It is really beyond dispute to say that it is a deceitful hand. After all, the amount of $65 billion in fraud is beyond the imagination of other scammers. But judging from the narrative in the film, it is just an enlarged version of "The Devil's Salesperson" (based on Nick Leeson's autobiography, Nick broke the Bank of Barings by fraud for performance).
The film seems to objectively explain Bernard L. Madoff’s fraud history, but because the film presents the problem from the perspective of the Madoff family and friends, it naturally becomes a defense for the Madoff family. Puppet.
Of course, the case itself cannot be discussed from the perspective of justice or from the perspective of the victim. After all, whether the FBI or the supervisory department in the film appears to be very rubbish, it is estimated that the U.S. government is not embarrassed to mention this incident. As for the victims, we can see that, after all, we are not talking about the general public, but the wealthy people with assets of over 100 million yuan (even the dicks may clap their hands and applaud).
However, when I watched this film, I was suffocated at first, and there were a few people talking about it, and there was no action to adjust the plot. I could hardly survive it. If it weren't for such a big event, a big man, it would be true. Did not finish reading. After reading it, I felt frightened again, and once again deeply felt the emptiness of life and the darkness of the world.
The protagonist, Madoff, is a model of success and an authority in the financial world, but in fact he is a complete liar. Of course, he seems to be a good benevolent, very sincere and reliable, but also shrewd and precise. Therefore, according to the photo, he deceived his wife, two sons (they have been working in their own company), and deceived his brother for 16 years. (Reporter: How did you keep the secret? Madoff: For 16 years, this secret has not been known to my wife, brothers, and sons. How did I do it and still keep a little clear head? Hmm...I When you think of it, you will be very worried.) Madoff's statement is "protecting the family", indeed he wants to protect. When he found that the scam could not continue, he thought of giving his son and his men early dividends in advance, spending all the money, and then going to jail by himself. However, in order to avoid being treated as "accomplices", the sons were still scared to "exterminate their relatives righteously". Only then did the FBI intervene in the investigation and arrest. Of course, although the two sons faced the interrogation and questioning very well during the investigation, they were still burdened with "shame", life and pain. Just as the Internet data showed, one committed suicide and the other died of illness.
First, we can see the shortcomings of American authority culture.
When interrogated by the FBI and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Madoff’s son stated that he had no knowledge of his father’s scam. Then he was questioned and asked the FBI, leaving him speechless (obviously the FBI He has the ability to treat some thieves and small terrorists, but there is no way to deal with the upper class). The key point can also be to see the shortcomings of the American "authority" culture. (Add to cultural studies)
Investigator: What I don't understand is how can you work with your father for 20 years without any suspicion?
Madoff's son: Nothing!
Investigator: Who is your father's client?
Madoff son: I don’t know much. Jeffrey Picall is a big family, Fred Wilpen and Sol Katz of the New York Mets, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, and some families. My friend, Marty. But he never talked about his work in detail, and our money was in his hands.
Investigator: So you never doubted your father? Never?
Madoff son: Do you know his identity?
Investigator: I think we have all begun to understand your father, Mr. Madoff.
Madoff son: He is not only my father, we worship him as an idol. The man we are talking about opened up the modern market and founded Nasdaq. He is the chairman of Nasdaq, the chairman of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, the chairman of the International Securities Clearing Corporation, the chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers, and the American financial industry. The reformer of the Regulatory Authority, the chairman of the Singapore Airlines Trading Commission.
Investigator: I understand what you mean.
Madoff’s son: Sir... You don’t understand, Chairman of the National Business Conduct Committee...
Investigator: We understand.
Madoff’s son: Member of the Federal Regulatory Commission of Singapore Airlines,
Investigator: All right, sir.
Madoff's son: United States...Chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Small Order Implementation Committee, you ask me why I don't know. Then let me ask you, you are from the FBI and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and you have investigated him before. Then, how can you not know about it?
Obviously, regardless of whether Madoff’s son knew of his father’s deception, his answer was quite convincing. For him, he is his father; for everyone, his father is also an authority and an industry leader.
In the film, there is also a specific talk about how Madoff escaped the investigation. He spoke to investigators in a "black humor" way: When someone from a regulatory agency came to my office, I would never ask The lawyer came here for two reasons: First, I didn't commit anything; second, I knew the rules better than most people, because I drafted most of them. Although we haven't seen it before, it can be said that we are still related. You have my name on the candidate list of the director of the Securities Commission. If you still have any needs, please come to the office to find me at any time. Don't feel inconvenient.
