kuthengiswe imisebenzi yobugcisa eli-16 eChristie , ayisiyiyo kuphela i-Lehman Brothers yesigqeba esithengisa iimpahla zayo. Umongameli wangaphambili wefem, UJoseph Gregory Esele ithengise indlu yayo kwi-610 Park Avenue nge-4.4 yezigidi zeerandi kunye nehelikopta yabucala awayehlala kuyo esiya emsebenzini yonke imihla esuka eHuntington, NY – khange abenalo ithamsanqa lokususa indlu enamagumbi asibhozo okulala eBridgehampton awayeyibeke emarikeni. ngo-Septemba nge-32.5 yezigidi zeedola (isiqingatha sesigidi seedola esingaphantsi komvuzo wakhe wama-2007), iingxelo Iphepha lesithandathu leMagazini . Kwaye ngoku, enqwenela ukwenza inzuzo ngepropathi, uMnu.Gregory ucinga ngokurenta indlu apho ahlala khona iintsuku ezili-14 ukusukela oko wayithenga ngo-2006.
'Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ubuza kuba nzima ukufumana indlu enje yokurenta,' iCorcoran USusan McGraw Keber uxelele imagazini. (Umfazi kaMnu. Gregory, UNiki , ayibonakali ikhathazeke kakhulu; Uchithe amawaka eAmerican Manhasset mall.)
Ngokwale veki Imagazini yaseNew York Umnumzana uFuld kunye noMnumzana Gregory babesondelelene ngaxeshanye – oko kukuthi, phambi kokuba uMnu. Fuld ahlale phantsi esidlweni sasemini ngoJuni kunye nesiqingatha seshumi labanini beebhanki eziphezulu zotyalo-mali zikaLehman kwigumbi lokutyela labucala kumgangatho wama-32 wenkampani Ikomkhulu le-Seventh Avenue.
Ukusuka kwinqaku: Ndikunike iminyaka elishumi elinesine yomvuzo. Ndinekota enye embi. Uphendula ngale ndlela? Ukudubula ngokupheleleyo. Imithambo entanyeni yakhe yavela.
Kodwa abagcini mali bacinezela ityala labo. Ngokwenyani, babefuna iintloko ezimbini. Bebezokumsindisa uFuld isidima sobhukuqo, kodwa bebefuna amgxothe uJoe Gregory, umongameli kaLehman, kunye no-Erin Callan, umgcini kaGregory, awamenza i-CFO nowayenguluntu, ubuso obunelanga bukaLehman njengoko babudibana . Ukugxotha uGregory kuya kuba buhlungu kakhulu kuFuld, njengoko oobhanki babesazi. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu eLehman, abo babini kunqabile ukuba bahlale ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezilikhulu enye kwenye. Ngobungcali, bebegqibezela: Mnu ngaphakathi noMnu Ngaphandle.
Ukuba ayinguJoe, iya kuba nguwe, utshilo omnye umgcini-bhanki. Kwaye iya kuba yintlekele.
Kwaye ke uMnu. Fuld wamlahla uMnu. Gregory. Kodwa ekugqibeleni kwakunganelanga ukuzisindisa – Mnu. UFuld 'wapheliswa' kwasekuqaleni kuka-Novemba- kwaye ngoku akasiqondi isizathu sokuba 'abe needemon': Uziva engcatshiwe, utshilo omnye umhlobo. Ebusuku, uFuld unengxaki yokulala. Uninzi lwexesha, uhlala eGreenwich, eConnecticut, kwenye yezindlu zakhe ezintlanu. Unokuhambahamba ngamagumbi angamashumi amabini, amagumbi okulala asibhozo, indlu yokubhukuda, inkundla yentenetya, inkundla yesikwashi. Ubukhulu becala, uhlala aze aphendule intlekele kaLehman. Yintoni ebendinokuyenza ngokwahlukileyo? uyacinga. Kwiincoko ezithile, bendifanele ukuba ndithini, ngendenze ntoni? Uyazibuza, ingaba yonke le nto yahamba ngendlela engathandekiyo?
