Chapter 113: Acting on the Spot
On Sunday, the 66th floor of the Chuanpu Building. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
THE WALL STREET HIGH SOCIETY PARTY HELD IN THE NAME OF DONALD WAS HELD HERE.
The Chuanpu Building is a 70-story office building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and the name is Chuanpu Building, but in fact, the builders of the building had nothing to do with Donald. Because this house was built in 1931, it was the second tallest building in the United States at that time.
Donald just took advantage of the fact that the hot money in the United States fell to the West Coast and the East Coast real estate prices due to the Silicon Valley frenzy in 96, and he picked up the leaks and became a second-hand dealer, and then completely renovated it. (At that time, it happened to be the time when the Internet boom was heating up)
Now, seven years later, Donald has earned at least five or six times the appreciation of this building.
The top three floors of the house were converted by Donald into his own residence and that of his family. The fourth and fifth floors from the bottom are where he holds his banquet. Below is his own company's office space and rented out office buildings.
Gu Cheng and his cousin both wore dresses, and also brought a few company executives and core henchmen, shuttled between the crowd, and greeted Wall Street investors elegantly.
Each person is a glass of the fennel vermouth, which is popular in New York's high society, without any other additives and concoctions, and is very pure, whether you drink it or not.
It's a place that smells of old money.
Donald has a very wide network, which really allows Gu Cheng to meet a lot of valuable people. From Goldman Sachs to SoftBank, from Bear Stearns to Sequoia, from AIG to IDG, from Berkshire Hathaway to Lehman Brothers, almost all of these companies have sent people, if not their bosses themselves, at least heavyweights.
Even every time he took a sip, Gu Cheng accompanied people to drink four glasses of ouzo, after all, he needed to know many times more people than other guests, almost as busy as rushing to the scene.
"Gu, celebrate the success of our plans. After the fourth cup was drunk, a short Asian old man walked up to Gu Cheng and touched a glass with him alone.
Gu Cheng saw that it was Sun Zhengyi, the boss of SoftBank and who had recently tried everything possible to get rid of the pot, came in person. He immediately cheered up and did it to Sun Zhengyi without saying a word.
Asians have always been bold at the wine table, paying attention to righteousness and taking a deep sip, not as casual as Westerners.
After drinking, Sun Zhengyi smiled slyly and asked tentatively: "I also watched your and Donald's show the day before yesterday, and I watched the replay yesterday." It seems that you are full of ambition for the future after entering the NASDAQ, so I will be reassured. ”
Gu Cheng laughed unthinkingly: "That's a must, do you think that Legend Entertainment just does so many games at present? According to the set of consumer psychology that I preached yesterday that stimulates consumers to show off their wealth and compare with each other, these mature worldviews and atmospheres are still promising in the future, and it is not a joke to dig out three times the income."
Max Weber said that human beings are animals hanging in the web of meaning they weave, and don't underestimate the social comparison drive behind this. ”
When he said this, he lived like an ambitious nouveau riche, and he couldn't see the slightest flaw.
Joke, my brother is a person who wants to be an actor part-time, if he can't even fool a person who doesn't mix with the entertainment industry, it's not in vain.
Sun Zhengyi's eyes were still a little flickering, but he seemed to believe seven or eight points.
When Gu Cheng and Sun Zhengyi were chatting, Johnson Chris, an executive of IDG next to him, also came over to join in the fun, and squeezed Sun Zhengyi with words: "Sun, congratulations so much, you have invested in a good business." At the beginning, the guarantee of income from drought and flood entered the market, and the repayment of principal and interest could still fall at least four times the rate of return, tsk, why can't we find this kind of opportunity in the cold winter period in the United States! I knew that we had also gone to China to investigate, and we could not wait for the Chinese people to take the initiative to go to Wall Street to beg for money. ”
The so-called peers are enemies, and on this occasion today, there are naturally many people in the investment community who envy Sun Zhengyi. Sun Zhengyi smiled reluctantly: "It's just four times, what's more, not to mention whether there is four times in the end, I don't know." ”
Johnson Chris had a look on his face: "There must be four times, with such a good financial report of Legendary Entertainment, the 25% stake in your hand will not be worth $1.2 billion at that time? Besides, you are a hitchhiker when people have already rocketed up, and you are not an angel who is giving charcoal in the snow, and you are not satisfied with giving you four times? If I had been allowed to enter, I would have gone a long time ago." ”
At the cocktail party, everyone drank a little, and the voice was naturally relatively high, Johnson Chris was so squeezed, it would naturally attract people next to him to join the topic of onlookers, Sun Zhengyi did not want to be watched, so he borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and was no longer modest, admitting that he was very satisfied with the investment Gu Cheng.
In fact, in his heart, Ahri, who he invested in Ma Feng at the beginning, has made ten times the profit (so far, it will definitely be more in the future), not counting his most successful Yibi investment. The most successful business of his life should be to invest in Yang Zhiyuan's Yahoo, with an angel round of at least 50 times the return, even if you count the subsequent rounds of follow-up investment with declining returns, it is at least 30 times on average.
Gu Cheng is 4 times, he has always been unwilling, and he wants to get more.
But the opportunity to discuss the details of the business was blocked by onlookers, and Sun Zhengyi could only pull Gu Cheng to drink. Sun Zhengyi himself has been drinking for decades, and he knows that Gu Cheng usually doesn't drink much, so he expects him to spit out the truth and reveal some flaws after drinking.
