My Age of Investment

  Chapter 87 Dinner

  Pacific Heights (Pacific Heights) is located on a series of steep hills in the north of San Francisco. It is a famous affluent area in San Francisco.

  A single-family villa is located here, and the price of each one can start at tens of millions of dollars.

  There is no bus here, Xia Jingxing took a taxi from downtown San Francisco.

  The taxi stopped in front of a white villa. Xia Jingxing paid the money and kept the taxi driver’s phone number. Otherwise, when the dinner was over, he didn’t want to go down the mountain.

  After getting out of the car, he looked around. There was a long line of luxury cars on the wall outside the villa area, all of which were brands such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Mercedes-Benz.

  A few waiters were standing in front of the big iron gate. After showing the invitation, a waiter politely led Xia Jingxing into the villa.

  The villa occupies a very large area, and there is a large lawn between the big iron gate and the main building.

  The big lawn as an event venue has sparsely attracted many guests. Men in suits and leather shoes and women in evening dresses are talking in twos and threes with a goblet.

  There are also several long tables around the lawn, on which are piled up a variety of delicious dishes, and the waiters carry the plates and shuttle among them, constantly adding various ingredients.

  There were also several bodyguards in suits wearing headsets patrolling in the corner, all of them tall and sleek.

  Xia Jingxing waved back the waiter, took a glass of juice, put a few snacks on the plate, and sat in the corner to eat and drink. It’s important to fill your stomach.

  Slowly, there are more people.

Most of the people who came are of Chinese descent, but there are also a small number of white people.

  Xia Jingxing didn't know anyone, and didn't bother to get close to it.

  At seven o'clock in the evening, Liu Jinhang, chairman of First Securities as the host, finally walked out of the villa with a vote of heavy guests.

  Yang Zhiyuan, Li Guanfu, Huang Renxun and others are among them.

  The ordinary guests chatting outside saw the movement, and they all surrounded them.

  The people in front were too tight, Xia Jingxing couldn't get in, so she had to stand on the outside.

  However, he is quite tall, and he can see the movement inside the encirclement.

  Liu Jinhang is about 60 years old, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, is relatively thin and elegant, is enthusiastically shaking hands with the customers who come up around him, smiling and talking.

  Next, Liu Jinhang greeted everyone to go to the seats placed next to them.

  Xia Jingxing did not miss the opportunity this time, and found a second row position to sit down.

  He didn't grab the first row, after all, it was for the boss.

  Unsurprisingly, the first row really arranged for the big guys, such as MP Yu Yinliang, billionaire Yang Zhiyuan, Wang Jialian and so on.

  A whole row of vacant seats, no one robbed it. After all, the people attending the dinner were all human beings, and they could take a few kilos.

  There are only eight seats in a row. After all, Li Guanfu is just a professional manager, and there are not enough coffee seats. He was assigned to the second row, just next to Xia Jingxing.

  He nodded friendly towards Xia Jingxing and sat down next to him.

  Waiting for everyone to sit down, Liu Jinhang took a microphone and stood at the forefront and began to speak.

   "It has been 18 years since First Securities was founded. Thank you very much for your long-term support and trust from customers and friends..."

  These opening remarks were not nutritious, Xia Jingxing turned his head and glanced at the guests in the back row.

  80% are Chinese!

  In fact, this is not only the current situation and predicament of First Securities, but also the development problem of financial enterprises founded by Chinese people such as East West Bank.

  Most of the services are Chinese, and there are very few customers of other ethnicities.

  The problem is simple. The financial industry has always been in the hands of white people.

  It is very difficult for the Chinese to gain the right to speak.

  Fortunately for this old man, more Chinese people can only be senior wage earners for a lifetime, such as the vice president of Microsoft next to him.

  As for his founding of innovation workshops, he was all about starting a business in the mainland, and he was just a professional manager in the United States.

  Xia Jingxing checked Liu Jinhang's information. He was born in the magic city, and went to the island with his parents when he was only fifteen days old. He grew up in a military village, and came to the United States to work hard when he was almost thirty.

  After working on Wall Street for seven or eight years, he started his own business again in his middle age. First Securities had only two employees at the beginning, and only three states in the United States were served.

