Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Li Weidong turned his head, looked at Ding Yuan who was running over and asked, "Who called?"

Ding Yuan saw that Li Weidong's face looked pretty good. He only hesitated for a second and said honestly: "Your classmate, Yuan Jiansheng!"

Li Weidong's face was a little curious and a little surprised. He frowned and asked: "He called me, how come he has my phone number?"

However, after asking this question, Li Weidong knew that he was a bit out of his mind. His personal phone number was a secret to most people, but several of his classmates were not within this scope.

If Yuan Jiansheng wants his phone number, he only needs to ask his classmates for a while.

Moreover, at the last class reunion, Li Weidong also gave his mobile phone number to several classmates, and Yuan Jiansheng was present at the time.

It seems that I need to activate a new private mobile phone number. As more and more people know this number, the nature of privacy has changed, and this private number will eventually be converted into a work number.

In fact, the situation is similar now. Although it is a private number, he rarely answers the phone in person, especially from unfamiliar numbers.

"What did you say?" Li Weidong didn't worry about the phone number. At this time, he wanted to know what happened when Yuan Jiansheng called him.

"I didn't say that. He hung up the phone when he heard that you were walking with your family!" Ding Yuan said truthfully.

Li Weidong glanced at Ding Yuan. Although he was walking with his family, the distance between Ding Yuan and him would never exceed three meters.

At this distance, Ding Yuan could directly ask him if he wanted to answer the phone, but now he refused the call in disguise without asking him.

This is somewhat against the rules, although it may be in line with Li Weidong's temper and it can also eliminate Li Weidong's embarrassment.

"This will never happen again!"

Li Weidong said lightly, expressing his meaning just right.

He didn't ask Yuan Jiansheng any more about the purpose of making this call. Even if the grievances of the past were not considered, the relationship between the two of them was just an ordinary classmate at best.

Li Weidong naturally has no intention of being used to Yuan Jiansheng. You made a phone call with unclear words. I still want to ask what's going on?

Free!!

Even though he is kind-hearted in nature, he is not the kind of evil person who oppresses those who came from a poor background and then became rich, nor is he a person who is cruel and arrogant to others.

In fact, it's just the opposite. Li Weidong is kinder and more polite to everyone, but that doesn't mean he has no temper or character.

However, the way and occasions when he loses his temper are different from others, and there are not many things that are worthy of him losing his temper. If there are, he only needs a look or a silence from thousands of miles away, and everything will be solved!

Silence is the best way for him to express his temper. Given his status, if he still loses his temper by roaring, he would be doing very badly.

Ding Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he must have done nothing wrong in this matter.

Li Weidong followed his daughter carefully, fearing that he would be blown down by the rising tide. Even if he was not sucked in, it would be uncomfortable to take a few sips of sea water.

In fact, he didn't need to. There were several bodyguards following him at a short distance, which was enough to protect Li Weidong's family.

At the same time, be wary of passers-by. Maybe a reporter with a camera will appear. No one knows from which direction these all-pervasive reporters will appear?

In short, tonight is destined to be a restless night. In the streets and alleys of the country, the old men playing chess in the squares and the diners drinking beer and bragging at the barbecue stalls are all talking about Li Weidong and paying attention to Li Weidong. Today Li Weidong is the focus.

"I heard from my mother that my third uncle's second cousin was a classmate of Li Weidong. I heard that they had a special relationship when they were in school!"

This was just because I got drunk and started to brag. In short, I wanted to establish some relationship with Li Weidong so that I could appear to be well-informed.

"What a fool you are. Back then, I was drinking at the same table as him, and he even toasted me!" A fat man in his forties or fifties, who had drunk a little too much, said with some regret.

"Old Qian, please pull him down. How can coolies like us, who are fighting against big money, know someone else's big boss? We are just bragging for fun, not spreading rumors!"

"Yes, yes, I won't believe it. Let's not talk about drinking and drinking. If I talk too much, I will shed tears!" Lao Qian picked up a glass of beer and drank it in one gulp.

Back then, he introduced the machine tool business to Chen Gu and others, made a lot of money, and made a fortune.

Later, I saw that this business was good, and thinking about how much money I could make from referral fees alone, I thought about starting something like this myself.

