Wall Street Legend

With Mrs. Johnson's status, she didn't really care about Ye Dongqing. There was no reason for a mother not to protect her cubs. He had embarrassed little Edward so much that it was impossible to even talk about her goodwill.

What I have to admit is that she does have the ability and vision, and her precious son did not lose unjustly. He is used to smooth sailing, and it is good to encounter some setbacks.

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

Just said hello.

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

I don’t think I have much 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 considered a big deal.

After Mrs. Johnson left, a young man named Willy whom she had just met exclaimed: "Awesome Leo, so what was the final result of that bet?"

"I can't say that I signed a confidentiality agreement."

".Oh, I see what you mean."

Willy, Bluman and others looked at each other, and they could see the smile in each other's eyes. The loser would definitely not sign a confidentiality agreement. Since he had this thing, he was probably afraid of losing face to Edward Johnson Jr.

Seeing the rich being embarrassed makes me feel inexplicably happy. Although not all of them are poor, there are also three levels of rich people, and they are incomparable to 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. Ye Dongqing smiled and said: "Remember not to mess around. Said, there may be a business to be done with Fidelity recently, and I will be more passive if little Edward intervenes."

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

"Buy some Apple stock."

"Apple? Well, I have an uncle who is the financial director of Apple. I checked their stock price and found that there are no bright spots."

Ye Dongqing did not go into details. He was trying to obtain stock warrants from Fidelity Investment Group, which felt that it had made enough. In 1999, when Apple's stock price was only half its current price, a certain Fidelity manager decided to acquire more than 80 million U.S. dollars. Now, It brought almost double the profit, and I came up with the idea of ​​selling it to him.

It was a very good opportunity to buy a mobile phone, because there was news on the Internet that Steve Jobs was developing a supporting program to solve the inconvenient problem of downloading music to the iPod Walkman. Others didn't know what it was, but Ye Dongqing knew - that was the beginning of Apple's take-off. .

I had planned to develop my own smartphone, but then I thought about it. Just developing FB was already so troublesome, and doing something like this would definitely be even harder. It would be better to just invest money in shares and ride on the trend to make money.

Don’t be afraid that your investment will be in vain. You know how to do it anyway. At worst, you can write a letter of advice as a shareholder to tell the company’s decision-makers how to develop, and the income will be guaranteed.

Now Apple's plate is only that big, and using the leverage of stock options is enough for Ye Dongqing to take a big bite of the cake.

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

There were many rich people at the party.

Ye Dongqing tried to communicate with a few of them, but the other party had no intention of recognizing this little guy. His reputation was currently limited to the industry, and it seemed that it was impossible to make money from them.

Bernard Madoff, chairman of Nasdaq, was also there. The Ponzi scheme of this "con man of the century" had already begun. In the eyes of others, he was an excellent private equity fund manager, but Ye Dongqing regarded him as a fat man. , there is no rush to take action at the moment, we need to wait until the other party falls into a trap.

I got to know some people tonight, and it was not in vain. I wanted to find a chance to talk to Mr. Buffett, but unfortunately there are always many people around the old man, who are busier than the host, Ms. Johnson.

I have already got the business card, and there is still a chance to contact the other party. I am sure that I will gain wealth and wealth. Even if the possibility of being rejected in the end is relatively high, it is still worth trying first. Anyway, there is no loss.

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Early the next morning, I got up and found my business card and called him.

No super-rich person would print their personal contact information on business cards and distribute them everywhere. The phone call was made to the mysterious book store. Ye Dongqing lied and said that he had made an appointment with Mr. Buffett last night and asked the other party to arrange a meeting time.

The suspicious female secretary said to wait a moment, and after contacting her boss, she gave Ye Dongqing a reply, telling him that she had time before nine o'clock this morning, and arranged to meet near the United Nations Headquarters. She was probably going to attend some meeting.

Quickly brush your teeth, wash your face and put on clothes. The new house has not been decorated yet. Ye Dongqing still lives on Wall Street and is asking the manager to help him sublet it at a low price. There are still a few months left on the lease. There is no need to waste money and rush. After finishing his work, he drove out and went to a hotel near the United Nations Headquarters for an appointment.

The old man is quite trendy. He wore a dark red suit today. His hair was white yesterday, but he dyed it black today. If his face wasn't so famous, Ye Dongqing almost didn't recognize him.

After meeting, Buffett Sr.'s first words were: "You, the Freshwater Fund Company, are really very perseverant. Last time someone waited for me downstairs for three days, and now you, the boss, have taken action in person. Let's talk. What kind of business do you want to do business with me?"

"Huh? Sorry, what three days?"

"You don't know?" The old man sounded surprised. He was sitting on the sofa in the hotel lobby, drinking Starbucks coffee bought from the street. Because it tasted pretty good, he even bought some shares of Starbucks to support his company.

Seeing Ye Dongqing's confused face, he smiled and said: "I thought it was the person you arranged. Some time ago, a Chinese salesman has been suggesting that I buy your company's financial products, with an annual interest rate of 9%. , to be honest, this makes me a little excited, but until I feel safe, don’t expect to get any money from me.”

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He immediately knew it was an employee of Golden Island Financial Management Company. Ye Dongqing couldn't laugh or cry. He finally understood why the old man had a special attitude towards him at the party last night. He said, "Sorry to disturb you, we are a new company." The company still has some shortcomings in employee training. I will talk to them when I return.

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

"It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I don't understand it. It's hard for people of my age to accept new things. When I started paying attention to it in 1996, a bubble had already formed. I didn't expect that the bubble was getting bigger and bigger, making it even more confusing. I don't dare to invest.

Now that I think about it, I should try investing 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."