Chapter 2747: A Little Help

The dozens of hours spent on Wall Street this weekend were really full of twists and turns, and thrilling at every turn. When Feng Yiping listened to Li Ruiyuan's account, he also felt that it was really exciting.

In just a few dozen hours, the big guys on Wall Street racked their brains and used all kinds of tricks and unscrupulous means, which allowed people to get a glimpse of their true side.

Goldman Sachs, as expected of Goldman Sachs, is really very sophisticated.

Lehman is certainly powerful, but compared with Goldman Sachs, whether it is its own strength, high-level connections, or relationships with peers, when it comes to the showdown, it is discovered that it is no match for Goldman Sachs.

The key is that when Goldman Sachs offends one person, it can always win the favor of others. For example, this time, although they perfectly helped Merrill Lynch intercept Lehman, just like Bear Stearns, it was struggling in its While struggling, he was kicked hard in the back.

But because of this, the Wall Street bosses who were forcibly summoned to the Four Seasons Hotel by Paulson were completely satisfied with Goldman Sachs, because the money they were forced to pay finally did not have to be paid.

Phew, the big bosses all breathed a sigh of relief and cast grateful looks at Lauder one after another - including Mai Jinheng from Damo, who he had never dealt with.

"Now, Lehman is desperate, right?" Feng Yiping looked at the plans on the computer that had been perfected many times in the past few days and asked.

"Yes, we have reliable information." - There were so many people participating in this meeting. It is not difficult for insiders to find out this information. "It is actually impossible for Barclays of the United Kingdom to acquire Lehman. Senior officials from the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are all shouting, 'The British have tricked us,'" Li Ruiyuan replied.

Feng Yiping could tell that he was very excited at the moment.

This is completely understandable.

For any financial practitioner, what happened in these dozens of hours will make you tremble with excitement.

It is completely understandable that Britain chose to let go. They are also obsessed with lawsuits now, so how can they care about the United States?

"I heard that the Lehman Board of Governors was in the process of approving the bankruptcy agreement, and I was worried that there would be physical conflicts at the Four Seasons Hotel," he said.

Feng Yiping smiled and shook his head. There was no such possibility.

Although Merrill Lynch pried away Bank of America, to be honest, Merrill Lynch just didn't cut it half way, and Bank of America might not acquire Lehman.

Because according to the results of the accounting team, Lehman's toxic assets were far more than the US$30 billion originally stated. In fact, they were at least twice as much as US$30 billion.

How could Bank of America, which had been forced to do so, take over this hot potato?

Besides, by now, Old Navy Fuld should have understood his destiny. It seems that starting from tomorrow, he will not be in the same class as the big guys in the hotel today, and he will consider his future. At this time, how dare he continue to offend people by sending them to death?

In the final analysis, his previous arrogance was all due to Lehman's backing. Now that Lehman's skin will no longer exist, how can he still dare to compete with others?

"Okay, it's my turn," Feng Yiping said, "Don't worry, just have a good rest and prepare for the finishing work tomorrow."

"Okay boss, we are waiting to enjoy your wonderful performance,"

"So, should I charge you?"

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At the Four Seasons Hotel, Wall Street bosses were preparing to leave.

Lehman seems to be dead. Although they don't have to pay that money, it doesn't mean they will have it easy.

Paulson is right. All of them have transactions with Lehman. Lehman's bankruptcy will inevitably have an impact on all of them. They are all worried about their exposure to Lehman at this time.

From this perspective, this crisis is fair. Although they can say that they have jointly eliminated a competitor, no one of them can stay out of it.

The only difference lies in the impact of Lehman's collapse on them.

Therefore, no one looked relaxed at this time.

But if you look closely, Laald, who should be feeling the best, is actually the one with the foulest face among them.

He is not leaving now. He is waiting to meet with Paulson, as well as the heads of the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The reason why he looked so bad was because he just got the news that AIG also had problems.

For him, this is a big deal.

