s (please vote for me)

Author: Linjiangxian

s (please vote for me)

On the way back, Ian Ball was still flushed with excitement. The call with Epstein tonight made him even more convinced that Lu Yiming's identity and background were extraordinary.

"Mr. Lu, I didn't expect you to chat and laugh with Epstein and even get to know people from the Ministry of Justice!"

Regarding his misunderstanding, Lu Yiming had no intention of correcting him. Instead, he encouraged him: "Work hard. If you achieve results this time, the big people you will meet in the future will definitely exceed your imagination."

Listening to Lu Yiming's words, Ian Ball felt as if he had been given a shot of blood.

Now this has just started, and it has already been connected with Epstein and the big bosses of the Department of Justice. It is really hard to imagine what big names we will meet in the future.

He felt that Mr. Lu was really down-to-earth and sincere! If it was beyond imagination, it was beyond imagination!

In the next few days, Lu Yiming had to run around.

Because there are so many people who want to see him, shorting the stock market is like a feast. Everyone wants to come and take a bite or two, and their mouths are full of oil.

In contrast, the scale of Saltwater Fund’s capital is also getting larger and larger, and more and more big figures are participating in it, covering the political, academic and business circles. Many big figures whose names Lu Yiming could only hear in newspapers and TV before have appeared.

in front of him.

I have to say, money really touches people's hearts.

They are in high positions, but they don't care whether the interests of the United States will suffer as a result of the plummeting U.S. stock market.

On the contrary, they still want to take advantage of this opportunity and make a lot of money from it.

After seeing off a group of guests again, Li Yiwen couldn't help but complain: "How many of the civil and military officials in the United States are not just beasts? In the past, our domestic magazines said that American politicians were honest, patriotic, and law-abiding. I still believed it to be true.

, only now can we see their truest faces.”

Lu Yiming joked: "Do you believe the article in Reader's Digest? How high can the moral standards of a country that has risen through massacre and plunder be? It's just that the politicians here need votes from voters, so they don't dare to do it.

It's just too blatant, but wolves are wolves, and they still have to eat meat after all."

Li Yiwen said with emotion: "Hey, it seems that the world is as dark as crows."

Lu Yiming found a comfortable position, sat on the sofa, and said in a leisurely tone: "Now that we have dragged so many big shots into trouble, we are completely stable. If anyone dares to investigate, I will dare to lift the table and see who will be there then.

More urgent."

Li Yiwen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pointed at Lu Yiming and said, "You kid, you are really damaging."

However, Lu Yiming disagreed with Li Yiwen's evaluation of him and argued: "I am a villain first and a gentleman later. How can I do business with these white-skinned people if I don't keep a few more eyes on them?"

Because of Lu Yiming's early detonation, the bursting of the Nasdaq technology stock bubble was brought forward by a full month, catching many people off guard.

Soon the Nasdaq index plummeted from the highest level of 5,300 points to around 4,930 points, almost hurtling toward hell in a dive.

Although many stock experts and economists have jumped out to call on investors to calm down, saying that this is just a technical adjustment and the stock price will rise back soon, the United States is still very strong.

However, the reality is that a large number of Internet companies in Silicon Valley have gone bankrupt and closed down. Countless programmers and engineers who originally earned millions a year are now busy converting their big houses and new sports cars into cash. A large number of unemployed people have gathered, not to protest.

It was on the way to the protest that I don’t know how much big news came out.

At this time, even fools can understand that there are too many bubbles in the stocks of listed companies in the United States' Internet and information superhighways. The stock prices are artificially inflated and are not worth so much money at all!

There was a storm outside, but Lu Yiming didn't show up at all. Everything was left to Salt Water Fund to handle.

As for Lu Yiming himself, his main life is to wake up in the morning and eat an Angus steak fried rice and a glass of fresh milk, and then go out to play golf with Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

The sport of golf has not yet emerged in China. At least Lu Yiming has never heard of a standard golf course anywhere.

