Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: June 12-July 1, 2003}

{Location: United States-California}

On the evening of June 12, David Einhorn saw that the wall clock on the wall had finally reached 23:55. He took another look at the bidding page and saw that the big bidding number on the page was still at 15.01w.

Finally he breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that his bidding strategy was used correctly, because at 8 o'clock in the evening, he raised the price by 33% on the original basis, so that the original auction price of 10.01w suddenly increased to 15.01w.

Such a violent price increase must have shocked those who had only raised prices by a few thousand or ten thousand each time. Therefore, the transaction price that he had raised in vain has remained unchanged for nearly 4 hours after that.

Nothing has changed.

David Einhorn knew that the price might change in the last minute before the transaction was completed. But he felt that he had nothing to be afraid of. After all, he was well prepared this time. He only needed to spend the extra 50,000 US dollars prepared.

If you increase the price at the last minute, you will definitely get the Buffett lunch that is auctioned on the Internet.

Although calculated, this year's Buffett lunch is indeed higher than the three transaction prices between 2000 and 2002.

But David Einhorn believes that the reason for this is mainly because this auction is no longer a closed transaction within a small circle, but a public auction on the broader billion-fold trading platform.

But the benefits of the price increase are much better than the previous three times. At least he spent 10 times more than the buyers in the previous three years to buy this lunch. As long as he does not choose to disclose his name, he will win more buyers than the previous three years.

Directly gain more fame.

Following this, his Green Light Capital will also become famous on Wall Street. At that time, more people will recognize them and Green Light Capital. Knowing them, this company will not produce big transactions even if it does not use financial leverage.

Green Light Capital is a hedge fund company that can still bring investors an annual net return of 25%.

David Einhorn felt a little uncontrollably excited, constantly picturing a better future in his mind.

At the same time, a series of soft tapping sounds came from far and near.

Without looking up, David Einhorn knew that the owner of the footsteps was his new lover - a media girl.

When his eyes followed the footsteps that stopped not far away, he saw her plump and voluptuous body hiding in the silky nightgown.

Seeing him looking over, she looked at the corner of his mouth and walked slowly over. Then she slowly bowed her body, completely exposing the fullness that could not be concealed under the deep V collar to her face. And her voice also

With ultimate attraction:

"Dear~~Are you almost successful?"

As she spoke, she made a fan shape with her palms and fanned her face gently.

But the fullness of her chest was often swayed by the gentle movements of her arms.

This seductive gesture made David Einhorn very angry. He stood up and hooked her chin, while his eyes glanced condescendingly at the mountains and ravines.

When he met her eyes again, she saw conquest and desire in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed those things.

"Don't worry, there are still a few minutes. Then, we still have more time."

Suppressing his desire in his chest, David Einhorn lowered his head and glanced at the screen.

But at this glance,

Let him immediately,

Frowning.

…

With 3 minutes left before the auction's final hammer drop, Ning Zimo set the bidding price of 300,000 while operating the keyboard, which suddenly refreshed the final transaction price of Buffett's lunch to a new level.

After finishing this matter, Ning Zimo turned his head and said to Li Ying with a smile: "Suddenly I felt that what I did might be a little unkind."

Turning to look at Li Ying, Ning Zimo could still feel Li Ying's energetic state from her face, even though the time was close to midnight.

Ning Zimo smiled and praised, "You are young after all. You have been so busy recently, but you are still in such good spirits late at night."

What Ning Zimo didn't expect was that his teasing words only met Li Ying's eyes, which looked back blankly.

She didn't say a word, but Ning Zimo could still understand what she wanted to express from her eyes.

Nothing more than that he is much younger than her.

Seeing her like this, Ning Zimo had to give up this boring beginning.

He sighed and said, "Now you will be pushed to the forefront, because for this auction, we did not plan to operate anonymously like we did in the previous three years. Instead, we announced it directly through Beibao.

By then you will be famous, but after being discovered by the media, you will be put under a magnifying glass.

I guess if some saints in China know about it, they will demonize you. Most likely, you spent so much money on a photo opportunity to have lunch with a celebrity, which cost you the tuition fees of more than a hundred college students, or

He said that he had eaten the fruits of more than a thousand farmers’ work for a year.”

Ning Zimo said this with a bit of ridicule and a bit of bleakness, but what he said was true.

It was a previous life, when a flower grower who transitioned from a businessman to an investor spent US$620,200 on the opportunity to have lunch with Buffett. That man was called Duan Yongping, who started out in "Little Overlord" and "Bubu".

A successful businessman who makes cakes.

In 2006, when he became an investor and developed successfully, he felt that he shared Buffett's philanthropic philosophy. After Buffett announced that he would distribute 80% of his capital, worth US$37 billion, to five charitable funds, he spent US$620,200 to support it.

Buffett’s lunch that year.

The price he gave was almost twice the highest ever auction price for Buffett's lunch.

After Duan Yongping's flattering move was sent back to China, after some speculation and fermentation, his name received a lot of bad reviews in the country.

How many college students’ tuition fees and how many farmers’ labor fruits were eaten came from that incident and came from the words of a caring person.

