Chapter 194 Opponent
Lin Hong has a good habit. When he encounters something he doesn't understand, he usually doesn't express his opinions at will. He will observe and learn silently until he fully understands its essence.
In front of many demonstrators, Lin Hong walked all the way, and he began to have some interest in the motivation behind this phenomenon.
He came to an old man with very messy hair and beard and squatted down. Perhaps because the old man was too tired, he sat directly on the ground cross-legged, with two posters in front of him. The text on the poster on the left is handwritten.
"I have two main enemies: the southern army in front of me and the financial institutions behind me. Of the two, the latter is the biggest threat. I see a crisis that makes me tremble in the future is approaching us, making me tremble for the safety of our country. The power of money will continue to rule and hurt the people until wealth is finally accumulated in the hands of a few people, and our republic will be destroyed. I am more anxious about the safety of this country than ever before, even in the war.
And the other one is in print, obviously printed with a printer, and there is also a huge dollar sign on the background.
"A great industrial country is firmly controlled by the credit system. This credit system is highly centralized. The development of this country and all our economic activities are completely in the hands of a few people. We have been reduced to the worst rule, the most complete and thorough control in the world.
The government no longer has the opinion of [self], no longer has the right to judicial conviction, no longer the government chosen by the majority of voters, but a government that operates under the opinions and coercion of a very small number of people with the right to dominate. Many business people in this country are afraid of something.
They know that this invisible power is so organized, so quietly invisible, so pervasive, so interlocked, so thorough and comprehensive that they dare not publicly condemn this power.
The content of these two posters is not as empty as the slogans of those people before, but has a deep meaning, so Lin Hong couldn't help stopping here to read for a while.
The old man seems to have not taken a shower for many days. He is sloppy. The long hanging beard covers the lower part of his face, leaving a lot of debris on it, and he also emits a strange smell mixed with alcohol and body odor, which makes Phyllic, who is on the side, feel nauseous. Impulsive.
"Do you know where these two paragraphs come from?"
At this time, a question suddenly came from Lin Hong's ear, and his voice was old and familiar.
Lin Hong turned his head and looked at it. He didn't expect to meet an acquaintance. The person who asked the question was Walter, Schloss, the calm hostage king he knew in the bank robbery.
Lin Hong greeted him first, but he couldn't answer his question. He thought it was written by the old man sitting on the ground, but he didn't expect that there was still a source.
"The words on the poster on the left should have been said by President Lincoln." At this time, Phylized next to her interrupted.
"Yes, this passage comes from the mouth of the 16th President Abraham Lincoln." Walter nodded to Phylise.
Lin Hong is no stranger to this president, because he was the first president to be assassinated in the history of the United States. He once led the American Civil War and promulgated the Emancipation of the Black Slavery Declaration, thus safeguarding the unity of the United States and the United States.
Lin Hong is puzzled, but what does Lincoln have to do with finance?
"Lincoln defeated the enemy of the south, but he could not defeat another enemy." Walter seemed to be talking to himself and as if he was talking to Lin Hong.
Lin Hong was slightly surprised that he said very vaguely, another enemy?
According to that passage, does the other enemy refer to financial institutions?
Before Lin Hong could ask, Walter continued: "The second paragraph comes from the twenty-eighth President Woodrow. "Wilson."
After saying that, Walter glanced at the old man sitting on the ground, then shook his head, sighed, and left with a slow and heavy step.Lin Hong opened his mouth and wanted to stop the other party, but finally gave up. He could see that Walter was not in a good mood at this moment.
"Uncle Stone, let's go." Phylise suggested that she didn't want to stay here any longer. If Lin Hong hadn't come, she wouldn't have paid attention to these people at all. As the daughter of the president of the Morgan consortium, she naturally has no good impression on these people.
"Okay."
Seeing Lin Hong's consent, she immediately took him to the western restaurant where she had already set a seat. Now it's almost lunch time. After dinner and preparing the relevant materials, she can sign the contract.
Lin Hong has been thinking about what happened just now. He can feel that Walter seems to know the old man just now, and has understanding and helplessness about their behavior.
"I remember!" After walking for a while, Phylized suddenly realized that she stood still and turned to look at the old man sitting on the ground in the distance.
"What do you think of?" Lin Hong, who was thinking about the matter, immediately looked at her in surprise.
"That old man! I said why I just felt familiar. If I remember correctly, he should have been the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. His name was... John Miller!"
Lin Hong was stunned when he heard her words.
Is that guy like a beggar the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
This is too exaggerated! Even if he was a former finance minister, he wouldn't be so miserable, would he?
Lin Hong couldn't help looking over there a few times.
He couldn't imagine why an old man named John Miller had fallen to this point by the finance minister of a country.
Lin Hong finally knew that it was no wonder Walter knew the old man.
However, why did the former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury stand on Wall Street and demonstrate on Wall Street like these ordinary people? Isn't this a great irony?
"After he became the Minister of Finance, he was forced to resign and resign in less than a year after taking office, and then completely disappeared, so today many people are about to forget him." It was for this reason that Phylized almost didn't recognize him.
"In less than a year? Why did he step down?
"It seems that the economic concept is different from that of the White House. I don't know the details until I check the information." Phylise also saw a photo of him in his brief introduction in books about U.S. financial policy, but at that time, he was in high-willed and in his prime. Unexpectedly, he had fallen to this point. In fact, Lin Hong can roughly guess something from his current behavior.
