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"Daniel, I took the liberty to contact you."

"No, ma'am, it's an honor to receive your call."

As a top five figure in the United States, being able to receive her call is quite a dream for many people around the world. Of course, that's certainly not the case with Daniel.

Rice is known for her tough style and is deeply trusted by Bush Jr., which has allowed her to grow rapidly in power - a secretary of state who can gain all-round trust of the president, and a secretary of state who has to be chosen by the president by virtue of her influence. are quite different. The former is like Rice, the latter is like Hillary.

Rice will also participate in the Davos Forum this year, which is actually relatively rare. As the Secretary of State of the United States, she attends the World Economic Forum in person, so she must be the focus of attention. Rice would avoid doing it if it wasn't really necessary. But this time was clearly an unusual timing.

The United States is losing the trust of the world, and everyone is full of doubts about this huge country that has important influence on the world-is it ushering in an important crisis? In fact, the 2008 financial crisis was also the beginning of what is generally considered a decline in American influence. Many people, especially Americans, do not admit this. Generally speaking, as a superpower in terms of economy, military, technology, culture, etc., the United States still maintains its dominant influence on the world, which is undeniable. But this does not hide the downward trend of the United States - it is already strong, but from now on, it is weakening relative to some other forces!

This is the result that the current US government must avoid. Rice, whom Bush trusted very much, this time in Davos, in front of leaders from all walks of life, obviously hoping to regain the trust in the US economy and the US government.

But she should actually understand that her decision to attend this unexpected decision itself means that the situation is not so good.

Rice made it clear.

"Both the government and the Federal Reserve are trying their best to promote reforms, and we hope that the business community and the public opinion community can avoid bringing trouble to this process." Rice's statement was very straightforward, "Daniel. I understand your attitude towards this crisis, But, in Davos, we want you to be more moderate. After all. Your statement alone is enough to have an impact on the economy. As a public figure with lofty influence, you know that your voice will be heard by many and not many people. People with a professional attitude will hear and they will think tomorrow is the end of the world. Then the market will panic further. This will offset the efforts of the government and the market to deal with the problem.

And it's not in Plutos's interest to let market confidence collapse. Although you have withdrawn your investments significantly, after all, whether it is f2f, mb, or your holdings in other technology companies, you still rely on the growth of the market and the economy. Although they are all emerging industrial fields, none of them may be immune to the overall crisis. "

This may be the reference to the word "crisis" in Rice's capital. 【】For the past few months, Rice has avoided calling the possible problems a crisis - a financial crisis! The internet crash in 2000, the Asian financial crisis, every problem called a crisis, was worldwide and sufficiently devastating.

But when communicating with Daniel, Rice did not hesitate to say it.

American politicians actually know how to deal with these big businessmen. Because instead of saying that American democracy belongs to the people, it is better to say that American democracy belongs to big businessmen, the leaders in the fields of military industry, oil, technology, etc., in order to have a sustainable feeling for the market and the government. It will inevitably intervene in the choice of the supreme power. What the people can choose is actually only the representatives proposed by these people-if the candidate does not surrender to the big businessmen, why should he become a candidate? He doesn't even have the money to buy newspaper pages. How can he expect to get votes elsewhere in the Commonwealth?

A person who signed up for an election. First of all, through the competition within the party, and this competition is also through voting.

But why should a California congressman or governor let the people of Florida vote for you? They don't even know who you are. At this time, the propaganda machine relying on huge wealth will rumble, and it is the big businessmen from various fields who provide the fuel.

so. No matter how many promises the candidates made before taking office, to "rob the rich to help the poor", this is definitely a lie or a compromise. Of course, this is also one of the advantages of the so-called democratic system.

Of course, the Bush family, who has an oil consortium background, understands the content better.

As Bush's secretary of state, Rice communicated with Daniel in a straightforward manner.

"Ma'am Secretary, I don't think telling the truth will cause panic, and everyone should be prepared if there is indeed a major crisis."

"There will not be a financial crisis, Mr. Sandler, the financial crisis is too exaggerated, I know, there are some speculations in the economics community, but I think those are too alarmist. The US economy is still quite strong, ours The demand is also strong, and you should understand that as the most developed country in the world, the needs of our people even feed the Chinese.”

Daniel was about to laugh.

"This is the best news I've heard, Your Excellency Secretary of State, but I still want to remind you that Plutos' predictions are very different from what you think. I accept the invitation to Davos, and I will not say anything. Against the pretext of my own ideas, I have to be honest with myself and my audience."

Rice was silent on the other end of the phone.

She knows that Daniel is not a person who can be easily influenced. In fact, in the United States, a person with tens of billions of wealth is also entitled to not be influenced. What she hesitated was Daniel's words, and Plutos' prediction was very different from what she said. The big news, despite Plutos' conservative investment policy has been in place for quite some time, and especially the recent tactical retreat from last major bastions such as Apple, has drawn a lot of attention. However, it is worth noting that Plutos has so far not published any public reports or remarks on the issue of the financial crisis.

They do it, but never say it.

That in itself provides some leeway for U.S. policymakers.

