Chapter 469 Misfortunes never come singly (2)

  When Russia announced the free floating ruble and the news of the national debt default, Julian Robertson was playing golf in his office next to Central Park.

  Due to the time difference, when Russia enters the daytime, New York is still in the night. Although generally speaking, hedge funds have several office locations. For example, Tiger Fund has corresponding offices in Tokyo, Greenwich, New York and Chicago, but all investment portfolios and positions have to go through the risk control department of the New York headquarters. Approval and monitoring can be implemented.

Under normal circumstances, Julian Robertson and other senior partners and above will not work all night long, because firstly, they are too old and physically unable to bear such high-intensity work; secondly, they The abilities of the people under him are extraordinary, coupled with the strict risk control mechanism, generally speaking, there will be no major mistakes.

But today’s situation is obviously different. In addition to last week’s surprise entry of US$500 million, Tiger Fund’s position in the Russian government bond market has exceeded the US$2 billion mark. This position is currently Tiger’s largest position. Therefore, even after the closing of the US market, Julian Robertson must spend some time monitoring the changes in the Russian market.

In this office with a size of hundreds of square meters, there are tiger decorations everywhere. On the carpet is a majestic "Shangshan Tiger" embroidered, and on the wall is a complete picture. Tiger skin, but this is not real tiger skin, it's just a handicraft. On Julian Robertson's desk, there is even a bronze tiger amulet, which came from a Macau investor.

  Speaking of the embroidery on the carpet, there was a story that the tiger fund customized a carpet embroidered with "Tiger Down the Mountain". But Tiger Fund’s performance during that time was not good. No matter how hard Julian Robertson and his ace analysts tried, the performance could not improve, which made them puzzled for a while.

Later, an investor from Asia visited the Tiger Fund. When he saw the "downhill tiger" in Julian Robertson's room, he turned around and left without saying a word, which made Julian Robertson very upset untie. After trying to win over the investor, the other party revealed the "truth": it turns out that "downhill tiger" is an ominous thing for luck, official career, etc., and should be avoided as much as possible.

  Although Julian Robertson didn't take it seriously after hearing this, he still sent his men to remove the carpet and replace it with a "mountain tiger" looking back. Strange to say, since the replacement of the new carpet, the performance of the Tiger Fund has quickly improved, and they have accurately grasped every bull market or bear market, and Julian Robertson himself has made a fortune as a result.

Since then, Julian Robertson, who has never been superstitious, has also become superstitious. Whenever powerful investors come to visit, he must take them to this carpet for a visit, and talk about this legendary experience. to convince each other. Under the protection of this "mountain tiger", the scale of Tiger Fund has grown larger and larger, and it has successfully become one of the best-performing and largest funds in the hedge fund industry.

Next to the desk, hangs a golf bag, which is densely packed with clubs. This kind of club without LOGO is specially customized by Julian Robertson in a sporting goods company. It uses the metal of the space shuttle to keep it light. At the same time, it also has enough hardness, which can be called the perfect tool for playing.

At the feet of Julian Robertson, there is a simulated fairway about five meters long. The quality of the plastic turf is almost the same as that of a real golf course. It is cut short and smooth, and the flagpole is erected at the far end of the hole. It is also exactly the same as the real game.

  The tools alone cost about $50,000, but for top hedge fund managers, none of this is a problem. rich! capricious!

Julian Robertson held a putter, weighed it in his hand for a while, and then put the smooth and white golf ball on the fairway. After aiming and aiming, he pushed it lightly. As if closing his eyes, he went straight into the hole, and after going around the edge of the hole twice, he obediently fell into the hole.

   "Caught a birdie!"

  Julian Robertson waved the club excitedly, put down the cigar in his hand at the same time, made a gesture of shooting towards the hole, and shouted excitedly.

It's just that his excitement didn't last long. Almost at the same time as he was about to put the second ball, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Robert Satron broke in sweating profusely. He turned a blind eye to the dissatisfied gaze on Julian Robertson. After taking a deep breath, he said loudly, "Boss, something went wrong, and the Russian side announced it!"

"Announced what?" Although there was an ominous feeling in his heart, Julian Robertson still maintained enough calmness, took off the cigar in his mouth, and asked lightly, "Did they decide to let their bonds go as scheduled?" cash?"

"No! No! No!" After Robert Cetron said "No" three times in a row, he had time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then said quickly, "Boss, the Russian side has announced that the ruble is free floating, and the creditor's rights The side announced a temporary suspension of payment, and let the market wait for the news. However, according to the tone of their announcement, the possibility of non-fulfillment in the future cannot be ruled out! We fell into it this time!"