But what surprised Ning Zimo was that Li Ying looked at him and just glared at him and said,

"We have been working together for more than a year. You have your own arrangements for everything. I have always been clear about this. This time when I photographed Buffett's lunch, you gave me the opportunity to shine. What's more, you also have to combine yourself and

Your big plans are hidden in the shadows and you don't want others to see them.

I don’t think you need to explain too much to me, because I understand what you want to do, I also understand the reason why you have been dormant, and I even better understand the reason why you pushed me to the stage. So we all know it.

When you want to do something, you have a clear direction. So, what obstacles and problems will there be along the way?"

Narrowing her eyes, Li Ying tilted her head slightly and said, "I won't be able to return to the country for a while anyway, so what does it have to do with how someone in the country arranges for me?"

Li Ying's expression was very serious, which made Ning Zimo's heart tremble, and the thoughts in his mind were a little divergent at that moment.

He quickly put his hands under his nose and rubbed it, which relieved the slight discomfort coming from his nose.

When he looked up at the monitor again, the slight turmoil in Ning Zimo's heart had calmed down.

His fingers were operating quickly on the keyboard, but he asked softly, "Are you ready?"

Out of the corner of her eye, Li Ying also nodded slightly.

The next moment, Ning Zimo quickly aerated the air with his hands,

In the last 20 seconds of the auction transaction,

He submitted the final transaction price of 500,000.

9,

8,

7,

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Until the last second, the auction price of Buffett's lunch at 100 million times in 2003 was still the 500,000 number submitted by Ning Zimo.

and always,

Nothing has changed.

…

David Einhorn looked at the long series of numbers 500,000 and slumped down on the stool. He didn't even have time to pay attention to the majesty of his lover who leaned over him because of nervousness.

David Einhorn couldn't understand who could raise the auction price to such a high price all of a sudden?

Looking at the strange spelling on the account,

liyin?

Is this buyer crazy?

***+***

On July 1, many media people, including reporters from the New York Times, had already set up various equipment at the entrance of Smith & Wollensky.

This legendary steakhouse opened in 1977 is located at the junction of 49th Street and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan, in the most prosperous area of ​​​​Central New York. As soon as it opened that year, it quickly became a favorite dining place for Wall Street elites, with countless restaurants

Fund flows of hundreds of millions of dollars are sometimes facilitated by just one meal here.

Gradually, some people began to call it the "House of Power".

And today, the annual Buffett lunch is finally going to be auctioned on Billion Times, and the first non-anonymous bidder will finally show up.

At 11:30, a white man walked out of the store holding a mobile phone.

The man's sudden performance immediately caught the attention of the group of reporters squatting not far away.

Everyone saw him standing at the door and looking around for a while, then suddenly stopped in one direction, and then he waved in that direction.

The reporters' cameras followed him, and suddenly they found a group of eight people walking not far away from where he was greeting.

Among the three young women walking in the middle, one was wearing a white suit, the other two were in red suits, and the other six were all men in black suits. What surprised the reporters was that, except for the Western-looking one in the red suit,

, including the young woman in the white suit, all have oriental faces.

Their dazzling appearance quickly destroyed many reporters' film reels.

With a clicking sound, the group of people met up with the white man and walked straight into the steakhouse.

It wasn't until the news from the store came that a group of reporters finally confirmed that this group of people was really the owner of the billion-fold account that took the photo of Buffett's lunch.

“Does anyone remember the billionaire account that took a photo of Buffett’s lunch?”

"I know, it seems to be called liyin."

"liyin?"

The reporter who asked the question muttered a few letters in a low voice,

Suddenly, he exclaimed, "Oh my God, the person who photographed Buffett's lunch this time turned out to be a flower grower."

…

When Li Ying followed the white man named Smith into the agreed-upon steakhouse called Smith & Wollensky, the restaurant was already full of people at lunch time.

The entire restaurant is filled with an old-school American upper-class atmosphere. The walls of the restaurant seem to display all the stories of this store. These include comments about Smith & Wollensky from authoritative institutions and media, candid letters from various customers and some

Quirky and tender photos.

In addition to the surrounding decoration, the bright main hall also gives a good impression. The main hall, which occupies the second floor, is decorated with simple yet elegant giant bouquets. The dining table and seats have no unnecessary design but are made of exquisite materials.

Tables are inseparable from each other, so there are at least 300 seats lined up in the small steakhouse. When they walked in, the originally bustling restaurant did not change because of their appearance.

Because it seems that everyone sitting here is passionate and knows how to measure.

Li Ying walked at the front, following the measured Smith to the table near the corner.

There, a silver-haired old man with a smiling face was sitting.

When his eyes met with Li Ying's, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes when he saw that his secretary actually brought a young oriental woman.

But soon, he smiled and stretched out his hand to point to the side, "This is Miss Li, thank you for your support. Please sit down quickly, we have a long time to chat today."

"Mr. Buffett, I've kept you waiting for a long time..."

"No, no, it's okay. There's still half an hour before the 12:00 we agreed on, and you guys are ahead of schedule."

"Mr. Buffett, you arrived early too." Li Ying smiled softly and sat down.

The silver-haired Buffett looked at the group of people sitting down, and the smile on his face never broke.

"Mr. Buffett, please allow me to introduce our team to you."

"Oh, Miss Li, I'm very happy." Buffett spread his hands and made a gesture of invitation.

"We are a team from flower planting..."