Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 965 965. Americans also worship the God of Wealth

Dong Qiangqiang spent a weekend painting the wall, and copied a lotus leaf picture based on the typed manuscript. At first glance, it looks fake, but at closer inspection, there are only minor flaws. For the poem at the top of the picture, he did not use Yang Wanli's "Dawn Leaving Jingci Temple to See Off Lin Zifang", but chose Su Shi's "Huanxisha·Lotus". Originally, he wanted to use calligraphy, but when he started writing, he realized that some things had to be improvised. It really doesn’t work.

The owner of Wanfu Restaurant did not come himself, but sent the restaurant's second-in-command lobby manager to deliver the items on time. Dong Qiangqiang and the restaurant waiters worked together to place all the items in the designated locations. During the move, he suddenly discovered that the boss had thoughtfully given him a few things in addition to what he had promised, such as a money tree and other things, and the calligraphy and paintings were also specially framed. There is a room full of treasures. Except for the God of Wealth, who chose to sell him rather than give it away because of his belief, everything else is sponsored by the boss.

Dong Qiangqiang knew that the other party's willingness to help him was a sign of affection rather than an obligation. If he wanted to maintain a long-term good relationship with the other party, reciprocity was the most basic and necessary human sophistication. He wisely sealed the red envelopes and gave them to everyone who came to help and thanked him. He also wrapped the largest red envelope and asked the lobby manager to pass it to the boss, which was a sign of his gratitude to the boss for his generous help.

The God of Wealth should usually stand in a spacious hall, but the small size of the office is a congenital flaw. Fortunately, he hired the God of Wealth. Facing the door can not only attract wealth but also control the house. After the shrine was set up, the God of Wealth returned to his position, and the wealth-attracting items were arranged on the left and right, Dong Qiangqiang respectfully placed three sticks of incense, bowed deeply in the curl of green smoke, and prayed to the God of Wealth to bless the cicada hunter and expand his territory in the new year.

When the ceramic ornaments were put into the brown Duobao Pavilion one by one, the framed calligraphy and paintings were finally put on the wall, and new Vietnamese tea rolled in the tea cup. Dong Qiangqiang stood in the middle of the office, staring at the sunlight falling through the glass and the light waves slowly swaying on the wall. Smelling the vague sandalwood, I suddenly felt that the layered, large disk-like lotus leaves seemed to be gently swaying with the breeze. The graceful pink and white lotus flowers were exuding a faint floral fragrance in the sun, and he The sound of cicadas seemed to really ring in his ears. The only drawback was that he really should add a few more goldfish under the lotus leaves.

The renovation was 90% complete as he expected. It only took one weekend to give the garbage-heap-like office a new look. He was very satisfied and everything was ready.

Because the paint was chosen well and the windows were open 24 hours a day for ventilation, when Duanmu came to inspect the decoration effect, there was almost no smell of paint.

The moment he walked into the office, Duanmu was stunned. When Dong Qiangqiang asked him what he thought of the decoration effect, he just kept repeating "cool!"

Monday came quickly and the customer came as promised. Dong Qiangqiang originally thought that their potential customers were Germans or French, but unexpectedly the two who came were Americans. Dong Qiangqiang was surprised that Americans would pay attention to an Ant company as small as Chanchan.

After the two parties briefly exchanged business cards, Dong Qiangqiang noticed that the older of the two, an American who called himself "Mike," his eyes suddenly lit up after seeing the Wu Caishen enshrined in the shrine, and he quickly walked two steps to the incense table to burn incense and pay homage. , David, another younger American, also followed suit. Seeing the two men's skillful skills and pious expressions, Duanmu couldn't help but marvel.

Dong Qiangqiang used the time of making tea to pull Duanmu to the teapot and asked him if he had said something wrong when he smashed his mouth just now. Duanmu said that judging from the incense technique, these two old Americans were definitely not outsiders in traditional Chinese culture, like " "Hold incense in your left hand, light incense and insert incense", "Hold incense with both hands", "Bow down and pray", "Insert incense in the order of center, right and left". These rules are all very clear to everyone. Maybe they are both "China experts". If you want to discuss issues in front of Americans, it may be safer to speak German than Chinese.

Contrary to their expectations, the Americans did not take their seats, but asked directly: Why did Zhuichan be optimistic about Volkswagen's future development and its expectations for Volkswagen's common stocks in the next year.