The possible losses to Goldman Sachs from the collapse of Lehman would not be huge, but if something happened to AIG, it would definitely plunge Goldman Sachs into a state of utter destruction.

Because he didn't just watch Feng Yiping and others make money through CDS. Of course, he didn't let go of such an opportunity - Feng Yiping also knew this.

However, Feng Yiping didn't know what Goldman Sachs was doing.

Goldman Sachs purchased a total of US$24 billion in CDS contracts from AIG. Lord and others have estimated the settlement price of these contracts, which is as high as US$60 billion.

This income is also the reason why he always behaves calmly and calmly.

But if there is a problem with AIG, then not only the more than 30 billion US dollars in revenue will be wiped out, but their 24 billion US dollars of investment will also be a problem.

No matter how many valuable assets they can grab from AIG, they cannot be cashed out immediately, and what they are short of now is cash.

So, AIG can't have any problems. Not only can AIG not have any problems, he also hopes to get the guarantee from Paulson, Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, and Cox of the Securities and Exchange Commission that AIG must pay in full for his more than 60 billion US dollars of income, not a penny less.

From the current situation, there is not much money in the account, and AIG, which is about to have liquidity problems, naturally cannot come up with more than 60 billion. Therefore, only the US government can inject capital to realize his request.

If the head of AIG knew that Goldman Sachs's Lauer, who always stabs you in the back or kicks you, was worried about the fate of his company at this time, and was ready to persuade Paulson and others to inject capital into his company, he would first doubt his ears, and then feel sincere gratitude.

And from this, he firmly believed that, as expected, the one who owes money is the boss!

And the more money you owe, the better the treatment.

He believed that if AIG only owed Goldman Sachs $6 billion at this time, Lourdes would have kicked over...

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Lourdes sat anxiously in the conference room, unable to see any of the three people he wanted to see.

Because, they, who had just spoken righteously and resolutely not to rescue Lehman not long ago, also learned about AIG at this time.

And this news pushed them into a corner.

This is not Lehman, this is AIG!

Let alone AIG, which can be said to be the last buyer of all kinds of hedge insurance for all financial institutions, and not to mention AIG's other businesses, just talk about AIG's life insurance, regardless of its insurance customers in more than 100 other countries in the world, just talk about its tens of millions of insurance customers in the United States.

If AIG has problems, what will the tens of millions of Americans who have insured AIG, or more seriously, tens of millions of American families, do?

They all dare not think about it.

What to do?

Paulson and his people are in a mess again.

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In the conference room, Lauer, who was so anxious that he wanted to get up and walk a few steps, saw the caller ID, and felt annoyed and had a bad premonition. Why did he call me at this time?

"Feng, hello," he spoke in front of Feng Yiping, "You are right, now is the most difficult time,"

"I also know that now is the best time for us to acquire Hilton and start other acquisition plans. You can rest assured about this. I have just discussed this issue with Mai Jinheng. Our team can take action tomorrow,"

He hoped that Feng Yiping would say, "Oh, that's great,"

But he actually knew that Feng Yiping would not follow his own script.

"Hehe, Lauer, can I speak?" Feng Yiping asked.

Lourdes felt more uneasy, "Of course,"

"It should be said that now is the beginning of the difficult time. I think that after the news of Lehman's bankruptcy spreads, no financial institution in the market can relax, because investors will completely lose confidence in Wall Street, and you and I both know how important confidence is, especially for financial institutions,"

"No, Feng, Lehman's impact on us will not be too great," Lourdes wanted to speak at this time.

"Come on, Lourdes, isn't your Goldman Sachs leverage as high as dozens of times?"

Lourdes had nothing to say.

"In view of this, I think, can I buy Lehman, so as not to, haha, hit the confidence of investors, and avoid affecting you all," Feng Yiping was standing on the balcony at this time, and the wind from the Arabian Sea blew towards him.

On the other side, Lourdes stood up "teng", "No!"