The Killing Line in America: I Can Foresee the Future

Also known as "After the Divorce, I Became the World's Richest Man," "The Man Who Didn't Want to Become a Killer Became the World's Richest Man," and "The Birth of a Man Who Can Influence the World."

As a Texas Chinese-American cowboy who has been fleeced of all his money and is about to join the ranks of the homeless, Ron Hunter raises his Remington 870, ready to end that adulterous pair and then kill himself.

Just then, a message pops up:

[On May 6, the Dow Jones Index will plunge by 1,000 points.]

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Some call him the Reaper; every time he makes a move, the stock markets of entire nations are left strewn with corpses.

The New York Times criticizes him as the "modern Mellon," using financial capital to control industrial capital.

The Washington Post mocks him as the "helmsman on the triumphal arch," steering power for himself through the revolving door.

In the end, he becomes a "new-form Morgan." Please address him as Mr. Hunter!