A light rain fell outside the window, and clouds hung over New York.

The snow that was drenched in the rain some time ago is becoming less and less, and it flows into the sewers, washing the roads clean and making the temperature colder.

Ye Dongqing's office was heated, so when his head was sweating, the old Bernard unbuttoned his suit again, revealing the small vest inside, and his words and deeds were like a very traditional British old gentleman, but in front of this young Chinese, he had to bow his head, after all, the biggest secret had been known, and he could easily destroy his entire status and reputation, once the secret was revealed, it was certain that he would enter prison.

Tens of thousands of dollars a royal million-dollar cigar, the white smoke that fills the air is full of a smell of money, the old Bernard used to be a billionaire with a net worth of 300 million dollars, but now he owes a lot of debt, the reason why he has not been discovered, mainly because there is no big customer who runs and cashes out at the same time, so the capital chain is not broken, and there is a team of accountants who can get a high salary to help, and the salary is so high that they would rather give up their practice certificates.

It's not enough to have this team alone, there must be someone from the Securities and Exchange Commission to help, otherwise it will be found out, so far Ye Dongqing still doesn't know the inside story, and he doesn't think that the old man will say it easily, and then give himself a handle.

"The reason why I'm here today is because I have to be responsible to the investors, and if you invest anything with this money, you should let me know in advance, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the investors. Old Bernard blinked, he didn't believe this kind of high-sounding nonsense.

A few years ago, Bernard Sr. used a reasonable rate of return to deceive everyone, he submitted an investment report to his clients every month, and clients could redeem their investments within a few days at any time, compared with the unreasonably high returns of general fraud, Madoff assured clients that the return was only about 10% every year, which was within a relatively normal profit range, and even stated that he could make money regardless of whether it rose or fell.

This old man is well versed in the psychology of investors, and the main reason why he said this to Ye Dongqing at this moment is to hope that he will help and reveal a little news, so that he can find a way to get the investment report up, so as not to make customers suspicious.

Ye Dongqing nodded, not stupid enough to tell the whole thing, and told: "I will hedge crude oil futures, I can only tell you this, as for what to do with your customers, it's all your own business, and I don't want to have anything to do with your business, you know what I mean, right?"

I don't want to be dragged into the water by this old man and pay for his mistakes, except for the accumulation of original capital, now all Ye Dongqing's businesses are legal, and the future is bright, there is no need to make some stains on his career.

Old Bernard didn't speak, he used to make fake accounts, and continued to fool investors to get a reasonable return, which was difficult for him, he took a puff of his cigar and continued: "I understand, the remaining billion dollars will arrive soon, in addition to this money, I have a large amount of money in my hand, about five billion dollars, I can't deal with them anymore, are you sure there is a way to continue to follow the original agreed rate of return, and then help me manage the rest of the money?"

In the hands of the old man, such a large sum of money can cause no less power than a time bomb, considering the dividends and profits, the gap will only get bigger and bigger, and it will never be able to turn over if it goes on like this.

Recently, Bernard Madoff has carefully investigated Freshwater Investment Group and other assets belonging to Ye Dongqing, which is very clean, and all the information disclosed to the outside world can correspond to the industries he invests in, such as Apple and Amazon's major shareholders list, Freshwater Investment Group is at the forefront, and it has been determined that this is not a scam.

So after more than ten days of anxiety, the old man began to think about other things, mainly to withdraw other funds to invest in him, in exchange for up to 11% annualized dividends, just leave some funds to pay investors, so that it is possible to pay off all debts through interest rate differentials within five years, he has already calculated, as long as this business continues, it is possible to return to the peak of life before death.

is like a desperately struggling overboard, and now Ye Dongqing is the only lifeline in front of him.

For Ye Dongqing, this is a good thing that cannot be sought, because of financial problems, he has given up some investment opportunities that can bring long-term benefits, if he gets a large amount of money, it will naturally be better, which means that he can get more shares of good companies and invest in some new companies, compared with the benefits that may be obtained, the interest of about ten percent a year is nothing.

As a businessman, it is instinct to strive for maximum benefits, and you must know that a fluctuation of one point can involve tens of millions of dollars of wealth behind it, and stretch the timeline, that is, hundreds of millions of dollars.

He deliberately pretended to be embarrassed and told Old Bernard: "But my company's money is enough, and we are currently laying off employees and laying off the Golden Island Wealth Management Company that raised funds for me as a whole, if there is no target to invest, it means that I will pay you a large amount of interest for nothing, which is not in my interest." ”

Just when the old man's heart sank, Ye Dongqing changed his words and added: "However, if the annualized interest rate is nine percent, I can consider accepting this money, for the sake of our relationship, the maximum increase is nine .5 percent, this is already the limit of what I can bear, you yourself manage such a large amount of money, you should know how difficult it is to get a steady return, my company is different from those self-financing hedging and fund companies." ”

Cutting off one and five points at once, if calculated at five billion dollars, it means that the expenditure will be reduced by 75 million US dollars in the first year, since the old Bernard took the initiative to come to the door to talk about this matter, the initiative is on Ye Dongqing's side.

Don't feel sorry for this old man, just like he doesn't feel sorry for the investors who were deceived by him, Ye Dongqing has no relatives with him, why should he help him in vain, the relationship between the two is limited to interests, that's all, if Old Bernard doesn't agree to this plan, he will be crushed by the heavier and heavier burden, which is why Ye Dongqing ate him.

Old Bernard naturally knows how difficult it is to invest, otherwise he would not have embarked on this crooked road, and the expected profit is much less all of a sudden, which means that while dealing with investors, his own profits will be reduced a lot, and it is more troublesome to weigh the pros and cons, because if the performance is poor, the investors will be unhappy, and the performance is good, and he himself will not make money, and the deficit will be difficult to fill.

The good news is that Freshwater Investment Group is still willing to eat such a large sum of money and make a little less, which is much better than continuing to play Ponzi schemes on its own......