Dong Qiangqiang sat alone at the dining table by the window of the restaurant, flipping through Qu Shan's political notes restlessly, but with so many thoughts in his mind. After reading for a long time, I couldn't read a single paragraph, so I simply closed the note, held my cheek and looked at the pedestrians and vehicles on the street, letting myself be in a daze.
Lao Bai's matter seemed to be a stubborn stone in his heart, making him absent-minded about other things. He usually hunted except for classes, and he became silent a lot.
From a biological perspective, human pain is mostly related to growth, and growth will run through human life, which means pain will accompany people throughout their lives. In the six months since he came to Germany, the pain caused by growing up often came and disappeared silently, making him sometimes panic and sometimes hesitant.
Just as he was deep in thought, snowflakes began to drift in the hazy sky again. Perhaps because the outdoor temperature was not low, the snowflakes melted as soon as they hit the ground, and soon the road became muddy.
The regular ringing of bells on the roof of the train station awoke Dong Qiangqiang from his thoughts. He looked in the direction of the big clock, and it was exactly 12 o'clock.
Dong Qiangqiang put away those confusing and complicated thoughts and forced himself to re-invest in review. There had been no class for two weeks, and there were already a lot of things in his political notes that he couldn't understand. As expected, learning still requires reviewing the past and learning new things every day. Otherwise, it will be like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.
Another 20 minutes passed unknowingly, and Dong Qiangqiang was gradually able to read more.
A bright red Mercedes-Benz sports car screeched to a stop behind Dong Qiangqiang's pickup truck outside the barbecue restaurant.
The sound of sudden braking caught Dong Qiangqiang's attention. He raised his head and looked out the window following the sound. He saw the two headlights of the sports car suddenly extinguished, the streamlined door slowly opened, and a young man with curly hair, sunglasses, a red scarf, and a brown leather jacket appeared. He jumped out of the car vigorously and walked quickly into the barbecue restaurant.
Looking at Duanmu standing in front of him, brushing the snow off his shoulders, Dong Qiangqiang was stunned and didn't recognize him.
"Why are you returning this car now?" Duanmu pointed at Dong Qiangqiang's pickup truck while shaking the bright silver car key in his hand, "Volkswagen's stock price has gone up and down. Did you lose or make a profit?"
After Dong Qiangqiang bought Volkswagen stock in the first half of the year, the stock price plummeted. It hit the bottom on 911. After lying at the bottom for a week, it slowly began to slow down from October. By the beginning of December, it climbed back to Dong Qiangqiang's level. It's close to the purchase price, so it doesn't rise or fall. However, the public put option he bought to hedge against the risk of stock decline became invalid because the stock price was higher than the exercise price stipulated in the option face value. This meant that he had no loss or profit on the stock, but he had lost an option in vain. fee. But this result was within his expectation. After paying the tuition, he slowly entered the stock and option industry.
Dong Qiangqiang didn't like talking about his wealth in public, so he said calmly: "Why do we need to talk about it in person?"
"Bian Corporation has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. I sent the stock code to your email a few days ago."
"Oh, I haven't checked my mailbox much recently." Dong Qiangqiang explained, "How is the company's performance?"
"German investment institutions are generally cautious about newly listed companies, let alone foreign companies, so they currently have little trading volume and do not have any financial derivatives."
The waiter placed the coffee and steak Duanmu ordered on the table.
Looking at Dong Qiangqiang's slightly sallow complexion, Duanmu said with concern: "I haven't seen you for two months. Brother, you look a little haggard."
Dong Qiangqiang also researched cars when he bought a car before. Knowing that the price of Duanmu's car was between 30,000 and 40,000 marks, he immediately changed the subject and praised: "Your car is very beautiful."
"Thank you." Duanmu turned to look at the sports car outside the window, his face filled with the joy of the harvest. "This is a Christmas gift I gave myself in advance, even though Christmas hasn't come yet."
Dong Qiangqiang knew that many people who made money wanted to show off, so he asked thoughtfully: "Have you made money with the put option?"
"Hey, it's less than 100,000 marks, so it's not worth mentioning." Although he said it was not worth mentioning, Duanmu smiled like a flower.
What Dong Qiangqiang didn't know was that Duanmu's investment of 240,000 marks eventually got back nearly 360,000 marks. In other words, his gross profit was nearly 120,000 marks, and after deducting the 25% capital gains tax, he still had a net profit of 90,000 marks, which can be said to be a great victory.
After the greetings were over, Duanmu got straight to the point: "Actually, the main reason I'm looking for you today is to ask you to help register an investment fund company."
