King of Capital

Chapter 26: Trying Too Hard
"In fact, our fund is also recruiting fresh graduates... Although we are all part of the Juntai family, venture capital and the buy-side business are always more important than investment banking. Tsk, let's not talk about it..."

At lunch time, the fund manager of a subsidiary of Juntai finished a box lunch in Su He's office with a big grin on his face. He left after leaving a business card, ignoring Su He's murderous look.

Xie Jingxing put down the unfinished lunch box in his hand and opened the window to let the smell out. He turned around and sat down at the coffee table. Next to the lunch box was a glass of Coke with ice cubes.

"Keep eating. When you get along with me for a long time, you will know that I am not so particular. As long as you do your job well, nothing else matters." Su He had a kind smile on his face.

"I can tell."

Xie Jingxing nodded and said goodbye: "I'm full. If there is nothing else, I will leave first. Tang Man always wants to talk to me."

"By the way, Taihe is not going to follow up on the milk tea project? Mr. Liu Qiming of Taihe should have heard of Sun Tao's (fund manager) working style." Su He said casually.

Xie Jingxing replied indifferently: "Taihe's competitor has never been Juntai."

Good, she doesn't see certain people as competitors.

Su He thought so, and the smile on his face became more friendly: "Go out and get busy. Arrange your time. I will treat everyone to dinner after get off work in the evening. Thank you for your hard work this week."

Xie Jingxing looked at her and smiled knowingly. Would a woman who paid great attention to perfume and whose fingernails were always neat and tidy not mind others eating in her office?

He also poured me Coke with ice cubes, which showed his sincerity.

When he arrived at another office, Tang Man was already prepared and participated in the bidding with the same sincerity.

"You went on a business trip to Yunnan the night before yesterday, so several of our mentors held an impromptu meeting and agreed that it would be a waste of time for you to continue participating in the internship variety show, so you should be converted to a full-time employee early."

She raised her chin and pointed at the three potential client projects in front of her: "Look, coming to my team can maximize your advantages."

The client is SF Express, and the potential investors are China Merchants Group, CITIC Capital, and Tahoe Capital, with an estimated financing amount of 10 billion yuan; the potential client is Haier (Qindao Haier), and the investor is KKR; Temasek intends to invest in Shanda Literature.

The three potential client project books made Xie Jingxing smack his lips. Although he had expected the resources of a big MD in private equity financing business, Tang Man was still more exaggerated than he thought.

SF Express's first round of financing is a 10 billion yuan project. The three words "China Merchants Group" as the intended investor are enough to make any newcomer to the industry famous overnight; KKR Group, the name may sound a little unfamiliar, but it doesn't matter, its achievements will be forever recorded in the financial textbooks of major universities.

It once set the record for the largest merger and acquisition case in history and was analyzed in countless literary works - "Barbarians at the Gate".

Temasek’s investment in Qidian is not worth mentioning. It is just a pendant, just to establish an association with him.

Xie Jingxing couldn't help but nodded slightly. This was indeed a good way to leverage his network resources. It wouldn't take too long, and one of the projects could be completed in a few months.

"She thought she wanted to hype you up as a star employee and help her get further through Juntai's listing, but in fact, she was harming you."

Tang Man made a cup of hot tea herself, this year's Mingqian Anji white tea, the same one she drank in Su He's office on Wednesday.

She walked lightly around the sofa, and placed a pair of delicate and slightly cool hands on Xie Jingxing's shoulders. She lowered her voice and continued, "Mr. Xie will think that all your achievements are made by others, and your colleagues will think that you just have a good father."

"By then, will you still have hope of taking charge of Taihe?"

Xie Jingxing sat upright with his hands on his knees. This old woman was not as strong as Su He at ordinary times, but when she was at full power, she was in a completely different state. The contrast was even greater than that of Transformers. It was fucking scary!

"So what do I need to pay?" he asked thoughtfully.

Tang Man smiled with satisfaction: "Yunshan's split listing project."

"that's it?"

"Those who do mergers and acquisitions are short-sighted and only care about the immediate gains."

Tang Man leaned over, bringing with him a pleasant scent of Tom Ford Men's Ebony Wood perfume, pressed his shoulders to enhance his persuasiveness and explained, "I'm different. I like to make long-term investments. I believe you can take charge of Taihe. Let's be friends and build a relationship."

"To be honest, I am even more determined to recruit you to Taihe." Xie Jingxing said with deep emotion.

"No rush, give me an answer before next Monday."

Tang Man tilted her head and glanced through the transparent glass window at the independent office next door, then said, "I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight. Welcome to Juntai. Thank you for your hard work this week."

"Well, we have agreed to have free time tonight and a team-building dinner at the weekend." Xie Jingxing replied with a polite smile.

