Chapter 1407 National Convention

"It's nothing. I'm sixty-seven years old. It's time to retire."

In August, Julian Robertson's mood has calmed down: "I feel that my style of play and operation are fine, but... I didn't expect Vivendi Universal to compromise with Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, and I didn't expect Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank to do so. There is a tacit understanding."

On the TV screen, Messier also led a delegation to New York, where he had a happy chat with Paulson of Goldman Sachs, Addison of Deutsche Bank and others.

"Going public in Mimi, Messier played a very beautiful hand with Julian. Vivendi Global introduced so many short-selling institutions as strategic investors, which means that he let Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Salomon Smith Barney and Lehman Brothers go. I used a very cheap price to attract money and grabbed a lot of money."

David Geffen complained about him: "And you, have been foolishly excluded."

"Yes, the senior manager Messier is shameless enough. He would rather be robbed than keep the CEO position. By the same logic, he still sits and watches Lyle Cohen accept the investigation of the Wall Street Sheriff after getting Andersen's endorsement, and Vivian The chief financial officer of the pharmaceutical company owned by Wendi committed suicide very "timely". He hurriedly sold Seagram Wine at a low price in less than three months, even if these negative factors would lead to the death of the company he managed. The stock price of a multinational giant will never go back to 89 euros... It doesn't matter, only in this way can he pass the responsibility to the global side and explain to Vivendi shareholders, the French government and investors who really suffered losses. "

Julian Robertson sincerely accepted the criticism, "Forget it, maybe I have been in this industry for too long, and my thinking and techniques have become rigid. Sometimes this industry requires unrestrained imagination, which is completely unreasonable. Intuition and sense of smell, which I also had when I was young."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Song Ya: "At some point, it may even be better to be a 'newcomer', but it will make the experienced guys from Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank unpredictable."

It seems that he is still a bit unwilling to admit defeat. Song Ya doesn't want to talk about futures with this guy who brushed the gift. After meeting today, he kept talking about what to look at, but in the end, he always started to resume the game after a few words...

"Hahaha! APLUS has always been lucky, you should really listen to his Julian, don't believe in evil..."

David Geffen patted Song Ya's shoulder cheerfully and said that he did not fight back with Julian Robertson, although Julian Robertson asked the two for help several times before Tiger Fund's liquidation.

At that time, he refused to beg too humblely, so Song Ya always thought that what he encountered was just a small problem, and finally was shocked by Tiger Fund's liquidation and closing.

"By the way, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank really cooperated very well this time, one dark and one bright...Are they so relieved to hand over their backs to each other?" Song Ya interrupted.

"possible,

Deutsche Bank has always been a big player in Nasdaq, and Goldman Sachs is nicknamed the commander-in-chief of the bulls. The two investment banks should have cooperated a lot before..."

Julian Robertson turned into hindsight, "The rice stocks have fallen badly this year, and this time they have a good meal at Vivendi Universal."

"Maybe they'll put their energy back into Nasdaq?" David Geffen asked.

"Maybe, I dare not predict haha!"

Julian Robertson laughed at himself. Although Tiger Fund wins first and then loses and closes its doors, most of the losses are from investors. He himself is still a billionaire after retirement. No, a billionaire is just ashamed. It's just a little ruthless.

Because it seems to the outside world that he blew the horn of short-selling attack, and Vivendi Global has hyped during this period that it has completely defeated him and his Tiger Fund in the futures market, completely ignoring the roles played by institutions such as Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. , Messier is happy to hold a funeral, and is happy to brag about this 'political achievement'.

For example, the photo of him announcing the closure of the Tiger Fund was used together by the French media on the headlines of the front page and the photo of Messier laughing heartily.

It is good to master the media, you can speak for yourself.

"Stop talking, look." David Geffen pouted towards the main stage.

The three of them are in the boxes of the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York. The 2000 Donkey Party National Convention is being held on the blue main stage outside. It is very grand and full of people. There are countless national flags and Gore's Campaign placards and flags were waving, and Al Gore, the current deputy leader who had just been officially elected as the candidate for the leadership of the Donkey Party, was trotting onto the stage.

Al Gore's speech is the highlight of today, from here he will officially open the final curtain of one-on-one with Elephant Party candidate George Jr.

No, two-to-two, after Gore’s speech, he will officially announce his running mate, who is also a candidate for deputy leadership, Jewish Senator Lieberman, and the candidate for deputy leadership of the Elephant Party was Song Ya through John Liu Cheney who has been with several times.

Cheney is also one of the PNAC bosses where Cassidy works, and Cassidy said that he has a good relationship with his second daughter.

The three of them are all donkey party funders, top rich men, and at the same time, it is not convenient to appear in front of the main stage. They are in the same frame as the current Grand Commander and other politicians and other social celebrities, so they set up a box.

Julian Robertson is definitely one of those who want to reduce financial supervision. It should be more expensive to "invest" in the Elephant Party earlier.

David Geffen donated some money but was dissatisfied with Gore's conservative appearance. Although Lieberman is of the same ethnicity as him, he is more conservative than Gore, so this year he gave the current first lady the main resources to run for New York. State Senator.

Song Ya and his ex-wife were because of the world-famous incident in the bathroom in the East Hall... The ex-wife simply didn't come, and took away 757 to go to a foreign commercial show.

Gore is a good speaker, and after a simple opening speech, he went straight to the point: "We are entering a new era, and we are electing a new general..."

"I stand here tonight and I want you to know the real me," he said.

Every good sentence will lead to thunderous applause from the audience, the politician is idolized, he is treated more like a star than a basketball star today.

