Chapter 999: I Can't Really Hedge (560 Monthly Pass Plus Update)
"Brother Da Jiang bit my mouth today, I asked him to bite it, and you often bite my sister's mouth!" Hei Yu basically ignored Rada and Singh, and was busy reporting to Hong Tao what she and Da Jiang had done.
"Yo Yo Yo ...... Heiyu, you don't have to talk about this kind of thing to your brothers and sisters in the future, and you won't talk to others! Go, take your two sisters to familiarize themselves with our yard. Hong Tao hurriedly covered Hei Yu's mouth, okay, this person is too honest and scary.
"Calm down, what are you angry with Black Rain...... You have to go, I won't say it, you are all my ancestors, don't cry or cry, be careful to let them see it. When Hei Yu walked away with Radha and Singh, Hong Tao began to coax Han Xue again. This woman has also grown into the best, the older she gets, the more she looks like a child, and she sheds tears when she says it, this is venting her grievances, or she can't say it, she can only coax.
There was nothing to do all night, and Hong Tao went back to his parents' house early the next morning, and heard Han Xue say that the yard would be cleaned today, and the study would be rearranged and turned into a bedroom. When will Hong Tao not run at this time, he can see how Han Xue cleans, lying on the ground and licking with his tongue, as long as there is sand and teeth, then he has to wipe it again, leaving 4 women in the yard to toss as much as they like, out of sight is clean.
Surprisingly, my parents were not at home, and looking at the state in the kitchen, it should have not caught fire for several days. After calling and asking my uncle, I found out that my mother had taken my father to Shanghai for a trip, and he had been walking for a week, and he didn't know when he would come back. It seems that parents have also been influenced by themselves and have begun to try to live their own lives and no longer focus all their attention on themselves. That's right. Hong Tao felt that this was a good thing and must be encouraged. Since his mother's car was not suitable for long-distance travel, he immediately called Han Yan. Let her go to Germany to buy a few Mercedes-Benz G-class off-road vehicles, and then import them to China in the name of the mouse factory.
This kind of car Hongtao has driven and sat in Boeing, and it feels good. Although it is heavy, tall and big, it is not effortless to drive, and it is also equipped with automatic transmission, disc brake system and airbags, and the safety performance is top-notch. As for their strange appearance like a square iron box, Hong Tao thinks it's quite powerful. It's easy to use, appearance doesn't matter, it's just a tool, not a target.
The disadvantage is that the price is expensive and the fuel consumption is high! But Hong Tao can already ignore these problems, if he gets out of the way of the tank, he will definitely buy a few tanks for his parents and himself to drive, the richer he is, the more afraid of death! Except for the adventure challenge, that is, he will die. That's why it's weird!
If you really want to say that the practical disadvantage is that there is no 4S shop or the like in China for this kind of car, maintenance and accessories is a big trouble, but Hong Tao has a way to overcome it. Don't you want Swallow to sell a few more cars back? If you need to change parts, you will dismantle other cars, and if you can't repair them, you will return to the factory, and then drive another car! Most of the difficulties are no longer difficulties, just like buying a bicycle in later generations. Who would consider that it is easy to repair and not easy to repair, and it is broken...... Who wants to work hard for that little money?
Since the parents are not at home. Then go to Grandpa's house. Although the old couple has their own grandson and granddaughter, they still love Hong Tao the same, and take out their treasured good food, good cigarettes, and good wine, for fear of losing Hong Tao's mouth. As for other aspects, they can't help Hong Tao much, and they can't let them talk to Hong Tao about the international form.
Speaking of international shì, there are indeed a lot of big things happening this year. Clinton won the election and was about to be re-elected, which Hong Tao had already nodded to when he was in the United States, and Ah Shan even participated in his campaign reception in New York on behalf of Crystal Orchid Capital and Aigo, and donated a campaign fund to him along with Lister Bank. When the village chief of the village takes office, everyone has to gather together to congratulate him, and there is nothing strange about the boss of the family being a president, so it is not strange to pay some money.
And then there is a guy named Soros, the first time Hong Tao heard his name in his life was in October this year, Joseph Sr. reported to Hong Tao, two people from the hedge fund privately approached him, planning to private fund from Lister Bank. Joseph said that they were going to make big moves, and one of them was Soros, and Joseph Sr. and he knew him well, and there had been business contacts before.
