INVESTMENT LIFE – CHAPTER 45.

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With a low, pleasant electronic ringing sound, Chen Yuanming opened his eyes. Reaching out to stop the alarm clock, he stretched himself on the bed, and his upper arms and back muscles immediately returned with a wave of soreness. Lactic acid buildup, the bitter fruit of yesterday’s overtraining.

After getting up from the soft mattress and moving his limbs a little, Chen Yuanming pulled open the heavy curtains of his bedroom. Behind the whole floor-to-ceiling window, is a towering concrete jungle, Although you can’t hear any noise , the road under dozens of floors is crowded with all kinds of vehicles and office workers waiting to cross the road. Different skin colors and ages are mixed into a mottled ribbon, heading for their predetermined battlefield.

Looking from here, the skyscrapers in the center of the field of vision reflect the rising sunlight, like a pile of sculptures made of gold. There, America’s financial heart is pounding, with an intoxicating sound every time the money flows. Wall Street on Manhattan Island, a sanctuary that makes financial people all over the world go crazy.

Chen Yuanming took a deep breath. In his last life, he had never been able to go out of the country, let alone come to New York City and stand here watching the legendary Manhattan Island. Therefore, even if he saw such a scene every day for three months, he could not restrain the ups and downs in his chest. In the face of this huge financial empire, his assets and strength can only be said to be insignificant at present, and it is not as powerful as a drop of water. But this kind of unrestrained pleasure is by no means experienced by the domestic tightening financial market.

It is only 1993, and in the next ten years, the New York Stock Exchange will usher in an ecstatic bull market. Various hedge funds and investment banks have developed rapidly in these years, ushering in glory and prosperity. Although they will eventually hit a wall again, fall into a decline or panic, but it is not now, not this moment. In the textbooks he has studied, the biographies of people and the records of the times he has read, opportunities are like the seductive singing of sirens, graceful but full of crises that devour people, and now he is in this era personally, holding the memories from the future, how can he not be disturbed and unable to help himself?

Standing in front of the window for half a day, Chen Yuanming moved his arms and turned to enter the bathroom next door. It was time to start a new day.

Fully dressed, walking out of the bedroom, Chen Yuanming saw the man sitting on the sofa in the suite outside. This person is only in his early 30s, hair shaved into a sharp inch, beard shaved clean, revealing a sharp jaw, looks not handsome, but a calm posture reveals a compelling pressure, as if a bow who’s string is strung tight and ready to strike anytime.

This is his current security consultant Zhang Gang, from the Shenyang Military District Northeast Tiger Special Forces,This is his current security consultant Zhang Gang, from the Shenyang Military District Northeast Tiger Special Forces, He was accidentally injured in a mission and retired. Due to the low salary after retirement and his family difficulties , Xiao Yun recommended him to him. After coming to the United States this time, the man stayed by his side almost every step of the way, and he could not stay in the guest room. In the end, he could only choose a presidential suite and let him live in the guest room outside.

“Boss.” Seeing the figure of Chen Yuanming, Zhang Gang brushed himself off and stood up.

The corners of Chen Yuanming’s mouth twitched slightly, and every time he heard him call him that, he felt uncomfortable, but this person was a standard diehard, and wouldn’t change his name no matter what, and he was just forced to accept his title.

“Brother Zhang, let’s go eat breakfast first. I also have an appointment to talk to someone later.”

On Wall Street, most deals are communicated by phone, but some people have to meet directly in person, and today Chen Yuanming ran into one such person. Sitting in his newly purchased open-top Land Rover Defender, the hot and humid Manhattan air blew into the car, Chen Yuanming leaned against the window and pondered the recent matters at hand.

After coming to the U.S., he did not choose short term stocks, but put his money directly into Goldman Sachs Bank to do European bond trading. This was not long after the 1992 sterling sniper case. Through the precise grasp of the situation, Soros used 10 billion U.S. dollars in a large number of short sterling, resulting in the pound to the mark ratio all the way down below the bottom of 2.778, the British government used $ 26.9 billion worth of foreign exchange reserves, and ultimately failed to hold the collapse of the Bureau, was forced to withdraw from the European exchange rate system.

The campaign made Soros a personal net profit of $650 million, and also made the quantum fund he led the world’s most well-known hedge fund. Wall Street was proud to call this successful subversion of the central banks of other countries “White Wednesday”. However, the battle was not over, followed by the operation of the Swedish krona and the Italian lira, and the foreign exchange market gradually stopped until 1993.

But the foreign exchange market was spared, and bond trading became the new hot spot, with investors roaming the continent like bloodthirsty great white sharks. Different from the flamboyant performance of attacking foreign exchange, the swallowing of bonds is done quietly, made many onlookers forget this fact. The Quantum Fund achieved a 63% return in 1993 through its excellent investments in the bonds of France and other countries, which was not inferior to the 69% in 1992.

