Everyone is moving step by step in their own orbit like a planet, and the days are passing through the fingers without leaving a trace.
Although the exam time is approaching, what worries Dong Qiangqiang is not the preparatory graduation exam, but the magnificent changes in the US stock market.
After the Enron incident, American society was extremely dissatisfied with the various financial fraud cases and related negative impacts that emerged one after another in the U.S. capital market and tended to intensify. The public is angry at the corruption and malfeasance of senior management of listed companies. They also hate that some audit institutions not only turn a blind eye to fraud but even work together. They are in pain and crying all day long because their money has been wasted and they have nowhere to claim compensation. Flow all over face. After they finally figured out that it was the backwardness and incompetence of relevant securities laws and regulations in the United States and the inaction of regulatory agencies, the overwhelming negative emotions became like a torrential river, like the Mississippi River overflowing. The media reported objectively and impartially that the three major indexes plummeted in unison, falling twice a week on average, once for two days and once for three days. They were sick and depressed.
This trend, which is neither in line with Uncle Sam’s image as the world’s boss nor conducive to the healthy, orderly and positive development of the U.S. financial market, has given the U.S. government and its financial legal agencies trouble at night. In order to protect their own interests from further harm, the legislative and regulatory agencies responsible for the financial industry learned from the pain and finally made a strong ideological change: Sarbanes, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and Oxley, chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, jointly proposed, according to history .
The bill was proposed in mid-February. In less than three months, it has completed three separate hearings in the House of Representatives and the Senate and several revisions at light speed.
Dong Qiangqiang and Duanmu agreed that judging from the results of the last hearing, it is very likely that the U.S. legislative body will eventually pass the bill. As for whether the introduction of the bill can boost investor confidence in the market, there are different opinions on Wall Street. Duanmu and Dong Qiangqiang They are all not optimistic about it, because distant water cannot save nearby fire.
However, they didn't dare to delay whether they were optimistic or not, especially the many stocks that Duanmu originally wanted to buy but were still waiting to see. Due to the alarming decline, the price of the put options flew out like a rocket.
Duanmu communicates with Dong Qiangqiang about the progress of the project almost every day and discusses which project can be put into the first-stage investment basket. The person Dong Qiangqiang calls after waking up and before falling asleep every day is Duanmu. Even in his dreams, he is I was studying with Duanmu, so much so that when I called Du Lan sometimes, Duanmu's name came out of my mouth, which made Du Lan wonder whether the two of them had really started to break their backs.
After repeated discussions, the two finally finalized the first-stage investment portfolio in mid-May.
In the active position, Vivendi was the first to bear the brunt, with a total investment of 130,000 euros, followed by Health South, Munich Re and Swiss Re. For passive warehouses, Xerox, United Capital Investment Company, American Scrap Management Company and WorldCom were selected. Some of these companies have been rumored in various versions in the market for a long time, some have exploded but have been silenced for some reason, and some are being shorted by well-known investment institutions. In short, they have a little bit of everything. In Duanmu’s words: Risks are spread and everyone is exposed to rain and dew.
The start date of the World Cup is at the end of May. At the opening whistle, the Cicada Fund issued its first short-selling report since its establishment.
Before issuing the report, Duanmu not only spent a lot of money to hire professionals to polish the English and German of the report, but also said hello to Anderson and asked him to distribute the report to as many investment institutions with good relationships as possible, preferably with a few nice words. , Anderson hung up the phone without comment.
Although there was no direct quarrel with the other party during the road show, Duanmu was a little unsure about the other party's lukewarm attitude. But now there is no other way. It is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. He can only spread the net separately with Dong Qiangqiang. One person is responsible for the United States and the other is responsible for Germany. They send reports to different hedge funds and short-selling institutions every day. Fortunately, Duanmu still has the original company as a platform, so it can spread out more. Anyway, if there are dates but no dates, you won't suffer any loss.
The World Cup started as scheduled. According to the original plan, Lao Bai was supposed to bring a group of fans to Sapporo, Japan to watch the German team. Unexpectedly, the travel agency suddenly changed its mind and sent him a group that strongly wanted to watch the Chinese team.
Lao Bai is Party B. He can't beg for food because it's sour, so he can only lead his team to Gwangju, South Korea.
2002 was the highlight of the Chinese men's football team's first appearance on the World Cup stage, which coincided with China's successful bid for the Olympics in 2001. With double happiness, the Chinese people's sports complex reached the highest peak in history at that time.
Gwangju is a small city, and the Gwangju Stadium is not large in size, but the number of Chinese fans who came to watch the game is estimated to be tens of thousands. Many people had to stay outside the stadium to cheer because they did not buy tickets.
Although Chinese fans have never had a bad reputation, the Korean police dare not take it lightly and are fully armed and ready.
The opponent of the Chinese team in the first game is Costa Rica. Lao Bai only knows that Costa Rica is a small country in Latin America and does not know the level of the opponent. However, according to the predictions of domestic football experts and websites, the Chinese men's football team should be able to win two games. ball.
This is still a conservative estimate.
After entering the stadium and seeing the sparse Costa Rica fans, which numbered only two to three thousand at most, the Chinese fans laughed heartily. If the opponent wanted to cause trouble after losing, they probably wouldn't be able to make any noise.
Lao Bai and others had an excellent viewing angle, only a hundred meters away from the Costa Rica goal. Most Chinese fans probably thought so too, so there were pits and valleys on both sides of the Costa Rica goal.
Everything is ready, all we need is east wind, and we are waiting for the Chinese team to flood the opponent's goal.
When the whistle sounded, the game was over, and the Chinese team was given two goals by the opponent.
The stadium was deathly silent.
The Chinese fans all looked ashen, while the Costa Rican players and fans cheered.
Although Gwangju is very small, with no tourist attractions or bustling business districts, and looks like a large rural area, you can still find places to kill time.
But the fans were not in the mood to hang out, so Lao Bai and others had no choice but to stay in the hotel and feel depressed.
In the second game against Brazil in Seguipu, the boys of the men's football team played well this time, especially the goalkeeper who performed very bravely, so they only conceded four goals.
After the game, the gray number on the faces of the Chinese fans was +2, and the level of depression was +2 to the Nth power.
At the critical moment, the domestic football media is more calm. After careful analysis and rigorous reasoning, it is still possible for the Chinese men's football team to qualify as long as the conditions are met. For example, Costa Rica beat Brazil with a goal difference of 10.
At that moment, Dong Qiangqiang realized from the bottom of his heart: Human beings really cannot lose their imagination, otherwise they will lose much happiness.
The Germans were damaging the Chinese men's football team on TV. Dong Qiangqiang had no interest in continuing to listen. Seeing that the lunch break was about to pass, he went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then walked towards the preparatory classroom. As soon as I walked to the door of the classroom, I heard a frantic ringing from my cell phone.
"Have you read the news?" Duanmu asked in a huff.
"Look, it's zero to four, but it's not a shame. The opponent is Brazil..."
"I'm not talking about football," Duanmu quickly interrupted, "the prestige has dropped."
Dong Qiangqiang was stunned for two seconds before he came to his senses and murmured: "Can't you?"
"What are you thinking about? There's nothing you can do to report to us." Duanmu guessed Dong Qiangqiang's thoughts and said clearly, "Murdoch's News Corporation announced that it will acquire Vivendi's Italian pay-TV company Telepiu for 1.5 billion euros. "
===
It’s not easy to be original. Welcome up. Click %中¥文#网 to support genuine originals.
