The Son of Finance of the Great Age

  Chapter 786 Secret tricks

   "So, you have reached an agreement?"

  Andrew Klein looked at the two of them with interest, but his eyes stayed on Zhong Shi's face for a longer time, "Is that so?"

   Andrew Klein, the special staff member of the president who had talked with Zhong Shi on the phone, finally appeared in front of Zhong Shi. This is a tall middle-aged man with an unremarkable appearance, but it may be because he is in the White House. This person has an intimidating aura, which may be the majesty of power.

Facing Andrew Klein's sudden visit, Al Fran became visibly embarrassed. Although the White House cannot influence Congress in terms of mechanism, and even the status of a special staff member of the president is not comparable to that of congressmen, but in a certain way To a certain extent, Andrew Klein represents the president of the United States, so Al Fran still gives him enough respect.

  As for Zhong Shi, he still looked carefree. Unless the black president showed up in person, just appearing in front of him as a representative would not attract much respect from him.

"Yes!"

   Al Fran nodded hurriedly, "The misunderstanding between us has been fully explained."

"yes?"

  Andrew Klein glanced at Al Fran with a half-smile, and said meaningfully, "Couldn't it be some illegal transaction in private?"

"of course not!"

  Al Fran shook his head like a rattle, repeatedly denying, "This is absolutely impossible!"

   "The purpose of your coming is not just to know whether we have reached an agreement?"

   At this moment, Zhong Shi, who had been acting indifferent all this time, finally spoke, "Mr. Klein, I'm curious now, why did you appear here? And it happened to be when we were discussing?"

  After Andrew Klein came in, the three people that Beran consulted had already been kicked out, and there were only three of them present, so it was not considered that there were outsiders present, and Zhong Shi's tone of speech was not so polite.

Al Fran was quite surprised by Zhong Shi's attitude. He looked at Zhong Shi puzzledly, hoping to get some explanation from his face, but soon he found Zhong Shi's calm face, which made him He suddenly realized that the two in front of him might be old acquaintances.

  Thinking of this, and reminiscing of Andrew Klein's sudden visit, this gave Al Fran a sliver of understanding, and he became more and more convinced that his previous choice was correct.

   "Of course it's more than that!"

Andrew Klein didn't show any dissatisfaction with Zhong Shi's questioning. He just replied to the other party lightly, and pointed the target of his speech at Al Fran, "Mr. Congressman, the President wants to know what will happen to you in the end?" What to do with the rating agencies?"

  The meaning he wanted to express in this remark was very clear, that is, the president personally cared about this matter. So what is the deeper reason behind it? It is impossible for the president to rest assured of something aimlessly.

   Naturally, the president does not intend to shield the rating agencies. Then there is only one possibility left, that is, the president wants to use the rating agencies and does not want them to get into trouble at this time.

  In just a split second, Al Fran figured out the whole thing. Although he hadn't realized that the president was planning to use the rating agencies to deal with Europe, it was only a matter of time before he figured it out.

   "Will not deal with it too seriously, after all, there are constitutional amendments to protect them!"

After pondering his words for a while, Al Fran carefully looked at the face of the other party, and said slowly, "My initial idea is to set up a rating committee with real power in the SEC, and the rated institutions have the right to report to this committee. Submit an application to designate a rating agency to rate your own products."

   "Simply put, the power of rating selection will be taken back to the hands of the SEC, and they may still be priced according to the market, but which rating agency to choose for evaluation will be decided by the SEC."

  “Although they are still selected among the three major rating agencies, the behavior of conducting private transactions will be greatly reduced. At the same time, the rating agencies will have no right to shirk or reject the assignment from the SEC, even if the price is not as they like.”

   After talking for a long time in one breath, Al Fran finally explained all the plans, and then looked at the other party, and found that the other party had no sadness or joy on his face, and there was no expression at all, and he felt a little uneasy at the bottom of his heart.

"What do you think?"

  After listening to this, it was surprising that Andrew Klein did not express his opinion, but turned to Zhong Shi, "I wonder if you are satisfied with the result?"

   "What good am I satisfied?"

  Zhong Shi grinned and winked at the other party, "If the president is satisfied, I won't have any objections."

   "The President is very pleased with the result!"

   Regarding the irony in Zhong Shi's words, Andrew Klein directly chose to ignore it, and replied indifferently, "The president decided to counterattack to a certain extent for this European attack, and that's why I came!"

   "..."

   Al Fran finally heard the core part, and immediately took a breath, looking at the two in disbelief.

  It was only then that he understood why a financier from Hong Kong would run around for Wall Street rating agencies, and even pay such a high price to help them. It turned out that the deal between the White House and Yanjing was behind it.

  The White House and even Wall Street are not easy to come forward. Naturally, it is safest for Zhong Shi to come forward. Thinking that the debt crisis currently raging in Europe was involved behind the whole incident, Al Fran couldn't help but feel lucky that he didn't ruin the whole thing.

  He is not only a parliamentary representative who pleads for the people, but also a nationalist. He will not hesitate to do anything that is beneficial to the United States of America. Of course, all of this has to be within the scope of the rules.

"Oh?"

   Zhong Shi was not very surprised by Andrew Klein's answer. After the Fed used short-term currency swaps with the European Central Bank, and the US Congress launched an investigation into rating agencies, the US will certainly not swallow this breath, and will definitely fight back against Europe somewhere, and now the time has finally come .

