Wall Street Legend

Originally, Ye Dongqing was not well-known, and his deeds were only spread in a small area. After the "Wall Street Journal" publicity, many people learned through this newspaper that there was a Chinese teenager in New York who raised a large sum of money in a short period of time. There is news that funds are long on crude oil and they have made a lot of profits from it.

By some strange combination of circumstances, Ye Dongqing became famous after being ridiculed by the venture capitalist named Andy Kessler.

This is not the way he wants to be famous, but it feels quite good. At this moment, he is crossing his legs in the new office, lying on the leather sofa and holding a newspaper. The newspaper that was printed yesterday, Ye Dongqing just heard from an employee this morning. Learned the whole thing.

Miss Laura came over to visit and was sitting next to him, tilting her head to read the text together.

Compared with squatting in the hotel all day watching TV, or doing boring community services, since Tamsui Fund moved into the new headquarters, she prefers to return to Ye Dongqing as a secretary. She can't do complicated work. , Laura can be responsible for small things such as serving tea, contacting a certain employee, or helping order lunch.

Of course, it is true that the relationship is close in private, but it does not affect Laura's salary from Ye Dongqing through labor. She is not a "canary" type of girl, and she cannot trust this stinky man next to her, so it is better to save her own money. .

Even the hotel she is staying in now is paid for by herself. It is a small one and a bit noisy at night. The advantage is that it is cheap. She only waits for Ye Dongqing to stay in the mansion she just bought recently after it is renovated. This is a "charity". "Laura can accept it. After all, the salary is not high, and I didn't save much money some time ago. I can save some.

"What a disgusting guy, who is he? Is he very powerful!?" There was annoyance in her voice. Laura felt that Ye Dongqing was already very powerful, and she couldn't bear to see this greasy man who came out of nowhere to slander him.

Ye Dongqing instantly made Laura dumbfounded with a few words. He said: "He is a very powerful guy. His assets are estimated to be more than one billion US dollars. I don't know the specific number. I have also read his book, and he was able to successfully hide in the past two years." After the Internet bubble crisis, it is a pity that it will fall on oil futures this time.

According to this newspaper, Mr. Kessler has been shorting all the way, starting when the price of a barrel was 22 US dollars, and the loss may be 500 to 600 million US dollars. "

"No wonder you say such a thing. I'm obviously jealous of you making money, but you people in finance are really rich. Anyone who pops up can have hundreds of millions or billions of dollars. For example, that hateful fat man, who has to spend money by working How long does it take to earn so much?”

"If you go to South Korea or a small country in Africa with a worthless currency, you can still have a long series of zeros in your account. Come on and work hard. Based on your current salary... I estimate that you can earn that much in a few hundred years."

Just joking, Ye Dongqing closed the newspaper and threw it aside, and then said: "Don't just focus on the very few people who have made money. There are at least millions of people engaged in finance in the United States. The real money How much talent do they have? Relatively speaking, they account for a higher proportion of the total group. Who makes them smart and visionary?"

Laura felt like she had been hit, and said in an unhappy tone: “I’m going to learn these too, and remember to lend me the books you bought when the time comes!”

"Take it as you like. I asked you to cooperate with me and gave you the shares but you didn't want them. You missed the opportunity to make a fortune in vain. You can't blame me for that. If you are smart enough, you should learn from me to invest in those stocks now. Maybe you can use the money in your hands to become a business owner in the future." Are you a multimillionaire?"

"...Don't mention this. This is the stupidest decision I have ever made. Otherwise, I would have bought my own car, a house, and college tuition by now!"

I don’t know if Laura heard it, but he said again: “I’m serious, invest in Amazon and Apple stocks, you can open an account anywhere, anyway, you haven’t needed money recently, and you can still do it in the future. I’ll continue to get paid.”

"Okay, I'm going to ask Kanike to open an account for me. I've never bought stocks before. I don't know what I should do."

At this moment, Laura still didn’t know how much Ye Dongqing’s advice was worth, so she really ran to Kanike for help on this trivial matter, leaving Ye Dongqing alone in the office.

I didn't treat my quirks unfairly. The new office was large enough, with a brand new desk placed by the window and a few more pots of green plants in the corners.

The decoration style cannot be called luxurious, but it looks clean and comfortable.

His eyes stayed on the "Wall Street Journal" again. He thought that this matter would pass peacefully, and maybe it would bring some new customers to Freshwater Fund Company. However, just over ten minutes later, the staff of ABC TV station came News about trying to interview yourself.

