Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 125 Interview

Originally, Ye Dongqing was not well-known, and his deeds were only spread in a small area before. After the "Wall Street Journal" publicized, many people learned through this newspaper that there was a young Chinese boy in New York who raised a large number of people in a short period of time. A lot of money to do long crude oil, and a lot of news from it.

  By all odds, Ye Dongqing became famous after being ridiculed by that venture capitalist named Andy Kessler.

This is not the kind of famous way he wants, but it feels very good. At the moment, in the new office, he is lying on the leather sofa with his legs crossed, holding a newspaper. The newspaper that was published yesterday, Ye Dongqing just got it from an employee this morning. Get the whole thing.

  Miss Laura came to visit and was sitting next to him, looking at the text together with her head tilted.

Compared with squatting in the hotel watching TV all day, or doing boring community services, since Danshui Fund moved into the new headquarters, she prefers to return to Ye Dongqing's side as a secretary, and she can't do complicated tasks , small things like serving tea, contacting a certain employee, or helping to order lunch can be put in charge of Laura.

Of course, the close relationship in private is true, but it does not affect Laura getting wages from Ye Dongqing through labor. She is not a "canary" type of girl, and she can't trust the smelly man next to her, so it is better to save money by herself .

Even the hotel she lives in now is paid for by herself. It is a small room and a bit noisy at night. "Laura can accept it. After all, the salary is not high, and I didn't save much money a while ago. I can save some.

   "What a disgusting guy, who is he, is he very powerful!?" Annoyed in her voice, Laura felt that Ye Dongqing was already very powerful, and she couldn't see this greasy man who came out of nowhere to slander him.

A few words from Ye Dongqing immediately made Laura dumbfounded. He said: "A very powerful guy, whose assets are estimated to be more than one billion US dollars. After the Internet bubble crisis, unfortunately this time it is estimated that it will be planted on oil futures.

  According to the newspaper, Mr. Kessler has been shorting all the way, starting from 22 dollars a barrel, and the loss may be 500 to 600 million dollars. "

"No wonder you said such a thing. It's obviously jealous of your money, but you financial people are really rich, and you can easily get hundreds of millions or billions of dollars. For example, that nasty fat man needs to spend money by working How long will it take to earn so much?"

   "Go to South Korea or a small country in Africa where the currency is worthless, and you can still have a long string of zeros in your account. Come on and work hard. According to your current salary... it is estimated that you can earn that much in a few hundred years."

Just joking, Ye Dongqing closed the newspaper and threw it beside him, then said: "Don't just focus on the very few people who have already made money, there are at least several million financial people in the United States, and the real rich Relatively speaking, they account for a higher proportion of the total group, who makes them smart and discerning."

  Laura felt that she had been hit, and her tone was unhappy: "I'm going to learn these too, remember to lend me those books you bought when the time comes!"

"Take whatever you want. At that time, you were asked to cooperate with me, and you don't want to give you shares. You can't blame me for missing the opportunity to make a fortune. If you are smart enough, you should learn from me to invest in those stocks now. Maybe you will use the money in your hands to become a rich man in the future." How about a millionaire?"

   "...Don't mention it, this is the stupidest decision I've ever made, otherwise I would have bought my own car, house, and college tuition by now!"

I don't know if Laura listened or not, he said again: "I'm serious, invest in Amazon and Apple stocks, you can open an account anywhere, anyway, you don't need money recently, and you can still Keep getting paid."

   "Okay, I'll ask Carnac to open an account for me. I've never bought stocks before, so I don't know what to do."

  At this moment, Laura still didn't know how much Ye Dongqing's suggestion was worth, so she really ran to Kanek for help with this trivial matter, leaving Ye Dongqing alone in the office.

   There is no eccentricity of treating yourself badly, the new office is large enough, the brand new desk is placed by the window, and there are a few more pots of green plants in the corner.

  The decoration style is not luxurious, but it looks comfortable when it is clean.

His gaze stayed on the "Wall Street Journal" again. He thought that this matter would pass away in such a peaceful way, and maybe it could bring some new clients to Freshwater Fund Company. However, just over ten minutes later, the staff of ABC TV station heard Try to interview yourself for news.

They hoped that Ye Dongqing could be on the news. The evening news program "World-News-Now" of ABC TV station would use the heat to counter some of Mr. Andy Kessler's views. In addition, several newspapers also hoped to be able to meet him face to face Conduct an exclusive interview to talk about my life and entrepreneurship, including the "New York Times", one of the largest circulation newspapers in the United States, and the "Wall Street Journal", which has just published an article.

