Chapter 170: The Queen of Finance

Founded in 1848, the Chicago Board of Trade is located in the bustling area of Russell Street, which is not only the world's leading futures and options exchange, but also the world's largest derivatives trading center.

After drinking a glass of water, she pressed her eyebrows all the way to the back of the desk, because her shoulders were very sore, she stretched her waist, did not sit down, and took two steps forward to stand in front of the transparent glass curtain wall.

Looking at it condescendingly, it seems to be in the night sky of the clouds, looking at the world with cold eyes, slowly exhaling a breath, and the humble sense of loss in my heart that was swept away by the silver star can't help but fade a little.

In the elevator of the exchange, Su Li flipped through the financial magazines he picked up from downstairs with great interest, "Brother Huo, look, don't talk about these professional magazines, it seems that even the air molecules in this city are looking forward to tomorrow's financial summit, make a bet, I bet that the desk of Canghai will be full of plans." ”

Huo Jingchen put his hands in his trouser pockets, his eyes fell on the display screen, watching the elevator rise rapidly layer by layer, his thin lips shallowly outlined a perfect arc, and he did not reply.

On the forty-second floor, when the door opened, the two men who let out a sigh looked at each other and laughed.

In the functional office area of the futures exchange, the lights are bright, but in addition to the large potted green plants that decorate the interior and corridor, the entire open space is empty, only the sound of central air conditioning is heard, but the door of the manager's office of the trading department is wide open, the computer on the desk is still on, and there are five or six documents on the desktop.

This scene is enough to show that Lin Zien has not left yet, but has temporarily left his seat.

Su Li shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, smacking his tongue and sighing, "Tut-tut, Canghai is really still so diligent." ”

The faint sound of disturbed footsteps, with imperceptible embarrassment, came from somewhere in the space, from far and near, and finally stopped at the door of the office.

Huo Jingchen immediately turned around, and his happy gaze met a pair of stunned eyes.

The two looked at each other for three seconds.

"Canghai," Huo Jingchen walked a few steps, ignoring Su Li who was smiling and groaning next to him, and his fingertips of pity couldn't help but caress her faintly tired face, "I heard Su Li say that your position is both important and complicated, and you are still working overtime so late, are you tired today?"

When Lin Zien heard him say this, he twitched the corners of his mouth, because he intuitively felt that he had something to say, so he avoided the topic and asked instead, "Why are you here?"

Huo Jingchen looked at her gently, the corners of his mouth slowly hooked, as if he was smiling, but his eyes were a little more doting, and he said softly, "Looking for you." ”

"Yes, you said that you didn't get off work so late and didn't answer our calls, can we not come to you?" Su Li took over and complained, and didn't forget to quip, "Canghai, it's time to get off work, and the entire exchange is working overtime on your own, as far as I know, you managers don't have overtime pay." ”

Lin Zien smiled disappreciatively, "If I don't answer your call, my phone is silent and I don't hear it." I haven't even thought about overtime pay, but I'm worried that I've been an unemployed vagrant, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to keep up with the rhythm here, so as not to have to work overtime to get familiar with my responsibilities as soon as possible. With that, she bypassed Huo Jingchen and returned to her seat, quickly closed the file, turned off the computer, grabbed her handbag and said with a smile, "Okay, you can go now, what do you want to eat, I have a treat tonight." ”

"Okay, I'm hungry for a long time, since you're in for a treat, let's go eat Italian food." Su Li took a step forward unceremoniously, took Lin Zien's arm and walked out.

"Brother Su," Huo Jingchen looked up at Su Li, his eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth hooked upward, and he spoke slowly, "I'm going to dine alone with Canghai tonight." ”

"What about me?" Su Li's eyes were pitiful, like a puppy who had been abandoned for dinner and had no land, "For the sake of the big meal invited by Canghai, don't call me Brother Su now, it's useless to call me crispy breasts." ”

"Brother Su," Huo Jingchen called again, "This trick is only suitable for your girlfriend." ”

Yo, this is trying to cross the river and tear down the bridge?

He Su Li is not the Lei Feng-style free bridge!"Huo Jingchen, why didn't you say that when you asked me to bring you in just now?"

"Oh, I wanted to talk about it, I almost forgot, I just landed on a bottle of red wine in the back seat of Brother Su's car," Huo Jingchen smiled and looked at Su Li with a hesitant face, "That bottle of 89-year-old Chateau Haut-Brion Pessac was originally left to be drunk at night, if Brother Su likes it, I will give it to you, if you don't like it, then we will go to dinner together and drink it." ”

"Chateau Haut-Brion Pessac in '89?" Su Li's eyes lit up when he heard it, "Oh, I suddenly remembered that Mr. Yun's explanation is not over yet, Canghai, forget about eating, that, I'll go first, see you later." After speaking, he immediately let go of the arm holding Lin Zien, turned around and strode out.

