My Age of Investment

"Yes, this is the greatest political correctness!"

"Darren, please believe me, this is an "Operation Overlord" that represents justice. All the top hedge funds on Wall Street will land in Europe together to save the bad impression in the eyes of the government."

"As a member of Wall Street, Envision Capital should not miss such an event no matter what."

"Let me tell you a little more. George Soros and John Paulson are all on the invitation list this time. You should think carefully about whether you want to attend the "brainstorming dinner" the night after tomorrow!"

Xia Jingxing held the phone with a strange smile on his face.

He represents justice and acts as an overlord. How ironic. Is he going to destroy the German Third Reich, or is he going to land in Normandy and give warmth to the French girl?

After thinking for a while, Xia Jingxing agreed to go to Blankfein's meeting and take a look at what medicines were sold in Goldman Sachs Gourd.

In fact, he has already guessed Blankfein's true intention, which is probably to please the government by taking credit for "detonating the European debt crisis and accelerating the return of international capital to the United States."

Goldman Sachs has had a bad reputation in the past two years. From the government, investors and partners to ordinary Americans, almost everyone is calling for beatings.

There is no need to ignore the dissatisfaction of the middle and lower levels, but Goldman Sachs dare not completely ignore the dissatisfaction coming from the top.

Thinking of this, Xia Jingxing slowly put down his phone, tapped his fingers on the table, and his head started racing.

It really makes people guess right, Goldman Sachs is the mastermind behind the European debt crisis...

Perhaps it was just to make some dirty money at the beginning, helping the economically unqualified Greece to blend into the Eurozone and enjoy the benefits. Later, we saw Greece’s national debt snowball getting bigger and bigger. At the same time, the United States itself caught up with the financial crisis and urgently needed European little brothers. Just give Big Brother a hand, and everything else will fall into place.

Limited by his status and industry in his previous life, Xia Jingxing was not clear about the specific role Wall Street played in the European debt crisis.

However, Blankfein has just made it very clear that the "USD vs. Euro" battle is about to begin, and mercenaries from Wall Street are urgently needed to provide firepower support. The rewards are generous, but seats are limited, so hurry up if you want to participate.

Xia Jingxing pinched his chin. The news Blankfein brought was both good news and bad news.

The good news is that Goldman Sachs has already planned and is about to launch a general attack. At the same time, it has recruited a group of thugs. It is impossible to lose.

The bad news is that there are too many institutions involved, and there are more wolves than meat. It is almost impossible for Vision Capital to replicate the miracle of the previous two years.

Should we leave Goldman Sachs alone and go it alone?

Xia Jingxing thought for a while and quickly gave up on this unrealistic idea.

Goldman Sachs has been laying out the plan for so long. If Vision Capital secretly followed behind and disrupted Goldman Sachs' plan, Blankfein might have turned against him.

At present, his industry already has many enemies, and it is really not appropriate to make new enemies.

Moreover, the old capitalist countries in Europe are not vegetarians. It is too hateful to rush to let others' blood. Vision Capital follows the large army. Although it makes less money, it is safer and will not become a scapegoat.

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Two days passed by in a flash, and Xia Jingxing drove to a villa in the Upper East District.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a room full of old friends, including George Soros and John Paulson.

Xia Jingxing smiled and greeted several people. When he glanced at a fat bald man sitting at the end of the table, the smile on his face suddenly stopped and his eyes changed slightly.

"Dylan, please meet me. My name is Steven Cohen."

The fat bald man stood up with a smile and extended his palm to Xia Jingxing.

Looking at the fat man who slowly walked up to him, Xia Jingxing still had a smile on his face. He shook his hand and said, "Mr. Cohen's title as the "King of Hedge Funds" is known to everyone on Wall Street. Nice to meet you." .”

Steven Cohen looked at Xia Jingxing with a smile, his blue eyes twinkling under his gold-rimmed glasses, as if he wanted to see through the latter's true heart.

Xia Jingxing was also sizing up the famous great white shark on Wall Street in front of him.

Although he only met Cohen for the first time today, they had actually dueled twice!

The first time was in 2008, when Vision Capital’s stock index futures counterparty was the Jewish Capital Group headed by Cohen.

The second time was in 2009. Cohen and Jewish Capital Group could not afford to lose, so they released big news that Vision Capital had made $30 billion in blood, inciting public opinion to attack Vision Capital.

In the end, it was Xia Jingxing who asked the blue-blood nobles to take action to settle the matter.

