The Son of Finance of the Great Age

  Chapter 609 Great Melee (2)

   "Hey, look who's calling?"

  After the call was connected, Lauder Blankfein's slightly frivolous teasing voice sounded, "Dick, I heard that you have some problems. Is everything okay now?"

There was nothing inappropriate about Lauder Blankfein's words, but it was extremely harsh to Dick Foud's ears. He thought the other party was laughing at him, especially when he might instruct his subordinates to Under the circumstances of spreading unfavorable news about the Leimen Brothers, this caused his suppressed anger to burst out immediately.

   "Okay, don't you know?" Dick Foud said almost gnashing his teeth.

  Lauder Blankfein was taken aback for a moment. He could hear the emotion in the other party's words, and he was also very aware of the current market rumors about the Raymond Brothers, but what he didn't understand was why Dick Foud chose to question him.

  In all fairness, Lauder Blankfein does not know where these rumors in the market come from, nor has he participated in the planning of these rumors. However, he himself is still happy to hear these rumors, and even if he knows that his own traders are spreading them wildly, he will not come forward to stop them.

   Just kidding, a top trader may have more annual income than his CEO. Furthermore, the reason why these traders spread these rumors must be driven by interests. Whether it is public or private, he has no reason to stop spreading rumors.

Knowing this well, Lauder put away his laughter, and said seriously to Dick Foud on the other end of the phone: "Dick, I really don't know if you are all right or not. Anyway, you don't think you are talking now Is there a problem with your attitude?"

   "God, I'm about to be killed by you sons of bitches, do you want me to show you a good face?"

  Dick Foud's reaction became more intense, and he even started swearing. But soon he thought of something again, and said in a soft tone: "Laud, I know this will make you unhappy. But I have to say, I really can't think of anyone else in the market who would do this besides you?"

   "What exactly do you want to say?" Lauder Blankfein was already very upset, but he still suppressed his anger and said.

   It's just that his attitude, in the eyes of Dick Foud, is pure deafness and dumbness. In order for the other party to admit, he also suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, briefly recounting the current rumors about the Leimen Brothers in the market, and then said convincingly: "Could it not be you? Could it not be you?"

Although he knew that the Raymond Brothers were in a difficult situation, Lauder Blankfein was a little surprised after hearing these rumors. He didn't notice Dick Foud's last question, but subconsciously asked He asked, "Is the situation of Leimen Brothers really so bad?"

   Oops, did I say something I shouldn't have said? At this moment, Dick Foud's thoughts turned sharply, and he quickly recalled what he said just now. He only realized after hearing Lauder Blankfein's questioning that he might have been used. But after thinking about it for a while, he finally determined that he didn't say anything out of the ordinary.

It's just that after scaring himself like this, Dick Foud became more convinced that the other party was playing tricks on him, and immediately said in a tone ten times harsher than before: "Damn it, Lauder, are you trying to find out about us? Well, what on earth are you going to do? By the way, you didn’t admit it just now, but now you’re letting yourself go!”

Lauder Blankfein was dumbfounded. He never thought that his casual question would cause the other party to erupt again. What he didn't know was that in just a few minutes, Dick Foud's mentality had already gone through a whole lot. Earth-shaking changes. Of course, for the time being, it is impossible for him to appreciate the mental journey brought about by this daily struggle on the line of life and death, which has already turned Dick Foud into a frightened bird.

  The other party has been entangled in this issue several times, with an outrageous and rude attitude. Even though Lauder Blankfein has a good cultivation, he couldn't help getting really angry. At that moment, he snorted coldly, and replied sullenly: "If you say, what I mean is if, we are the ones spreading rumors in the market. You, the CEO of Raymond Brothers, Mr. Dick Ford, what will you do? "

"That's right, I knew it was you. Look, you admit it now!" Dick Foud was so excited that he almost jumped up, "Since you admit it now, I don't bother to tell you, I I want to make all of today's content public, so that everyone can take a good look at who is the conspirator and the destroyer of the market. I want to let investors all over the world see what kind of virtue is the No. 1 investment bank in their eyes. Conspiracies and tricks, disrupting market order, maliciously shorting competitors, wantonly playing with the rules, and collusion between officials and businessmen!"

Dick Foud spoke sonorously, but his heart was as bright as a mirror. His words were not convincing. He needed to provoke the other party and let the other party say more things in an irrational state, so that he could There are more interesting things to announce.

His words did anger Lauder Blankfein again, but the script did not go as he expected, Lauder Blankfein was not fooled, he just said viciously, "These things have nothing to do with us "Then hung up the phone.

  As the CEO of No. 1 Investment Bank, Lauder Blankfein has his own pride. He doesn't bother to talk to the "jumping clown", even though this "jumping clown" is not really a clown. But in Lauder Blankfein's view, Dick Foud didn't even deserve that title.

