The Son of Finance of the Great Age

  Chapter 839 Rabbit Death

  Things go back to five days ago, Wall Street.

  In order to find out the truth about Standard & Poor's position on US sovereign debt, Andrew Bryan made a special trip from Washington to visit Douglas Peterson, the president of Standard & Poor's.

  Although Republicans are the biggest suspects, Andrew Bryan always has a hunch that there may be someone else behind the whole thing.

   "Welcome, Mr. Brian."

  In his spacious office, Douglas personally met Andrew Bryan, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

   "This is how it works!"

After pondering for a moment, Andrew Bryan asked tactfully, "At the beginning of the month, your company threatened to lower the rating of the U.S. sovereign debt. The President expressed great concern about this matter, and specially sent me to ask your company about what to do. What is the basis for this statement?"

  He was afraid that his reputation was not enough, so he moved out the president as soon as he came up.

"yes?"

Douglas immediately showed a smile that was not a smile, "If I remember correctly, we have published the basis for the adjustment of the sovereign rating of the United States in the announcement. If Mr. Bryan still doesn't understand, I don't bother here Again, the issue of the debt ceiling in Congress has aroused our concern that if the two sides cannot reach an agreement on the 2nd, then the U.S. national debt will be considered in default, and this is the biggest factor for us to focus on the U.S. sovereign debt rating.”

   "How is it? Is this answer satisfactory? Mr. Bryan."

   After finishing speaking, Douglas spread his hands and asked the other party with a smile.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Andrew Bryan felt a little annoyed in his heart. Knowing that the other party had guessed his intentions, he snorted coldly and increased the threat, "You guys know it well when you think about it. If it really happens If the U.S. sovereign credit rating is downgraded, how much impact will it have on the market?"

   "Does this have anything to do with us?"

Seeing that the other party was still threatening, Douglas also felt a little dissatisfied, and replied coldly: "Really? But then what does it matter to us? Our duty is to evaluate the target's credit rating in an objective and fair manner." .As for how the market will react, shouldn’t it be caused by you? Why, you want to shirk responsibility and blame us for the chaos in the global market?”

   "Know that the Constitutional Amendment guarantees freedom of speech!"

  Finally, Douglas said righteously, "Besides, the United States is a country ruled by law. If the president thinks there is something wrong with our speech, he can sue it in court, and we promise to accompany us to the end!"

  In an instant, he stiffened. Naturally, he definitely doesn't want to make trouble like this. If the president really showed up in person, he promises to know everything, but now he is just an aide to the president, and he has nothing to do with Douglas or S&P.

"objective and fair?"

Andrew Bryan sneered and said disdainfully, "Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland or even Portugal, which credit rating is truly objective? Not to mention Europe, just the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007, when After New Century Financial Corporation went bankrupt, the credit rating of junk bonds remained at the AAA level, do I need to point out the tricks in it?"

   "Don't think I don't know how you operate. What, you think Moody got away with Congress, can you do the same?"

  The atmosphere suddenly became tense,

   "Tell me, what exactly do you want to know?"

  After a long while of uncertain face, Douglas finally relented, "But you should know the rules, there are some things I won't say."

  When the U.S. Congress made the accusation against Moody, Douglas was very aware of the tricks behind it, and it was not only the freedom of speech guaranteed by the Constitutional Amendment that could be compromised. That is to say, if he refuses to give in today, there will be a catastrophe against their company in the future.

  Although he was not afraid, he decided to bow his head with the mentality that more things are worse than less things.

   "This is the right way to talk!"

Andrew Bryan was very proud, and couldn't help but glanced at the other party, and then said meaningfully, "What we want to know is who is planning and what is the purpose after this incident. Don't tell me , this matter was planned by you yourself. Although I know that you are professionals, but because of the particularity of the industry, you have long been combined with various interest groups. There is no interest behind the whole thing, and I will definitely not I will believe it, and you don't want to use this excuse to perfuse me."

   "..."

  Douglas was silent for a long while, and then replied meaningfully, "I still say the same thing. There are some things that violate professional ethics, and I will not answer."

  Of course, the implication of his words is that he can answer the content that does not violate professional ethics; in addition, his failure to answer does not mean that he denies it.

  Andrew Bryan keenly captured this information, and was overjoyed in his heart. He immediately asked without hesitation, "Is the planning of the whole thing planned by the Republicans?"

   "Republican?"

  Douglas frowned, and then relaxed, "So you suspect that we are involved in politics!"

   For a long time, although S&P is a loyal supporter of the Republican Party, they have not been deeply involved in Washington politics. So when Douglas heard Andrew Bryan's words, he was very surprised at first, but the next moment he thought of his political stance, he felt relieved.

   "No!"

