rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 574 The undervalued Hong Kong rich man

"Aren't you really a basketball player with your height?"

In the private room of the restaurant~ Boss Liu looked at Chen Li's height and expressed some emotion.

Hmm. Okay! This is considered a normal phenomenon, so normal that Chen Li is now used to being asked if he is a professional athlete.

After all, he is nearly 1.9 meters tall, which is considered relatively tall even in the north these days.

Let's put it this way~ The main guard of the domestic men's basketball team is about the same height as Chen Li.

In the domestic basketball league, the main guards of most teams are not even as tall as Chen Li, that is, only some forwards or centers are taller than Chen Li.

These days, when people think of tall people, their first reaction is that this guy should be a basketball player.

If I get negative news, it will probably be that with this height, it would be a pity not to play basketball.

Chen Li is almost used to it now, because whenever he meets someone for the first time, he will inevitably be asked such a question.

In fact, Chen Li is also a little strange. In his previous life, he was only 1.78 meters tall. I don't know what happened in this life, but his height has grown by 10 centimeters.

In fact, it’s not just Chen Li who has changed in height, but also Chen Li’s sister Chen Xue.

This is mainly because the father of the two siblings is not short. Although he is only 1.75 meters tall, he is already quite good among people of his generation.

In the previous life, Chen Xue was only 1.68 meters tall, and Chen Li was only 1.78 meters tall. The height of the two brothers and sisters were among the top few among their peers in Erlong Town.

But in this life, Chen Li has grown to 1.88 meters, while Chen Xue has grown to 1.72 meters.

Don't underestimate these four centimeters and ten centimeters, these things are not calculated based on numbers at all.

Anyway, Chen Li couldn't understand it. Even though their family's living conditions were much better in this life, the gap was still somewhat exaggerated.

Of course, outsiders don't know these things. In their eyes, especially in the eyes of southerners, it would be a pity for Chen Li, a 1.88-meter tall man, not to play basketball.

But of course the boss Liu wouldn't think so. The reason why he asked this question was mostly just joking with Chen Li.

After all, the boss Liu Ke knows Chen Li's identity very well. Although he is young, his wealth is not comparable to that of ordinary basketball players.

Yes~ Even though it is still 2000, information transparency is not that serious, but for people like the boss Liu, it is still very easy to investigate Chen Li's background.

Of course, the main reason is that Chen Li didn't hide it at all.

In the eyes of Big Boss Liu, not to mention the properties under Chen Li's name, the money he handed over to Mu Xiaoqing to take care of in the capital market was enough for Big Boss Liu Gao to take a look.

Hmm~ It’s just a glance, that’s all! As for the reason

It's because boss Liu got the news that the money currently controlled by Mu Xiaoqing does not belong to Chen Li alone, but to a company called Ideal Fund.

The results of the investigation show that Chen Li is the boss behind this company, but that does not mean that all the money belongs to Chen Li.

After all, since it is a fund, it often represents many people, and Chen Li is just one of them.

In fact, boss Liu invited Chen Li to dinner this time just to take a look at Chen Li, a young rising star.

To put it bluntly, he was just curious. After all, according to the information he got, Chen Li was really very young.

But what can I say~ For the boss Liu, the idea of ​​meeting Chen Li might just be a sudden thought, but when it came to Chen Li, it made him think about it for most of the day.

Ever since Chen Li received the invitation from Big Brother Liu, he has been murmuring in his heart as to what the big brother Liu is planning to do to find him inexplicably.

If it's a good thing, that's it. What if the other person has any bad thoughts about you?

After all, Mu Xiaoqing rejected the other party before. Judging from traditional film and television works, this might make the other party unhappy.

In short, before meeting the boss Liu, Chen Li thought of many hypotheses, but the only one he never thought about was that he really just wanted to meet him.

This is actually a bit like when Zhou Xiaoli's father, Zhou Bowen, invited Chen Li to dinner. At that time, Chen Li also imagined a lot of things.

Even Zhou Bowen's plan to acquire Ideal Fried Chicken was conceived by Chen Li.

But at the last meeting, Boss Zhou just wanted to meet Chen Li.