After all, the construction, operation and maintenance of golf courses require very large costs. It is a real aristocratic sport. With the current domestic economic level, it is difficult to have so many consumer groups to support the operation and maintenance of golf clubs.

Think about it, in just a few days, Lu Yiming has spent tens of thousands of dollars on the golf club, which is enough to buy a very good residential house when converted into RMB. Currently, how many people in the mainland can reach this level of consumption?

personal?

On this day, the heavy snow finally stopped, and it was even a rare sunny day. Lu Yiming, who had already tasted the sweetness of golf, assigned the task to Ian Ball and couldn't wait to contact Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

Invite them to play golf together.

On the golf course, the sun shines on people, which is indescribably comfortable, sweeping away the cold wind of recent days.

When the three met, Bill Gates was full of praise for Lu Yiming.

"Lu, you have been very popular recently."

Lu Yiming said with a serious face: "What is my glory? Recently, the mountains have been closed due to snow. I have been staying in the villa without going out. I eat and drink every day. It is true that I live a carefree life. But if you want to say that I am beautiful, then I am

I'm going to sue you for defamation. I obviously know nothing about the outside world and am just an ordinary tourist from Xia Kingdom who came to the United States for vacation."

Both Bill Gates and Paul Allen laughed. Bill Gates complained: "There are only three of us here, so stop pretending. Who in the circle doesn't know that you are behind this?"

Paul Allen also said: "Do you know how many big shots in New York want to meet you now? There are several people who have come to find me! Your ability to make money is really impressive.

Envious."

Previously, although Lu Yiming persuaded them to participate, the actual investment was not much.

After all, there are still risks here. If you don't succeed, you will suffer heavy losses.

But Lu Yiming's methods obviously shocked everyone. Now that the avalanche has begun, those who were still hesitant at first can no longer sit still and are eager to participate and get a share of the pie.

Lu Yiming has now experienced firsthand what kind of characters there are in this American circle.

Although their nominal nationality is American, the United States is a country of immigrants and does not have enough historical accumulation and cultural heritage. Therefore, most immigrants have no national belonging or national identity deep down.

It's like white people don't agree with Nico, and Nico also hates white people. Minorities also stick together, suspect and fight with each other, and it's a huge mess.

In a country like this, it's okay when the economy is going smoothly, but once its development stagnates, it will definitely be a mess internally.

Especially these so-called upper-class celebrities, they don't care about the rise and fall of the United States at all, and they are even happy to step on the accelerator on the downhill road as long as they can make a profit.

This is the case now. Although they knew that Lu Yiming controlled Saltwater Fund to short-sell U.S. stocks, instead of resisting in any form, they all asked to join this gluttonous feast.

Of course, Lu Yiming would not refuse such a talented person who is "aware of current affairs". However, he said in a business-like tone: "I reiterate, it is Saltwater Fund who wants to short U.S. stocks, not me. They also

If you want to join, just put your money into Saltwater Fund. It has nothing to do with me. I just happen to be a shareholder of Saltwater Fund. If you believe in Saltwater Fund, I believe Saltwater Fund will not let you down.

.”

In the bar, when Epstein was about to introduce Alex Acosta to Lu Yiming, Lu Yiming said the same thing at the time. Every wrong has its owner, and the one who wants to be the shortest in U.S. stocks is the saltwater fund. Any related

For business, please contact Saltwater Fund.

Bill Gates laughed heartily, obviously very amused by Lu Yiming's subtle sophistry.

"Is this how low-key you Easterners are? But of course I believe you, so I decided to invest another billion dollars."

Lu Yiming's words made Lu Yiming curse in his heart.

believe?

Believe it or not.

If you really want to believe it, why didn’t you pursue the investment before?

Now that I see that saltwater funds are doing well and making a lot of money, I want to pursue investment.

Lu Yiming suddenly remembered what a netizen said about capitalists in his previous life, saying that they never do things that provide help when needed, and rush to do things that are the icing on the cake.

