Vol 6 Chapter 270: Tentative

Still walking east along the street where they bought burgers yesterday, passing the George Washington University Hospital, and continuing east along K Street, the White House was already in sight.

The Treasury Department is located on the east side of the White House.

This is really a building much larger than the White House, occupying a whole block, but frankly speaking, it is estimated that many tourists will not pay attention at all.

Feng Yiping hadn't paid attention before, but he had always questioned a question. Why is the US Secret Service, which protects the US President, a department under the US Treasury Department (until March 1, 2003)?

Because we can't imagine that Zhongnanhai Bodyguard is a department under the Ministry of Finance, which is totally irrelevant.

But after looking at the geographical location of the White House and the Treasury Department, this problem was solved.

It should be because the U.S. Treasury Department is close to the White House, and the U.S. Treasury Department established the Secret Service as early as the year when Lincoln was assassinated, but its original mission was to combat counterfeiting currency activities.

Later, after Lincoln, the 20th President Garfield and the 25th President McKinley were assassinated one after another. I have to say that the United States should be the country that has the most heads of state killed by its own people.

Therefore, the success of the United States really makes sense, because they are so cruel to themselves, they kill a president at will, kill a president at every turn...

The personal safety of the President of the United States has gradually become very insecure. Therefore, the armed force next to the White House, in addition to fighting counterfeit banknotes, sent a few people by the way to protect their neighbors and later protect their neighbors full-time.

This question actually also shows that the Americans' work in many areas is indeed extensive, or they did not anticipate many problems at the beginning, just like this subprime mortgage crisis.

Following the car in front, Feng Yiping and the others did not enter the Ministry of Finance through the nearby north gate, but deliberately went to the south gate.

The answer lies in the bronze statue in front of the large marble pillared porch.

The bronze statue at the north gate is Albert Gallatin, the fourth secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and this one at the south gate is the first Treasury secretary of the United States, Alexander Hamilton.

This is the building to the north of the person on the front of the US 10 dollar bill.

This is the founding father of the United States. During the War of Independence, he served as the personal adjutant to Washington, the father of the United States. After the war, it took more than 7 months to complete the studies that others took four years to complete at the fastest and successfully obtained the practice. Attorney qualifications.

Because of his legal background, he promoted the convening of the Constitutional Convention and became one of the drafters of the U.S. Constitution, and because he published many articles about the Constitution, he and the other two, one of them, later became the President of the United States. James Madison, along with a U.S. Secretary of State, John Jay, is known as the father of the U.S. Constitution.

It's just that the founding father, legal expert, and financial expert of the United States eventually died in a duel. The object of his duel was Aren Boll, the third vice president of the United States.

The vice president later even united with important figures in the military to plot an empire in the vast western region from the Ohio River valley to Mexico...

Seeing Wu Qian paying close attention to Hamilton's bronze statue, Feng Yiping wanted to tell her that she died in a duel, but seeing the officials in front of him and the exclamation that Wu Qian might make, he shook his head. ,just forget it.

He and the people who came to greet him walked into this old building in the United States. The lobby was deep and grand, but it was inevitably not too bright, which Feng Yiping didn't like.

Therefore, in such an environment, he could easily spot Paulson waiting at the top of the stairs. The latter's head really seemed to reflect light.

"Haha, Feng," Paulson smiled and strode down the stairs.

His smile was warm, but his laughter was a little hoarse.

"Mr. Minister," Feng Yiping greeted him.

"How do you like DC?" Paulson asked.

"It's getting cold here, and I'm afraid of the cold," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"Haha, but I think Silicon Valley doesn't seem to be warm anywhere," Paulson took Feng Yiping toward his office, and introduced him to the history of the building as he walked.

But they are very general. It seems that he is not familiar with the history of the building.

This is not surprising. The time he took office was not long, but the task after taking office was very difficult.

Not only must we deal with the current thorny crisis, we must also fight Congress.

It seems that the President of the United States will become a lame president in the latter part of his second term. For example, in the current Bush administration, he is the Republican Party and the Democratic Party is the majority party in Congress.

Many of their plans were eventually shot down by Congress.

Therefore, his situation is really difficult.

Fortunately, Feng Yiping doesn't care much about these. If you are interested, just find a tour guide for the US Treasury Department, which is also open to tourists.

They quickly came to Paulson's office, which felt close to Mr. Zhou's office, solemn and grand, but the furnishings were simple.

"Mineral water?" Paulson asked Feng Yiping.

Feng Yiping nodded. It seems that the finance minister still knows himself quite well.

"Give Feng a bottle of water, give me a cup of coffee, thank you," Paulson finished speaking to the secretary, took off his glasses, rubbed the bridge of his nose, "You can probably guess that these days, without coffee, I will pay I really can't hold on,"

Feng Yiping thought he would bring the topic to the subprime mortgage crisis next, and said, "I have great confidence in Mr. Minister,"

But Paulson suddenly said, "Feng, I want to ask you a question."

At this time, the secretary knocked on the door and walked in. He stopped until the door was closed again before he continued, "That year, the e-commerce company that Goldman Sachs transferred to you, the shares of Alibaba, was it yours? What is needed?"

Feng Yiping unscrewed the mineral water. The turning point of this topic was really bigger than the nine bends of the Yellow River.

Did you know that it is easy to get dizzy when turning around like this?

"The reason why I agreed so readily was because I heard that it was your proposal," Feng Yiping said, "You know, I hope to have a good relationship with Wall Street, especially big companies like Goldman Sachs,"

Paulson leaned on the sofa, standing in front of him with his arms folded, smiling at Feng Yiping.

"But that is indeed what I need," Feng Yiping continued, "I actually worked on the layout of e-commerce very early, because by understanding the development of eBay and Amazon in the United States, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion, the future development of e-commerce , A lot of hope,"

"So, I'm very happy to make such a deal with two birds with one stone,"

"I knew it," Paulson looked at Feng Yiping, "you must be the last decision I made in my Wall Street career."

"I don't know if Mr. Minister understands the philosophy of our country," Feng Yiping said.

He didn't expect Paulson to answer anything, but Paulson said one word, "Tai Chi?"

"It is indeed related to Tai Chi. The ancient philosophical view of our country is that things have yin and yang, that is, everything has both positive and negative sides,"

"First of all, I'm not too sure, because after accepting your shares in Ali and merging with Ali, my e-commerce group will grow to what point in the future." This is naturally a lie. He is simply too clear. , That would definitely be much better than the original Ali.

"So, we don't know how much the shares you transferred to me will be worth in the future."

"Secondly, it is not to transfer to me. I think Goldman Sachs will also transfer to other companies or individuals at that time. In comparison, I think it is better to transfer to me,"

"Why?" Paulson asked ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ because," Feng Yiping gestured between them with his hand, "My friendship with Mr. Minister,"

"In any case, I will always remember Mr. Minister's proposal and the convenience brought to me. No matter when, I will remember Mr. Minister's friendship."

The meaning of Feng Yiping's words is that his two "remembers" will be very rare.

I believe that in the finance minister's office of the most economically powerful country in the world, there should not be many people who say such blatant words.

However, Feng Yiping really has such qualifications.

Because Paulson's tenure is only more than one year.

"Speaking of which, I want to ask by the way, after the subprime mortgage crisis has been successfully resolved, what kind of plans does Mr. Minister have for the future?" Feng Yiping asked with a smile.

Paulson was still smiling, but his eyes sharpened behind his glasses.