The contradiction between Ankang and Wu Mo eventually intensified to the point where it was difficult to clean up.

These two men even formed two camps within the company. Of course, there are far fewer people who support Ankang than those who support Wu Mo. Wu Mo's camp, under the leadership of the female handsome, conquered the city, slaughtered all sides, and carried out a brutal attack on Ankang's camp, and finally reached the point where it wiped out all the efforts made by Ankang in the past year.

However, when things reached the decisive stage, the Ankang camp actually had a Jedi counterattack. The headquarters spoke highly of Ankang's work in the past year and invited Ankang to the U.S. headquarters to participate in a two-week teamwork.

This teamwork is nominally for learning, but in fact, it is to gather the world's best investment managers to provide them with all-round training in investment strategy, corporate culture, social etiquette, etc. During this period, Ankang and these investment managers are allowed to stay in the top hotels, go to the top entertainment venues, drink the best red wine in the southern estates, and eat the best caviar in the snowfields in the north...... And all that. The purpose of the company is to let these investment managers who have grown up from actual combat not only understand the secrets of wealth, but also understand the secrets of the people who hold wealth and their lifestyles, so that investment managers can better integrate into the fantasy world built by money.

Of course, there's another layer of meaning, and that's the question that a retired veteran Wall Street investor who taught them the investment case study course was asking them — if you had $1 billion in your hands, what were you going to do with it? Two options:

a) Open a new casino

b) Invest in the world's 100 best startups

The young investment managers were frantically shouting, "Open the casino!" Open a casino! ”

A youthful smile bloomed on the serious old face of the retired old Wall Street investor, and the wrinkles seemed to disappear in an instant: "Yes, brothers, let's use this large sum of money to open a casino!" Why not open a casino? It's so much fun to open a casino. Hahaha. ”

Jokes aside, but everyone knows that the correct answer to this question is to invest in 100 startups. Because casinos can indeed bring in consistent cash flow, but this cash flow is too stable and too risk-free.

This is very ironic. Gambling money does not bring sustainable cash flow, cash flow risk is too high, but opening a casino is the complete opposite. Opening a casino is indeed one of the best businesses in the world.

However, such a good business is difficult to multiply the investment by 10 or even 100 times, while venture capital has the opportunity to multiply the initial capital by 100 or even 1000 times. Of course, venture capital is much riskier than opening a casino.

Let others work tirelessly, and become the evil capitalist and slave owner yourself, is there a better profession in this world?

At the end of the day, the old Wall Street guy is all about balancing your risks and benefits and making the right decisions.

And he strengthened Ankang's deep understanding of teamwork in the United States this time: standing at different heights, you can see different scenery.

On the plane back to Shanghai from the United States, Ankang did not watch American movies one by one to practice speaking like he did in the last trip, but closed his eyes and wore an eyepatch to think about the problem.

Standing at different heights, you can see different scenery.

Have you ever stood at a different height and seen different scenery? Some. That was the first time that Ankang and Lin Mushuang sat on the elevator to the yet-to-be-built Oriental Pearl TV Tower. When he saw the construction site, Ankang felt not only the shock caused by the magnificent scene, but also a kind of expectation aroused by vitality.

If Lujiazui is built one day, what a magnificent scenery it will be.

Now, most of those construction sites have become office buildings, shopping malls, and high-end residences. One of the world's tallest iconic buildings will rise at these construction sites.

Isn't he a witness and witness of Lujiazui architecture?

Standing at that height, in addition to being relaxed and happy, there is also a wonderful feeling in my heart. This feeling is inexplicable, and it was not until Ankang listened to a philosophy class in school that he realized that it was a kind of divinity. To use a well-known word in Chinese, that is, the unity of heaven and man.

At that moment, it seemed that all the fame and honor were gone. Everything is in its most primitive state.

Are you still an individual? No, I'm not an individual.

Is it still a thing? No, I'm not a thing.

So what are you? There is no answer, and there is no way to describe it. Any description you make in words is wrong. This is precisely the wisdom of "Tao is Tao, Extraordinary Tao".

If a person is at such a height, will he care about the previous gains and losses? If you were an inconspicuous stone in your building, would you care about the tree that stood in front of you in a certain mountain?

Ankang thought of Wu Mo, what was the fight between himself and Wu Mo? It seems ridiculous to think about.

As the altitude of the plane decreased, Ankang gradually changed from a god to a man.

After the plane landed at Pudong Airport, Ankang took a taxi from the airport to Zhu Xue's home. When she was in New York, Ankang went to a store on Fifth Avenue to buy a belt for Zhu Xue's father and a wallet for her mother.

See each other less, give more gifts.

This is the philosophy that Ankang learned from his colleagues. This was originally used by his colleague and his daughter-in-law to deal with his mother-in-law, and then it was borrowed by Ankang and his colleagues to deal with various complex relationships of "near is not inferior and far away".

The relationship between Ankang and Zhu Xue's parents is naturally classified into this relationship, so every time Ankang leaves the best impression, he waves his hand without taking away a cloud. Brother is gone, let the legend of my brother continue to spread.

However, Ankang's idea was good, but it didn't turn out in the direction he expected. Ankang thought that he would give the gift and have dinner at Zhu Xue's house, and then the guests and hosts reached a high degree of consensus in a warm atmosphere, and finally the visiting guests smiled and waved away in the sound of music.

The host and the guest reached some consensus, but the height was not enough. Later, because of a disagreement, the previous consensus was completely wiped out. The disagreement began after Zhu Xue's mother mentioned buying a house. Zhu Xue was not mentally prepared to talk about this topic at all, but her mother talked about it at the dinner table and asked Ankang what her plans were. Ankang had no choice but to say that he had this intention.

It is not enough to say that this is the intention, and Ankang must act. So in the next few months, at the urging of Zhu Xue's mother and with her personal participation, Ankang and Zhu Xue began the process of viewing the house.

The matter of viewing the house is not complicated, but because of the enthusiastic participation of Zhu Xue's mother, this matter has become extremely complicated. Whether it is concepts, aesthetics or living habits, there is a gap between Ankang and Zhu Xue's mother that is difficult to fill.

It wasn't until one time that Zhu Xue forcibly stopped her dressed mother at home and didn't let her go, that her mother was honorably discharged from the housekeeping group.

Before Ankang returned to his hometown for the Spring Festival in 2006, he finally bought a house near Century Park near Longyang Road, where he lived. The house is not very big, nor is it very good, but at least the cost performance is good, and the transportation is quite convenient. Both Ankang and Zhu Xue can take Metro Line 2 to and fro, and it is only less than two kilometers away from maglev. Of course, what finally impressed Zhu Xue's mother was that it was a two-minute walk to Century Park, the largest park in Pudong. Get an annual card and visit the park whenever you want. How nice!

The biggest obstacle between Ankang and Zhu Xue was cleared in this way. Ankang also received the unconditional favor of her future mother-in-law. Ankang is finally no longer in a state of survival, and he seems to have switched from survival to happiness overnight.