Reinventing the Millennium

The President Office of Hang Lung 23.

The sad place of the bears, the bleeding place of the Goldman Sachs.

However, the most distressing may be the executives of the organization who have taken the number and queued but did not even enter the office.

It's like hanging up the account of an expert with great difficulty, but the expert didn't show it because of blocking!
For a while, I didn't know which one to blame more.

Why, why, why.

The question from Mr. Fang is actually easy to answer - for money!

But he couldn't say it, because Boss Fang was very good at refusing - he was also out of money.

It's all about the money, what else can I say?

There was a brief silent stalemate in the situation, flying thousands of miles without getting a thorough result, whether it is life or death, is always unsatisfactory.

Small and medium-sized institutions hate Goldman Sachs, a large institution that ignores rules and laws, but they have to rely on the energy of large institutions in the face of Mr. Fang's tough attitude.

"Mr. Fang, I am Ian, the director of the Carlyle Group. Regardless of the past, I think we should use good communication to face the future together." As a voice behind the crowd broke the dead silence, the person who heard the company's name in front Very consciously let go of the position.

Carlyle Group.

The world's top ten private equity investment firms.

Headquartered in Washington, with deep political resources, it is known as the "leading club" of the investment community.

Fathers and sons like Lao Bu and Xiao Bu, former British Prime Minister Mason, and former Philippine commander Ramos have all served as consultants or similar positions in it. This group has retired and left.

There are still relatively well-known counterparts in it, such as Levitt, the former head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and Kennard, the former head of the Federal Communications Regulatory Commission. These are all resources related to Yike’s business and stocks.

When Fang Zhuo was exchanging public opinion with the short sellers in the United States, the Carlyle Group was completely silent.

However, after Yike announced the information on Friday night, this behemoth emerged. Similar to it are Bridgewater Fund, Man Group, and German Group. These three are basically the top ten in the world, and they are also using their Hedge funds quietly shorted Yike.

From yesterday to today, when Yi Ke registered the visitors, the opponent's information was relatively clear, which really surprised Fang Zhuo.

How would you describe these institutions?

To put it simply, during the 2008 financial crisis, Goldman Sachs and Bridgewater were still making a lot of money, while Germany was not losing much. As for British Man, it was making a lot of losses.

Making money and losing money in this crisis is no longer just a financial operation.

However, "quietly" encountered "abruptly".

Yi Ke stabbed all the bosses out with a sudden knife.

The time is urgent, and there are only two days on the weekend. If it is more convenient for people to negotiate in the United States, the parties have already flown back to China, so they have to step out of their comfort zone and come to a foreign country.

Ian, the director of the Carlyle Group, saw that his words still did not get a response from Mr. Fang, so he had to come up with another name.

"Mr. Summers asked me to send you my regards."

The former head of finance, the president of Middle Harvard, is now in charge of NEC.

And, this is also the director of the New York Economics Institute funded and established by Fang Zhuo.

Fang Zhuo opened his mouth anyway, looked at the ordinary-looking director of Carlyle, and said, "I didn't expect the Carlyle Group to be interested in Yike, and Mr. Summers needs to remind you a little bit more. "

Ian said helplessly: "Maybe it's because Mr. Summers didn't help us analyze recently, and there are more hedge funds under the group, which makes it easy to do wrong things. Mr. Fang, as you know, Mr. Summers is too busy."

There was a hint in his words that Summers' "now" was in the White House.

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly: "The conference room."

The bears were slightly agitated.

Henry, the vice president of Bridgewater Fund, Grant, the director of Deshang Group, and Ackerman, the director of Man Group, also took advantage of the opportunity to propose the treatment of major customers.

The bears became more agitated.

Fang Zhuo looked at the group of financial elites with a sneer, and asked, "Do you have any comments?"

The situation is stronger than the people, and if you really have an opinion, wait for the big organizations to finish talking.

The bears were quiet again.

But there were also people who said out loudly: "Boss Fang!"

Fang Zhuo followed the voice and looked over.

"I have to apologize to you." It was Andrew, a Wall Street bounty hunter who spoke. He was not qualified to be a VIP, but he had to contribute. I should doubt your words."

"Eco is a great company!"

"The Mars series is destined to be a classic product in the mobile phone industry!"

"Based on this alone, Yike still has unlimited prospects!"

Andrew said sincerely: "Boss Fang, I'm sorry, I was wrong."

