wild 1995

Chapter 88 Influence

On October 1987, 10, the Dow Jones Index plummeted 19% in one day, triggering a global stock market crash. Citibank's investment department suffered huge losses and began to shrink its global business.

In September 1988, affected by layoffs, the senior executives of Citibank's Hong Kong branch, Du Huilian and Liang Botao, resigned successively and jointly founded Peregrine Investment Co., Ltd.

Since both Du and Liang are well-known figures in Hong Kong's financial industry, they received support from giants such as Hutchison Whampoa, Hopewell Holdings, and CITIC International after starting their businesses. Their development was very rapid. By 1995, their assets had grown from 3 million to nearly 200 billion, making them the largest investment bank in Asia and the largest securities company in Hong Kong besides Dongying.

On March 1995, 3, Peregrine welcomed a very special customer. This person opened a $8 million account and manipulated the Japanese yen in the New York foreign exchange market with 200 times leverage. He only operated twice a day, entering the market with a full position and leaving the market with a short position.

On March 3, the exchange rate of the yen first rose and then fell. This person bought at 8 and sold at 88.60, making a profit of more than 91.90 million US dollars.

On March 3, the exchange rate of the yen first fell and then rose. This person sold at the price of 9 and bought at the price of 92.50, earning more than 90.10 million US dollars.

In just two days, he turned 200 million US dollars into more than 3000 million US dollars, and his money-making efficiency was higher than robbing a bank. Naturally, Liang Botao, the general manager of Peregrine, was alarmed. On the morning of March 3, after listening to the trader's report, he asked incredulously, "He gives orders by phone every night, and never comes to the sales department to watch the market?"

"Yes, he called every night at 9 o'clock to inquire about the opening price of the foreign exchange market in New York, and then asked me to preset the buying price and selling price, and automatically trade through the computer."

"Every time you buy the whole position and sell the whole position?"

"Yes."

"His preset buying price and selling price can be successfully traded on the same day?"

"Yes, and they were all traded near the highest price and the lowest price of the day, the difference is only a few points, the vision is very accurate!"

The foreign exchange market has trillions of capital flows every day, and the Japanese yen is a popular currency. The long-term general direction may be predictable, but the daily small fluctuations are irregular. Liang Botao did not believe that anyone could read it so accurately. He looked at the account opening information on his desk and asked, "Have you seen him in person?"

"I met him when he came to open an account. He is a young man in his 20s. He is tall and speaks Mandarin. He looks a bit like Liming. He should also be from Beijing."

"Liming? He was just born in the capital... Where does this client named Di Ye live?"

“The Macau Suite on the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental.”

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong has only 25 floors. Since the 25th floor is a restaurant, the 24th floor is the highest floor of the guest rooms. It is famous for its luxury and dignity, and the Macau suite is one of the best.

With Liang Botao's status, Mandarin Oriental's suite was not a big deal, but considering that Di Ye was from the mainland and he didn't know the details, it was a bit abrupt to visit him hastily. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Tomorrow is Saturday, and the New York foreign exchange market is closed. If he still operates like this tonight and can make a lot of money, please notify me immediately."

"clear."

There is a 12-hour time difference between Hong Kong and New York. Therefore, when the foreign exchange market in New York opened, it was 9:10 p.m. in Hong Kong. Liang Botao waited in his mansion until [-]:[-] p.m., but he never got a notification from the trader, so he called the company and asked about the market price of the yen.

"The yen has been fluctuating back and forth in a small range tonight, and it has not yet triggered Mr. Di's preset price."

"If his preset price is triggered, how much is the profit?"

"Exactly 100%."

"Is it still a full position operation?"

"Yes."

Liang Botao's ability to memorize numbers is very strong, and he calculated: "His current principal is about 3340 million, and a 100% return is doubled. If he can successfully trade tonight, it will be a miracle to turn 3 million US dollars into more than 200 million within 6600 days!"

"Yes, I have been doing foreign exchange for more than 20 years, and this is the first time I have seen such a powerful master."

"It's really amazing. If the deal is completed, please call me, no matter how late it is."

At around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, the trader called to inform that the transaction was completed, but this time it was not traded near the highest price or the lowest price, and the margin of error was relatively large. After hearing this, Liang Botao was even more impressed, and said: "There are more than 3000 million US dollars in funds, 100 times the leverage, and the cross-margin operation is more than 30 billion US dollars, which is enough to disturb the market in a short period of time.

