No. 104 Unexpected Christmas Party!

"Boss, are you going to a Christmas party?" asked Pete.

"Yes, this party is a Christmas party for Western bankers who have come to Moscow to invest, and I have to go. The meeting place is at the Metropolitan Hotel, you can help me arrange my clothes and itinerary for the evening. Jia Lei said to Pete.

"Okay, boss! Country Y just sent you a custom New Year's dress, which one are you going to wear today?" asked Pete.

"Let's wear the white suit today!" Jia Lei thought about it and said.

"Actually, I think it's better to wear red! so that you look like Santa Claus?" said the little Jew, touching his new red suit.

"I can't wear such a sassy color, black and white is the best for me. Jia Lei took a look? N'Ser's little Jews said with disdain.

Jia Lei, you little old man, don't understand what fashion is, what is trendy. This outfit will definitely make me the brightest person at the party!" said the little Jew confidently, dusting off his equally red bow tie.

"I don't know if you're fashionable in this dress, but I'm sure you'll be the brightest person at the party when you wear it! Jia Lei said speechlessly.

"What is the color of the traffic light? My dress is the same color as Santa's dress, and this is the latest one in Paris this year. The little Jew said angrily.

"You said this is the latest dress in Paris this year, where did you get the money to buy clothes?" asked Jia Lei puzzled.

"Do I have to pay for my clothes? I took these things directly from your department store, and I told them to keep the accounts, and they don't have to spend a penny!" said the little Jew, looking at his latest watch with satisfaction.

He also took this thing from the department store!

"Little Jew...... Do you know how much this watch costs!" Jia Lei asked through gritted teeth as he looked at the watch in his hand.

"I don't know! I don't have to pay anyway, so I didn't look at the price when I took the things. The little Jew raised his wrist in high spirits and asked.

"This watch costs 200,000 pounds, how can I sell it if you break it! You really don't treat yourself as an outsider, next time there is such a thing, you will die for me!" Jia Lei heard this and picked up the cushions on the sofa and threw them at the little Jew.

"Jia Lei, you're going too far, I'm your special assistant and public affairs manager! The company should reimburse me for my clothing......" The little Jew shouted as he ducked.

"I should reimburse you for ordinary expenses, but no one makes you spend money in a variety of ways all day long! Which company does you think equips its managers with luxury watches?" Jia Lei asked frantically.

"I'm a person who has to go out every day to socialize, and I have to have one or two things to support the scene, and you can't make me wear the same clothes every time!" said the little Jew unconvinced.

"No one asks you to wear the same clothes every time, but you can't just wear all the clothes once! You're a manager and not a model on the catwalk, why does a big man love beauty so much? Just have two or three sets of clothes a quarter!" Jia Lei said angrily.

"Why can't I wear the latest clothes?

"People wear it with their own money, and if you can earn money like them or you were born into a rich family, no one cares what you want! Jia Lei said speechlessly.

"Hmph! If it weren't for the war and confiscation, my grandfather's family would be a well-known family in Pearl Beach, and I would have been a rich kid. The little Jew said unconvinced.

"Come on, your grandfather's family is rich, it was all before the founding of the People's Republic of China! Now there is no nobleman in China who has more than three generations, and your family is just an ordinary worker's family except for the difference in appearance from ordinary Chinese!" Jia Lei said speechlessly.

"Hey...... If only I hadn't gone bankrupt, I'd at least be a millionaire......!

"Are you embarrassed to sigh? Bankruptcy is also your own death, you are embarrassed to blame me! Forget it, I don't care about people with thick faces like you, let's go to the banquet quickly. Jia Lei said speechlessly.

****

Metropole Hotel Moscow is a five-star hotel that was built in 1903 and is a landmark of Moscow.

It has always been the place where celebrities and dignitaries from all over the world stayed when they came to Moscow, and this Christmas party was held in the hotel's banquet hall.

"Mr. Jia is very happy that you are here for this Christmas party, and it is really my honor to have you, a mysterious figure on Wall Street, at this party!" said the manager of the Bank of Boston as he stood at the door.

"What are you talking about, where am I mysterious? The reason why I rarely show up on Wall Street is simply because I have been doing business in Moscow. I've never hidden my identity from you, what a mysterious person. Jia Lei said hello to the owner of the party with a smile.

"That's not right, after you and that Mr. Prince became the new shareholders of Citibank, they acted in two completely different styles! That Prince Waleed acted very ostentatiously, and everywhere he went, he was surrounded by glittering gold, and even the gossip tabloids on the streets of New York knew that he was the new shareholder of Citibank. It's you, and since you've become a shareholder of Citibank, haven't had a newspaper publish your real face!" the Bank of Boston manager quipped.

