Reborn in 98, its rise began with ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 510 The Speakeasy Bar Is Really Exciting
A few days later, Ian Ball sold the borrowed stocks and came to see Lu Yiming again.

The wind and snow outside still haven't stopped, but the villa is still warm as spring.

The invited top chef is helping Lu Yiming cook steak, while Li Yiwen is making coffee.

Seeing Ian Ball's arrival, Li Yiwen joked, "You really know how to pick a time, we're just about to have a big meal."

Ian Ball sat on the sofa for a while, and suddenly felt warm all over.

Li Yiwen came over with freshly brewed coffee, put one of the cups in front of Ian Ball, and said, "No sugar added."

"Thank you."

While sipping delicious coffee, Ian Ball reported to Lu Yiming: "Mr. Lu, today's stock price has risen again. Although the increase has slowed down a lot compared to last month, there are still risks after all. "

As the saying goes, once you are bitten by a snake, you are afraid of the rope for ten years.

Ian Bauer had a bad head-to-head short-selling before, but now he is naturally terrified, for fear that he will stumble again.

However, Lu Yiming didn't care about the ups and downs at all. He said to Ian Ball: "If you find someone to write an article, I don't care if it's money or through the back door. In short, I will find a way to publish it on Barron's Weekly." Post this message."

While speaking, he had already handed over some information collected by him and Li Yiwen in the past few days to Ian Ball.

"Look at these first, you are a smart person, I believe I don't need to teach you how to write?"

"Barron's Weekly" was founded in 30 and belongs to the Murdoch News Corporation. Regardless of the circulation, it is only copies. It is inconspicuous among the well-known weekly magazines with millions of sales. Weekly, as a professional financial weekly, has a huge influence in the financial industry and is an important reference for many American professional and institutional investors to grasp the development direction of the financial market.

Ian Ball took the information handed over by Lu Yiming, and after only a few glances, he showed a shocked expression, and couldn't help asking: "Is this true?"

Lu Yiming said flatly: "Of course it's true. Anyone can verify it. We don't need to tell lies at all. As long as the truth is revealed, everything will come to fruition."

On February 207th, just after the heavy snow blocked the road, a report published by "Barron's Weekly" directly overturned the entire stock market, because this article directly tore off the last fig leaf of Nasdaq , pointed out unabashedly that among the 51 Internet companies listed on the US stock market, 12 of them will face dry cash flow within months.

As soon as this news was released, the entire market immediately panicked, and many people went around to inquire about the news, and at the same time asked whether the relevant Internet companies really had this matter.

What is the difference between a stock with a shelf life of less than twelve months and waste paper?
What makes shareholders angry is that these Internet companies that have been questioned by the public are either silent or hysterically refuted, but they can't produce a shred of strong evidence to prove themselves.

Now it's all right, the lid can't be covered, and public opinion will naturally fry the pot directly.

Countless angry citizens took to the streets to protest against the cold wind, calling this a fraud, a robbery, and a ruthless plunder of their property!

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the Saltwater Company, the instigator, was making a fortune silently.

As Lu Yiming said, there is no need to lie or use falsehoods, as long as the cruelest truth is exposed, then the American stock market will usher in the most tragic avalanche.

Sure enough, soon countless retail investors began to frantically sell their stocks, and panic spread rapidly.

For those Internet-related companies that have not had any accidents, such as Intel, Yahoo, and Amazon, perhaps their CEOs will stand up and explain to shareholders that their companies have no such problems.

But will the irrational American retail investors believe it?

Confidence, once lost, is not something that can be done just by talking.

And the current situation is exactly like this.

Amidst countless voices of doubt, Intel's stock price began to plummet. In addition, as long as it is a company that has something to do with the Internet, it has all been affected to a greater or lesser extent, and no one has been spared.

So far, Saltwater Fund has become famous in the first battle, and the name of Ian Ball has also begun to appear on the desks of countless big figures in North America. He has become a household name in the stock market and has attracted the attention of countless people.

On this day, Ian Ball had just returned home when he saw a group of people rushing out from an unknown corner of the yard.

He instinctively raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Then the first thought in my heart was: If I can't die today, I must hire two bodyguards tomorrow... No, eight!
After finally calming down, he took a closer look, only to find that the people who came were reporters.They were afraid of scaring the snake, so they quietly hid in the blind corner of the fence in the yard. This behavior is simply amazing!

Squatting at the door overnight in the cold weather, I have to say that American media people are still quite dedicated. At least criminals may not have this kind of patience and perseverance, but reporters do.

Just as Ian Ball was thinking wildly, a female reporter rushed over and almost stuffed the microphone into Ian Ball's mouth.

"Mr. Ball, how do you feel about becoming a billionaire? I heard that you were almost on the verge of bankruptcy before, and even the bank was going to confiscate your house and put it up for auction."

