Liquidated by Fifty Million? I Short Wall Street in Return

Years later, whenever Lu Ze sits in front of the interview cameras for Time magazine’s annual Person of the Year feature, he always thinks back to that rainy Manhattan night on February 28, 2008.

“So, Mr. Lu.”

The famous journalist looks at this man who has made the entire global financial system tremble and asks the question that has been repeated in congressional hearings, closed-door Federal Reserve meetings, and countless trading-floor drinking sessions:

"Between the devil and the prophet, how do you define yourself?"

Lu Ze leans back in the wide leather chair and looks out at Manhattan’s glittering steel forest, still dazzling outside the window. He spreads his hands slightly:

"I’m just a trader."

"When the bubble is bound to burst, when greed and fear are no longer enough to price this world—"

"Far Star was just doing a little of God’s work for the market."