"We Chinese people are humble and low-key! That's why I don't like to be in the limelight with the media, and Waleed's brother and I have the opposite personality. After all, I'm still a minor. Jia Lei said with a smile.

"Oh! Looks like these media are going to be disappointed again tonight! Rest assured, even if they get your picture, I won't let them get it in the newspaper. The manager of the Bank of Boston immediately said with interest.

"Then I'll thank you in advance! I know you're busy, so I can't bother you, so I'll take my friends in first. Jia Lei said with a smile to the manager of the Bank of Boston.

"Okay! I'll have to greet the other guests now, so we'll talk later. The manager of the Bank of Boston said, and Jia Lei nodded and led the little Jew into the party.

"I thought they had invited me sincerely, and they went to show you off! Now I realize that people don't know who I am, and I have been standing next to you for so long, and they haven't even said a word to me. I should have been stained with your light if I could come here?" asked Jia Lei with a wry smile.

"Whatever you came to be, now that you're standing here, don't put on a bitter gourd face! In this case, even if your house is on fire, you have to smile, otherwise it's easy for people to know your details from your expression! Later, if you follow me, I'll find a suitable opportunity to introduce you to people from other banks. From today onwards, you will officially step into the social circle!" Jia Lei said with an elegant smile on his face and a whispered reminder to the little Jew.

"Well, I see! I wouldn't have worn this dress if I had known it, because the bankers on Wall Street are as boring as you! People here wear either white or black, and no one wears a similar color to my clothes except for the singers on stage." The little Jew glanced at the crowd around him and said with a straight face.

He really can't laugh right now!

"Your clothes are indeed too conspicuous, from the moment you entered the door, I felt like everyone was watching! Jia Lei also said with special regret.

"Young Master Jia, you're here too! I was just going to visit you. A manager from Citibank came over and said.

"Do you have anything to do with me?" Jia Lei frowned and asked him, if there was no matter, the people from Citibank would definitely not come to him.

"The board of directors wants you to attend Citibank's year-end shareholders' meeting, and the chairman would like to consult with shareholders on the direction of Citibank's development in the coming year. Said the manager of Citibank.

"I don't have much interest in Citibank's shareholder meeting and I don't have any comments on the bank's development plan. This is the condition that I promised to the board of directors when I bought the shares! I will not attend this shareholders' meeting, my shares have been authorized to the chairman with full powers, and I will be sent a meeting report after your shareholders' meeting!" Jia Lei said.

"Well, I'll pass on your message to the rest of the board!" the Citibank manager nodded, and he left.

"Jia Lei, since you bought Citibank shares, why don't you go to their shareholders' meeting?" asked the little Jew puzzled.

"What's the use of attending a shareholder meeting at my age, if I point fingers at the board of directors' proposals, it will make people think that I am ignorant and will be ridiculed by other shareholders! Anyway, Citibank's shares are in my hands, and I am not in a hurry! The most important thing for me now is to increase my strength and let myself grow up quickly, and when I am an adult, I will be suitable to participate in this kind of shareholders' meeting." I'm going now, it's just a laughing stock!" Jia Lei explained to the little Jew.

"Why would you give the voting rights of the stock to the chairman of Citibank?" asked the little Jew puzzled.

"Westerners are very wary of us Chinese people, especially the M people who talk about the Chinese threat theory every day, if I really rely on my own shares to point fingers on the board of directors, I will be squeezed out and expelled from the board of directors by others. At that time, even if I have shares, it will be useless!. Jia Lei analyzed the little Jews.

"That's not going to work, that's not going to work!, so what's the use of you buying Citibank stock?" asked the little Jew, twitching at the corners of his mouth.

"Of course it works! If I wasn't a shareholder of Citibank, how could we come to such a high-level party today? Besides, the main reason why I buy Citibank shares is to make money!" Jia Lei said.

"Oh, did you make any money?" asked the little Jew curiously.

At this time, speculation in U.S. stocks was not allowed in China, so Huaxia investors had never heard of U.S. stocks at all.

"Of course I've made money, I'm a well-known small stock god in Mingzhu City, when did I lose money on the stocks I bought!" Jia Lei said proudly.

"And how much did you earn?" asked the little Jew.

"I earned ......" Jia Lei was just about to answer, but he was preempted by another person.

"Congratulations to Master Jia, I just read Citibank's annual report, Citibank's performance has soared this year, and its stock price has soared, rising by 43% in one year!" said the manager of Goldman Sachs Bank.

"The stock price has risen so much, thanks to the efforts of the employees of Citibank, I didn't do anything! Jia Lei replied with a smile.

"How can you say that you didn't do anything? If it weren't for you and His Royal Highness the Prince who took a hand to pull Citibank, they would have gone bankrupt by now! Everyone on Wall Street is there, and you two brothers are the biggest heroes of Citibank in surviving this financial crisis!" The manager of the **** bank also came over and commented.