But no matter what, this is actually reality, and it is also the biggest difference between those at the top and those at the bottom.

In the eyes of superiors, he may have just done a very casual thing.

But when it comes to the subordinate, he has to use his limited experience to guess what the superior is thinking.

Even though what he was thinking was wrong, he couldn't stop thinking about it.

After all, from the perspective of the inferior, everything the superior does should have its own meaning.

But in fact~ I just took some free time to meet you.

This time~ Boss Liu accidentally heard that the boss behind Mu Xiaoqing was a young man, and he suddenly became interested, so he invited Chen Li.

"The future life is terrible!"

The boss Liu picked up his wine glass, clinked it with Chen Li, and let out a sigh.

Once upon a time, his boss Liu was also young.

Moreover, Liu, the original boss, also started his career by making money crazily in the capital market when he was young.

This guy had a nickname in the capital market back then, called the stock market sniper.

Stock market sniping is actually very popular here on Hong Kong Island. Basically, it means spending money to buy stocks of a listed company.

Often the management rights of these listed companies are not very stable, so in order to avoid problems with the management rights of the listed companies, the companies have to repurchase these stocks at a high price.

Boss Liu~ started his career in this business, so when he looked at Chen Li, it reminded him somewhat of his old self.

After all, although Chen Li is playing short selling, it is basically the same as stock market sniping.

Especially since Chen Li is a young man, it is naturally easy for him to remind Big Brother Liu of past events.

"Mr. Liu praised me!"

"Although I am in the Mainland, I still have great respect for Mr. Liu."

"Especially Mr. Liu, who dominated the stock market back then and now has built a huge business empire. This is something I need to study hard."

I have to say~ This is actually the reason why Chen Li always wants to hide behind the scenes, because he really doesn't like this kind of social interaction.

It was obvious that he didn't like the person in front of him, but he had to welcome him.

To be honest, it's not that Chen Li hasn't thought about it. Being a person like the protagonists in novels or movies and TV series, he doesn't need to care about the other person's wealth, status or even background.

Say what you want to say, and reject the other party if you want to reject it!

But the reality is that it is a bit helpless. Mu Xiaoqing can refuse the recruitment of the boss Liu, after all, it is a normal work relationship.

In addition, Mu Xiaoqing herself has a job, so it is normal to reject the boss Liu.

But if Chen Li rejects the other party, he really means not giving him face.

Although if we really talk about it, Chen Li is definitely not afraid of Big Brother Liu. He is a system host after all, and even if Big Brother Liu wants to do something to him, he will not do anything wrong.

But the question is, is it not necessary?

Chen Li is not a fool, so why would he provoke his enemies?

Of course, calling him an enemy is a bit too much, but people have already given Chen Li face and invited him to dinner. If Chen Li still refuses to give him face, it will be a bit of a slap in the face.

And after the meeting, Liu, the boss, didn't do anything to Chen Li. Even if Chen Li didn't like this person because of his previous life, Chen Li definitely couldn't hit him in the face at this time.

Even ordinary people understand the principle of "people applaud others", so Chen Li can't be stupid enough to directly express that he doesn't like this guy.

Therefore, talking to people and talking to ghosts are actually the basic operations in shopping malls.

The kind of honest people who say one thing or two things. In the business world, although it is not impossible, there are definitely only a handful of them!

Fortunately ~ Chen Li is not one of them!

But it is precisely because he is not one of them that he has to appear on such occasions to socialize.

In fact, it makes sense~ If he were an ordinary businessman, this invitation from the boss Liu would probably be an opportunity that he would never find in his lifetime.

After all, the boss Liu is also the top local rich man in Hong Kong Island, so having the opportunity to get in touch with this boss may be the best opportunity of his life for ordinary people.

But Chen Li didn't have this idea. He didn't need others to give him a chance. As long as no one blocked his development, he would have the confidence to start his own business.

Therefore, compared to other people's submissive presentation when they saw the boss Liu, he was relatively calm.

Although they were also said as compliments, what they said was called a compliment, but what Chen Li said was called politeness!

