Morning.

Tang Bao took a copy of the Wall Street Journal and read the latest news carefully, and he skipped all the reports about Phoenix Investment Group.

Jumping away from the news that he didn't dare to be interested in, when Tang Bao caught a glimpse of the news about BP Oil Company in the United Kingdom, he suddenly became interested.

To say.

Which company has attracted the most attention recently, and if you glance at Phoenix Investment Group, it is BP Oil. Their secret war with the Kuwait Investment Authority has never stopped. No, the news broke again: the chairman of the board of directors of BP once again stated that the Kuwait Investment Authority is not welcome on the board of BP of the United Kingdom, strongly protesting the continued hostile takeover behavior of the Kuwait Investment Authority, and they will ask the causal government to intervene in the investigation.

"The Kuwait Investment Authority has a close relationship with the Kuwait National Oil Company and we suspect that the Kuwait Investment Authority's takeover, at the behest of the Kuwait National Oil Company, would seriously threaten the independence of BP in the United Kingdom. Although they abide by the rules of business in the financial market, their purpose is very impure...... We don't want them to continue doing that. The British government should not sit idly by! Peter, chairman of the board of directors of BP Oil, told reporters.

Read the news.

Tang Bao put down the newspaper and secretly said that it seems that the British BP oil company really can't sit still, and the British government should be about to intervene. The Kuwait Investment Authority also committed its own death, ignoring the other party's warnings again and again, naively thinking that it would be fine if it obeyed the rules of the game.

Is it really the British government that is in the air?

Alas.

To tell the truth, Tang Bao really couldn't understand what was going on in the minds of these Kuwaitis.

The next day.

Unaffected by Peter's statement, the Kuwait Investment Authority continued to absorb shares of the British BP oil company from the open market, increasing its shareholding to 20.38 per cent. And on the back of Peter's remarks, BP's share price fell 4.9% to $51 per share in the New York stock market yesterday.

Day 3.

The Kuwait Investment Authority continued to increase its stake in BP Oil to 20.67%. Shares edged up 2.3% on the news.

And then.

News broke out again. Goldman Sachs Group has met secretly with several major fund houses and has successfully purchased 23 million shares of BP for the Kuwait Investment Authority, equivalent to a 2.8 percent stake. So far, the Kuwait Investment Authority has held more than 23% of the shares!

Day by day.

The Kuwait Investment Authority is increasing its holdings almost every day, and its shareholding is becoming larger.

……

Someone broke the news.

Peter is in urgent talks with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) for the chairman of the board of directors of the British company BP Oil. There are also rumours that the Kuwait Investment Authority has received a warning from the British government...... In short, all kinds of news are flying around, but the only thing that remains constant is that the Kuwait Investment Authority has been increasing its stake in BP.

As a result, despite all the bad news in the market, the share price of BP oil company in the UK has seen a rare sharp rise.

……

A few more days have passed in the blink of an eye, and today is the weekend.

Later, Tang Bao needed to go to Roger's banquet. For this reason, he bought a Bentley two days in advance, even though he was not old enough to get a U.S. driver's license. But Li Zhen, who promised to accompany him, has a driver's license, and it is not a pleasure to find a beautiful woman as a driver.

Let's be honest.

He is not far from the Crown Hotel, and it is very convenient to take a taxi and subway. But that's good to say in normal times, it's better to use a luxury car to drive the road to this kind of formal banquet. While the luxury car is not the only status symbol, it is an indispensable tool for all kinds of business elites to attend banquets. Otherwise, you may be ridiculed......

Let alone.

Everyone drives luxury cars, and Tang Bao's own maverick is not conducive to integrating into the middle.

In addition to custom-made a Bentley. Tang Bao also carefully selected dresses for himself and Li Zhen, striving to be perfect for his first American business gathering.

"You take this banquet very seriously?"

Sitting in the driver's seat, Li Zhen said suspiciously. She felt a little strange in her heart, it was just a business party for entertainment and communication. Why did he take it so seriously, even more solemnly than the manor party he had attended in Texas before...... At that time, he didn't prepare anything, and just passed.

"Oh, this is the first time I've attended a formal business banquet like this in the United States. It was also the beginning of my integration into this circle. It's a bit inappropriate to be as casual as before......" Tang Bao said with a light smile, he always thought that he had to make a big career. Connections are important. This seemingly boring business banquet is the best platform to expand and accumulate contacts, where you can always find a partner to talk to. Of course, the premise is that you don't hate you and feel that you are the same kind of person and have common hobbies and topics.

Arguably.

What Tang Bao did was for this purpose. Tonight's dinner is the beginning of his official expansion of his American network!

Soon.

At the door of the Crown Hotel, the Bentley came to a steady stop. Two hotel parking boys came up at the right time and opened the door for them.