Ian Ball, who came back to his senses, looked at the camera calmly and talked: "There is such a thing, I almost had nothing at the time. But now, you have also seen it. I just want to say that I once There were setbacks, but I got through it because I never gave up on the pursuit of truth and facts."

What the losers say is sophistry, what the winner says is aphorisms.Ian Bauer's words were unremarkable and incomparable, but they made the eyes of these reporters shine.

However, in the United States, there will never be a shortage of people who raise the bar. A female reporter said sharply: "I am Karin from the Washington Post. Don’t you think that Yahoo, a leading company in the industry, behaves no differently from a robber?”

Because of her previous interview with Lu Yiming, Kailin successfully gained the attention of the industry, and even switched to the Washington Post, where her salary and benefits were raised several levels.

Moreover, there are far more news materials in New York than in Los Angeles.

Ian Ball immediately retorted angrily: "It's nonsense, short selling is a business practice allowed by American law, how can you say that I am robbing? When I lost money before, why didn't you say that others robbed me? What's more, these There is a problem with the company's own operation, if it is robbery, they are also brazenly robbing investors and stockholders!"

After listening to Ian Ball's rebuttal, Kailin raised the corner of her mouth and said with a half-smile: "So, you admit that you are cheating?"

If you don't eat black, you can't talk rough.

Internet start-up companies went public to cheat stockholders, and Ian Ball cut flesh from these scammers. It was really black and white. To put it bluntly, only ordinary retail investors lost the most.

Because no matter which side wins, they are essentially losing money.

But how could Ian Ball admit such a thing?

He immediately retorted loudly and righteously: "I repeat, this is not a robbery, but a redistribution of social resources. What everyone should pay attention to now is how to find more problematic companies and urge them Get back on track so our economy can develop in a healthy and orderly way."

In terms of high-sounding words, Ian Bauer came out of his mouth, which can be said to have won the true biography of Lu Yiming. He had already made sufficient plans to deal with possible difficulties.

After refuting a few sharp questions, he then answered a few routine questions. At this time, a cold wind blew and heavy snow fell. Ian Ball took the opportunity to say to the reporters in front of him: "Today's weather It’s too cold, you’ve worked hard, let’s end the interview like this, goodbye.”

After speaking, without waiting for the reporters to react, they returned to their villa.

Although the interview was short, it did not bother this group of reporters with very high professional makeup and professionalism.After they went back, based on their own imagination and referring to Ian Ball's answer just now, they concocted one report after another in an instant.

After these true and false reports were spread, they immediately caused panic, causing more and more stockholders to sell their stocks crazily out of fear of losing money.

As a result, too many people sold, and the stock price continued to plummet, which triggered a new round of panic selling.

The vicious cycle has begun, and the general situation has collapsed. At this time, even if God himself steps up to call, it will not be able to prevent the US stock index from plummeting.

In Silicon Valley, Ian Bauer's ear name is cursed by countless Internet practitioners, especially those unlucky ones whose careers went bankrupt because of him, and they can't wait to come to him and give him a brainstorm.

There are even quite a few people who have already called and threatened to send Ian Ball to hell.

A few days later.

Saltwater Fund Corporation.

In Ian Ball's office, Lu Yiming fiddled with the globe on the table, and said jokingly: "You'd better hire a few more bodyguards now, in this country where guns are rampant, I don't want to be in the newspaper one day Toutiao came to see your posthumous photo."

Ian Ball showed a somewhat helpless wry smile and said to Lu Yiming: "Recently, I have received several envelopes containing blades and bullets. Now I dare not go out alone. If I fail, I will die. If I succeed, I will die." I'm going to die too, what happened to America?"

Lu Yiming laughed loudly at this: "Blades and bullets? You really have no idea. If it were me, I might send you a few rotten and smelly dead mice. That would be exciting."

"..."

Ian Bauer trembled just thinking about it, and felt that his new boss was too wicked.

Lu Yiming looked casual again, and asked, "How is it? How does it feel to be a billionaire?"

This time, he shorted more than companies in one breath, and Lu Yiming made a profit of more than million U.S. dollars, while Ian Ball, as the founder of Saltwater Fund and the mascot placed in front of the stage, also made a profit Quite rich, now among the ranks of billionaires in North America.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Ian Ball was very excited, and the death threats just now were instantly forgotten by him.

"First of all, of course, I no longer have to worry about banks and creditors coming to take over my house. Secondly, I have become the enemy of many people, haha. Speaking of it, I still have to thank you, Mr. Lu, it is not you who provided accurate Without the intelligence and first-hand information, I simply could not achieve such brilliant results.”

Lu Yiming has long been immune to this level of flattery, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about these scenes, let's focus on the business. The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard." .”