Although Microsoft's stock has been brought down by the general trend, Bill Gates is in a good mood and is looking forward to the cold wave coming more violently.

After all, Microsoft will not fall. No matter how sharp the stock price drops, it will be temporary.

Even if the stock price is too low, he can spend his own money to repurchase some, and then sell them again after the price appreciates, and he will definitely make a profit without losing any money.

If it were profitable to kill Microsoft, Bill Gates would definitely be at the forefront.

This is the urinary nature of capital.

Lu Yiming curled his lips and said, "You can vote if you want."

Bill Gates asked curiously: "What are you going to do next?"

Lu Yiming waved the club in his hand and said, "Let's play ball. I swiped my card today and we charge by the hour."

Bill Gates said: "I mean stocks!"

Lu Yiming said casually: "Ah, you're talking about stocks. I don't plan to do anything. It's good to eat, drink and have fun every day. Now the fuse has been lit, let it burn, and then we will eat melons and watch the show, and then we will reap the rewards.

What else do you want to do?”

Now that Microsoft's valuation is getting lower day by day, many shareholders have come to see Bill Gates, and he also needs to explain to these shareholders. Hearing that Lu Yiming said nothing and did nothing, he suddenly felt a little disappointed and said: "Don't we have nothing now?"

Just watch?"

Lu Yiming teased: "Hey, you guy, I remember you kept saying you were a patriot before, didn't you? Now the Saltwater Fund is shorting the U.S. stock market! The United States has become industrially hollowed out, and it relies on the hegemony of the U.S. dollar here.

You are playing finance. Shorting U.S. stocks is poaching the United States! Are you so active?"

Bill Gates coughed lightly and still said shamelessly: "In principle, I am still patriotic, but those scammers who are using despicable means to destroy the entire Internet industry, how can we not teach them a lesson? Use your summer

As the old Chinese saying goes, I am acting on behalf of heaven. Although I have suffered a small loss myself, I believe that this small contribution is worth it for the healthy development of the United States!"

Watching Bill Gates talking nonsense without blushing and out of breath, Lu Yiming gained a better understanding of the moral bottom line of America's richest people.

But after all, he was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze. Lu Yiming was not surprised by Bill Gates' choice. He was even willing to give Bill Gates advice on this, as if he had done it more than once

It’s the same as praising the hero who set fire to the Holy Toilet of the Pure Land.

"As for new prey, there is indeed one, but I don't know if you are brave enough and ruthless enough."

Bill Gates and Paul Allen couldn't help but be a little surprised to hear Lu Yiming speak in such a loud tone.

Paul Allen said curiously: "You have shorted so many big companies, what other prey can be bigger than Intel and Microsoft?"

Although Bill Gates and Paul Allen are both from Microsoft, saying that Microsoft is somewhat boastful is a bit of a boast, but the fact is that Microsoft at the beginning of the 21st century has established its dominance in the industry.

With Microsoft systems monopolizing more than 90% of the global computer software market, it is definitely a big company among big companies.

Lu Yiming ignored this level of self-promotion and directly said a name.

"I'm talking about Enron."

When Lu Yiming said this name, both Bill Gates and Paul Allen changed their expressions.

"You want to take action against Enron?"

Obviously, Lu Yiming's words scared them.

You know, Enron was founded in 1930, and it was an energy industry giant that gradually prospered with the rise of the United States!

Enron is headquartered in Houston, USA. It is the largest natural gas purchaser and seller in the United States and a leading wholesale energy market maker. In addition, the company also operates a natural gas pipeline system and broadband division.

The company's seven subsidiaries are responsible for business operations in five fields, including transportation and storage, domestic natural gas and electricity services, international operations and market development, oil and gas exploration and production, and renewable energy development and utilization. It employs more than 20,000 people worldwide and has annual operations.

amounted to over US$100 billion.

In the latest issue of Fortune magazine's list of the world's top 500 companies, Enron ranked 16th in the world.

