Chapter 11 The Hammer
In fact, Li Zhiyi not only guessed that this team was from the Mitsubishi Consortium, he also guessed that this team was here to negotiate for a shareholding. This was probably the real reason why Mellon refused to let him go for fear of leaking the news.
Because the Mitsubishi Group was originally prepared by Goldman Sachs.
As early as 2007, Goldman Sachs predicted that the real estate bubble would burst and lead to a collapse of the credit market, so this bastard began to short himself, selling CDO products crazily and buying large CDS contracts.
Now that Lehman is about to go bankrupt, Goldman Sachs has a keen sense to hook up with the Mitsubishi Consortium, and only waits for Lehman to be buried before bringing in Mitsubishi to save itself.
So that means Mitsubishi's negotiating team is now in New York. It's 1 a.m., and Mellon was on the phone with him around 6 p.m. After considering the time it took to confirm what he said, he only had a few hours to contact the agency to save himself.
Then the only Asian team that can be brought in temporarily is Mitsubishi.
As for why Li Zhiyi knows this matter so well... that's because Goldman Sachs not only hooked up with Mitsubishi, but also hooked up with his old employer where he once worked. It can be said that if Goldman was personified, he would be as cunning as a fox and cruel as a wolf.
However, the world is as dark as crows, and Wall Street seems to be like this; at this moment, at the meeting of Wall Street giants on "How to Save Lehman", Merrill Lynch pried away the Bank of America that originally came to rescue Lehman.
Because of your affection, I stepped into the bridal chamber intentionally while Lehman was still cold.
The same is true for BK (Bank of New York Mellon). Goldman Sachs was still thinking about how to save Lehman, but accidentally got robbed. This was really careless, and it took five or six hours for both companies to enter the conference room to talk.
Interviewed.
But I have to say that this is what Wall Street's decisiveness, acumen, execution ability, and even the fierceness in handling crises have taught Li Zhiyi a lesson. If it were him, he must ask himself that he could not be as fierce as the above-mentioned investment banks.
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After sorting out the context of the matter, Li Zhiyi couldn't help but feel self-deprecating.
Many things that happened tonight were like a hammer that shattered the sense of superiority in his heart due to his rebirth. In the past year or so, whether he was pretending or sincere, he had always been used to treating himself as a bystander to the whole world.
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Only now did he realize that he was not a detached god, but a lucky man. Even if he was reborn, he would still be a player in the game.
While drinking the wine sent by Mellon, with all kinds of thoughts floating around in his head, Li Zhiyi unknowingly fell drunk on the sofa in the office and fell asleep.
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When Li Zhiyi woke up the next morning, it was already bright. He opened the blanket that a kindhearted person had covered him with, raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was already past 9 o'clock.
"It's me, a kindhearted person. Did you sleep well last night?"
Henry was sitting on another sofa, his eyes bloodshot and his beard sparse, eating a hamburger and chicken steak.
Li Zhiyi turned over and sat up, shaking his neck where he was sleeping on a stiff pillow: "No, you should get me a pillow."
"If you want, I can call someone to do the spa for you."
Henry was very tired now and was not in the mood to quarrel. Li Zhiyi heard this and rubbed his face to wake himself up: "No need, I just want to go back to the dormitory and have a good sleep."
"My father is busy, and he asked me to tell him that he hopes to have the opportunity to invite you to our house for dinner." Henry said, getting up and walking to the desk, picking up the signed check and handing it to Li Zhiyi: "He thanked you.
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Li Zhiyi was not pretentious, he took the check with peace of mind and said with a smile: "Three million thanks, uncle is so heroic."
Henry made a heartbroken expression and took out the Aston Martin car key from his pocket: "I went to buy it last night when you were changing clothes. If I had known better, I would have bought a cheaper one."
"I only like money." Li Zhiyi is content with what he has.
"It's yours now. The car is downstairs waiting for you to sign for it."
As Henry spoke, he raised his hand and threw the car keys. Li Zhiyi caught it and thought for a moment before replying: "Tell your father for me that CDS and AIG will not go bankrupt, and neither will Goldman Sachs or Morgan."
Mellon didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the US$3 million was just about the same as Henry and his share of the profits from buying CDS as a partnership. Now Henry would add another sports car. Since this is the case, he might as well be generous, so that the relationship between you and me will not fade.
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Henry nodded and said he understood, and the two briefly chatted with Li Zhiyi before leaving.
As soon as Li Zhiyi walked out of the BK building, he saw a big orange toy that looked like fireworks parked on the side of the road. He pressed the key to the Aston Martin and made a soft sound. The 4S store employee who had been waiting for the car for a long time saw it and rushed forward.
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I don’t know how the employee confirmed his identity. After introducing the car in a few words, he took out a stack of documents and asked him to sign it, and the car delivery process was completed.
If he had followed the acting method in the movie, Li Zhiyi would have thrown the car purchase receipt into the passenger seat like a napkin, then got into the car and left in a leisurely manner.
He really wanted to show off like this, but his strength didn't allow it...
He has an American driver's license, but supercars cannot be driven with just a driver's license. According to the normal car buying process, car owners have to do some basic training before getting a supercar, especially from manufacturers such as Pagani and McLaren.
Car owners will be directly invited to the headquarters for training and learning.
So Li Zhiyi had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat and be taught on-site by the 4S store staff. He used Wall Street as a driving school and went around in circles to practice driving on the road.
If the patrol policeman hadn't seen that there was no black man in the car, he would have performed a temporary inspection or something like that.
After practicing for more than an hour, Li Zhiyi reluctantly drove the car away from Wall Street and returned to school.
By the way, before going back to school, he went to the Goldman Sachs headquarters and spent the check that was still warm in his pocket. When the stock market opens on Monday, his 3 million will be leveraged 8 times to short AIG shares.
The capital market is not only dynamic, but also irrational. It is either greed or fear. Now is the time for the latter to perform.
As the market is swept by fear, AIG is the first to bear the brunt, and its stock price is bound to fall.
Aston Martin slowly walked through Times Square. The just-concluded New York Spring and Summer Fashion Week made the place more prosperous than usual. People from all over the world crowded the streets and queues of luxury cars passed by.
"Can you step on the gas?"
Suddenly, shouts came from the crowd of twos and threes taking pictures of cars on the side. Li Zhiyi turned around and saw a little boy shouting repeatedly: "Can you step on the accelerator?"
Li Zhiyi smiled and obeyed, the Aston Martin roared, and the crowd cheered.
People on the Internet say that Chinese people like to join in the fun, but in fact foreigners also like to join in the fun, and they not only like to join in the fun, but they are also more outgoing.
"Hey, man, the Aston Martin is so damn beautiful!" a young black man screamed exaggeratedly.
Li Zhiyi smiled and replied in a good mood: "Thank you, I feel the same way."
As soon as he finished speaking, the convoy in front started to move. Li Zhiyi hit the accelerator again and accelerated away.
It is said that Li Zhiyi is a contestant who can fall down while riding an eDonkey, so he is not very interested in cars. Porsche and Aston Martin are the only two cars he likes.
Porsche is about feelings, and Aston Martin is more in line with his personality: those who are better than me are not as cool as me, those who are more showy than me are not as good as me...
Chapter completed!