General Motors Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, USA

"Boss, there's a Merrill Lynch broker in New York who wants to see you, uh, he made an appointment yesterday, but I didn't confirm it for him, who thought he flew in from New York himself today...... You see? The voice of the secretary Kate came from the transponder on the desk, which made 55-year-old General Motors CEO John Francis Smith Jr frown when he heard this, and looked at his watch, it was already half past seven in the evening, what? Are New Yorkers all workaholics? Running around all over the work time when the lights are blinding?

"Well, I can give him fifteen minutes to meet at noon tomorrow, and now, please go back first!" John Francis Smith is a workaholic, which has something to do with his background in finance, and in the 32 years since he joined GM, he has served as president of General Motors Canada and president of General Motors Europe, and at the beginning of the year, he succeeded Lloyd Lewis as president and CEO of the largest automobile manufacturing company in the United States.

Before Smith, GM's CEO was held by Lloyd Lewis, and the president position was held by Robert Steinbel, but because of GM's poor performance of $2.6 billion in '92, both the board of directors and shareholders and strategic investors believed that GM had to change the pilot, and John Francis Smith, who had been a director of GM for 11 years, became the best candidate for his successor, of course, Because in the old man-government General Motors company, Smith, who was born in 38, is considered Mesozoic, so the position of chairman of the board of directors is still in the hands of John G. Smail, who was born in 27.

"BOSS, this Merrill Lynch broker insists on seeing you tonight, and he says he's going to fly to Dearborn early tomorrow morning to meet the others...... Boss, Ford Motor is headquartered in Dearborn...... "Kate is the distant niece of the Smith family, so she is not as cautious in front of her boss as other secretaries, and sometimes even dares to joke with her boss.

Smith was a little helpless, thought for a while, and then pressed the transponder and said, "Then please invite him in, only give him ten minutes!" This is still for the sake of your face, Ford's millennium second brother is not worth mentioning after our ass, I want to see who is sacred, actually talking about Ford cars! ”

"This is Mr. Django Ye from the sales department of Merrill Lynch Securities Center, this is my boss is Mr. Smith......" Kate, the tall secretary in high heels, seemed to have won the battle, to be honest, if it weren't for Jiang Yelin's charming and deep eyes that made his heart pound, for this visitor from New York who only made a temporary appointment before boarding the plane in the afternoon, Miss Kate was likely to let the other party eat a few closed-door soups, jokes, the middle and senior managers of General Motors had to make an appointment in advance if they wanted to meet their boss, In fact, GM's new president and CEO's schedule is packed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and it's impossible to temporarily add a stranger from another country, even if it's from Manhattan, New York.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, you can call me Django, I'm a Merrill Lynch broker, and I took the liberty of visiting to find out if GM has any major moves to make this year in order to decide whether to continue investing in GM's shares, you know that there is a lot of hype in the market about GE's acquisition of Swedish Saab Motors, and as the No. 1 automaker in the United States that has just experienced a huge loss year, GM's response strategy is critical for investors......"

Jiang Yelin smiled and shook hands with the president and CEO of GM standing up behind the desk, but he was a little surprised that the other party's spirit was obviously quite sufficient, and he couldn't tell that he was 55 years old at all, judging from his appearance and the strength of the handshake, at most he was in his early forties, it seems that the board of directors of GM has elected a young and strong helmsman, who can hand over the burden of president and CEO to the John Francis Smith in front of him at the same time, and it can be seen that the board of directors of GM has great expectations for the new president and CEO.

Smith invited Jiang Yelin to sit down on the chair in front of the desk, while looking at the business card handed over by the other party, Merrill Lynch is the largest securities company in the United States, and it is also one of the five major investment banks in the investment bank, and it is also a market maker for countless blue-chip stocks, no one will pretend to be a broker of Merrill Lynch, right? This young Asian bearded man with gold-rimmed glasses is really handsome, and his eyes are full of confidence and even a hint of hidden unruliness.

"Mr. Ye, if it is investment promotion and sales, please contact my broker, sorry, the contemptible broker is a senior broker of Morgan Stanley, I am afraid that it is not difficult to persuade him to subscribe to the wealth management funds or other products promoted by your Merrill Lynch Securities...... Kate, please bring this lad a cup of tea? Or coffee? Coffee? Okay, coffee! Please bring a cup of coffee to ......."

Smith sat back in his boss's chair and looked at the young man in the chair opposite from top to bottom, generally speaking, if an acquaintance or subordinate came to see the president and CEO of General Motors, it was almost the same position for both the guest and the host, and if a colleague or VIP of the same level came, he would be invited to the side of the sofa to talk and laugh, and even drink a little wine to spice up the atmosphere, especially in the evening after the end of work.

