Years are merciless—In the past few years, Tang Huan has given away several people just because of cheap father-in-law and mother-in-law. And the rare encounter with grandpa and grandmother revealed more and more traces of time for them.

Fortunately, this sentimental mood, in the blink of an eye, was dispelled by the vitality of the little cousin Meng Jing.

Grandma petted Meng Jing's hair and asked with a smile, "My eldest girl, have you talked about boyfriends?"

Meng Jing pouted, "Grandma, I'm back this time, I don't want to hear anything boring about blind dates."

"Smelly girl, how do you talk." Aunt Han Anlin patted her daughter dissatisfiedly.

Meng Qingguan slammed and said: "You, it's probably a big problem just for this kind of arrogant energy."

"Uncle, you are wrong." The little cousin Han Siwei, who was sitting on the very side with a straight waist, said jokingly: "Many friends around me are asking about my sister's situation."

"Why are you staring at me?" Meng Jing complained: "It is estimated that Sining guessed that you are going to be verbose, so that he used the paper as an excuse and dragged him to refuse to come back together."

Tang Huan intervened to help the little cousin and said, "Si Wei, can you go to the military academy for your fine skin and tender meat?"

Han Siwei replied heartlessly: "If you don't go, you have to go, or my dad will beat me up."

Aunt Wen Ya said angrily: "You still have the face to say that if you are not so naughty and study hard, now you will not be like your sister and your brother and go to study abroad."

Han Siwei didn't tell the difference, and smirked.

Grandpa coughed slightly, "It's not bad to go to the military school before thinking about it, so don't let it go."

Tang Huan put down his chopsticks, and then said, "Si Wei, when I finish socializing, I will invite you to drink for a while."

"Brother, you have to hurry up." Han Siwei said eagerly: "Otherwise, when school starts, such a face-saving thing will not fall into my head."

Tang Huan was amused all of a sudden, as if he had the image of that little kid with a runny nose when he first stepped into this house more than ten years ago.

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After the whole family had a lively together for a while, they went to work on their own. Tang Huan entered the study with his grandfather and his uncle Meng Qingguan.

Seeing Tang Huan wanting to speak and then stopped, Han Zhiliang smiled clearly, "At my age, I should be content with my current state of health. After you take a trip next, you will find that there are some places. It might be a closed door."

Tang Huan nodded with some enlightenment, "I'm over there and never talk about such issues, so as not to be noticed by those who are interested. This time, I will send greetings as usual. As for whether the other party meets or not, it doesn't matter."

"Also." Han Zhiliang continued to remind: "There should be some big changes in Yanjing, you should avoid it. At the same time, the so-called bad public relations of courtesy exchanges should also be reduced. Don't pollute the environment."

Tang Huan smiled, "Grandpa, don't worry. My social and entertainment activities are all within the scope allowed by the rules."

"Then I'll just believe it." Han Zhiliang waved his hand casually.

Meng Qingguan took the words and said to Tang Huan: "After the failed Olympic bid the year before, many of Yanjing's infrastructure projects were suspended. The Oriental Plaza you participated in was also among them. My suggestion is to wait patiently first. For a while."

Tang Huan replied indifferently: "Then put it aside, anyway, regardless of funds or time, I'm pretty ample."

The following topics, such as the purchase of retired aircraft carriers from Russia, etc., began to make the atmosphere in the study serious.

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The content of official exchanges between Tang Huan and high-level officials naturally revolved around the economy.

The U.S. export quota to China increased from 3 billion U.S. dollars in 1980 to 38 billion U.S. dollars in 1994. Even the United States itself believes that China is one of the top ten emerging markets with the greatest potential for U.S. commodity exports in the future.

Therefore, it goes without saying that Tang Huan's company, like AT&T, General Motors, Boeing, and other companies, is attracted to China's huge market and has become an advocate for strengthening Sino-US ties.

Compared with such routine official duties, Tang Huan came here this time, and the various non-governmental activities invited to participate, especially the "circle", are obviously more.

