Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 508 Male God (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
"Hey, what are you looking at, so engrossed?"

Seeing Lu Yiming staring out the window with quiet eyes, Li Yiwen immediately couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked him a question.

In his eyes, Lu Yiming was always like this, he would lose his mind from time to time, but every time after he lost his mind, he would always do some earth-shattering events, which made his heart a little bit unbearable for this "experienced person", and his blood pressure would soar every time.

Faced with Li Yiwen's doubts and explorations, Lu Yiming smiled, but did not hide his true thoughts: "It's nothing, I just discovered an interesting thing."

Li Yiwen was puzzled, and glanced outside through the window, it was a very ordinary night scene, anyway, in his line of sight, he didn't see any surprising people or things, so he looked at Lu Yiming even more suspiciously: "What's interesting? "

Lu Yiming paused for a moment, organized his speech a little bit, and then said: "The economic crisis of capitalism occurs almost every ten years, and the S&P 500 index has gone from high to low nine times in the past 90 years. Since the United States announced in 30.00 that it would no longer be pegged to gold and the U.S. dollar exchange rate was free to float, the S&P 500 has only seen two more than 30.00% declines so far.”

"so?"

A question mark appeared on Li Yiwen's forehead. In his opinion, the information was too general.

On the contrary, because Lu Yiming is from the future, he has a vision beyond this era, and then he saw something: "So I think the third time should start soon. I missed the first time and the second time. I missed the third time." Can't miss it."

Li Yiwen couldn't laugh or cry.

After all, he was an accountant, so he knew a little bit of economics, but he couldn't understand Lu Yiming's brain circuit at all.

"You kid, can't you stop thinking about how to harm others every day?"

Lu Yiming shook his head and argued: "This hole was dug by Wall Street. At most, I just happened to do it at the right time. How could I be the one to blame others?"

Hearing this, Li Yiwen couldn't help but sigh and said: "Before I went abroad, I always heard that the United States is good, but when I came out, I found that the world is as black as crows. How can there be a pure land in the world? No matter where the wolf is , all want to eat meat, and all the sheep in the world can only be eaten."

The human civilization system is built on the system of exploitation.

Private ownership has brought unprecedented glory, but it has also brought countless ugliness and greed.

Lu Yiming, who has experienced [-], naturally feels deeply about this truth: "The whole world is comparing each other's worst. When you think our life is bad, you look around and you will find that other people's lives are better." Worse, so happiness and happiness are all compared."

He said so, in this life, he didn't want to fall into the quagmire and struggle feebly again.

At the same time, there are also people who have just fallen from heaven to hell, stuck in the mud and unable to break free.

In Brooklyn, New York, in a three-story luxury villa, Ian Ball climbed up from the blanket in the living room with a haggard face.

He was awakened by the frantic ringing of the doorbell.

On the blankets around him, there were many wine bottles scattered. He stood up shaking, and these bottles were collided, making a series of noises.

When the door was opened, the sun shone in. He suddenly felt that his eyes were blindingly white. He quickly turned his head and blocked the sun with his palm.

It was his good friend Marcus Baker who rang the doorbell.

As soon as the door opened, Marcus was rushed back several steps by a smell of alcohol and vomit.

"Ian, you're drinking again."

He looked over Ian Ball's shoulder and saw that the room was full of scattered wine bottles. He couldn't help frowning and said, "You can't drink like this again!"

Ian Ball felt as if he had kicked a wine bottle. He bent down to pick it up, and then poured the wine in the bottle into his mouth with his neck raised.

Unfortunately, only a few drops of wine in the bottle flowed into his mouth with difficulty.

He smashed and smashed his mouth, with a look of unsatisfactory expression, and then stretched out his hand to his friend Marcus Baker with a dejected expression: "Give me fifty dollars, I'm going to buy wine. I don't have any money to pay back, what are you looking for here? Just take away a few things. Anyway, if you don’t take away now, you will be cheaper for others in the future.”

Ian Ball, a tall, handsome man in his early 30s, was originally a multimillionaire on Wall Street who made his fortune from short selling.

In his past life, he was once a genius in the eyes of his classmates and family members, and a proud son of heaven who dominated the financial circle.

But unfortunately, the last thing Wall Street lacks is genius.

In this sea of ​​money, a high IQ is just a standard feature, not worth mentioning, let alone a magic weapon for getting rich.Sometimes, being too smart makes it easier to fall into a pit.

Just five years ago, Ian Ball co-founded the Saltwater Joint Fund. Because he saw the frenzy and irrationality of the stock market before others, he quickly focused on some unprofitable, stock price A company that is growing steadily.

With his first-class eloquence, graduation from prestigious schools, and excellent resume, he successfully raised $1000 million from investors in the early days of his business.

However, Ian Bauer, who was full of ambition and ready to do a big job, did not start his short fund business smoothly. After only one year, his partner Reftas withdrew his capital because he could not bear the pressure, and then unfortunately Hit head-on with the dot-com bubble bull market.

One can imagine the result of short selling in a bull market.

