Chapter 14: The East Wind Is Coming
"Lao Liao, this kind of ham is really eaten with your hands!" Zhong Shi stopped Liao Chengde, who still wanted to take further action, and waved his hand, with a weird smile on his face.
"Really?" Liao Chengde looked at Zhong Shi suspiciously, and then at Liao Xiaohua, who looked intoxicated, then picked up a thin piece of ham with his hand, and said to himself: "Foreigners are barbaric, and they don't even pay attention to etiquette when they eat, they can't compare to our big country and 5,000 years of culture!" ”
After that, he put the ham in his hand into his mouth, chewed it carefully, couldn't help nodding, and said in a low voice: "I can't imagine that the ghost guy's things still have some taste, although they don't look very eye-catching, and the meal is not very civilized, the taste is good, and Jinhua ham is compared!" ”
"Dad, how can Jinhua ham be compared to this thing? Do you know how precious this thing is? Liao Xiaohua took a sip of red wine, and waited until the taste on his taste buds was completely digested, then he chuckled and said disdainfully.
For eating, Liao Xiaohua is definitely a professional foodie, he has visited almost all the well-known restaurants on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, and sometimes even writes articles in food magazines.
For this rustic father, he really doesn't like it in some aspects, such as wearing a horse coat every day, for example, saying that breakfast is steamed buns and fritters, and he can only speak a few words of English, but most of the time he speaks the dialect of his hometown.
Liao Xiaohua grew up under the stick of his father, so he was not too bad in terms of academics and character, but later went to Australia to study, and was gradually assimilated by foreigners in terms of habits, and Hong Kong is also a highly international metropolis, like Liao Xiaohua was born in Hong Kong, studied abroad, and then returned to Hong Kong to work for young people are not a few, and people like Liao Chengde who were born in the mainland and worked hard in Hong Kong are not very attractive in their eyes.
The 80s and 90s were a period of economic transformation in Hong Kong, with many manufacturing factories moving north, and the financial industry and tourism becoming new growth points for Hong Kong's economy. There is a large demand for financial talents, and these people are often graduates of prestigious foreign universities, speak English more fluent than their native language, shuttle through skyscrapers all day long, and have an unknown sense of superiority over the average working class.
However, for those rich people in the city, such as Li Ka-shing, Zheng Yutong and others, they have no sense of contempt at all, even if these people are the financial companies that employ them, in front of the net worth of these rich people, they can only be respectful.
Obviously, Liao Chengde has not yet reached that level, and Liao Xiaohua is his biological son, so Liao Xiaohua does not hide anything at all.
Since Liao Xiaohua came back from graduating from the University of Melbourne in Australia, he has never done anything seriously, eating and drinking with a group of fox friends and dogs all day long, or a bubble star, and in a few years, he has almost forgotten all the professional knowledge he learned in Australia.
Liao Chengde is relatively busy with his own business, and most of them are in the mainland, and he rarely has the opportunity to discipline this grown up son, and then he met Zhong Shi, so he had the opportunity to say a few more words, but Liao Xiaohua often listens to his ears and acts are still the same. Liao Chengde was also very sad, but since Liao Xiaohua was shocked by Zhong Shi, he was much more honest, and Liao Chengde was also comforted.
"Boy, are you looking for a fight?" Liao Chengde's eyes widened angrily, pretending to be fierce, this was naturally not really angry, but he was still a little dissatisfied with Liao Xiaohua's belittling of his country's food.
"Lao Liao, don't pretend anymore, the taste of this ham is indeed far better than Jinhua ham!" Zhong Shi interrupted the teasing between the father and son, and glanced at the silent Land Rover, as if asking for his opinion.
Seeing that the eyes of the three of them were over, Land Rover was a little panicked, and quickly nodded, signaling to agree with Zhong Shi's opinion.
"Three to one!" Liao Xiaohua proudly raised three fingers towards Liao Chengde, causing Liao Chengde to roll his eyes violently, and took a sip of the red wine in front of him, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"By the way, Lao Liao, how is your position now?" Zhong Shi expertly sliced the steak and asked seemingly nonchalantly.
"Now there are two accounts, one of which has made about 300 short orders, and the other account has made about 100 short orders, with a total investment of tens of millions, and now I have made a little money." Liao Chengde stopped what he was doing, thought carefully for a while, and then said slowly.
"The Federal Reserve now has a new chairman, named Alan Greenspan, who announced interest rate hikes two days ago, and as a result, the panic in the market was vented today, so today's U.S. stocks plummeted. This is not good news for the Hong Kong stock market, after all, the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar are linked to the exchange rate. Zhong Shi thought for a while, then frowned and said, he couldn't say anything about Liao Chengde's carefulness, but it was no wonder that he missed this opportunity to make money.
The name Greenspan is a great name for Bell Stone. He sat in the chair of the Federal Reserve for nearly two decades, his tenure spanned six US presidents, and he was known as the "economic czar" and "dollar president", and he enjoyed the red carpet like a head of state wherever he went.
