My 1999

Ordinary people in the West often use "blue blood" to describe European nobles.

"Blue-blooded nobles" originated from the Spanish royal family.

The ancient Spaniards believed that nobles had blue blood flowing in their bodies.

At that time, the ancient Castilian nobles claimed that their bloodline was the most noble and pure.

The nobles often proudly rolled up their sleeves to show the blue veins clearly visible on their snow-white forearms, which was called blue blood.

This is very different from the dark-skinned Moors.

Because they do not engage in physical labor, their skin is as white as snow, and the nobles thus show the fundamental difference between themselves and "laborers".

In fact, the real reason for "blue blood" is also closely related to the living habits of the nobles, such as silverware.

European nobles like to use various silverware, tableware, water containers, toiletries, religious ritual vessels, etc., because silver itself has the function of disinfecting and sterilizing, making people's skin very white and tender, resulting in the faint visibility of veins, which looks like blue blood.

With the development of the times, the wealthy American paupers also began to use "blue-blooded nobles" to flaunt themselves.

In order to get the glory of blue blood, American rich people before World War II generally liked to marry the daughters of European ruined nobles, or marry their daughters to European, especially British ruined nobles, and they did not hesitate to offer a large amount of dowry or betrothal gifts.

Through marriage and the erosion of time.

The former opium dealers, pirates, and ruined people have become the blue-blooded nobles of today's America!

The Montes family is one of them.

The Montes family, whose ancestors were just seamen, made their fortunes by opium and gradually became the wealthy nobles of Boston.

The car slowly drove into Dover, a famous wealthy area in Boston.

Entered a luxurious manor with a large area and a bit of historical atmosphere under the erosion of time.

When Xu Liang and Helen got out of the car with their two children, their father-in-law Reed Montes, mother-in-law Hannah, and several brothers-in-law also quickly came to greet them.

"Grandpa, grandma."

Xu Wenbo, who was almost three years old, had already called sweetly.

"My dear Winston, come to grandma."

Hannah hugged him quickly.

"Happy birthday, grandma."

After kissing the little guy on the smooth forehead, Hannah said lovingly.

"Thank you, baby."

She is the only warmth in the Montes family.

She is also the glue between family members.

"Happy birthday, Hannah."

Xu Liang came forward and hugged gently, then handed the gift over.

"Thank you, Xu, I'm so happy that you can come in person."

"It should be."

Helen greeted her while holding Xu Wenfeng, who was just over one year old.

Xu Liang also hugged Reed gently.

"Recently, the media is full of news about you. Xu, your business and influence are getting bigger and bigger."

After getting along with him many times, he got to know his father-in-law better and better.

He is scheming but not decisive, greedy for profit and forgetting righteousness, and lacks strategic vision.

A typical Yuan Shao-style character.

If you want to talk about his advantages, he is good to his family without violating the interests of the family.

"The influence of the Xu family in the United States has indeed increased, but it is still incomparable to the Montes family. Recently, I have heard many friends praise you as one of the most wise patriarchs of the Montes family.

Not only did you lead the family out of more than a century of decline, but you also led Oppenheimer to become the fastest growing investment bank on Wall Street.

For two consecutive years, it has been rated as the most popular emerging investment bank by media such as Fortune, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal.

Even Pensions and Investments magazine praised you as the sixth largest investment bank on Wall Street."

"Haha, you are too flattering."

Reed Montes smiled when he heard it.

He is soft-hearted and likes to hear good words, which is also one of his weaknesses.

Xu Liang caught it accurately.

After greeting several brothers-in-law, a group of people surrounded them and entered the room.

The women and children had their own topics, while the men sat in the living room.

Knowing that Xu Liang likes to drink tea, tea has been prepared here.

The servants brewed tea, and Reed invited Xu Liang to drink a few cups.

"Xu, do you really think the subprime mortgage crisis will not end?"

"Reed, do you want to know this, or do others want to know?" Xu Liang asked.

Reed Montes' eyes flashed, "Does it make any difference?"

"Of course there is a difference. You are Helen's father, Winston and Henry's grandfather, and my relative. If you want to know, I will tell you my true thoughts.

If it is someone else, it has nothing to do with me. Why should I tell him that I have spent countless efforts and Hanhua has invested billions of dollars to research the results?

Investment is about returns."

Don't have any unrewarding thoughts for Americans.

Even if they are relatives.

So Xu Liang has to tell him directly the value of his analysis!

"Dear Xu, I am now the CEO of Oppenheimer Investment Bank. For the future of the company, of course I want to know."

"Okay. Then for the sake of our family relationship, I think you should immediately sell all the subprime bonds held by the company and buy a certain amount of CDs bonds mainly based on real estate, student loans, car loans, etc."

"It seems that you really don't think subprime bonds are good."

"That's right."

"Can you tell me the reason? After all, the Federal Reserve has already started, and even central banks around the world such as the United Kingdom and Japan have begun to invest funds to intervene in this crisis derived from subprime bonds.

Most people think they can solve the trouble. "Reed.

