The Son of Finance of the Great Age

  Chapter 514 Showing His Fangs (3)

Just after Zhong Shi said "We are opponents that never wither flowers", there was a loud exclamation in the next room, and then all kinds of noisy discussions suddenly sounded, which formed a sharp contrast with the silent tranquility just now. contrast. The on-site director Jeremy Bryan frowned when he heard it, waved to the staff, and immediately someone walked out without a sound, and after a while, he could no longer hear the sound from the next door.

Obviously, Hu Ping's team, who was just across the wall, was particularly surprised and shocked by Zhong Shi's answer. You must know that this is equivalent to announcing to the entire market that he is the man behind the collapse of the Evergreen Fund. Although he may not be the main culprit, but Must be one of the murderers.

   Such a high-profile act of demonstrating one's identity is actually very rare on Wall Street. Generally speaking, even those super funds, after sniping some opponents, often "kill one person in ten steps, never stay behind for thousands of miles", and let the media guess their identities behind them after making huge profits. Because they know that once they are exposed, countless variables will be added, and the consequences of most of these variables are often unfavorable.

  Keeping the secrecy of a position is a truth that the big hedge fund managers know, even though it is sometimes impossible to keep it completely secret.

Hu Ping's team, who knew the inside story, were so shocked and sighed, not to mention other traders in the market who were watching the show, it was like dropping a small stone on a quiet lake, and the ripples moved rapidly in all directions. spread out.

Sean, who was sitting in front of Zhong Shi, was also shocked. He originally wanted to give an example to refute Zhong Shi's point of view. He never thought that the other party was the protagonist of the incident, or one of the protagonists. This made him feel uneasy for a while. Knowing what to do next, I could only bite the bullet and ask back: "Are you... Are you their opponent?"

"Of course!" Zhong Shi agreed immediately, but then explained, "Actually, it is not accurate to say that the opponent is, it should be said that, we have noticed that the price difference in some months in the natural gas market exceeds the reasonable price range. It was possible to make a profit, so we bought it generously. Fortunately, because of the rumors of the warm winter, the price difference in these months returned to the normal price range, so that we made a little money. As for the non-withered flower fund I can only say sorry for what happened, but this kind of thing happens in the market all the time, that's how life is, isn't it?"

   Sean tilted his head to listen to Zhong Shi's answer, while pressing the microphone in his ear with his hand, listening carefully to the information given by the live broadcaster. However, taking advantage of this moment, Zhang Xiaomin took the opportunity to take away the microphone in his hand, and began to ask Zhong Shi: "Mr. Zhong, let's put aside everything about you in the US market, as a top figure in the financial world , do you have any comments or suggestions about China's domestic capital market. We all know that although the domestic capital market is also designed, it is currently just a pure financing market. It is far from being able to compare with the financial market in the United States."

"This?" Zhong Shi pondered for a moment, then shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile, "I believe we don't need to discuss further about the function of the financial market. Because the financing function must be guaranteed first, Huaxia's management The first consideration is not to open the short-selling mechanism for the time being. In addition, in the futures market, the varieties and scales that can be traded are still too small. You must know that futures are very important to the pricing power of commodities. So the advice I can give personally is , if you can’t develop your own exchange in a short period of time, then you might as well go out and acquire foreign exchanges at the right time. In addition, in terms of supervision, you need to use heavy codes, and at the same time strictly limit the illegal inflow of foreign capital to drive up the market. Protect domestic investors, etc. I believe that these regulators will notice, I am not a professional in this area, so I can only give some general suggestions, I hope you don’t feel that I am perfunctory.”

  Although they are all commonplace things, Zhang Xiaomin is undoubtedly very satisfied. Just when he was about to ask Zhong Shi a few more questions, Chris Snetti beside him stepped forward and asked: "Mr. Zhong, since you mentioned the US economy just now, this time it is the first time." Does this public appearance in the US media represent something, or you see favorable investment opportunities in the US economic development, I wonder if you can tell us a little bit about this?"

"Of course!" Zhong Shi leaned forward slightly, and replied with a serious expression, "It is undeniable that there are a large number of companies with stable profits and great development potential in the US capital market, especially in high-tech innovation. Maybe you don't know You know, I held many high-tech companies in the 1990s. The rapid growth of these companies in recent years has led to the rapid rise of stock prices. In addition to these companies, I also pay close attention to new media and social networks. With the development of growing companies, our funds have invested in many similar companies, and social network companies like Facebook are among the best, which is not much different from what we did in China.”

"In addition, in addition to these high-tech innovative companies, I also pay close attention to the stocks of those large financial institutions. In my opinion, although their scale has increased dramatically and their profits have increased, after carefully studying their profit models, I found that Most of their profits come from FICC, that is, fixed-income bonds, foreign exchange and commodity futures. The potential danger of this profit model is far greater than the risk of obtaining profit through the development of innovative products, so I have a long-term view on this The pattern is bearish."

"Overall, these are my views on the current U.S. capital market. Of course, these are just my personal views, and I can't even represent the institution I work for. If someone operates according to my logic, there is no risk for me. Neither will take responsibility, that’s all.”

  After talking eloquently, Zhong Shi finally jokingly dismissed any possible legal responsibilities he may have assumed. Naturally, these cannot be handed over to others. You must know that there are the most lawsuits in the United States. If someone really wants to pursue the case in a neurotic manner, although it will not have any substantial impact on him, it will damage his reputation after all.