So the first time he arrived in the United States, Chen Yuanming cut into the vortex. After a period of cautious observation, he chose to buy a large number of Spanish and Italian bonds, more than 100 million yuan sounds a lot, but converted into U.S. dollars, but only more than 20 million. Fortunately, the private fundraising threshold for hedge funds was only $1 million at this time, so the first time this outgoing Chinese investor appeared at Goldman Sachs, someone caught wind of it.

After months of big gains and big sells, someone finally knocked on the door.

With a slight jolt, the Land Rover stopped by the side of the road and a young man walked out the office building, a Chinese, 25 years old or younger, dressed in a very spirited suit. Seeing Chen Yuanming and his car, the young man first showed a stunned expression.

“What a nice car, the soft-top Defender that just went on sale?”

This Land Rover has been on the market in the United States for less than a week, but Chen Yuanming has been waiting for it for a long time. He immediately replaced the former Grand Cherokee. Nothing can offset his car phobia better than the convertible and high chassis. It’s just such a car. Among the conservative Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and Lincoln in the streets, inevitably with the atmosphere of Wall Street is a bit out of place, and extra eye-catching.

“Kevin.” Chen Yuanming greeted him with a smile, “Have you been waiting for a long time?”

hen he came to the United States, the first thing Chen Yuanming did was to find a translator who was proficient in Wall Street. He had learned some business English in his previous life, but it was useless for many years in this life and it was really shabby. So through the intermediary, he selected the top student who just graduated from Columbia Business School, Song Kevin.

The young man is very hardworking and belongs to the second generation who immigrated with his parents. The family situation is not very good. He went to the expensive Ivy League with scholarships and student loans. However, Wall Street is not very friendly to Chinese people. Later, he fell to Chen Yuanming’s eyelids and became his financial agent.

“No, I just arrived.” Song Kaiwen smiled, for his young patron, he has long learned to take it lightly. Only a teenager, he dared to take several tens of millions of dollars in Wall Street alone, and all investment intentions without consulting an adviser, directly cut into that mess in Europe, who knew that the bonds in hand just rose over 40%, when the other party sold them, seemingly to exit the bond market. He really can not guess what the other party is thinking, but the profit is really real, and can not be faked. This is not a stupid boss, with this knowledge, Song Kevin works more diligently nowadays, a stable and promising job is not easy to find, he must hold on to it.

Of course, Chen Yuanming’s generous operation not only won the loyalty of his subordinates, but also some hedge funds came to you directly. At this time, all hedge funds are privately raised and need to attract investors face-to-face. Soros’s quantum fund has shaken the whole investment industry upside down. The well-known brokers of Goldman Sachs immediately became the reserve force of hedge funds, and various small funds were established constantly but Chen Yuanming never nodded, until this time.

Gathering his thoughts, Kevin Song made an invitation gesture and led Chen Yuanming into the building.

The interview was held in an office building on Park Avenue, Manhattan Island. At this time, just after work, the passing offices were busy, but the few people did not stop, and went straight to the elevator to the meeting room they had reserved. Pushing open the door of the conference room, I saw two men stand up and quickly greeted them.

“Kevin, this is your employer! He’s really young and promising!” The man in the lead showed a big smile and extended his hand friendly, without any contempt or doubt in his eyes, he gestured to Chen Yuanming calmly.

Chen Yuanming smiled and shook his hand politely, “I heard Kevin mention you. Everyone on Wall Street knows your name, Mr. Robertson.”

The two clasped hands together, with an air of friendliness and kindness. Compared with the calmness of the other party, Chen Yuanming’s curiosity is heavier now, and he seriously looked at the man in front of him. In all financial textbooks of later generations, especially the chapter on hedge funds, except for Alfred Jones, the father of hedge funds, and George Soros, the financial tycoon, this person in front of him is the most famous.

He founded the Tiger Fund, which is as famous as the Quantum Fund, and once surpassed all funds to become the dominant hedge fund industry, but because of the continuous failure in 98-99 and the collapse of the Internet bubble, he finally withdrew from the market. It was very exciting to see such a big financial player in person.

It is very consistent with industry rumors. Mr. Robertson always has enough charisma and demeanor when facing potential customers that he can absorb. The single-flight incidents of Tiger Fund brokers that appeared one after another this year did not seem to affect his mood. Still maintaining a perfectly polite attitude.

After the guests and hosts took their seats, the topic revolved around the recent financial situation and circled around carelessly, as if this was not an appointment about private planning, but a loose interview, or just a popular Wall Street cocktail party. But in the course of the conversation, Mr. Robertson’s eyes grew brighter and brighter, especially when the two men reached a high degree of agreement on the two stocks of General Instrument and Equitable Life Insurance Company.

The small talk slowly cut from the periphery to the main topic, and Robertson sat up straight and asked somewhat seriously, “Now that you have chosen to exit the Eurobond market at a high level and have not cut into New York securities, it seems that Mr. Chen has something else in mind?”

Chen Yuanming smiled, “I can’t talk about it, I just want to find an opportunity to change lines. Now my capital chain is relatively tight, and I still hope to do some lucrative short-term transactions.”

Robertson smiled slightly, “Short-term? Is it still old Europe…”

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