"You are the motherfucking fired!" (You are fired!)
This is the scene in the last episode of the third season of "BILLIONS", where Chuck, the attorney for the Southern District of New York, fell from the throne of power (equivalent to bureaucratic level) and was ranted and dismissed by the Attorney General.
"Billions" is an American drama that Kaopu finished in October. The 36 episodes of three seasons severely hit Kaopu's IQ. Many financial and legal terminology, political music, and big-name overseas trips are all ignorant, with both Chinese and English subtitles. I was watching, stumbled all the way, but I couldn't stop it.
Mr. Kaopu was tearful throughout the whole process, watching the luxurious lives of billionaires and dignitaries; on the other hand, watching these grandsons fight to death and death is still a secret heart.
Damn, why are you still alive?
Chuck: Becoming a powerful man
The male lead Chuck is a typical second-generation powerful and has a family fund. You should know that in the United States, the rich usually have to pay huge inheritance taxes and income taxes, but American laws also have some regulations that can avoid these two taxes. As far as inheritance tax is concerned, if a rich man deposits a sum of money in a trust fund, the principal will be used to invest and earn interest, and if the rich man donates all the net interest generated by the money to charity, then future generations can Inherit the entire principal without paying taxes. Therefore, the Chuck family established its own private charity fund. As long as they donate 5% of their assets to public charities each year, they can enjoy tax reductions on the one hand, and on the other hand, they can control the use of interest and use it to influence society as they wish. These foundations enjoy tax relief, and their operations are completely opaque.
Chuck has the bottom of his family fund, this pot of old wine, and he is dedicated to the official career. It was precisely by relying on his family background and elite status that Chuck became a US federal prosecutor. Above him was the Secretary of the Attorney General, and he was in the position of under one person and above 10,000 in the judicial system. And Chuck is in charge of the Southern District of New York, because it includes Manhattan, the financial center, and has always focused on economic crimes. It is not comparable to the prosecutors of the Northern District or other states at the same administrative level. So Chuck and his wife Wendy yelled out "I am the god damn US Attorney!" during the quarrel, the salary is not as much as you earn, but my position is indeed so awesome!
This is the rich and powerful. Chuck carried out various rebelliousness. For the so-called career (political achievements), he peeked at his wife’s computer to fix the fund. The fishing law enforcement would not hesitate to lose all the cash of himself, dad and classmates, even his own family fund. , Conspiracy, bribery, threats, blackmail, intimidation, betrayal, rumors, all kinds of methods are ubiquitous. In the end, when he was engaged in the attorney-general of his immediate boss, his subordinates and his companions were yelled at, so he opened the way to Emmas.
The "old money" that has entered the rich and powerful has been misfired, so what about the "new money"?
Poppy: Poverty is not only a pain, but also a humiliation
Chuck just can't understand the "new money" that broke out. The opponent in the play is another male protagonist, Wall Street hedge fund manager billionaire Bobby-Bobby Axelrod.
Poppy came from a poor family, and got rich from the speculative 9/11 incident. He is like a sniper lurking in the high ground, aiming at the target and waiting for the best time. He is cold-blooded, agile, cunning, all kinds of insider trading, all kinds of buying insiders, all kinds of disguise and temptation. High IQ, high EQ, and high adverse quotient. Mom has everything, lawless, unrestrained, and lavish. Truffle for $100, a small case. A cup of Sumatran cat feces coffee for $300, drizzle. A cup of brandy for 2000 dollars, gargle. A small jar of white catfish caviar for 20,000 knives is stuffed with teeth. As for those global limited edition Bentley, Hermès, new iphones, and limited edition chavlottelOympia high heels that are showing off their wealth and falling, they are in Bobby's eyes just stupid and stupid. Haven't you seen the money? I threw all the garbage out.
The most horrifying thing is that in the sixth episode of the third season, Bobby, Vargas and the French chef eat the endangered wild animal bunting. The chef said,
In the past in France, only royals or monasteries could eat wormwood; now in France, it is illegal to eat wormwood; to be precise, it is illegal all over the world.
Why is it illegal? Cruelty to animals is also true.
Artemisias are raised in the grape-growing garden, so that their meat blends with the essence of the water and soil environment, the taste of the earth, and the internal organs and bones. In order to eat, the bunting’s eyes were stabbed blind, the biological clock was at night, the appetite was stimulated, and he tried to eat until he grew to three times the size of his natural body.
What is really high is the process of eating.
Cover your head with a traditional embroidered cloth, hide your ears and steal the bell from God's inspection, and at the same time cover up the indecent food and gather a strong fragrance. Put the two or more buntings in your mouth. The head of the bird should stay outside the mouth, hanging between the lips, bite the head of the bird, and discard it.
The bunting must be eaten while it’s hot. You have to stop it on your tongue while quickly sucking in the cool air. This will cool it down, but the real purpose is to make the wonderful fat fall like a waterfall. Pour freely into your abdomen along your throat. When it cools down, you can start chewing. You need about fifteen minutes, starting from the breast, to the wings and crispy bones, and then the internal organs.
Regal people do not care about the food itself, but the unique ingredients that give them a unique experience.
The chef said again:
Eating one is happiness, eating two is violent.
So, each of them did it, three .
Money is TMD's waywardness!
With a cloth on his head, just by chewing in the dark, you can taste the life of this bird:
The wheat of Morocco, the salty air of the Mediterranean, the lavender of Provence. The lungs and heart of a pea-sized bird, overflowing with the Armagnac that poured into it when it drowned, would break on the tip of the diners' tongues, bursting out with the fragrance of fine wines.
I have to say that Mr. Kaopu's imagination is limited by poverty.
Had to heal myself
People yearn for wealth and status, and once they get what they want, they may live even worse. Excessive desire has nothing to do with one's true needs. I always care about what other people think of us, and they won't attend my funeral. Always thinking about them, ruining the best time in our short life, we actually spent so much time in our lives envious of those wrong things, it is really heartbreaking.
The more I believe that all people are equal, the more painful I feel when I am confident that I have enough strength to realize any of my ideals.
How can the impermanence of destiny be changed by manpower? The outcome we see is that the possibility of climbing to the top of society is very slim. There is only one Bill Gates and only Jack Ma in the world. This is a very real reality! The craziness, cruelty, ready to be ALL-IN at any time, may fall to pieces from the peak at any time. Is scarlet blood flowing behind the feast?
This feast of money and power, the wine flowing on the table, dark red like blood, like they are eating the last supper of the last days, crazy and weird
If you change your mindset, you will become rich in being friendly, curious, sensitive, humble, piety, and wise, which will force you to grow taller.
Talk about money, talk about fame and fortune, too LOW!
A country that can raise the largest number of noble and happy people is the richest country; a country that can maximize the value of one's life, and through personal efforts, or through the possessions of oneself, can do the most extensive to others The person with favorable influence will be the richest person. As stated in the book "To the Later":
The richest people in the world will no longer be businessmen or landlords for granted, but those who are deeply surprised when gazing at the stars at night, and those who can understand and alleviate the suffering of others.
Grapes are really sour, not only harmful to the body and mind, but also really low.
However, just let Pujun LOW a little bit, and let all kinds of LOWs come more violently!
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