wild 1995

Chapter 122 Conquer
The cocktail party didn't last long, and ended in about two hours. After returning to the suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Xia Fangfei tried on the pearl earrings she bought at the charity auction and complained, "This thing is worth at most 1000 pounds, but we spent 7000 pounds on it. It's a big loss."

"The princess is of high status, so it's normal for things she used to have a premium."

"Tsk! What's so noble about it? It's just a feudal remnant."

Di Ye had just finished his shower and was sitting at his desk reading emails on his laptop. Hearing this, he turned his head and glanced at Xia Fangfei, and asked in surprise, "Didn't you always admire the so-called aristocratic style? How come your ideological awareness has suddenly improved?"

"Before I was poor, I looked up to them. Now I am rich, I look at them as equals. Of course my mindset is different."

Xia Fangfei had a strong ability to adapt. She mentally changed her identity in just a few days. After trying on the pearl earrings, she picked up the Hermès handbag and took a look. She found that it was in very ordinary condition and had many signs of use. She felt even more resentful, so she covered Di Ye's head with the embroidered silk scarf and said, "Let you, the unlucky one, smell the body fragrance of the princess."

"There is no body odor, only the smell of laundry detergent."

"Even if it's laundry detergent, it's royal laundry detergent, it's at a premium, smell it carefully."

"Stop it, take it away now. You're keeping me from reading my emails."

Xia Fangfei took the scarf back and lay on the sofa, folding it and playing with it. After a while, she suddenly asked, "Are you going to carry out your plan to get both money and beauty?"

"Didn't I say in London that you and Xiaoya are enough for me? I just want to use Diana to promote Internet technology and make money at the same time."

"I don't believe it if you say one thing and mean another."

Xia Fangfei dropped her silk scarf, stood up and walked behind Di Ye, bent down and whispered in his ear: "If you agree to one condition of mine, I will help you to seduce Diana."

Di Ye sniffed the faint fragrance, and the back of his head touched two soft peaks. He couldn't help but feel distracted. His moral integrity instantly dropped to zero. He forgot what he had said a few seconds ago and asked, "What are the conditions?"

Xia Fangfei chuckled and said in a voice more seductive than a fairy's chant: "I want to fuck her with you!"

Although Di Ye had experienced mixed doubles with Huang Ya many times, he still felt very excited. He immediately had a physiological reaction. He threw the mouse away, stood up and hugged Xia Fangfei in his arms, tearing her apart while interrogating her: "Tell me how to seduce her first."

"I won't tell you. Anyway, I'm 90 percent sure. Just sit back and wait for your good fortune."

"Little guy! Let me enjoy the good fortune in front of me first..."

The two were at the age of being vigorous and energetic. Although the battle that night was fierce, it did not affect their condition the next day. They got up early. When they finished washing and were ready to go out, Di Ye handed a folder to Xia Fangfei and reminded her: "Business is important, don't mess around."

"I know the severity."

In the folder was a business plan. Xia Fangfei had read it in London. To consider it carefully, she read it again before putting it in her bag. She said, "You offer such excellent conditions. I don't believe Diana won't be tempted."

"I wish you all the best today then."

"the same as you."

After breakfast, the two parted ways. Xia Fangfei accompanied Diana to various charity events, while Di Ye shuttled between major banks and securities companies, transferring most of the funds to HSBC, Citibank and Bank of China (Hong Kong). HSBC used the funds for investment appreciation, Citibank used the funds to acquire shares in Netscape and do things in Silicon Valley, and Bank of China (Hong Kong) used the funds to acquire and restructure electronic companies in the mainland.

At around 1 p.m., Tang Renrong and his secretary Wang Wenjie arrived in Hong Kong. Di Ye arranged for them to stay at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, then hosted them in his suite and held an impromptu meeting.

"Boss Di, this place is too luxurious. Wenjie and I should change hotels."

"I asked you to rush here. If you don't stay in a better place, wouldn't it seem that I, as the boss, am too unkind?"

