America's Road to Fame

Chapter 28 The Thirst for Knowledge
"There is one more thing, Uncle Tom." Chen William thought of his thoughts a few days ago, and said to Tom: "I hope to find some bodyguards, I remember Uncle John told me that the Drey family has a shareholding The security company, can you tell him to help me choose some reliable people. "

There is no special word for "uncle" in English, and their cultural environment does not have very detailed distinctions for non-direct relatives like in Huaguo. Therefore, whether it is uncle or uncle, uncle, or uncle, they are all called Uncle. Here William Chen adds John before uncle, which naturally refers to his uncle.

In the memory of his predecessor, when he went to Hollywood, his uncle once proposed to find him two reliable bodyguards to protect him, but the young William Chen rejected the proposal and never found bodyguards .So now when he wanted to find a bodyguard, he naturally needed someone reliable, and he immediately thought of his uncle.

"Okay, I'll contact John and talk to him." After a little hesitation, Tom continued: "But I suggest you call John and talk, William, I know you are very sorry for him when he was in Los Angeles. Getting angry and complaining, but John really cared about you, and your mother died at the time, which hit him hard."

"I have no complaints, Uncle Tom. I understand that uncle is doing it for my own good, so I will call him." Although he had to bear the consequences of what his predecessor had created, William Chen was speechless.But he doesn't have any complaints about John Drey. The reason why he hasn't called is because those people are really strange to him, and he feels awkward.

And at that time, Chen Weilian suddenly found that he had traveled here, and he hadn't adjusted his mentality well.

"It's great that you think so, William, John has been paying attention to you, I believe he will definitely change his mind about you now." Hearing William Chen's words, Tom said happily.

Next, William Chen called his uncle John.Seeing that it was Chen William's call, John Drey said to him: "William, I know everything about recent events. You are doing a good job. I am very relieved to see that you are working hard to make changes."

When he heard William Chen's proposal to hire a bodyguard, he said very happily: "It's very simple. Our family has a security company in which we have a shareholding. It is safe and reliable to find bodyguards from there."

The two didn't talk much on the phone. After John Drey asked William Chen's requirements for bodyguards in detail, he said that he would immediately send someone to screen for him, and that he could choose a few candidates at that time, and these people would definitely are the most reliable.

Later, Nelson sent a message to William Chen, saying that he had found John Paulson and briefly introduced his current situation.Only then did William Chen learn that John Paulson was 45 years old and used to be a fund manager of a large-scale fund company. He was in charge of a fund and had good performance.

John Paulson is very good at making profits through short selling. The fund he managed once shorted Asian assets during the Asian financial crisis in 98 and achieved good returns. He was also a star fund manager.

However, William Chen learned through Nielsen that John Paulson's situation is not good at present.The fund he is in charge of has suffered very serious losses in the past two years. The reason is that John Paulson is very firm in his pessimism about real estate in the United States. Three years ago, he had expressed his views many times. The real estate market has great risks, the bubble is serious, and it will collapse at any time.

Therefore, the fund he manages shorted bonds related to the American real estate industry with a very large proportion of funds.As a result, things backfired. In the past two years, the real estate market in the United States showed no sign of collapse, but became more and more prosperous.

Therefore, the fund managed by John Paulson suffered huge losses because he firmly shorted the U.S. real estate market, which eventually caused the fund's investors to be extremely dissatisfied with this, thinking that he had shorted the US real estate market in the last Asian financial crisis. After tasting the sweetness, he was too obsessed with profiting by shorting.Therefore, they withdrew their funds one after another, and eventually his fund company also fired him.

Now John Paulson has made a major mistake in shorting American real estate before, so that no fund company dares to hire him, so he is still at home at this time.

Many investors are so realistic, when you can make profits for him, they will sing praises to you; and when you cause serious losses to them because of a certain misjudgment, they will not remember you The profits you once made for them will only be obedient to you and let them lose money, and then leave without hesitation.

Hearing this, William Chen realized that if the subprime mortgage crisis broke out in 2007 according to the history of his previous life, John Paulson would definitely be able to rely on his accurate prediction to become famous in the first battle by virtue of his short-selling behavior.