They hope that Ye Dongqing can be on the news, ABC TV's evening news program "World-News-Now", to counter some of Mr. Andy Kessler's views. Several newspapers also hope to meet him face to face. Conducted an exclusive interview to talk about his life and entrepreneurship, including the New York Times, one of the largest circulation newspapers in the United States, and the Wall Street Journal, which had just published an article.

People want to know more inside information about how he made his fortune, from an ordinary high school student to a well-known multi-millionaire on Wall Street in a few months. This kind of story is so popular that the New York Times even promised to publish it. The interview article was placed on the front page to prove that the "American Dream" can also appear on Wall Street.

As the largest newspaper in California, the "Los Angeles Times" will certainly not miss this excitement. You must know that there are millions of Chinese in California on the west coast, many of whom subscribe to its newspaper, and the "San Francisco Chronicle" also later After realizing it, I sent an invitation for an exclusive interview.

These interview invitations were all delivered to Ye Dongqing within one day. There were a total of twenty-four newspapers and two TV stations. If he only earned tens or millions of dollars, he would certainly not receive such attention. The news that it has earned tens of millions of dollars every month is worthy of the media organizations scrambling for first-hand exclusive news.

There were so many invitations that Ye Dongqing felt embarrassed. He just gave up on being on the TV station. His fame and status were not enough. It would only be embarrassing to go now, and he would have to fly all the way to Los Angeles.

He selected a Chinese newspaper to be interviewed by phone. In addition, he had difficulties between the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times. In terms of circulation, there was not much difference. Following that front page, I finally chose The New York Times for an exclusive interview.

It was more urgent than expected. I just called the New York Times back, and the other party immediately asked him to rush to 229 West 43rd Street now. Most likely because the front page tomorrow was boring and they were going to change it temporarily.

The time for printing newspapers is usually arranged after twelve o'clock, in case there is any breaking news. It is only after seven o'clock now, so there is still time.

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There are so many rich people in New York that it is impossible to say how much the New York Times attaches great importance to him.

Ye Dongqing was just lucky enough to be young and of Chinese descent, so he received some attention. Looking into the reason, the main reason is that there are too few successful Chinese Americans in the United States. After several decades, Bruce Lee is still the most representative. Some rich people have emerged, such as Wang An of Wang An Computer and Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, but their influence is very limited.

With the idea of ​​promoting the Freshwater Fund, he quickly packed up, left the girl with Laura to help take care of her, and drove to the agreed place alone.

The New York Times headquarters has not changed location in nearly a century since it was moved to Times Square at the beginning of the last century. It has long become one of the iconic buildings. He, a native New Yorker, knows his way around.

The newspaper had made preparations in advance. The cameraman seemed to be in a bad mood, probably because he had to work overtime again. He took a photo of Ye Dongqing with a bad face and asked him to be interviewed.

The reporter's name was John Philo. After talking briefly, the two sat next to a desk, with the other person holding a notebook and voice recorder ready to write down some key points.

It can be seen how careless he is, he doesn't even have the intention to pour Ye Dongqing a cup of tea.

Forget it, what surprised him was that the other party's first question was very pointed: "How long have you moved to the United States? Our country is very good, right? As long as you have the ability, you can make money and you are protected by the law."

"My family has moved here longer than yours. I have grown up here since I was a child, sir."

He felt uncomfortable, but Ye Dongqing was still patient and explained in a calm tone. To be honest, he didn't like the sense of superiority that white people often have. If this country was really good, then there wouldn't be so many poor people near Chinatown. .

"Really? I thought you had just immigrated here not long ago. It seems that there are some problems with the information I collected. Sorry, I prepared some information in a hurry. You replied too late and I didn't have time to prepare properly."

After reporter John Philo coughed dryly, he changed the subject and asked: "So what I want to know is, what exactly did you do to make so much money through oil futures in such a short period of time?"

This seems like a normal problem.

Ye Dongqing replied: "I asked investors to trust me and give them a very high rate of return, and then I used the funds raised to invest. My wealth not only comes from crude oil futures, I also made a profit from investing in stocks. money, and I actually continue to hold on to them.”

"So... some colleagues said that your family is very rich. It is said that they are very wealthy in Xiangjiang. Is this true? One netizen speculated that you are related to a family that operates freighters. Their surname is the same as yours."

"There are many Chinese people named Ye. My parents died in an accident a few years ago. They were just ordinary people. They grew up living in my aunt's house. I have no so-called family background. What I have achieved now is all due to my own efforts. ."

"That's it."

Reporter Philo sounded a little disappointed. This was not the news content he hoped to catch. He continued to write in his notebook and crossed out a few questions that he thought would be useful.

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