People want to know more inside information about how he made his fortune. From an ordinary high school student to a multi-millionaire with a small name on Wall Street in a few months, this kind of story is so popular that the "New York Times" even promised to publish it. The interview article is arranged on the front page to prove that the "American Dream" will also appear on Wall Street.

As the largest newspaper in California, the "Los Angeles Times" will certainly not miss this excitement. You must know that there are millions of Chinese in California on the west coast, and many of them subscribe to its newspaper. The "San Francisco Chronicle" also followed suit. After realizing it, I sent an invitation for an exclusive interview.

All these interview invitations were delivered to Ye Dongqing within one day. There were a total of 24 newspapers and two TV stations. If he only earned tens or millions of dollars, he would certainly not receive such attention. The news that he has gained tens of millions of dollars in a month is worthy of those media organizations scrambling for first-hand exclusive news.

  There are so many invitations that Ye Dongqing feels embarrassed. If she goes to the TV station or something, she will be passed directly. She doesn't have enough fame and status. If she goes now, she will only be ashamed, and she will have to fly all the way to Los Angeles.

He chose a Chinese newspaper to be interviewed by phone. Besides, he had a hard time choosing between the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times. After looking at the front page, I finally chose the "New York Times" for an exclusive interview.

  It was more urgent than expected. I just called the "New York Times" back, and the other party immediately told him to rush to 229 West 43rd Street. It was probably because the front page was boring tomorrow and was going to be replaced temporarily.

  The time for printing newspapers is generally arranged after twelve o'clock, in case there is any unexpected news. It is only after seven o'clock, so we can make it in time.

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  There are so many rich people in New York, it is definitely impossible to say how much the New York Times values ​​him.

Ye Dongqing was lucky, she was young, and she was a Chinese, so she received some attention. The main reason is that there are too few Chinese Americans who have succeeded in the United States. Over the past few decades, Bruce Lee is still the most representative. Some rich people came out, such as Wang An from Wang An Computer, and Jerry Yang, the founder of Yahoo, etc., but their influence was very limited.

  With the idea of ​​promoting the Freshwater Fund, he packed up quickly, handed the girl to Laura to take care of her, and drove to the agreed place alone.

  The headquarters building of The New York Times has not changed its place for nearly a hundred years since it was moved to Times Square at the beginning of the last century. It has already become one of the landmark buildings. As a native New Yorker, he knows the way.

  The newspaper office had already prepared in advance, and the photographer seemed in a bad mood, presumably because he had to work overtime again, so he took a photo of Ye Dongqing with a bad face, and then asked him to accept an interview.

  The reporter’s name was John Filo. After a brief talk, the two sat next to a desk, and the other was holding a notebook and a recording pen to write down some key points.

   It can be seen how carefree he is, he doesn't even have the intention of pouring Ye Dongqing a cup of tea.

   Forget it, what surprised him was that the other party's first question was very sharp: "How long have you moved to the United States? Our country is very good, right, as long as you have the ability, you can make money and be protected by law."

   "My family moved here longer than you. I grew up here since I was a child, sir."

He felt uncomfortable, but Ye Dongqing was still patient and explained in a calm tone. To be honest, he doesn't like the sense of superiority that white people often have. If this country is really good, there won't be so many poor people near Chinatown .

   "Really? I thought you immigrated not long ago. It seems that there are some problems with the information I collected. Sorry, I hurriedly prepared some materials. You replied too late and I didn't have time to prepare properly."

  Reporter John Filo finished coughing dryly, then changed the subject and asked: "Then what I want to know is, what did you do to make so much money through oil futures in such a short period of time?"

  This is a bit of a normal problem.

Ye Dongqing replied: "I let investors believe in me and give a very high rate of return, and then I use the funds raised to invest. My wealth does not only come from crude oil futures, but also from investing in stocks. money, and I actually continue to hold them."

   "So... a colleague said that your family is very rich, and it is said that it is very rich in Xiangjiang. Is this true? A netizen guessed that you are related to a family that operates freighters, and their surname is the same as yours."

"There are a lot of Chinese surnamed Ye. My parents passed away unexpectedly a few years ago. They are just ordinary people. They grew up in my aunt's house. They don't have a so-called family background. I can achieve what I have now only by my own efforts. .”

   "I see."

  Reporter Philo sounded a little disappointed. This was not the news content he hoped to capture. He continued to write in his notebook and crossed out a few questions that he thought would be useful.

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  (end of this chapter)