A $50 Million Margin Call? I'll Short Wall Street

[Economic Crisis][Battle of Wits][The Big Short][Wall Street] (Rating just released, will rise later) Years later, when sitting in front of the camera for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" interview, Lu Ze would always think of that rainy Manhattan night on February 28, 2008. That day, with the gunshot wound still bleeding from his temple, he stared at the $50 million debt demand from Goldman Sachs on his Bloomberg terminal, toying with an unfired revolver in his hand. "So, Mr. Lu." The renowned journalist, gazing at the man before him who commanded trembling throughout the global financial system, posed the question that had been repeatedly raised at congressional hearings, closed-door Federal Reserve meetings, and countless trader gatherings: "Between the devil and the prophet, how do you define yourself?" Lu Ze leaned back in the wide leather chair, gazing at the still-glittering steel forest of Manhattan outside the window, and slightly spread his hands: "I'm just a trader." "When a bubble is destined to burst, neither greed nor fear will be enough to put a price on the world—" "Yuanxing simply did a little bit of God's work for the market."