Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 457 Persuading Buffett (4k)

Manhattan, understand the king hotel.

The whole area of ​​Soho is full of historical buildings with only three or four floors high, and it is the only super tall building among them. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass, the night view of New York can be seen at a glance.

"Hey, Lu!"

Bill Gates wears black-rimmed glasses and a standard IT man's attire. His image is quite different from Buffett in suits and ties.

Under his enthusiastic introduction, the two got to know each other.

Buffett said kindly: "Although we met for the first time, I often hear many stories about you from Gates. You are young, but you are destined to be a legend."

"Aren't there two in front of me?"

Lu Fei smiled lightly.

"Haha~"

After a business exchange, the three of them sat down, and the faces of the young, the middle and the old fell into the eyes of other guests, and the entire hall seemed to stand still and fell into silence.

The manager trembled, and came to the table with quick steps but without losing manners, bowed and handed Lu Fei the menu, and then poured red wine for him.

"Lu, you came just in time."

Bill Gates showed a mysterious smile, "You are China's stock god, and you are also good at U.S. stocks. Come and judge."

"What did you talk about just now?"

Lu Fei looked left and right, curious.

Bill Gates said: "Warren said that the index funds he recommends can easily beat Wall Street fund managers. I have reservations about this. What about you?"

Lu Fei simply ordered the meal, dismissed the manager who looked like a telegraph pole, and then asked with great interest: "S&P 500? Dow Jones..."

"S&P 500."

Buffett cut a small piece of steak and ate it.

Faced with the meaningful eyes of the two, Lu Fei chose not to stand on either side, but he did not sit on the wall with mud.

As we all know, two options have a third option.

Taking advantage of wine tasting, he used his quick wits, blinked his eyes, raised his lips and said: "It's very simple to know who is right and who is wrong, just open a game."

Neither Buffett nor Bill Gates was a rookie. Their eyes lit up, and they all thought of joints at once.

"Set up a gamble that lasts for several years. Warren chooses the S&P 500 index fund, and then asks the fund manager of the hedge fund to choose five well-known active funds to form a portfolio to see which one has the higher return in the end. As for the amount and time, it is up to you Let's decide."

Lu Fei shook his wine glass: "Do you agree?"

"This idea is great! Warren, you are the investor, you come to the deadline, and I will set the amount."

Bill Gates grinned and said: "How about $100 million? I will pay the investment money first. If you win, you will get the principal and interest. If you lose, you will get an additional $100 million. share?"

"Not at all, the time limit is 10 years."

Buffett squinted his eyes with confidence, then looked sideways and looked at Lu Fei: "Lu, it's your proposal, please be a witness and be the referee of our game."

"My pleasure."

Lu Fei raised his glass, "Cheers?"

"cheers."

Three shining wine glasses collided and made a "bang-dang" sound.

As a dog-headed military adviser, Lu Fei keenly felt that he was getting closer to Buffett, and it was no longer a superficial politeness.

He wiped his mouth: "Lu, I heard from Gates that your company is about to go public. Has the issue price been set yet?"

"Not surprisingly, $66.6."

Lu Fei leaned back to make room for the manager to put the dishes on the table. He just picked up the knife and fork, ready to eat, but saw Buffett's face was weird, and Bill Gates couldn't help but say:

"Lu, how can I choose 666 for the IPO!"

"Excuse Smith?"

Lu Fei was taken aback, vaguely feeling something was wrong, he truthfully explained the pricing considerations, and then asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Inappropriate, very inappropriate!"

Buffett looked serious, and said that "666" may be an auspicious number in the East, but in the West, on the contrary, it represents evil and symbolizes the devil. Like "13", it is a taboo number, especially for Christianity.

"Hi~"

Lu Fei took a deep breath. The mixed joy of Baidu's listing, gold, and the richest man in the mainland all disappeared. He felt that a pot of cold water was poured from head to toe, and his heart was so cold that he almost broke. Big deal for penguins.

Bill Gates frowned and said: "Strange, in theory, Sequoia and Goldman Sachs are veterans, they should remind you of this taboo, and will not make this mistake."

What's the matter, they didn't talk about the fundamentals at all, but when it comes to cultural differences, don't they understand it!

Lu Fei raised his eyebrows abruptly, feeling startled and suspicious. Did Goldman Sachs and Sequoia forget to mention it, or did they not want to mention it?
The brain was running at high speed, reviewing the details of the meeting, Sequoia at least tried to persuade him, as for Goldman Sachs...

"Lu, you need to change the IPO price as soon as possible."

Buffett offered advice in good faith.

"If you were me, what price would you set?"

Lu Fei exhaled a breath, feeling the comfort of the rest of his life after a catastrophe.

Bill Gates recommended: "77 US dollars, or 77.7 US dollars, 777 is a god-like number, which means perfection, such as Boeing's 747, 777..."