   "What?" Julian Robertson's complexion changed drastically. With a flick of his right hand, the thick cigar fell on the carpet, and happened to land between the eyebrows of the white-fronted tiger. Julian Robertson hurriedly leaned over to pick it up, but it was too late. A fingernail-sized mark had already been scalded on the tiger's forehead, which looked like a bullet hole.

   "..."

Seeing the majestic "Shangshan Tiger" turn into what it is now, Julian Robertson feels distressed and helpless. After so many years of careful maintenance, this carpet is still as good as new, but just now because of His own slippage caused such damage, which really made his heart ache.

  The deeper reason is Julian Robertson's superstition on this carpet. It is not known whether it will affect his luck now that it is made like this, Julian Robertson thought so.

   Forget it, let’s ignore these. Julian Robertson wanted to stand up, but at this moment, a sharp pain that made his eyes black suddenly came from the position of his heart, causing him to stagger on the spot and almost fell to the ground. Robert Satron at the side saw that something was wrong, so he hurried forward to support him, only to find in astonishment that after only a few minutes, his boss was pale and bloodless, his lips were purple, and on his forehead Beads of sweat oozed from the skin one by one.

"Boss, are you okay?" Robert Satron hurriedly supported Julian Robertson, put him gently on the chair, and then asked carefully, "Do you need to take you to the hospital? I'll see if you His complexion is all wrong!"

It took a long time for Julian Robertson to feel that the pain in his heart had eased a lot. Then he waved his hand and said weakly: "Call Jimmy, he is the doctor. I'm fine, just suddenly received I just couldn't take it anymore because of the stimulation. Please turn on the computer for me, I want to see the market."

  Seeing that Julian Robertson's complexion slowed down and recovered a lot of blood, Robert Citron was relieved and turned to find the Jimmy Julian Robertson had just mentioned.

Speaking of this Jimmy, it was the black military doctor recruited by Julian Robertson on a whim, and this courageous young man was also very good at seizing the opportunity, launching a demonstration in South Korea, and directly At the critical moment, the market's confidence in the Korean won was shaken, and Tiger Fund made a lot of profits.

After retiring and returning to the United States, Jimmy became a temporary driver for Julian Robertson, and at the same time he was studying in the trading department. For more than half a year, he only did some low-level jobs such as buying coffee and ordering lunch. Opportunity.

Soon Robert Citron and Jimmy arrived at Julian Robertson's office. To their surprise, Julian Robertson was flushing and sitting in front of the computer in a daze, with a flushed face. , how can it be as unbearable as what Robert Citron said just now?

Jimmy looked suspiciously at Robert Satron, then strode up to Julian Robertson, followed his gaze to the computer screen, and said at the same time, "Boss, is there anything interesting? "

  Julian Robertson didn't answer, he was still staring at the computer screen blankly, and Jimmy was also stunned when he saw the computer screen. Robert Citron realized that the situation was wrong, and hurried over, only to be surprised to find that there were only three letters on the entire computer screen: "LOL".

"What does this mean?" Robert Satron scratched his head, and looked at Jimmy who was also puzzled, and the two exchanged glances, and then subconsciously looked at Julian Robertson, who was clearly in the wrong situation .

   "You guessed it right, this means laughing!" The abbreviated word in English, LOL means laughing, and the full text is laughing~out~loud or laugh~out~loudly. At this time, Julian Robertson's computer had such words, but it was very puzzling, but their doubts did not last long, and the next moment Julian Robertson had a sad smile on his face, and said weakly, "This, this is a mockery sent to me by the opponent! God!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, his throat felt sweet. When he opened his mouth involuntarily, a blood arrow gushed out without warning, covering the entire computer screen. The next moment, Julian Robertson felt nothing but blackness before his eyes.

  Seeing their boss suddenly vomit blood, and then passed out, Jimmy and Robert Sitron were terrified, and they screamed almost at the same time. However, the reactions of the two soon became very different. Robert Sitron quickly grabbed the phone and dialed "911"; while Jimmy first put the unconscious Julian Robertson on the ground. On the ground, after untiing his tie and shirt, he first leaned over and listened to the murmur in his chest, then crossed his hands and began to perform emergency treatment.

  After a long while, Julian Robertson finally breathed a sigh of relief and regained consciousness. At this time, the ambulance also arrived. After several ambulance personnel gave Julian Robertson a drip, they carried him to the nearest hospital.

"I didn't see that you would do this. No wonder the boss told you to come here!" After a lot of fuss, Robert Sitron sat down on the ground, panting heavily, when he saw the people around him Jimmy, he complimented heartily.

Jimmy frowned tightly, and he didn't mean to relax at all. He just smiled slightly in response to Robert Sitron's praise, and then walked to the blood-stained desk, looking at the blurred "LOL" Dazed in a daze.

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