Chapter 1592: Behind the Scenes

"The returning New York "Heroes" Giants coach and players celebrated this historic moment with more than 2 million fans, and the festivities were more spectacular than ever..."

"Budweiser will provide free beer to revelers at more than 20 bars along the parade route. In addition, other beer companies have also said that they don't want to be defeated by other manufacturers. They will provide free beer to fans on the day of the parade..."

"The fans came to the parade route in the early morning to prepare for this grand event. They waited for this carnival in the cold wind..."

Watching on TV, New York City is caught in a carnival celebration. Millions of people are screaming, clapping, embracing, and singing the Giants' battle song over and over again in the severe cold. Ao Guanhai on the Internet did not feel proud of winning the championship for the Giants because of his miraculous prediction.

Especially when he saw Andy Smith standing in front of the microphone in good spirits and receiving cheers from all the people in New York, his mood became even worse.

The latest data show that from consumption to investment, from manufacturing to service industry, from financial market to housing market, there are signs of further deterioration in all aspects of the US economy.

What is particularly worrisome is that the unemployment rate in the United States reached its highest point in the past 26 years in January, and it continues to rise. People's livelihood problems are becoming more and more serious.

In the presidential election, the American people pinned their hopes on saving the economy and changing the status quo. If he fails to improve the economic situation as soon as possible after he takes office, his ability to govern will inevitably be questioned.

The economic stimulus plan and the new financial rescue plan were blocked in the Senate. Uncertainty about measures to rescue the banking industry led investors to sell financial stocks. The three major stock indexes in New York continued to plunge by more than 4% today despite the general decline yesterday.

This made investors panic, which had just stabilized, flare up and spread again, and they fled one after another amidst the wailing of the market.

And behind the current panic situation, Andy Smith's figure is looming. This makes Okumi, who has become the president, truly realize for the first time that the talented and lucky young man in his eyes is the same as the one he has seen. There is no difference between all the super tycoons on Wall Street-ruthless, greedy, and unscrupulous for profit! In addition, I got some bad news early this morning. For example, UBS Group announced a loss of US$7 billion in the fourth quarter and plans to lay off another 2,200 employees.

Royal Bank of Scotland announced that it will cut up to 2,300 jobs in the UK.

GM plans to cut 10,000 salaried workers worldwide to cut costs.

Boeing's restated results showed its fourth-quarter losses widened, while full-year 2008 profits narrowed.

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This is undoubtedly another fuel to the current stock market. Sure enough, in just one morning, the entire United States plummeted by more than 4%.

Helplessly, he, the president, can only watch all this. Ao Guanhai picked up the remote control, turned off the TV, sank his face into the water, stretched out his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, a sense of powerlessness came to his heart, besides his helplessness for not being able to stop the stock market from plummeting, what was more important was his love for Washington. Everything creates a sense of powerlessness, even though he is already president.

After the economic stimulus plan, which was originally contradicted by the Elephant Party, was sent to the Senate, the economic stimulus plan that originally totaled more than 1 billion U.S. dollars expanded to 937 billion U.S. dollars. Senators from the Donkey Party have added many spending items to it, further escalating the conflict between the two parties, and the signs of the plan being stranded are becoming more and more obvious.

Why don't these greedy bastards think about it, if this plan cannot be implemented, the U.S. economy may fall into a long-lasting recession?

The anger in Ao Guanhai's heart quickly dissipated, and he shook his head helplessly and sighed. As a politician, he really understood the mentality of these people. Everyone wanted to share a piece of such a big cake. When it's over, those who didn't get it will naturally want to make the cake bigger again!

You must know that after learning that his economic stimulus package is as high as 0 billion US dollars,

Shoe companies, zoos, mall owners, airlines, public broadcasters, auto dealers, even catfish farmers, and everyone else who can afford to lobby have sent lobbyists to Washington, fantasy Can get a "piece of the pie" from the aforementioned economic stimulus package. Members of Congress are sparing no effort to fight for the best interests of their constituencies, hoping to get the most delicious piece of cake.

"Damn it, they just want someone like me in goal because they know I'm going to stop at nothing and they all love it, get in on it and profit from it. They don't need me to stand up for anything, they just want me to step up and hopefully I'm strong, and I hope I take action...

The cards are shuffled and the rules are manipulated. fxxk! Welcome tm to the end of the age of reason, there is no right and wrong here, only in and out. "Like a rap, Ao Guanhai muttered softly with an ugly face, venting his resentment.

"Beep—"

The answering machine on the desk rang, Ao Guanhai took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and stretched out his hand to press it.

"Mr. President, Senator Smith has arrived."

"Ask him to come in."

After letting go, Ao Guanhai raised his mouth, stood up from the throne, straightened his suit, looked at the Oval Office, and heard two knocks, the door was pushed open, and Old Smith followed indifferently. Walked in behind the presidential secretary.

"Good morning, Mr. President."

"Good morning, Senator Smith, sit down, coffee or tea?"

"Coffee, thanks."

Old Smith and Ao Guanhai sat opposite each other, and began to chat without saying a word. When the secretary served the coffee, Old Smith took a sip with a smile. After putting down the coffee cup, Ao Guanhai began to say with a serious expression: " Mr. Smith, have you read the latest report from the Department of Labor? The number of unemployed Americans reached 600,000 in January this year, the highest monthly unemployment rate since 1974. The overall unemployment rate reached 7.6%, the highest since 1992. .This situation significantly increases the urgency to pass the economic stimulus package. The whole world is watching, what we will do in the next few days!"

The faint smile on Old Smith's face dissipated, and his eyes became extremely sharp and bright, "There are many different opinions on the economic stimulus plan, and everyone hopes to "suspend" the adoption of this plan to gain more time for revision and make full use of it." Taxpayers' money."

"No, no, Mr. Smith, every night the stimulus plan goes through, more Americans lose their jobs, save less, and lose their homes. You know, if Congress doesn't approve this plan, the recession could last for years. In 2009, another 5 million jobs would be lost, unemployment would climb into double digits, and the country would sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, might be irreversible.

Mr. Smith, don't let "Washington's bad habits" stand in the way of our progress. I hope that our two parties will work together and act boldly to turn crisis into opportunity and write "another great chapter in our history." "Ao Guanhaiyu earnestly persuaded the elephant party boss in front of him, hoping that the other party could be persuaded by him.

It's a pity that he faced an old fox with a family background and a lifetime of roaming in the political sea. Old Smith just smiled lightly, blinked his eyes, and said lightly: "Okay, then we can start Let's exchange ideas, and I'll try to go back and convince them..."

As he said that, he took out a folder from the bag on the side, handed it to Ao Guanhai, and said: "In addition to asking for this plan to be "slim down", it also requires an increase in tax cuts for individuals and businesses. Regarding the Minister of Commerce nomination and  …”

After taking the folder and opening it, Ao Guanhai, who had just glanced at it, couldn't help but tighten his heart when he heard what Old Smith said. He raised his head and looked at the other party, his face was a little ugly, like a lion!

Old Smith didn't care about Ao Guanhai's gaze at all, and smiled lightly. He came here to ask for prices, so let's talk slowly. Thinking of the previous phone call from his grandson asking him to delay the approval of the plan for a few days, for his own benefit, he couldn't even make it easier for the president of the donkey party!

In New York, Andy was sitting in the office of the general manager of the Giants, with his hands in his trouser pockets, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, watching the celebrations in the stadium filled with seats, listening to the cheers of mountains and tsunami, his eyes were crescent-shaped, The corners of his mouth were raised, and the smile on his face was unusually bright under the winter sun.