   I have to say that these are Zhong Shi's heartfelt words. But to Chris, the authenticity is greatly discounted. Although he has not followed these markets for a long time, he also knows on weekdays that the so-called financial companies mentioned by Zhong Shi have set new records one after another in recent years. Astonishing bonuses and dividends, and even some management personnel can get an average annual salary of hundreds of millions of dollars plus dividends. In terms of ordinary employees, it is said that the junior analysts of Goodman's company have paid a lot of attention in the first year of employment. To be able to earn a million dollars is much more than he knew in the past.

  In any case, in the past few years, large investment banks have obviously been in a situation where flowers are blooming and fire is cooking. Let alone a crisis, there are probably very few investors who are bearish on their stocks.

   "Mr. Zhong has a unique point of view, but it's a bit too alarmist!" Chris thought to himself, and silently handed the microphone to Sean Bonner beside him. He couldn't think of any suitable topic to continue for a while.

"Wow, it's my time again!" Sean Bonner took the microphone, first sighed in surprise, and then suddenly asked a very inappropriate question, "Dare to ask Mr. Zhong, how much money do you have now?" How many?"

   "This..." Zhong Shi hesitated, staring into the other person's eyes and asked earnestly, "Are you sure you want to ask that?"

When Sean saw something interesting, he immediately said without hesitation: "I'm sure, of course, I'm afraid that people in front of the TV screen are very curious about how much money a famous financial elite like you can make these years. Of course, I hope you can be frank and don't give some numbers that even we don't believe."

"Wow, your question is really sharp!" Zhong Shi smiled, snapped his fingers, and after a long time of calculation, he gave a range, "If you follow the ranking on the Forbes list last year, believe me The top three, I believe you will understand. But what I really want to say is that when the money reaches a certain amount, it becomes a pure digital accumulation, so I set up a very early In my will, I will donate all my property after my death, a large part will be used for charity, and the other small part will be donated to those companies that can bring benefits to all mankind, the most innovative companies, specifically The detailed rules will not be announced here, and everyone will know when the time comes.”

"Top three?" Sean didn't listen to the following words at all, and after taking a breath, he said exaggeratedly, "Mr. Zhong, you did your calculations right, you must know that to reach the level of the top three, at least 40 billion yuan is required. Net worth above US dollars. It is 40 billion US dollars, not 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, so don’t miscalculate the currency.”

"Of course, $40 billion." Zhong Shi curled his lips, a little dissatisfied with Sean's pursuit, but he still explained patiently, "I own nearly 10% of Amazon's shares, and there is another company with a market value of more than 1,000. 35% of the shares of the oil company worth HK$100 million, the current market value of these two investments alone should exceed US$20 billion, how about it, do you still have doubts about my net worth?"

Sean was speechless for a while, but fortunately he reacted quickly enough, and after a self-deprecating smile, he continued: "Okay, what we just said is off-topic, so let's leave it at that. Now let's get back to the topic, The doomsday theory you just mentioned is actually not new, because many people have made similar remarks before you, but I am not going to argue with you today about what the future will be like. So, let’s assume that in the future The situation you mentioned will happen, so what kind of suggestions would you give today to help these institutions or people get out or avoid similar crises?"

"This seems unlikely!" Zhong Shi touched the tip of his nose with a slightly embarrassed expression. Amidst the astonished eyes of the other three people, he sighed helplessly and explained, "Greed, of course it is greed. This kind of The flaws in human nature cannot be changed. No matter how rational people are, they cannot get rid of this flaw. Therefore, instead of thinking about how to avoid this situation from happening, it is better to think about how to save it after it actually happens. In addition, a certain Some regulatory systems may also need to be changed, because they may not be suitable for the new situation.”

  The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, and at this time the live director also switched to other screens in a timely manner, leaving a few minutes of buffer time. Afterwards, several people began to talk about other issues in a tacit understanding, and the scene became harmonious for a while.

  …

   "Boss, what the **** does he mean?"

In the Sagittarius Fund's office, after hearing Zhong Shi's talk about the downturn of the American economy and the disclosure of his identity as a sniper at the Everlasting Flower Fund, Conrad became suspicious, and quickly asked John Arnold, who was also frowning, "If the gas market is going to squeeze in a giant like him, then there's not much room for us to operate. This guy is really scary. There is so much money. God, how did he do it .”

"It turned out to be him, no wonder Hu rejected my offer!" John Arnold had a hint of self-mockery on his face, "Yes, with his prestige in the financial market, would any trader refuse his olive branch? ? This legendary guy, I know that he has never stopped in the past few years, but I never thought that this guy has accumulated so much capital quietly, what a **** genius!"

"Boss, what are you talking about?" Conrad was confused, he could faintly hear that the other party was talking about Zhongshi, but the other party is currently getting involved in the natural gas market, and it is obvious that they are going to grab it in their bowl He was extremely puzzled, "Why did he expose his affairs in the natural gas market? Did he think the incident wasn't big enough?"

   "No, don't worry!" John Arnold shook his head slightly and said, "If I didn't miscalculate, this guy will soon disappear from the natural gas market, so they will not pose a threat to us."

This time Conrad was even more confused, his blue eyes were full of puzzlement, "Boss, what are you talking about, why can't I understand a word? This...what the **** is going on here, hey, you Don't go!"

"I'm going to have a cup of coffee!" John Arnold stopped, smiled at the anxious Conrad, and said, "As for the reason, you can figure it out for yourself. God bless, this time we actually stood over this guy's side."

   Recently, due to poor hardware equipment, it may often be late. I hope everyone will forgive me.

  (end of this chapter)