Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 544 The first thunder and rain in 2007 (5k)

There is a time difference of more than ten hours between West Fifth District and East Eighth District.

New Year's Eve has long ended in China, and New York is reaching its climax.

Yangma International Channel is broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala for the Year of the Pig, and the most critical countdown has come, but there are 3 minutes of darkness.

"Our Shanghai couplet is harmony, beauty, harmony and harmony, and every household welcomes the new year in harmony."

"Our second line is, Prosper business, prosper wealth, prosper country and family, everyone is happy to welcome the new year."

It sounds good at first glance, but if you take a closer look, what is it?

Immediately afterwards, the stage made mistakes one after another, and the six hosts either forgot or rushed to the words, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

But Lu Fei and Zeng Li, who were sitting in front of the TV, didn't notice this embarrassing farce, and treated Zengfu with good wine and good food.

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it."

Zengfu was so drunk that his face was flushed, and he said with a smile: "The boyfriend that Damei is looking for will be Lu, Ah Fei, you, so good."

"Dad~"

Zeng Li's shy face was filled with happiness.

"I'm relieved."

Seeing their little movements of interlocking fingers, Zengfu happily drank another cup of Moutai, and the more he looked at Lu Fei, the more pleasing he was to his eyes.

Appearance, five stars!
Attitude, five stars!
Talent, five stars!
Net worth is five stars out of five stars!
The atmosphere at the dinner table was pleasant and harmonious. Lu Fei was well-mannered and good at hiding his clumsiness. From time to time, a few questions would tickle Zengfather's itches, and there was almost no one thing that he didn't like.

If you want to "please" your father-in-law, you have to let him have a good chat.

To deal with different parents, there must be different topics.

A scholarly family like Gao Yuanyuan would pay more attention to boys' self-cultivation and conversation, while Lu Fei would not talk about business.

But my great-grandfather traveled around the country and abroad for many years. Although his foreign trade business was not big, he could not be said to be rich in the United States, but at least he was above the middle class. Zeng Li had a luxury house in Los Angeles, which was given to him.

Not to mention successful people, at least half of them.

So, under Lu Fei's deliberate guidance, my great-grandfather talked endlessly about his business knowledge, just like having lunch with Buffett, bragging in front of the stock god, isn't it——

Bell has face!
What's more, the son-in-law is still Master Lu, this feels very refreshing!
"Come, good son-in-law, let's go one more time."

The more satisfied Zengfu was with Lu Fei's performance, the more he wanted to drink.

"Ahem, Uncle, Zeng Li put a lot of thought into making this dish, let's drink it later, hurry up and order more food, don't waste it." Lu Fei subtly interrupted to cool down the atmosphere at the wine table.

Not only leaving a step for the old father-in-law who is at the end of his strength, but also promoting Zeng Li's craftsmanship at the same time, it is like killing two birds with one stone.

But the half-drunk and half-awake great-father was obviously already on top, waved his hand and said, "Drink another drink, you see, I drink so much at my age, how can you, a young man, be inferior to me!"

"I really want to drink with you, but I really can't."

Lu Fei looked like he couldn't hold it anymore, he shook his head and said, "I, I can't drink too much."

"Have another drink, come, let's go."

The father-in-law raised his wine glass high, and the son-in-law was too drunk to fight again. It was clear at a glance who would win.

"Fei, are you okay?"

Zeng Li looked at the drunk Lu Fei and felt distressed: "Dad, you can see that he is so drunk..."

"You little girl, my father raised you so much, and I never saw you taking care of your father like this." Great-father raised his chin in satisfaction. Although he was not as wealthy as his son-in-law, I was so proud of him after drinking too much!
"Dad, you are really old and strong. I am dizzy at such a young age, but you are still so energetic."

Lu Fei leaned against Zeng Li's arms, "I'm willing to bow down!"

"Your drinking capacity is too bad, hiccup, you have to practice again, how can you not drink, drink...drink when talking about business?"

Great-father belched full of alcohol.

The whole person staggered, leaned back on the chair, fell asleep in the next second, and snored moderately.

"dad."

Zeng Li looked left and right, dumbfounded.

"Is dad drunk?"

The drunken Lu Fei suddenly opened his eyes.

"Yeah, you're not drunk!"

Zeng Li shuddered, looked down at the man on her chest, and suddenly said: "So you were just pretending."

"Then what can we do? Who will let it be our father?"

Lu Fei grinned, he couldn't say "Dad, you're too drunk, let's stop drinking", and he said that the father-in-law can't hold alcohol, isn't that a blatant slap in the face?
If you can't drink the younger generation, where will you let the old man's face go!

