Author: Linjiangxian

On this day, Lu Yiming had nothing to do, so he called Li Yiwen and Zhao Tiezhu, and the three of them went to inspect the headquarters of Saltwater Fund to see if the employees there were working hard to help him make money.

As a result, as soon as he entered the office, he saw Ian Ball looking depressed, with a large circle of black around his left eye and a large group of bruises at the corner of his mouth.

Lu Yiming immediately couldn't bear the curiosity and stepped forward to ask: "Ian, are you going to box in the underground boxing ring? When did you become obsessed with this kind of sport? Don't call me, I will definitely place a big bet.

If you buy it, you will win."

Being ridiculed by Lu Yiming, Ian Ball weakly replied: "What's boxing? I'm being beaten!"

When he mentioned this matter, he was still full of anger.

Just yesterday, a few Texas cowboys were squatting outside the company early in the morning. When Ian Ball came to work, they rushed over and kicked and punched him. If someone hadn't been passing by, they would have threatened him.

The gesture of pulling out a gun scared those cowboys away. It is estimated that Ian Ball is either lying on the hospital bed or lying in the urn now.

Although Ian Ball had repeatedly said that he wanted to hire bodyguards before, he was too busy during this period, so he had no energy to go to the security company to select suitable bodyguards, which led to such an unreasonable disaster.

Facing Lu Yiming, Ian Ball said with great dissatisfaction: "The investors of Enron are too barbaric. Instead of going to the Enron executives who defrauded them of their money, they came to use violence against an innocent person like me. Really, 豼

What did you say?"

"It doesn't make sense."

"Yes, it just doesn't make sense!"

Looking at Ian Ball's funny look, Lu Yiming couldn't help but laugh, and then comforted him and said: "Look on the bright side, at least they didn't bring guns this time. I heard that Texas cowboys have a lot of moral character, and some

There are even howitzers and Gatlings on the farm, I suggest you increase security in the future."

When Ian Ball heard this, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat and said in surprise: "Isn't that true?"

If there are really howitzers and Gatlings, hiring bodyguards is useless. Even buying an armored vehicle may not be able to withstand such heavy firepower!

Seeing Ian Ball's miserable appearance, Li Yiwen couldn't help but whisper in Lu Yiming's ear: "Fortunately, neither you nor I came forward in person this time, otherwise we would have been beaten."

Lu Yiming was convinced and said, "Fortunately, I have bodyguards."

Ian Ball said dissatisfiedly: "Can you two whisper so loudly? And you also speak English, are you afraid that I can't hear..."

New York.

The trading floor of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange was bustling with people.

Among the crowd, Wei Dong sat alone on a bench in the corner, looking up at the huge electronic display in the center with dull eyes.

He saw a large red area on the screen, which made him tremble with fear.

In the U.S. stock market, green rises and red falls, so red here is not a festive color, but represents that the stock market has turned into a sea of ​​blood.

Looking at the stocks in his hands that were almost turned into waste paper, Wei Dong was doubting his life, and he cursed wildly: "What about America being number one in the world as promised? What about the big bulls in the U.S. stock market, even fools can make money?

Liars! Liars! They are all big liars!”

Wei Dong is going crazy. He didn't even get together with his family during the Spring Festival. He traveled thousands of miles to come to the United States. Is it because he wanted to lose money?

Moreover, when he first came here, he bought a few stocks to test the waters, and they all did very well.

As a result, as soon as stud enters the market, the Internet winter will come soon?

Is there such a coincidence?

Conspiracy, this must be a big conspiracy!

Especially the sudden collapse of Enron. How could such an energy giant go bankrupt? It also brought down the entire U.S. stock market. It was simply an obvious killing move.

Wei Dong could not accept such a cruel fact.

This is the United States, why does the United States also have a pig-killing plate!?

He clutched at his fallen hair in pain, and his eyes were already red, like a gambler who was desperate to lose.

Two stock managers who were off work happened to be passing by. Seeing Wei Dong's lost and haggard appearance, they immediately looked at each other and sighed with emotion.

"Look, another one is crazy."

"There are a lot of crazy people recently, and even more people are dying. I hope God bless America."

"I think God should bless us first. Maybe it will be our turn to lose our job next month. Do you know how many fund companies have gone bankrupt this week alone?"

After saying that, both of them looked silent. The stock market has fallen so badly. Workers at the bottom of the financial circle like them are the most uncomfortable. Many people can't even keep their jobs.

At this time, in a luxurious manor in the suburbs of New York, several well-dressed gentlemen were playing pool.

If any Wall Street financial elite appeared here, they would definitely be surprised, because these people playing pool are all well-known figures in the investment circle.

Or should I say, all of them have a reputation for being evil.