Seeing Su Lila open the door and disappear quickly, Lin Zien looked at the person in front of him in surprise, and just wanted to say something...... Huo Jingchen stretched out his arms around her shoulders, and his faint thin lips curved into a shallow arc, "Let's go." ”

"Why did you ask Su Li to bring you over?" As soon as he walked into the elevator, Lin Zien asked suspiciously.

"I've been with Su Li all afternoon, and I can't get rid of him. Huo Jingchen's deep eyes suddenly had a little more smile, "Aren't you going to tell me that you signed a letter of appointment?"

Lin Zien's face flushed, this was a bit unreasonable in advance, but he couldn't hide it, and it took a while before he mustered up the courage to nod, which was regarded as acquiescing to his question.

Huo Jingchen bent his lips, there was no sign of anger on Junlang's face, and an unfathomable smile flashed in his dark eyes, close to her ear, meaning comforting, "It's okay, just be happy." ”

The next day, the long-awaited financial summit was successfully held on the Chicago Board of Trade as scheduled.

At half past eight, when she arrived at the entrance of the conference room, Lin Zien saw a few familiar faces from China's financial circles as scheduled, and couldn't help but have her eyelashes half drooping, and her heart was full of emotion, especially when she passed by Director Wen of the Futures Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Director Wen cast an appreciative gaze on her, which made her immediately think of the treasury bond futures incident a year ago, and her heart was suddenly mixed。

"Canghai-" Lin Zien was sad, and suddenly an intimate shout came from behind, she took away her emotions and looked back, and saw her grandfather Yun Xiaotian walking in with Su Li, "What you want to do today is the queen of the financial world, not the Cinderella sent by the stepmother, why don't you enter the venue and welcome people here?"

"How can I welcome people, I just saw a familiar face, chatted a few words, and was a little emotional for a while. Lin Zien hid all his emotions in his eyes, and smiled indifferently at his grandfather, "Let's go, let's go in." ”

Yun Xiaotian nodded, his eyes motioned for his granddaughter to hold his arm, and he didn't seem to shy away from taking his granddaughter to talk and laugh and walk straight to the venue, because they arrived a little late, so they didn't meet many people along the way, and those who occasionally greeted were all friends of Yun Xiaotian, after all, Yun Canghai, who has been Lin Zien for eight years, rarely accompanied Yun Xiaotian to show up, and her identity as Yun Xiaotian's granddaughter is rarely known, so there are not many people in this circle who know her, and those people look at her eyes in surprise. envy, and even many people brought a bit of inquiry.

Of course, Lin Zien didn't have time to care about this, and after entering the venue, she suddenly found that she didn't know what was wrong, and her grandfather's seats were actually arranged at the same table - for this, she remembered that the original Chicago Board of Trade was adjacent to the New York Board of Trade, and her grandfather's position should be separated from her by at least two tables.

This is actually a problem that the organizer has made a mistake, but Lin Zien didn't bother to care, just smiled and sat down. Who knows, after sitting down, her assistant walked over with a middle-aged man with a raw face, although the expression on the man's face seemed calm, but he was clutching a note tightly in his hand.

Lin Zien glanced up at the assistant and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?"

"Mr. Lin, it's like this. The Chinese assistant in a formal suit looked around, then lowered his head and covered his mouth with his hands, and said softly, "Mr. William's plane back to Chicago in the morning had some problems, and it just landed, and the secretary said that Mr. William was rushing from the airport to this side, but there was a traffic jam on the road, and it was estimated that it would be around ten o'clock." ”

This has nothing to do with her, but what does the assistant mean to her? Lin Zien was a little puzzled, so he looked at the man and said in an inquiring tone, "Well, then what?"

The financial summit, the venue of the meeting was chosen at the Chicago Board of Trade, which can be said to be enough to give the Chicago Futures Exchange face, because several executives in the Institute of International Finance went out here, out of some feelings, before the meeting began, arranged a few minutes for the Chicago Futures Exchange representatives to speak on stage, and the original speaker was not only the exchange's **OSS, but also one of the 20 directors of the exchange, Mr. William.

"The meeting is about to begin, and Mr. William will probably not be able to make it. Mr. Steve had negotiated with the organizers before, and wanted to try to move the time to speak, but the organizers meant that the schedule of this meeting was very tight and could not be changed at will, and if Mr. William could not speak on time, we could find a suitable representative to replace it, otherwise, it could only be cancelled. ”

As the only representative who accompanied Mr. William to attend the meeting, Lin Zien understood what the other party meant as soon as she heard it, and after a slight hesitation, she stretched out her hand, "Bring the speech." ”

The middle-aged man handed over the note he was dragging in his hand, the expression on his face was obviously relieved, and he said in a skillful Chinese, "Miss Lin, you are going to speak in about five minutes, if there is anything unclear in the manuscript, you bring it up, and I will answer it for you now......"

(Tianjin)