"Well, Mr. Smith, I'm afraid you misunderstood, I'm not here to promote Merrill Lynch's funds or other financial products, I'm here to investigate and confirm General Motors, the nation's leading automaker, on behalf of Merrill Lynch's customers and investors, if I come to a positive conclusion, then this year we will focus our main investment direction on General Motors stocks, if the conclusion is negative or not optimistic, then we may make other choices, tomorrow morning I made an appointment with the senior management of Ford Motor to meet, The day after tomorrow, I'm going to visit Chrysler...... I'm used to going out alone with a bag, and I now manage a big blue-chip fund with a net worth of more than $380 million......"

"You manage a $380 million blue-chip fund? How so? If I'm not mistaken, the business card shows that you are a salesperson in the third branch of the sales department of Merrill Lynch Securities Center, and it looks like Mr. Ye is not yet 30 years old...... When I was your age, I was still busy in the accounting office of a subsidiary of General Motors, and my annual salary was less than 30,000 yuan at that time...... It was a difficult and unforgettable time...... "The 55-year-old Smith was obviously a little distracted and in a trance, and the young Asian in front of him looked like he was at most 27 or 8 years old, and it was possible to manage $3.8 million in client assets for Merrill Lynch.

Although Wall Street is a paradise for gold diggers and adventurers, but like Merrill Lynch, a super-first-class brokerage firm like Merrill Lynch, business school graduates and securities broker licenses are just the most basic job search threshold, not the business school elite in the United States, but the business school elites in North America and even Europe hope to have their own place on Wall Street. Can this take care of a blue-chip fund with 380 million funds? How can it be!

"Ah, I'm sorry, that's the business card I used last week, the new business card, ah, I found it, here, I'm now the assistant general manager of Merrill Lynch's Manhattan Center sales department, responsible for the operation of the G3 fund, and report directly to my boss, Mr. Fit...... Mr. Fit's phone number is 212-7656761, you can call him directly for verification, of course, don't say I'm here with you, I bought a plane ticket and rushed over before I had time to ask him for instructions......" Jiang Yelin handed over the newly printed Merrill Lynch Securities business card, and his face actually had a hint of embarrassment.

"Huh? Young man, you surprise me...... But seeing is believing and hearing is believing, please wait a minute......" Smith picked up the phone on his desk, it was a human hotline, and the operator on the other end of the phone asked in a sweet voice, "Mr. Smith?" Where do you want it? "Please connect me to New York, area code 212, number 7656761......"

Of course, the popularity of program-controlled telephones in the United States has been quite high, but in the headquarters of multinational companies such as General Motors in Detroit, human operators still occupy an important position, especially when making long-distance calls to other places, long-distance stations manually transfer calls as if it is a lingering plot of the past, and the black coin-operated telephones on the streets for 50 years have witnessed the development and growth of the world's most developed capitalist countries. "The call went through...... Mr. Chambers-Fett is on the other end of the line, and I'll pick you in, Mr. Smith! "The efficiency of the operator in the switchboard at the GM headquarters is obviously very high." Hello, is it Mr. Fitt from the sales department of Merrill Lynch Securities Center? I'm John Francis Smith from General Motors, hello, I would like to ask if you have a black assistant named Django in your early 40s with bald hair, I heard that he is in charge of a fund called G3, which is actually more than 500 million dollars, and I am interested to find out if it is necessary to invest in that fund! “

Chambers Fett on the other end of the phone obviously hadn't come back to his senses for a while, and he didn't hear that the person calling him here was actually the new helmsman of General Motors, and he thought that someone was playing a prank, but he actually portrayed Yushu Linfeng Xiaoxian Ye Django as a black bald man in his early forties, isn't this Nima joking!

"I said, this Mr. Smith, you must have met a liar, Django Ye is my newly appointed Asian assistant, only 25 years old this year, this kid is a talent and the black uncle in his early forties who told you is completely out of tune, in addition, the latest share of the G3 fund is $380 million, where is the $500 million? I see that you are sure to have met a scammer, and you better call the police! Of course, if you have the intention to invest, you are welcome to join Merrill Lynch customers when the G3 fund is open for subscription on weekends, the G3 fund is only open to Merrill Lynch internal customers, once a week, and can be redeemed unconditionally 24 hours after the appointment on weekdays! "

Fett on the other end of the phone quickly hung up the phone, but Smith, who was holding the microphone and slowly putting it down, had a smile on his face!