Chapter 27: Preparing in the Dark (I)
The next morning, Omar came to Zhou Ming's dormitory early, and at the same time, Omar and Omar also arrived with the speakers of the Vinda community, and Zhou Ming introduced them to each other.
When the speaker was very surprised to hear that Omar was Zhou Ming's newly elected candidate, Zhou Ming explained to him: "Mr. Yan, this is because someone is obstructing behind the scenes, Huang Yi has been disqualified, we have to change a candidate, this Mr. Omar was elected, and I called you over today to let you take him to the Vinda community for inspection, for unnecessary trouble, we will not go." ”
"These damn Yankees are bullying us Chinese!" said the Yanshi hatefully, "Mr. Zhou Ming, don't worry, I have asked for leave from the company, and I will be a good guide for Mr. Omar." ”
Zhou Ming nodded and said okay, it happened that this time was breakfast time, so Zhou Ming took the opportunity to invite Omar and Yanshi to have breakfast together.
Omar, who had never been exposed to Chinese food before, exclaimed excitedly for the first time today: "Oh God, this is so delicious, how did you do it? How can you put these dishes in the dough, it's amazing!"
For Omar's surprise, Zhou Ming and the students in the finance class felt a little speechless, after all, pie is a very common food in China, but anyone who can make cakes can basically make it, what is the fuss? But Zhou Ming also thought that the invention of the legend pizza is not because Westerners don't know how to put the filling into the dough, so they can only be piled on the dough indiscriminately?
After breakfast, Zhou Ming asked Omar if he could drive? Omar nodded, and Zhou Ming gave him the car key: "In order to make it easier for you to do things, during your election campaign, this car will be lent to you to drive, today we have a class in the Department of Economics, and Congressman Brooke is still targeting me, if he knows that I have found you else, it is not good news." But Mr. Youyan is with you, he lives in the Vida community, and you can ask him any questions you have. ”
Zhou Ming then took out another note and gave it to Omar and said, "This is the contact information of my lawyer Allen, and he will help you deal with issues such as your identity and real estate in the Vinda community." ”
Omar carefully took the note and solemnly said to Zhou Ming: "Mr. Zhou Ming, please rest assured, I will definitely live up to your expectations!"
The speaker also said: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I will take care of Mr. Omar, if you have anything else, you can contact me at any time, you know my pager number." ”
After Omar and Yanshi finished speaking, they got in the car and left together, watching Zhou Ming's Buick sedan disappear at the end of the road, Ye Ning said to Zhou Ming: "Teacher, don't worry, with the support of more than 100 Chinese in the Vinda community, Omar will easily win this election." ”
"I have no doubt about that. But we not only want to win this election, but we also want to win beautifully, winning the support of the vast majority of voters in the Vida community. Zhou Ming thought for a moment and then asked Ye Ning, "You have also been to the Vinda community many times, what slogan do you think Omar will come up with?"
Ye Ning shook his head and said: "Vinda Community is a community with relatively complete facilities, and it is hard for me to imagine what kind of slogan he can come up with." ”
"Then let's wait for the surprise he will bring us. ”
After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he took Ye Ning and other finance class students towards the classroom, on the way, Zhou Ming said to Chen Shu and Ye Ning: "Although Omar is in the election, I also believe in his ability, but our side still can't take it lightly, we must focus on the capital market, how is the recent futures market? Especially the price of oil in the international market, and what about our funds? Are they all withdrawn from Deep Blue Airlines and the stock market?"
"At present, the situation in the Gulf region is more complicated, and Kuwait is constantly increasing oil production for its own interests, resulting in the continuous decline of oil prices in the international market. As for our funding......"
It was Chen Shu who answered Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming saw that his words were a little slurred, so he said to him: "It's okay, just say whatever you want, you don't need to hide it in front of me." ”
Chen Shu took a deep breath and said, "Teacher, last night, I, Li Yang Ye Ning, fought hard with the students in the finance class all night, and it is estimated that the funds that can be withdrawn today will not exceed 40 million at most." ”
Zhou Ming suddenly stopped, he frowned and said, "Is it only 40 million? This money is a bit small." ”
"Teacher, there's a reason for that. Chen Shu hurriedly explained, "Since our funds are diversified in the form of portfolio investment, there are cumbersome procedures for withdrawing back, and our investment field is concentrated in bond bills and high-interest deposits, which need to be held for a limited period of time, and there is no way to withdraw them back in a short period of time." ”
Hearing Chen Shu say this, Zhou Ming asked him again: "So what if we auction off our investments? What if we sell all the things we hold, whether they are bonds, bills, or deposits, and how much money can we get back?"
"What? all sell?"
Chen Shu and all the students in the finance class were stunned, they couldn't believe their ears, and they were surprised that Zhou Ming actually said this method.
