The Son of Finance of the Great Age

  Chapter 357 Cruise Reception (1)

   Another week later, except for the position in Indonesian rupiah, most of Tianyu Fund's funds have been gradually invested in the US long-term treasury bond market. It is impossible for this part of money to sleep in a bank account, and there are no promising projects to invest in under the current economic situation, so long-term treasury bonds have become one of the best investment options.

In the past six months, the fund scale of Tianyu Fund has grown like weeds. It has grown from the initial US$1 billion to today's super fund with a scale of US$15 billion. It has captured more than 5 billion US dollars in revenue within a short period of time, and the revenue in 1997 surpassed all previous years and became the most profitable year.

As the end of the year approached, although the currency crisis spreading across the entire East Asian region still hadn't dissipated, because New Year's Day was approaching and Chinese New Year was approaching, Zhong Shi simply sent a thick bonus envelope to all employees, and After a one-month holiday, and claiming that there will be a year-end bonus of no less than this share at the end of the Chinese New Year, naturally everyone is overjoyed.

  According to Zhong Shi's promise, in addition to the basic salary this year, they will be able to get bonuses of more than 2 million US dollars at least twice this year. In fact, if Tianyu Fund had invested 500,000 U.S. dollars at the beginning of its establishment, it would still have a net worth of tens of millions of U.S. dollars. This does not include the annual management fee and the share of excess returns, although the flagship fund does not have these two fees .

   To put it bluntly, almost everyone in today's Tianyu Fund is a billionaire with tens of millions of dollars, and the richest of them is naturally their leader Zhong Shi. Excluding other stocks and hedge fund investment shares, Zhong Shi owns more than 13 billion US dollars in the funds in Tianyu Fund alone. If you add other aspects, it is even close to 20 billion US dollars.

  In the minds of insiders of Tianyu Fund, the second place in wealth is Andrew, who is not at all visible on weekdays. His assets are about 1 billion US dollars. This guy who often "spreads nonsense" on TV doesn't take much part in the management of Tianyu Fund, and he doesn't know what he's busy with all day long.

The third place is Liao Xiaohua, who appears less in Tianyu Fund than Andrew. It is said that his share in Tianyu Fund has now increased to about 450 million US dollars. I don’t know who calculated this figure, but he has been staying in All the old employees of Tianyu Fund knew that he and Andrew were Zhong Shi's two confidantes, and no one could shake their status.

   Others, including Ma Jiarui and Ren Ruowei, shared the remaining 700 million US dollars. Although it was a little less, who asked them to invest too much.

   "Today is Christmas Eve, I don't know how Lao Liao plans to spend it?"

  With a beep, the door was opened from the outside, and Zhong Shi, wearing a gray-white windbreaker, strode in. Naturally, the two guardians Andrew and Liao Xiaohua followed him.

Since it is almost 1998, and almost all transactions are at a standstill, with the permission of Zhong Shi, analysts and traders have started to leave one after another. The trading hall seems a little deserted, Zhong Shi The words were a little loud, causing the analysts who were still working to look sideways, but they just took a look, then lowered their heads and continued to work.

Liao Xiaohua's expression was a little unnatural, and he replied with some embarrassment: "Zhong Sheng, don't you know that the old man doesn't care about these ghost festivals at all? I mentioned it to him once before, but he was furious, saying that I forgot my origin or something. , made me very bored."

   "Really?" Zhong Shi felt a little funny, turned his head and said to Andrew, "Andrew, what about you, do you have any arrangements?"

  Christmas is a traditional festival for Westerners, and Andrew will naturally not miss it. Seeing Zhong Shi's question, Andrew showed a strange smile on his face, winked at Zhong Shi, and then said with a smile: "There is a cruise party tonight, which is jointly organized by Goodman Hong Kong and Stanley Hong Kong. I've already bought the dress."

  As an investment bank, maintaining a good relationship with clients is inevitable. Therefore, during certain festivals, investment banks will find an excuse to gather clients together to connect with each other, and this kind of gathering is also the best opportunity to expand contacts, so many people will do everything possible to get an invitation card or something. Of course, for someone like Andrew, the organizers will do everything possible to invite him, and even use him as a gimmick to invite other people.

"..." Zhong Shi scratched his head, let out a long sigh, and said helplessly, "Why didn't they invite me? You know, I have no place to spend this time. If I could go on a cruise ship, it would be an eye-opener." gone."

   "Cut!" Liao Xiaohua and Andrew looked at each other, nodded in unison, and then they both gave Zhong Shi a middle finger, expressing their disdain for Zhong Shi's pretentious behavior.

Zhong Shi pretended to be furious, and suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "You two, you are really rebellious. I don't know if I have never seen a cruise ship? How about it, Andrew, hurry up and ask that prom guy to give me a call." Send an invitation card and let me go see it too."

