Ace Hollywood

Chocolate muffins, with maple syrup?

Lina, the school cafeteria's chubby waiter, winked at Daniel—a lovely lady in her 40s who seemed to have a lot of fun. 【 】As long as Daniel comes to this restaurant to eat, he will always get some extra gifts. A wink today, or a blown kiss two days ago.

Yes, Lina, maple syrup is needed, I remember I said it.

You have to be considerate of a low-level laborer who is not young, Mr. Big Star.

Daniel pouted, you don't look like a low-level worker.

You should try our donuts, also in chocolate flavor, with a cup of freshly ground coffee, wow, the day is floating.

So there is marijuana added in it?

What are you talking about? How could you throw such an expensive thing into it? The chef can't even suck it up.

Daniel took his own chocolate muffin and routinely retreated from Lina.

Stiller had already killed two donuts, Daniel, you seem to like bickering with Lena?

Quite interesting, isn't it?

I can't understand it, but I can imagine that it might be the high-ranking rich man who can get some freshness from this kind of low-level communication, which is what you call 'meaning'? Is that so? I understand something wrong Is it?

Daniel took a bite of his muffin, and had to say that some restaurants in Berkeley are really good. Many of the pastries in this one are very good, and the maple syrup tastes very fresh.

Maybe. After all, I often go to high-end restaurants. Of course, this kind of small place will give me some novelty, just like when you go to George's Restaurant on Fifth Avenue, you will also be curious. [ ] Daniel looked uncomfortable Said differently.

Stiller looked up at him from his overflowing plate of donuts.

Oh, you look like a rich man with an ugly face now.

One of the advantages of being in the campus restaurant is that there is no strict dining etiquette here, and people with a deep voice like Stiller have no signs of being kicked out by the restaurant owner. But his voice was obviously too loud, and the two girls sitting behind them both laughed.

Hey, Lola? Daniel was taken aback. One of them was actually the last party queen who invited him to perform at the school opening party.

Daniel, can we sit together?

...Of course. Daniel asked Stiller with his eyes, but this obviously had no plan to reject the two beauties.

Lola and her companions sat down with their own food.

Kale, Tomatoes, Kiwi - Two plates of vegetable and fruit salad with vinaigrette instead of salad dressing.

This is Sissy.

Princess Sissy? Wow. Stiller's eating suddenly became milder, Hello. I'm Stiller Rose, Daniel's roommate.

Hello. Being teased to have the same name as the Austrian princess played by Romy Schneider did not affect Sissy's mood. In fact, it was a beautiful and elegant image, and it couldn't be better for girls who pursue a ladylike style. evaluation.

The short breakfast time is over soon,

Lola and Sissy said goodbye to Daniel and the others without nostalgia.

Stiller winked at Daniel.

How's this acting skill? She's a goddess in Berkeley.

It can be used as a vase for low-cost movies.

Wow, that's not an easy comment.

Lola's intentions cannot be hidden from Daniel. Even Stiller, she is interested in Daniel - at the school opening party, she was supposed to perform at the front of the queen, but she delayed it until after Daniel arrived. In the f2f Berkeley circle yesterday, someone said that Daniel and Stiller frequently appeared in This restaurant ended up meeting Lola and her companions today.

It's interesting, but also straightforward.

Daniel doesn't care what Lola is planning. Most importantly, he has no intention of having a wonderful campus romance with his Berkeley classmates. So no matter whether Lola is really what Stiller thinks, for Daniel, there is no need to think about it.

...

Daniel, who had just finished class, was stopped by a gentleman dressed in formal clothes.

The person introduced himself as the head of the Berkeley Student Business Association. He hopes to invite Daniel to participate in a small forum organized by them—since it is a forum, it is not just a salon model, but an open, public-facing place, no matter it is small or large.

Obviously, they intend to seize this opportunity. Ask Daniel, the super-rich alumnus, to take the stage.

Berkeley has well-known alumni all over the world, and the professors are also authoritative experts in various fields, so this forum itself is quite high-end—this may be why they came to invite Daniel.

What theme? There must be a theme, right?

The discussion is about the possible impact of the Fed's 17 consecutive interest rate hikes. It's very broad. We hope you can join the meeting in the Internet field.

Under the introduction of this gentleman, Daniel understood that this is not a business forum in the industry, but a relatively purer academic forum. Since June this year, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to 5.25%, the highest value after the stock market crash in 2000, and has raised interest rates 17 times—it can be said that the financial circles have been talking a lot.

Of course, Daniel knows what this means. The US subprime mortgage crisis started from this. The high interest rate made the borrowers with mortgages unable to repay, and a large number of houses entered the market because they could not repay the loans, which caused the housing prices to drop sharply. This further exacerbated liquidity pressures on commercial banks, as well as investment banks that invested in commercial bank bonds—eventually leading to a global financial crisis.

Lehman Brothers, which is still prosperous now, has trillions of assets. Since the crisis, it has to apply for bankruptcy protection. No one can think of it.

Daniel doesn't think he has the ability to fight against this trend—the reason why a trend becomes a trend is because there is a group of powerful forces standing behind it, and Daniel has no intention of occupying the opposite side of this force now, Plutos hundreds With an asset of 100 million yuan, it is far from being an opponent of this force.

So, he declined the invitation.

This obviously surprised the other party—this forum is small, but with the participation of many Nobel Prize winners in economics and many industry experts, it has attracted the attention of business leaders.

But Daniel was obviously serious. When the forum organizer found him for the second time, he made it clear that he was not present as a representative of Plutos Investment Company. Ask them to contact Raymond if they would like to invite Plutos to participate.

He didn't want to stand out and get shot, but he was even more unwilling to stand up and talk nonsense. (To be continued.)

ps: Adjusted to 2000 words, hoping to get more exposure and attract two new readers. There is no recommendation, and the subscription keeps dropping. . .