Chapter 327 Impromptu recruitment

  New York, Central Park, Manhattan.

  Julian Robertson was jogging between the slightly bleak boulevards. It was already late autumn, and the withered and yellow leaves were rustling by the cold wind. From time to time, they fell to the ground like a storm, and then they were rolled into a ball again.

  Central Park was established in the center of Manhattan, covering an area of ​​more than 5,000 acres. It is very rare to have such a large park on this piece of land that may be the most expensive in the world.

  It was five o'clock in the morning, and early risers could be seen everywhere in Central Park. Americans love fitness, and running has become the first choice for many people to exercise. Naturally, the huge Central Park has become a place for them to run.

  After trotting for a while, Julian Robertson felt a little tired. After all, he is now 65 years old, and he had stayed up all night before, and his body was a bit overwhelmed. So he stopped, panted and found a long row of seats, looked at the tall buildings around Central Park, and let out a long sigh.

  In the middle of the 19th century, due to the increasing population of Manhattan, the citizens' demand for fresh air increased. In this case, the New York State Assembly passed the Park Act to build Central Park in the city. The designer at the time had a long-term vision, and really put a lot of thought into the layout of the park. He even boasted about Haikou. Guaranteed to see no ugly concrete buildings in Central Park. It’s just that things backfired. In the year of the designer’s death (1903), Manhattan was already full of tall buildings, and his so-called invisible design of tall buildings was naturally out of the question.

After identifying the direction, Julian Robertson set his sights on a tall building in the south. That area is a well-known hedge fund center, and many hedge funds, including Quantum Fund and Tiger Fund, choose to rent or buy there. into the office. And Julian Robertson's eyes are on the building where Tiger Fund is headquartered.

  Since the establishment of the Tiger Fund in the 1980s, Julian Robertson has watched the Tiger Fund grow up step by step, just like looking at his own children. Although internally divided into several different funds at this time, investors all came for the name and performance of Tiger Fund, and it can even be said that they came for Julian Robertson, an investment master, and he was helping to manage clients. While investing in the fund, he also made a lot of money.

Now Tiger Fund has grown into one of the world's leading macro hedge funds. Julian Robertson's goal is to manage Tiger Fund into the world's largest macro hedge fund. Now there is only one obstacle in front of him, that is, Soros and his Quantum Fund .

  For Soros, Julian Robertson's feelings are undoubtedly very complicated. On the one hand, he is jealous of this colleague. Julian Robertson's Tiger Fund has always been famous for stock selection, while Soros and Quantum Fund are leaders in the field of commodity and currency speculation. Of course, they also invest in the stock market, but relatively speaking, the level of stock selection and Fame is nowhere near as prominent as the other two fields. The intersection of the two parties originated from the European currency crisis in 1992. In that crisis, Soros became famous all over the world because he defeated the Bank of England. Then Julian Robertson was not to be outdone, and led his followers to start a long-term war against the franc. The one-year attack finally won unanimous praise from the industry. From then on, the two had the idea of ​​sympathy for each other, and they also started limited contact and cooperation with each other.

  On the other hand, Julian Robertson has a high degree of vigilance against Soros. There is no other reason, and one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Although the two sides have not had a direct conflict so far, it is hard to guarantee that one day the two sides will sing against each other in a certain field or a certain stock. Likewise, I believe Soros has the same point of view.

  The relationship between the two parties is so delicate, both cooperate and guard against each other, both have common opponents and regard each other as the biggest competitors, just like dialectics say, contradictions and opposites are united, and they are constantly advancing in a spiral.

   But now this extremely delicate balance between the two sides has been broken, and the iconic event is the attack on the Korean won. Under the circumstance that they may know the intentions of their camp, Quantum Fund blatantly disregarded the rules and rushed to sell the Korean won spot before their own side, which caught them off guard. If they hadn't revealed their intentions, maybe Tiger Fund and its followers would The readers are still in the dark.

  Judging people's wealth is like killing their parents.

  Julian Robertson's pupils shrank suddenly, and his face turned red with extreme anger. He viciously waved his fist towards the sky, and said with a hideous face: "Damn it, I must make you pay the price!"

   "Hey sir, are you okay?"

   At this moment, a voice suddenly came from Julian Robertson's side, interrupting his thinking. Julian Robertson turned his head and found that at some point, there was another black young man sitting next to the seat, looking at him suspiciously.

   "Damn it, you're so careless!" Julian Robertson panted heavily, cursed secretly in his heart, without showing any emotion on the surface, and replied with a smile: "I'm fine, thank you."

  The black youth glanced at him again, the doubts on his face still not dispelled, but seeing that Julian Robertson had no intention of speaking, he lowered his head and continued to read the book in his hand.

  Julian Robertson stared blankly for a while, then felt a little bored, so he leaned over to the black youth and said, "Hey, I'm Julian, nice to meet you."

The black young man raised his head, grinned, showing his white teeth, and said, "I'm Jimmy, nice to meet you too." After a pause, he suddenly waved his palm in front of Julian Robertson, seeing Zhu Lian Robertson's two cloudy eyeballs kept rolling, so he felt relieved and said, "I'm a military doctor. I saw that your face was not right just now, so I asked too much."

