刚刚看了《华尔街-2 金钱不眠(Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)》,不错。 前几天在曼哈顿,特地又去华尔街转了一圈,正赶上占领华尔街的历史性群众运动方兴未艾,百年不遇。此事详见游记《一叶知秋华尔街-纽约波士顿秋探(一)》。 因为N年前也曾在证券公司打过几年滚,从美国回到家后余兴尚浓,又找出20多年前日本留学时期看过的电影《华尔街》重温了一遍,意外发现去年又拍了续集《华尔街-2 金钱不眠》(就是迈克尔在剧里老念叨的:“钱可不会睡觉”),因为当时正值全球性的金融风暴,在国内也作为大片上演了。迈克尔道格拉斯和一个娃娃脸的男孩主演,和“1”一样仍然非常精彩。未看之前那种感觉,就像当年看《教父 1》录像带,然后听说还有2和3,就没了魂般地去找。。。后来又在不同场合看过两遍全3集教父,仍和“如初见”般过瘾。 时过境迁,这部“2”里也与时俱进,在曼哈顿上流俱乐部里,随处可见腰缠万贯的中国金融家、投资家的身影,据说潘石屹的老婆也玩票了一把,不过里边中国富婆的面孔有好几个,我没认出谁是谁。 这2部电影里迈克尔道格拉斯都常爱念叨这句作为他格言的非常有名的话:“ Greed is good (贪婪是好事)”,它既形象说明了人性的残酷但却仍有希望的本质、几个 主角爱的承诺、因贪婪而欺骗、背叛、直至良心发现返璞归真,也可以解释华尔街的 缘起、1%和99%的来历,以及今天华尔街被占领的原因。。。 当他因为欺骗女儿和利用准女婿弄到手那1亿块钱时,准女婿说:“你究竟要多少钱才会罢手?只认钱的人绝不会有富足感” ,而他却冷酷地对这个号称华尔街神童小子说:“你永远也不会明白,这跟钱没关系,这是游戏,人跟人之间的游戏。” 当年的“1”里边有一段道格拉斯在股东大会上出彩的讲演,他很大程度凭借这个讲演拿下当年的奥斯卡影帝。今天的“2”中,可能导演为了让观众圆个“好事成双”的梦,安排他又来了一次出狱讲演,同样出彩: 你们就要完蛋了。你们还不知道。但是你们处于忍者时代,没钱要忍耐,没有工作要忍耐,没有资产也要忍耐,未来还有很长的路等着你们。 有人提醒我,我曾经说过:“贪心是好事”,现在看来贪心是合法的。 我的酒保因为贪心,买了三间他付不起的房子,没钱付贷款。你们的父母因为贪心,把房子多贷款五万块,把多出来的钱拿去购物中心,买等离子电视、手机、电脑、SUV,那么既然如此,为何不再买一间房子?因为我们都知道美国的房价只涨不跌,对吧? 贪心让这个国家的政府,在9/11时间之后,将利率降到百分之一,以促进全民消费。有很多信用公司和机构的名称诞生了,CMO、CDO、SIV、ABS。世界上真的懂得这些简称的人十根手指都能数出来。我来告诉你们这些代表什么,这些代表了大规模杀伤性武器。 我在监狱的时候,世界上的贪念,加上渴望,像雪球越滚越大。投机性的投资团体每年赚五千万至一亿以上。银行家看到了,羡慕的说:“我的生活好无聊。”于是他决定用你的钱,把利息提高40%,50% 到 100%。你的钱,不是他的钱,是你的,因为他有权利。是你要去借钱,而他不用。这笔生意的美妙之处在于,没有人需要负责任,因为大家都相信同一套谎言。 各位,在去年一年,金融服务业的获利占全美国公司总共的百分之四十,而非制造业,跟美国大众的需求一点关系也没有。事实上,我们都已经深陷其中了,银行、消费者,我们都盲目地花钱。拿一块钱,注射很多类固醇,称之为“杠杆作用”,我叫它“类固醇投资”。 我在金融业还算是个聪明的家伙,或许是我坐牢坐太久了,但也许监狱是唯一让人头脑清醒的地方。从牢房的栏杆往外望,说:“喂!外面的人都脑壳坏掉了吗?” 聪明人就会清楚明白,投机是万恶之源,最终的结局,就是以小博大而欠债,无止尽的贷款。我很不愿意告诉你们,但这是破产的典范,这是一条不归路。这是系统性,全球性的恶性循环,就像癌症,它是一种病,而我们需要去抵抗。要如何抵抗?要怎么使用金钱来对自己有利?我来告诉你,四个字,买我的书! You are all pretty much fucked. You don’t know it yet, but you are the ninja generation. No income, no job, no assets. You’ve got a lot to look forward to. Someone reminded me the other evening that I once said “greed is good”. Now it seems it is legal. But it is greed that makes my bartender buy three houses, he cannot afford with no money down. And it is greed that makes your parents refinance their $200,000 dollar house for $250,000. Then they take the extra $50,000 go down the mall. They buy a plasma TV, cell phones, computers, a SUV, hey, why not a second home while we are at it. And we all know the prices of houses in America always go up, right? And it is greed that makes the government of this country cut the interest rates to 1% after 9/11 so we can all go shopping again. They got all these fancy names for trillions of dollars for credit, CMO, CDO, SIV, ABS. You know I honestly think there are only 75 people in the world who know what they are. But I will tell you what they are. They are WMDs, Weapons of mass destruction. When I was away, it seemed that greed got greedier with a little bit of envy mixed in. Hedge fund’s just walking home with $50 to $100 million bucks a year. So Mr. Banker looks around and he says my life looks pretty boring. So he starts to leverage his interest up to 40%, 50% to 100% with your money not his, yours, because he could. You are supposed to be borrowing not them. And the beauty of the deal is no one is responsible. Because everybody is drinking the same cool-aid. Last year ladies and gentlemen, 40% of all American corporate profits came from the financial services. Not production, not anything remotely to do with the needs of the American public. The truth is we are all part of it now. Banks, consumers are moving the money around in circles. We take a buck, we shoot it full of steroids and we call it leverage. I call it steroid banking. Now I have been considered a pretty smart guy when it comes to finance. Maybe I was in prison too long, but sometimes it is the only place to stay sane, and look out from the bars and say, hey is everyone out there nuts? It is clear as a bell to those who pay attention. The mother of all evil is speculation. Leverage debts, the bottom line is, it is borrowing to the hilt. And I hate to tell you this, but it is a bankrupt business model. It won’t work. It is systemic, malignant, and it’s global. Like cancer, it is a disease. And we got to fight back. How we going to do that? How we are going to leverage that disease, back in our favor? I will tell you, three words, buy my book! 这是第一集的海报,一老一小2个男人同迷1个女人。。。 华尔街,风度翩翩的迈克尔从纽约证交所走出来。远处街的尽头是圣三一大教堂,据说华尔街的金融骗子做了一周的恶,周末就会去那里忏悔一把。 导演: 奥利佛·斯通 主演: 迈克尔·道格拉斯 / 希亚·拉博夫 / 乔什·布洛林 / 凯瑞·穆里根 / 弗兰克·兰格拉 / 苏珊·萨兰登 类型: 剧情, 犯罪 地区: 美国 片长: 133分钟, 136分钟(Cannes Film Festival) 在“风行”可以看到高清版。 预告片 |