In March, the stock market was in a state of crash.

Entering April, it was already a breath of despair. You're walking the streets of Silicon Valley at this point, and you might be able to hit three or four engineers with a brick thrown down, because there are hardly any companies that aren't laying off employees.

And sometimes, it's not a matter of whether your personal ability is good or not, it's that the entire department has been laid off, and you only have a deep sense of powerlessness in addition to your powerlessness.

Everything is not in an ordinary state, Li Zhonghong, who connected to the machine, arrived a few minutes late, and he was still running out of breath, as for Fadell and Yang Runling, they are probably still fighting in the company.

Asaka Yu has always longed for the United States, she has never left her homeland, and the United States described on TV and in newspapers is a rich, prosperous and civilized place. It's a pity that she came at the wrong time, Silicon Valley, a place that leads the country in terms of wealth, at this time most of the rich people are not rich at all, but the bankrupts waiting to sell cars and houses.

Walking at the San Francisco airport, there are young talents who are rubbing their heads and being anxious, and there is no shortage of obese men yelling at the phone.

But because it was the first time she arrived, she still felt very fresh, and she didn't feel tired after the journey, just a little unfamiliar, so she held Chen Zier's hand tightly, and she was a little nervous in addition to excitement.

Chen Zier saw that Li Zhonghong's forehead was sweating, but he could imagine how quick it was.

At this point in time, he actually needs to be a little cautious when he comes to Silicon Valley, and there are some angry factors floating in the public sentiment after the stock market crash, and it is people who make money like him who make money, and the drunkards who fall in the middle of the broken wine bottle hate rich people like him.

So bodyguards are indispensable around him, Li Zhonghong has arranged everything, three blacks, two whites, during the special period, it is still necessary to send more people, and it is also cheap...... There are fewer rich people, so do the bodyguards, and the market gets smaller......

The black domineering Cadillac opened the car door to greet today's owner, and after sitting down, Sheng Qianyu was busy enjoying the cityscape of San Francisco outside the window, while Chen Zier said to Li Zhonghong next to him: "What's the urgency today? Why is it so urgent." ”

Lee Jong-hong apologized and replied, "I attended the funeral of a classmate. ”

It didn't seem to be in his ears, Chen Zier nodded his head first, and then reacted, and said in surprise: "Funeral, how old are your classmates?"

Li Zhonghong sighed, "In fact, it is also related to the collapse of the Nasdaq this month, on the 10th of last month, the Nasdaq market hit an all-time high of 5048.62, and then it fell all the way, and it was a plummet, the Federal Reserve entered the interest rate hike cycle, the interest rate was raised from 4% to 6%, the liquidity decreased, and the cash flow of Internet companies was frantically eaten. ”

Chen Zier was silent, his face was indifferent, he didn't want to show people more, but in Li Zhonghong's eyes, he only felt that the little boss's heart was really not ordinarily strong.

Then I heard him say lightly: "I have always paid attention to the Nasdaq, in 1998, the market index just underwent an adjustment into 1300, but then it was like crazy, now this thing must be analyzed for the reason, if you have time to take a look at the 99 Nasdaq, if I remember well, it refreshed at least 50 historical highs in a year, Internet companies lined up to go public, but none of them made a profit, you can enjoy 2-5 times the stock price climb, crazy excessive." ”

Li Zhonghong sighed for the rest of his life, "Fortunately, you didn't believe my 'professional advice' at that time, but fortunately you insisted on your own point of view, and fortunately you are so confident...... Ok......"

Chen Zier patted him on the back, "Okay, calm down, I also need you to calm down." ”

He smiled and shook his head, "Okay, okay." It's really ...... Think about the chill in your back. ”

"I can roughly imagine that kind of scene. Chen Zier said: "You just sit here, before the wealth of hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars a day is increasing, you feel that your life has changed, but in the blink of an eye, in an instant, nothing is gone without warning." ”

"Yes, that's how my classmate drove in such an emotion... He was in a car accident and passed away at the age of 46. ”

Chen Zier was silent, no wonder he said that it was related to the stock market crash. His first thought was suicide, not a car accident.

Li Zhonghong slowly recounted, "A long time ago, he worked at Yahoo, and his job number was in the top 100, when Yahoo was not yet listed, and his dream at that time was simply to become a middle-class American, with a house, two dogs, and a brand new Camry parked in front of the door. Later, Yahoo went public, and his fortune swelled to tens of millions of dollars. To be honest, we all envy him,"

"The story of getting rich overnight is right in front of my eyes, as long as he has worked at Yahoo for 5 years, he can actually convert his nominal wealth into dollars. On April 12, 1996, Yahoo was officially listed, and on March 10, 2000, the Nasdaq collapsed, but unfortunately, it was not enough for 5 years......

"I still remember his state after the listing, the whole person is a kind of floating, not touching the ground, before that he was still very poor, driving a broken Honda, but after the listing, he went to Hillsborough, which is a rich area, each property starts at $2 million, he quickly bought a $4.5 million villa, Honda threw it, replaced it with a Jaguar, from 0 to 100 kilometers, 5 seconds, absolutely push back feeling. ”

"This kind of life, a life that I can't think of is realized all at once, and then suddenly disappears......" Li Zhonghong looked different from the usual him, and at the moment of great changes, he seemed a little chattering. This is also understandable, you don't have to think about it to know that he must have seen a lot of things in the world these days.

Chen Zier also knows that the story told by Lee Jong-hong is like a microcosm of Silicon Valley at this moment, cold, real, and cruel.

Sheng Qianyu was also attracted by his true story, and then looked at the people here as if they were watching hell, this way, she saw at least eight people venting themselves on the public facilities on the side of the road, and there were people who were screaming and crying wildly, if it was usual, she still needed to guess why, now...... Basically, they are bankrupt.

She clasped Chen Zier's hand and said, "If you don't leave the venue early at that time......"

"Don't scare yourself, I have other businesses besides stocks. Chen Zier also said to Li Zhonghong: "Okay, don't talk about it yet." ”

"Okay, I'm sorry, Miss Sheng. ”

Chen Zier noticed some other information, "The rich area of Hillsborough you just talked about, the current house must be cheaper than usual, right?"

"That's for sure. ”

"Hmm...... Okay, you're familiar with this place, help me take a look, I'm going to buy one. ”

Sheng Qianyu heard this and asked, "You are going to live here for a long time?"

"Fool. Chen Zier replied: "I can't stay in a hotel all the time, I have to give you a home everywhere, and listening to Zhong Hong's words, you can also imagine the state of the company's employees, so the purchase of a house is also conveying a kind of 'I didn't evacuate here'." ”

This is not difficult for Li Zhonghong, and he also explained for Chen Zier: "Miss Sheng, in fact, this is also an investment, and for a person like Mr. Chen, the living function of the house is not in the first place. ”

He was right, although Chen Zier did not pay attention to the housing prices here in his previous life, but after all, it is a rich area in Silicon Valley, and a villa is not a joke......