Reborn Financial Overlord

In the banquet hall, there were men in black tuxedos talking politely, and Yingying Yanyan in a bright dress shuttled among the crowd.

If an outsider comes, they will cover their mouths in surprise or scream crazily.

Because many faces are well-known figures who often appear in major media, well-known business tycoons, famous speculators in the financial industry, government officials, and even international superstars who are well-known in Hollywood and even the world.

But what attracted the most attention were the ladies and beauties who shuttled through the crowd.

The girls in white dresses shyly strike up a conversation, the young women in light blue bright dresses smile sweetly and flirt with others, and the very familiar female stars wear fashionable and avant-garde dresses to show their capital, and walk around from one circle to another with a wine glass.

Elegant girls, charming ladies, fashionable female stars.

But nothing else, all in the most colorful tight gowns, outlining the mesmerizing curves, the white undernecks that float around and the undulations that dazzle the eye.

For ordinary people, as long as they know a noble person here, they can save ten years of detours and even have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.

A most unique idiom suddenly came to my mind.

The branches trembled.

The trembling scenery of the women is not necessarily the same as the scenery line, but it is not just the flowers and branches trembling.

"Hi! Shen, you are late."

Seeing Shen Jiannan coming in, George Soros took a step forward and said hello. This financial tycoon who should have been all-powerful now looks like a real gentleman.

Why, of course Shen Jiannan knew very well.

All walks of life need a group, and the old guy in front of him obviously wants to recruit himself into the group.

In this regard, he does not reject it.

Just like what Churchill said, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. Under the rules, it is the eternal theme for everyone to exchange profits with each other.

Shen Jiannan smiled politely and said, "I'm really sorry! You know, you're not very familiar with New York."

"Oh, I should have sent someone to fetch you. It was an oversight on my part."

"You are too kind."

"Please, let's talk over there."

"Please!"

Banquets always need a pretext.

Rather than a banquet, it would be better if it was a fundraising banquet with the theme of an auction, or in other words, an auction to raise funds for the Clinton campaign.

After all, running for president has always been a very expensive thing in American history.

Of course, that's not the point.

A fairly standard banquet can not only raise funds, but also gain contacts to judge who will support the new presidential candidate, and it can also force some wavering people to make choices.

Simply put, do you choose the Democrats or the Republicans.

This choice is not necessarily reflected in the ballot.

If you choose, then guys who are a little wobbly at the beginning need to stand in line early.

That's right, it looks like an ordinary auction banquet, but the consortium behind the Democratic Party is forcing some people to choose sides.

"The following auction item, donated by Mr. Franklin Antonio of Qualcomm, is an extraordinary work of art from the seventeenth period of France."

On the podium covered with a red carpet, the once-popular actress Diane Lane acted as a temporary host with a microphone. With her clear voice, two waiters carried a bag that looked reasonable. Fine china came to the stage.

Franklin Antonio also nodded to the surrounding guests amidst the applause, as if he was still very confident in the porcelain he donated.

But to Shen Jiannan, this is more funny.

He also played with several antiques before, and wanted to speculate on foreign antiques for a while, and even read the history of foreign art and design, but in the end, he chose to give up the idea of ​​speculating on foreign porcelain cultural relics.

Because during the Renaissance period throughout Europe, daily utensils were still dominated by ironware and pottery, and even pottery was only low-temperature tin-glazed pottery.

It was not until the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century that Europe opened up new trade routes that Huaxia porcelain began to be sold to Europe.

In the middle of the 17th century, as a large amount of Chinese porcelain was shipped to Europe, the importers accumulated a lot of wealth, and the whole of Europe began to try to imitate Chinese porcelain.

But until the eighteenth century, Europeans were still struggling to explore the secrets of porcelain manufacturing. As the British Jane Davis said in her book "History of European Porcelain": "Almost throughout the eighteenth century, The actual process of making porcelain remains a closely guarded secret."

It was already the middle of the eighteenth century when Europeans were able to imitate Chinese porcelain.

However, it has always been possible to imitate its shape, but not its god.

So even now, the British and French’s love for porcelain is often from China. If a wealthy family can own a Chinese Jingdezhen tea set, it will be a great honor and will be shown off.

Antiques, those that can be sold for a price, are often invaluable in history itself. Taking a set of French-made porcelain, two or three hundred years old, to auction, no matter how you look at it, you find it funny.

Why is the famous Qualcomm so shabby?

In fact, Franklin Antonio is also helpless. In the past few years since Qualcomm was founded, the U.S. economy has gone from bad to worse. Coupled with the shadow of the Cold War, there has been an arms race everywhere. Even giants like IBM are in a worrying situation, and the development of technology companies is not very smooth.

As an emerging technology company, Qualcomm has been struggling to survive in adversity and is not financially well off.

It was not until the sixth year of entrepreneurship in 91 that it ushered in the opportunity to be listed on NASDAQ for financing, and Qualcomm's finances were a little more spacious.Unexpectedly, this year, the government started fighting with Iraq again, and the Nasdaq stock price hit the lower limit all the way as if a bomb had been dropped.

Chapter 61 No Life

Sometimes when I think about it, Antonio feels like he has been beaten by a dog.

After finally surviving the Cold War and the end of the Gulf War, what the fuck happened to the economic crisis brought about by the turmoil in European financial distance, resulting in the company's market value falling below the issue price, and its financial situation getting worse.

He seemed to understand.

If the oil tycoons and arms dealers of the Republican Party are allowed to continue, Qualcomm will not be able to develop normally at all. Only by supporting the Democratic Party in power can it bring development opportunities for technology companies.