I bought Citibank stock, and it really just happened. I can't afford such a big credit!" Jia Lei said modestly.

Due to the fact that two well-known investment bank managers gathered in this position, many local businessmen in Moscow immediately gathered around, and everyone was full of energy to talk to these two managers and get the favor of these big foreign investment banks.

"Maple, let's go over there and have some fun, I heard that there are not only investment managers of two big banks, but also a major shareholder of Citibank! If we can get their favor, our business will definitely be better in the future." A Jew said to his companion.

"Oops, I'm a little sick to my stomach, you better go by yourself, I want to go to the bathroom first. Maple suddenly clutched his stomach and said with a pale face.

"Well, go quickly, then, and if you really don't feel well, go to a doctor!" said his companion worriedly.

"I'm fine, it's just that I've eaten a bad stomach! Maple hurriedly waved his hand.

After all, the major shareholder of Citibank is very mysterious and will not show up at the banquet. Even if I can't talk to him this time, I have to at least see what he looks like!" After the Jew finished speaking, he went in the direction of Jia Lei, and Maple hurriedly covered his stomach and walked out of the door.

*****

Jia Lei's side is particularly lively right now, and he and many Wall Street bankers are getting together to discuss the recent situation in Moscow.

Each of these bankers has a big international investment bank behind them or an investment fund in charge, and they represent money in the eyes of ordinary businessmen.

"Well, Moscow is making money, but the country's most profitable companies are held by a few local banks. I don't understand, how do private banks that have only been established for a year or two gain the trust of the government, and they can even collect taxes on behalf of the government?" said the Goldman Sachs banker.

"I don't understand these private banks in Moscow, they don't have much money, but they can get a lot of dollars from the government, and they can expand their speculation more than ten times in just one or two years. This doesn't belong to the category of normal financial transactions, right?" said the manager of **** with a frown.

"If you want to say which of us has the best relationship with the local bank, I'm afraid it will be Master Jia Lei! I wonder if Young Master Jia can give us colleagues some guidance?" The manager of the Swiss Bank came over and asked.

"In fact, the reason why you can't compete with local banks is because of the system, due to the Cold War relationship between country M and country E for nearly 20 years, the people of country E have an ostracism for Wall Street bankers in their bones...... Jia Lei began to analyze the background of local private banks in country E to others, and a group of people discussed it with relish.

"Could you please help me get me another glass of red wine?" The manager of Goldman Sachs Bank casually handed his empty wine glass to the little Jew and instructed him, he seemed to regard the little Jew as Jia Lei's secretary.

"Hmm...... Yes!" The little Jew looked at the glass in his hand and paused before replying.

"How can you do such a thing as pouring wine? You are my friend and not a waiter!" Jia Lei glanced at the wine glass in the little Jew's hand and said with a frown.

"Young Master Jia, I'm sorry! I didn't know that this gentleman was your friend, I originally thought he was from the E country who came to slap my face, so I asked him to help me get the wine. The manager of Goldman Sachs hastened to explain.

"It's just a little misunderstanding, nothing to apologize for! Let me introduce you to him, this Mr. Victor is a good friend of mine, he has just become my public relations manager, please take care of him a little more in the future. Jia Lei pointed to the little Jew and introduced it to the others.

The current scene is a little embarrassing, and Jia Lei had no choice but to take advantage of the situation to push the little Jew to come to him to relieve him, so as not to embarrass the little Jew too much.

****

"I'm really sorry just now, because your clothes are very similar to the singer on stage just now, so you confused the two of you. Please don't mind!" As soon as the people from Goldman Sachs Bank heard Jia Lei say this, they immediately apologized to the little Jew separately.

The singer and the manager of a big company are all two different classes, so he must apologize again for his recklessness.

"It's okay! I'm a lively person, and I usually hate dull colors! It's my own mistake to dress like this on such a serious occasion today. It's normal for me to be mistaken for my untimely outfit, and it has nothing to do with you!" said the little Jew with a smile and a nod of understanding.

Little Jew's generosity won praise from all the bank managers present, and everyone thought he was a very good person to deal with.

"Thank you for your forgiveness! We will be together in the future, this is my business card, please be sure to accept it." The manager of Goldman Sachs Bank took out his business card from his pocket and handed it over.

However, he first handed the business card in his hand to Jia Lei, and then took another one and handed it to the little Jew.

"By the way, this is my business card! Let's exchange it too, so that it is easy to contact each other in the future. When the others saw this, they also took out their business cards and exchanged them with the little Jews.

Exchanging business cards on occasions like this is a necessary process, and the so-called connections are connected by a small business card, which is also the purpose of most people attending business banquets!