just met in the boy

On September 2008, 9.If you are in the financial industry, you will definitely remember that in the afternoon of that day, a century-old giant in the United States suddenly collapsed and declared bankruptcy, but that was only the first firecracker that was lit.This is not a pair of butterfly wings being flapped, nor is it a domino being pushed down, but an earth-shattering tsunami—from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, sweeping the world.

Ou Xuyang must remember that afternoon, it was a very pleasant afternoon.Because that day he and Beibei finally talked about what had been stalemate for almost a week, and they were about to go out together after school, but he suddenly had stomach cramps during the last class, so he had to go home early, and he When he got home, he found his parents were there.

"Yangyang?" His mother was startled when she saw her son come back suddenly, "Why are you back?"

Ou Xuyang was also taken aback. He didn't understand why his mother made such a fuss. Looking at them again, they were all sitting at the dining table with serious and dignified expressions. For a moment, Ou Xuyang's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out: "Dad, Mom , What happened at home? Why didn't you tell me? How long are you going to keep it from me?"

His father's face was very heavy, he opened his mouth, but he didn't make a sound, but then he slammed his fist heavily on the table, and let out a heavy sigh from his chest, "Hey!——"

"What's the matter!" Ou Xuyang became even more worried.

"Yangyang, come here." His mother said.

Ou Xuyang walked over, he was really afraid to hear that another relative had left him.He looked at his mother and felt his eyelids twitch.

"Yangyang, something happened at home," his mother said, "something happened in the business, I guess it won't be able to continue." His mother had a gloomy face when she said that.

But Ou Xuyang let out a long sigh of relief: "Oh - that's the case, I still agree - that's nothing, why are you so serious!"

"That's nothing?" His father suddenly glared at him fiercely, and said loudly, "What's that? It's nothing? The family's business is about to fail, do you think it's nothing?!"

"It's not that the business can't be done, and it's not that there's no food to eat. Why are you nervous?" Ou Xuyang said.

When his father heard this, he sighed, bowed his head and slammed the table again, then waved his hand and sent Ou Xuyang off: "Since you're back, go up and do your homework."

Ou Xuyang's face was full of displeasure, and he turned around and wanted to leave, but when he saw that his mother was still full of sorrow, he wanted to comfort her again, and blurted out: "Mom, don't worry, it's not a big deal, just be happy. ah?"

His mother smiled slightly and nodded, "Go, let's do your homework."

But that night at Ou Xuyang's house, since dinner, his parents stared at the computer to check the stock price, and they didn't even eat dinner very well.The whole night, Ou Xuyang lay in his room and could hear his parents talking in the study next door, and then early the next morning, he heard the TV saying "American International Group provided an emergency short-term loan of 850 billion. "

"If this is the case, the situation should be a little more optimistic, after all, even the US government has come forward." His mother said to his father.

His father sighed: "I hope. I hope this can save the market. It can't fall anymore."

Ou Xuyang walked out of the door, turned into the study next door, and saw that his parents had dark circles under their eyes, and their faces were tired.

"You guys go to sleep too!" Ou Xuyang complained.

But his father ignored him. His mother looked at him, still smiled wearily, and said, "Yangyang, why don't you go out to have breakfast by yourself today? Hurry up and wash up and go to class."

"Then I'll come back to stay tonight." Ou Xuyang turned around and added before turning to go out.

"What are you doing back here? Go live in the school." His father frowned deeply.

"Didn't something happen at home? I must know what's going on now." Ou Xuyang insisted.

Suddenly the doorbell rang, and the three people in the study were all taken aback.

"It's early in the morning, who is it? I'll open the door." Ou Xuyang said.

"Wait, dad is here." His dad stopped him, then turned to him and said, "Stay in the room and don't come down."

After his father went out, his mother looked flustered and fidgeted.Ou Xuyang felt worse and worse, and couldn't help asking: "Mom, it's not just as simple as the business can't go on, right?!"

Hearing that his mother burst into tears, "Your father...it's actually my fault. Your father and I were in a hurry because our funds were broken, so we mortgaged our house for usury..."

"What!" Ou Xuyang's eyes widened, and he rushed out of the study without looking back.As soon as he arrived at the stairs, he saw a few men with stern faces pacing in the living room of his house, with calculations in their eyes.One of them saw him and couldn't help grinning: "Boss Ou, this is Mr. Ling, right?"

"What are you doing at my house?!" Ou Xuyang asked loudly.

"Ou Xuyang! Go up for me!" His father was in a hurry, and said to the man, "Manager Zhang, the current market situation is still unclear, and it's not good for you to bring people to my house in such a hurry Make sense, right?!"

The manager giggled when he heard that, sat on the sofa dangling, looked at Ou Xuyang, "young master? Go upstairs? I still have business with your father. How are you doing?"