Dong Qiangqiang had already guessed this, nodded and said: "No problem, you can prepare the materials first."
"I have prepared all the materials." Duanmu took out the folder from his bag, took out stacks of documents and spread them out in front of Dong Qiangqiang, and handed Dong Qiangqiang a signature pen, "The lawyer has already read it. These are standard agreements for investment companies. You just need to sign the last page of all agreements, and I will transfer the money to you later."
"So much?" Dong Qiangqiang glanced at the content a few times, "I need to take it back and read it all before I can sign it."
"Can't you sign now?" Duanmu pushed the pen again.
"You have to let me understand such a big thing, right?" Dong Qiangqiang said calmly.
"A reasonable request." Although Duanmu was surprised, he still agreed with a smile, "I don't want to rush you, but I will leave Germany next week, so you have to hurry up."
"Go back to China for the New Year?" 2002 will be in less than three weeks, and Dong Qiangqiang knows that some people have already started booking flights back to China.
"If you don't go back to China," Duanmu said expertly, using a knife and fork to divide the grilled steak, which was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, full of aroma, "go to the United States."
"America? You don't go to work?"
"I went to the United States because of work." Duanmu sipped his coffee, "Do you remember the company that did financial audits for Enron?"
"You mean Arthur Andersen?" This name has already been engraved in Dong Qiangqiang's mind. "What happened to it?"
"After the Enron incident, in addition to studying Enron, our company also made a list of all listed companies that had hired Arthur Andersen for audit in the past two years. The result was true to the old saying, pull out the carrot and bring up the mud. We just passed After going through the list, another listed company in the United States was involved. According to public information, Global Crossing paid Arthur Andersen a total of US$2.3 million in financial audit fees last year. This number is originally nothing, but it makes us feel What’s interesting is that the consulting fee paid to Arthur Andersen was nearly six times the audit fee, and the same thing also appeared in Enron’s financial statements.” Duanmu ate while talking, and a large piece of steak was left in the blink of an eye. A few bones were laid.
"You mean that American Global Crossing also committed financial fraud?" Dong Qiangqiang felt unbelievable and teased, "Isn't the American capital market very perfect and well-regulated? Why are there so many fraudulent companies? And you just happened to discover them all?"
"Whether it is a scam company or not can't be determined by just sitting in the room and analyzing various reports. You have to go over there and see with your own eyes. As the saying goes, what you see on paper will always be shallow, but you must do it in practice, so we need to go Do field research in the United States.”
"You went to the United States to do field research?" Dong Qiangqiang probably knew what this word meant. "Then why didn't you go to their company to check when you bought Munich Re's put options before?"
"At this time, I was still a wild kid. Now, aren't I learning the formal process?" Duanmu put away his smile, "Besides, Munich Re is not a financial fraud, it is a drop in income, which is different from the cunning Uncle Sam. Our company If you buy shares of Global Crossing, you can go to their company as a minority shareholder to research and learn about its specific production and sales. Of course, we will also collect the information we want to know through other channels."
"So you are anxious to set up an investment company as soon as possible, and you just want to short Global Telecom as soon as the conditions are ripe, right?" Having been in contact with Duanmu for a long time, Dong Qiangqiang understood the other party's thoughts very well.
Duanmu's eyes flashed with a cunning light. He quietly pushed the folder on the table in front of Dong Qiangqiang, tapped the folder with his index finger and said, "If this can be successfully registered before the end of December, Global Crossing will really If my research is as bad as mine, or even worse than I thought, then both of us may earn our own first pot of gold."
"Didn't you already earn it?" Dong Qiangqiang asked suspiciously, "Your put option."
"The first pot of gold is more than just that little bit of money," Duanmu looked forward to the future excitedly. "It refers to the first million in your life. By then, we will all buy cars that are ten times better than my car." I can afford it.”
Dong Qiangqiang suddenly had a thought in his mind, and a vague idea came out of his heart. "Will you go to New York when you go to America?"
"Well, I will definitely go. After all, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are both in New York. What's wrong with you?" Duanmu asked.
"Well, let's wait until you get there." Dong Qiangqiang replied thoughtfully.
The two chatted casually for a few more words, and then Duanmu left in a hurry.
Dong Qiangqiang cast his eyes out the window. Amidst the roar of the engine, the red sports car disappeared at the corner of the street. The small snowflakes that were floating just now had unknowingly turned into heavy snow, rolled up in the howling north wind, blowing towards the direction. distance.
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