At the same time, Cohen got into trouble and was targeted by the SEC and the FBI for insider trading in stocks.

A year has passed since this incident. Although the lawsuit-ridden Cohen has not suffered any substantive punishment, the accusations and investigations from the SEC have not stopped. At the same time, his ex-wife stabbed him in the back at the end of last year and told the court He was charged with fraud and insider trading.

However, Cohen has a strong backing and is backed by a large Jewish capital family, so he has never been overthrown.

Xia Jingxing was more concerned about this person because he strongly suspected that this guy was making connections and trying to harm him.

However, there is no substantial evidence for these, just suspicions.

But then again, who gave this guy a criminal record? Naturally, he became the biggest suspect!

With a faint smile on his face, Blankfein quietly watched Xia Jingxing and Cohen talking.

As the true king of Wall Street, Goldman Sachs naturally has exclusive news channels.

Through this information, he easily grasped the grudge between Xia Jingxing, Cohen, and Jewish capital.

At this moment, watching the two people with deep hatred talking to each other as if nothing happened, I couldn't help but admire their self-cultivation and tolerance.

But that is a grudge between the two people and has nothing to do with Goldman Sachs. From now on, fighting each other life and death will be their own business.

He invited two people to come today to discuss how to launch Operation Overlord to land in Europe.

Blankfein clapped his hands and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting directly."

After hearing Blankfein's words, Xia Jingxing and Cohen stopped talking and sat down separately.

Cohen glanced at Xia Jingxing, who was sitting opposite him, and sneered in his heart.

He never gave up the idea of ​​revenge, but he just didn't dare to do it alone again.

Last time, he underestimated the power behind Xia Jingxing and Vision Capital, and got hit all over the place.

He won't make this mistake again, and this time he has found a powerful ally.

Blankfein glanced at everyone, and then asked his subordinates to send a document to each of the hedge fund bosses present, saying: "This is information that Goldman Sachs has spent a lot of effort to collect and compile. It is more precious than gold. You can read it first." look."

Xia Jingxing quickly glanced at the documents in his hand. They were all records related to the Greek economy and debt. The data were very detailed.

Soros gently put down the document in his hand, spread his hands and said, "I seem to smell the smell of money."

Blankfein smiled and said: "Yes, this is the smell of money!

The euro today is no more powerful than the pound sterling was in 1992.

The debt problems of Greece and three other countries in southern Europe are like a fishbone stuck in the throat of the European Union, causing headaches for several finance ministers in Western and Northern Europe.

If the EU refuses to save itself and allows these countries to withdraw from the EU, it will inevitably lead to an "earthquake" in the Eurozone and a substantial depreciation of the euro in the short term.

If the EU comes to rescue, it will need to invest a lot of euros, which will inevitably form a medium- to long-term depreciation trend for the euro.

Therefore, the depreciation of the euro has become a matter of time. "

Blankfein had a calm and confident smile on his face. The EU was forced to do so badly and was so incompetent because of their own handiwork by Goldman Sachs.

As the CEO of a financial giant that controls the world and can arbitrarily subvert the financial order of a country or even a continent, he enjoys the feeling of being in control of everything and standing at the top of the global pyramid.

Others present behaved similarly to Blankfein, treating Greece and the euro as one dish.

John Paulson said with a smile on his face: "The last time I shorted European stocks, I was severely beaten and made difficult by the financial regulatory authorities of various countries.

I would be excited to play them again. "

Steven Cohen smiled faintly, "I heard that the Paulson Fund made billions of dollars from Europe the year before last. Now that European countries hear the name of your fund, their bodies are probably trembling."

"Is this a compliment to me?"

Paulson raised his chin slightly and looked at Cohen, who nodded slightly, "I think this should be the greatest compliment for a hedge fund."

Paulson was amused and responded with praise: "The biggest compliment for hedge funds should be to charge half of LP's excess income share like SAC Capital does.

Looking across the entire Wall Street, you are the only institution that dares to charge such high fees to its clients. "

Steven Cohen smiled and said, "In my opinion, GP and LP have an equal relationship. Each takes half of the income. It's very reasonable, isn't it? The Paulson Institute can actually try to raise fees. Trust me, The effect will definitely exceed your expectations.”

Paulson smiled and didn't answer. He was not easily fooled.

The reason why Seck Capital dares to charge 50% of the excess income share, plus an annual management fee of 3%, is based on its nearly two decades of industry prestige. At the same time, Seck Capital has never been large in scale, and it seems to be deliberately Control not to expand the scale of asset management.

