Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 218 Don't speculate

  Businessmen, how many businessmen socialize to make friends, and the starting point is mostly for profit.

Mr. Wu Jianmin is a banker. In terms of the field he is involved in, there is more or less some overlap with Ye Dongqing. However, the scale of East West Bank is a bit small. In fact, it cannot be said to be small, but it only exists compared with those giants. Seeing a big gap, Ye Dongqing didn't think that giving up the original cooperative relationship and switching to East West Bank would bring much benefit.

   You can't bother to transfer assets to them just because you are Chinese like yourself. This is not in Ye Dongqing's interest.

  Compared to strength, it is not a heavyweight at all. A big bank can help Ye Dongqing deal with a lot of troubles, but East West Bank can't. Its influence is limited to the Chinese circle in the United States, which is a marginalized group.

   Ye Dongqing has always disliked people making a fuss about her skin color. For example, when reporting news, she always uses words such as "Chinese", "yellow race", and "Chinatown kid".

It’s not that he thinks that his skin color has anything to do with it, but he always feels very uncomfortable considering his own race’s social environment in the United States, as if it’s normal for white people to be successful, and it’s unimaginable for yellow people to be successful. This is also a kind of invisible discrimination.

  When he was in school, he was bullied because he was Chinese. When he was engaged in the shady money laundering industry, he lost many orders because of his appearance. Whites and blacks often feel that Chinese cannot be trusted.

Living in such an environment for a long time, I have learned to subconsciously avoid being labeled with certain labels. Speaking of the social reasons why Chinese people are not valued, one of the important ones is that many Chinese people will not take the initiative to integrate into it. Even in the United States, they will form groups. A small group, Chinatown is the best proof. Some older immigrants who don’t speak much English have never left Chinatown too far in their entire lives.

Ye Dongqing doesn’t mind doing something to help, such as using his own influence to change the impression of his compatriots in other people’s minds, etc., but he doesn’t want to be “kidnapped” because Mr. Wu told him: “Everyone is their own person. , the vast majority of Chinese people store their assets with us. I know that your company has a lot of funds. It is absolutely right to choose East West Bank. In addition, our company has also launched several insurance products customized for high-end people, which are very suitable for you Successful people at your age should think more about the future."

The three sentences are inseparable from money, and it's the kind that doesn't benefit him much. Needless to say, how bad insurance is, especially financial insurance products, which makes Ye Dongqing feel that today he is not here to give himself a medal, but It was because he was eyeing his own money and bullying him that he was young and ignorant.

  Sitting there with a smile and shaking his head, he originally planned to ask the assistant to make a few cups of tea, but now he has no such idea. The residents of Xiangjiang belong to the straight-talking kind, which is fully reflected in Mr. Wu.

"Let's talk about this later. I don't have the idea of ​​buying insurance yet." Changing the topic, Ye Dongqing asked Jack Chen and said, "I have heard the name of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, what type of organization it belongs to, and Chinese Americans in the United States. Spontaneously formed small groups?"

   "It's almost like this. It's registered in California. It's not an informal small organization. We have a lot of members.

In the past, Huang Xinxiang in Los Angeles was on par with Yahoo Yang Zhiyuan, competing for the position of the richest Chinese American. Now you stand out and overwhelm them. The company is better than the other. I am here this time not only to present you with awards, but also to attract you to become the richest man in the United States. Our members include people from all walks of life. There are many lawyers, editors, accountants, etc., and more are businessmen. We do business together in the United States, and we meet occasionally when we find time. We often have activities in various parts of the United States. an organization. "

It sounds boring at first. After returning to this era, Ye Dongqing has known many people, and has formed a fun circle composed of all kinds of cronies around her. I also know each other, and I don't think there is any need to join a small group. It's hard to say whether they can help me, but as long as I join, there will definitely be more unnecessary troubles, such as talking to a group of people I don't know. Socialize and more.

  The only advantage is probably a little limelight in the Chinese American circle, but as Jack Chen said, he has become the richest Chinese American, so why use this organization to gain limelight?

  I am used to fighting alone, so I hesitated a little at this moment, and told me bluntly: "I am very interested, but I am only a student now, and I haven't even joined the club, so let's forget it for the time being, and talk about it later when I have a chance, okay?"

He raised his arm and glanced at his watch, then said: "I'm sorry, I have to go to the embassy to deal with something. I invested in a company in Huaxia, and I encountered some problems recently. I have to rush over to deal with it myself. Are you free tonight, make an appointment to talk then?"

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   Neither Bernard Madoff nor the two who came later had much contact with Ye Dongqing, so there was nothing to talk about.

It is true that he said he would go to the embassy. The idea just came up. He has not visited it in person since he invested in Tencent. In addition, he has already had the idea of ​​investing more in China's Internet industry. It is better to go and see it in person. But not in the last few days, he just came back from the Hawaiian Islands, and he wants to rest for a few more days.

There are more medals in the office. Looking at the current achievements, the number of medals will only increase in the future. Jack Chen declined the proposal to have dinner together, because the chat is awkward now, and the next time we meet, there will probably be nothing to talk about. It's better not to eat it directly, Ye Dongqing is also happy to be clean.

  If it was in the past, he might be patient and make more friends and expand his circle of contacts, but now he thinks differently. With some confidence, friends and the like can be selectively contacted.

At noon, I ate takeaway in the office, bought two extra copies and went upstairs to give to Laura and Zhao Liuli, and then lay down on the bed to rest for a while. I didn't call Silicon Valley until the afternoon to ask when they could send people to Huaxia. Let people sort out the materials, and he is going to send them to the embassy in person. He is a celebrity anyway, and he should be able to expedite the written procedures and get the visa as soon as possible.

Laura was eating fried noodles and told Ye Dongqing as a gossip: "My friend Renee, do you still remember that your friend Richard Rockefeller ran to London to meet her in person and said that children can Born, but temporarily unable to affect his life, and wrote a check for two million pounds to Renee."

   "And then, she calmed down?"

   "I think it's possible. She really, really wants to live in the Rockefeller Manor. At least there is some hope, isn't she? From the first day I knew her, I knew she was a materialistic woman..."

  (end of this chapter)