Although things have already started now, and everyone has made a lot of money through the salt water fund, Lu Yiming thinks this is just the beginning.

He wants to build Ian Ball into a perfect "stock market butcher", constantly wielding a butcher knife, hunting targets in the stock market, cutting flesh and bleeding.

Just as Lu Yiming was about to continue discussing the next operation with Ian Ball, Epstein called.

In all fairness, Lu Yiming really didn't want to have anything to do with Epstein.

After all, he is a person with normal three views and cherishes his reputation. He is really not the same as Epstein.

"Mr. Lu, congratulations. Recently, you have been shorting the stock market. You are making money like crazy."

Lu Yiming said lightly: "It's not bad, it's expected, and you didn't lose money."

Epstein quickly cut to the chase and said, "Are you free? I want to meet you. There is a big guy who wants to meet you."

If possible, Lu Yiming really didn't want to have anything to do with this guy, but now there is still a place for him, so he can only pinch his nose and recognize it.The point is that Lu Yiming still doesn't know how big and where the big man Epstein mentioned is, so he can't go there, or else he will shoot himself in the back with seven shots tomorrow.

After all, this is magical America, where weird things can happen.

After the phone call, Lu Yiming couldn't help but said to Ian Ball: "Epstein, this guy actually said he wanted to introduce me to a big shot. You see, as long as you make money, all kinds of cats and dogs will come to your door."

"Epstein?"

Hearing this name, Ian Bolton was a little excited and asked, "Mr. Lu, can I go with you?"

Epstein's reputation in New York's financial circles is quite loud. People who want to know him can line up three times around New York.

"can."

After all, it is the best pawn in his hand. For Ian Ball's request, Lu Yiming is willing to fulfill his little wish.

Seeing Lu Yiming nodding, Ian Ball was very excited.

Even though he was a multi-millionaire before, in New York, people like him can't be ranked at all. Even if he sharpened his head, he couldn't squeeze into the real top social circle.

Because he has no guide!

But now, he finally has such a chance!
When the appointed day came, Lu Yiming took Zhao Tiezhu and Ian Ball to the appointment together.

What Lu Yiming never expected was that the place where Epstein asked him to meet was actually an underground bar!
When Lu Yiming arrived, as soon as he walked into the box, he saw Epstein talking and laughing happily with a short, thin man who looked like Jack Ma. They each held two hot beauties in their arms. We chatted hotly.

When meeting Lu Yiming, Epstein enthusiastically stepped forward to introduce him: "Mr. Lu, this is my good friend Alex Acosta. He is the dean of the Law School of Florida International University and is also a member of the Department of Justice. and the Florida Attorney's Office."

“Alex, this is Mr. Lu who helped me make money recently.”

When Lu Yiming heard the introduction, he immediately called out "good guy", he brought the hyena directly into the "house".

Words such as collusion between government and businessmen and collusion between government and businessmen came to mind instantly.

But after being surprised, Lu Yiming was also overjoyed. After all, people from the Ministry of Justice joined in. Would he still be afraid of being investigated in the future?

Everyone has become their own person, and it is not appropriate to check and check.

Having figured this out, Lu Yiming's expression became eager immediately, and he stepped forward to shake hands with Alex Acosta.

"Sir, you look like a gentleman! It's very suitable for your job!"

Alex Acosta has obviously heard of Lu Yiming. After all, the recent big moves of the Saltwater Fund have made many people sleepless and unwilling to eat.

As a politician and law enforcement officer who loves his country deeply, what should he do when he encounters such a crazy thing?
Opt-in of course!
At the moment, after exchanging a few pleasantries, Alex Acosta said: "Mr. Lu, I have a fund in my hand now, which is my savings for so many years. I hope you can help me operate it."

Obviously, people in the Department of Justice have to eat, and everyone in America loves Franklin.

And the funds in the hands of Alex Acosta are actually small coffers in the hands of some big shots in the Ministry of Justice. Seeing that Lu Yiming made a lot of money from the stock market, he couldn't sit still. Poor Stein's relationship, just want to get a share of the pie.

Naturally, Lu Yiming would not refuse this, and immediately pushed Ian Bauer out, saying: "Sir, you are very accurate, our Saltwater Fund is a private equity fund company with professional ethics, and we will definitely be conservative for our customers." Secret. This is my partner Ian Ball, you can contact him for specific business."

Alex Acosta was very satisfied when he heard that the saltwater fund was well kept secret.

In the United States, corruption is a very serious charge, so taking money directly is something that idiots do.

So if you want to make money, you have to use roundabout methods, such as stock investment, or buying financial products.

But even so, if you make money, you still have to keep a low profile as much as possible to avoid attracting public attention and dissatisfaction.

"So, here's a toast to our upcoming collaboration."

"cheers!"

"Tonight, I have prepared some hot bodies for the two of you..."

(End of this chapter)