Chapter 2801 Goldman Sachs’s Operations

New York, Wall Street.

Although the situation has not improved, for Wall Street, the miserable days have finally passed. Sitting in the office, looking at the already empty office area, I finally no longer have to worry about receiving emails from the human resources department, and feel depressed. Pack up personal belongings and leave.

Because he understands the employees' thoughts, Lauder, who is always smiling, expressed that he is very happy with the employees' sentiments.

It's good to have this kind of awareness. You know, Goldman Sachs really can't give out high bonuses this year.

He presided over a top-secret meeting, and only three people attended the meeting, because the main topic of this meeting was to discuss how to exert greater influence on the next government.

Relevant preparations have actually been going on all along. They were taking action as early as the election had just started and before those who wanted to be in the White House announced their public candidacy.

Because before that, he got a report on who from the two parties might run for the election, what the relative odds are, and comprehensively considering, how Goldman Sachs should bet...

The so-called betting not only includes donating money to candidates and mobilizing the company's power and influence to assist in the election, but also includes them mobilizing some competitive people to run for election - just like they will suggest some companies to conduct some mergers and acquisitions. The activities are the same.

However, investment in the political field is more difficult to grasp than investment in business. They did not expect that Hillary, who was previously the most optimistic, could not win in the intra-party competition.

Although they also bet on O'Hei Jr. and spent money on McCain, Hillary is their seed player, and the other two are just for insurance.

Fortunately, the insurance they took out this time was much more reliable than AIG.

There were very few people attending the meeting, but the conference room was not small. This conference room with a 20-foot-high chandelier was the best conference room in Goldman Sachs, and it was very suitable for the issues being discussed at present.

In addition to Gary Cohn, the third executive at the meeting was also a middle-aged white man with thinning hair and a stocky build. He was Goldman Sachs' other co-president and chief operating officer, Jon Winkelried.

According to Goldman Sachs' practice, he and Gary Cohn are the candidates to take the helm after Lord.

However, what is certain is that Winkelried will not sit in that position. In the summer, during the relatively quiet days after Bear Stearns was acquired, he discussed the issue of leaving with Lord. He said that he found that he was tired of the flashy city and preferred to live in a forest cabin on the two farms in Colorado and have nothing to do fishing.

Despite getting closer to Gary Cohn, Lord was still reluctant to let go of the assistant in charge of investment banking and commercial banking. Moreover, the situation at that time did not allow executives like Winkelried to leave.

He put that issue aside at the time.

Precisely because Winkeled was leaving, Lauder wanted to hear his views on this aspect more at this time, because Winkeled, who had decided to leave, could analyze these issues from a more detached perspective.

"What is certain is that the African-American senator from Illinois should be able to win the final victory," Gary Cohn said. "Senator McCain," he shook his head, "is the same as Senator Hillary. Wrong time,"

Both McCain and Hillary are representatives of the traditional American elite, but this year, they were surpassed by a minority candidate who shouted "change."

Lauder also shook his head, "McCain's partner..."

McCain's partner, Gov. Sarah Palin, brought him some heat and attention, but not brownie points.

"His economic team is also quite incompetent," Cohen added. "Ever since Senator Barrack took the initiative to temporarily suspend the campaign to discuss the bailout issue, McCain's team has been suppressed by his opponents on economic issues. beat,"

Prior to this, McCain's approval rating was once ahead of the combination of O'Hei and Biden, but since then, he has been quickly overtaken, and now, it is clear that there is no hope of a comeback.

"I would suggest that we further strengthen our relationship with Summers," Cohen continued.

Because it seems that Summers will definitely be the core figure of O'Hei's economic team, and the possibility of serving as Treasury Secretary again is relatively small. But in any case, unless he does not want to be, the position of chairman of the White House National Economic Council will not be available. It will be someone else.

Lauder nodded approvingly. This is a good way to exert their influence on the new government. The advantage is that Summers has had business dealings with Goldman Sachs before.

He looked at Winkelried, "Jon, are you interested in holding public office?"

For him, if Winkeled is interested, then if Winkeled is included in the economic team of the next government, for example, if he takes the position of chairman of the White House National Economic Council and lets Summers serve as finance minister, then It couldn't be better.

"Lalder, I still like to go fishing in Colorado," Winkelried said without thinking.

"Jon, you know, there are still many things in the company that we need to work hard on, but we won't discuss this now," Lauder had already mentally agreed to Winkeled's resignation.

From the perspective of the person in charge, he does not allow anyone who is no longer enthusiastic to stay in the current position. However, after comprehensive consideration, he feels that it would be more beneficial to Goldman Sachs to wait until the new fiscal year to approve the move.

Agreeing to Winkelried's resignation at this time will inevitably send the wrong signal to the market. Even a successor like Winkelried left in despair. Goldman Sachs must be in a bad situation.

"What do you think should be planned and prepared next to help us achieve greater development during the next government's term?"

"This," Winkelried thought for a while, "From an investment perspective, there is no better result than letting sunk costs produce high benefits,"

Lourde looked at him, "Sunk costs? You mean..."

"Yes," Winkelried looked at him and nodded, "We have invested the most in Senator Hillary, so why don't we let this investment continue to work?"

Lourde's eyes sparkled, "Jon, you say,"

"I'm thinking, if Senator Hillary can become Secretary of State?"

"Good!" Lourde immediately slapped the table and stood up excitedly, "Jon, your suggestion is great!"

Cohen also smiled and shook hands with Winkelried, "Jon, this is a genius idea,"

"Thank you,"

Such a scene would not have happened before.

In the past, although Cohen and Winkelried worked well together, they were not friends in private. Cohen would not congratulate Winkelried for having a good idea.

Lourde smiled and clapped his hands, "Guys, I think we should do this next..."

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Peanut Village.

Although the plan has been decided, there are still many troubles to be solved in the promotion of related work, and at the current implementation stage, the main work is concentrated in the Ministry of Finance.

But for those in the Ministry of Finance, such work is not too challenging, and it is much easier than when he was at Goldman Sachs.

Since last year, Paulson, who has been under great pressure, is still busy, but his condition is much better.

With his efforts, the US economy has finally left the edge of the cliff. Although there are some bumps and winds ahead, there will be some wind and rain, but fortunately, there is no worry of falling off the cliff or overturning.

He also believes that in the past few months, his vigorous and resolute actions will definitely make him one of the best finance ministers in the United States.

Maybe it was because he finally stopped suffering from insomnia at night. Now he was in a particularly good state during the day and his work efficiency was also particularly high. After signing another document, he actually had time to think about the problems after he left office.

Even though he had said publicly that he needed a long vacation after leaving office and would not consider work issues for the time being, the invitations he received could fill a whole drawer.

But for him who had successfully led Goldman Sachs, those invitations did not arouse his interest at all.

Can Feng Yiping really continue to operate financial projects easily as he said?

No one can help him make a decision in this regard.

He looked downstairs, and the statue of Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, still looked like he was walking forward with his chest held high...