A proper super giant company, stomping its feet, makes the energy industry all over the world tremble!

Bill Gates thought there was something wrong with his ears and reminded Lu Yiming: "You are not American, so you may not know much about Enron Group's position in North America..."

"Haha, who said I didn't know? I know very well."

Lu Yiming waved, and Li Yiwen behind him brought up a briefcase. Lu Yiming rummaged through the briefcase and said, "I know that America has a tradition of going to other people's homes, so I always carry important things with me.

of."

"Found it."

Lu Yiming took out a document, handed it to Bill Gates, and said: "This is some information I collected about Enron. Originally, this was part of my follow-up plan. Considering Bill's sincerity in investing one billion US dollars,

I will take it out and share it with you now.”

Bill Gates was even more surprised: "Have you been prepared for this?"

Lu Yiming said: "In our Xia Kingdom, there is a popular saying, 'plan before taking action.' Since I want to play, I naturally have to take all factors into consideration."

Bill Gates couldn't help but say: "It's terrible."

After reading the information, Bill Gates and Paul Allen had expressions of horror and fear on their faces.

Bill Gates, who has been the richest man in the world for many years, could no longer calm down at this time. He raised his head and asked: "Is this information true?"

He is not a fool. He naturally knows that at this juncture, if Enron falls, it will have a heavy blow to the entire U.S. stock market.

Moreover, there is a huge force behind the Enron Group. If he offends them, even if he is the richest man in the United States, he will never be able to withstand the other party's counterattack.

Lu Yiming took back the information and handed it to Li Yiwen to put in the password box he carried with him. He smiled and said: "You can go to someone to verify whether these information are true. The premise is that you are not afraid of alerting the enemy. Of course, as for whether you want to take action or not, it is up to you.

Whether I have this interest or not, it doesn’t matter to me.”

There is no doubt that Enron Group is a big piece of meat, but not everyone has the ability to take a bite.

Anyway, if Lu Yiming was alone, he would not dare to openly short Enron Group's stocks, otherwise his private plane might be accidentally shot down by a missile from an overseas military base in the United States.

However, just because he doesn't dare to do it alone doesn't mean that Lu Yiming doesn't dare to instigate others to do it together. In a capitalist country, of course, everyone is only interested in profit, and the interior is by no means monolithic. There are countless loopholes that can be exploited.

In particular, "old money" forces like Enron Group and emerging technology capitalists like Bill Gates are in opposing camps. Even without Lu Yiming, they would still be fighting each other.

What Lu Yiming needs to do now is to quietly light a fire in the hearts of both parties.

Bill Gates did not express his position on the spot. He seemed to know nothing. He waved the golf club in his hand and said to Lu Yiming: "Let's play golf. The weather is so good today, so don't waste your time."

After playing golf all afternoon and having a sumptuous dinner in the evening, Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen returned to the villa.

Li Yiwen couldn't help but said: "It's strange that the two of them are not moved. This is a big deal."

Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "No one doesn't like money."

Sure enough, just one day later, Lu Yiming received a call from Bill Gates.

"Lu, I think your plan is feasible."

When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately laughed.

This was completely within his expectation.

No capitalist can resist the temptation to make money.

"Have you thought about it?"

Bill Gates was also unambiguous and immediately explained the situation to Lu Yiming: "If I were alone, of course I would not dare to get involved. After all, if I am not careful, I may not be able to see the sun the next day. But I can't find him."

There are few allies, they are obviously very interested in the profits from this."

Lu Yiming laughed when he heard this: "That's right, this is the America I know. Without further ado, after we have discussed how to divide the spoils, we can start taking action."

Hearing what Lu Yiming said, Bill Gates felt strange: "What, are you in a hurry?"

Lu Yiming smiled coldly: "You don't think we are the only ones targeting An Ran, do you? If we don't take action, we won't even be able to drink a sip of hot soup."

Bill Gates nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, I'll go and urge it. Don't worry, the funds will be in place soon. We are determined to win this operation."
Chapter completed!