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Clovis 2022-04-10 08:01:01
From "Devil Salesman" to see the investment mentality
"Devil's Salesman", also known as "How I Broke Barings Bank". The protagonist Nick was promoted from a clerk and was sent to the Singapore branch to open a wrong account 88888 for Pingsheng and use this account to embezzle customers' funds for transactions. At first, it was only to make up for the...
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Julia 2022-04-10 08:01:01
Sound and Music Appreciation
The film begins with a wild male vocal, accompanied by a newscaster delivering financial information. The voice of the announcer drifted away, and the singing was connected with the fast-paced dance music of the disco, which was very natural. The scene shifts to a disco where people speak loudly...
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Rowan 2022-04-21 09:03:53
The stock market that I didn't understand back then still doesn't understand it now, but the purpose of Nen Wanlai is so simple... Ewan's acting skills are like spreading a layer of tempting icing on top of a creamy cake. Sad ending, but still couldn't resist taking another sip.
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Lenny 2022-04-20 09:02:56
Why does Ewan have to be naked in this film?╮(╯▽╰)╭
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Peter Norris: Now, we've had a lot of stick over funding. Brenda Granger tells me we're borrowing all over Japan to get the funds to you. People are beginning to talk, Nick.
Nick Leeson: I understand. I understand completely.
Peter Norris: Excellent. Good man.
[he turns back to chat with the others]
Nick Leeson: [voiceover] And that was it. That was apparently all he had to say on the subject of my enormous exposure that was causing so many ulcers throughout the Barings empire.
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Tony Hawes: You're down for 450, aren't you? Your bonus? Only a week to go.
Nick Leeson: Sorry?
Tony Hawes: Have you thought about what you're going to do with it? Only a week to go.
Nick Leeson: [taps his glass and rises] Excuse me, I have an announcement to make. I know that some of you are worried about our exposure in the market and you're probably wondering about the identity of our mystery customer X. Well, the fact is he doesn't exist. We are the customer, Barings. And if you look properly at the five eights account, which is not a client account at all, it's an errors account, you'll realise that it's concealing losses in the region of 200 million pounds. No, I tell a lie, it's more like 230 after today.
[shocked, the executives abruptly vomit into their dinners. The picture fades back to a few moments earlier as Nick emerges from a daydream]
Tony Hawes: Only a week to go. What are you going to do with all that money?
Nick Leeson: Well, I'm not going to spend it on futures and options.
[everyone else laughs]