As soon as he heard this name, Hong Tao remembered a major event in his mind, the financial crisis that swept through Asia in '97! Every country in Thailand was beaten down by this Soros, and he returned to the pre-liberation period overnight, and then there was Hong Kong, which was almost won by him. Originally, Hong Tao thought that he was involved in this matter with a quantum fund, and he always thought that this person was a god-like figure, but after listening to Joseph Sr., he realized that it was indeed Soros who rushed to the front, but behind him, there were a large number of famous hedge funds in the world cooperating with him, including Bridgewater United Fund, Paulson Company, and Renaissance Technology.
What the hell is a hedge fund, Hong Tao still hasn't figured it out, and he doesn't want to figure it out. That thing is too professional, too brain-consuming, and too scary, and Hong Tao, the little heart of an ordinary person, can't play that kind of high-IQ, high-tech game at all. However, he consulted with Joseph that if he came up with $4 or $5 billion to make trouble with these hedge funds and admit it at a loss, it would not matter if he lost it all, he just wanted the other party to pay a painful price. Joseph's answer was very simple, he said that he did not have this ability, and he had never heard of anyone who had this ability, if Hong Tao really did this, not only would the money he invested in it become the other party's profits, but he would not plan to mix it up in the United States or even all of Europe.
Most of these hedge funds are not registered in the United States, most of them are offshore companies, and it can be said that financial institutions in any country in the world cannot fully supervise them. The most terrifying thing is that they are all private equity funds, many of them are friends, they can't even sign contracts, they only need to meet and chat a few words, and millions of dollars will flow into the fund account. And these investors involve politicians, super-rich, big families, and big conglomerates in Europe and the United States, and the specific ones are top secrets, and Soros's generation is just the actual operators who stand in the foreground. If someone dares to stand up against them, whether they win or lose, that person will be in bad luck.
Hong Tao thought about it, too, he couldn't even play Nima's most basic stocks, and he licked his face to snipe at other people's hedge funds, and Dauntless didn't do that, this is called ignorance! Besides, even if he is not afraid of losing money or retaliation, he must have talents in this area to play, and even Joseph, the most professional financial talent he knows, said that he can't play, so there is really no trick. However, Hong Tao didn't completely let go, he said to Han Xue, let Hong Kong's astronomical companies keep an eye on it, housing prices have fallen almost, so he will buy it, as long as it is a luxury house, buy it openly, and if someone sells it, it can be regarded as making a little contribution to stabilizing the Hong Kong financial market.
This time period Hong Tao put between the end of 97 and the first half of 98, he can't remember the specific time of the rise and fall of Hong Kong's housing prices, but as Hong Kong's return to China is getting closer and closer, the escape is almost gone, and the foreign capital that should be withdrawn is almost withdrawn. Of course, he can know the general trend of the future generations, which is also the main reason, otherwise you will not dare to trust your own judgment if you think about it. There are more smart people in the world, but there are very few people who are smart, decisive, bold, and executive. And not all of these talents can become the ultimate success, because there is another thing in it that is also very important, and that is luck!
Hong Tao's luck is not good now, he caught up with his little uncle and Gao Yan to quarrel over their precious son. The reason for the incident is very simple, Hu Mingfan broke his grandfather's bird cage, and as a result, the wren inside pecked hard, and his fingers were broken. A boy who is almost 5 years old, it is normal to be naughty and mischievous, and it is normal to bump and bump, Hong Tao almost did not have traces of purple potion on his body for a day when he was a child, what is so strange?
But Gao Yan was distressed and quit, forcing her uncle to drive her son to the hospital to check the wound, and she had to go to the Friendship Hospital to find a specialist. Hong Tao kept obliquely watching the two of them circle around a little kid, and grandma and grandpa stopped him and didn't allow him to go out of the house to help. After the two came back from the hospital, the family got a table of dishes from the Zhangjiafu restaurant in the front yard and started to eat, at which time Gao Yan began to mumble again. One would say that there were too many birds at home and it would be noisy, and then that the birds had this and that infectious disease, and the implication of the words was to let grandpa deal with all these birds, so as not to hinder the healthy growth of her son.
"Have you burned too much money over the years? You even dare to take care of my grandfather's raising birds, and you know how many bowls of dry rice you can eat? Uncle, if she said that day that my grandfather is also a factor that hinders your son's healthy growth and has to be dealt with, are you also so stuffy and pretending to be a fool?" Hong Tao didn't plan to talk too much, but the little uncle's egg-cowardly bag actually pretended not to hear anything, and pushed the contradiction directly to grandma and grandpa, so that grandma had to persuade grandpa to give away these birds another day. Don't say it's his uncle, even if his parents do this, Hong Tao can't bear it, this is too bullying, he really regards himself as the master......!