My Age of Investment

In the top-floor office of Building 40 on Wall Street, Xia Jingxing moved a chair, poured himself another glass of 1982 Petrus, lit a cigar, and browsed today's news.

"The greatest deal in history, Paulson and his fund battle to become gods!"

According to statistics from Alpha magazine, the Paulson Fund made a total of US$15.5 billion in profits last year, surpassing all hedge funds in the world and more than ten times more than Soros' profit from sniping the pound. The figure is higher than Bolivia, Honduras, The combined GDP of the three South American countries of Paraguay is 12 million people.

However, the money-making god seems to be in trouble recently, with a large number of social organizations criticizing and questioning whether his money-making behavior is glorious..."

In just two hours after this news was posted on Facebook’s open platform by the Wall Street Journal, it received millions of retweets and millions of comments, instantly going viral all over the world.

It has been two years since the Facebook open platform was released. It not only includes domestic games and social games developed by Xingjia Games, but also news plug-ins from various media groups.

Facebook has reached cooperation with a number of media groups, who publish news on open platforms and push news to hundreds of millions of users with the help of Facebook's social network that radiates around the world.

Media groups can gain more news exposure and greater influence, while Facebook can enrich platform functions, increase user stickiness and user usage time, which can be called a win-win situation.

However, general news cannot get so much exposure and attention.

Xia Jingxing was also horrified when he looked at the shocking number of retweets and comments at the end of the article.

He admitted that he sent a wave of assists to Paulson, but he did not expect the effect to be so strong.

It should be that Paulson's own experience is too legendary and easily attracts attention.

Xia Jingxing started browsing the comments.

"The company has made $15.5 billion, and individuals have made $3.7 billion, while a large number of Americans are homeless and living on the streets. These greedy guys should be put to the gallows."

"Short-selling is market behavior and the only way to squeeze out bubbles. Paulson was not wrong. The only thing he was wrong about was making too much and making too many people jealous and jealous."

"I'm not jealous of Paulson. I just hope he does something beneficial to society and helps the poor."

"Donations are personal wishes and do not require moral kidnapping."

"There is no moral kidnapping, I just feel that Paulson can use this behavior to calm public opinion and create a better image of an entrepreneur."

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Xia Jingxing read the comments carefully and found that most people could not take Paulson's sudden wealth seriously.

If you succeed in starting an Internet business and get rich suddenly, everyone will envy you but not hate you;

But Paulson's success is based on the suffering of countless people, so many people think it is unethical.

Of course, there are also some anti-intellectual remarks, and this is what the United States is most in need of.

Someone proposed to file a lawsuit against Paulson, arrest the big short seller, and use all the property to relieve the poor;

Others have proposed that Paulson be deported and no longer worthy of being an American.

Xia Jingxing smoked a cigar and sipped red wine, feeling sad in his heart.

Fortunately, he threw Paulson out as a target, otherwise the fire would have burned his own head.

Even Paulson, an American, was scolded so much, let alone a foreigner.

In addition to Paulson, Peter Thiel and his Clary Capital are also popular.

According to Alpha, Clary Capital earned $14.9 billion, hundreds of millions less than the Paulson Fund, ranking second.

Although most of the firepower of public opinion has been directed at the Paulson Institute, Peter Thiel and his Clary Capital have also encountered soul torture.

"In the past, Thiel was a well-known technology entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. The PayPal he founded greatly facilitated people's online life. I am full of admiration for such entrepreneurs.

Now Thiel has become a greedy capital player. He is the same as Paulson, and his methods of making money are very unethical. "

"Peter Thiel is just a lucky faggot and will be finished sooner or later!"

"Farke, it's okay to call Peter Thiel, but you can't call him a faggot."

"I'm sorry, I was offended."

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Xia Jingxing felt sick to his stomach. These guys seemed to pay more attention to Peter Thiel's coming out than shorting subprime mortgages.

Just last year, Peter Thiel was exposed by a gossip website as being gay, causing an uproar in the Silicon Valley venture capital circle. A large number of potential investors from Saudi Arabia refused to invest in Founders Fund because of this incident.

Originally, the incident had calmed down, but as Peter Thiel was crowned the "Empty Saint of Wall Street," old accounts were brought out again, and people ridiculed and ridiculed him.

Xia Jingxing was suddenly a little worried. Peter Thiel wouldn't get angry because of his embarrassment. Could he please clarify?

Unlike Paulson Fund, Clary Capital made most of its $14.9 billion in profits for Vision Capital or for him personally.

I didn't have a very pleasant chat with Peter Thiel that day. What if he didn't take the blame for me?

Xia Jingxing stopped smoking cigars and drinking red wine. He held his chin and thought seriously.

He judged that Peter Thiel would not be so unwise, because exposure would be a lose-lose situation. Although Vision Capital would not fare well, Clary Capital would not be much better either. A large number of fund investors would feel affected. If you cheat, you might even end up facing a lawsuit...

Some things can only be rotten in the stomach for a lifetime.

However, Xia Jingxing felt that he should make a condolence call to Peter Thiel to express his concern among friends.

Before he could dial the number, Peter Thiel called him first.

"Darren, have you seen that there are a lot of comments on the Internet and in the media attacking me and Clary Capital."

Hearing the tiredness and anxiety in Peter Thiel's voice, Xia Jingxing did not pretend to be confused and said seriously: "I saw it and was about to call you. How about it? Are you okay?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, "I'm okay, these abuses won't break me, they just make people very upset.

There are many people on the Internet who think I have made ill-gotten gains and are forcing me to donate money. "

Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "If things get worse, then you can donate a sum of money. I think Paulson is also being forced to donate money. Maybe he will also donate money.

If he donates but you don’t, then the pressure is entirely on your side. "

Speaking of this, Xia Jingxing was speechless. It seems that forced donation is not a characteristic of any country, it is the same all over the world.

After thinking for a while, Xia Jingxing added: "When you want to donate, you tell me the amount and I will contribute half."

The reason why he didn't say that everything was done by himself was because Xia Jingxing was implicitly expressing something. Don't blame it all on me. You, Peter Thiel, also benefited.

If it is said that the donation is all-inclusive, then it is too weak and takes the initiative to take all the responsibilities on oneself; if it is not donated, it is actually reasonable, but it will inevitably make Peter Thiel feel resentful and then do something Anti-intellectual behavior is bad.

Peter Thiel on the other end of the phone did not refuse and said, "Okay, I'll contact you if necessary."

Xia Jingxing raised the corners of his mouth slightly, agreeing so happily showed that he was already prepared.

But it doesn't matter. After making so much money, he should spend tens of millions or even one or two hundred million dollars to settle the matter. After all, he will have to live in the United States in the future and cannot be deported.

"Oh, by the way, Darren, those abuses and attacks on Facebook..."

Peter Thiel didn't say anything further. He believed that Xia Jingxing understood what he meant.

"After all, freedom of speech is important. It would be unrealistic to clean up everything and it would lower the temperature.

But don’t worry, everyone will be discussing the next thing soon. Netizens are like fish, their memories are short. "

"Okay, I understand, thank you, Darren!"

"We are friends! Don't let anyone see you outside!"

Xia Jingxing hung up the phone with a smile and continued to read the news.

A headline made his eyelids jump - "Don't let that Chinese get away".