But Andrew Bryan is so shrewd. As soon as he saw Douglas's attitude, he immediately realized that his guess was wrong. He didn't give the other party time to think at all, and asked again, "Since it's not from the Republican Party, then it is ruled out." Political factors. So there are other interest groups involved behind the whole thing, who are they?"

   "..."

  The corner of Douglas's mouth twitched for a while, but he didn't speak. But the expression clearly told the other party that his guess was right.

   "Is it an investment bank or a fund?"

  Andrew Bryan slapped his head, suddenly realized, and began to ask in another way, "In the fund, is it a hedge fund or a public fund?"

   “They were rich and offered us an undeniable price.”

  After thinking and thinking, Douglas finally said, "And their research on macro funds is unsurpassed, which is particularly admirable."

  Naturally, this sentence clearly tells the other party that this group of people must be hedge funds.

   "So, I get it!"

  Andrew Bryan naturally understood what the other party was trying to express. After meditating in his heart for a while, he then asked, "Are you a foreigner or a native?"

  He couldn't believe it in his heart at this time, because he was getting closer and closer to the target he guessed, which made him feel shuddering.

  From the beginning to the end, he believed that the small group of Zhongshi was a tool of the US government, but now this tool is faintly out of control, and even wants to bite back, which he did not expect at all.

  Thinking of this, besides being terrified, anger grew in his heart for no reason.

"this…"

Douglas pondered for a moment, and finally said, "I can only tell you that this is a character who rises like a comet. In addition, their team has ignited various wars all over the world from last year to this year. If I If their guess is correct, they should be the biggest winners in the current market.”

  The prompt is obvious enough.

"I see!"

  From last year to the present, it is Zhongshi's gang that ignited the flames of war all over the world. Andrew Bryan suddenly understood, and his heart felt cold, but then a question came to his mind, "What are they doing this for? Could it be that they are just challenging the authority of the US government?"

   "Challenge the authority of the U.S. government?"

Douglas was startled, and then asked inexplicably, "They wouldn't be so stupid to dare to challenge the authority of the government. No, no, no, this is absolutely impossible. As far as I know, the reason they did this is to Another crazy market."

   Standard & Poor’s is not clear about the relationship between Zhongshi Group and the US government, but Douglas has not revealed the identity of the other party so far. Naturally, it is not a violation of professional ethics, so he feels at ease when disclosing this information.

  At this time, he just wanted to send the other party away as soon as possible, so he didn't think too deeply. At this time, whenever he had any thoughts, he would find that Andrew Bryan's face was twitching rapidly. It was obvious that the other party's mental activity was very violent.

   "Another crazy market?"

Andrew Bryan managed to calm down, pretended to be calm, and continued to ask, "So, they are not targeting the US government. This is interesting, but I don't know which market they are targeting. ?”

"hey-hey!"

  Douglas chuckled twice, did not speak, rolled up his sleeves, revealing the golden Rolex on his arm, and tapped the surface seemingly casually.

   "It turned out to be the gold market!"

  The implication is so obvious, there is no reason for Andrew Bryan not to understand. He immediately slapped his head and suddenly realized, "It seems that their ambitions are not small, and they want to make a fortune in the gold futures market."

"good!"

Douglas grinned and sighed with sympathy, "These guys are so powerful, I don't know how they do it, but they have made a lot of money in the gold market, and there is even a guy who They also became the most profitable fund managers last year, who would have thought that they would make a fortune in this market.”

  As he spoke, his envy was beyond words.

   "Paulson!"

Andrew Bryan's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "John Paulson earned more than 5 billion US dollars last year, most of which were done in the gold market. With that said, I can finally be sure, this Who the **** is the team."

   "I didn't say anything!"

  Douglas' complexion changed drastically, he waved his hands hastily, and hurriedly explained, "I didn't say anything, these are just your personal guesses."

"nature!"

  Regarding this slippery behavior, Andrew Bryan forced a smile and showed kindness to the other party, but when he turned his head away, a vicious expression immediately appeared on his face.

   Whatever their ultimate purpose, they are challenging the authority of the United States government. There is no doubt about this, and it is also inexcusable.

   Be sure to teach them a lesson!

   "I am Andrew Bryan, aide to the President!"

  As soon as he walked out of the Standard & Poor's building, Andrew Bryan immediately took out his phone and called the top person in charge of the Secret Service, "I need to second some people to monitor some people. Yes, it's now!"

  After making some arrangements, Andrew Bryan began to pay attention to the changes in the gold market. As a result, there was a market that made him dumbfounded. The price of gold skyrocketed in a short period of time, even approaching the $2,000 mark at one point. This crazy scene shocked even a layman like him.

   Immediately afterwards, the unexpected appearance of another group of people made him feel the difficulty of the whole matter even more. But soon, a scheme to divert trouble from the east quietly appeared in his mind.

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