My Age of Investment

Pacific Heights (Pacific Heights) is located on a series of steep hills north of San Francisco and is a famous wealthy area in San Francisco.

A single-family villa is located here, and the price of each one starts at tens of millions of dollars.

There are no buses here, so Xia Jingxing took a taxi from downtown San Francisco.

The taxi stopped in front of a white villa, Xia Jingxing paid and left the taxi driver's phone number, otherwise he didn't want to go down the mountain after the dinner was over.

After getting out of the car, he looked around, and there was a long line of luxury cars outside the villa area against the wall, all of which were Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and other brands.

There were several waiters standing in front of the iron gate to welcome guests. After showing the invitation, a waiter politely led Xia Jingxing into the villa.

The villa occupies a very large area, and there is a large lawn between the iron gate and the main building.

As the event venue, the big lawn has been sparsely visited by many guests, men in suits and leather shoes, women in evening dresses, holding goblets and talking in twos and threes.

There are also several long tables around the lawn, stacked with various delicacies, and the waiters shuttled through them with plates, constantly adding various ingredients.

There are also several bodyguards in suits wearing headsets patrolling in the corner, all of them are tall and sharp.

Xia Jingxing waved the waiter away, took a glass of juice, put a few pieces of snacks on a plate, sat in the corner and started eating, it was important to fill his stomach.

Slowly, there were more and more people.

Most of the people who came were Chinese, and there were also a small number of white people.

Xia Jingxing didn't know anyone and was too lazy to get close.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Liu Jinhang, chairman of First Securities as the host, finally walked out of the villa with a large number of guests.

Yang Zhiyuan, Li Guanfu, Huang Renxun and others are among them.

The ordinary guests who were chatting outside saw the movement, and they all gathered around.

The people in front were too tight for Xia Jingxing to get in, so he had to stand outside.

However, he is still tall and can see the movement inside the encirclement.

Liu Jinhang is about 60 years old and wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He is relatively thin and elegant. He is shaking hands with customers who come up to him enthusiastically, and chatting with a smile.

Then, Liu Jinhang greeted everyone to take a seat on the seats arranged next to them.

Xia Jingxing didn't miss the opportunity this time and found a second row seat and sat down.

He didn't go to grab the first row, after all, it was reserved for the boss.

As he expected, the first row was filled with bigwigs, Congressman Yu Yinliang, billionaire Yang Zhiyuan, Wang Jialian and so on.

There was a whole row of vacancies, and no one was going to grab it. After all, the people who attended the dinner party were all elites, and they could carry their own weights and taels.

There were only eight seats in a row, Li Guanfu was only a professional manager after all, and there was not enough coffee space, so he was placed in the second row, just next to Xia Jingxing.

He nodded friendly towards Xia Jingxing and sat down next to each other.

When everyone was seated, Liu Jinhang stood at the front with a microphone and began to speak.

"First Securities has been established for 18 years. Thank you very much for your long-term support and trust..."

These opening remarks were not nutritious, Xia Jingxing turned his head and glanced at the guests in the back row.

Eighty percent are Chinese!

In fact, this is not only the current situation and predicament of First Securities, but also the development problems of financial enterprises founded by Chinese such as East West Bank.

Most of the services are Chinese, and there are very few other ethnic customers.

The problem is simple, the financial industry has always been in the hands of white people.

It is very difficult for the Chinese to gain the right to speak.

This old man is lucky, more Chinese can only be a senior wage earner all his life, such as the vice president of Microsoft next to him.

As for his creation of an innovation workshop, it was all about starting a business in the mainland. In the United States, he was just a professional manager.

Xia Jingxing checked the information of Liu Jinhang. He was born in the magic capital. He went to the island with his parents when he was only fifteen days old.

After working on Wall Street for seven or eight years, he started his own business again in middle age. Firstrade had only two employees at the beginning, and served only three states in the United States.

Up to now, the scale of client assets under management has exceeded one billion US dollars.

It can't be compared with those tycoons on Wall Street, but for ordinary Chinese in the United States, it is very successful.