When the other party submits: We need your account number in order to verify your assets. Madoff was also very quick to give it to them, even though he knew it himself: With just one phone call, the people of the Securities Commission only need to make a phone call, and they can find that everything is forged, and there is actually no penny in the account. But they don't know how to call.
To be honest, Madoff used his authority and self-confidence to prevent investigators from calling or even wanting to call. In his words: This is not just the psychology of gambling, it is more like a leap of faith, knowing that they might make that call, and then you can find everything, but the only thing you can do is wait, I can’t imagine What kind of mood is that is extremely painful and difficult.
This may sound ironic, but it can not only allow us to clearly respect the negative issues of "authority", but also allow us to see the "characteristics" of such advanced liars as Madoff.
2. What is really scary is the "good guy".
Madoff also said to reporters this way: Thinking about it now, my biggest mistake or my biggest weakness... is that I always want to please people. Yes, being a good person and being a person who "meets everyone's expectations" can easily become a "super liar" because in reality, such a person simply cannot exist.
Just like in "Thunderstorm", we always say that Zhou Puyuan is so bad that we don't even know how bad it is. Madoff, he has always regarded himself as a "good man", as a good man who loves his career and protects his family. He explained his "crime" (to his children) like this: I didn't mean it, and I started to make mistakes at the beginning...When I committed the crime, I thought that there must be a way to solve it, but then it became impossible. The more I struggled, the deeper I fell. In the final analysis, I refused to admit this fact, and I could not accept the fact that there was failure in this life. I don't admit it.
In order to continue to maintain his image that satisfies everyone, the good old man has become a "hidden" and keeps his wife and children in the dark; and he is also good at using tricks. In the United States, when the financial crisis occurred and Wall Street fell into disaster, Madoff’s company was also hit hard, and many people asked for the withdrawal of funds (Medicine Bank will withdraw 450 million yuan, and Stanley Charles has been with us throughout the year. Withdraw money, this does not include the funds that Fairfield took out...) At this time, Madoff was forced out of the means. I told an old friend here: There are some very good opportunities in the market now, I want to share with you, if it is not very, very important information, I will not come to you, understand? I don't want you to blame me for missing such an opportunity in the future. The stock market is plummeting, so it happens to be able to seize this opportunity. I told new friends over there (the ones who came to invest automatically): Money is not the most important thing. Sorry, but the funds for this quarter have all been booked. My clients know how to sit back and relax, and I also know how to not let them suffer. (The other party proposes to invest 100 million) This really has nothing to do with money. You want me to abandon the cooperative relationship with the customer. I can't do this. I have to sacrifice a certain customer, a loyal customer, in order to satisfy you. Unless you have a particularly good reason...I must act in accordance with professional ethics, and I cannot let you jump in the queue. I really want to help you, but no, the quota is full and I can't help. (The other party keeps increasing the code) I think about it... it still doesn't work. If it exceeds 400 million, then you can consider it.
Obviously, he was just eager to absorb more money to fill the hole. In the end, this hole still couldn't be filled. It should have been worth $50 billion, but in fact there was nothing. Therefore, as long as there is a large account who wants to buy back and withdraw money, it will be exposed immediately.
3. What is terrible is not greed, but nothingness.
Madoff said so. What I want to warn you of is: "Never invest more than half of your money on me". Who can tell the future? Maybe one day, I will become a lunatic. But the truth is that people are too greedy.
When he was accused of betraying everyone, Madoff said: But those people are also a little greedy, a little... They don't want to work hard, they just want to make money, so in a sense, they are also accomplices. They lack that integrity and are unwilling to take responsibility for their actions. The greed of the rich.
He even found a more grandiose reason for himself: I was thinking before...Even if I didn't do this, someone would come out to replace me sooner or later. This country needs the role of a bad guy and he needs him to intimidate everyone so that they can live obediently and live under a manipulated system, so I might as well be the bad guy.
Indeed, all deception stems from greed. The greed of the upper class and the rich is actually the same as the greed of the lower class and the common people. There is nothing wrong with human nature. The problem I thought was that Madoff just let the money evaporate, even though it was the money of the rich. But where does the money of the rich come from? Obviously, it was exploited from the civilians, from the bottom people. The people at the bottom spent their best efforts and the hard-earned money went to the rich man; where did the rich man’s money go? To put it bluntly, "money" is driving the world and fooling mankind. Just like the stock market crash, the financial crisis, and the property market bubble, once the hard-working wealth becomes empty in an instant, who lied to whom? Everything is chasing after the wind! That's why it is said that the kind of direct labor, direct harvest, and the transaction and balance with nature are "real" and the source of happiness. 17.7.17
|
View more about The Wizard of Lies reviews
