Chapter 184: The King of Commodities
That night, Giovanne and his entourage arrived in Beijing from Xiangjiang, and Jonas had already booked a high-end room at the Capital Hotel, and they checked in directly after they arrived.
From Europe to Asia, a seven-hour time difference, at the Tan family cuisine in the restaurant in the evening, they sat at a large table of twenty people and shared the food.
This night, even Neuer, Helen and Joseph, who usually don't drink, drank a glass or two of wine today, just to get a better night's sleep.
Jonas was no exception, he and Prov drank a bottle of Moutai, while the others couldn't stand the pungency of Moutai.
But the next morning, just after dawn, he woke up.
After washing up, they opened the door and came out, and Susanna's bodyguard, who was sitting at the end of their room, looked over. "Jonas, is there anything you need?"
"Plov, they haven't changed shifts with you yet?"
He looked at his watch and said, "The time we agreed on is seven o'clock in the morning. ”
Jonas nodded and said, "You don't need to be too tight in this country, in a way, it's one of the safest countries in the world." ”
He smiled and asked, "Are you going to go out?"
"It's still early, I'm going to ask for some newspapers to come back and read. If you don't go out, you don't have to worry about me. ”
"I'll help you. ”
"No, no, no, I want to move my body too. ”
I went to the hotel front desk to get all kinds of newspapers for today, and just returned upstairs, and when I was about to enter the door, the door to Hannah's room opened. "Jonas, help me to the hotel to complain, early in the morning, there was a bastard starting a motorcycle in the parking lot and it made me sleep. ”
"I'm going to warn each other myself now......"
In Switzerland, noise is not allowed in public or in private.
Some hotels with strict management are not even allowed to use the toilet after 10 o'clock in the evening, let alone take a shower.
But in Huaxia, basically no one cares about this.
Hearing the commotion, Kaeya Young opened the door and said to Jonas, "Jonas, I'll go with you." ”
Jonas nodded and led Kaia Young to the hotel lobby, where he first told the security guard on duty about the noise in the parking lot, and then followed him to the parking lot.
In a corner of the parking lot, a man in a knight's suit was tossing a motorcycle full of luggage, probably from a fall that caused some leakage in the exhaust pipe.
The Chinese security guard spoke a little English and said in English, "Sir, please stop." "It's just that his momentum is a little too weak, and there is no deterrent at all.
Jonas could also understand him, and he did not dare to offend any of the guests who stayed here.
The man crouching next to the motorcycle looked up and said with some frustration: "There is something wrong with my BMW." ”
The security guard didn't understand and turned his head to look at Jonas.
Jonas saw the other party's appearance clearly, and couldn't help but sigh a little secretly that this world was really too small.
He opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Jim Rogers, I'm glad to meet you in Huaxia, thousands of miles away, but can you turn off the BMW first?"
Jim Rogers froze, turned off the bike, and then turned to look at Jonas.
He was a little shocked to be recognized by a stranger in a foreign land, but he soon recognized Jonas as well.
At the age of 42 this year, he may be traveling in China on a motorcycle, and he does not have the solemnity of an investor, but looks a bit like a hippie.
"Wow, you're Jonas Hoffman, the youngest rich man known as the 'Door God'. ”
Jonas held out his hand and said, "I'm just a lucky one compared to you. ”
He took off his gloves, shook Jonas' hand and said, "Nice to meet you......
Jim Rogers, the world's most famous international investor, founded the Quantum Fund with Soros at the age of 28, with Soros in charge of operations and he in charge of analysis.
In 80, he parted ways with Soros and started investing on his own. And his vision is no worse than Soros, and Soros and Buffett are called "the world's three major investors." ”
Moreover, he is fundamentally different from Soros, who is biased towards style on the surface, but in fact he has always been the standard-bearer of Armenia, exporting Armenian cultural consciousness and value system to the outside world.
But Rogers stood on the opposite side of him, stood on the side of China, and even moved his family to Singapore, lived in China for a long time, and was rooted in China.
Moreover, his investment is not limited to finance, and he is more inclined to commodities in the later period, so he is also known as the "commodity king".
He most admired the words of the historian Toynbee: The nineteenth century belonged to Britain, the twentieth century belonged to the United States, and the twenty-first century belonged to China.
What Jonas remembers most clearly is that he gave birth to two daughters after the new century, and these two daughters are not only smart and clever, learning Chinese from an early age, but also have been educated according to the oriental model, so that they have oriental ideology.