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire global capital market is watching Greenspan's face. Investors even went to great lengths to study the expectations of his speech, trying to catch even the slightest clue from it. The financial community even said, "It doesn't matter who is president, just let Allen [Greenspan] be chairman of the Federal Reserve." ”
There is even an anecdote widely circulated among the market, that is, a cleaner who works at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve D.C. revealed the secret of stock trading, that is, to look at Greenspan's face every morning, if Greenspan is full of smiles and greets him cordially, then he will buy, if the chairman does not have a smile on his face in the morning, then he will choose to sell.
However, now that Alan Greenspan has just assumed the chairmanship of the Federal Reserve and has only begun a new phase of his legendary life, the market still has a wait-and-see attitude towards him as chairman.
The so-called Federal Reserve System is the Federal Reserve System of the United States, whose status is equivalent to that of the central bank, and has absolute authority over the dollar exchange rate, interest, monetary policy, etc., and its every move affects the global economy.
"What does that mean?" Liao Chengde was a little confused when he heard Zhong Shi say a lot of terms, but he understood the meaning, as if he was saying that the Hong Kong stock market was going to fall recently.
"It is said that because of the increase in bank interest rates, some of the money in the entire market will choose to be saved by banks, which will be a blow to the stock market, and stocks will naturally fall. Zhong Sheng, do you think I'm right? Liao Xiaohua explained Zhong Shi's terminology to Liao Chengde in layman's terms, and then turned his head to ask Zhong Shi.
"You're right!" Zhong Shi nodded approvingly. This relationship between the stock market and interest rates is actually an economic theory. Zhong Shi thought for a while, and then asked curiously: "Xiaohua, what did you study in Australia?" ”
"Accounting, but I also minored in economics, how about it, amazing!" Liao Xiaohua said proudly.
"It's okay!" Zhong Shi nodded expressionlessly, for a person who graduated from Caltech, there is no difference between an Australian university and a floating cloud. After thinking about it, Zhong Shi asked tentatively, "Xiaohua, are you interested in being my analyst?" ”
He has already called Liao Xiaohua three times and twice, this kind of title is only appropriate to call people who are the same generation as Liao Chengde and have a closer relationship, but with Zhong Shi's age and experience, he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with calling it out.
And the person known as "Xiaohua" here didn't feel anything wrong, Liao Xiaohua was stunned at first, and then he couldn't believe his ears, and said with some gaffe: "Zhong Sheng, are you willing to let me help you?" ”
"Zhong Shi, this is really inappropriate! I know this son best, except for eating, drinking, and having fun, everything else is almost nothing! Liao Chengde also couldn't sit still, and hurriedly stopped.
"Hehe, I'm not asking him to help me right now. You also know that I am interested in setting up a fund, of course, I need to recruit some professionals, but it will be four or five years later. Xiaohua is your son, that is, your own person, of course you can rest assured to use it, and Lao Liao, you don't want your son to mess around all day long! Zhong Shi snorted, revealed his future plan a little, and nodded to Liao Chengde quietly.
Liao Chengde, who heard Zhong Shi's words, turned red and stopped talking. And Liao Xiaohua on the side was also a little overwhelmed, and he didn't know what to say.
"Since you are an accountant, then go to the 'Big Five', do a solid audit for two years, and then jump to an investment bank, do the work of an analyst, and when you are almost done, come and help me!" The calculation time is about the same, and when my fund opens, it will naturally be indispensable for Lao Liao. ”
Zhong Shi's cold gaze was fixed on Liao Xiaohua, just waiting for him to give an answer.
At that time, there were five large audit offices in Shijie, but one of them later closed down because it was involved in a false account scandal, so there was such a thing as the "Big Four" in later generations. However, whether it is in an audit office or in an investment bank, it is very hard work, and you have to work at least 100 hours a week.
"No problem, as long as you give an order, even if I go to the soup, I will not give up!" Liao Xiaohua was stunned at first, then nodded violently, and agreed.
He agreed so simply that even Land Rover, who had been burying his head in eating, didn't expect it. Liao Chengde blinked even more, he couldn't believe all this in front of him, how could this arrogant son change his sex so quickly, and so thoroughly.
What Comrade Lao Liao didn't know was that his son was completely convinced as early as when Zhongshi was operating futures. Liao Xiaohua was so excited when he thought of Zhong Shi's call for wind and rain in the futures market, he seemed to see the goal and direction of his life, and knew that he couldn't go on like this.
Zhong Shi, who was assured by Liao Xiaohua, stopped talking and began to taste the delicious steak on the plate. Others also have their own thoughts, and they don't want to say more, but they don't know what this rich meal tastes like in their mouths.
On October 18, U.S. stock time, U.S. Treasury Secretary Baker made a surprising statement on a television program broadcast nationwide: If the Federal Republic of Germany does not cut interest rates to stimulate economic expansion, the United States will consider letting the dollar continue to fall.
Zuihou, who crushed the camel, a straw has finally arrived! (In the future, the content will no longer be too ridiculous, and the climax will come soon, I hope you will support a lot, ask for recommendations, ask for collections, xiexie!) )
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