  Seeing that Zhong Shi didn't seem to be faking, Andrew quickly responded, then took out the phone in his arms, and dialed the other party's number.

"Zhong Sheng, don't you really want to participate?" Liao Xiaohua was also a little puzzled. The last time he participated in a reception was several years ago, and at that reception, Zhong Shi spent a lot of money and won a listed company in one go. .

   I just don't know what he's going to do this time? Liao Xiaohua muttered in his heart.

Zhong Shi glanced at him lightly, as if he had read his mind, shook his head slightly, and then said casually: "Don't you know that I am also bored sometimes? Sometimes I really should go out and walk more, no It’s not enough to enjoy life. Besides, I’ve never seen a cruise ship.”

  Hearing Zhong Shi repeatedly mentioning the cruise ship, Liao Xiaohua couldn't help but swear in his heart again: Cruise ship? With your Zhongshi's current net worth, it's no problem to buy as many cruise ships as you want.

Not long after, Andrew finished talking on the phone. After picking up the line, he walked over excitedly and shouted: "Zhong Sheng, the matter is settled. The other party is very honored to invite someone like you If the important person attends the reception, the invitation post will be specially sent over immediately."

   "A big shot?" Zhong Shi laughed, touched his face, as if asking the two of them, and said to himself, "When did I become a big shot?"

  …

  The night fell and the lights came on. Because it was Christmas Eve, the whole Hong Kong Island was brightly lit. This was the first Christmas after Hong Kong returned to China. Although the recent economic downturn was not very good, this did not prevent some people from celebrating. And because of the British rule for many years, Hong Kong has been deeply affected in many ways, so looking at the streets, there are people coming out to play everywhere.

  Zhong Shi and his team drove to a private yacht club in Victoria Harbour. A lot of people had already gathered at the entrance of the club, and luxury cars drove into it from time to time. What surprised Zhong Shi was that at the entrance there were still a few people who looked like they were holding cameras, taking pictures of the luxury cars from time to time, and the flashes were frequently turned on, resembling a celebrity walking a red carpet.

   "This is it?" Zhong Shi looked at the scene outside the dark glass window in puzzlement, then turned his head and asked Andrew.

Andrew smiled, and opened the car door while turning back to Zhong Shi and said, "They all came to see me." After he stepped out of the car door, the dazzling flashing lights lit up, illuminating the originally dimly lit surrounding scenery like Daytime is normal. Andrew also cooperated very well, with a friendly smile on his face, and frequently waved to the camera.

   "Stock God, the Hong Kong stock market is not doing well these days. I don't know when you will come out again. Would you like to give investors some advice?"

   "Mr. Andrew, I recently bought Huaxia Telecom. I wonder if you can give me some pointers?"

   "You have guessed almost all the recent predictions about Hong Kong's capital market. I wonder if you have any advice for investors next, Mr. Andrew."

  …

   Taking advantage of this opportunity, more than a dozen reporters with recording pens surrounded him. If the security guards hadn't tried their best to stop him, they would have surrounded Andrew to the brim. During this process, Andrew never said a word, and allowed the media to shoot with a smile on his face. After being photographed for five minutes, he said, "I will announce the research results at an appropriate time." He got into the compartment.

"I didn't expect you to be so popular? Are they all coming for you?" Zhong Shi didn't dare to raise his head until the car window was fully rolled up, and looked at Andrew, who was still full of complacency, with a half-smile, and said teasingly .

"Of course!" Andrew blurted out without thinking, but after looking at Zhong Shi's face, he continued cautiously, "Actually, Zhong Sheng, why do you use my mouth to say these things? ? If you do it yourself, wouldn’t all these scenes be yours now?”

"Cut!" Zhong Shi snorted coldly, pointed a long **** at Andrew's face, and said disdainfully, "I don't need these false names. Besides, there is a purpose to making you famous, but I see you are now I enjoy this kind of life very much, so I don't intend to tell you my intentions for the time being, and you will naturally understand when the time comes."

  Andrew doesn't care about Zhong Shi's so-called deep meaning, as long as he doesn't deprive him of the life he is currently living under the spotlight, he is already very satisfied. He didn't care about Zhong Shi's thoughts of harming him, he laughed a few times, and after a few gossips with Zhong Shi, the car drove to the destination.

The two got out of the car, and when they looked up, they saw a 100-meter-long cruise ship docked at the pier. The cruise ship was radiant and beautiful, and the deck was full of people walking around in evening gowns, all of them smiling. , holding champagne, talking in whispers.

After submitting the invitation post, the two boarded the cruise ship led by a lady in uniform. Not long after, with a long siren, the cruise ship slowly sailed out of Victoria with a full ship full of passengers. port.

   Thanks to book friend Shuo Fei for voting for the monthly ticket again!

  (end of this chapter)