The business of reselling machine tools was good at the beginning, but within two years, the business became less and less profitable, and sometimes even lost money.

Later, by chance, I met a friend who brought things in from outside. The money was quite large and the profits were very generous.

This business was a niche business, but everyone was doing it, so he didn't care.

But last year, Minhai began to crack down on this chaos, and crackdowns began across the country, and they followed the lead to arrest people.

Although no one cares about a small fish like him, it still scares him so much that he runs away quickly, otherwise he would not be mixed up with these people who are against big bags.

Looking at his current situation, Lao Qian really regrets it. Even if he can't hang out with Li Weidong, he won't be like this with his younger brother.

Those people he looked down on at the beginning are now in suits and ties, and some have even become CEOs of listed companies. Thinking about it makes him angry.

It seems that choice is more important than hard work. This sentence is absolutely correct. Why didn't he choose to be with Li Weidong at that time?

Lao Qian sighed, picked up the beer bottle, and took a long sip from the bottle. The bitter taste of industrial beer echoed in his mouth.

Not only at home, but also abroad, many media published interviews with Li Weidong in various languages, accompanied by various comments.

In particular, some American media, including the Wall Street Journal, publicly condemned the behavior of Peking Capital for cashing out from the U.S. capital market when they saw this news.

When he woke up the next day, Li Weidong didn't know it yet, but he had several more titles: speculator who shorted the United States, the culprit of the plunge in technology stocks, etc.

At the same time, the U.S. Nasdaq index plunged seven points at the opening and hit a circuit breaker during the session. Although it rebounded slightly, it still fell by 6% at the close.

I just don’t know if these people selling stocks and these economic commentators are the same people.

This is a common tactic used by Wall Street speculators. They first buy a large number of put options, then follow the trend in the media, and then wait for a big drop to sell the stock in order to profit from it.

It's just that they may usually use it on a certain stock, but now they use it on the entire Nasdaq index.

Needless to say, after this wave of operations, these speculators must have made a lot of money.

But it also completely blew the bubble of technology stocks, and Nasdaq technology stocks began to fall endlessly, entering a bear market from which they never looked back.

It is estimated that many investors will put this account on Li Weidong's head. After all, Li Weidong was the first to burst this bubble.

Countless investors in the United States and the upstarts of these technology stocks are facing the embarrassment of waking up from their dreams.

As soon as they wake up from the dream, the house, car, and money they currently own may all be gone.

Many people obtain their consumption through stock pledge loans. Now that stocks have plummeted, once they reach the pledge warning line, these stocks may no longer belong to them.

What's more, many people will go bankrupt because of this, because their companies are probably not the 10% that survive.

According to statistics, this time the Nasdaq technology stock bubble burst, and more than 90% of the companies declared bankruptcy or bankruptcy in the process.

Even the companies that survived have lost 70% to 80% of their market value, including prestigious companies such as Microsoft, Apple, and Intel.

Li Weidong didn't feel guilty at all about this. On the contrary, he felt that he was doing a good thing.

There is an old Chinese saying that the higher you climb, the harder you will fall. If the Nasdaq index is allowed to drift for a few more months, more people may fall to death.

After all, the ultimate goal of any bull market is to cut leeks and end with trapping people. The longer the market stays at a high level, the more leeks will be cut.

Li Weidong stayed at home for two days. The news that he had become the richest man in the world began to sink in, and the audience slowly began to calm down.

After all, there are so many things in the world, and Li Weidong is not a son of the plane, so it is impossible to use too many words to describe him.

After two days of speculation, everyone got benefits and fun. Those who made money made money, those who enjoyed it enjoyed it, and those who watched the excitement watched the excitement. It should be over.

At the same time, Li Weidong decided to go to the company's office in the Wynn Building, which was another headquarters in his company's organizational structure.

Of course, according to what he meant, this headquarters was just a fictitious thing, just a facade for managing overseas assets.

But Li Weidong is currently in Hong Kong Island, and a considerable part of the company's management team is also currently in Hong Kong Island.

Li Weidong went to the company to show his face, otherwise the chairman of Ruibos Holdings would be promoted to the world's richest man and not even come to the company. That would be outrageous. At the same time, he could also deal with the backlog of work in the past two weeks.

