Chapter 53: Brother National
Lei Li pulled Liu Qian to the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room, pointed to the red bridge on the blue water not far away, and said: "That's the Golden Gate Bridge, where many American movies have been filmed." We can use the Golden Gate Bridge as a background photo here, big brother, I see you guys playing Weibo is very interesting, I register a Weibo account, can you get me a celebrity certification too?"
The Lei family has always been low-key and does not allow their children to swagger through the market. After Lei Ming broke this rule, Lei Li couldn't help but want to be in the limelight like some wealthy and famous ladies in the United States, and waited for Lei Ming to come back to support her.
Li Rulan glanced at Lei Li and said, "What kind of celebrity are you?"
Lei Li hugged Lei Ming's arm flatteringly and said: "Big brother is now the hottest celebrity in China, I am his sister, and naturally I am also a celebrity." ”
Lei Ming looked at his flattering sister and said with a smile: "Yes, but there will be a lot of trouble in becoming famous, and someone may shoot you outside at any time, how good it is to be free." ”
Lei Li gently shook Lei Ming's arm and said, "It's okay, I'm in the United States anyway." ”
Li Rulan shook her head and said, "Don't mess around, you go to school well, and be careful that your father teaches you." ”
Lei Ming smiled: "In the past few years, I have invested more in the Internet, and it is only a matter of time before it is exposed." Next month, a group buying network I started will be launched in the United States, and it will be as high-minded as domestic Internet companies. If she wants to play Weibo, let her play. ”
Li Rulan also knew that the Lei family was about to be born, and said: "You can play if you want to, but you can't go out of line, otherwise the Internet won't let you touch it in the future." ”
When her wish came true, Lei Li immediately smiled and said, "Great, I will definitely listen to my mother." ”
……
After chatting in the living room for a while, the four of them took a turn around the Lei family's mansion again.
Floor-to-ceiling windows in all directions offer sweeping views of San Francisco.
When looking at the scenery, the four of them also took a lot of photos.
At the urging of Lei Li, Lei Ming logged in to Weibo with his iPhone and posted a set of photos, including Lei Li's single photo, a group photo of Liu Qian and Lei Li, and a group photo of the three of them. Li Rulan doesn't want to be exposed on Weibo, which makes people judge.
"My sister, the little princess of the Lei family, Lei Li. ”
When Lei Ming posted on Weibo, it was already more than two o'clock in the morning in China, but there were still comments from netizens immediately.
"What a pretty girl"
"Big Brother"
"Beautiful, the DNA of the president's family is strong. ”
"Is the president bringing his girlfriend back to the United States?"
"San Francisco, I saw the Golden Gate Bridge"
"The mansion is too domineering, San Francisco is at the foot, and it deserves to be the first Chinese family. ”
"Allow me to call you Uncle"
After Lei Ming posted on Weibo, Lei Li excitedly took the mobile phone and swiped the comments, and said happily while reading: "Everyone says I'm beautiful." ”
Li Rulan shook her head and said, "If there is a good one, there will naturally be a bad one." ”
Lei Li smiled brightly, "I shouldn't have seen the bad one." ”
Lei Ming smiled: "If you have this awareness, you can play Weibo." ”
When the four of them were chatting, several female relatives of the Lei family called to visit Li Rulan.
Hearing Li Rulan say that a few relatives were coming over, Lei Ming immediately said cheekily: "I'm a little tired, why don't I go to rest with Xiaoqian first?"
Li Rulan also wanted Lei Ming to rest more, and said with a smile: "Then you and Xiaoqian go to rest, when they asked, I said that you just came from China and are sleeping with jet lag." ”
"Thank you, Mom, then we'll go back to the room. ”
Seeing that Lei Ming and Liu Qian were leaving, Lei Li immediately said, "I also want to make up for sleep." ”
Li Rulan glared at Lei Li and said, "You sit with me." ”
"Mom is not fair. ”
"You don't want to sit with me?"
"No, I'll accompany you. ”
……
Lei Ming directly pulled Liu Qian back to his room, and said with a smile: "Let's sleep again." ”
"My husband sleeps in your room, I'll go to the guest room to sleep, okay? I'll compensate my husband when I go back." ”
Liu Qian heard that Lei Ming wanted to sleep, kissed Lei Ming on the mouth, and coaxed Lei Ming, in her opinion, Lei Ming was like a child many times, and a little laipi.
Lei Ming hugged Liu Qian and smiled: "It's okay, they won't care about us." ”
Liu Qian was afraid of affecting the Lei family's view of her, so she hugged Lei Ming's neck and said coquettishly: "I won't be able to sleep here, so my husband will let me go back to the guest room." ”
"Okay. ”
Lei Ming also knew Liu Qian's worries, and let go of Liu Qian a little helplessly.
Liu Qian saw that Lei Ming was a little unhappy, so she took the initiative to give Lei Ming a long kiss and said with a smile: "I will definitely compensate my husband when I go back." ”
Lei Ming slapped Liu Qian's buttocks and said with a smile: "Well, wife, go, otherwise I can't help but hug you to sleep." ”
"Hmm. ”
Liu Qian pecked on Lei Ming's mouth again and turned to leave.
Lei Ming was left alone, and he didn't want to sleep, so he lay on the bed and watched the news with his mobile phone.
In the past few days, the whole United States has been reporting a huge financial fraud case.
Bernard Madoff, the former chairman of the NASDAQ, caused $50 billion in losses to investors, including many prominent banks, hedge funds, schools, philanthropic foundations, and many wealthy Jews in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Bernard Madoff is also a legend, in 1960, after graduating from law school, he used the $5,000 he earned as a lifeguard on the beach to found Bernard Madoff Investment and Securities.
In the early '80s, Madoff aggressively promoted over-the-counter electronic trading on Wall Street, moving stock trading from the phone to the computer. At that time, Madoff had become the largest independent securities trading dealer in the United States.
In 1983, Madoff opened an office in London and became one of the first U.S. companies to trade on the London Stock Exchange.
In 1991, Bernard Madoff became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nasdaq. Under his leadership, the NASDAQ became a stock exchange that competed with the New York Stock Exchange, and made great contributions to the listing of Apple, Cisco, Google and other companies on the NASDAQ in the future.
By 2000, Bernard Madoff had approximately $300 million in assets.
In 2001, Madoff was known as one of the top three brokerage firms on the NASDAQ Stock Market to provide listing advice and the third largest brokerage firm on the NYSE.
As a prominent figure on Wall Street, Madoff easily gained the trust of his fellow Jewish billionaires and many investment institutions, taking advantage of a steady income of about 10% per year to continuously attract funds.
Even after the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States turned into a global financial crisis, the global capital market was tight in liquidity, and many of Madoff's victims asked for redemption of investments, and Madoff claimed that the fund remained profitable, and happily gave investors redemption and dividends, but with the spread of the financial crisis, more and more people asked for redemption, and in the first week of December, Madoff accepted a redemption request of $7 billion, at which time Madoff knew that his scam was over.
On the evening of Dec. 10, Madoff's two sons accused him of fraud.
Madoff was arrested the next day.
Wall Street legend who could cost investors $50 billion, including celebrities, banks, hedge funds, asset managers......
All these factors made the Madoff fraud a major event that caused a sensation in the United States.