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Looking at Paulson, whose face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, Yao Yuan almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

In order to avoid being seen by Paulson with his gloating smile, he quickly turned his head to look at Director Li next to him. As a result, Director Li also had a smile on his face, and it was a bit difficult for him to hold it back.

Not only them, almost everyone at Jiuye Investment couldn't hide their smile.

Looking at the American representatives on the other side, some were surprised, some were angry, and some, like Lehman Brothers CEO Richard, showed some excitement.

In the blink of an eye, Yao Yuan adjusted his mood.

The next moment, he looked directly at Richard, smiled, and made an offer.

"Mr. Richard, for the high-quality assets that Lehman Brothers still holds, our offer is 50% to 65% off."

"The quote mentioned here is calculated based on the market price at the time of the actual transaction, and it requires specific analysis of the specific situation."

"For example, the price of shares and corporate bonds of resource-related listed companies will be slightly higher than that of shares and bonds of high-tech listed companies."

"The later the transaction time, the lower the discount. The reason is simple. We hope to leave enough time and price range to hedge risks and reduce losses..."

Before he could finish his words, Richard exploded.

This guy first stared at Yao Yuan with eyes wide open, full of disbelief, as if he couldn't believe his ears!

Then he shook his head firmly.

"You are buying a large number of high-quality assets we hold at a price that is 50% to 65% off. Did I hear you right?"

"This is absolutely impossible. We will never agree to such a deal. This is simply robbery and taking advantage of someone's misfortune!"

"Lehman Brothers is a world-class investment bank with strong financial strength. It has not yet fallen to the point of accepting such humiliation."

"If we accept such humiliating terms, we will immediately become a laughing stock in the international financial market."

"When you acquired the remaining high-quality assets of Bear Stearns, the final transaction price was 60% to 70% of the market price. There is no reason for it to be lower when you come to us..."

The other US representatives also shook their heads, obviously thinking that this offer was too outrageous!

Even at Jiuye Investment, many people were secretly shocked!

They also thought that Yao Yuan's blow was too cruel!

Paulson, who was originally ready to speak out to stop it, exchanged glances with Geithner and chose to remain silent and watch the fun!

Unlike the two housing agencies, the US Treasury Department does not have that much control and influence over Lehman Brothers Bank!

Moreover, since Paulson came from Goldman Sachs, he could not interfere too much in the internal affairs of Lehman Brothers Bank, and he had to avoid suspicion to some extent!

More importantly, the key factor that truly determines the survival of Lehman Brothers Bank is the several major families standing behind Lehman Brothers Bank!

If those families decided to let Lehman Brothers go bankrupt, no one could stop them, including the US President and the Federal Reserve!

In the eyes of those families, they only care whether their own interests can be guaranteed, and they don’t care about the life or death of others, or whether the world is flooded!

Because of this, Paulson and Geithner chose to keep quiet and sit back and watch Richard perform.

And they were very sure that Richard, the puppet, would not be able to gain any advantage against the little fox opposite!

The next moment, Yao Yuan raised his right hand, smiled and pressed it down gently.

"Mr. Richard, please don't get too excited. After listening to my explanation, you may accept this offer!"

“You and I are both very aware of how bad the current international financial market situation is, but the worst is yet to come!”

"A global financial crisis is imminent and may soon erupt, sweeping the entire world like a hurricane!"

"If you deny this, there is no need for us to continue the negotiations. If you think the financial crisis will not happen, you will not visit China!"

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Richard nodded anyway, and so did Paulson and the others.

Everyone here is an elite in the financial industry. It would be really boring if you continue to lie with your eyes open!

Then, Richard blushed and said:

"Yes, I agree with you that a global financial crisis is inevitable"

"But this is not a reason for you to lower the price like crazy. The lowest price we can accept is 80% off the market price."

"Just be patient, Richard, I haven't finished what I'm saying yet."

Yao Yuan responded with a smile and continued with his performance.

"We previously acquired a large number of so-called high-quality assets sold by Bear Stearns, and the transaction price was indeed 60% to 70% off the market price, but the situation is different now."

"We did not expect that the situation in the international financial market would deteriorate so drastically as it has now, and we did not expect that the financial crisis would come so quickly!"

"A few months later, the market prices of the high-quality assets we purchased from Bear Stearns have generally fallen by about 20%, which is not far from our cost line!"

"We have been hedging risks over the past few months to avoid losses in this acquisition and to reduce costs!"

"Everyone knows that once a global financial crisis breaks out, all assets will plummet, including these so-called high-quality assets."

"In particular, the equity of many high-tech listed companies has fallen the most, with a halving of their shares being commonplace, and some high-tech listed companies may even go bankrupt."

"By then, the equity and bonds of these high-tech companies will become worthless. Looking back then, the cost we paid will be sky-high!"

The foreigners on the opposite side were all silent, not saying a word, and their faces became even uglier!

As professionals, they all know it.

What Yao Yuan said is absolutely right. Once the financial crisis breaks out, God knows how many companies will go bankrupt.

Many of today’s so-called high-quality assets may be worth less than waste paper in the future.

From this perspective, it is obviously very cost-effective to sell these so-called high-quality assets now, and they can be sold at least 50% to 60% off!

But they had no idea that the high-quality assets that Yao Yuan wanted to acquire would not only survive this financial crisis, but would also skyrocket in value in the future.

For example, Apple’s lowest market value during this financial crisis was only over 70 billion US dollars.

By 2024, Apple's total market value will have reached approximately US$ trillion, a fifty-fold increase.

If we take into account the high annual dividends, the actual increase will be even more exaggerated!

Even more exaggerated is Nvidia's total market value, which has skyrocketed from US$4 billion to more than US$3.3 trillion, an increase of more than 800 times!

If annual dividends are taken into account, the increase would be as high as several thousand times.

What Yao Yuan is eyeing are these future super bull stocks, not those half-dead listed companies!

But he was the only one who knew these things, everyone else was kept in the dark!

He looked at the ghosts across from him and continued:

"The so-called high-quality assets held by Lehman Brothers will also encounter the same situation. Because of the financial crisis, I can only make this offer!"

"I don't think this offer is safe. If we buy this part of the assets, we will immediately hedge the risk and try to lower the cost line."

"When the financial crisis comes, these assets will plunge sharply, and a sharp drop is inevitable, and they may even become worthless. In this case, is our offer still low?"

"Of course, you have the power to reject this deal, but can you withstand the asset crash that accompanies the global financial crisis?"

"More importantly, given the difficult situation Lehman Brothers is in, how long can you hold on?"

"Can you hold on until the financial crisis comes? Not to mention surviving this unprecedented huge financial crisis. I don't think you can survive!"

"In the current international financial market, apart from us, which other financial institution can come up with hundreds of billions of dollars to acquire assets? I don't think there is another one!"

"Please think carefully about whether you agree to trade with us. If you don't care about the hundreds of billions of dollars that you can quickly pocket, you can of course reject us."

"In my opinion, since the company is hopeless, it is better to sell the high-quality assets in hand rather than go bankrupt before the financial crisis, so that there will be capital to make a comeback in the future!"

These murderous and heart-breaking words shocked everyone present.

As soon as the words fell, the entire conference room fell into complete silence!