Early in the morning, before Li Weidong had breakfast, his secretary Chen Jun had already arrived at his home.

This is not the first time that Chen Jun has come to Li Weidong's home on Hong Kong Island. He had been here during the last interview, but it was his first time to come to Li Weidong's home alone.

At this time, he was sitting in the living room waiting for Li Weidong to set off, looking somewhat nervous and more curious.

Living in this villa is full of modernity, which is different from Li Weidong's courtyard house in Qizhou.

Of course, more of it is envy. Chen Jun has spent a lot of time in Hong Kong Island and likes to wander around when he has nothing to do.

Naturally, I will also pay attention to the various living environments on Hong Kong Island, and what I pay most attention to are the houses.

Even though the price of houses now has dropped a lot compared to what it was in 1997, the unit price per area is still higher than in most areas of the capital.

The most important thing is that each house is very small, so calling it a pigeon cage is not an exaggeration at all.

A house of one hundred square meters on Hong Kong Island can be called a luxury house. What should a house of several thousand square meters like Li Weidong's be called?

The life of a rich person is really not a human life!

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Weidong had already had breakfast and was ready to set off.

Chen Jun looked at Li Weidong walking over, and suddenly felt that his boss was not going to work, but seemed to be going on vacation.

There is no business atmosphere from top to bottom, round-neck T-shirts, loose casual pants, soft-soled casual leather shoes, in short, everything is for leisure purposes.

If others dress like this, they don't understand business etiquette. But if Li Weidong dresses like this, others will only give a thumbs up and say, Boss Li is really cool.

Chen Jun went up to say hello first, and then took the document bag from Li Weidong's hand. When he lifted it up, he felt that it should be empty. There was at most one mobile phone in it, and no more.

Li Weidong was walking in front, and Chen Jun was whispering behind him about today's schedule, "Chairman, we will arrive at the company at about 8:30. You can take a rest after arriving at the company!"

"At nine o'clock, Mr. Zou has something to report to you about the company's organizational structure!"

"Then, Mr. Zheng will report to you on the establishment and supervision of the investment company!"

"At 10:35, President Li from China Minsheng Bank has something important to ask you for your instructions!"

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"There are also documents that you need to review and sign. There are 27 urgent ones, 21 important ones, and dozens of others!"

Chen Jun was just talking and didn't notice that Li Weidong in front had stopped. When he noticed, he was only a few centimeters away from Li Weidong.

Fortunately, Chen Jun's brakes were more sensitive, otherwise he would have hit Li Weidong.

The secretary bumped into the boss, or was in his arms. If it was a woman and a sweeter-looking person, it would probably be a story.

But if Chen Jun bumped into Li Weidong, it would probably only be regarded as an accident.

"Why are there so many things that need to be reported? In the future, for this kind of reporting, we will first send the problems and solutions. How can we have so much time!"

Li Weidong has concluded that there are some things that he will have if he goes to the company, but he will not have them if he does not go.

For example, the work report of Zou Yi and Zheng Sijing is definitely not an important matter. If it were an important or urgent matter, they would have come to Li Weidong's house long ago. How could they wait for Li Weidong to go to the company.

Moreover, the things they reported were actually within their work authority. Reporting to Li Weidong was just to express their attitude towards the boss.

In fact, many returns are completely unnecessary, and most of the results are a waste of time for each other.

Write a note and write down both the problem and the solution. If Li Weidong thinks it is good, he can implement it directly.

If there is a better way, I will naturally talk to them, or directly write down my own way.

This eliminates the need for subordinates to do heuristic reporting work and inspire the boss to propose solutions to problems in order to achieve the purpose of flattering.

There was something strange on Chen Jun's face. The boss's brain circuit was indeed somewhat different.

Many bosses enjoy the high-level pleasure of listening to reports, but Li Weidong does not!

After Li Weidong got in the car, several cars pulled the security team out of the villa's gate, and then the gate was closed tightly again. The other bodyguards performed their duties and protected the yard.

This is Li Weidong's first trip since he announced his status as the world's richest man, so security measures must be perfect.

After all, in a small place like Hong Kong Island, many cases of kidnapping and kidnapping of wealthy people have happened, so no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful.

Fortunately, the journey was uneventful, and several cars drove to the downstairs of the Wynn Tower before stopping.