In order to participate in this banquet, Antonio bought this porcelain from a French antique dealer for a full 20 US dollars out of his own pocket.

Don't think that $20 is small money.

You know, Antonio's annual salary is only one hundred thousand dollars.

"The base price of this lot is US$[-], and each bidding increase must not be less than US$[-]. Now, the auction begins."

"Ten thousand and five thousand!"

"Twenty-six thousand!"

"..."

"fifty thousand......"

"..."

"Eighty-five thousand, is there any higher?"

"..."

"One hundred thousand dollars."

Under the auspices of Diane Lane, the surrounding guests raised the prices of the auction items contributed by Antonio holding up the signs they had obtained in advance.

It's just obvious that when the price soared to [-] US dollars, the atmosphere of bidding suddenly stopped.

"Is there anything higher than one hundred thousand dollars?"

"One hundred thousand dollars a time."

Following in Soros' footsteps, Shen Jiannan took the number plate from the waiter and watched this hypocritical auction with great interest.

Soon, the two arrived in a crowd that seemed to be a small circle. An old man wearing gold-rimmed glasses turned around and smiled brightly, glanced at Shen Jiannan, and greeted Soros.

"Hi, George. Is this your friend?"

"Oh. Warren. Let me introduce you. This is Shen. I think you've heard his name."

"Shen. This is my friend Warren Buffett."

Buffett's appearance here was both a surprise and not a surprise to Shen Jiannan.

When Clinton took office, the biggest supporters behind him were financial tycoons and representatives of emerging economic industries. As the fifth-generation stock god in the United States, this investment master who has begun to enter the annals of history, of course, it is understandable to support Clinton in terms of interests and needs.

Of course, with Shen Jiannan's temperament, he lacks awe of this world, let alone just a stock god wrapped in a coat.

He has witnessed countless magnificence that Buffett has never seen before.

How did that joke come about.

Buffett: I have lived to be 89 years old, and I have only seen four US stock market meltdowns. I am too young...

As for Shen Jiannan, he has seen the U.S. stock market meltdown four times in ten days, and he has also seen the incredible drop of crude oil to a negative number.

Wheel of age... Buffett is simply too young.

With these insights that break history and logic, Shen Jiannan feels in his bones that he has more background than people of this era.

"Hi, I'm Shen Jiannan. Nice to meet you."

Under the introduction of Soros, Shen Jiannan held out his hand to Buffett politely. No matter how you say it, Buffett is an iconic figure in the US financial market, and he has almost become the embodiment of the word investment. Learn from his experience.

In the face of the capital giants that brought down the European financial system, Buffett did not dare to be careless, and reached out his hand to shake Shen Jiannan neither humble nor overbearing.

"Hello, Mr. Shen. I have known you for a long time, and it is really an honor to know you."

"Mr. Buffett is too polite. Your name has long been known, and it is my honor to know you."

On the stage, Lian En smiled and shouted to the surrounding guests.

"One hundred thousand dollars twice! Is there a higher bid!"

Soros did not introduce to Shen Jiannan those people who were full of flattery and eager to look at the surrounding people, but shifted his attention to the auction on the stage.Lian En's shout fell to the ground, and he gently raised the sign in his hand.

"$20 million."

A price increase of [-] US dollars, all eyes in the venue immediately focused on Soros, and Antonio looked at Soros with a very ugly face, thanking Soros for letting him avoid the embarrassing situation of raising the price and taking the lot back. .

"This gentleman offered $20. Is there any higher price?"

"$20 million a time."

Whoever has a wattless head will buy a piece of porcelain from France at a higher price. Although it is said that this is a political campaign fundraising, no one has so much money that the wind blows so much that it will burn.

"This lot is now owned by buyer No. [-]. Let us congratulate and praise his generosity and generosity."

clap clap-

Amidst the applause, Soros just nodded and smiled, and began to communicate with Buffett and Shen Jiannan.In his eyes, the only people present who could meet his eyes and have the right to talk to him were these two people in front of him.

"The lot below is a beautiful and colorful sapphire from the United Kingdom. It has a history of more than 300 years and was once favored by Queen Victoria's audience. It is provided by Mr. Ray Dalio of the Bridgewater Foundation."

"Clap clap-"

"The starting bid for this lot is $[-]. Each increment must be no less than $[-]."

"..."

"This is a piece of armor from the Sengoku period in Japan. It was provided by Warren Buffett, the manager of Berkshire Hathaway..."

"Clap clap-"

"The starting bid for this lot is $[-]. Each increment must be no less than $[-]."

One, two, three...

All kinds of weird auction items are dazzling. Some things are worth a lot and are sold at a very high price, while some things that look worthless are also sold at prices that outsiders may not understand.

Shen Jiannan felt very interesting.

Compared with the direct sponsorship of the later presidential campaign, the commercial bragging and interest involved in this kind of auction seem to be more subtle and beautiful.

At least, there is a layer of fig leaf instead of a rough upstart taste.

"Below. It is a well-preserved pocket watch with fine workmanship, provided by Mr. Warren Buffett."

"The starting bid is $[-]. Each increment must be no less than $[-]."

Fame and fortune have been inseparable since ancient times.

Even more so in investing.

Since Warren Buffett acquired Berkshire Hathaway and cut down the textile industry to take the financial route, this company, which has been devalued to seven dollars, has miraculously revived with new vitality, and its stock price has risen year after year at a geometric multiple.

Later, the company invested in various industries, and the stock price soared to US$34 unbelievably.

Although the company's stock price is still hovering at 1000 U.S. dollars, a profit of more than [-] times is already an unimaginable miracle for people of this era.