Hmm~ If you use written language to describe it, this should be what the novel calls "neither humble nor arrogant".

Of course~ Chen Li doesn't have such noble sentiments, he just simply doesn't like the guy in front of him very much.

To be honest ~ Chen Li actually wanted to chat with the big boss in front of him about his romantic affairs more than these social chats.

Speaking of which, Chen Li doesn't like the guy in front of him, which may actually have something to do with it.

After all, the boss Liu is known as the beauty collector, and several well-known actresses have had some emotional entanglements with him.

Two of them were even screen goddesses recognized by Chen Li in his previous life when he was young.

However, Chen Li still has some sense of propriety. No matter whether the other party cares or not, he is not suitable to bring up this topic rashly.

This meal~ was quite enjoyable.

In addition to exchanging pleasantries with Chen Li, Big Brother Liu mainly focused on the stock market crash caused by the bursting of the Internet bubble.

Yes, the crisis caused by the bursting of the Internet bubble in 2000 almost affected the global capital market.

Including Hong Kong stocks, almost all capital markets have suffered more or less malaise.

Among them, some technology stocks that were originally extremely popular have been sold off recently.

To put it bluntly, ordinary people have begun to distrust technology stocks that were previously strong.

The same is true for Hong Kong stocks, especially the stock prices of some technology companies have plummeted, and the assets of the boss Liu have also shrunk during this crisis.

However, compared to others who are interested in technology stocks, Liu, the boss, still pays more attention to investing in real estate and some traditional industries.

So relatively speaking, his loss is not big. And with Liu’s net worth, even if the loss is greater than his in the capital market, it will be nothing!

Although this guy made his fortune from the stock market in his early years, now he is no longer limited to the capital market.

Therefore, the profit and loss in the capital market may be a matter of happiness and distress for him.

This can be seen from the attitude of boss Liu when chatting with Chen Li.

"oh?"

"So, you are very unfavorable about Nasdaq?"

“Oops~ I didn’t expect this Internet bubble to have such a big impact?”

"But~ I think what you said makes sense."

"Hmm~ I'll also invest some money in Nasdaq some other time and have some fun!"

"Don't worry~ I don't have much money, so I can just make a few hundred million for fun."

To be honest, Chen Li felt a little bit sour when he heard the tone of boss Liu's tone.

God knows how much effort he went through to raise the US$15 million. The liquidity of several companies under his name was almost drained.

Mu Xiaoqing worked tirelessly and stayed on Hong Kong Island. It took nearly half a year to turn the fifteen million US dollars into nearly three hundred million.

But Liu, the boss, just started investing hundreds of millions for fun. At that time, Chen Li really wanted to imitate Brother Crow and perform a table-turning performance.

Of course, this is just what he thought. He is neither a fool nor a good guy. How could he flip the table in front of the boss Liu?

Moreover, Chen Li also discovered one thing from the tone of the boss Liu's tone, that is, he had definitely underestimated the rich people in Hong Kong Island on that damn rich list he had seen in his previous life.

At that time, the mainland had become wealthy, and most of the richest people in China were mainlanders. However, there were not many people in the top ten on Hong Kong Island.

But to be honest, the wealth of those in the mainland relies largely on the stock market.

If you ask those people to spend any amount of money, they probably won't be able to come up with it.

But these rich people in Hong Kong have been rich for decades. With the boss Liu now talking about hundreds of millions of dollars, you can only imagine how thick the banknotes in their pockets are.

In his previous life, Chen Li read a piece of news, saying that during the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the company's stock price and his own investment losses reached more than 20 billion.

Then he was in 1997!

And think about this year’s Forbes valuation of the big boss Liu, which seems to be only more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. A person worth more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars can casually take out hundreds of millions of funds and throw them into the stock market for fun.

This is somewhat nonsense.

"Hi~!"

"Xiao Chen, don't just chat with me. Come, let's drink and eat."

"Don't tell me, the two Eastern Star Spots you caught today seem to taste better compared to the Eastern Star Spots in the restaurant!"

"It seems that when we eat eastern star spot from now on, we must eat the fresh catch of the day!"

(End of chapter)