Otherwise, just fight with him to the end?

Just kidding, it will be fine for the young man to sleep, but the father-in-law has a physical problem, can he take this responsibility?

This is the emotional intelligence on the wine table!

"Hmph, count you acquainted."

Zeng Li stared at Lu Fei tenderly, feeling happy in her heart.

"That's why, we also graduated from Chinese opera."

Lu Fei smiled lightly, which was considered happy for her.

"Then why don't you get drunk earlier, look at what my dad drank..."

Zeng Li pushed gently: "He's drunk! Don't let him catch a cold here, let's help him to the bedroom."

"Got it."

Lu Fei responded, and worked together with Zeng Li to send his great father to the guest room, watching her considerately cover him with a thick quilt.

"Senior sister, Oscar is on the 24th. While there is still some time left, you can take our dad to the mall and buy some gifts for him and our mothers and sisters in China. I think our dad is too frugal." , The shoes I’m wearing are a little glued.”

"My parents are like this."

Zeng Li's eyes were slightly red, "Back then, I had to send me to the Children's Palace to study abroad in order to save money. Only then did I have the opportunity to get in touch with opera, and then I was admitted to the opera school, and then I went to Chinese opera..."

"If you want to say that, without my dad's help, can't my senior sister be my senior sister? Then I have to thank him very much, the old man, and give me my daughter with my own hands, hehe."

Lu Fei smiled and put his arms around her waist.

"You are also going to be a father."

Zeng Li rolled her eyes angrily.

Lu Fei's heart trembled, and he stared straight into her eyes, hot and astonished, "Really, really?"

Seeing the man's silly and cute look, Zeng Li smiled sweetly, took his hand and walked out, then took out the pregnancy test stick, blushing and said, "Mine hasn't come for more than a month."

"I wonder why you don't drink today."

Lu Fei noticed that the two red lines were the same color, and his tone was full of excitement: "Sister, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"Think of it as your Christmas gift in return."

Zeng Li poked his forehead, "Is this New Year's gift a surprise? Are you happy?"

Lu Fei couldn't help being emotional, and put his mouth together, but suddenly braked suddenly, "Sister, will kissing after drinking affect..."

"Of course not, you idiot!"

Zeng Li took the initiative to kiss him, wrapping her arms around his neck tightly.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

There was a faint smell of alcohol on her red lips.

"Well, after the Oscars, I have to go back to China quickly, and I have to shoot "Painted Skin 2" as soon as possible before it shows up."

Zeng Li snuggled into Lu Fei's arms, drawing circles on his chest with the fingers of her left hand, and stroking her flat stomach with her right hand.

""Painted Skin 2" I remember that there are many horse riding scenes and action scenes, why don't I ask Yuanyuan to postpone it?" Lu Fei frowned.

"No, no, the whole crew has been preparing for half a year, how can it be because of me." Zeng Li shook her head, "Don't worry, I will hire a substitute if necessary."

"Stand-ins don't work either!" Lu Fei said with a straight face.

"I'll be extra careful and never make fun of our kids, I promise!"

Zeng Li did not say clearly that as early as the premiere of "Painted Skin", Gao Yuanyuan seemed to have suspected the relationship between the two of them, and she was probing openly and secretly, perhaps only one step away from the truth.

From the bottom of my heart, I don't want to embarrass my good sisters.

"But……"

Just as Lu Fei was about to open his mouth, he saw her change the subject calmly, "As soon as "Painted Skin 2" is finished, I will come to the United States, and I have the excuse of focusing on Hollywood. I will ask Sister Hong to push everything I can for domestic work." Push it away and raise the baby with peace of mind, what do you think?"

"I'll make arrangements."

He stroked Zeng Li's beautiful hair, solemnly said, "Senior sister, I will arrange it."

There was a sudden "bang" outside the window, and a thunderbolt flashed across.

The weather changed as soon as it changed, and it turned out to be sleet.

Countless snow and dense rain are intertwined. I don’t know if the snow is covering the rain or the rain is kissing the snow.

…………

The next day, the wind and snow stopped.

"HSBC adds $18 billion to bad debt provision for US subprime mortgage business."

"The largest subprime mortgage company in the United States, the National Financial Services Corporation officially announced that it will reduce lending in 2007."

"ABX index plunged 3.9 points at the open!"

"..."

Ivanka was dazzled by the business news one after another.

According to reports, Lu Fei earned tens of billions!Tens of billions!

