"Little Swift?" Seeing this familiar face, the atmosphere in the room became very awkward. After all, almost everyone had just accused Little Swift and called him a "darkie" repeatedly. This was incredibly awkward.
They weren't embarrassed by speaking ill of others or calling someone a darkie. Instead, they felt awkward because doing such things and saying such words in the future would inevitably reflect poorly on their gentlemanly demeanor. This was the source of their embarrassment.
After the awkwardness, everyone's expression turned serious. Dr. Cooper directly stated, "Mr. Swift, our meeting does not seem to have invited you. Your presence here is somewhat inappropriate."
"Inappropriate or not, the key question is whether my presence here will be of any help to you all. If you genuinely wish to swallow our Western Mustang Fund and my boss's 00 Network, wouldn't it be more convenient to discuss it face-to-face? It saves us the trouble of using underhanded tactics, which are too strenuous!" Little Swift said with a chuckle, which was met with another wave of awkward laughter.
"Well, since you've already heard, there's nothing to hide. You've violated everyone's unspoken agreement, disrupted the situation we worked so hard to maintain, and caused everyone's massive funds to be trapped in the market, unable to move. One wrong step could lead to bankruptcy!"
"Considering how badly you've harmed us, is it unreasonable for us to divide your Western Mustang Fund?" Dr. Cooper, well aware of the significance of occupying the moral high ground, placed the blame squarely on Little Swift in front of him and launched into his accusations.
Of course, Dr. Cooper also knew that Little Swift would deny it, so he had prepared a series of tactics to firmly pin the blame on him, making it impossible to shake off.
Unexpectedly, Little Swift nodded readily and said, "Yes, although I did this on a whim for the fun of it, I did post on Weibo, and I did indeed disrupt the favorable situation."
"..." Dr. Cooper was rendered speechless. He hadn't expected Little Swift to admit it. All his prepared tactics instantly became useless, and he felt thoroughly uncomfortable.
Meanwhile, the others in the room erupted, pointing fingers at Little Swift and cursing him. If they hadn't undergone security checks before entering the meeting room to ensure they weren't carrying any firearms, some people would have drawn their guns and shot Little Swift dead.
"Everyone, you can scold me if you wish. I admit to what I did. But why aren't you scolding my accomplice? Without his help, I would never have dared to harm all of you!" Little Swift said with a wronged expression.
"You have an accomplice?" Everyone was suddenly shocked. The handsome CEO of Lehman Brothers immediately shouted, "Who else is your accomplice? Tell us, and we'll all devour them and compensate everyone for their losses!"
"Since I've come, I naturally won't hide anything from you all, because my accomplice is sitting right here, isn't that right, Dr. Cooper!" Little Swift said, then looked at Dr. Cooper with a smile, clearly indicating that his accomplice was none other than Dr. Cooper and the Goldman Sachs Group behind him.
"Dr. Cooper!" Everyone immediately turned their angry gazes toward Dr. Cooper. Dr. Cooper was initially startled, then quickly calmed down and said with a cold smile, "Isn't that just a tactic to drag me down? He saw that I was organizing everyone at the meeting to swallow his Western Mustang Fund to compensate for their losses. So, he's intentionally trying to drag me down by claiming me as his accomplice to reduce his own pressure. Can't you all see through such a simple trick? Do I need to expose it here!"
"Oh, Dr. Cooper, a true man acts and takes responsibility. We worked on this together, why do you refuse to admit it?" Little Swift sighed. "Of course, it's normal not to admit it. We originally agreed not to identify each other after it was done, and to go our separate ways. But I never expected you to organize a meeting afterward to devour our Western Mustang Fund. I can't tolerate that, let's go all out!"
"Everyone, I will tell you the truth here. This time, we did indeed cooperate with Goldman Sachs Group. Our Western Mustang Fund profited by shorting subprime loans, and Goldman Sachs, by taking advantage of my exposure of the truth, immediately fled for safety, stepping over all of your corpses. At that time, we would absorb all your firepower, and Goldman Sachs could safely escape."
"But I never expected that this fellow would be careless in his operations and fail to escape, and then turn around to organize everyone to devour me, his partner. I was so angry that I found ways to appear here and tell you the truth!"