Therefore, after both Daniel and Raymond revealed their decision to participate in the Davos forum, the Secretary of State would be alarmed. If Plutos changed his strategy and planned to show his posture with great fanfare, it would cause many problems. As an important consortium in the Internet field, and the Internet is a pure land in this crisis - this may mean. The crisis will accelerate to spread to other areas.

Nothing is impossible.

The investment holdings that Plutos was able to withdraw had bottomed out before they dumped Apple, and at this point, they were going to come out and say something. is very possible.

Even, for Rice, there is a more serious problem.

Although the financial crisis has numerous losers, it is not without winners.

Like Plutos, if they are fully prepared. It is completely possible to withstand the temporary problems brought about by the financial crisis and obtain greater benefits in a longer-term plan. That's what Rice needs to worry about, and she worries that Plutoth himself intends to push the crisis forward.

Daniel didn't have this intention.

This is the truth. Of course he can profit from the financial crisis - a large amount of cash reserves can allow him to buy shares, mergers and acquisitions, purchase patents, invest, etc. at a lower cost, but a stable market is also beneficial to him. have important meaning. Had it not been for the 2008 financial crisis, Facebook might not have had to wait a few years. The same is true for f2f. Its size is already quite large. It is a matter of time. If an Internet company does not go public, sooner or later, it will lack sensitivity to the market. question.

Daniel will not keep all the equity of f2f narrowly.

"Daniel, the government needs help now, and I think you should help us."

"I'm from the Democratic Party."

Daniel made a little joke. Although he is not a Democrat or Republican, his political views are generally considered to be close to the Democratic Party. But this has to do with the fact that the Democrats are in opposition, generally speaking. Everyone is opposed to the government, especially the United States. Everyone elects a new government just to oppose it, and then change it a few years later, and so on. Keep making progress.

This is a bit of a waste of time, but from this waste, the American people can feel their meaning to the country.

When Rice got to this point, she smiled, "Democrats don't like financial crises either."

"Yes, I will consider it."

The answer was determined early on. It is impossible for Daniel to change his course and follow Rice to brag about the stability of the American economy, or even to keep quiet, which will make him lose his reputation. But as someone who has close ties with the American political and economic circles, it is impossible for Daniel to do things "willfully". He is not a pure economist, let alone a practitioner in the field of finance and economics. He cannot express his attitude so neutrally. In fact, he does not need to express his attitude so neutrally. Because those people, to put it a bit harsher, are speculators. If they can predict a major event, they will immediately double their value and even make a name for themselves in the history books. This is what they are after. Daniel's pursuit is completely different. Wealth is his most important purpose - at least in the business field. He didn't want to be the president of the World Bank in the past, and he didn't want to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. beyond. Making Plutos bigger, more stable and more influential is what Daniel wants to accomplish.

It was a good result that Rice was able to get this answer.

Let a super-rich endorse the US government? Not to say it's impossible, but at least you have to make it attractive enough. Daniel neither sells arms nor does he need oil. The US government can't give him anything, and of course it can't ask him anything.

"Okay, see you in Davos."

"OK!"

……

Hanging up the phone, Daniel smiled.

Regarding the financial crisis, he did not feel much in his last life. China's 4 trillion stimulus plan has left a lot of sequelae, but it has also ensured a great unity in the Olympic year. That wonderful evening on August 8 hardly brought to mind the word financial crisis. Luxurious, spectacular, technologically advanced and beautiful, Director Zhang's talent and China's new look spread around the world.

But it must be said that when he came to the United States, although everyone had not recovered from the financial crisis, the economic situation in the United States had returned to a positive side.

In this case, for Daniel, today's financial crisis lacks practical appeal, and an enemy destined to be defeated will not excite him.

……

On December 1, the world premiere of "Juno" was held in Los Angeles. Daniel rarely attended the premiere of his films, which attracted a lot of attention.

Not to mention the main creators such as Ellen Page, Michael Serra, Jason Reitman, etc.

A large number of beautiful stars to help out is what makes everyone excited. Hollywood is in the shadow of a writers union strike!

The screenwriters are very dissatisfied with their treatment~www.wuxiamtl.com~ They think that the production company gives too little to the screenwriters, and few screenwriters can get a share, that is, get continuous income from the project— - That's usually a lot of money. Moreover, the treatment of screenwriters announced by the production company takes too much into account the well-known screenwriters. Some big screenwriters can earn several million for a film, while small screenwriters only have tens of thousands or even thousands of dollars. This is still a buyout price. From now on, this script has nothing to do with you except the authorship.

For a long time, screenwriters can only wait for the day when they become famous, but this possibility is too low, not everyone is Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, lucky to get the first screenwriter work Oscar, most people lack this opportunity and ability. They have to live at the bottom all the time.

Now, they're going to say "no".

Many projects are about to stop, even blockbusters like "Mission Impossible", even if Paramount invites big screenwriters, but no screenwriters dare to challenge the Screenwriters Guild at this time - in fact, they must also follow the Screenwriters Guild requirements for unified action.

The important thing is that the trend of this strike has the possibility of further spreading.

The premiere of "Juno" in this context, at least for the entertainment media, is a good news material.

You know, readers don't like watching "strikes" that much. Some real entertainment news is what they want. (To be continued.)

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