"That's right, it's all selling. Zhou Ming said with great certainty, "Chen Shu, you don't care how much you will lose, because you will definitely have to pay a certain price for forcibly returning the funds in this way, so you can tell me how much you can return." ”
Chen Shu thought for a moment and replied: "Teacher, neither I nor my classmates have made specific calculations, but we conservatively estimate our investment of 80 million, and if we follow the standard of forcible withdrawal, I am afraid that we can only return about 60 million at most." ”
"So what if the investment expires according to the established plan?" Zhou Ming asked again.
Chen Shu replied immediately without thinking: "If the current interest rate and market conditions are followed, it is expected to get a return on investment of 15 million to 20 million after the expiration of two years." ”
"That is to say, if I forcibly withdraw the funds now, I will lose 20 million investment returns and 20 million principal, which means that I will lose 40 million US dollars, which is more than one-third of the company's assets. ”
Zhou Ming said to himself, no matter from what point of view, this is a huge amount of money, especially now that he has only so many assets in the United States, he lost more than one-third of his assets at once, no matter how he looks at it, it is not a wise entrepreneur, although Zhou Ming finally believes that he can earn it back, but losing so much money at once will still make people inevitably feel pain.
I knew that I wouldn't teach them to play the investment model at the beginning, or let them use their own money to engage in the investment model, so that there would be no choice today.
Zhou Ming thought helplessly in his heart, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Chen Shuning and other students in the finance class looking at him, waiting for him to make a decision, Zhou Ming waved his hand: "Anyway, there is still one day, let's go to class first, and I'll give you the answer after class." ”
After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he took all the students of the finance class and continued to walk towards the classroom.
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The sun and the moon shine on the three thousand worlds, and each person can be a world, and each world coexists and is different at the same time.
Here, when Zhou Ming and the students of the finance class were sitting in the classroom, on the other hand, Omar and Yanshi had already driven to the Vinda community, and Omar also began to study the structure of the Vinda community under the leadership of Yanshi, thinking about what campaign slogan he should use.
And in addition to Zhou Ming and Omar, the old Brooke, who has been targeting Zhou Ming, is not dead, and he is also continuing his story.
On Parliament Hill in South Brighton, Old Brooke had just walked out of the council chamber with his folder when he was stopped, and Old Brooke turned back to be Speaker Anthony.
"Is there anything wrong with Speaker Anthony?" asked Old Brooke curiously.
"At the meeting just now, I am grateful to the Brooke brothers for their support of the new bill, so I would like to invite the Brooke brothers to dinner and discuss something else by the way. Anthony said.
Old Brooke thought for a moment and said: "Speaker Anthony, I am very grateful for the news you told me, and I also let that Chinese be disqualified from running for election, but I also voted in favor of your bill, I think I have fulfilled my promise, although I agree that in the parliament, there should be an alliance between the various senators, but I believe more, everyone will have their own ideas, Speaker Anthony, do you say?"
Anthony smiled and said: "Don't worry, my brother Brooke, I am a businessman, but I am not a businessman who picks the door, for the matter of that Chinese, since I walked out of the council hall just now, I have forgotten, I am looking for you this time is another thing, a matter of great significance, I need the support and help of my brother Brooke." ”
"Is it because of my special relationship with that family?" asked Old Brooke rhetorically.
Anthony nodded without hesitation and said: "That's right, because some things are more complicated, I or my partners need to get greater support, and throughout the United States, only a few families can do it if they have the ability to give support, and the family behind you is the most important one." ”
"But you know I'm just a Massachusetts senator, and simply put, I'm a puppet put in front of the stage by that family, and I can't influence any decisions made by that family. Old Brooke said.
Anthony smiled and shook his head and said, "My brother Brooke, you are too arrogant, I do know the pride of that family, but Brother Brooke you are not a puppet, you are a very important senator." ”
Old Brooke wanted to say something, but Anthony said first: "Brother Brooke, you don't need to make any decisions now, you can have dinner with me first, and when you see someone and hear the matter, then tell the family what you have seen and heard truthfully, in this matter, even if I owe you once, I know that you are also a businessman, do you think this business is profitable for you?"
Old Brooke smiled: "Anthony is still the same Anthony, I was persuaded by you." ”
In the evening, Old Brook followed Anthony to the Garden Restaurant at the foot of Parliament Hill and asked for a castle box, and when Old Brooke walked into the castle restaurant, he was immediately stunned. Because before he came, he had thought of who Anthony would bring him to meet, who might be an important person in some family, from the governor to the congressman, but he never imagined that Anthony had brought him to see a young woman, a very beautiful young woman.
Old Brooke subconsciously glanced at Anthony and thought to himself, this can't be your lover, right?
Anthony, of course, understood what he was thinking, and immediately whispered to him: "Don't think about it, this woman's identity is much more important than ours. ”
Then the woman stretched out her hand and asked Anthony and Old Brooke to sit down, and said, "Hello Mr. Brooke, my name is Caitlin, I don't think Mr. Anthony has told you why, right? This is out of secrecy, and I want to say sorry to you for this, so let me tell you now, this time I have come to Mr. Anthony to come to you, hoping to tell the family two things, one is the bay, and the other is the Don's Bank." ”
The woman's voice was very nice, but Old Brooke couldn't help but gasp when he heard her words.