It was late for Hall to rush back to the country manor, so he didn't bother the cook to cook, and fried a steak for dinner.

The pot was bubbling with aroma, Helena sat on the kitchen island and watched her son use all kinds of kitchen utensils, and asked with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Hugo, you are about to grow a year older, do you have any wishes for your 17th birthday?" ”

His birthday on January 3 is still half a month away.

"I hope you're happy." Hall replied with a honey-like mouth, just after taking care of his lover, he was a little weak-hearted.

"Thank you." Helena opened the topic and continued: "I'm going to throw you a semi-formal birthday party, inviting some relatives and friends to attend, what do you think?" ”

Hale served the fried steak and sat down across from her, "So that's why you let me go home?" I thought you missed me. ”

"I just stopped by the AEC that day." Helena's arguments were unconvincing.

Hall didn't break it down, and smiled: "Okay, I don't care how I spend my birthday, it's up to you." ”

"Hugo, this is your big day, and Mom thinks you need to look forward to it." Helena looked at the steak that had been oiled by the knife.

"I'm sorry Mom, I've been too busy lately, and I have to go on a business trip to New York next week after the exam holiday, and I may not be back until the 20s, so I have to work hard for you."

Hall picked up a cut steak and handed it to her, "Taste it." ”

Helena leaned back and resisted, "No, I already had dinner before you came back, and I've gained weight recently." ”

"It's not dinner, it's a thank you for helping me prepare my birthday party, just take a bite." Hall's tone was demagoguery.

Helena hesitated, "...... Well, isn't it a bit rude for me to refuse? ”

"yes, that's rude." Hall nodded his head in agreement, and handed the fork forward.

Helena smiled and opened her mouth to eat the steak.

Hall got up and went to the kitchen to get another fork: "Speaking of which, on the day the queen visited our school, a gentleman with an RN license plate came to me to say hello, it was from the navy?" ”

Helena chewed slowly and ate the steak in her mouth, and replied, "Yes, it should be your Uncle Daniel's man." ”

"How could the Navy get involved in the Queen's Parade?" Hall sensibly split the fork from one.

Helena's action naturally took over quietly: "He is in the fleet office, not exactly the military, and belongs to the administrative system. As he spoke, he picked up a small piece of steak and put it in his mouth.

Hall forced himself to laugh and play a little game of deceiving himself with his old mother, and listened to some political gossip by the way.

The Queen, the military, political parties and the like are far away from him, and can only be listened to as gossip, and for the time being, the focus is on a business trip to New York, where gold awaits him.

After clocking in for the night, Hall returned to London at noon the next day to summon Charlotte for lunch, and then hurried back to school to study for the exam.

On Monday, December 14th, Eton College began its winter break after the final subject.

Halden for a flight to New York.

"At the moment, individual stocks [General Dynamics] are rebounding 15% from November, and your account has a total floating profit of £7.1 million." During the flight, Brandon whispered back to work.

Hall flipped through the operation report and replied, "Very good, you can clear the position." The AEC position is also empty, and I will go long on the Dow Jones stock index next week, and I will go back and make a trading plan. ”

"AEC's securities investment division currently has a floating profit of 14.3%, which is not the 15% earnings performance you set. But according to the trading plan, it should be by the end of December, with 10 trading days left. Brandon reminded.

Hall turned his head to look at Monte on the side: "Okay, then follow the trading plan." ”

He really doesn't remember the details of the U.S. stock market, only vaguely knowing that after [Black Monday], some listed giants led by General Dynamics took the lead in reacting, saving the stock price by buying shares and other means.

At the beginning of 88, the U.S. stock market passed a sluggish period, the Dow Jones index gradually rebounded, and the U.S. stock market ushered in a sharp rise in the consumer and retail sectors in the next few years. A series of related giants such as Coca-Cola and Walmart can be bought with their eyes closed.

Therefore, Hall does not pay attention to the current operation, and is purely looking for a transition period, not wanting to let the money lie in the account and sleep.

He himself used 5 million funds to amplify the leverage of heavy stocks [General Dynamics] and made a lot of profits, and the 10 million funds in the AEC company account operated the 'short-frequency investment stock portfolio', and the percentage of profit alone cannot be regarded as bad, and the amount of profit is a bit mediocre compared to the amount of profit.

At present, the Dow Jones index has begun to rebound, and the most profitable idea is to fully liquidate positions, lay out the stock index to make a wave of quick money in the short term, and then invest in the retail stock portfolio that is about to take off. That is the focus of the subsequent operation of the AEC securities investment department.

But since I have made a trading plan before, it is not bad for the last 10 trading days.

"Boss, the project of the Margaret clothing brand has been signed, 730,000 pounds, 30% equity, and a board seat." Monte picked the key points and reported.

Hall nodded: "Good, beyond my expectations." After Margaret's current troubles, you need to remember to help it design the equity structure, which is important for subsequent financing, and you will have a seat on the board. ”

"Okay, I'll follow up on this project!" Monte said excitedly.

In the whole process of venture capital, it is easiest to determine the project signing and payment, and the post-investment service and profit exit are the key.

A vast number of venture capital institutions have died in the exit link, and the degree of pain between venture capital investment and stock speculation and stock speculation is the same level.

Hall shifted his ass and asked Brandon, "How's Vikram Pan's doing?" It takes more than 8 hours to fly directly from London to New York, and even first class is very difficult.

If he hadn't said that he planned to buy a football club, he would have wanted to buy a business jet first.

"The headhunter we are looking for this time is Heidrick & Struggles in the United States, they are very efficient, and we have already met with Pan Weidi once. The other party was very satisfied with the treatment we offered, but was a little hesitant about the development prospects of his personal career. Brandon replied.

"Stop the case sent to Hays Consulting to poach venture capital analysts, it took tens of thousands of pounds to get no results, and the AEC has completed a project." Hall remembered the Irishman who questioned his age and complained, "Make an appointment with Pan Weidi and I'll talk to him." ”

"Okay." Brandon agrees that the English masters always have such and such excuses to delay work efficiency, and they really have to learn from the Yankees in this regard.

Monte also has an opinion on this, and he is ashamed of Yankee's entrepreneurial attitude in the workplace: "Well, boss, I came to me with a personal relationship at Goldman Sachs and said: Goldman Sachs has a client appreciation event for Christmas, and she would love to invite you to visit Goldman Sachs headquarters in person." ”

"What's the point?" Hall asked.

"This account manager was our partner in the last [Black Monday] transaction, and the follow-up cooperation between AEC Capital Securities and Goldman Sachs was snatched away by her colleagues, and she wanted to win back the big customers." Monte said truthfully.

Hall pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think it's time to accept the invitation?" ”

"Yes, an account manager in charge of tens of millions of customers has good network resources, which is what AEC needs right now. And this kind of activity has the same value, we can always work with Goldman Sachs, but we have to have other cooperation channels. Monte explained.

Hall exhaled, "Brandon, can you go back home before Christmas on this business trip?" ”

"No problem." Brandon pulled out a small notebook to arrange the itinerary.