When I thought that I originally had a share of 200 million dollars in the John Paulson short-selling fund, and the profit was at least 1000 million dollars, but I was sold at a low price of 180 million?
Not only did he not earn a penny, but he lost 20 dollars, and he even gave his body to Mr. Lu. The loss was numb!

"He must know everything, and must have deliberately lied to me."

Ivanka gritted her teeth: "My money! My money!"

At this moment, the landline suddenly rang, and the voice of the secretary came, reminding that Lu Fei, who had suffered a thousand dollars, had arrived at the company.

"Why are you here suddenly?"

Ivanka restrained her emotions, but her face was still full of resentment.

"I sent Zeng to Los Angeles to attend the Oscars, and I stopped by to see you. You look good and your face is flushed."

Lu Fei showed a playful smile.

That's not because you made me angry!

Ivanka snorted coldly and turned her head away angrily.

"This time, Oscar will trouble you to take care of Zeng."

Lu Fei raised his hand and glanced at his watch, "It's almost time, and it's time for me to return home."

"Lu! Wait, I want to talk to you!"

Ivanka slapped the table with both hands, and suddenly stood up.

"Is it related to shorting subprime mortgages?"

Lu Fei smiled.

Ivanka pursed her lips, and finally admitted aggrievedly.

I'm so stupid, really, there was an opportunity to make a fortune in front of me, but I didn't cherish it, and I regretted it when I lost it. The most painful thing in investing is this.

"Do you want to get back your original share?"

Lu Fei narrowed his eyes, his words were full of bewitching.

"is it okay?"

Ivanka ran over quickly, "Is it okay!"

"Of course, as long as 200 million, you can redeem it again." Lu Fei stretched out two fingers.

"I'm out!" Ivanka didn't even think about it.

"Look at you, you are anxious, you don't understand, there is no such thing as a free lunch." Lu Fei jokingly looked her up and down.

"You, what do you want?"

Ivanka rolled her eyes angrily.

"It should be, what kind of price do you want to offer in exchange?"

Lu Fei shook his fingers left and right a few times.

"You, hehe, I don't want it anymore!"

Ivanka opened her mouth, and almost couldn't hold back and agreed. When she thought of being played by this Chinese man, once and again, it was equivalent to losing money twice, and she was furious.

"Really don't want it? You have to think about it. There are only a handful of people who can bet on the subprime mortgage this time. You are one of them, and you may be the only woman. If someone is willing to contribute to the flames, will you be able to go to the last "" What about the covers of magazines like Vanity Fair?"

Lu Fei squeezed her chin, "The titles are, 'The Genius Woman Who Bet on Subprime Mortgages', 'Ivanka, the Goddess of Stocks'..."

"You, don't lie to me, how, how is it possible."

Ivanka's voice echoed in her ear, her heart pounding, "I only invested $200 million."

"What if we don't announce how much you voted for?"

Lu Fei narrowed his eyes into a line. "

"You, what do you want?"

Ivanka felt as if she was making a deal with Satan. After selling her body, it was the turn of the soul, and the brain was being turned into a CPU.

"that's it……"

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple."

"There won't be any traps, right?"

"With your IQ, did I fool you?"

Lu Fei patted Ivanka's face.

"You've been laughing at our family's IQ, especially my dad, and you haven't stopped at all!"

Ivanka didn't care too much, as if she was afraid that he would regret it, she hastily wrote a check and filled in $200 million.

"Hiss~"

Lu Fei smiled and tore off the check, "I'm just joking with you, you really believe it."

"You! You bastard, Lu! You bastard! Bitchi!"

"Hey, what I mean is, if you want 200 million, just pay it back to you as far as our relationship is concerned."

"You, Falk squid, Lu!"

Only then did Ivanka realize that she had been fooled by Lu Fei, and she stretched out a middle finger in embarrassment, "I promise you, when did you return to China?"

…………

Meanwhile, the Lehman headquarters building.

Originally, today was supposed to be the day when Wall Street giants met to play golf to celebrate the success of shorting Penguins, but apparently the plan could not keep up with the changes, and Richard Fuld directly canceled the arrangement.

In the meeting room, there was chatter and noise.

"U.S. stocks fell sharply today. At the close at noon, the Dow fell 2%, the S&P fell 2.04%, and the Nasdaq fell 2.15%..."

"Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other institutions have notified New Century to repay the financing ahead of schedule, and the stock price plummeted by 40.7%. According to this trend, the decline is likely to exceed 60%!"

"If this is the case, the NYSE may suspend New Century's stock trading, or even delist it, which will further trigger market panic, which is completely negative for subprime mortgages."