Di Ye acted politely, pointed at the three fillet steaks the waiter brought over, and said, "I ordered Western food for the sake of novelty, and I don't know if it suits your taste. Come and sit, and we'll eat and talk."

Seeing this, Tang Renrong stopped being polite and sat down at the table with Wang Wenjie. He picked up his knife and fork and asked, "Boss Di asked us to come to Hong Kong. What kind of work do you plan to arrange for us?"

"There are two main things. One is to formally establish an asset management company and set up the framework. The other is to organize an expert delegation to visit Japan."

The first job had been discussed more than a month ago, but Di Ye had never mentioned the second job before. Tang Renrong was a little surprised and asked, "What are you going to Japan to investigate?"

"Three months ago, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit Japan, severely damaging the economies of Osaka and Kobe. Many small and medium-sized enterprises are in trouble and on the verge of bankruptcy, so I want to organize some domestic experts to investigate and see if we can find any bargains and buy some scarce domestic technologies."

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Japanese economic bubble burst in 1991, but on the surface it still looked bright and beautiful. In 1994, its GDP was 8.8 times that of China, a huge gap. Therefore, Tang Renrong never thought that he could still operate in this way. He was a little surprised and reminded him: "Japan is a developed country. Even if it is a small and medium-sized enterprise on the verge of bankruptcy, it will cost a lot of money to buy their technology."

"Money is not a problem. I made a lot of money recently by going long on the Japanese yen."

The Japanese yen has been the focus currency in the foreign exchange market in recent months. Tang Renrong has been keeping an eye on it and asked with interest: "Did you make as much as the 327 Treasury bond?"

Di Ye held up the decanter and poured wine while keeping the secret, saying, "I made more than 327 national debts, and a lot more. Mr. Tang, why don't you guess how much I made."

Tang Renrong was being cunning and asked Wang Wenjie, who was sitting next to him and eating steak without saying a word, to guess. Wang Wenjie thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "5000 million?" "That's less. Guess again."

"1 billion?"

"Be bolder."

During his tenure at Haitong Securities, Wang Wenjie had seen or heard many stories of people getting rich overnight, but he had never encountered anyone who made hundreds of millions. He was introverted and taciturn, but his emotional intelligence was not low. He suppressed his shock with a smile and said, "I'm timid and don't dare to guess anymore. Let Mr. Tang guess."

Tang Renrong was also somewhat shocked. He stopped cutting the steak and tried to guess as high as possible, saying, "3 million or 5 million?"

Di Ye raised his right hand, shook his thumb and pinky finger, and said in a pretentious tone: "The sum of the numbers you and Brother Wang guessed is the correct answer, a total of 6 million, but the unit is not RMB, but US dollars."

6 million?
Still dollars!

Tang Renrong was horrified, his wrist trembled, and he dropped his knife and fork on the plate. He asked in a deep voice, "Is it true?"

Di Ye was prepared. He picked up the folder on the dining table, pulled out a thin piece of printed paper, and said, "This is my transaction record at Peregrine. Can you see if it's true?"

"You opened an account at Peregrine? No wonder Liang Botao had been asking around for information about you before..."

Tang Renrong was halfway through his words when he saw the transaction records on the paper. He felt his scalp tingling as if he had been struck by lightning, and blurted out, "Fuck!"

Wang Wenjie had been Tang Renrong's secretary for two years and had never seen him swear. Out of curiosity, he turned his head to take a look, then revealed an incredible expression and said in a dreamy tone: "With only 200 million US dollars and only 5 transactions, he made more than 9000 million. How is this possible? How is it possible!"

Di Ye smiled without saying anything, cutting the steak slowly and maintaining his pretentious attitude.

Wang Wenjie stared at the printed paper like a police officer checking evidence, and asked, "Boss Di, why did you withdraw more than 3 million US dollars from Peregrine on March 12?"

"I wanted to make a name for myself in Hong Kong, so I opened accounts with several other securities companies to go long on the Japanese yen. My trading strategy was the same as that of Peregrine."