"Dear Reed, I am not optimistic about the government to solve the crisis. In the past few hundred years, the economic crisis broke out in the capitalist society again and again.

But there has never been any economic crisis that the government can be resolved.

So the same is true this time. "

"Do you think a economic crisis will erupt this time?"

Xu Liang nodded affirmatively, "We have seen the signs, don't we?"

"Xu, have you been a bit alarmist? In the past century, there has never been a crisis broke out due to the cyclical rise and fall of real estate!"

The sister -in -law Chris Montes obviously did not believe it.

"People often make mistakes in their most familiar places.

It is precisely because everyone thinks that real estate has never been a problem with the cyclical rise and fall of real estate, and it is the biggest source of the outbreak of this crisis. "

In a word, a few people next to them were thinking.

Before they came up with the results, the housekeeper next to them came in.

"Sir, Mr. Kyle is here."

Ridemonts stood up quickly.

"Go, go together to welcome your uncle together."

Xu Liang also stood up.

Kyle Montes is the second child of the Montes family. He is now a senator of Congress and an important figure in the Republican Party. He has close relationships with the famous Koch brothers.

With the people from the Montes family came out, a tall figure was wearing a strong Armani suit, her hair was neat, her eye sockets were deep, and their sharp -eyed middle -aged people took their wives and children out of the car.

"Ride."

"Kyle."

The two brothers hugged together.

There are two men and three women in the fifth generation of the Montes family.

In addition to the "Aunt 'Ali Montes, Xu Liang, who married to Britain, Xu Liang has basically seen it.

After saying hello, Kyle Montes also noticed Xu Liang.

Actively extended his hand over.

"Xu, I have your news in my ears these days."

"The media always likes hype, Uncle Kyle."

"Haha, because you are worthy of their hype. How about, this time Hanhua made a lot of money?"

"When the Pacific Fund was unblocked at the end of the year, it is guaranteed to give you a generous return."

Kyle Montes's face smiled three points instantly, holding his hand tightly.

"Xu, Helen can find you as her husband, it's great."

Xu Liang attached and smiled.

Everyone takes what they need.

The blue -blooded nobles, including the Montes family, escorted his investment and fundraising, and he provided the other party's money to return.

Very reasonable transaction.

Over time, the family of the Montes family and some of the better friends came.

Non -rich or expensive, either an old nobleman, or a power figure in the United States.

Xu Liang, as the focus of the banquet, naturally attracted almost everyone's attention.

Most problems are around the recent debt.

After hearing his investment in Hanhua, his face also smiled.

For a while, the birthday banquet became more and more lively.

It continued until 3 pm, and the people were out of the field.

The Xu Liang family lived here for one night at night, and returned to Silicon Valley together the next day.

Nympho

The next day.

I got up and practiced martial arts. After breakfast, I went to Facebook headquarters with Helen.

After brushing the sense of presence, after looking at the user data of the Facebook app, he left the Hanhua Silicon Valley office.

In the conference room, open the video office.

Soon the picture of Hongyan Fund COO Xia Changsheng appeared in the picture.

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

"I talked about Goldman Sachs and Damo, 20 billion yuan, 100 billion empty positions, Hongyan took 10 billion US dollars. You can connect with Hanhua and operate this funds through Hanhua's channels."

"OK."

"How much is the" Communist Plan "?"

"At present, it has arrived at $ 67.3 billion, over half."

Xu Liang nodded, although most of the share of the "Communist Plan" was distributed to its company.

However, the investment accounts of these companies are basically managed by Hongyan Fund.

It is just that the dividends of these investment belong to Hongmeng and Taihua.

"Continue, our goal is to $ 100 billion before tax."

"yes."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Liang hit Jiang Xiaoyang again.

"I have been talking to Goldman Sachs and Damo, how is your there?"

"JP Morgan Chase and Citi also agreed to cooperate, but they are only willing to give 70 billion US dollars short positions."

"What about other places?"

"In Europe, Sister Zhong has finished talking with the State Bank of Spain and Lawde Bank, setting a short position of £ 3 billion.

It is currently negotiating with Bank of Paris.

On Asia, Sun Zhenping has already done Ruihui Finance and HSBC, and is negotiating with Mitsui and South Korea's Hanxin Bank.

It has determined a short position of $ 5 billion. "

Xu Liang nodded.

There are two hedging mother funds under Hanhua.

Pacific and Indian Ocean.

The Pacific Fund was managed by him himself, and three sub -funds under the Indian Ocean.

Fund No. 1 is responsible for Sun Zhenping.

No. 2 Fund Zhong Lifang is responsible.

No. 3, Jiangping, is responsible for.

In order to achieve the goal of hunting the world, four people are responsible for a task.

He and Jiang Ping are responsible for the United States.

He communicates with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, which are responsible for JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup.

Zhong Lifang is responsible for Europe, and Sun Zhenping is responsible for Asia.

All stock markets in the world that allow international funds to enter and allow short-selling are the targets of their action this time.