"makes sense."

After hanging up the phone, Liang Botao lay down again, but he was no longer sleepy. Instead, he stared at the ceiling in a daze, planning how to win Di Ye’s friendship, because after having assets of more than 6000 million US dollars, it is impossible for anyone with a normal mind to continue to play all positions in the foreign exchange market.

"What is the origin of this Di Ye?"

Like Tang Renrong, Liang Botao also became curious about Di Ye's inscrutable means and mysterious background. After getting up the next morning, he started calling the capital and Pujiang to inquire.

After spending more than ten minutes and making four or five consecutive phone calls, Liang Botao finally got key information from Kan Zhidong of Shenyin Securities.

"Di Ye? Did he go to Hong Kong?"

"Mr. Kan knows this person?"

"I don't know him, but Tang Renrong does. On the day of the 327 national debt incident, when I had a meeting with you in Hong Kong, this Di Ye was long 327 national debt futures at Haitong Securities."

"He participated in the 327 national debt incident?"

"Not only did he participate, but he also wrote a special summary article afterwards, which was published in the "Pujiang Securities News" a few days ago, which attracted great attention from the Ministry of Finance and the China Securities Regulatory Commission."

Peregrine has business contacts with many mainland companies. "Pujiang Securities News" is also a newspaper that Liang Botao must read every day, but he seldom pays attention to the author of the article, so he has no impression of the name Di Ye. Hearing this, he was very surprised and asked, "Is it the article "On the Top 327 Issues Exposed by the 10 National Debt Incident"?"

"That's right, that's the one."

Liang Botao felt that this was very important information, so he took out his pen and notepad, and asked Tang Renrong for his personal contact information. Kan Zhidong reported a big brother number, and asked curiously, "Why are you asking about Di Ye?"

"This Mr. Di is now our company's top customer, and I need to collect some background information."

Kan Zhidong is an insider, not so easy to fool, and said with a smile: "Mr. Liang, we are old friends, don't be secretive, let's talk a little bit."

"I can't divulge client secrets, I can only tell you that Mr. Di is a financial genius, a super genius!"

After perfunctory Kan Zhidong, Liang Botao called Tang Renrong again, and learned from him that Di Ye was just an ordinary college student with no special family background.

"Can Mr. Tang be sure?"

"I haven't been to Yuncheng, so I can't be sure, but with Di Ye's talent, it doesn't matter who his parents are, he can soar into the sky by himself."

"Of course, I'm just asking."

Tang Renrong didn't ask what Di Ye did in Peregrine, but just reminded with a smile: "Mr. Liang, when dealing with Di Ye, you must always be vigilant, otherwise, if you are not careful, you will help him work for free, and you will do it willingly."

"Oh? Can Mr. Tang explain in detail?"

"I can't tell. It's probably a special charm. After seeing him, Mr. Liang will naturally understand."

Liang Botao wrote down Tang Renrong's reminder in his notepad, and then drove to the company's headquarters. In the reference room, he carefully read Di Ye's article published in "Pujiang Securities News" twice. He felt that he was almost ready, so he called the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and asked the front desk for Di Ye's room number.

"Mr. Liang, Mr. Di has already ordered that he will not go out today, and you can come and visit anytime."

"When did he order it?"

"last night."

Liang Botao put down the phone, opened his notepad, and added the words "Foreign Things Like a God" under Tang Renrong's reminder as a note, and then went straight to the Macau suite on the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel without further delay.

The Macao suite covers an area of ​​more than 100 square meters and has a separate reception room. When Liang Botao saw Di Ye in the reception room, he found that his eyes were dark circles and his spirit was a little listless, so he said apologetically, "Mr. Di didn't rest last night, okay? I'll come to visit again at a different time."

"No, I'll just have a cup of coffee."

Di Ye raised his hand to beckon Liang Botao to sit down, and explained: "Last night, I was playing computer games at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I forgot the time and came back in the middle of the night. I only slept for more than 4 hours."

Liang Botao thought it was a good opening topic, so he put on a gesture of great interest and asked knowingly, "Mr. Di is also proficient in computers?"

"I'm a computer student, so I know a little bit."

Just when Di Ye and Liang Botao were pretending to be modest, a famous school in the capital was in chaos because the server in the school's computer center was hacked. As long as you log in, a warning window will pop up with shocking words such as "Tuo is poisoned" and "Hurry up to save her".

(End of this chapter)