"If you intend to devour me, then you might as well devour Goldman Sachs together. Goldman Sachs has two trillion dollars in funds. Only by devouring Goldman Sachs can everyone truly escape their predicament. Otherwise, my meager 400 billion dollars might not even be enough to fill the hole left by Lehman Brothers. How can you smoothly turn your crisis into safety?" Little Swift said. The expressions of everyone looking at Dr. Cooper immediately became strange, or rather, somewhat eager.
Little Swift was right. The Western Mustang Fund and 00 Network combined were not enough to swallow, but if Goldman Sachs were added, they would definitely be able to satisfy their appetites, and might even make a small profit.
Of course, they weren't fools. Little Swift's words were filled with logical loopholes, and there were definitely strange things happening behind the scenes.
But it didn't matter. Wall Street never cared about evidence or conscience. As long as there was a universally recognized label that could be placed on Goldman Sachs, they could wholeheartedly devour the entire Goldman Sachs.
And if they could really swallow Goldman Sachs, then the future would be incredibly bright.
Even Dr. Cooper, seeing the ravenous gazes of everyone around him, felt a sense of fear and began to vigorously defend himself, stating that his company had nothing to do with this operation.
But Little Swift persistently focused on one question: "If you had no collusion with me, then why did I happen to release this news exactly at 10 AM when the stock market opened, rather than after the market closed?"
"You must know that releasing the news after the market closed would actually be the best outcome for the vast majority of retail investors, because only then could retail investors escape in the first instance. Conversely, releasing the news at the market opening would only benefit institutions that planned to escape."
"And your Goldman Sachs, I just happened to start fleeing within 30 seconds of my Weibo post. If there were no relationship or conspiracy in between, even ghosts wouldn't believe it! If you have the ability, explain clearly how you managed to prepare traders in 30 seconds and start trading instantly?" Little Swift's counter-attack left Dr. Cooper speechless. The surrounding gazes made Dr. Cooper even more fearful. Dr. Cooper was indeed somewhat worried that Goldman Sachs might actually become the target of everyone's consumption.
After all, even Goldman Sachs didn't have the ability to withstand the power of all of Wall Street.
Just as Dr. Cooper was feeling overwhelmed by this, Little Swift suddenly said again, "I want to ask everyone, if you were to try to devour both us and Goldman Sachs Group simultaneously, how much effort and power do you think you would need to mobilize?"
This question immediately made everyone's expression uncomfortable. The Western Mustang Fund and Goldman Sachs were both significant entities. While it wasn't impossible to devour them, it would definitely require considerable effort and would be a very painful process.
Little Swift didn't give others a chance to speak and continued on his own, "Let's not even talk about Goldman Sachs Group, which is deeply entrenched within the entire country and involved in countless industries. To devour Goldman Sachs, you would likely have to pour all your current funds into it. But with the subprime mortgage crisis raging outside, your cash reserves are already limited. Now, if you're going to bring down Goldman Sachs, aren't you afraid of breaking your own teeth?"
"As for our Western Mustang Fund, we appear to be very easy to deal with. However, Western Mustang Fund never accepts large-scale capital injection from any institution. Almost all those who purchase our funds are retail investors from the internet and the middle class. If you were to devour us, it would be the money of these retail investors and the middle class that would be lost. If these people get angry, aren't you afraid someone will set the entire Wall Street on fire?"
"And 00 Network, this is not a question of whether it can be devoured; it's a question of where to even start. The core of 00 Network is its platform, and the platform is always controlled by the headquarters. At the same time, our Boss Huang always stays in China, which means you will never get any other opportunities. You cannot devour 00 Network!"
"So I want to ask everyone, do you still want to devour both of us?" Little Swift's string of rhetorical questions immediately dashed many people's plans.
Indeed, the price to devour both of them would be too great, and the gains would not outweigh the losses. Therefore, many people's gazes became friendly again.
Dr. Cooper, on the side, was both angry and helpless. When did Goldman Sachs intend to stand with Jiangnan Group? They originally intended to devour them! How did they end up being allied?
Of course, Dr. Cooper didn't dare to openly object, as only by the two of them uniting could they deter the covetous gazes of the surrounding wolves.
"This Little Swift, I underestimated him before!" Dr. Cooper sighed inwardly as he glanced at Little Swift.