Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 113 High Party (2)

  With the status of Mrs. Johnson, she doesn't really care about Ye Dongqing. There is no reason for a mother not to protect her cubs. He has caused little Edward to lose face so much that it is impossible to say that she has good feelings for her.

   What I have to admit is that she does have the ability and foresight, and her precious son is not wronged for losing. He is used to going smoothly on weekdays, and it is good to encounter some setbacks.

  The reason why I made a special trip to apologize on behalf of my son today is mainly to save face. After the news spreads, I will more or less gain some favor and family honor. This is what Ms. Johnson attaches more importance to.

   Just to say hello.

  After Ye Dongqing finished speaking, they chatted with each other a few more words, and then she went to receive other people.

   I don’t think it’s a lot of face. The face given by others is not my own face after all, but in the eyes of Bruce Lerman and others, this is already a big deal.

  After Mrs. Johnson left, a young man named Willie who had just met said in an exclaimed tone, "It's amazing, Leo, so what was the final result of that bet?"

   "I can't say, I signed a non-disclosure agreement."

  “.Oh, I see what you mean.”

  Willie, Brumman and the others looked at each other, and they all saw the smile in each other's eyes. If they lose, they will definitely not sign the non-disclosure agreement. Since they have this thing, they are probably afraid of making Edward Johnson lose face.

  Seeing the rich people being embarrassing, I feel inexplicably refreshed. Although everyone is not poor, the rich are also divided into different ranks. They are incomparable with Little Edward in terms of strength.

With a little money, you can naturally integrate into this small circle. When the wealth reaches a certain level, skin color is no longer the focus of people's attention, but strength is. Ye Dongqing smiled and said: "Remember not to mess around Said that there may be a business deal with Fidelity recently, and I will be more passive if Little Edward intervenes."

   "What business?" Willie, who was inconspicuous and wore black-rimmed glasses, asked him.

   “Buy some Apple stock.”

   "Apple? Well, I have an uncle who is the treasurer of Apple. I checked their stock prices, and I feel that there is no bright spot."

Ye Dongqing didn't go into details, but he tried to obtain warrants from Fidelity Investment Group, which he thought he had already earned enough. In 1999, when Apple's share price was half of what it is now, a certain manager of Fidelity decided to buy more than 80 million US dollars. Bringing almost double the profit, the idea of ​​reselling it to him came up.

   It is a very good opportunity to start a mobile phone, because there is news on the Internet that Jobs is developing a supporting program to solve the problem of inconvenient downloading music from iPod players. Others don’t know what it is, but Ye Dongqing knows it—that is the beginning of Apple’s take-off.

  I once planned to develop my own smartphone, but then I thought about it, just developing FB is already so troublesome, it must be more difficult to do this kind of thing, it is better to invest directly with money to participate in shares, and take a free ride to make money from it.

   Don’t be afraid that the investment will be in vain. Anyway, I know how to do it. The big deal is to write a suggestion letter as a shareholder, telling the company’s decision-makers how to develop, and the income is guaranteed.

  Now that Apple has such a big plate, using the leverage of stock options is enough for Ye Dongqing to bite off a large piece of cake.

   There is still a long way to go before the era of smart phones, enough for him to raise funds to complete the layout.

   There are a lot of rich people on the party scene.

  Ye Dongqing tried to communicate with a few of them, but the other party didn't know him at all. His reputation is currently limited to the industry, and it seems impossible to make money from them.

Nasdaq Chairman Bernard Madoff is also there. The Ponzi scheme of the "Century Giant" has begun. In the eyes of others, he is an excellent private equity fund manager, but Ye Dongqing regards him as fat , there is no rush to make a move yet, we need to wait until the other party is in a deep trap.

  I met some people tonight, and it was not in vain. I wanted to find a chance to talk to Mr. Buffett, but unfortunately, this old man always has many people around him, and they are busier than Ms. Johnson, the host.

  The business card has already been obtained, and there is still a chance to contact the other party. If you are rich and safe, even if the possibility of being rejected in the end is relatively high, it is worth trying first. Anyway, there is no loss.

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  Early the next morning, after waking up, I took out my business card and called.

  No super rich man would print his personal contact information on his business card and distribute it around. When he called the mysterious book, Ye Dongqing even lied that he had an appointment with Mr. Buffett last night and asked him to arrange a meeting time.

  The skeptical female secretary finished speaking and waited for a while. After contacting her boss, she gave Ye Dongqing a reply, telling him that she had time before nine o'clock this morning, and that she had scheduled a meeting near the United Nations Headquarters building. She was probably going to attend some meeting.

Hurry up to brush your teeth, wash your face, and put on your clothes. The new house has not been renovated yet. Ye Dongqing still lives on Wall Street. She is asking her manager to sublet it out for her at a low price. There are still a few months left on the lease, so there is no need to waste money. Hurry up After finishing the work, I drove out and went to the hotel near the United Nations Headquarters to make an appointment.

  The old man is quite trendy, he wore a dark red suit today, his hair was gray yesterday, and today he dyed his hair black, if this face wasn't so famous, Ye Dongqing almost didn't recognize it.

After the meeting, the old Buffett's first words were: "Your freshwater fund company is really very persevering. Last time someone waited downstairs for three days. Now you, the boss, are personally involved. Tell me, What business do you want to cooperate with me?"

   "Huh? Sorry, three days?"

   "You don't know?" The old man was surprised, sitting on the sofa in the hotel lobby, drinking Starbucks coffee bought from the street, because the taste was not bad, he even bought some shares of Starbucks to support his company.

Seeing Ye Dongqing's blank face, he smiled and said, "I thought it was someone arranged by you. Some time ago, a Chinese salesman suggested that I buy your company's wealth management products with an annualized interest rate of 9%. , to be honest, it makes me a little tempted, but don't expect any money from me until I feel safe."

  “.”

Immediately knowing that it was an employee of the Golden Island Financial Management Company, Ye Dongqing couldn't laugh or cry, and finally understood why the old man had a special attitude towards him at the party last night, and said: "I'm sorry to disturb you, we are a new The company, there are still some shortcomings in staff training, I will talk to them when I go back.

   As for the financial product, it would be better if you are willing to invest, but he is not sincere enough. I heard that you don’t like investing in Internet companies, sir. Is this true? "

"It's not that I don't like it, it's just because I don't understand it. It's hard for people my age to accept new things. When I started paying attention to it in 1996, there was already a bubble. I didn't expect the bubble to get bigger and bigger. I dare not invest.

  Now that I think about it, I should try to invest in the short term. I didn’t expect people to be so greedy and push the bubble to such a high level. This is a stupid move.”

  (end of this chapter)