisis?" Feng Yiping asked with a smile.

Paulson was still smiling, but his eyes behind his glasses suddenly became sharp.

ps: Sorry, I know it's a little late, but who made me get a phone call in the middle that I had to answer, and we chatted for more than half an hour. And, once again, ask for a guaranteed monthly pass!