In 1992, when Seck Capital was first established, it had a scale of US$2.5 billion. Since its development, nearly twenty years have passed, but the scale of asset management has only increased five times, which is just over US$10 billion.

Paulson was not particularly clear on Cohen’s intention of doing this, but he expected it to be related to the rate of return and fee sharing.

Once the size of the fund increases, the rate of return will inevitably decline, and the golden signboard will no longer work. Naturally, no one will buy the sky-high fees of "3% + 50%".

Xia Jingxing looked at Cohen who was talking eloquently, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

He does know the real reason why the other party does not expand the scale of asset management. Once the scale of the fund becomes large, insider trading becomes difficult to operate, and the exposure risk increases exponentially.

With this unique skill, Cohen controlled the U.S. stock market, earned tens of billions of dollars, and contributed to society an American TV series called "Billions" and a novel called "The Black Advantage."

Domestic media often compare Mr. Xu with Cohen. Their life stories are very similar, and they are both financial giants.

But Cohen was luckier than Mr. Xu. Although both of them had the same solid evidence, Cohen finally spent a lot of money to avoid jail, reached a settlement with the SEC, and even transformed the company into a family office to continue engaging in finance.

This is perhaps the biggest difference between the two countries. One has a bottom line and the other does not.

Blankfein waved his hand, "Okay, okay, dear friends, you can stop praising each other for the time being.

You see, Darren is relatively modest. He may be thinking about how to short the euro. He is a typical man of action. "

After hearing what Blankfein said, everyone turned their attention to Xia Jingxing.

Xia Jingxing was originally just a spectator, but he didn't expect Blankfein to take the initiative to bring the topic to himself.

He quickly looked at Blankfein, who smiled at him, as if expecting his wonderful speech.

Xia Jingxing shook his head and laughed: "Mr. Blankfein, everyone here is a senior, and everyone's experience in the industry far exceeds mine. I actually want to hear everyone's opinions."

Blankfein seemed determined to get Xia Jingxing to express his position publicly, and said reluctantly: "Darren, you are wrong about this. Experience cannot mean anything. This is Wall Street, a world where the strong are respected!"

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "Okay, then I will briefly explain my views."

As soon as these words came out, everyone became serious.

In the face of legendary achievements, senior industry leaders including Soros and Cohen cannot ignore Xia Jingxing's dazzling financial talent.

"At present, most people have not paid special attention to the debt crisis in Greece. Most people here refer to ordinary Greeks and European residents, excluding the finance ministers of various countries.

There is only one last fire left before this powder keg is completely detonated!

Before the official ignition, I think we should do some preparatory work, including establishing short positions in foreign exchange options and futures, and lobbying the three major rating agencies. "

Hearing this, everyone laughed. Even Cohen glanced at Xia Jingxing. He knew the American way of playing.

Xia Jingxing continued: “First they concentrated on selling short the euro, and then rating agencies rated Greek government bonds as junk, BBB or even C.

Now that things have come to this point, all it takes is to drive the final nail into the coffin board.

The European Central Bank will definitely seek help from the Federal Reserve, including but not limited to stopping interest rate increases and putting pressure on hedge funds that maliciously short the euro. "

"Don't worry! The Federal Reserve and the government will not help the EU."

Blankfein said in a determined tone. Seeing everyone's eyes turning to him, he said a few more words: "Of course, we still have to do face-saving projects, after all, we are allies!

You don’t need to worry about this. Goldman Sachs has arranged people to lobby the government and the Federal Reserve. "

Xia Jingxing had a smile on his face, but he kept complaining in his heart. He was a bitch and had to build a memorial arch, and then the European Union had to pay tribute to the United States.

If you don't think about our "protecting Europe", right? Then next year the military expenditure for the garrison will be increased a little more, and it will be paid according to the principle of the first filial son.

Under the heavy pressure of military, financial, technological and other hegemonies, Europe has no one that can fight. It can only take off its pants obediently and wait for the American uncle to come.

Blankfein looked at the others and said, "Do you have any other opinions? If not, we will implement this "Operation Overlord" according to the framework proposed by Darren."

"I have no opinion!"

"No comment!"

"agree!"

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A group of people expressed their agreement with Xia Jingxing's suggestion.

Blankfein nodded slightly, "Okay, that's it! One month later, we will launch a comprehensive general offensive."