He is one of the few people who face to face under the square bus, and he is also the person who criticizes the Yike bubble most seriously online.

but……

What is the use of the face?Isn't this trip just to hand your face in front of President Fang?

Andrew felt the disdainful eyes of some of his peers, and he didn't realize the difference between 50 steps and 100 steps, and he still looked firmly at Mr. Fang.

Fang Zhuo gave a noncommittal "Yeah", it's okay, he doesn't hold grudges for such a small scene.

The short sellers of small and medium-sized institutions were invited to the lounge.

The vice president of Goldman Sachs in the lounge once again confirmed that it was only a skin trauma and handed it over to the conference room.

There are five major institutions in the conference room, Goldman Sachs, Carlyle, Bridgewater, Desmond, and Man.

Five of the world's top ten companies appeared in Hang Lung 23.

This lineup alone is still enough to make most people thrilled.

But here is Hang Lung 23.

The conference room here has received many guests over the years, the young Yi Ke is fine, and the adult Yi Ke has nothing to fear.

Fang Zhuo walked in after the five VIPs were seated, drinking tea, and having a little chat.

He immediately looked at Philip Goldman Sachs with a bandage on his head, and said concisely: "Telephone."

Philip took out his mobile phone, and it turned out to be Mars2.

The screen is broken.

He didn't find out about it until then.

Ian extended a friendly hand: "I have Mr. Paulson's number in my cell phone, use mine."

Philip Goldman Sachs made a transoceanic video call to Supreme Emperor Paulson using Carleigh Ian's mobile phone.

Today's front-facing cameras are blurry during video calls, but Paulson still sees something wrong.

"Your head..." Paulson asked.

Philip replied succinctly: "It has nothing to do with Yike. It's okay to meet an unreasonable institutional client."

Yi Ke was not to blame for the beating. Goldman Sachs had a problem with its fraud, and the follow-up may be a little troublesome.

But it's also Yi Ke's fault. If it weren't for Yi Ke's short squeeze, the problem would not have been revealed.

The most important thing is that Goldman Sachs is not just a client, and some details of related transactions are more debatable.

Today's head of the SEC is taking advantage of the impact of the financial crisis to try to engage in regulation. Even Goldman Sachs has been restraining recently.

This is one of the reasons why Goldman Sachs hopes that the Yike incident will subside as soon as possible.

Fang Zhuo answered the phone and greeted Paulson cheerfully.

Dabao is still very influential.

After the simple greetings, the two sides got down to business.

Paulson didn't talk nonsense at this time, and said directly: "Yike violated the rules."

Fang Zhuo said seriously: "Learn from Goldman Sachs."

Ian in the meeting room almost tensed up.

He turned his gaze and saw the funny bandages and serious expression of Philip Goldman Sachs, he didn't hold back at all, and laughed out loud.

Fang Zhuo glanced at the director of Carlyle, walked out of the meeting room with his mobile phone, and went to the small office next door.

Goldman Sachs Philip, Bridgewater Hunter, Dean Grant, and Inman Ackerman all looked at Ian with dissatisfaction.

Ian shrugged and picked up the cup. The coffee was good.

"The SEC will investigate Yike, and you won't be able to open the market on Monday." Paulson talked about the future with certainty.

"Then wait until the SEC investigation is over before opening the market. Yike can stand the investigation." Fang Zhuo laughed.

"The SEC's investigation can last for a long time. After one month or two months, what you want will be meaningless." Paulson said flatly.

Yike also faces a ruling from the ITC.

Fang Zhuo sighed: "Paulson, many people have expressed this to me today. I just said it too. I am here waiting to see how Yike dies. The Yike I founded, I watched it die. Not bad."

Paulson didn't believe it at all, and said pointedly: "Yike has a very good prospect, with very good technology and chips, I don't think you will let it die."

"Nokia wants it to die, Microsoft wants it to die, ITC wants it to die, that's not my problem." Fang Zhuo said coldly, "I'm surprised. Why are you nervous? Didn’t you just make money from ICBC’s stock?”

Goldman Sachs reduced its stake in ICBC.

Paulson was slightly silent when he heard the words.

He also heard that he was talking about Goldman Sachs' business in the East.

Needless to say, you can use the chip as an example, and you will inevitably encounter subsequent counterattacks.

In a sense, it is also a kind of determination and preparation for the head of Yike to return to China immediately.

Bingxin's meaning to Huaxia is different. Goldman Sachs is just making money. It doesn't taboo whether to make money in the East or the West. It can't be wrong to use itself to make money.