"Thank you for your concern. I just exercised a little too much just now, and everything is still under control!" Julian Robertson was slightly surprised by his behavior, but after hearing the explanation behind, he suddenly realized, and then said: "Hey, Jimmy , I don't see that you are a soldier, which is surprising. Are you a navy, army, or horse marine?"

  The black youth laughed again, touched his nose and said shyly: "Army Airborne Division, 101st Division!"

"Wow!" Julian Robertson sighed reflexively after hearing the words "101", and then gave the black youth a thumbs up, "Ace Troop, it seems that you are really good, otherwise you would Will not be drafted into such a force."

   For Julian Robertson's reaction, the black youth obviously saw a lot, smiled and said nothing, then looked down at his book.

  But Julian Robertson's interest in speaking was aroused, and he couldn't stop for a while, and then asked: "Hey, soldier, what are you looking at? Are you on vacation now?"

"Yes!" Seeing that he couldn't read anymore, the black young man simply closed the book, pointed to the big characters on the cover and said to Julian Robertson: "Sir, I am on vacation now, this book is about hedge funds, I I am very interested, and I am planning to retire in half a year to find a career."

"It's up to you? Dream!" Julian Robertson was smiling, but he had infinite contempt in his heart. However, he did not discourage the enthusiasm of black youths. Instead, he said perfunctorily: "The young man is really motivated, but hedge funds are not so difficult. Jin, you can try to be a trader or broker first, such a job is more suitable for you."

  In fact, in his heart, he wanted to say that entertainment or gangsters were more suitable for this black guy, but he was afraid of being misunderstood as racial discrimination, so the words came to his lips, and Julian Robertson abruptly changed his words.

  The black youth sighed and said, "Yes, if I didn't have to repay the loan to go to medical school, I don't plan to enter this industry. It is said that the threshold is very high. I am afraid that there are not many opportunities for people like me."

   "Not many chances? Just no chance!" Julian Robertson thought disdainfully. In fact, not only in the hedge fund industry, but even in investment banks, the proportion of black people is very low. If it is not to avoid the suspicion of racial discrimination, maybe these white-dominated worlds will not even recruit a single black person.

  Speaking of which, this has nothing to do with race. The important thing is that the black group gives people the impression that they are not the kind with high IQ. Blacks may have higher talents in fields such as music and sports, but in mathematics, physics, or other advanced fields of natural science, they have always been dominated by yellow and white people. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for the hedge fund industry, which requires a professional background in mathematics, economics, physics, astronomy, etc., to recruit black people.

  But suddenly a thought flashed through Julian Robertson's mind. He remembered that Unit 101 had been stationed in South Korea for a long time, that is, in order to deal with the powerful dictatorship in the north, the United States had stationed a lot of troops in South Korea. At this time, isn't the Korean currency what Tiger Fund wants to deal with? Although the young man in front of him can't help much, it's better to have someone who can transmit information in South Korea in real time than to do research every now and then. After thinking and thinking, Julian Robertson finally decided to give this young man a chance. He couldn't help but look at this black young man named Jimmy a few more times, and found that this guy was actually the most handsome among blacks. A question, "Jimmy, can you speak Korean?" "Kangsang Smecta, ￥%%%..." Although he didn't know why, Jimmy opened his mouth slightly and blurted out a series of fluent Korean, which made Julian Robertson dumbfounded , I was stunned on the spot.

Although he couldn't understand Korean, Julian Robertson could still tell whether Jimmy was speaking Korean or not, because there was a Billy Kim from South Korea in the Quantum Fund, and they usually knew a sentence or two of Korean, so when When Jimmy spoke, Julian Robertson immediately recognized that it was Korean.

"Very talented young man, you have been admitted!" Julian Robertson was overjoyed, took out a business card from his arms tremblingly, and threw it directly to the black youth, "If you want, please call this number as soon as possible, There will be a special person to discuss with you about the job content and salary later on.”

   After finishing speaking, Julian Robertson looked the black young man up and down again, and then left with a smile.

  Jimmy couldn't figure out what was going on. He took the card and read it over and over several times to make sure that there were only a series of numbers on it, and the rest was blank. Seeing that Julian Robertson was about to walk away, he quickly shouted loudly: "Mr. Julian, you haven't told me who you are yet?"

  Julian in the distance didn't look back, waved his hand casually, and replied loudly: "My name is in the book you read, find it yourself!" While speaking, the figure had disappeared into the bushes.

"In the book?" Jimmy rubbed his head and didn't understand it for a while, but then he seemed to think of something, and quickly opened the book on his lap. After turning through dozens of pages, he finally stopped at In the chapter introducing Tiger Fund, look at the name of the founder: Julian Robertson.

"God! This is really a lucky day!" Jimmy was ecstatic, holding the business card that was still warm, looking at it again and again, kissing and kissing again, looking crazy and crazy, acting chaotically, and passing by in fright A passerby almost called 911.

  Julian Robertson was just an inadvertent move, and it even had a bit of pity for him, but today's move actually saved his life later.

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