   "What is Mr. President going to do?"

  Zhong Shi lowered his head and took out a cigarette case from his pocket, but he didn't take out a cigarette for a while. He mused on how America might go about it.

"What do you think?"

Andrew Bryan didn't answer the question, just grabbed the cigarette case from the opponent's hand, took out a cigarette from Gu Zi's place, and after blowing out a smoke ring, he said leisurely, "From the perspective of the US government or Congress Think about it, what else can we use so far?"

   "Government or Congressional perspective?"

  Zhong Shi's brows were raised high, almost condensed into a big "Chuan", and he didn't speak for a long time.

  Although the two sides have different ways of thinking about the problem, the other party has already given a hint, which is almost equivalent to asking Zhong Shi's wisdom. Both parties are well aware of this. Although this kind of questioning will not have any consequences, it is a way for both sides to fight wits and courage.

   As for this method, both parties naturally enjoy it.

   "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the IMF!"

Finally, half a day later, Zhong Shi raised his head, squinted his eyes and said to Andrew Bryan, "The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are, to a certain extent, international financial institutions controlled by the United States. If I were the president, I might Do something about it."

"yes?"

  A strange look flashed across Andrew Bryan's eyes, and then he asked seriously, "Tell me about your logic and reasons."

   "The matter still comes from the European rescue plan itself!"

Seeing the answer from the other party, Zhong Shi realized that his thinking was right. He lighted a cigarette leisurely and explained in a leisurely manner, "The 750 billion euro rescue plan, of which the IMF has contributed about 250 billion , which is quite a huge number. Although it is said that at the beginning of the establishment of the IMF, the responsibility of the IMF was clearly stipulated, that is, to rescue the economies and currencies of member countries. But this does not mean that the United States cannot do anything .”

   "After all, in terms of capital contribution, the United States is the largest contributor. As far as I know, the distribution of voting rights is carried out according to the amount of capital contribution, right?"

   In the end, Zhong Shi was sure that the other party was going to make a decision on the IMF, because the surprise on the other party's face could no longer be concealed.

   "You're right, very right!"

Andrew Bryan pointed at Zhongshi with his cigarette **** in his hand, and he couldn't stop praising him, "Sure enough, he is the candidate that the president is looking for. He actually saw the direction of our move in such a short period of time. You must know the plan Even those of us in the staff took a long time to think of it."

   "It's a pity that you don't go into politics!"

  He shook his head and regretted for a long time, then changed the topic and continued to ask, "Sir, according to your opinion, what should be done to put pressure on the European side?"

   "Of course it is to freeze the IMF's loans to Europe!"

Zhong Shi said without hesitation, but then he shook his head, thought for a moment and said, "I'm the one who was abrupt, this road is not realistic. I don't think it should target the whole of Europe, but Greece alone is enough! "

   "What's the difference?"

Al Fran finally had a chance to speak. He had heard clearly what the two sides were discussing, but he had been unable to get in. Now he finally had a chance to enter the circle of communication, and he seized it without hesitation. Chance.

"Uh…"

  Until this time, Zhong Shi and Andrew Bryan realized that Mr. Al Fran, the congressman, was present. They looked at each other and smiled slightly. The tense atmosphere that was originally tense between the two disappeared in an instant.

   “Quite simply, the U.S. should account for a substantial portion of the loans to Greece.”

Zhong Shi explained in detail, "In the entire European rescue mechanism, the United States also occupies a part. But the problem is that the United States cannot offend all European countries at once, so it can only take Greece, which is the most serious situation. That's why I thought about it later."

   "Because there's a good chance they won't be able to repay this debt?"

   Al Fran gradually figured out the details inside, and asked tentatively.

"good!"

Zhong Shi clapped his hands and agreed, "Why do American taxpayers far away across the ocean have to pay for what happened in Greece? Even if the bill is paid, it must be paid to a country close to the US government, not to a country that is always in harmony with the US. Contest alliance!"

   "I understand when you say that!"

Al Fran suddenly realized, and continued, "If this is the case, we can even encourage Japan, China and other countries to take action. In this way, not only Greece, but other European countries' problems will continue to simmer. The second Greek appeared If not, we can do the same thing and torture Europe again and again.”

   "Tall, really tall!"

  Thinking of this, he couldn't help giving Zhong Shi a thumbs up.

   "You are in charge of this matter?"

   Andrew Bryan, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but look at Zhong Shi with admiration. Indeed, according to Zhongshi's strategy, the debt crisis weighing on Europe will never be completely resolved, and the pressure will always exist. It seems to be aimed at Greece, but in fact it is aimed at the whole of Europe. This approach is not only upright, and no one can find a trace of criticism, but it can also achieve the goals that the US government wants.

  What is needed now is a proposal from a congressman. Since Al Fran is here, Andrew Bryan simply asked, "I just don't know Mr. Fran, is there any interest?"

  In fact, Andrew Bryan's original plan was consistent with what Zhong Shi thought at the beginning. But after Zhong Shi's revision, he quickly decided to adopt Zhong Shi's plan. Of course, he didn't explain to Zhong Shi at this point, and there was no need to explain.

   "It's not appropriate to propose two proposals at once!"

Al Fran naturally wanted to do this, but the reality did not allow him to do so, but he quickly came up with a compromise, "I have a friend who is a congressman, and I believe he will be very happy with this proposal." Interested in…"

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