Paris is located in the center of the Paris Basin in France. In fact, you cannot see the Alps Mountains in the city, nor the Pyrenees Mountains at the junction of France and Spain. But the setting sun is still shining, and the afterglow of dusk saturates the sky, which is also full of sadness.
Alden Gallup drove out of the Arnault family's villa in downtown Paris. The familiar and bustling street scene in the past made him feel trance-like.
He couldn't help but think back on his life. He is French and has been among the best in school since he was a child. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Ecole Normale Supérieure, the best university in France.
École Normale Supérieure in Paris was founded in 1793. It was first used to train teachers. Now it offers liberal arts and science in parallel and has 13 Nobel Prize winners. He has strong strengths in the humanities and sciences.
After graduation, he worked at Cook Company. In 1999, the "Cook" company engaged in wine business was acquired by lvmh Group.
Three years later, he was able to enter Mr. Arnault's sight, and received Mr. Arnault's key training, step by step into the top management of LVMH Group.
However, he has now continuously betrayed Mr. Arnault's trust in him.
Two lower limits.
A lot of money is being consumed in the stock market.
What he wants to say is: There are too many short funds in the stock market. And the funds in his hands are too little.
But is this a justification? Mr. Arnault allocated him nearly 8.6 billion euros. This is a huge amount of trust.
He brought an indelible disgrace to Mr. Arnault.
Alden-Gallup Price's car stopped on the road next to the Seine River. He walked to the river and sat down. His hands and feet were weak and he lit a cigarette. In the smoke, he took out his wallet from his pocket. , take out the family photo inside.
He is forty-five years old and has a happy family. He and his wife Michelle have two sons.
"Goodbye, Michelle. Goodbye, Angelo and Joe, Daddy loves you."
Alden Gallup kissed the family photo passionately and put it in his shirt pocket near his heart. His body was trembling and he dropped the half-full cigarette in his hand on the rocks by the river. He stood up and took one step. Step by step into the river.
When the few pedestrians on the shore saw this scene, they all shouted loudly, "Stop, hey, stop."
In the half-bloody sunset, Alden Gallup disappeared on the river.
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Sharp Company was listed on the Paris Stock Exchange today. Although affected by the lower limit of LVMH Group's share price, Sharp Company's share price today barely remained above the issue price of 3.12 euros. But Chairman Qin Ziheng still held a celebration banquet, or party, at the St. Regis Hotel where he lived.
The guests at the banquet included: two partners, subordinates who came to ring the bell, as well as the sponsors of this listing, accounting companies, and bond underwriters including BNP Paribas.
There are also five well-known Chinese businessmen in Paris, Counselor Wu from the Embassy in France and others.
Chairman Qin Ziheng greeted the arriving guests with a smile on his face. He is forty-eight years old, in the prime of life, and he is very familiar with this kind of social situation.
In any case, the sharp company whose main business is agriculture and biomedicine has an overall market value of 1.1 billion euros even based on today's closing stock price. His personal net worth is nearly 700 million euros.
He became one of the few richest people in the country. This made him smile from ear to ear, and his heart was full of pride. This is his career, this is the pinnacle of his life
After socializing for a while, Qin Ziheng took a wine glass and came to the small circle where his son Qin Xiao and seven or eight young people gathered, and said with a smile: "What are you young people talking about?"
His son Qin Xiao is studying in the UK, majoring in "Humanities and Social Sciences" at Cambridge University. He is 21 years old this year. My son did not have to worry about studying. He went to a private high school in China and received offers from Cambridge and Birmingham universities after graduation.
His son is his pride.
He had already planned in his mind that after his son graduates from college next year, he would return to China and join Sharp Company. Twenty years later, he would be able to hand over the job with confidence.
When several young people saw Qin Ziheng's arrival, they immediately stopped talking and said hello one after another.
"Uncle Qin, congratulations!"
"Uncle Qin, good evening."
"Hello, Uncle Qin."
"Hello! If you need anything at the reception, tell me." Qin Ziheng raised his glass. After drinking a glass of wine with a group of young people, he smiled and said to his son Qin Xiao: "Xiao Xiao, entertain your friends."
"I will, dad." Qin Xiao replied with a smile. He is tall and handsome, with the sunny, fair complexion of a young man in his early twenties. He was wearing designer clothes and looked a bit airy. It attracts the attention of girls.