In 30.00, the fund lost 15.00%, in 40.00, it lost 80.00%, and in [-] the loss reached [-]%.By the beginning of this year, the size of the saltwater fund had fallen by [-]%.

The distance from bankruptcy is just a matter of time.

As a genius, Ian Ball lost to those idiots in the market whose IQ was less than half of his, and lost to those Internet scam companies whose stock prices kept rising even though they had no profit model.

Ian Ball was very disappointed with this absurd world, and of course it was also related to his young model girlfriend leaving him, and the mansion was about to be taken away by the bank and put up for auction.

Now, in the depths of despair, as a complete loser, apart from alcohol, there is nothing that can make him forget his troubles.

After entering the door, in the huge living room, there are countless wine bottles scattered everywhere, if you are not careful, you will slip and fall to the ground.

Marcus Baker "trudged" with difficulty, and finally walked in front of Ian Ball.

As a good friend for many years, he really couldn't see it, and said to Ian Bauer who was sitting on the sofa: "You were so good at the beginning, looking at you now, it's like imprinting failure on your face." face."

Ian.Just as Bauer was about to say something, someone rang the doorbell.

I shook my head to clear myself up, Ian.Only then did Ball stand up staggeringly, and waved to Marcus Baker: "I'll go and open the door. It's probably someone from the bank."

As a result, I opened the door and saw two strange Asian faces. Ian Ball breathed out alcohol, and said with a self-deprecating tone in the corner of his mouth: "Are you here to take away my house? Whatever you want , anyway, I have lost everything that can be lost."

The people who came were none other than Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen who had just participated in the charity auction.

Lu Yiming couldn't help pinching his nose, the strong smell of alcohol was really pungent.

After taking a few steps back, he frowned and asked, "Are you Ian Ball? The founder of Saltwater Fund?"

Although I have seen a photo of Ian Ball before I came here, the "good-for-nothing" in front of me is too far from the handsome American guy in the photo, right?
Li Yiwen couldn't help questioning, "Are you sure this is the person we're looking for?"

Lu Yiming turned around and looked at Ian Ball again, with a somewhat uncertain tone: "I don't know either."

There is no doubt that if you want to create a god, of course you have to choose a handsome one. After all, handsome and rich are in line with the public's imagination.It's like looking for an actor in the film and television industry, the first thing to look at is the face. People are visual animals, and a good-looking face can definitely leave a deep first impression.

So, when Bill Gates and the others showed Lu Yiming a bunch of information about fund companies on the verge of bankruptcy, Lu Yiming chose the most handsome one at first glance.

However, seeing this guy in front of him now, Lu Yiming didn't dare to look directly at him.

The hair was messy like a chicken coop, and it had grown to the neck, and the beard was curly and knotted, and there was some dried vomit on it.The eye sockets are sunken, and the eyes are dull.This face, to say that he is full of artistic atmosphere, must belong to Fauvism.

Facing the puzzled eyes of Ian Ball and Marcus Baker, Lu Yiming had no choice but to say, "We are neither from the bank nor your creditors..."

Speaking of this, Lu Yiming paused, and then said: "But it will be soon, I plan to take over your company."

"Ok?"

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Ian Ball was relieved. After all, his current state is to be a monk for a day and beat the clock for a day. Being able to live here for an extra day means that he will spend less than a day setting up a tent on the lawn of the park or on the roadside. After all, no matter how rubbish the villa is, it is better than the bridge hole.

However, when he heard the second half of the sentence, not only Ian Ball, but even Marcus Baker didn't turn his mind for a while.

"You want to take over my company?"

Ian Ball burped, and the smell of alcohol welled up in his head, and his flushed face seemed to turn even redder.

Lu Yiming said without hesitation: "Yes."

He took out a photo, which was a handsome publicity photo of Ian Ball.

"Give you an hour, you become like this, we will talk about the next thing."

Facing this strange request, Ian Ball did not hesitate.

For him, if someone is willing to take over his company, it is equivalent to pulling him back from the brink.

As for why this person took over such a debt-ridden company... There are countless fools in the world, why are there so many?
Although Ian Ball's behavior of shorting Internet technology stocks in the bull market is really too hard, but his personality is really perfect.

A man who was on the verge of bankruptcy because he insisted on shorting an unhealthy Internet company, woke up when he was about to fall into desperation, strengthened his confidence, returned to his old business, and finally relied on his personal efforts to fight against the sky and achieved great success, proving to everyone He's not crazy, he's right.

Lu Yiming finished writing the script of the story, so he asked if it was touching or exciting!

After creating such a persona, doesn’t it move those low-level American retail investors who embrace the American dream?
In addition, Ian Ball's appearance is a typical American handsome guy, and he was born in a commoner family. Relying on his own excellence and hard work, he embarked on the road to wealth creation. His appearance and IQ are both online. It is a proper Hollywood story The classic protagonist template from .

This is the reason why Lu Yiming did not hesitate to visit the door in person. He had to see with his own eyes whether the chess pieces he selected met his requirements.

Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I am more convinced in my heart.

Although the middle-aged man in front of me is a bit decadent, but the foundation is still there, shave off the dregs of beard, clean up his face, and put on a new brand suit. Teenage Girl And Young Woman Screaming.

Even the melancholy and cynicism brought about by the experience of failure may also be a bonus item, making Lu Yiming's plan to short US stocks a little bit bigger.

Only 15 minutes later, Ian Ball, who had cleaned himself up, appeared in front of Lu Yiming.

At this time, he was well-dressed and in high spirits, and he was completely different from the drunkard just now.

Only then did Lu Yiming smile slightly, and nodded with satisfaction: "This looks pretty much the same."

Ian Ball's spirit has also changed, and he seems to have regained some of his previous self-confidence."Are you sure you want to buy my saltwater joint fund? Are you kidding me?" he asked.

Lu Yiming showed a look of impatience, and frowned and looked at Ian Ball: "I flew tens of thousands of kilometers to the United States in a private jet, not to joke with an unlucky guy who is about to go bankrupt. I don't want to leave If you live on the street for a month, you'd better give me an answer now, I don't have much patience."

No matter what, Ian Ball used to be a Wall Street elite and mixed in the upper class of New York, so he could tell that Lu Yiming was definitely not putting on airs.

Ordinary people would never be able to pretend to have the aura of a billionaire or more.

The incomparable self-confidence brought about by great wealth, this temperament from the inside out, is so conspicuous under the piercing eyes of Wall Street elites, like fireflies in the dark night.

Ian Bauer immediately adjusted his emotions, stood up straight, regained some of his previous self-confidence and demeanor, and tried his best to show Lu Yiming his best side: "Hello, let me introduce myself again, I am Ian Bauer Er, founder of the Saltwater Fund."

"very good."

Only then did Lu Yiming nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile, "Now we can continue talking."

Afterwards, Ian Ball pointed to Marcus Baker and said to Lu Yiming: "This is my partner Marcus Baker. This is..."

When introducing Lu Yiming to Marcus Baker, Ian Ball suddenly got stuck, scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and asked, "What are your names?"

Lu Yiming introduced: "I am Lu Yiming, and he is my partner Li Yiwen. We are both from Xia Guo."

Since he is a senior executive of the Saltwater Fund, Lu Yiming didn't shy away from anything, but asked Ian Ball straight to the point: "I and some big shots plan to invest in your Saltwater Fund, and I will ask you to short US stocks later. Confidence?"

Ian Bauer was startled after hearing this, and then seemed to think of something, and his face couldn't help showing an excited and excited expression: "Of course, I have long felt that the current market conditions are not right, but I used to be unable to fight against it." The whole crazy market action."

As a Wall Street elite with a high IQ, but lost to a group of idiots whose IQ and education were not half as high as his, Ian Ball has always been unconvinced and dreamed of wanting to avenge his shame.

But now from Lu Yiming, he seemed to see this hope.

Even from Lu Yiming's words just now, he got a lot of key information, and began to guess the identity of the Asian young man in front of him.
However, he didn't know that Lu Yiming actually released this information on purpose to mislead his judgment.

What's more, everything Lu Yiming said was not a lie. Epstein did attract many North American dignitaries to secretly support this action of shorting US stocks. This is a fact in itself, but what Lu Yiming said is part of the truth , and doesn't tell the whole story.

The really clever lie is the big truth of nine truths and one falsehood. By deliberately revealing less important secondary information, Lu Yiming easily picked himself out and hid himself behind the scenes.

Even Ian Ball didn't know that this short-selling plan was actually planned by Lu Yiming from the very beginning.

From Ian Ball's point of view, Lu Yiming is just an executor who was pushed out.

After that, Lu Yiming gave Ian Power a long list and began to tell him to do things: "These are the stocks you want to short, and you can start to do it now."

Ian Ball was very surprised after reading it, because at the top of the list, several of the hottest big companies in the current technology stocks such as Intel, Yahoo and Amazon are listed. The only one that is not there is Microsoft. .

Ian Ball frowned and said: "Why is there no Microsoft? Today's Microsoft is deeply involved in antitrust lawsuits. As a short-selling target, this is a good prey."

I have to say that there is nothing wrong with Ian Ball's analysis. After all, whether it is Intel, Yahoo or Amazon, they are developing step by step, and Microsoft is deeply involved in monopoly scandals. If you really want to be short , Microsoft should be the first to bear the brunt.

It's just that he has calculated thousands of times, but he has not calculated the most critical point.

Lu Yiming smiled slightly, and didn't hide it from him: "Because among the people who invest in you, there is the richest man in the United States. According to the law, he can't short himself, unless you want to be sent to prison for insider trading."

Ian Ball understood instantly, and at the same time his mood became hot. This kind of opportunity to "do justice for the sky" does not come often.

What can small companies squeeze out?

If you want to grab it, of course you want to grab those big rich companies!

Ian Bauer couldn't help but get excited, he had to fight hard this time!
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(End of this chapter)