If there were no flaws, he would be completely relieved of Gu Cheng's sincerity that "he would not cash out and leave".
Gu Cheng pretended to have a lot of guests to know, and drank three glasses with Sun Zhengyi to save face, so he went to the bathroom to wash his face and prepare to get out.
Pan Jieying has been observing Gu Cheng's situation on the side, she has lived with Gu Cheng for all these years, and naturally knows Gu Cheng very well, and knows Gu Cheng's alcohol limit.
The absinthe at the drinking party, according to the measurement habits of the Chinese people, only pour one or two halves of a glass, and six cups are also a catty. The ouzo is about 40 degrees, so it is equivalent to the amount of a bottle of 38 degrees Taishan Tequ.
Gu Cheng washed his face vigorously in the bathroom, stimulated him with cold water for a few minutes, felt completely awake, and took out a bottle of hangover medicine from his pocket and put two tablets in his mouth. When he came out, he saw Pan Jieying waiting for him outside.
Pan Jieying said with concern: "Don't talk about business, give Sun Zhengyi a chance to talk to you about the details, maybe it's a gang." This kind of old rivers and lakes are the most perceptive, and if your expression is abnormal, he can see the flaws at all. ”
"I know. Gu Cheng pondered his expression for a moment, smiled warmly at his cousin, and signaled that he was fine.
"The last time you said that you wanted to pretend to create an opportunity to 'break up' with the Quan family, and you also wanted to show that you were not interested in Xiaoya, but I haven't seen you do it for so long. There are a lot of celebrities here today, and there are also people you know and have a little friendship, so it's good to climb a few. You chatted with your sister so hotly, even if Sun Zhengyi had no face or skin, he was embarrassed to come up and pour you wine. ”
"Okay, I'll think about it. Gu Cheng agreed.
"You, you always just say no-eh, what did you just say?" Pan Jieying was already frightened by Gu Cheng's procrastination, so she didn't expect her brother to listen to her persuasion at all, so she was ready for the follow-up sister Bao Nan's chatter. Who knew that Gu Cheng was so simple this time, so that her combo did not come out.
There are times when you don't expect it!
Gu Cheng felt a bad breath in his heart, "Sister Baonan has finally gotten rid of the shackles", and teased his cousin with a playful expression: "I said, I will go to talk to my sister soon-are you satisfied?"
"Why is it so crisp all of a sudden? Last time you asked you to reconcile with Miss Li of Samsung, you still pushed three or four times...... Could it be that you have taken a fancy to Ivanka these days?" Pan Jieying thought for a while, Gu Cheng didn't know any new girls with enough status, status and appearance recently, how could she change so quickly all of a sudden.
Gu Cheng lowered his voice and explained: "I can't talk about falling in love with Ivanka, but the chaebol of the Dongyi people is still relatively conservative, Li Yunxin has depression, I am irresponsible after I provoke her, even if I don't get to her, the consequences will be very serious, and the Li family will feel ashamed, and it is very likely that it will end endlessly."
But Yanma doesn't have so much concept of chastity, and it's not a matter of talking about it casually before marriage, and there is no such thing as 'talking about a few boyfriends will be embarrassed and looked at by colored glasses'. The last time I went to the Poncelet club in the Harvard department, the so-called top elite didn't just mess around in the clubhouse bathroom.
Besides, Donald invited at least 20 supermodels to the show today, but it wasn't as explicit and messy as Hollywood. Among them, there are even Ivanka's 'colleagues' when she was a supermodel, I don't need to tell how chaotic this circle is, right? Since it's a scene, whether it's Ivanka or other foreign girls, it doesn't matter. ”
As soon as Gu Cheng explained this, Pan Jieying was a little worried, as if she was distressed that her cousin had suffered a loss, Gu Cheng was about to turn around and leave, she grabbed Gu Cheng and asked worriedly: "Then you...... You at least pick a clean one, you won't really do a full set and those dirty women...... Let's. ”
"No, how could you have that thought. How could I sleep with a dirty woman, I'm acting, acting for Sun Zhengyi and the Quan family—will these people follow me to my bedroom to find out where I'm acting?" Gu Cheng felt that his cousin's worries were simply nonsensical.
"Oh, that's good, then be careful yourself. Pan Jieying felt that her mood was inexplicably complicated, it seemed that Gu Cheng was a dirty woman, and she would feel that Gu Cheng had lost. But Gu Cheng is not a woman, and she is worried about whether her worries a while ago are true.
Gu Cheng got rid of a few guys who were interested in chatting with him about business, and rushed to the side of Ivanka, who was quite popular at tonight's reception.
"Miss Ivanka, we're meeting again, how about a drink with me. ”
"Oh, Gu, why are you so out of sight. This is my dad's drinking party, isn't it normal for you to see me? But I've been looking forward to talking to you for the past two days. ”
"Is it? Your boyfriend won't be jealous?" Gu Cheng asked aggressively and boldly, but this kind of question was nothing at all in the eyes of the "incorruptible and shameless" Chinese people.
The people of the United States speak so straightforwardly.
"Oh, you're so bad, I don't have a boyfriend yet, you know - my father taught me from a young age what to do as a billionaire's daughter, how to plan my life. Ivanka covered her mouth and snickered, saying in her heart why that wooden and introverted little Chinese boy was suddenly so sultry.