"It's the same for us. Now we hold too many CDOs, CDSs, and long positions. We must find a way to cover the losses on the books, otherwise Lehman's stock price will continue to fall..."

"Money! The key is money!"

Richard Fuld slammed his fist on the table.

All of a sudden, there was silence, and everyone looked at me and I looked at you. When the subprime mortgage was stable and improving, Lehman's financial crisis was well covered up, but now it has begun to get out of control.

"Not long ago, I received a CICC from Huaxia, willing to form a Huaxia financial group to invest in Lehman."

Lehman's CFO adjusted his glasses.

"Really! What kind of investment plan?"

However, Richard Fuld was not happy for a few minutes, but when he saw the specific plan of CICC, his expression changed instantly.

It turned out that CICC did not come here to give charcoal in a timely manner, but to take advantage of the fire. The first goal turned out to be to buy Lehman's high-quality assets, not to buy Lehman stocks as he expected.

At this time, Lehman desperately needed money.

Money is life, but this money must not be exchanged for Lehman's assets. Richard Fuld was the first to disagree.

"Why does this Huaxia company know Lehman so well? Aren't Huaxia's financial companies a bunch of waste?"

He looked at ten lines at a glance, and the amount, the conditions, and the additional clauses, each pile, and each item, were tightly controlled.

"Could it be related to Lu?"

Lehman CFO frowned: "He told Huaxia Finance to take this opportunity to get involved in Wall Street through Lehman?"

"It's him, it's definitely him!"

Richard Fuld was so angry that he tore up the whole plan.

At this moment, the secretary hastily knocked on the door and entered, bringing a piece of bad news that shocked and horrified everyone——

Lu Fei seems to have done the work of Goldman Sachs, and they want to jointly short Lehman. Many traders are spreading rumors about Brehman, and even call the hedge funds they cooperate with one by one, asking to sell Lehman short together, in order to repay the past. Blood feud.

"David is a mean old man! He took advantage of others!"

Richard Fuld has no memory of Lehman taking advantage of Goldman Sachs when the dot-com bubble burst.

"Damn Lu, he's taking revenge!"

The CFO of Lehman spoke with trembling voices, "We are retaliating against us for shorting Penguin, Richard, why don't we find a chance, let's apologize to Lu, and find a way..."

Richard Fuld sneered: "Apologize? If you were him, would you accept our apology?"

"Lu can reconcile with Goldman Sachs, so there's no reason why he can't reconcile with us, right?" The other executives advocated surrendering and negotiating peace one by one. It's no shame to lose to such a terrifying existence as Master Lu!
"You haven't seen it yet, Lu and Goldman Sachs' reconciliation is to deal with Lehman, Bear Stearns and others who have made multiple loans."

Richard Fuld was wide awake.

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, you say!"

Lehman's CFO asked, "What should Lehman do now?"

"Oh, it seems like this is the only way..."

Richard Fuld sighed. In order to whitewash the books and prevent Goldman Sachs and Lu Fei from taking advantage of Lehman's performance, he could only prescribe a strong medicine for himself and repurchase No. 105 and No. 108 bonds.

It looks similar to a general securities repurchase agreement, but the so-called repurchase is actually playing a numbers game.

Generally, the collateral deduction rate for repurchase transactions is 2%, that is, for every $100 borrowed, a bond worth $102 needs to be taken as collateral. However, "Bond No. 105" is——

For every $100 borrowed, the value of the collateral is $105. According to accounting standards, this kind of operation is not considered financing, but sales, which is equivalent to falsifying false bond data.

"we can only do this."

The CFO of Lehman pondered over and over again, but there was no other way.

After all, they can obtain short-term funds from the market to meet debts, and temporarily erase problematic assets from the balance sheet, making the books look beautiful and even impeccable.

You see, Lehman's assets and finances are healthy!

If you dare to fight, just come!

"But the problem is that according to the federal law, it is impossible for us to find a law firm willing to help with this."

Richard Fuld doesn't care about drinking poison to quench his thirst. In short, if he settles the current hurdle first and holds on firmly, there will be hope.

"What if you don't find a law firm in the United States?"

The CFO of Lehman lowered his voice, "For example, English."

"I don't know what law firm, I don't know what No. 105 is, what No. 108 is, I don't know anything."

Richard Fuld looked around: "Do any of you know?"

"I do not know either."

The top executives of Lehman almost all spoke in unison, pretending to be confused. After all, once they were found out, it would be—

Financial crime!

　Thanks to Yuan Lai for the 200 starting coins,
　　
　
(End of this chapter)