Blankfein, who hung up the phone, slammed a hammer on the mahogany desk, making a muffled bang. The blond secretary assistant outside the door hurried in to see what happened, but found that his president's expression was wrong. When he silently exited, he heard Blankfein say, "Ask the managing director of the trading department to come to my office."

   I don't know what happened again? The blond secretary responded before tiptoeing out.

  …

On the Leimen Brothers side, Dick Foud, who was hung up on the phone, was even more furious, but it was impossible for him to call again. He sat in the office silently for a long time, and then he calmed down. In the mood, I picked up a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and read it.

  Speaking of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", this book has been highly praised among the high society in the western world, and the executives of large companies even have a copy. Although this is a military strategy written by Chinese ancients thousands of years ago, until today, some viewpoints in the book can still give countless people inspiration from it and suddenly realize the solution to the problem.

  During the acquisition by American Express in 1999 and the 9.11 incident in 2001 and other life-and-death junctures, Dick Foud had an epiphany to solve the problem from "The Art of War", which brought the Raymond brothers back to life. So this book was regarded as a life-saving straw by him, but he had read this book no less than thirty times, and it was still chaotic, with no clue at all.

"In the past, good fighters were invincible first, waiting for the enemy to be victorious. The invincible lies in oneself, and the victory lies in the enemy. Therefore, the good fighters can..." After reading for a long time, Dick Fude's mind fell as he read softly. Gradually sinking in, at this moment, a thought flashed across his mind like lightning, making him realize that he seemed to have caught a clue.

Since the version Dick Foud read was in English, some translations could not accurately express the meaning of the original text, but the sentence "You cannot win by yourself, but you can win by the enemy" faithfully reflects the The meaning of the original text: If we cannot solve the enemy by ourselves, then we will find opportunities from the enemy.

  The current Raymond Brothers is obviously unable to compete with the market, to be precise, with the hedge fund army led by Goodman. This is how Dick Foud analyzes the current situation. Since we cannot "win by ourselves", we can only "win by the enemy". The thought in his mind became clearer and clearer.

  Find them an opponent, so that they have no time to take care of the current Leimen brothers.

   Soon, such a thought completely appeared in Dick Foud's mind. What he didn't know was that there is another popular saying in China to describe such a situation: the enemy of the enemy is our friend. After realizing this strategy, he couldn't help but walk around in the office, and began to think seriously about how to find an opponent for Goodman Company.

   It must be evenly matched, but also have enough hostility to Goodman Company, and must also be involved in this part of the business. This object is not difficult to find, or there is such an opponent in the market, but after thinking for a moment, a name jumped into Dick Ford's heart.

   Stanley Company.

   As one of the best in this industry, Stanley Company has always been a representative of outstanding reputation. It is comparable to Goodman Company in terms of historical background, industry reputation, or asset scale. As the world's No. 1 investment bank and the other as the world's No. 2 investment bank after the other, the two have always been fighting openly and secretly. The grievances between the two can be traced back to the 1980s, and they are full of fierce competition and outright hostility.

   This is definitely a natural opponent.

"Great!"

   After carefully analyzing all kinds of things, Dick Foud couldn't help cheering. He rubbed his hands and dialed the phone number of John Mark, the CEO of Stanley, full of confidence.

Speaking of which, Dick Foud and John Mark are still old friends for 40 years. They met when they went to Wall Street together in the late 1960s. brother. Afterwards, although John Mark changed his team several times and Dick Foud remained at Lehman Brothers, the relationship between the two parties has never been interrupted.

   "John, it's me, how are you?"

  The call went through numerous transfers, and when John Mark was finally contacted, he was already connected to Paris. John Mark is in France meeting his clients. Of course, based on the time difference, he should be resting now.

"I'm fine!" John Mark's voice was a little tired. He was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night at this time, and he was naturally a little listless when he received the call. "Dick, my friend, I heard that you have encountered a little trouble. is that true?"

"Damn it, you've heard that too?" Regardless of the time difference, Dick Foud couldn't help complaining, "You may not know it in Paris, but many things happened today, many very troublesome things. Room Li Mae and Freddie Mac are said to be in danger of bankruptcy, and Paulson has issued a statement, but no one knows what the truth is. The market situation is getting worse and worse, and rumors are flying around every day. I am really fed up."

  Complained for a long time, until he heard the other party yawning in the microphone, Dick Fude tentatively asked: "John, is there any possibility for us to cooperate?"

  The topic is finally here!

  John Mark, who had already waited so impatiently, suppressed his drowsiness and pulled himself together, "Dick, how do you want to cooperate?"

   Regarding the situation of the Leimen Brothers, John Mark, like Lauder Blankfein, is well aware of their current encounter. But unlike Blankfein, he believes that some of the assets of Raymond Brothers are very good and worth buying. But if you want to follow the whole picture, then hehe.

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