As for the main topics discussed, the World Trade Organization, which was formally established on January 1 this year, and Sino-US relations, which are politically cold and economically hot, are the hottest topics.

Regarding the negotiations to join the World Trade Organization, Tang Huan only talked about "skills and patience" in general terms, while for Sino-US relations, he specifically pointed out that for a long time, China and the United States have almost completely adopted the tradition of diplomacy. way. To fight for their own interests, this is obviously far from enough, and even reflects a lack of understanding of the influence of the U.S. Congress. China needs to further strengthen non-governmental exchanges between China and the United States so that ordinary Americans can understand China now.

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In this way, after attending various public and private events in Beijing, Tang Huan went south to inspect the projects he invested in as usual before ending his trip to Asia and returning to the United States.

At this time, the U.S. stock market has already revealed the brilliance of a big bull market-in February, that is, on the 23rd of last month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 4000 points.

In Tang Huan’s view, the Dow Jones Industrial Average seems to follow its original time-space trajectory and historically break the 5000-point mark within the year—Zheru Software’s listing process has indeed stepped on the right drum. on.

However, at the time when the opportunity for a big profit market came, a rather dramatic news also appeared in the public eye-Barings Bank, one of the UK's oldest banks, announced its bankruptcy on February 26.

You know, before this, the Bank of Bahrain had excellent performance and its qualifications were beyond the limit.

From its opening in 1762 to this year's more than 200 years of history, the Bank of Bahrain has participated in countless major events.

From 1798 to 1814, the Bank of Bahrain provided guarantees to the British government so that the country would have sufficient military expenditure to support the long war with France and fight against Napoleon, who had slaughtered the Quartet.

During this period, in 1803, the Bank of Barings provided financing to assist the US government to purchase land in Louisiana from France, thereby obtaining more than 22% of the land area of ​​the United States today, which directly doubled the land area of ​​the United States at that time-of course However, this transaction indirectly funded Napoleon’s military expenditures.

After the Battle of Waterloo, the Bank of Bahrain believed that the future of Europe depends on the financially healthy French economy, so after discussing with the British diplomatic ambassador, it decided to provide France with a huge indemnity loan. At the Wyn Conference in 1815, representatives of Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia reached a consensus that without the guarantee of the Bank of Bahrain, there would be no peace treaty with lasting influence.

From the late 1830s to the 1840s, the European economy was in recession. In 1839, the Bank of England fell into a financial crisis, and the Bank of Barings assisted in supporting the Central Bank; in 1847, the Bank of Barings rescued the Bank of France under the same circumstances.

In the United States, the Bank of Bahrain was not idle either. In addition to becoming the main correspondent bank of the federal government and many state governments at that time, it also provided financing for the developing American railroad industry at that time. It also arranged financing to assist the United States in Mexico buys Texas. Purchase Alaska from Russia.

This shows how much the Bank of Bahrain has!

However, as the saying goes, often walking by the river, there are no wet shoes-like the Bahrain Bank in the sky, due to oversubscription of the debts of Argentina and Uruguay, it fell into a serious financial crisis, until the Bank of England took the lead to form a consortium to rescue. Only then was able to get out of the predicament.

Since then, the Bahrain Bank's style has become conservative and rigorous.

For example, it refused to provide financing to Germany after the First World War, thus avoiding the huge losses suffered by other British banks during the Great Recession.

During the Second World War, the British government, through the Bank of Bahrain, auctioned assets in the United States and other places to meet military expenditures.

It is not difficult to imagine that the Bank of Barings has developed into a member of the British ruling group-it has established ties with King George V of the United Kingdom, and developed a close relationship with the British royal family, which has been maintained to this day.

For example, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is a client of the Bank of Bahrain; 5 male ancestors of the Bahrain family are named as nobles; Princess Diana of Wales is the granddaughter of one of the Bahrain family.

In 1988, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom presented the Outstanding Achievement Award to the Bank of Bahrain in recognition of her contribution to the United Kingdom over a century.