For example, the white-haired old man standing nearby was wiping the club head with chocolate powder and had a fierce gaze. He was George Soros, who once caused the Asian financial crisis and was also a well-known hot money tycoon in the world financial circle.

However, he has kept a low profile in the past few years. After all, he failed in the battle in Xiangjiang and suffered a big fall at the hands of Mao Zi. Now George Soros has lost the image of the king who responded to everything in the past and has begun to live ahead of schedule.

A semi-retirement life.

The fat bald man who is teeing off is Cliff Asness. He is much younger than George Soros. He is less than thirty-four years old this year and is considered a "rookie" in the circle.

But despite his beard and rough appearance, he is actually a well-known "academic" in the financial circle. He studied under the Nobel Prize winner Eugene Fama, and he is the most proud of Eugene Fama.

's disciples.

Cliff Asness has been a dominant player on Wall Street for many years at a young age. The AQR Capital Management Company he founded is considered to be one of the most profitable quantitative hedge funds in the world, representing the world's highest quantitative academic level and relying on mathematics.

A top scholar who uses models to speculate in stocks.

The last person, younger than George Soros but older than Cliff Asness, is James Chanos, the future head of the largest short-selling hedge fund, nicknamed the "Catastrophe Capitalist", who has made countless

Listed companies are frightened by this humanoid disaster.

These three people are all well-known short sellers in the North American investment circle. They eat people without spitting out their bones.

Just like the carnivores on the prairie, they will always use the most ferocious method to kill their prey.

But now on Wall Street, there are people who are more ruthless than them.

Ian Ball, the darling of the news media and the most watched rising star in the financial circle in North America, was about to go bankrupt and become a homeless man. However, he turned around by shorting the stock market and not only became a billionaire, but also became a celebrity.

He has received the admiration of countless financial practitioners.

But as the saying goes, fellow countrymen are like enemies. If you eat one more bite of meat, I will have to eat one less bite.

In the investment circle, there are many people who don't like Ian Ball.

After Cliff Asness finished three shots, he suddenly asked: "What do you think of Ian Ball?"

James Chanos made a hole-in-one, but he said very unhappily: "The little bastard fish that appeared out of nowhere actually took the lead and cut off the prey that should have been mine."

In the original history, it was James Chanos who shorted Enron. In fact, he had already been eyeing this piece of fat. However, before he could take action, Ian Ball took the lead.

In order to investigate the internal information of Enron Group, he spent several years and invested millions of dollars in costs.

What's the result?

Now it’s all in vain!

Cliff Asness couldn't help but mocked: "You should have taken action a long time ago. You were hesitant and hesitant. Are you stupid now?"

James Chanos immediately retorted and sneered: "How can you be better than me? The bulk of the short-selling technology stocks have now fallen into the pockets of the group of people behind Saltwater Fund, AQR Capital Management.

Your losses are no less than mine, don’t the investors behind you have any objections?”

Both are big shorts, both are ruthless people who drink blood and eat flesh. Naturally, the two of them dislike each other and neither one is convinced by the other.

On the contrary, George Soros, who has fallen from the altar, has cultivated his moral character in recent years and his temper is not as bad as before. He spoke up to stop the quarrel between the two.

"Now is not the time for internal strife. No matter how many conflicts we had in the past, we all have a common enemy now. Can you use your anger and energy to deal with the outside world?"

After all, it’s Big Brother. Even though it’s not as popular now as it used to be, George Soros’s words still carry some weight.

James Chanos thought for a while and suggested: "How about reporting it to the Department of Justice? I don't believe there is nothing wrong with Saltwater Fund."

Although Cliff Asness didn't like James Chanos, he agreed with his idea.

On the contrary, it was George Soros who asked coldly: "It's okay to let hyenas investigate, but the question is, do you know who to investigate?"

Cliff Asness was puzzled: "Who else can be investigated besides Ian Ball? We can't let the Ministry of Justice investigate the big shots behind him, right? If the sky is broken, we can have a secret

Can’t live.”

People in the United States naturally know who they can offend to death and who they can't touch.

Who is the leader of the party, the president... maybe after a lot of investigation, we will find this kind of person. How will it end then? Have all the insiders been arrested?

George Soros didn't say much, but threw out a few photos with a wave of his hand. It was the scene when Ian Ball and Lu Yiming met and talked at Saltwater Fund. From the angle of the shooting, it can be seen that

It was secretly photographed at a very close distance, and the technique was extremely unprofessional.

No need to ask, this must be a photo secretly taken by Saltwater Fund employees paid by George Soros.

James Chanos and Cliff Asness were both puzzled after watching it.

Among them, James Chanos picked up the photo, looked left and right, and asked, still confused: "An Asian? Who is he?"

George Soros hates Lu Yiming with all his heart.
To be continued...