Chapter 361 Cruise Reception (5)

  An advantage of Andrew is that he has a thick skin. After zipping up his trousers without making a fuss, he followed Zhong Shi silently, and followed the three of them into the VIP room that had been prepared earlier.

Zhou and Liu, who were walking behind Zhong Shi, naturally also noticed Andrew's actions, but the other party was also a famous person, and they were obviously familiar with Zhong Shi, so they naturally couldn't speak out to dissuade them, so they could only let him follow him. came in.

   This is a room located in the middle of the cabin, with a length and width of about a hundred feet. It has to be said that it is quite extravagant to have such a VIP room here. At a glance, the room is surrounded by a circle of large and comfortable milky white leather sofas, and on the opposite side is a small bar with a wide variety of foreign wines filled the entire counter. In the middle of the room is a rectangular granite table, which is messy. There are several goblets and an open glass of red wine scattered around.

  As soon as Zhong Shi entered the door, he was invited to the top seat facing the door. Zhou Xinglang opened the red wine with a "bang", poured out a little, shook it for a long time, looked at it carefully for a while under the light, then stretched out his head to sniff and sniff, and then took a small sip, with an intoxicated expression on his face, After a while, he smiled and said to Zhong Shi: "Zhong Sheng, this is Lafite from 1982. It's in very good condition. Do you want to try it?"

   "Of course!" Andrew replied impatiently before Zhong Shi could speak. While speaking, he took the red wine from Zhou Xinglang's hand, poured it into the long-necked decanter, shook it vigorously a few times, then poured a small half of the bottle into the goblet, and handed it carefully to Zhong Shi's. before.

  Generally speaking, after opening the red wine, it takes about half an hour to sober up. This is to fully oxidize the wine, soften the tannins, and emit fragrance. However, Andrew knew that Zhong Shi never paid attention to these red tapes, so he took the initiative to "apology" after making a slight gesture.

After taking the goblet, Zhong Shi shook it lightly for a moment, looked at Zhou Xinglang with a half-smile, and said slowly: "The two of you are here this time, it should be more than just buying me red wine, right? Is this red wine good? , but there is a whole row hidden in the basement of this gentleman’s house.” He pointed to Andrew, and seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of the two, he nodded in satisfaction, and then continued: “We Let’s get straight to the point.”

Seeing that Zhong Shi did not shy away from Andrew, Zhou Xinglang and Liu Mingyuan exchanged glances silently, then Liu Mingyuan cleared his throat and said loudly: "That's right, Mr. Zhong. We want you to join our club , a wealth club that is only open to high-end customers."

   "Fortune Club?" Zhong Shi tilted his head and thought for a long time. It seems that he had never heard of a similar club in his previous life, at least not the Fortune Club jointly organized by Stanley and Goodman.

   "It's like this..." Seeing that Zhong Shi didn't immediately refuse, nor did he show any other expressions, Liu Mingyuan felt that there might be something going on, and then explained the whole situation in detail.

  It turns out that this so-called club is actually a department that provides private wealth management services, but it is different from the private wealth management departments currently owned by their two major investment banks because the threshold is higher. Now Stanley, Goodman and other companies have a private wealth management threshold of 15 million U.S. dollars, while the so-called club-like threshold has reached 100 million U.S. dollars.

  Don’t think that you can enter with a net worth of 100 million U.S. dollars. In fact, 100 million U.S. dollars is just a stepping stone. That said, someone who can join the club has at least $100 million in cash.

  Naturally, in addition to meeting these conditions, there are other rules and regulations, such as the recommendation of two senior management personnel, the unanimous consent of other members, and so on.

   There are many benefits to joining this club. For example, investment banks will provide a full range of investment services, including antiques, stocks, bonds, cars, famous paintings, real estate and other aspects. As long as it is a field that can make money, they can invite top experts in related fields.

  For example, if you want to invest in the stock market of a certain country, they will let the chief economist and chief strategist of their investment bank have a one-on-one conversation with you, and at the same time provide a large research team at your disposal. This kind of service, which is almost customized, is beyond the imagination of customers with small funds.

"Our club is international in nature, where you can communicate and exchange unimpededly with rich people from all over the world, and share their information. Whether it is gold, oil, stocks, or cocoa beans, as long as you can invest We will provide all-round and unconditional information support." In the end, Liu Mingyuan's face was already pale.

  In fact, the nature of this club is somewhat similar to that of a hedge fund. No, this can be said to be a change made by the investment bank to retain large customers, and the direct target of this change is hedge funds. Due to the prevalence of hedge funds on Wall Street, many large clients have turned their funds into the embrace of hedge funds, which has also caused the private wealth management business of investment banks to continue to shrink. In order to reverse this decline, they thought of such a way.

  Zhong Shi thought about it again and again, but he still couldn't come up with a clear idea, so he couldn't help asking: "What I want to ask is, how many members does this club have in Hong Kong?"

Liu Mingyuan glanced at Zhou Xinglang, saw that he nodded imperceptibly, then touched the tip of his nose, and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Zhong, to tell you the truth, you will be our first client in Hong Kong. The membership number will be HK0001. If you decide to join, then we can waive your membership fee for at least three years.”

