Chapter 1417 Unexpected Path

"Good evening, a few minutes ago, I just had a phone conversation with George Jr. to congratulate him on becoming the 43rd Grand Commander of America. I promise that I will not take back my congratulations this time, and I offered to meet with him as soon as possible , to be able to make up for the divisions that were brought about by the campaign, and the confrontation that we just went through."

"About a century and a half ago, Senator Douglas said to Lincoln, who had just defeated him in the general election: Partisan sentiment must give way to patriotic enthusiasm. I will always stand with you, Mr. President, and God bless you... "

On the evening of December 12, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its judgment: it is unconstitutional to continue manual vote counting in any situation. Gelfond gave up resistance, and on the evening of the thirteenth he gave a wonderful long speech, conceding defeat.

Later, George Jr. also delivered a televised speech, calling on the people of the whole country to abandon partisan disputes and reunite. At the same time, the Florida Assembly also terminated the nomination of electors, and the constitutional crisis disappeared.

"These thirty-six days have been magnificent and full of ups and downs. The multi-dimensional game between the two parties at all levels of society cannot be described in words or audio-visual language. It is so wonderful."

Carl Icahn raised his glass and gestured to Al Gore, who was speaking on the TV screen, "He is always so personable, but unfortunately it is an embroidered pillow. I heard that the decision-making in the middle and later stages was basically done with the help of former Secretary of State Warren Christopher?"

"I am not sure."

Song Ya rolled her eyes in a quiet voice, "I don't think it's too exciting, it's just a coward's game with a lower bottom line than anyone else, if the manual counting continues, Gore will definitely come back, and he has already caught up to more than a hundred votes. In Palm Beach County, independent candidate Buchanan received more than 3,800 votes, but he only had more than 300 supporters there. Twenty-five thousand invalid ballots with missing information in Seminole and Martin counties were corrected as valid The ballot was cast for George Jr., Dade County openly and passively resisted the court order, and at the polling place near the African-American community, witnesses said that boxes and boxes of ballots were discarded by the local election committee... and those who had problems Nearly 10,000 overseas votes. In this way, Gore also won more than 500,000 popular votes. In the final analysis, we lost because seven of the nine lifetime federal justices were appointed by the leader of the Elephant Party, and two of them were still Appointed by King George himself..."

"BullSHXT! It's all rumors!"

The two disliked each other and bickered for a while. Carl Icahn was in a better mood. The nagging complaints of the young black pharaoh beside him fell on his ears like beautiful music, which made people feel refreshed from head to toe.

In fact, when the news that Messier and old Bronfman took the initiative to visit this kid in France came back to Wall Street, he was stunned. He couldn't imagine that a novice futures investor would dare to go to France to short a multinational giant with a market value of 100 billion! And also gained an advantage! What was I doing when I was twenty-six! ?

This made him feel a little frustrated at the time.

The mood was depressed for several days, and it was not relieved until he heard the news that the kid's ally, the Tiger Fund, had a liquidation. He guessed that the kid followed the Tiger Fund to win first and then lose.

That's okay... barely acceptable.

But after the release of a series of documents that Tiger Fund gave to investors, he was in a mess again. Although he could not find too many details, it is easy to see that before the last days of Tiger Fund, the deep sea private equity related to the black pharaoh Has made a profit and ran away...

Make a fortune and get out of Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney, and Vivendi Global and French financial giants? Tiger Fund's Julian Robertson was very tight-lipped about this matter, and he did not say a word after asking several times. But in any case, this kid is too strong, he is like someone born with knowledge, and Carl Icahn thinks that the other party once let him suffer in the two battles between 3DFX and Marvel, and he is already sixty-five years old. There is no hope of revenge in my life...

Unexpectedly, haha, I did not expect George Jr. to be elected this year from a huge disadvantage of eleven points behind the polls!

He firmly supports Little George. This year's political gamble is time to reap the benefits. He immediately thought of the young black pharaoh.

Sure enough, he got what he wanted. Although the kid was cursing, he still came to Manhattan to make a pilgrimage to himself honestly, and offered 2.5% of YAHOO's shares in his hand for 500 million knives with both hands, and in less than a year Before, the value of this share was as high as three billion...

So cool! How cool is this grab!

Carl Icahn suppressed his gushing smile, and pretended to be angry: "Then why don't you say that the seven justices of the Florida Supreme Court were all appointed by donkey gangs and they returned a seven-to-zero? Look like you can't afford to lose APLUS, I know you feel sorry for the donations burned this year, but it's time to accept the reality!"

"Hehe, the law-based and strict neutrality is pretty good, but now they are talking about organizational discipline... In short, you won, and you can say whatever you want. O'Grady, we should go."

