Chapter 730: Thunder Fund

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After discussing the future direction and steps of Phoenix Bank with Guo Shouyun, Stephen Bryan left San Francisco the next morning.

The Cold Hill Villa is built around the low hills that extend from the San Francisco Peninsula, and three different estates are built in the east, west, and back. In the middle of the three courtyards, a mound about 50 meters high and surrounded by greenery is divided into different parts, which are connected to each other by a hardened road that surrounds them.

After five years of construction, the brain of Guo Shouyun's global business empire is not only beautiful, but also a place with a higher level of security than the US military base.

Especially in the backyard of the Hanshan Villa, the three major institutions of the Bruce Foundation, the Guo Family Foundation and the Thunder Fund, plus Guo Shouyun's office, the security is strict, not to mention that a fly and mosquito don't want to fly in, but it is not much worse. Every year, Guo Shouyun invests more than 5 million US dollars in it, and it is naturally solid.

The front building of the backyard of the Hanshan Annex, the office area of the Thunder Fund.

Zhang Shaoling, head of the Solomon department, Qin Zhicheng, head of the centaur department, Michael Barry, head of Sun Geng Capital, John Lusmi, head of the unicorn department, and four core members of the Thunder Fund sat next to Guo Shouyun.

After reading all the financial statements, Guo Shouyun nodded with satisfaction.

"You've done a great job, outperforming almost all investment institutions in the world with a net return of 23.4% in the third quarter. The total assets of the fund climbed to US$119 billion, and the proportion of its own capital reached US$26.061 billion, accounting for .9%. So, you're free from today?"

The four of them looked at each other, and John Lusmi said tentatively, "What do you mean?"

"What, don't you think it's too crowded here?" said Guo Shouyun.

With his complete decentralization and the continuous expansion of the scale of the fund, Zhang Shaoling needs more and more analysts, traders, lawyers and other professionals. Today, the number of regular employees of the entire Thunder Fund has exceeded 600. Letting them squeeze into the office area of less than 2,000 square meters in the front building of the Hanshan Courtyard is really not worthy of their achievements.

"You mean we can move our office to another place?" asked Zhang Shaoling in a surprised tone.

"What, do you really want to leave?"

"This, haha!"

Facing the deep eyes of the big boss, Zhang Shaoling's neck shrank and smiled. But even so, his expression said it all.

In fact, it's not just him, except for Michael Barry, who is withdrawn by nature, no one likes the backyard of the Hanshan Villa, which is strictly managed and has to go through two or three inspections when entering and exiting.

Guo Shouyun smiled, "Okay, I won't tease you." Picked up a document and handed it to the four people, "A total of 8,600 square meters of office space on the sixth, seventh, and eighth floors of the Pan American Pyramid Building, Xiaojing has already negotiated it for you, and you will pay the rent yourself, and move the company over this weekend." ”

"Pan America, this is the San Francisco CBD, the boss is really willing!" Zhang Shaoling said with a smile.

"You earn it all for yourself. Of course, if you don't like it, I can give you another location. ”

All four, including Michael Barry, shook their heads in unison.

For a private equity firm, the company's headquarters is the face of the company. If you tell a new client that I am one of the top 10 private equity investment institutions in the United States, but the company's headquarters is in the fringe of the city, how can you convince others that you have the strength of the top 10?

That's why large corporations, especially financial institutions, like to locate their headquarters in the city's core business district.

"Okay, I've called you over today, mainly about the relocation of the Thunder Fund headquarters, if you have no problem, you can leave now to prepare. Guo Shouyun said.

After the four of them looked at each other for a moment, Qin Zhicheng said, "In terms of investment, don't you have any medicine to explain?"

In normal times, Guo Shouyun will communicate with them about the investment focus in the next stage, the positions of gold, oil, futures, and the warning line.

Guo Shouyun shook his head, "The reason why I let you leave here is because you already have enough ability. I don't need to say anything more, you can do a great job of investing. Therefore, unless there is a big loss, or I have some big action that requires your cooperation, I will not interfere in the operation of the Thunder Fund again. In addition, starting today, Solomon, Unicorn, Centaur and Descendants Capital are the four sub-funds of the Thunder Fund, and you are responsible for your respective companies and have independent jurisdiction. In the future, it is up to you how you develop and how much you get in return. ”

The four of them looked at each other, and there was some silence for a while.

"Why, how to have more power and more autonomy over your own business, isn't this something you've always longed for?

"It's so sudden, I'm completely unprepared!"

Qin Zhi became enlightened.

The three of them nodded in agreement.

"Well, just get used to it. After speaking, Guo Shouyun stood up and began to rush people, "Okay, let's go back and prepare if it's okay." I have other work to do. ”

"Boss, I have a question here that you need to agree to. ”

Michael Barry said suddenly.

The crowd looked at him in amazement, accustomed to the withdrawn Michael Barry not saying a word in group meetings. It's a bit surprising to suddenly open your mouth now.

Guo Shouyun was also surprised: "It's rare for you to take the initiative to speak, what's the matter?"

"I plan to sell all the assets such as gold and futures held by my descendants and grandchildren. ”

"Why?"

"The U.S. housing market is moving very fast, and I want to put my money into CDO and CDS bonds based on real estate loans. ”

Looking at the man standing in front of him with a hint of stiffness in his silent expression, Guo Shouyun's eyes narrowed slightly. He knew the name Michael Barry because of the subprime mortgage crisis that shook the global economy three years later. In this crisis, the children and grandchildren of the capital he operated doubled the net gains. Although the scale of Descendants Capital is limited and not comparable to Goldman Sachs, in terms of net return on investment, Descendants Capital far exceeds Goldman Sachs.

"Don't you think it's a little early?" Guo Shouyun pondered for a moment before suddenly raising his head and asking.

"The sooner, the more chance!"

Michael Barry showed a serious hint of wisdom.

Guo Shouyun's comprehensive understanding of Michael Barry shows that in terms of financial talent alone, he is better than Qin Zhicheng, Zhang Shaoling and John Lusmi. This can be seen from the net return of 44.7% in the first three quarters of this year.

If it weren't for the fact that he limited the size of the fund of the children and grandchildren under his management to $5 billion, then he would have been the one who made the most money and had the highest rate of return under the Thunder Fund.

"I agreed. But you have to think about how to explain it to your customers!"

Michael Barry nodded. In fact, needless to say, just looking at the money he has made for these clients in the past few years is enough to make them believe in his investment sense.

Qin Zhicheng, Zhang Shaoling and John Lu Simi, who saw the full name of the conversation between the two, each showed a touch of thought on their faces. They are all experienced top financial elites. I was able to analyze some different news from the conversation between the two. But none of them opened their mouths to ask. After all, although everyone is a colleague, they are also competitors to each other when they manage a fund. Unless it is a matter of lucrative benefits, no one wants to.

Watching the four of them leave in turn, Guo Shouyun touched his chin and smiled: "I'm really looking forward to their next performance." However, that will also be for later. Without Thunder here, the backyard of the Hanshan Villa is much quieter. ”

"Boss, it's time for us to go!"

Wang Jue walked over and reminded.

"I almost forgot!" After taking the coat handed over by Wang Jue and putting it on, Guo Shouyun turned around and walked out of the room. 8)