Thinking of the content of the two posters just now, Lin Hong found that it seems that in the United States, there are many people who have considerable hatred for the financial giants on Wall Street.
From the President of the United States, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the common people, such people are common.
Although Americans don't like to talk about politics-related topics in their daily life, when it comes to personal rights and interests, they often become extremely crazy people, demonstrating, protesting, and distributing various propaganda posters and leaflets to passers-by.
Not long after Lin Hong came here, he had seen many such reports in newspapers and TV news.
Of course, Lin Hong doesn't understand this phenomenon very well now. He is puzzled. These phenomena seem to conflict with many of his previous cognition.
He couldn't help sighing again that the world is often more complicated than we think. What you see and hear is not necessarily true and accurate. Behind these seemingly ordinary events, there must be many unknown truths.
After having lunch in a western restaurant with Phylize, Lin Hong was pulled into a men's clothing mall by Phylize, and then carefully selected a half-casual and semi-business light suit for him.
Wait a minute, after all, they are going to attend the signing ceremony. It's a little impolite to dress too casually.
Lin Hong looked at the price of the suit and was a little shocked. Such a simple-looking suit cost 12,000 dollars!
"It's more than 10,000 US dollars... I can only buy more than 700 suits like this for that little money." Lin Hong subconsciously said no.
Are you kidding? What is this made of? Even if it's woven with gold thread, it's about the same price, right?
At the beginning, he was nervous for a long time with a "huge" of 3,000 dollars.
And now, it costs 12,000 dollars for a dress. Is this a black shop? At this moment, Lin Hong's consumption concept has been unprecedentedly impacted and subverted.
Lin Hong said that he would buy a cheaper one casually. He planned to be extravagant once and buy a dress for a few hundred dollars.
However, this time, the well-behaved Felix didn't agree with anything and couldn't help pushing him into the dressing room and asking him to change it.
Lin Hong immediately opened the door again.
Seeing this, Phylized looked at him helplessly, suddenly came over, pushed Lin Hong's chest with one hand, and pushed him directly into the locker room again, and she also came in and closed the door casually.
"If you don't wear it, I'll wear it for you!" Phylized insisted with a red face, but there was stubbornness in her eyes.
"What..." Lin Hong struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally said, "You go out first, I'll wear it myself."
Felis smiled cunningly and went out.
Lin Hong tossed around in the locker room for a long time, and finally opened the door under the urging of Phylce.
After Phylized, who was waiting outside, saw the new Lin Hong, her beautiful eyes couldn't help but light up.
People rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold.
Lin Hong himself has an indescribable special temperament, which is usually looming and unpredictable, which makes people think that it is an illusion. But now after putting on this dress, this unique temperament is completely magnified, which makes Phylize addicted to it for a while. Her eyes flash, and even her mind becomes a trance.
"Uh...what's the matter? Isn't it good-looking? Then you'd better not take it!" After Lin Hong finished speaking, he was about to go back and take off his clothes.
"No, it's perfect!" Phylise quickly grabbed him and said, "This dress is simply tailored for you! Don't take it off and put it on. Waiter, I'm going to be like this!"
With that, Phylized took out a gold card from her bag and handed it to the waiter who had been waiting for her.
The waiter looked at Lin Hong enviously, and then went to the cashier with the gold card.
Lin Hong's old face turned red by the waiter's eyes, and the other party seemed to think that he was a soft rice cook!
Lin Hong and she came to a business hotel in the east of Wall Street, and their signing ceremony will be held in a conference hall of the hotel.
The layout of the signing site was handled by the representatives of ATT Company. When Lin Hong and Philis arrived, the site was completely arranged, Joseph. White was waiting there, with him, as well as a few entourage.
This is a relatively simple signing ceremony. Joseph didn't even want to toss around this small scene. If Felix hadn't come forward, he would have taken a check and contract directly to Boston, went directly to find a coffee hall like last time, threw the check to Lin Hong, and then took the contract back by himself. The headquarters is at work.
But now that Phylise has come forward, the nature is completely different. He doesn't know what role Phylgari is in, but the signing process still needs to go through.
"Felice, STONE, you're finally here. I've been waiting for a long time!" When Joseph saw them, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically.
Felis took Lin Hong's "Mr. White, are we late?"
"NONONO, it's just that I arrived some time early."
White showed a habitual smile and walked into the venue with them.
At the front end of the venue, detailed contracts and pens have been prepared, and several hot-looking beautiful signers are standing there quietly waiting.
"If there is no problem, shall we officially start the signing ceremony?" Joseph asked that he didn't want to drag on any longer. His competitors had also received a message recently and seemed to be interested in acquiring the patent. Today, he waited for so long that he thought something had changed halfway.
"Joseph, why are you in such a hurry to sign the contract? Why don't you wait for your old friend? Just then, a blonde woman with an unusually hot figure suddenly appeared at the door.
Joseph's face suddenly changed when he heard the words.
This beautiful woman is in her thirties, but she is very well maintained. Her shawl blonde hair is very soft, and her figure is even hotter than those signers. The professional women's suit on her body seems to be unable to bind the huge chest, and she is about to flap her wings.
"What are you doing here!"
"What are you talking about? Of course, it's for the acquisition of patents. Joseph, who was angry at all, turned to Phyllis and said politely, "Miss Phyllis, I'm Lìton, Mestre, the head of the foreign patent acquisition of VETIAZON, this is my business card."