Global Monopoly of Technology

After Christmas in the West, Luo Sheng started a trip to North America. The company's relocation was finalized, and he didn't need to pay too much attention. After returning from this trip, most of the company had settled in Sioux City.

Luo Sheng chose Wall Street for the first time. On this trip, there were six company members who came with him. Qin Weimu was also among them. She was the only one who had traveled abroad, while the others were young from the company. This is the first time for Luo Sheng to go abroad. Bringing them here is a way for Luo Sheng to cultivate talents internally. The purpose of bringing them here is to expand his international vision.

There is no ambiguity in poaching Luo Sheng, but internal training of talents is equally important.

Speaking of which, if Qin Weimu did not choose her career as a lawyer, but pursued a high salary, she is very likely to appear on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and other big investment banks have sent her offers to ask for it. I know that there are more than 90,000 job applications for an intern at Goldman Sachs every month, and the acceptance rate is only about 2%. The proportion of other large investment banks is almost the same. About 90% of the offers sent out will be invited to join.

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On December 28, Luo Sheng came to Manhattan. After reversing the jet lag, he took a day off before heading to Goldman Sachs headquarters.

Long before he came to New York, Luo Sheng had already greeted Meng Qiu, the head of Goldman Sachs Group in China. This time he sought financing was a little different, because the company still had relatively sufficient funds, and currently there are ￥280 million. Right or so, under normal circumstances, the A round of financing has received such a large amount of investment that it will not be financing by the first half of next year.

But for Luo Sheng, his next strategic layout of the company, the funds are far from enough, wanting investors to play him with money, it takes more energy and words than the previous financing.

At about 16:00 in the afternoon, Luo Sheng came to the foot of the Goldman Sachs headquarters building. His temporary assistant looked at the door in front of him in amazement: "This is the Goldman Sachs headquarters? The simplicity is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. "

Qin Weimu simply explained: "Goldman Sachs headquarters is famous for not having any logo on the outside."

Its simple brown headquarters building is located at 85 Broad Street in New York, but this "Building 85" is famous all over the world. As Goldman Sachs, which has been promoted to the world's largest investment bank since the beginning of the new century, anyone who knows a little about finance is afraid No one will not know its name. This place has always been a place where investment banking elites have been diligently seeking to work. Being a partner of Goldman Sachs means having countless wealth.

Luo Sheng walked in, but was quickly stopped by a white man walking towards him. A look of contempt suddenly rose in his heart at the sight of an Asian face.

"Sorry sir, you need to wear formal clothes to come in."

The white man who came to stop him said this, his behavior seemed quite gentlemanly, but deep down he was really disdainful of Asian faces, but his expression and words and deeds did not reveal a little bit of his true thoughts. Working at one of the largest investment banking firms on Wall Street is all about EQ and IQ.

Luo Sheng didn't wear formal clothes when he came here, so he calmly replied, "I have an appointment with Mr. Henry Paulson, and I'm here now."

The white man thought that he had heard it wrong. Henry Paulson, known as one of the most influential financial experts in the United States, is also the current head of Goldman Sachs Group. He is truly a giant on Wall Street.

Just when the white man was stunned, a person suddenly came over to investigate. It was Meng Qiu, the head of Goldman Sachs in China. He talked to the white man for a few words, and the other party glanced at Luo Sheng again before leaving.

At this time, Meng Qiu and Luo Sheng shook hands, communicated in Mandarin, and said with a faint smile: "Mr. Luo, please come here. Frankly speaking, although I work for Goldman Sachs, I wouldn't be in Manhattan this time if it wasn't for you. , don't look at these people's high self-cultivation,

But these people despise our face in their hearts. On Wall Street, the people here are all hypocritical except for the sincere love of the US dollar. "

Luo Sheng smiled and didn't answer, but he also added a bit of goodwill to Meng Qiu, but that's all, as he said, this is Wall Street.

Mengqiu reminded again kindly: "I have to remind you President Luo, you may face a lot of difficulties later, Henry specially invited a lot of reporters, Henry Paulson, what do you say? , in Wall Street and even in the world's financial circles, there are people with terrorist influence, you have to be mentally prepared."

Luo Sheng was stunned for a while, and said calmly, "Thank you."

Of course, he is no stranger to the name Henry Paulson, because as long as he understands the subprime mortgage crisis, the name cannot be avoided. He not only knows Henry Paulson, but also John Paulson.

After entering the elevator, Meng Qiu stopped talking and took the elevator to the top floor. He also sweated for Luo Sheng. Even if he saw such a person, he would be very nervous, especially this one. All kinds of battles, the invisible pressure is even greater.

However, Meng Qiu was also quite surprised, because he found that Luo Sheng's calm and confident expression never disappeared, this young man did have an extraordinary side.

It can only be described as such.

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The building of Goldman Sachs headquarters is quite beautiful, and the geographical environment is also very good. In terms of physical environment, it can be said to be impeccable. At night, when you go down to the eleventh floor to see the sunset in the west and the Statue of Liberty, you are also working in this building. an experience.

But at the same time, more than 10,000 Goldman Sachs employees are squeezed into the forty-story building, which makes people feel that this place is always bustling and busy.

However, even at Goldman Sachs, the difference between people inside the company is greater than the difference between people and dogs.

If the employees here are not occupied by their work, they have a little leisure to observe everything around them, but this is not the case most of the time. If they are, they will feel that they are only available in an extremely huge machine. A single gear is pushed and rotated by thousands of other gears, and even if he leaves, a new gear will come up immediately.

Moreover, due to the complexity of the investment banking business, an employee randomly encounters another employee at Goldman Sachs. There is a 50% or more chance that they cannot talk about work casually. For example, one belongs to the investment banking department and the other belongs to the trading department. Both parties want to talk about work. It is to apply, and there is a 49% chance that these two people can't understand each other's work and life at all, and they may not be interested at all.

The people who work here are actually very lonely. There are more than 10,000 people. There may only be a dozen colleagues and a few bosses who can really talk. However, this is also determined by the nature of the industry. Most investment banks are basically the same in this regard. .

After getting out of the elevator, Meng Qiu led Luo Sheng to a conference hall inside the building.

As soon as he entered the interior, Luo Sheng saw twenty or thirty eyes focused on him. Among them, there were well-known North American media personalities such as "The New York Times" and "Bloomberg" who came to the scene.

When a group of foreigners present saw him, many people showed surprise, especially reporters from several media organizations.

Mengqiu returned to where Goldman Sachs was. Even he was speechless here. The people sitting in the middle of the conference table were all real bosses. Mengqiu couldn't help but secretly sweated for Luo Sheng again. No matter how you look at this battle, it is not something that a young man in his twenties can withstand.

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