Moreover, Goldman Sachs is one of Bingxin's shareholders, and they are still waiting for Bingxin to go public.

Paulson frowned and said, "It's because Goldman Sachs has a wide range of businesses and we have always had good cooperation. Therefore, I made this call to prevent Yike from suffering greater losses. Do you think you made this money?" , how far can Yi Ke, who has made enemies, go?"

Fang Zhuo asked back: "If I didn't earn this money, Yi Ke would have made many enemies, and the ITC is still waiting to judge me."

"Microsoft's company, Goldman Sachs can help coordinate, Nokia probably really wants you to die." Paulson said, "But isn't Yike suing Nokia after this ruling? As long as Yike's follow-up is normal, The company can develop very well, what do you do with so much money now.”

Fang Zhuo suspected that he had misheard, but his English was always good.

What are you doing with so much money...

Maybe I want to buy two production lines first, and then... slowly pay back the remaining money.

Fang Zhuo was really stunned, and replied after a few seconds: "It's not about money."

Paulson: "?"

Fang Zhuo had a serious face: "What I want is an attitude."

He continued: "It is the attitude of solving the matter and the attitude of sincerely apologizing. Some people on Wall Street have gone too far, and ITC has gone too far this time. Since Yike is going to be banned, let's die together .”

Paulson frowned: "Didn't you say that Yike and Nokia will reverse their strengths after the new mobile phones? All the banned models are old models."

"I also said not to short Yike." Fang Zhuo pointed out the change in the basic market, "Why did Verizon remove Yike's mobile phone in advance? Who is doing this?"

Paulson really didn't know the answer to that question.

It would be great if he could figure out the ins and outs of Yi Ke's short squeeze.

Communication between the two sides has not made much progress.

Paulson had to warn again: "Mr. Fang, as far as I know, the SEC is already discussing the investigation of Yike, and you will not have much time left. Instead of being so angry and irritable, you should get something early. "

He threatened: "If you continue like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to come to the United States in the future."

"Then I'll wait for you in Shanghai to drink tea next time." Fang Zhuo was about to end the call, "Goodbye."

Paulson was silent.

Boom, the phone really hung up.

Paulson called back.

He said bluntly: "Goldman Sachs can handle some American companies like Microsoft, and can also try to influence the SEC's investigation, but the ITC's ruling is hard to shake. Also, Yike may not be able to open on Monday. You'd better be mentally prepared. , Goldman Sachs wants 1% of the stocks in your hands after the market opens.”

Instead of insisting that the Yike incident be quelled by Monday, Paulson turned to Goldman's interests.

If Yike opens, the stock price will definitely rise.

The price of Goldman Sachs holding such stocks will not be low, but there are still many ways to operate. At least, if you can't do Yike, you can also wash small and medium-sized institutions together.

Fang Zhuo also said simply: "I can sell 0.5% of the stock to Goldman Sachs in a large transaction."

He has always been a major shareholder to increase his holdings, and he can still reduce his holdings by up to 2% of the shares at one time through block transactions.

This kind of large transaction is not through the secondary market but through the transaction method of agreement.

Usually, the price will be lower than the market price.

Although major shareholders have to disclose information to the SEC, the time can be put on the next day, so there is a time difference.

Paulson insisted: "1 percent."

"Can you help me get the ITC ruling?" Fang Zhuo asked, "Also, the quick ban on Nokia, and Verizon's betrayal, can it make it pay the price?"

Paulson stared at the phone: "0.5% is 0.5%."

A total of 2%, and the remaining share will probably have to be traded with other companies.

Yike makes a lot of money, Goldman Sachs will not lose money, and it can still eat a little bit.

Fang Zhuo nodded, and suddenly asked, "How is Yingshiman?"

"Man's people have always been very arrogant." Paulson gave an opinion, this is a British institution.

It's only 2% in total, someone has to take care of it.

Fang Zhuo communicated with Paulson for a while before ending the second call.

He returned to the conference room.

Ian, the director of Carlyle, waited for a few seconds and reminded: "Boss Fang, my cell phone."

"Ask Goldman Sachs to reimburse you, and Paulson asked me to drop your phone so that there is no recording." Fang Zhuo spread his hands, "He said you are not very good."

Ian froze for a moment, then nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, if Paulson does it, Gao Shengsheng does it."

Part-time jobs, plus more can only be done on weekends.