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"One million!" Lei Hao thought that everyone thought he had the strongest financial resources. Without thinking much, he raised a sign to bid for the thing, preparing to buy it. Anyway, he had a mansion worth 20 million US dollars, so he didn't have to worry about having no place to display it. .

The price of one million was considered a premium of 20% to 30%, and no one at the venue followed, so Lei Hao finally bought it.

However, even after buying the things, Lei Hao still felt that the eyes of the compatriots around him looked at him with a different meaning.

"The Chinese Chamber of Commerce's charitable fund is also mainly aimed at Chinese people and China." Qiu Yuting whispered quietly in Lei Hao's ear.

Lei Hao immediately understood. It is no wonder that providing auction items is both an honor and a pressure. As a representative, you have to show your face to your compatriots. Not only do you show your face, but most of the money you get is spent on your compatriots. This is a battle for face.

If you create such a thing now, if no one else spends the money, no matter how high the price is, it will not be a good thing.

When it was the turn to auction the items provided by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Lei Hao felt that his table had attracted attention, and the pressure hit him instantly.

Kind, malicious, teasing, encouraging, to name a few.

"How did the Chinese come up with such a thing?"

"I don't know, but have you read the Wall Street Journal? Tigre is very popular in the financial circle."

"But it's a little weird to shoot a contract."

"Maybe there's an offer?"

Some noises came faintly, and everyone smiled bitterly.

Now that things have come to this, we can only look at how much Lei Hao's face is worth in the financial circle.

"I would like to introduce the person who performs this contract in particular. Well, what I want to emphasize is that I was not threatened by the school. The old man just reminded me very kindly. Yes, you guessed it right, I am playing for my alma mater. Advertisement." The auctioneer, who is also a graduate of the University of Chicago, made a joke on the stage, eliciting several whistles and cheers.

"Tigre? Well, as a financial elite involved in securities investment, I know him, our son-in-law from the University of Chicago. God knows, when he married Dongfang Alisa from our Booth School of Business, my only thought was... "

"Why? Isn't there a good enough man at Booth School of Business?" The auctioneer didn't seem to be from Booth School of Business, and he seemed to be watching a good show. But when the conversation changed, he was prepared to take the money from the audience. Pulling out a newspaper, he said, "Until I saw today's Wall Street Journal."

"I can only say, Booth School of Business alumni, this is not your fault. If I were a woman, I would choose Tigre instead of you Wall Street executives and Federal Reserve executives..."

After continuously naming the positions of many University of Chicago graduates and successfully mobilizing the pride of the alumni, the auctioneer began to use Lei Hao's achievements to increase the value of the auction items. It must be said that this guy is very professional.

But no matter how professional you are, you can't hide the flaws in the product. How can someone invest in you and still give a sum of money for charity first? This is simply a scam.

"If it's tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for a favor, I will definitely take action."

"Haha, the Chinese are preparing to operate in secret. They can't get away with tens of thousands of dollars."

"I'm fine personally. This is probably an item belonging to their Chinese Chamber of Commerce."

"Let's see if it's the Chinese who took action."

Most of the people in the venue who didn't know much about Lei Hao were optimistic about the operation of this matter.

However, for those who can attend the party, even if they throw out a tissue, someone will pay tens of thousands of dollars to take a picture of it. This has nothing to do with anything else, just because of their status.

"One hundred thousand." When it was time to bid, Chen Yanxu gave him face and raised his sign.

"110,000."

"120000."

"150000."

As expected, it was the Chinese around Lei Hao who were shouting prices, and everyone's heart sank.

Is it true that we are the only ones who close the door and play by ourselves? This thought came to everyone's mind.

But soon, the Chinese bidding was just an appetizer, and financial practitioners in the Chinese circle were even secretly happy, ready to come out and give Lei Hao a "big face".

The situation changes suddenly.

"One million!" In English, a thousand is a unit, and the next larger unit is a million, so a million is the dividing line. If someone shouts a million, it means that the auction has been raised to another level. .

Lei Hao felt relieved and looked towards the place where the price was announced. A middle-aged white man raised his glass and smiled.

"Wow." The melon-eaters who didn't know the truth were immediately surprised.

A mere face is worth a million dollars, and the Chinese sitting next to Lei Hao immediately felt proud.

"Wow, I have to take back what I said. In fact, I just invested a little money in the stock market. Well, definitely not a million... Wait, what did I see? Two million? Sir, you didn't. You shouted wrong, and I heard you right, right? You shouted two million?"

The auctioneer also wanted to act cute and give everyone some time to react. Suddenly, the financial practitioners present seemed to be stimulated by the first high price, and some people began to call out the price one after another.

"Two million and one million?"

"Two million and two million!"

"Two million and three hundred thousand?"

"Gentlemen, have you mistaken the nature of the auction item? This financial management entrustment agreement with an amount of two million yuan does not mean that Lei will provide it to you for free. You have to pay the two million yuan yourself."

“Furthermore, it charges a normal management fee, 5%.”

The auctioneer was a little panicked. He was worried that something might happen.

"John, we all know this, don't hesitate, I've been holding my sign for a long time."

"YES, John, you can rest assured that we are aware of these things."

Some sounds came from the venue, which seemed particularly clear in the sudden silence, and there was an uproar immediately.

People outside the circle don’t understand. Are these people in the financial circle stupid? Or are they taking the money as money?

"OK, three million, well, I must say, this is... okay, 3.1 million, is there a higher price...?" John is also well-informed, but today's situation is really Never seen it before.

Spend millions of dollars for what? To give Lei Hao face? Got a chance to collaborate? Or prevent others from having the opportunity to cooperate with Lei Hao? This is crazy.

Chen Yanxu and all the Chinese people were also quiet, and then there was a burst of excitement. They were able to sit down and chat with Lei Hao, and they also very much hoped to reach some cooperation with Lei Hao, but if this kind of cooperation requires spending hundreds of Ten thousand dollars, everyone has to think about it.

Keda and HSBC, two institutions that had some cooperation experience with Lei Hao, did not need to consider it. Representatives of large institutions such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan were also calm and composed. The order they received was: Give Lei Hao a hard face and give him a high position. , and then send out invitations and establish cooperation channels.

A $2 million financial management entrustment agreement? Shit, this is an opportunity for cooperation, this is an opportunity to show sincerity and strength, everyone’s psychological price is more than this!

Especially the two people who received promises from Bernard and Schroeder, they were informed: No need to hesitate if the amount is less than 10 million.

Just from the profits from shorting ATE this time, Bernard and Schroeter have already made at least several hundred million, and Lei Hao has begun to show his sincerity in being willing to open his arms to accept collaborators. Do they still need to hesitate?

This is a battle for the right to cooperate.