Both of them thought that the other party would first examine their academic qualifications and work backgrounds, and then Zicicada's investment portfolio in the US stock market last year. Unexpectedly, the other party didn't care about these. He just asked the general public and did not give them any warm-up at all. preparation.

The report was mainly written by Dong Qiangqiang, and he naturally narrated it. However, he has been reviewing and returning to China in the past month. He has not practiced self-discipline in speaking every day like before, and has significantly declined. He often breaks out into German words while talking. , very ashamed, but now he is neither speaking in class nor socializing with girls, but doing business. He has no way out and can only bite the bullet and state his logic, opinions and judgments.

Duanmu was fully aware of Dong Qiangqiang's embarrassment, so naturally he couldn't let him charge into the battle alone. During the pauses in Dong Qiangqiang's narration, as a wingman, he would occasionally add a few sentences to allow Dong Qiangqiang to take a breath and organize his thoughts. Sometimes Dong Qiangqiang would inadvertently mention key data. At this time, Duanmu would give him a wink and go into a long speech to deliberately change the topic. , causing Mike to frequently interrupt his speech.

People usually only realize their own shortcomings when they are directly compared with others. Dong Qiangqiang didn’t know when Duanmu’s spoken English improved to such an excellent level. While he admired and admired Duanmu, he couldn’t help but blame himself: The gap between himself and Duanmu was not so big before. Da, why are you in heaven and on earth now?

Mike mainly listened at first and did not ask any questions except interrupting Duanmu. Instead, the younger David kept asking questions. After Dong Qiangqiang finished answering the questions, Mike stopped paying attention to the public and started asking questions about Qichan's investment philosophy and style. At this time, Dong Qiangqiang took the initiative to shut up and gave up the stage to Duanmu.

The two sides talked for almost a quarter of an hour, and the communication came to a close when Duanmu said, "The U.S. stock financial market is still in turmoil. Zaichan has always maintained 100% passion and professionalism for investment, and his goal is always to seek benefits for his clients." Period, Mike and David politely bid farewell. As soon as he went out, Mike pointed to the company name on the door plate and said with a smile: "The first time I saw the name 'Zhaicicada', I thought it was a Japanese company."

"We are an international company," Duanmu pointed at himself and Dong Qiangqiang and said with a smile, "We are both Chinese."

"Mainland? Hong Kong? Or Taiwan?" Mike asked.

"Both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places are Chinese." Dong Qiangqiang emphasized calmly.

"I will contact you tomorrow morning." Mike reached out his hand in a friendly manner, shook Dong Qiangqiang and Duanmu vigorously, and turned to leave.

From the tone of the other party, Dong Qiangqiang could not tell whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied with catching cicadas. Looking at the back of the other party disappearing at the elevator entrance, he felt no sense of relief: "They didn't ask us about the price of our annual report from the beginning to the end. , does this count as being interested in us?”

Duanmu was unsure: "Maybe they will come to chat again."

"What if they stop coming, and I paint four walls, sleep in the office for four days, and end up chatting for fifteen minutes?"

"Why didn't you say more just now because you thought the time was short?" Duanmu deliberately squeezed him.

"I didn't expect that my English would deteriorate so quickly. I could not say many words even though I had them on my lips." Dong Qiangqiang felt depressed and ashamed. "Learning a foreign language is like sailing against the current. If you don't make progress, you will fall back."

"Brother, I have something to say, your regression is indeed quite obvious. If it weren't for the solid data and self-consistent logic, you would have discovered it. You have to work harder." Duanmu said earnestly.

"Thank you for reminding me just now. Otherwise, I am sure that the data in some places will be leaked. If the data is leaked, we will not be able to sell the report. By the way, what you just said, 'The cicada will try its best to find the wind behind the stock. Instead of the wind on your face', there are also 'big fluctuations can make big money', 'Investment itself is prone to failure, but a few huge successes can make up for a dozen or even dozens of failures', 'a wise strategy is to make money every day Try to reduce mistakes as much as possible. I think these are all very good. You usually read a lot of books."

"These are the words I wrote in the report I sent you. I did not make them up. I am just a porter of beautiful words. As for the investment success rate, it is certainly impossible for us to make money for every (option) we buy, but even if some options lose money , as long as two or three options double or even multiple times, the total trading volume of Chaichan can make money. In essence, what we do is to make a big profit with a small capital, and the use of leverage will definitely yield quick results.”

"Then do you think they will become our first customers?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.

"Leave it to fate. Sometimes what we can do is very limited, and the rest can only be left to luck. But from my personal feeling, I think there is a chance."