The entire Pacific Fund has a fundraising amount of 110 billion US dollars, and the three Indian Ocean funds have a fundraising amount of 32 billion US dollars.

Even if there is only a five-fold leverage, it is enough for them to leverage the world.

"The Zhurong Plan is our only super-large investment plan next year. All people who can be used will be used. Don't let go as long as there is a chance." Xu Liang urged.

"Yeah."

Knowing the hugeness and grandeur of the 'Zhurong Plan', Jiang Xiaoyang was very excited, but also more afraid.

"What if..."

"Don't worry, there is no what if."

Knowing her concerns, Xu Liang did not explain much and directly changed the subject.

"Have all the funds under Hanhua withdrawn?"

"We have gradually withdrawn according to your request, and the equity assets held by Hanhua itself are also being sold through the secondary market.

All major offices have been notified, and they are also closing their positions.

As long as there is no major change in the market, we can completely close our positions by the middle of next year."

"Very good, the money withdrawn. Half of our own money is placed in Standard Chartered.

The rest is placed in the foreign institutions of domestic banks such as ICBC and CCB.

As for the customers' money, it doesn't matter."

"Is it necessary to do this?"

"Prepare for a rainy day, never have too much hope in the back hall of a group of pirates. By the way, this time in the "Zhurong Plan", we will not touch our own money, only the customers' money.

In the end, we won. If they drag their feet or refuse to pay, let these customers ask for it themselves." Xu Liang said directly.

Anyway, they can get a share of the money if they make money.

And the more money they make, the more they share.

Why not?

"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't play such a big game with you." Jiang Xiaoyang said unhappily.

"Haha, it's so big, how can we let others know that Hanhua is the boss of the hedge fund industry!"

"Wife, just watch. At most one year, we will completely replace Quantum Fund and become the new 'king of global hedge funds'.

By then, you will be my most beautiful queen!"

"Okay, I'll wait for the day when you put the crown on me."

"Haha, don't worry."

After the two chatted for a few more sentences, Xu Liang hung up the phone.

Dongdong...

There was a knock on the door.

Xu Liang put away the phone, "Come in."

Li Jinling pushed the door open and walked in.

"Mr. Xu, this is the document just faxed from Hongmeng, please take a look."

Xu Liang took it and smiled.

"Qiu Bojun did a good job!"

...

After September, Hongmeng Android, which has been developing in a low-key manner, has entered the eyes of the media and the public.

Android and Kunlun Xing Industrial, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, China Mobile, Telefonica, Verizon Telecom, HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Huawei, ZTE and other 48 companies jointly established the Open Handset Alliance.

As soon as the news came out, it shocked the entire technology circle.

Today, Kunlun mobile phones equipped with the Android operating system have been fully launched in China and the United States for nearly half a year, and have achieved very good sales results.

The new generation of smartphones has proved through market sales that this is really a viable path.

In the past, major mobile phone manufacturers have launched their own smartphones, but without exception, they are all keypad phones without cool touch screens.

Previously, executives of mobile phone manufacturers mocked the appearance design of Kunlun mobile phones and Apple mobile phones, saying that the screen is fragile and the virtual keyboard is inconvenient to type... It's not reasonable at all.

But now, these people dare not say anything because their faces have been swollen.

Although the market share of the new generation of smartphones is still small, major mobile phone manufacturers can no longer ignore its existence.

Just when major mobile phone manufacturers were hesitating or preparing to take action, Android threw out an olive branch.

Except for Nokia and BlackBerry, which have their own operating systems, most other mobile phone manufacturers do not mind taking advantage of Android.

After all, to develop a new mobile phone operating system, it takes time and investment.

Now that Android is free and open source, where can you find such a good thing?

This is also what the media and the public are confused about. Is this self-sacrifice to promote human technological progress?

Some media also pointed out that the major shareholders of Kunlun Mobile and Android are Xu Liang, and Android's open source code will make Kunlun Mobile lose a certain degree of competitiveness.

This makes everyone even more confused. Isn't it a bit too generous?

Even his own son is not taken care of?

Mobile phone manufacturers are different. They have more or less guessed some of Android's deep intentions. Isn't it just to recruit everyone first, and then slowly find ways to make money in the future after obtaining a certain market share of mobile phone operating systems.

Mobile phone manufacturers don't mind this. Anyway, they don't have to spend money, and they can also take this opportunity to launch their own company's smartphones in advance to test the waters. Why not?

If there is really a way, it is not impossible to withdraw from the Android Alliance and develop a mobile phone operating system on its own.

In short, amid various opinions, Android has made a good appearance in the global consumer electronics industry.

Countless people remember this green robot with two antennas on its head.

However, since there is only one Android phone on the market, Kunlun, it has limited popularity and lacks comparison effect. Netizens dispersed after a while of discussion.

However, Android's open behavior has caused some turmoil and changes in the mobile phone industry, mobile operating system industry, venture capital and other industries.

The most direct effect is that the stocks of subsidiaries of Hongmeng Group, such as Bing, No. 1 Store, and Sina, have risen to varying degrees.