"Sir, are you also a Firstrade customer?"

Seeing that the young Chinese man sitting beside him was young and talented, Li Guanfu asked kindly.

"Yes, Mr. Li, are you too?"

Li Guanfu shook his head and smiled, "I'm just here to join in the fun, not a Firstrade customer. You seem to know me?"

"Of course, you are a rare Chinese executive in Silicon Valley, and you are the object of everyone's worship."

Li Guanfu smiled humbly: "It's an award! You speak Mandarin so well, where is your ancestral home?"

"Oh, I'm not Chinese, I'm an international student from the mainland."

Li Guanfu was surprised for a moment, looked at Xia Jingxing seriously, and then speculated that this might be a child of a wealthy family from the mainland.

Can spend millions of dollars to invest in stocks for children who are still studying, but I don't know what kind of family it is?

He joined Microsoft five years ago and was sent to the mainland to found and lead the Microsoft China Research Institute.

Because of his outstanding performance, he was transferred back to the United States as Microsoft's global vice president after only two years of work.

From 1998 to 2000, during his more than two years of living in the mainland, he did find that some private entrepreneurs became rich.

Although it is still very poor overall, it cannot hold a large population base. Especially in the south, there are even billionaires.

"You are an international student, which university? What major do you study?"

"Stanford University, Computer Science major."

Li Guanfu said with a smile: "Stanford, a very good university. When I was studying at Columbia and Carnegie Mellon, I also studied the same major as you."

"Haha, there is no comparison. You are a doctor, a senior, and I am a late-stage student."

Li Guanfu waved his hand, "You don't have to be humble, you are still young and have unlimited possibilities."

Xia Jingxing smiled and nodded, but did not answer.

"I have worked in the mainland for two years. Which province and city is your family in?"

"Chuanshu, Rongcheng."

"Haha, it's a coincidence that we're still fellow villagers, have you heard of it in Huayang County?"

Xia Jingxing nodded with a smile, "Of course I've heard it. It's very close to my house, only a dozen kilometers away. Now it's been withdrawn from the county, and it's called Huayang Town."

Li Guanfu nodded slightly, "That's right, it's changed now, the Republic of China is called Huayang County, and the old people in the family have been saying this all the time, and I'm used to it.

When I went back to the mainland a few years ago, I went to pay homage to my ancestors. There was still a farmland there. I heard that the Tianfu Software Park is now planned to be built? "

"Yes, construction started last year, and in two years, it should be officially put into operation."

Li Guanfu said with a smile, "Since the reform, the development of the mainland has changed with each passing day, and this is the case everywhere.

In another ten years, this vibrant and hopeful land will surely yield rich economic fruits. "

"A hardworking and kind nation should live a better and better life."

Li Guanfu took another look at the occupations of Xia Jingxing's parents, but the latter laughed and laughed and avoided talking about it.

Li Guanfu thought it was boring, so he didn't continue to ask.

Liu Jinhang did not have a long speech. After contacting the customer's feelings, he announced the official start of the dinner.

A small number of people went to the buffet, but most of them were looking for some big people to talk to.

After all, eating is not important, making contacts is their main purpose.

Xia Jingxing wanted to chat with Yang Zhiyuan, but found that the other party was surrounded by a group of people.

As the richest Chinese man in the United States, this man is currently hot, and everyone wants to make friends with him.

Xia Jingxing stood aside for a long time, but never found a suitable opportunity, and there was an endless stream of people who came to chat with Yang Jieyuan.

Li Guanfu appeared beside Xia Jingxing with a glass of wine, followed the latter's line of sight and asked with a smile, "Want to chat with Jerry?"

Xia Jingxing glanced sideways and found that it was Li Guanfu, nodded and said, "Yes, he is the idol of Stanford students, and I really want to chat with him."

"Come with me!"

Li Guanfu had a good impression of Xia Jingxing, so he decided to do this little favor and led Xia Jingxing towards Yang Zhiyuan, who was surrounded by the crowd.