But now the world has changed strangely, and the subprime mortgage crisis did not happen as expected. Therefore, even though John Paulson correctly predicted the occurrence of the subprime mortgage crisis in advance.But because he was too eager to short, he caused heavy losses to the fund he was in charge of, which led to him falling into the current predicament and bearing the reputation of a loser.

However, this is also a very good opportunity for William Chen.If John Paulson was still a fund manager of a well-known fund company and he was in charge of a large-scale fund, it would be difficult to recruit him with William Chen's current reputation and strength.

At that time, he can only invest his own funds in the funds he manages at most.But in this case, the investment direction of his funds is still out of control, and it cannot be fully used in the right place.Now that John Paulson is in the predicament of being unemployed, William Chen has the opportunity to take him under his command and execute short selling for himself against the upcoming subprime mortgage crisis.

Thinking of this, William Chen said to Nelson: "I am very interested in this person, please contact him for me and make an appointment, I want to meet him in person."

William Chen made such a request, and Nelson naturally agreed. He has found the relevant information about John Paulson, so with the strength of Deloitte Consulting Company, it is not difficult to get in touch with him.

Next, Nelson told William Chen about the initial contact with Twitter.At this time, Nelson's team has already contacted Twitter's management by phone, and will make an appointment, and Nelson will take the team to visit Twitter for the first meeting to see if there is an overall acquisition of the company. possible.

For this matter, William Chen is not in a hurry, and the acquisition of a company is not as simple as many people imagined, and it is not in a hurry. Therefore, at this time, he temporarily entrusts Nelson with full authority to take charge of this matter, and waits The result of his first meeting.

William Chen has been studying for a month under Erica's guidance.So far, he has completed more than two-thirds of the basic courses before entering the master's degree in economics.However, William Chen also discovered one thing. As the course progressed, Erica's dress became more and more bold.

It's like today she is wearing a light yellow shirt, a black skirt with flesh-colored stockings on her lower body.Such a suit can be regarded as the professional attire of a female teacher.But how Chen Weilian looked at this kind of dress, it was more like the feeling that most of them would appear in some kind of film.

Erica's shirt is very thin, and a dark color that binds her broad chest can be faintly seen from inside.The short skirt is slim, which well outlines the curve of her hips. As for the slender legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings, people can't help but think of the strength of being clamped by them.

At this time, she was standing beside William Chen, explaining the calculus topic to him.From William Chen's perspective, one can see her beautiful legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings next to William Chen's, and even faintly see the lace at the top of the stockings at the hem of the short skirt.

"Please pay attention to the class, student William." Erica seemed to have noticed Chen William's gaze, and Erica's voice was a little cold, but his expression at this time was slightly smiling, which was even more seductive in this situation feel.

hehe.Is this fishing law enforcement?William Chen couldn't help but secretly slandered.He naturally felt Erica's change, and her behavior now was even more meaningful.If this is a game, he feels that it would be more interesting to play it slowly. If the result is obtained too early, it will lose a lot of fun.Since this is the case, William Chen has no objection to cooperating with her in the performance.

"Sorry, Teacher Erica, I'm just having a sudden thirst for knowledge. I'm curious about the material and feel of this sock. You know, after all, I have never been exposed to such relevant knowledge." Since I was going to cooperate with her Performing, William Chen said to Erica with a simple look on his face.

"I told William, just call me Erica."

"But, Teacher Erica, don't you think calling you a teacher reflects my respect for teachers?" William Chen said to her innocently with a charming smile on his face.

"Oh? Is that so?" Erica said to William Chen with a serious face: "However, it is a good thing to have a thirst for knowledge, but William, you must know that we are taking a calculus course now, please pay attention to the lecture .Don't. Think of something else."

When she saw the somewhat disappointed expression on William Chen's face, she suddenly smiled charmingly, and said in a low voice, "Unless, you can achieve A+ in this paper."

William Chen saw her take out a test paper from her folder and put it in front of him.He smiled: "Mr. Erica, you should believe in my thirst for knowledge."

(End of this chapter)