My Age of Investment

After Xia Jingxing said hello to the people around him one by one, the party scene returned to its usual state, with the well-dressed Wall Street bosses chatting in twos and threes.

Blankfein turned sideways and whispered to Xia Jingxing, "They just met you today, so they won't be overly enthusiastic. If you're interested in someone or the company behind him, you can talk to him directly, or I'll accompany you there also."

Xia Jingxing felt that Lao Bei's thoughtfulness was really delicate enough, he was worthy of being the king of pimps, and the service was almost nothing to say.

Not to be outdone, Mack said with a smile: "Daren, wait for you to attend a few more parties, and everyone will get to know you better."

Xia Jingxing smiled, "I understand, as long as the two of you go and do your work."

The two were worried that Xia Jingxing would feel left out, so they didn't leave, and chatted with Xia Jingxing for a while before leaving voluntarily.

Xia Jingxing, who was alone, seemed a bit out of place with his surroundings. He simply walked to the dining area, picked up a few small cakes, put them on a plate, and leaned aside to eat.

In the distance, Ivanka, who saw this scene, apologized to the ladies around, and walked towards Xia Jing gracefully.

"Ivanka, you came at a good time, try the cake here, it tastes pretty good." Xia Jingxing muttered while chewing the food.

"Really? Then I have to try."

Ivanka approached with a smile on her face, bent down to look at the plate in Xia Jingxing's hand, pointed to a piece of strawberry cake and said, "I want to eat this."

Xia Jingxing handed the plate in front of Ivanka, "Okay, wait a moment, I'll grab some for you."

Ivanka took the plate, looked at Xia Jingxing who was smiling sincerely in front of her, and sighed in her heart, was my hint not obvious enough?

Xia Jingxing trotted a few steps, picked up the empty plate on the table, picked up five or six pieces of cake, and walked back with a smile on his plate.

"Give."

Ivanka looked at the plate full of cream cakes, and she was going crazy. As a model, she couldn't be interested in seeing cream.

Just now, she wanted to feed her by the man in front of her, but this Tie Hanhan didn't understand the style at all, and took back so many high-calorie cakes on his own initiative.

She thought bitterly in her heart, just endure it, just endure it.

After taking the plate Xia Jingxing handed her, Ivanka also went all out,

Start feasting.

Xia Jingxing snickered in his heart, but pretended he didn't know anything, and looked at Ivanka as soon as he took a bite of the cake.

Under Xia Jingxing's gaze, Ivanka endured the discomfort and ate a plate of cake.

"Would you like some more? This party may be going on very late, so don't starve you."

Listening to Xia Jingxing's words full of concern, Ivanka waved her hand, "No... hiccup... hiccup..."

"Choking? Wait, I'll get you a glass of juice."

Xia Jingxing ran out quickly, and soon came back with a glass of orange juice.

Ivanka drank a few mouthfuls of orange juice, and finally felt a little better.

"Daren, have we been guarding the dining area here?"

Ivanka was angry, she glanced at the long table next to it which was full of food, and began to tease Xia Jingxing.

"The old men think I'm more handsome than them, so they don't chat with me." Xia Jingxing spread his hands with helplessness on his face.

Ivanka giggled, "It's the same as what happened to me before. They must look at you through colored glasses, refuse to recognize your efforts, and attribute success to luck."

Xia Jingxing nodded, "Maybe! Anyway, I don't want to talk to these old men, so I might as well eat cake with you."

Hearing the word "cake", Ivanka's hair immediately turned black. She was already afraid of the man in front of her, and she didn't understand women at all.

The two were chatting, when a man in the dining area pretended to see Xia Jingxing casually.

"Hey, Darren, why are you here?"

Hearing the sound, Xia Jingxing and Yang Niu looked over. A hook-nosed white man in his sixties put down the plate in his hand and walked towards them with a big smile.

"Mr. Fuld, we are discussing the cake tonight, and the strawberry one is absolutely wonderful."

Xia Jingxing looked at the CEO of Lehman Brothers with a smile in front of him. He was originally an Air Force pilot with a violent personality. He was punished by retiring because he beat up his superiors in the army for fighting against his subordinates.

After retiring to work on Wall Street, he did not change his rebellious character at all, and made countless enemies. He was called "the bulldog of Wall Street".

During the 9.11 incident, he commanded the employees to evacuate calmly, and he was able to decisively and quickly convert a hotel into the Lehman headquarters immediately, which saved a lot of company losses, and was passed down as a good story on Wall Street.

At the same time, it was he who led Lehman to enter the subprime debt market in 2004 and bought a large number of CDOs.

"Really? Then I must try the strawberry flavored cake later."

Fuld glanced at Ivanka, then looked away.

Then he took out another business card and handed it to Xia Jingxing, saying: "This is my personal business card, welcome to Lehman any time."

After releasing his kindness, Fuld left without eating the cake.

"This is Lehman's CEO?" Ivanka looked at Xia Jingxing.

"Yes."

Xia Jingxing had basically guessed what Fuld was up to. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had done four deals on Facebook, pledged loans, bond underwriting, IPO underwriting, and equity investment.

As a large investment bank alongside Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, it is impossible for Lehman not to be envious of this, and it is normal to try to poach a corner.

"Young man, can you talk to me about the Internet? I really like these tech companies."

A meticulous old white man with a large bald forehead and white hair on the back of his head appeared beside the two of them holding a wine glass.

Xia Jingxing turned his head to look, and said with a smile, "Mr. Madoff, how dare I show off in front of you. Without you, Nasdaq would not be where it is today."

The person who came was Bernard Madoff, the former chairman of the board of directors of Nasdaq. Under his leadership, Nasdaq became a stock exchange capable of rivaling the New York Stock Exchange.

The old man has made great contributions to the listing of companies such as Apple, Cisco, and Google on NASDAQ, and he is a loyal supporter of technology stocks.

By embracing technology stocks, it also achieved the glory of Nasdaq.

The old man chatted with Xia Jingxing about Facebook for a while, and he took the initiative to promise that if Facebook wanted to list on Nasdaq in the future, he would definitely help.

After getting acquainted for a while, the old man finally stated his purpose: "Daren, I still run an asset management company, the name is Madoff Company, and the asset management scale exceeds 50 billion U.S. dollars.

Our rate of return has been stable at 10%-15% in recent years, and no matter what the market trend is, the rate of return will never be lower than this figure.

I know that you young people may not appreciate this rate of return.

But if you are in the hedge fund business, you can properly allocate some safe and risk-free investment portfolios..."

The old man, Balabala, spent a long time with the simple purpose of getting Xia Jingxing to invest some money.

Xia Jingxing nodded, "Okay, we will seriously consider it."

Madoff patted Xia Jingxing on the shoulder, left a business card, and left contentedly.

Xia Jingxing flicked the business card in his hand, and sneered in his heart, this old liar had actually set his sights on him.

The Madoff fraud case in the previous life set a Guinness World Record, with a fraudulent amount of more than 60 billion US dollars. The list of victims includes Spielberg, HSBC, UBS, Nomura Securities... countless celebrities and famous companies.

If it wasn't for the redemption frenzy triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis, this Ponzi scheme doesn't know how long it will last.

Wall Street is such a place, where crooks run rampant, there are no morals, and money never sleeps.