Tang Man stood up straight and took back her hand apologetically: "I forgot to inform you in advance. The variety show will be broadcast tomorrow, and the HR department will hold a recruitment meeting the day after tomorrow. You have to work overtime to attend."

"It doesn't affect us. We have scheduled it for tomorrow, which is just the right time for us to watch the first episode together." Xie Jingxing gritted his teeth.

Tang Man said considerately, "That's good. You've been up late several nights this week. Go to bed early tonight. Young people should take care of their health. Don't play around."

Xie Jingxing couldn't help wondering in his heart, whether it was childish or not, two people in their thirties, and they still had to fight over such trivial matters.

At the same time, I feel physically and mentally happy about this high-intensity personnel competition.

As a rich second-generation with abundant material conditions but a dull spiritual world, he has very little fun in life.

Some people say that fighting with others is endless fun.

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After coming out of Tang Man's office, Xie Jingxing called Shen Xin to the tea room alone.

He had a few questions about the proprietary trading department. Proprietary trading refers to securities firms investing their own money in the secondary market. The investment scope is relatively flexible, and risk control and compliance are relaxed, and they can invest in anything.

Some securities firms will set up a separate department for fixed income, some fixed income is proprietary trading, and proprietary trading is fixed income.

Compared with the relaxed risk control and compliance within the investment scope, the management of investment transactions themselves is particularly strict.

If you lose money with clients' money, you lose it. What matters is relative returns, and outperforming the market is a victory. Brokerages cannot afford to lose money on their own business, so they require absolute returns and are only allowed to make profits, not losses.

For example, the proprietary trading department of a certain securities firm suffered a loss of 3.5 million yuan, which led to the direct optimization of four first-level leaders of the department. There was also a financial man who posted a photo of his monthly salary of yuan on Xiaohongshu.

The latter is a grassroots trader in proprietary trading who had just entered the industry. He was fired not because the matter became a big deal and caused adverse public opinion, but simply because he violated regulations and leaked his salary and benefits to the outside world for compliance reasons.

The confidentiality firewall of the brokerage firm's proprietary business was too high. Xie Jingxing did not understand what Juntai's proprietary department was like. He originally expected that his idea of ​​transferring internally to become a trader after joining the company would be realized.

"It's not easy to operate. The self-employed ones haven't recruited fresh graduates in the past two years. They are all recruiting from the society."

Shen Xin shook his head and said bluntly: "Don't even think about position rights. Your father is a wealthy man, not a high-ranking official. Which brokerage firm in the world would dare to give position rights to fresh graduates? You might as well just ask for the position of investment manager."

“Investment manager, maybe?”

Xie Jingxing looked at the change in Shen Xin's expression, shrugged and spread his hands in dismay: "The Yunshan split-listed project is worth at least 18 million positions."

"Mr. Xie, your ability is beyond doubt. If it doesn't work, you can invest tens of millions in the asset management company and let them set up an active asset management project for you, and then you can be the investment manager yourself." Shen Xin gave a neutral suggestion. Xie Jingxing agreed thoughtfully, "This is a solution. I'll think about it."

"Awesome, awesome." Shen Xin was speechless and retreated.

Xie Jingxing actually thought that this proposal was feasible. Since it was difficult to enter the proprietary trading department, he could use his own money for asset management.

He had more than 70 million in cash on hand, and he took out a portion of it to start an asset management project and invest in the stock market through Juntai's financing channel; at the same time, he had to choose between Tang Man and Su He, and spent several months to complete an investment banking project.

It is safest to walk on two legs: personal secondary market investment + work in primary market projects. After all, the A-share market is quite evil. Even if God comes, he will have to show his blood and cut his kidneys before leaving, not to mention that he is just a small reborn person.

Putting all your hopes on the secondary market is a bit disrespectful to the A-share market.

Xie Jingxing sighed. He had tried so hard to prove himself. Not only did he put so much thought into it, but he even had to choose between two women in their thirties.

As for the real estate bro who is currently quarreling with celebrities online every day, he chose an 18-year-old internet celebrity, and his way of proving himself is to record variety shows, do live broadcasts, and form a girl group to debut...

There was no way. Other people who go abroad to study have their mothers accompany them. When he was studying abroad, his mother was burning incense to the Three Pure Ones in a Taoist temple in New Zealand.

Back in the public office area, Xie Jingxing clapped his hands to signal everyone to look at him: "Boss Tang and Boss Su are inviting us to a team-building dinner tomorrow. What do you think?"

"Can I get a discount?" Fan Haonan was the first to respond.

Xue Haoran was not willing to be outdone: "Can I ask for leave?"

"Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity. Does anyone else have any opinions?" Xie Jingxing's expression at this moment was very much like a class monitor assigning guidance tasks in college.

Song Anli was the first to betray the crowd and support her partner: "Can we have some activities that don't require exercise? Everyone is really tired this week."