Get out of the car.

Tang Bao was dressed in a decent black evening dress, which set off his well-proportioned figure, which looked unique, and he himself was satisfied with today's outfit.

"Let's go inside."

Walking to Li Zhen's side, Tang Bao gentlemanly stretched out his hand, Li Zhen smiled slightly, and held his arm affectionately. Then the two of them walked together towards the Crown Hotel.

Take the elevator to the twenty-eighth floor!

"This gentleman and young lady, are you the guests of honor who have come to tonight's banquet, I need to register." As soon as the elevator door opened, the waiter who was guarding the door bowed slightly to show respect. Then he began to check the identities of Tang Bao and Li Zhen......

Tang Bao reported his name. The voice of the service also quickly confirmed Tang Bao's identity, and then a special waiter came over and led them to the banquet hall.

The banquet had not officially begun, but there were already many people in the hall, the men were all gentlemen, and the women were all jewels, like noblewomen, and everyone was naturally divided into small circles, each communicating in a low voice.

"Hi Lucas, this ......"

Suddenly, a fat man in the hall beckoned to the entrance of the hall, and the man who had almost come with Tang Bao also smiled and walked towards the fat man with his female companion.

And Tang Bao ......

He was still lonely, because he didn't know anyone.

"Whew...... The banquet hasn't started yet, so let's go over there and wait. Tang Bao didn't seem to feel the embarrassment of being "isolated" at all, pointed to the sofa not far away, and said to Li Zhen. He understood that, as the organizer of the banquet, Wagner would definitely introduce him to the attendees.

Therefore, Tang Bao is not in a hurry at all!

Tang Bao and Li Zhen found a place to sit down, and it didn't take a few minutes.

Suddenly.

A figure moved over, "Hello, Mr. Tang, can we talk?" ”

"Huh? Are you Chinese? ”

The person who suddenly appeared spoke fluent Chinese, and Tang Bao couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He has also come into contact with a lot of Chinese Americans, but the Chinese he can speak is really miserable, and some even don't know it at all. And the person in front of him is fluent and natural in Chinese, and there is no sense of disobedience at all, so he feels that this person should be from China.

"Hmm. I'm Chinese-American, but I love Chinese culture very much...... Since childhood, he has been influenced by Chinese culture. The other party explained with a smile.

"Oh."

Tang Bao came to his senses.

He didn't mean to look down on the Chinese, and the reason why he asked so much was because the other party's Chinese was too good and misled him.

"You...... Have a seat. Suddenly, he realized that after saying so much, he didn't know the other party's fame, so Tang Bao could only vaguely invite the other party to take a seat.

"Zhang Haitao, my Chinese name is Zhang Haitao. Well, working at a Wall Street investment firm. Therefore, I also pay close attention to Phoenix Investment Group, and the amazing results achieved by your company are really enviable! After Zhang Haitao sat down, he briefly introduced himself.

"Huh."

Regarding Zhang Haitao's praise, Tang Bao just smiled slightly and did not answer. Although the outside world knows that the net income of Phoenix Investment Group is very high, it is difficult to get accurate returns without internal financial reports.

What's more, most of last year's earnings were due to the stock market crash, and when other investors lost their money, he made a windfall. Once these details are exposed, it will do more harm than good to Phoenix Investment Group or Tang Bao personally!

Internally detailed.

Tang Bao has always adhered to a principle, not otherwise, but he doesn't admit it either, guess for yourself! Anyway, Phoenix Investment Group's reputation in the stock market crash has been hit......

Zhang Haitao is also very shrewd, and seeing that Tang Bao seems unwilling to talk about the Phoenix Investment Group, he just passed by and changed the topic.

……

"Hey, Don, so you're here." As soon as Zhang Haitao left, Wagner walked over with a tall blonde beauty. "I thought you weren't here?"

"How so!"

Tang Bao replied with a light smile.

Wagner greeted Li Zhen again, and then formally introduced the blonde beauty with his arms around him. "Oh, by the way, this is Irene, my new wife!"

"Hello."

Tang Bao shook hands with him gently, looking at the woman named Erin, he was sure that she would not be more than twenty-five years old, and Wagner was already a middle-aged man, but considering that there were too many examples of such old husbands and young wives in the United States to count, he did not make a fuss.

After exchanging pleasantries.

Erin and Li Zhen chatted, and after a while, Li Zhen was pulled away by Erin, leaving the space to Wagner and Tang Bao.

See this scenario.

Tang Bao immediately understood that this might be instructed by Wagner.

"Tang, there are a few very important Phoenix Pioneer Fund investors here tonight, and I think everyone will have a common topic together. Let's go, I'll take you to get to know ......" (to be continued......)