Such an established bank that "will not die if you don't do it", but because a trader named Nick Leeson in a branch in Singapore made an excess transaction of derivative financial products, speculation failed and lost 1.4 billion. The dollar fell in the pit and couldn't climb out.

The British Treasury and the Bank of England did not consider buying the Bank of Bahrain, but they couldn't move.

When Zhuang Menghua talked about this incident, there was still an unbelievable tone in his tone, "Such a well-established bank with a history of one hundred years, the degree of perfection of the operating mechanism can be imagined, but the regulatory system is in vain, and it has been a small transaction The adventures of the staff, coupled with the suddenness of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, have plunged into the abyss that will never be restored."

"It's really hard to imagine." Tang Huan nodded in sympathy, "So, isn't the Bank of Bahrain declared bankrupt? Go and ask what the price is, I want to collect it."

Zhuang Menghua asked hesitantly: "Are the resources of the Bahrain Bank worthy of our efforts?"

"It's not certain for the time being." Tang Huan replied leisurely: "Bahrain Bank has never been listed on the London Stock Exchange. The ownership of the assets is all in the hands of the senior management and the charitable foundation-just taking this opportunity to find out. I think the Bank of Barings is still very useful in terms of asset management."

Zhuang Menghua smiled knowingly, "This 1.4 billion US dollar gap is really learned."

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If it is said that the publication of a book "The Road to the Future" is a commemoration of Tang Huan’s unconquering years, then the opening of the so-called world’s number one high-tech mansion that has been hyped up is the next one. A gift.

This carefully calculated project, which took more than ten years and reportedly cost 200 million US dollars, is located not far from Cupertino, one of the core cities of Silicon Valley-at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

It covers an area of ​​several square kilometers. Surrounded by vineyards, farms, pastures, etc., the conventional mansion is inlaid in it like a pearl.

This large piece of land, named "Chang'an City" by Tang Huan, fully demonstrates the style of a big landlord that the richest man buys land everywhere in the United States and Canada.

Of course, the outside world is more accustomed to calling that 8,000 square meter mansion "Chang'an City".

Generally speaking, Chang'an City embodies the architectural style of combining Chinese and Western styles. The periphery is regarded as a garden, with bedrooms, guest rooms, banquet halls, fitness rooms, sports fields, swimming pools, libraries, museums, garages, and other facilities in the middle—the one in the name. "City" is not an exaggeration at all.

Since it is called a "city", it must have its open side.

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It was not until the vicinity of this 8,000-square-meter mansion that controls were set up. After all, the collections of the museum inside are extremely valuable.

Matching the gimmick that has been hyped as the "world's No. 1 technology mansion", Chang'an City embodies scientific and technological elements everywhere. First of all, the ubiquitous sensors collect various data and send them to the central computer for processing and control.

One of the secrets of Chang'an City is that although it looks a little exaggerated, it is too small in the face of technology.

Lin Fengjiao had already arranged Chang'an City and Tang Huan had dealt with some important matters. When he rushed over, he saw her walking along a small gravel road with her aunt Tang Yun.

"How about it, you still get used to it." Tang Huan asked with a smile.

Tang Yun nodded in satisfaction, "You have spent so much thought, what else can I be picky about. Just such a clean and popular pattern is nothing."

Tang Huan pointed out, jokingly: "If you are interested, you can also go to the vineyard over there."

Lin Fengjiao smiled and said, "Living in Chang'an City, life is like a modern version of male farming and female weaving, self-sufficient."

Tang Huan said proudly, "This is called the unity of nature and man."

Tang Yun calmly looked at the children of Tang who were playing on the sports field, and said lightly: "Whether the place is big, the children can run away if they play around."

Tang Huan smiled and ordered the butler who came over, "Bring us our own wines, fruits, etc., and I want to taste them."

After speaking, he walked towards the sports field and saw the joy of playing on the field, and the little dots sitting on the benches off the field also cheered with gusto—Tang Jiajun had already seen the scale.