Qin Xiao did not let his father turn around and leave. He introduced the golden couple beside him and said, "Dad, these are my classmates in Cambridge. Zhou Changle and Ye Yan. The three of us are very good friends."
Qin Ziheng smiled and nodded, chatting with them kindly. His face was calm, but he understood in his heart. Zhou Changle is the eldest son of Zhou Mingyang, one of the top five richest people in the city.
When he had just chatted with Tang Jinxue, the leader of European Chinese businessmen, Tang Jinxue said jokingly: "Mr. Qin, Mr. Jing is in Paris. Why didn't you invite him to the banquet? The stock price of lvmh Group fell to the limit today because of his masterpiece. Speaking of which, , you can be considered affected."
He recognized the smell and complimented with a smile: "Mr. Jing and I have no friendship. If I have the opportunity in the future, I would like to ask Mr. Tang to introduce me to me."
"Easy to say."
The news that Zhou Mingyang and Jing Gao were at odds was no secret in the entire Yangtze River Delta business world. Zhou Mingyang has a bad reputation and cannot use tricks in the mall, so he uses tricks outside the market.
However, he didn't feel any bad feelings in his heart. After all, his son and Zhou Changle were just juniors.
Qin Xiao introduced other classmates, Qin Ziheng nodded and chatted for a few words, and then accompanied by his confidant Mao Shengbin, he went to the balcony of the hotel banquet hall to take a breath.
The balcony is located on the fifth floor, and the evening breeze is blowing, which is very comfortable.
The two of them lit cigarettes. Mao Shengbin lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Mr. Qin, Mr. Jing of the Phoenix Group was almost called a dog in the domestic public opinion field a few days ago. I didn't expect that he is very popular abroad."
Qin Ziheng stretched out his finger and nodded at Mao Shengbin with a smile, "That's someone who is leading the Zhaoshi Group..."
"That also shows that his strength is not good enough and he can't dominate the scene. Why don't I see anyone who dares to follow the pace of Internet giants such as Xiao Ma Ge, Baidu Li Yanhong, and JD Dong Ge on the Internet?"
While the two were talking, they saw Bernie Augustine, the vice chairman of the Paris Exchange, walking onto the balcony with a bald head on his head.
"Mr. Augustine..." Qin Ziheng greeted him politely. After all, he will be managed by someone else in the future, and he needs to have a good relationship with this person.
Bernie Augustine didn't seem to hear Qin Ziheng's call, and walked straight to the balcony and leaned down. The whole person seemed to be in free fall, and finally hit the cement floor of the hotel.
His head exploded like a crushed watermelon.
Qin Ziheng and his subordinate Mao Shengbin were completely dumbfounded, and their bodies were trembling a little, "This..."
To be honest, he was having a good time today, and he was still a little unhappy because Bernie Augustine ignored him. But I didn’t expect Bernie Augustine to commit suicide.
"Ah..." The scream sounded in the slightly empty night.
The guests in the banquet hall were also quickly alerted.
Ten minutes later, with the arrival of the police, calm returned to the reception. As the host, Qin Ziheng, accompanied by Counselor Wu and Chinese business leader Tang Jinxue, explained to a police sergeant in the lobby on the fifth floor of the hotel to save him from trouble.
After the police chief left, Qin Ziheng couldn't help but ask: "Counsellor Wu, Mr. Tang, why did Bernie Augustine jump from the building?"
Tang Jinxue is in his sixties, wearing a Tang suit and looking energetic. His granddaughter Tang Wenxin accompanied him.
He smiled and said: "Mr. Qin, let me tell you a rumor. You can judge for yourself whether it is true or false. The fund privately managed by Bernie Augustine has a heavy position in lvmh Group, and lvmh Group has dropped its limit for two consecutive days, causing him extremely heavy losses."
Qin Ziheng and his subordinate Mao Shengbin looked at each other, feeling like they were about to break out in a cold sweat.
What nonsense were they talking about on the balcony not long ago?
As deputy chairman of the Paris exchange, Bernie Augustin was the big shot he needed to curry favor with. The life and death of such a big shot are controlled by Jing Gao.
What qualifications do they have, or how inflated are their hearts, before they feel that "Jing Zong is not good enough"?
Qin Ziheng suddenly had a clear understanding in his heart. As the situation in Paris becomes clearer, those high-jumping and rhythmic people in China may be in trouble!
