Wall Street Legend

It is optimistic in the long term, but there will definitely be fluctuations in the short term. Ye Dongqing doesn't know when it will rise or fall, so he can only take one step at a time.

Crude oil futures are like gambling, and they are very big bets. Judging from the size of the orders in his hand, he can lose up to about three billion U.S. dollars and be liquidated directly. The probability of winning is relatively high, and the probability of investment failure is also not small. In addition to grasping the general trend, it also depends on luck. During this period, his luck has been relatively good, and his profits have reached over one billion US dollars.

After getting rich, his mentality became more stable. When he started his business, he had no money and the passion that dared to unseat the emperor was fading, so that the idea of ​​​​closing the position gradually appeared in his mind, and only greed was left to support him, like a gambler. Like a fool, I decided to take a closer look and wait until I smell a crisis before decisively closing my position and cashing out.

Ye Dongqing was ready to lose the bet and felt that he could bear the consequences...

I’m busy every day, and it’s April in the blink of an eye.

In April in New York, the maximum temperature is about 15 degrees Celsius. The vegetation in Central Park is sprouting new green leaves. Girls put on their spring clothes prepared in advance and take to the streets early. It is much more lively than in winter.

The parade at the beginning of this month ended not long ago. The Easter parade is considered one of New York's traditional programs. People no longer stay in warm homes all day long. Flower shows, car shows, comic shows, food festivals, cocktail festivals, beer festivals, etc. are all popping up. At the end of the month, there will be a cherry blossom festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. As long as you are willing, you will not Lack of places to have fun.

A big city has the excitement of a big city, but a small city has the tranquility of a small city. Ye Dongqing has lived on his own island for two days, and finally rode a horse around the entire island, feeding cattle and sheep, and playing golf. Or fishing, my life was pretty good.

There had just been a party for my twentieth birthday, so everything was kept simple this time when I moved into my new house. I only invited Richard and others to come over and have a drink and smoke cigars. In the morning, I caught a grouper on the sea. Let the chef help cook delicious meals. There are two original houses on the island that have been converted into collection rooms. The art inside is pitiful. At the moment, he is still thinking about making money and is reluctant to spend a lot of money to buy art. The appreciation rate of those antiques is unmatched. Stocks fast?

This was one of the shortcomings of Ye's Manor. Without the art collection, he felt that he lacked some heritage, but he had enough time to accumulate it slowly, and he was not in a hurry.

Ye Dongqing has encountered a little trouble recently.

To be precise, it should be a good thing for him, but his future interests may be affected a bit, mainly because Fidelity Investment Group comes in and carries out sweeping acquisitions for Apple's small shareholders, with premium rates generally as high as 100%. More than 50%, that is, increasing the existing stock price by half, acquiring stocks from small shareholders and large retail investors, quickly accounting for more than 4% of Apple's total share capital, and combining the operations of Tamsui Investment Group The space is squeezed out.

Until now, Ye Dongqing's shareholding in Apple remains at 41.1%. With the entry of Fidelity Investment Group, two independent directors were influenced by this Wall Street giant and successfully gave up their relationship with Ye Dongqing. Dongqing's idea of ​​doing the right thing has successfully approved the appointment of the interim CEO this morning. Steve Jobs temporarily withdrew from his recuperation and treatment, and Mr. Tim Cook took over the interim CEO position.

The board of directors passed another decision to remove Bill Campbell from his independent director seat. Ye Dongqing selected Apple's current chief financial officer as a director. This was regarded as a reshuffle of capital for Apple. It cannot be said that he has absolute say, at least. The risk of being checked and balanced by the board of directors will be reduced a lot in the future.

The trouble was solved in a way that no one expected, but Ye Dongqing was still unhappy. He always felt that the fat man Edward Johnson Jr. played some role. He didn't believe that Fidelity Investment Group was really interested in Apple.

Some time ago, he confronted the board of directors as the largest shareholder. In fact, he never thought that a group of professional managers could beat him. His little plan was to use this excuse to continue acquisitions until he obtained 51% of Apple. As long as he has the absolute right to speak, let the board of directors system become ineffective and allow him to influence Apple's decision-making.

However, with the intervention of Fidelity Investment, I don't know what benefits it gave to those small shareholders. They actually acquired more than 4% of the shares quietly. Although this share did not have much impact on Ye Dongqing. , but it has successfully blocked his expansion path. Except for the scattered stocks circulating in the stock market, it is almost impossible to find small shareholders to start with. Unless he repurchases or distributes additional stocks, he will have to pay a huge price to get it. Increase the stake to more than half.

What makes him sad is that the plan has been disrupted. It seems that the system of board of directors power will continue to be maintained. With the departure of Bill Campbell, he has lost the reason to take action on the board of directors mechanism again, so he has to give up temporarily and fall into another subtle situation. in balance.

Ye Dongqing guessed that Fidelity Investments already knew about Apple's series of new product development plans. After all, that guy Edward Jr. had been keeping a close eye on his investment direction and was learning from him. It was hard to guarantee that no one would follow his lead. Hearing the news from his mouth, he became optimistic about Apple's future appreciation potential. Otherwise, who would acquire equity in an established company at a high premium? Only when you see the benefits will you choose to do this.

What's worse is that with Fidelity Investment Group taking action, most interested people have already set their sights on Apple. It may not be easy to make a fortune quietly. Of course, holding more than 40% of the shares is already quite good. I tried chatting with the manager of Fidelity Investments who had a heavy position in Apple stocks. Even if Ye Dongqing was willing to increase their purchase price by another 10%, the guys still refused to sell to him.

I had no choice but to give up. I called Cook to congratulate him as soon as he took over. I was assured that those secret R\u0026D and acquisition plans would still go ahead. This was enough.

It seems that Fidelity helped to sway the attitude of the two independent directors, but in fact it is obvious that they are grabbing food from the bowl. Apart from Apple, the only company that needs special attention recently is Longteng Mobile Technology Co., Ltd., and Boss Zhang has already registered it. company, and found a piece of land in Jinling, because it offered more discounts and could also find a suitable factory. The assembly line had just been shipped from Baodao in a few days and could be delivered very quickly.

Looking at Huawei, it was almost acquired by Motorola, which made Ye Dongqing see an opportunity. However, when he sent someone to inquire, he learned that he had received a large low-interest loan from the bank, and the funding problem was solved. This is the second time he missed the opportunity to invest in Huawei. Last time he planned to jointly build mobile phones, but unfortunately he lacked financial resources and the olive branch he offered was not thick enough...