  Up to now, the scale of customer asset management has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars.

   is incomparable to those tycoons on Wall Street, but for ordinary Chinese in the United States, it is very successful.

   "Sir, are you also a customer of First Securities?"

  Li Guanfu asked the young Chinese man sitting beside him, showing his talents at a young age.

   "Yes, Mr. Li, are you too?"

  Li Guanfu shook his head and smiled, "I just came to join in the fun, not a customer of First Securities. You seem to know me?"

   "Of course, you are a rare Chinese executive in Silicon Valley, and everyone's admiration object."

  Li Guanfu smiled humbly: "Thanks! You speak Mandarin so well, where is your ancestral home?"

   "Oh, I am not a Chinese, I am an overseas student from mainland China."

  Li Guanfu was surprised, took Xia Jingxing's eyes carefully, and then speculated that this might be a wealthy child from mainland China.

  Can spend millions of dollars in stocks for children who are still studying, and don’t know what family it is?

  He joined Microsoft five years ago and was sent to the mainland to establish and lead the Microsoft China Research Institute.

  Because of his outstanding performance, he was transferred back to the United States to serve as Microsoft’s global vice president after just over two years of work.

  In the past two years of life on the mainland from 1998 to 2000, he did find that some private entrepreneurs became rich.

  Although the overall population is still very poor, it can’t stand the large population base. Especially in the South, there are even billionaires.

  "Are you an international student, which university? What major?"

  "Stanford University, major in computer science."

  Li Guanfu smiled and said, "Stanford, a very good university. When I was studying at Columbia and Carnegie Mellon, I also studied the same major as you."

   "Haha, it's incomparable, you are a PhD, senior, I am a late-student."

  Li Guanfu waved his hand, “You don’t have to be humble, you are still young and have unlimited possibilities.”

  Xia Jingxing smiled and nodded, but did not answer.

  "I have worked in the mainland for two years, which province and city is your family in?"

   "Sichuan, Shu, Rongcheng."

   "Haha, it's a coincidence that we didn't write a book. We are still fellow villagers. Have you ever heard of it in Huayang County?"

  Xia Jingxing smiled and nodded, “Of course I’ve heard it. It’s very close to my house, only a dozen kilometers away, and it’s now withdrawn from the county. It’s called Huayang Town.”

  Li Guanfu nodded slightly, “Yes, it’s changed now. It’s called Huayang County in the Republic of China. The old people in the family have been talking like this and got used to it.

  When I returned to the mainland a few years ago, I went to worship my ancestors. There was still a piece of farmland there. Did you hear that the Tianfu Software Park is now being planned? "

   "Yes, the construction started formally last year, and in two years, it should be officially put into operation."

  Li Guanfu said with a smile, “Since the reform and opening, the mainland has developed with each passing day. This is the case everywhere in the world.

  In another ten years, this vibrant and hopeless land will surely grow rich economic fruits. "

  "A hard-working and kind-hearted nation should lead a better and better life."

  Li Guanfu hit on Xia Jingxing’s parents’ occupation again, but the latter laughed and started playing haha, avoiding talking.

  Li Guanfu asked himself to be boring, so he didn't continue to ask.

  Liu Jinhang did not have a long story. After contacting the customer's feelings, he announced the official start of the dinner party.

  A small number of people ran to the buffet, but most of them talked to some big people.

  After all, eating is not important, and making connections is their main purpose.

  Xia Jingxing wanted to talk to Yang Zhiyuan, but found that the other party was surrounded by a group of people.

  As the richest man in Chinese in the United States, this one is currently hot, and everyone wants to make friends with him.

  Xia Jingxing stood aside for a long time, but never found the right opportunity. The people who came to Yang Zhiyuan to talk with him could be said to be an endless stream.

  Li Guanfu appeared beside Xia Jingxing with a glass of wine, followed the latter’s line of sight, and asked with a smile: "Want to talk to Jerry?"

  Xia Jingxing glanced sideways, and found that it was Li Guanfu, nodded and said, "Yes, he is a Stanford student's idol, and I really want to chat with him."

"Come with me!"

  Li Guanfu had a good impression of Xia Jingxing, so he decided to do this little favor and led Xia Jingxing towards Yang Zhiyuan, who was surrounded by the crowd.

  (End of this chapter)