"How about finding a place to camp and barbecue around Shanghai?" Zhao Mengche said she was not tired, she just liked sports.

Song Anli was immediately unhappy. After returning from a business trip to Yunnan, her skin had visibly darkened by half a degree. She didn't want to be exposed to ultraviolet rays while camping outdoors.

Qi Tian also objected. He just wanted to find a bathhouse to take a long bath, do some health care to feel relaxed and refreshed, and wash away all his fatigue.

Feng Shuo, with a sinister heart, joined in the trouble and proposed to rent a villa for a party, play board games during the day and go to the bar at night, eat Haidilao in the early morning and play flying chess in the middle of the night.

Xue Haoran agreed with him, only half-agreeing. He wanted to go fishing more in the second half of the night.

Stanford also agreed halfway, and he wanted to exercise and play golf in the second half of the night.

Seven people opened their mouths and talked non-stop. Xie Jingxing slammed the table and made a decision: "All your suggestions are accepted. Let's adjourn the meeting."

"Sheshan Shimao Manor, so it's a party venue?" Song Anli became happy when she saw the address in the WeChat group.

Xie Jingxing announced directly in a rather dictatorial manner: "Meet at this address at 10:30 tomorrow morning. Go and inform President Su and President Tang."

"Will the taxi fare be reimbursed?" Zhao Mengche deliberately made things difficult for me.

However, Sheshan is really far away from the suburbs. The interns have worked hard for a week and finally have a day off. They don’t plan to go back to the dormitory tonight, so they can’t form a group and drive there tomorrow.

Xie Jing Xing looked at her: "You can hire a barbecue chef and reimburse him together."

"Huh?" Zhao Mengche was confused.

Xie Jingxing turned his head and looked at Qi Tian: "Don't laugh, don't you want a massage? Go hire two technicians. If the skirt is not above the knee, it will not be reimbursed."

Qi Tian's laughter stopped abruptly, and Feng Shuo also received a task, which was to invite a professional team-building activity host to act as the atmosphere group.

After all the arrangements were made, no one wanted to slack off in the afternoon. They gathered in groups of three or four to plan the details of tomorrow's team building.

After Xie Jingxing arranged for others, he used the excuse of going to inspect the team building site and left work early to go home and catch up on his sleep.

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At the end of June, cicadas are chirping and everything is flourishing.

In the morning, the sun shines on the earth, and the lush flowers, plants and trees are carrying out photosynthesis to make the air fresh.

Tall trees with lush branches and leaves cover the surroundings tightly, and an artificial river flows quietly, adding a bit of coolness to the surrounding environment.

The security guard drove the sightseeing electric car to take the interns to the entrance of the manor. Qi Tian and Song Anli were the first to feel something strange. This place didn't look like a villa for a party. Could it be that Brother Fu was going to use his money power again?
“I never realized there was such a Feng Shui treasure land in Sheshan.”

Feng Shuo, a native of Shanghai, blinked and asked tentatively. The impression of Sheshan in his mind was still the overgrown and shabby appearance of the mountain where Zeng Xiaoxian camped and watched the stars.

Fan Haonan also asked: "Where is Mr. Xie? This house can't be his, right?"

"I don't know why you are all looking at me." Song Anli said casually but was proud in her heart.

Stanford offered a reasonable suggestion: "Why don't you send him a message and ask him, so he doesn't go the wrong way."

He checked last night and found that the houses here cost hundreds of millions, which made him feel a little uneasy.

"Let's go, let's go inside first. I'll call him." Zhao Mengche didn't care about that. Who doesn't have a villa?

She led the way and walked inside through the entrance, and everyone had to follow. At first, they could still admire the layout of the flowers, plants and trees along the road and make a few comments. But after walking more than a hundred meters and still couldn't see the end, everyone fell silent.

Only the phone Zhao Mengche was holding in his hand was still on the line, and Xie Jingxing's voice was coming out, asking for directions.

"welcome."

Everyone heard the two words through the microphone and looked up at the outdoor terrace on the second floor of the villa dozens of meters away. Xie Jing was standing there waving from afar, holding something in his hand that looked like a telescope.

"Fuck, that guy is too showy!" Qi Tianshou couldn't help but speak in dialect.

Zhao Mengche opened her mouth but no sound came out. Her family really didn't have such a villa.

Feng Shuo was speechless for a long time. Suddenly, he jumped onto the tricycle that the barbecue chef was carrying the grill and ingredients, and shouted, "Master, turn the accelerator! I'm going to hit him to death!"

"Forget it. This thing of mine won't fly no matter how fast I drive it."

The barbecue chef grunted and said, "Besides, this lawn looks quite expensive. It would be a shame to damage it."

"There should be fish in this river, right?" Xue Haoran said weakly as he turned his head to look at the artificial river on the side.

(End of this chapter)