  According to what Liu Mingyuan said just now, the one-year membership fee is one million U.S. dollars, and three years is three million U.S. dollars. This is not a small number. But for those who can spend 100 million US dollars at a time, this discount will naturally not be seen by them.

   It's just that Zhong Shi still couldn't make up his mind for a while, and he was still thinking about what was going on in the bottom of his heart. He is well aware of the evil deeds of these international investment banks. Although he claims to serve his customers with all his heart, it is not the same thing in fact. In later generations, even a sovereign fund of a country invested in Goodman Company, and was caught by them The defeat was complete, and the leader of the country was so angry that he threatened to sue them.

Seeing that the other party was still hesitating, Zhou Xinglang said: "Mr. Zhong, in order to show our sincerity, we can reveal some top-secret information. Although there are currency crises in Asia, and some countries have even turned into financial crises, Seriously jeopardized their economic development, but according to the rigorous argumentation of our economists, we believe that the Huaxia currency of the second largest economy in this region will not depreciate. Although this will cause some disadvantages to their exports, but this It can definitely support Hong Kong's economy."

   "Won't Huaxia's currency depreciate?" Zhong Shi was surprised. These people really have some energy, and they can even predict this. Later generations of Huaxia did reassure repeatedly that they would not choose to devalue the currency to increase exports during the currency crisis. But now, no one is sure whether Huaxia will choose the path of depreciation.

   We must know that once China, a behemoth, chooses to depreciate, it will have a major impact on the entire regional economy, and Southeast Asian economies, including Hong Kong, will have to change their corresponding economic policies to deal with it. At that time, fluctuations in markets such as currencies, bonds, and stocks will follow.

"Your research team is really impressive." Zhong Shi admired sincerely. This conclusion undoubtedly moved him. In addition, Xie Andi, who resigned with his previous life, had some sympathy, so he took a heavy drink and made up his mind Said, "Okay, I will be the No. 1 in Hong Kong."

After hearing the affirmative answer, Zhou Xinglang and Liu Mingyuan were naturally pleasantly surprised. They never expected to be able to persuade Zhong Shi in such a short time. After they looked at each other quietly, they stood up unanimously. , bowed his waist to express his thanks to Zhong Shi repeatedly.

  Naturally, they are very clear that although the agreement reached on this occasion is a verbal agreement, the specific details need to be negotiated and operated by the legal teams of both parties. But since the benefactor himself has agreed, there will naturally be no major problems in other aspects.

  The two sides looked at each other and smiled, raised their glasses one after another, and drank down the red wine that had already woken up. At this moment, they didn't have the intention to taste it carefully, but it was a pity that this bottle of Lafite worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars was swallowed by several people like a cow chewing peonies.

   "I have one more question!"

   Just as several people were enjoying themselves with each other, a weak voice suddenly came out, breaking the harmonious atmosphere. Only then did Zhong Shi and the others remember that there was another Andrew at the scene.

  Zhong Shi frowned, and said with some displeasure: "Andrew, don't you have any questions?" The tone of his speech seemed a bit impolite, and it was obvious that Andrew's interruption at this time was a bit inappropriate.

"No doubt." Andrew lowered his eyelids, silently avoiding Zhong Shi's staring gaze, and murmured for a long time before mustering up his courage, raised his head again, and said to Zhou Xinglang, "I don't know, I don't know if I can join this club? "

   "You?" Zhou Xinglang was shocked immediately. You must know that what they were discussing was of no small importance. Although Andrew was considered well-known, he never expected that the other party had a net worth as high as 100 million U.S. dollars. After thinking about it with his head down, and looking at Liu Mingyuan again, Zhou Xinglang said, "Since you belong to Mr. Zhong, as long as you meet the corresponding conditions, we will naturally not reject people thousands of miles away."

  A smile appeared on Andrew's face immediately.

He was happy, but Zhong Shi was dissatisfied. After snorting coldly, Zhong Shi said angrily, "Why, Andrew, don't you believe in my ability?" What he was talking about was naturally the investment ability of Tianyu Fund , to some extent, is Zhong Shi's personal ability.

Andrew's face twitched suddenly, and after smacking his lips, he managed to find an excuse, "Zhong Sheng, the first key to investing is not to put all your eggs in one basket." The implication is to Spread risk.

In fact, there is another sentence in his mind, "Zhong Sheng, you have invested here yourself, so don't you allow me to invest? Don't you also want to 'only allow state officials to set fires, and not allow people to light lamps'?" His recent He learned Huaxia dialect very well, and he already knew how to use idioms to express himself, but even if he lent him another courage, he would not dare to say such words in front of Zhong Shi.

   "Hey." Zhong Shi sneered twice, looked at Andrew with a strange expression, said "You can do it yourself", and walked away.

   At this time, Andrew didn't want to go, and it didn't matter if he didn't go. After gritting his teeth, he finally decided not to chase him out. Let's explain to him when there is an appropriate time. After Andrew comforted himself in this way, he began to discuss with Zhou Xinglang, Liu Mingyuan and others whether "HK0002" or "HK0008" is better.

  Do as the Romans do, Andrew also began to be superstitious.

  (end of this chapter)