Di Ye raised his glass and said with a smile: "Now when you go to any financial institution in Hong Kong to do business, as long as you tell me my name, you will be treated as a VIP."

Tang Renrong came back to his senses, raised his glass and clinked it with his, and said with emotion: "You! You obviously have a safe way to go, but you insist on doing the tightrope walking thing, and you actually succeeded. I really don't know whether I should praise you as a genius or call you a lunatic."

Wang Wenjie also raised his glass and flattered sincerely, "Only those who do not follow the ordinary path can be called geniuses. Mr. Di not only has a unique vision, but also has courage and vision far beyond ordinary people. I admire him very much. Let me toast to you."

"Brother Wang, please feel free to have a drink."

After the three of them toasted each other, the sense of restraint they had when they first met disappeared for the most part, and the atmosphere became lively. Tang Renrong rambled on and on, "200 million US dollars is approximately 1700 million RMB. I remember that you made more than 327 million on the 2000 Treasury bonds. So you still have 500 million left? 327 was only two months ago, and in two months your assets have increased 300 times..."

"Boss Tang, don't forget that Boss Di once told us that the funds he used to operate the 327 Treasury bonds were raised using a VCD player."

"Oh, yes. So your initial capital was only tens of thousands of dollars? Tsk tsk, even the God of Wealth himself wouldn't be able to play like you!"

Tang Renrong has been fighting in the business world for many years and boasts that he is more capable and knowledgeable than Di Ye. Although he was forced to join Di Ye, he was not convinced in his heart, but now he had to admit it. After reviewing the situation, he said sadly: "I founded Haitong Securities in 1988, and it has been 7 years now. All the profits in these 7 years are not as much as what Mr. Di made in two months. It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others."

"Mr. Tang, you are too modest. You have built a strong brand for Haitong Securities, cultivated talents, and expanded resources. These are all real undertakings. The $6 million I earned is just a string of numbers in the bank."

"That's not just a string of numbers, but an astronomical number, enough to acquire the entire Haitong Securities."

"Speaking of acquisitions, Mr. Tang, Brother Wang, I must remind you two that I am not short of money, nor do I care about money. What I care about is my reputation and career. So after the company is established, don't do anything messy to save money for me, and don't do anything crooked to make money for yourself. As long as you do your job well, I will give you whatever salary, bonus, and shares you want. I will never be stingy."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Di. Wenjie and I are very careful about our reputation and will never do anything illegal or disorderly."

Only a handful of people know that Di Ye earned $6 million. He is now taking the initiative to reveal it not only to win over Tang Renrong, but also to gain his trust, because asset management companies have to deal with all kinds of people and forces. If even the core management is not clear about the source of funds, problems are likely to arise.

Seeing that Tang Renrong was convinced and Wang Wenjie was respectful, he knew that his authority had been established, so he stopped wasting time. After finishing his steak set, he took out two documents and said, "I wrote a rough company charter based on the Blackstone Group in the United States. It may not be suitable for the domestic situation. I would like to ask Mr. Tang and Brother Wang to help correct it. If you have any ideas or opinions, please write them down and we will discuss them in detail tomorrow."

Wang Wenjie, who had not yet come out of his secretary role, took the document with both hands and asked, "Is Mr. Di going out?"

"Well, I have a meeting at Goldman Sachs."

Di Ye did not explain why he was going to the Goldman Sachs meeting. Instead, he took out a bank card and handed it to Tang Renrong, saying, "There is 100 million Hong Kong dollars in it, of which 50 is for Mr. Tang's resettlement allowance, 30 is for Brother Wang's resettlement allowance, and another 20 is for your food and transportation expenses while you are in Hong Kong. If it's not enough, I'll give you more later."

Tang Renrong didn't say anything polite. He directly accepted the bank card and said generously, "A man will die for his friend. Mr. Di, from now on, Wenjie and I will follow your lead!"

(End of this chapter)