"I'll let it go."

Buffett shook his head and laughed: "I only know that Penguin is an 'extraordinary Internet company', but everyone knows that I don't have any research on technology stocks, so I don't give any advice casually. Of course, I also choose not to invest in Penguin."

Bill Gates glanced at Lu Fei, shrugged his shoulders, and his eyes suggested that there was nothing he could do to help him, and he could only ask for blessings.

Lu Fei asked curiously, "Warren, I want to know why you don't like investing in technology stocks?"

"It's not that I don't like it, it's that I'm not good at it."

Buffett speaks in a soft voice and patiently explains that companies like Yahoo and Penguin are the most difficult to value, and it is impossible to determine their performance in the next 5 or 10 years, because it is difficult for most high-tech companies to have a long-term stability without being surpassed profit guarantee.

"The instability is too high, it is difficult to be like Coca-Cola, the same taste of Coca-Cola 70 years ago is still very popular 50 years later, but the Windows system used now will not be used by anyone in 20 or 30 years ?”

"Hey Warren, I'm still here!"

Bill Gates pretended to be serious, with a straight face.

"Haha, just a joke, but you all know that this is not just a joke, right?" Buffett smiled and waved his hands. People are self-aware, know their own capabilities, and strictly abide by the investment principles of not knowing what to do.

"Hehe, although he didn't invest in Microsoft, he invested in Jobs' Apple." Bill Gates rolled his eyes at his friend who is also a teacher and a friend.

"Gates, if it were me, I would be the same."

Lu Fei said: "If I made money investing in Microsoft, everyone would say that I used insider information. If I didn't make money investing in Microsoft, everyone would laugh at me for failing to invest."

"That's right! And Apple is a consumer stock, not a technology stock. It's much easier for me to figure out the value of Apple than Microsoft and Penguin."

Buffett cast an appreciative and apologetic look.

"It's okay, Lu, I'm willing to vote for you."

Bill Gates patted Lu Fei on the shoulder.

"Thank you for your vote of confidence."

Lu Fei is not depressed, and continues to fight for Buffett's crucial vote. Everything must be viewed from both sides. The God of Gamblers does not vote in technology stocks, but because he has never voted, the first technology stock has the horror of "sensational" mighty.

So he greeted the man, "Warren, in fact, you can think of Penguin as a quarter of the game and entertainment stocks."

"Game entertainment stocks?"

Buffett was taken aback, extremely surprised.

Seeing that his old friend was interested, Bill Gates also said: "Just like Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft before, developed a game called "World of Warcraft", which became popular all over the world, and Penguin got the agent of China. Its Line Got a Southeast Asian agent, and will launch a self-developed game soon, called..."

Lu Fei said, ""Plants vs. Zombies"."

"Yes, "Plants vs. Zombies"!"

Bill Gates said: "It will come out on the PC side soon. If the results are good, it will be included in Microsoft's GamePass. Warren, this 'game library' concept is still inspired by Ballmer. Microsoft and Penguin are likely to be on the game. Establish cooperation, one equipment supplier, one content supplier."

"Is there anything else? Go on."

Buffett stroked his chin.

"In order to escort Penguin after it goes public, we will launch two games one after another, a stand-alone game like this, and an online game called "Dungeon and Warriors", which is in internal testing." (Launched in 2005)
Lu Fei is not worried that Buffett is not interested in game stocks. In his previous life, he also bet heavily on the game sector. He just invested in Activision Blizzard. Not long after, Microsoft announced a $687 billion acquisition. people believe.

After all, Buffett and Bill Gates are py buddies.

If it hadn't caught up with CEO Bobby Kotick's death and Blizzard committed the crime of arrogance, this would be a bloody profit!
Under Bill Gates' "group flicker", Buffett finally let go and agreed to spend the most energy and time researching penguins these days, promising to invest in penguins if they are worthwhile.

"Thanks and cheers."

Lu Fei nodded in satisfaction.

"Wait a minute, I think it's time to drink Coke."

A sly light flashed in Buffett's eyes.

Bill Gates persuaded: "Warren, don't forget your illness. The Nutrition Association can't stand it anymore, and even wrote to you, suggesting to eat more broccoli and lettuce, and drink less Coke..."

"I only drink 5 cans of Coke a day... 3 cans during the day and 2 cans at night, is that a lot?" Buffett was very puzzled, "You drink a lot more than me, Gates."

"Nobody can say no to a Coke."

Lu Fei rang the bell and asked the waiter to deliver 3 cans of Coke.

The waiter didn't know what to do on the spot, with a dazed look on his face, the richest man in the world, the second richest man in the world and a stock god, and the richest man in mainland China, don't drink Romanee-Conti, don't drink Patus, drink some fucking Coke?

