As big figures appeared beside Locke one after another, the circle he was in soon became the most eye-catching place in the entire reception hall.

Locke chatted with them one by one and exchanged business cards, but after a while, he had a stack of business cards in his hand.

Now it is only a preliminary contact with these people, and there may be cooperation or competition later, and with the development of the future, Locke's network will continue to expand.

This is also the biggest purpose of this type of reception.

"Mr. Carrington's insights into the energy industry have been an eye-opener for me." Locke smiled and chatted with the middle-aged man in front of him, and the other party's information quickly flashed in his mind.

The super brain is enough for him to jot down the information of these people before attending the banquet and do what he likes.

The Carrington family has a lot of influence in the energy and power industry, but what caught Locke's attention the most was that he owned a stake in AOL.

AOL mainly provides Internet services, and it is currently the largest Internet service provider in the United States, and it is also the goal of Locke.

This company is inconspicuous now, but it will soon emerge on the NASDAQ with the development of the Internet, and wait until about 2,000 years to become an Internet company with a market value of 100 billion.

The reason why Locke is following this company and has an idea about the stake in AOL in the hands of Mr. Carrington in front of him is not just because of its rapidly increasing share price.

That's because at that time, it will merge with Time Warner, the largest entertainment and media company.

It is a pity that AOL did not find the right direction for the future development of the Internet, and after the 2,000-year-old NASDAQ stock market crash was hit hard, it collapsed and the stock price fell all the way.

AOL's business problems seriously dragged down Time Warner Group, and also caused Time Warner's stock price to plummet, and finally AOL and Time Warner separated.

But Locke could take advantage of the merger of the two in exchange for enough time Warner shares, and at the same time take the opportunity to buy more shares when Time Warner's stock price falls.

With the continuous merger and expansion, Time Warner Group has become larger and larger.

This also brought some problems, and its shareholding became extremely complicated, with serious internal strife, and gradually falling behind in development, and Time Warner, which was originally the leader of the media group, was finally surpassed by the smiling Mickey Mouse.

Compared to Disney, which only began to grow into glory twenty years later, Locke felt that this was a good opportunity to take control of a media group more quickly.

As long as you control enough equity and make internal adjustments, you can completely seal the path of Disney's development and replace Di Baobao's future glory.

At that time, with the help of media groups, you can also vigorously promote "Arcane Throne" and the upcoming "Master of Mysteries", so as to increase the reputation of your own writer and gain potential points.

So Locke is now enthusiastic about Carrington: "I'm more bullish on the computer industry, so I've invested in companies like Intel, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, etc. ”

"It seems that you young people are very fond of new things." Mr. Carrington laughed, "Not like an old antique like me. ”

"Mr. Carrington's words are a bit exaggerated, and as far as I know, you also invested in AOL last year."

"It's my investment advisor's advice, and it doesn't cost much." "I don't know much about this type of company," Carrington said. ”

"The Internet is a nascent industry, closely related to the computer industry, I am very interested in it, but I don't have the opportunity to ...... it at the moment"

Hearing this, Carrington understood what Locke meant: "You want my stake in AOL?" ”

"If only I had the chance." Locke also has no intention of hiding his thoughts, the current AOL is inconspicuous, maybe he offered to make the other party have the possibility of raising the price, but he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

"Then what conditions are you going to use to impress me?" Lao Mei prefers to go straight when talking about business, and he doesn't care much about AOL shares, but since Locke wants to buy it, he must take the opportunity to make a good price.

"I have a few shares in oil and gas companies, not much, but worth enough to compare to your shares in AOL."

Locke took out his own chips, and the Carrington family is mainly engaged in energy-related industries, and of course there will be ideas for oil and gas shares.

If you simply use money to buy the shares of AOL in Mr. Carrington's hands, you will inevitably have to pay a premium, but if it is a share exchange, there are more places to negotiate, which is equivalent to taking what each needs and changing from a buyer's market to a mutually beneficial and mutually beneficial one.

Sure enough, after Locke said this, Mr. Carrington's interest increased significantly: "Sounds good, so let's talk about it alone another day." ”

"Absolutely." Locke smiled and responded.

This is the end of the subject, and the two men have spoken casually for a few more words, when Mr. Carrington suddenly beckons and pulls a very young-looking girl over:

"Fallon, haven't you always wanted to get to know Mr. Rock Lee? He's here right now, don't miss your chance.

Lee, this is my daughter Fallon. Mr. Carrington smiled and introduced the two to each other.

Locke looked at the blonde girl in front of him, who had been smiling properly, not bad looking, with some immature faces, probably not yet twenty years old.

But it can be seen from the eyes that it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, unlike most of the rich N generations in New York at this age.

At this age, most of the rich N generation have a good foundation because of a good family education, but they are usually more concerned about what sports car to drive, where to have a lively party, or where to travel.

Fallon Carrington seemed to be more scheming, and after Mr. Carrington's introduction, the smile on his face became more enthusiastic:

"Hello, I've heard a lot of rumors about you, and my father also said that if my brother and I could have the same skills as you, he would have a lot more peace of mind."

"Mr. Carrington has won the award, and if he can have such a beautiful and intelligent daughter, I don't know how many people will be the envy of him."

The next conversation between the two seemed to be very speculative, which made Ashley feel threatened and couldn't help but pinch Locke's arm.

Fallon seemed to notice Ashley's small movements, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

Although Ashley wears a custom-made dress and wears the latest jewelry from Tiffany's, from her demeanor, Fallon can see that Ashley is not from a wealthy family.

Combined with Locke's age, she judged that Ashley was at most a 'little toy' that Locke used for entertainment, even if her appearance and figure were slightly better than herself, it didn't matter.

Being in a wealthy family, she understood some truths earlier than her peers in many circles.

A member of a family like her enjoys everything now, including material things, fame, etc., the most important of which is money.

The Locke in front of him, with an amazing record in the past, has the ability to make money more, so unless he fails one day after another, everyone wants him to help him manage his finances.

It's like Martin John, Peter Lynch, and Warren Buffett, who are already extremely famous in the circle now.

The reason why everyone hasn't invested in Sky Fund right away is because Locke is too young and appeared too suddenly, and everyone needs a while to observe.

My father introduced himself to Locke, and he vaguely had some plans, after all, he was about the same age as Locke in front of him, both eighteen years old.

Starting from the twenty-six families in the country of Mi, the upper class of this country has never broken off marriages.

The top 10 conglomerates in the United States have become formidable interest groups through complex means such as marriage and cross-shareholding.

This is also a common method of the wealthy class, of course it is good to succeed, it doesn't matter if it fails, just maintain a good relationship.