Business is business, but now that the business is over, Song Ya didn't bother to accompany him to talk about it, grabbed the claws of the Wolf King of Wall Street, shook it, and called O'Grady to leave on his own. When he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and asked: "So... are you betting that the Xiangdang government will succeed in bailing out the market next year? Or do you mean that you have been participating in shorting YAHOO and now you need to buy back stocks to close your position? Or are you planning to launch a hostile merger against YAHOO?"

"secret."

After all, young people are not very funny. Song Ya's resentful complaints made Carl Icahn even more proud. The old god was here and took a sip of champagne, "In any case, I deserve your thank you. You're off."

"Hehe, we each take what we need."

Thank you, Song Ya sneered, "I can hold these shares, and it is too untrue to say that I am getting rid of Mr. Icahn. I will try my best to wait for the new government to rescue the market next year."

"Then why did you still make a move?"

"Because I'm a trustworthy person. Since I've released the news and found a buyer, if someone buys it, I'll sell it." Song Ya said decisively and left.

"Wait! I'll see you off!" Carl Icahn's voice came from behind.

"No, please stay."

"I insist."

Song Ya and O'Grady had just walked down the steps outside the building when the old man caught up panting, "One more thing, APLUS, I heard that Jordan Belfort's autobiography The Wolf of Wall Street is finished? Haha, I don't know Is it stuffed into the movie by you to arrange?"

"No, I asked the screenwriter to replace your role with Paulson." Song Ya undoubtedly hates Paulson, the chairman of Goldman Sachs who treats promises as air.

"Hahaha!" Carl Icahn laughed.

'Crack! '

At this time, two reporters rushed out from the slanting stab, and slapped the two who were shaking hands and talking.

"Carl..." Song Ya didn't know it was a trap, so she gritted her teeth.

Hee hee... "These paparazzi are really annoying." Carl Icahn pretended to let his men go to chase them away, "Goodbye APLUS."

"goodbye."

'Aplus, an important individual shareholder of YAHOO, sold its 2.5% stake to Icahn Capital at the current price today, with a total transaction value of $515 million. '

In the evening, the financial media announced the news, and the accompanying picture was the photo taken by the two reporters. It was composed in a classical oil painting style. People hold hands.

"It's like I surrendered to him after losing the battle."

Song Ya put down the newspaper unhappily and complained, "This old guy, he still didn't hurt him in 3DFX last time."

"Will we be unlucky?" The ex-wife next to him asked worriedly: "We are so supportive of Al Gore this year."

"No, I can handle it."

Little George's election is a foregone conclusion, and the Elephant Party will be in power for the next four years. This is almost a path that Song Ya has never imagined, just like he never thought that Carl Icahn, who has a problem, will take over the shares of YAHOO. depressing……"

Song Ya said she was frustrated, but she knew clearly that now is not the time to blame others. Fortunately, she has maintained a long-term friendship with John Liu. She has a good relationship with Senator McCann, John Warner and others. The new deputy commander Chenina also donated Some money, plus PNAC, who has a deep collusion with Cheney, and a secret lover, Cassidy...

In the next four years, the Elephant Party will also win the Senate and the House of Representatives. George Jr. will be completely in power. A bit much.

It has not been conceived, but it has become a fait accompli, so it can only be seen as tricks.

"Um."

Mariah Carey fiddled with a few handfuls of her little ex-husband's short hair this time.

'It's been a great campaign, but it's all over now...'

There was the Jones Stewart show on A, and he said to his partner, "Gore's over, isn't he?"

"Exactly, his long and tangled campaign is finally over, so now... this is Gore's new plan and the next step in the appeal process..." The partner's fake answer sparked enthusiastic laughter at the scene.

"Wow, wait, wait." Jones Stewart reminded his partner, "Gore has conceded defeat."

"Jon, did he admit it on November 7th?" The partner threw out the burden of Gore's first admission of defeat but quickly regretted it, "Who can tell in the future?"

"Hahaha!" The audience burst into laughter again.

"According to the legal procedures in the United States, Gore is finished, but now, he directly appeals to the Hall of Justice to present his case to his superhero friends, please ask the Justice League Supreme Court! Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Chief Apache, Samurai, Hawkman, Black Vulcan, The Fantastic Twins, and the Chief Justice: our Superman!"

The partner borrowed the stalk of the Justice League from the DC comics to broadcast it one by one, and the audience couldn't stop laughing.

This dialogue is not only funny, but also a good reflection of the current mentality of the liberals. On the one hand, they are tired of the campaign for more than a month, and they do not want to see the United States fall into a constitutional crisis.

But on the other hand, they think that Gore’s admission of defeat is a sacrifice for the overall situation. They especially resent the injustice of the Federal Supreme Court, so they would rather half-jokingly put the superheroes in the Justice League Replace the Supreme Court justices one by one.

True justice may only be realized in comics.

But life is not a cartoon, the next four years... will continue to live.

"call……"

Song Ya was too lazy to watch the whole talk show, picked up the controller to turn off the TV, then put her hands on the back of her head, and closed her eyes.