"Don't go up yet, I'll ask the boss."

The manager hesitated and called for instructions.

…………

In the magnificent mansion, a huge marble fountain stands in the center of the living room. Melania is sitting on the sofa, checking the list of wedding guests carefully.

"Haney~"

Wang Dong was wearing a bathrobe, stroking his flowing golden hair with one hand, and holding the phone with the other: "No matter how busy you are, you have to attend my wedding no matter what. I'm your daddy, and Melania is your stepmother. Hey Ah, tired of logging!"

"Dad, Xinxian has been urging "Chain Saw 2", I have to find Huaxia Lu quickly and have a good talk with him."

Ivanka politely declined on the phone.

"Don't use the little job you have as an excuse. Is your film company Disney or Warner? You are not working for white people. You are working for Trinity. This resume is not a plus, it is a big stain !"

"Father, that's not an ordinary Tuinizi, that's Huaxia Lu! Didn't we agree before?" Ivanka was speechless for a while, knowing the king by following the wind of Master Lu, and made a fortune in gold.

"Huaxia Lu, Huaxia Lu, his name is being spread everywhere in New York now, don't tell me about this person!"

Knowing Wang's mouth is sour.

Ivanka is familiar: "The market value of Baidu, which he just invested in, is close to 40 billion US dollars. He just won 8 to [-] million US dollars in the gold delivery in August... He is now the richest man in China."

"Isn't the richest man in China Victor Li (Li Cucumber)?"

"Father, you actually know Huaxia?"

"Of course, no one knows it better than me!"

Knowing Wang is getting more and more upset, her daughter has changed, she used to only worship me, but now she always has another man on her lips!
fuxk!There is an inexplicable feeling of ntr.

"Grumbling~"

He raised his neck and gulped down Coke, trying to make himself happy with the fat house happy water.

"Dingling, Dingling~"

After Melania connected, she sent it immediately: "Honey, it's about your hotel."

"I have several hotels, which one are you talking about?"

Knowing the king hiccupped, he heard that Buffett and Bill Gates came to the hotel today, and his expression changed immediately, "Come on! Successful people drink Coke, I also like to drink Coke, but when I go, I will give you another bottle." Wine, in my name."

As he spoke, he ran to the bedroom, looked for clothes, and said, "I'll deliver them after I get to the hotel, do you hear me?"

The manager did not dare to disobey, "Yes, boss!"

Knowing Wang asked: "By the way, you said 3 cans of Coke, who is the other one for?"

"It seems to be the Chinese man who has been in the limelight recently."

"Huaxia people? Huaxia land!"

Knowing Wang immediately pouted, unhappy like an old child, but unhappy is not happy, and quickly changed his clothes.

Especially the red scarf on the chest is extremely bright.

.........

"cheers."

Lu Fei drank Coke with Bill Gates and Buffett, and looked directly at the staff and diners who were either rich or expensive.

This scene, I have never seen it before!

"Ding!"

"Ding Ding!"

The bells rang one after another, and from time to time there was a table of guests asking for a glass of Coke. The vice president of Pepsi, who was not far away, had no appetite and was indescribably sour——

How much Coca-Cola gives you, I can’t afford Pepsi…

"It's rare to come to New York, where are we going for the second half?"

The voice of Bill Gates' words is naturally for fun.

Buffett said: "Ahem, you and Lu, I'm going back to find Munger to study penguins together, and the stocks that Lu recommended me, such as 'Biyadi', is that how it is read?"

"BYD."

Lu Fei patiently corrected that this meal is full of private goods, and the effect of eating a hundred meals in one meal is that the Coke is a bit full.

"Okay, Lu, let's go shopping."

Bill Gates looked sideways, and that **** look must be stripping, wu clubs, or nightclubs.

"Gates, timing, timing."

Lu Fei pretended to cough, and secretly reminded him that if he went to these places during the critical period of listing, he was looking for shit naked!

"Oh, Saori, I forgot."

Bill Gates sighed regretfully, it was rare for Cong Melinda to escape to take a breath, of course he had to indulge.

At this moment, the manager came over:
"Gentlemen, this Screaming Eagle was specially delivered to me by our chairman when he heard that the three of you were dining at the hotel. It is not very old, but it is of high quality. The key is that it is made in the United States...

open it, gentlemen? "

"Open."

Lu Fei looked at them, and all nodded in unison. He had to put enough effort into the scene, wouldn't he be fined if he toasted?
It takes time to save wine, and the three chatted for a while.

Suddenly, Bill Gates pursed his lips halfway through his words, "Look, who's here."

Lu Fei turned his head in response, the figure reflected in his eyes was a bit funny, "YMCA" involuntarily sounded in his mind, and the corners of his mouth rose wildly.

he came!
He came wearing a red scarf!

(End of this chapter)