From the child's education, it can be seen that he is firmly on the side of Huaxia in terms of investment and position.
In addition to being a well-known investor, he is also a traveler, writer, and adventurer.
He has traveled around the world by car twice, the first time six years later, riding a BMW motorcycle for more than 100,000 kilometers.
The second time was in the mid-nineties, traveling most of the places except the South Pole in a Mercedes station wagon.
Jonas looked at the motorcycle and the luggage on it and asked, "Mister Rogers, is this preparing for a long trip?"
He nodded and said: "I am going to travel to Chang'an and Xichuan by car, but the division is not good, the motorcycle is crooked just now, the exhaust pipe is deformed, and it needs to be corrected." ”
Jonas laughed, "Then I should be grateful for this accident, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get to know Mister Rogers." ”
Rogers shook his head with a smile and said, "To be able to meet in the far east, I can't leave today, so it's better to go and have a drink." ”
"Since you have come to Huaxia, of course you should enjoy the fragrant tea here, I bought a pack of Longjing at the Friendship Store last night, why don't you go and taste it now." ”
Rogers nodded and said to his two subordinates, "I'm going to find someone to help me fix my motorcycle today, and I hope it won't delay tomorrow's departure." ”
Although he is traveling in China on a motorcycle, he does not know Chinese, so he must have a translator and at least one bodyguard, and these two subordinates should help him solve his worries.
Jonas couldn't help but ask, "Doesn't it mean that people of foreign descent can only visit the designated area when they enter China?"
Rogers laughed: "This year, Huaxia has loosened some restrictions, and people of foreign descent can go to more places and are more free. I believe that China will be more prosperous in the future. ”
Jonas deliberately asked, "Mr. Rogers is also optimistic about the development of Huaxia?"
Rogers asked rhetorically, "Aren't you the same?"
Jonas shook his head with a smile and didn't answer his words.
Although in his heart, he recognized Rogers very much, but after all, when they met for the first time, many words could not be put into their hearts.
Rogers had already checked out, and they went to Jonas's room together, only to meet Neuer, and they all got up, a group of children were noisy, ready to visit the Forbidden City.
Rogers was a little surprised to see this, and Neuer was even more surprised to see Rogers, not understanding how Jonas had come downstairs and brought back a man who didn't look serious at all.
"Are you really traveling with your family?"
Jonas smiled and asked, "What do you think? If it weren't for the noise of your motorcycle waking up my grandmother, we wouldn't have seen this meeting." ”
Rogers pondered for a moment and said, "Jonas, since this was an unexpected meeting, I think we should both be ready for another formal meeting?"
Jonas knew that he had been suspicious at first, but now that things were not as he had thought, he wanted to be a little more prepared to negotiate again.
But how could Jonas give him this opportunity, and instructed Kaia Young to say: "You go and tell Laken that he will lead the tour of the Forbidden City today, and I want to talk to Mister Rogers today." ”
Facing Rogers, he added: "I know that you have decided not to invest with others since you began to have differences with Soros in terms of investment direction, but even the best investors in the world should have their own allies, or friends." ”
Hearing Jonas's words, Rogers stared at Jonas for about two seconds, then said with a smile: "If there is one more me in the team, I personally think that it is better to visit the Forbidden City together than to stay in the room." ”
Jonas asked, "Have you had breakfast?"
Rogers looked at his watch and said, "I just have to arrange some business, how about we meet again at half past eight?"
"I'll see you later. ”
Leaving the door of Jonas's room, Rogers hurried to the front desk of the hall. "Give me a room where you can make international calls, please hurry. ”
Leaving his papers, he went back to the parking lot and said to his interpreter, "I'll leave the motorcycle repair to you, Jason, help me find the box with the phone book, I'll want it now." ”
Jason found his suitcase, he took two steps, and then turned back and asked, "How much do you know about Jonas Hoffman, whom you just met?"
'He's the best player. ”
"He had been in love with two princesses. ”
Rogers shook his head, turned around and left, all they knew was the big road news, and they were not as good as themselves!
If you want to know more, you still need to ask people in the industry.
The young man gave him a very different feeling, and he mentioned cooperation, allies, which were the things that Rogers needed to strengthen the most right now.
He has an investment bank with assets under management of more than two billion yuan, and a private bank, such a person is definitely a very suitable partner.
But now, he knows too little about this partner......
(Do you think it was Rogers? The summer of '84 happened to be the first time he traveled to China, riding a BMW cruising motorcycle.) )