In fact, on the same day, on the night of the 15th, after class, Bian Xiaojun read the news about Lehman's bankruptcy on his mobile phone. He immediately remembered that his family seemed to have bought a lot of US stocks, including some Lehman shares, so he called his father on the phone.

"Dad, I saw the news, it looks serious, how much did our family lose?" he asked.

"It's limited for the time being, and the U.S. government will definitely rescue the market." His father said, "I'm trying to escape as much as I can now. But it's okay, luckily I didn't continue to buy at that time, don't worry, even if The loss is limited, and the fundamentals of our family cannot be touched."

Bian Xiaojun felt relieved when he heard this, and he suddenly thought of something, so he wanted to ask his father, "Is this Lehman going to collapse anyway?"

His father pondered for a while, "Now there are many theories, one of which is that Lehman owed a huge loan and couldn't repay it."

"High loan?! Can't pay it back?!" Bian Xiaojun was surprised: "Is he a giant to pay the loan?"

"Sometimes it's hard to say that. You're still young and you don't understand. In fact, the bigger the company is, the higher the demand for working capital is, and the more serious the loan is." His father said.

"Wait!" Bian Xiaojun thought of another question: "Whose loan did he borrow from?!"

"Those investment banks in America."

"Wait! Dad! Doesn't that mean—" Bian Xiaojun made several sharp turns in his head, and said loudly, "Is the banking industry going to be dragged in too? Are you right? Lehman owed money and paid it back." If it fails to close down, the bank will lose money, and once the bank loses money——Dad! The problem is very serious!"

On the other end of the phone, Mr. Bian smiled softly, and praised: "Son, that's right! You're right! You have brains! You have brains!"

Bian Xiaojun was a little embarrassed by the praise, but immediately worried: "Is our family really okay?"

His father smiled, "Don't worry, as I said, losses will definitely be inevitable, but the fundamentals will not be affected. This time, the fundamentals will be affected by companies whose asset chains and US financial products are usually too closely involved. Those companies engaged in export trade, relying on foreign capital, and investing in U.S. stocks may all go bankrupt this time.”

Mr. Bian's words were like a beam of electricity that suddenly hit Bian Xiaojun's mind, and suddenly he thought of something - if he remembers correctly, Ou Xuyang's house seems to be...

Bian Xiaojun's worries quickly became reality six days later.Just after school, he received a call from his father, telling him that the news that came this morning was that the investment banks on Wall Street in the United States had collapsed one after another, and then the US government integrated the last two remaining investment banks. Banks, and U.S. stocks fell into a continuous plunge.

"I got away yesterday, and our family lost more than 50 yuan. Fortunately, the assets were separated in peacetime, so as not to hurt the bones." Mr. Bian said, after thinking about it, he took care: "Also, this matter Don't let your little mother know, I'm afraid she will worry about it."

"I know." Bian Xiaojun nodded.

His father gave a "hmm" and asked again: "How is your little mother? Have you been living in school recently? Have you visited them at home?"

"I've been home, I just went back yesterday, my mother is not in a good condition, so is my younger sister, she has been crying all night yesterday." Bian Xiaojun replied.

His father probably felt very distressed when he heard it. Several sighs came from the phone, and he hurriedly said, "Son, take care of Dad for another two days. Dad will go back after he settles the mess here. Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work!" "

"Well, I know." Bian Xiaojun said.

After hanging up the phone here, Bian Xiaojun wanted to call Ou Xuyang almost immediately, but his fingers froze on the call button——Ou Xuyang, since three days ago, he hasn't come to class, he said he was on sick leave, really ?

"Hey, Xiaojun, why are you so dazed? You don't want to eat." Bao Zi patted him on the back.

"Oh, I'll go right away, you go first, I have to call home again." Bian Xiaojun said.

Baozi gave a "hmm" and said, "Here's a seat for you, come quickly." Then he went to the cafeteria with other students in the class.

Bian Xiaojun stopped at a place with few people, turned his head and walked towards the classroom. If he guessed correctly, Cheng Youcheng should still be in the class management meeting.Walking back to the classroom, Bian Xiaojun hurriedly walked to Cheng Youcheng's side as soon as the meeting was over.

"Youcheng." He called out in a low voice, after thinking about it, he thought it was time to ask: "Have you contacted Ou Xuyang in the past two days?"

Cheng Youcheng was surprised, then nodded: "Well, what's wrong?"

"How is he?" Bian Xiaojun asked hastily.

"Not very energetic, and didn't say a few words to me." Cheng Youcheng frowned.

"Did he not tell you anything?" Bian Xiaojun asked again.

"What do you mean?"

Bian Xiaojun thought for a while, but finally felt that he didn't know where to start, so he shook his head, "Oh, it's okay, maybe I was thinking too much."