"Working class, you are the strength and soul of the United States, and I accept your nomination for the presidential candidate of the United States."

"They (referring to the elephant party) serve the giants, and we serve the people! The tobacco giants, the oil giants, the polluters, the pharmaceutical companies, the Medicare complex...sometimes someone needs to stand up and say no to them, so that our family to have a better life.”

The speech was very lengthy, about 50 minutes long, and Song Ya frowned more and more as he listened to it, because Gore did not make any statement of seeking to save the Internet industry. He really talked about the infinite future of the Internet and boasted about his important achievements. , but really not much to say about the current New York stock market.

The New York stock market has been weak recently after a rebound. It has been fluctuating sharply recently, and it is still very far away from returning to the high point at the beginning of the year.

Today's speech is his election manifesto, and it can also be regarded as a programmatic statement. This kind of statement cannot satisfy Song Ya. I believe other Internet industry tycoons will have similar feelings.

"He wants to please the votes of the working class, so he can't talk about saving Silicon Valley and Wall Street." Julian Robertson saw it through at a glance.

"Yeah." Song Ya curled her lips in agreement and didn't say anything more.

"I know people say that I'm too serious a person, that I'm always talking about principles and policies, and maybe I am, but the position of Grand Commander is not just a popularity contest, it's a day-to-day battle for the people !Sometimes you have to choose to make difficult choices and decisions that are not understood...”

Although George Jr., the candidate of the Elephant Party, does not look very smart, he is very friendly. Conservative whites prefer George Jr., which is why Gore said so.

"Sometimes I really don't understand, he wanted to win the votes of conservative voters this time, so he chose a partner who was more conservative than himself, but he chose to support environmental protection, the issue that this blue-collar industrial working class cares about and dislikes the most... "

Song Ya complained.

"Because George Jr. couldn't get liberal votes, the point of contention is naturally conservative voters. This is a question of the direction of the campaign." David Geffen explained.

"Because the person who is most loyal to you needs to be cured the least, right?" Julian Robertson laughed.

"It's just a campaign promise for the public." David Geffen replied: "Loyalty will always be rewarded, such as bailing out the market. We should all have a tacit understanding on this. After he officially takes office next year...not by the language but by the action at that time."

Although David Geffen doesn't like Al Gore, he is looking forward to his rescue after winning the election.

This guy must have been caught a lot, Song Ya thought to himself.

"Did he talk about the current Grand Commander in his speech today?" Julian Robertson asked suddenly.

"It seems...just mentioned it once?" Song Ya recalled, "Praise him and himself for bringing the country into the longest economic expansion period in history?"

"You have a good memory, and I think it's only once." David Geffen said, this kind of compliment is usually in the formula, and the three of them didn't pay much attention to counting.

"Expanded health care, environmental protection, improved education, targeted tax cuts and campaign finance reform, conservative values..." Julian Robertson counted: "Military, diplomatic not much."

"I will never let you down..."

Gore on the main stage ended his speech with this promise, and then invited his running mates Lieberman and his wife to the stage. The two families embraced together to show their unity. Numerous colorful balloons floated down from the arena, and the atmosphere reached its climax.

Song Ya scratched his head. His first instinct was that he was not satisfied with Gore's speech. Of course, he also knew that he was not a professional, so he should ask Sloan later.

"In short, he is now leading the polls, and the margin is not small." David Geffen said.

After all, he had spent 10 million yuan. Although it was "called" by irrigation, Song Ya felt relieved a lot. Seeing the end of the drama, he turned and left the box.

Julian Robertson also followed, quietly looking at the black pharaoh. Sometimes he couldn't help but think, what would happen if the other party continued to cooperate with him before the liquidation?

'Discipline, discipline...' Just the word that the other party repeatedly emphasized made me depressed. With him, at least I wouldn't lose so badly, right?

In addition to singing, composing, acting, and screenwriting in his profession, he even plays well in investment, elections, and even fucking futures. In four days, in four trading days in France, this kid has earned more than his 20 years of Wall Street. net worth...

People really don't accept old age.

David Geffen is also observing. At the age of twenty-five, he fought against Motura Jr. against Bronfman Jr. and a multinational giant with a market value of 100 billion. In the end, they all won. Now he regrets the bet he made with Bronfman Jr. Eyedrops, now I just pray that little Bronfman will not reveal this matter when the time comes...

"By the way, when Messier arrived in New York, the landlord Jr. Bronfman didn't appear together? Isn't he still the chairman of the board of directors of Seagram Global?" Julian Robertson happened to mention Jr. Bronfman.

Song Ya had received a guarantee from the old Bronfman, and heard a few words from Sam Bronfman that he guessed that the little Bronfman had been 'controlled', but he would not tell these words to the two tycoons around him.

"Messer seems to plan to form a new Universal Entertainment Company to manage film, music and media affairs. The former Universal Pictures President Ron Meyer was promoted to the Universal Entertainment Company President, which is tantamount to taking Bronfman Jr. out of the air." Hollywood The bells and whistles of David Geffen are well-informed.

"That's it..." Julian Robertson nodded, and then asked Song Ya: "You will start quoting Seagram Liquor at the end of the month, right?"

"Yes." Song Ya nodded, "Do you want to participate? It takes a lot of money. Bacardi and I teamed up to bid."

"Actually, you can reach a certain tacit understanding with other competitors and jointly lower the final auction price of Seagram Liquor." David Geffen contributed a poisonous plan.

"Forget it, I won't play tricks on what I promised." Song Ya refused.

"Okay, then count me in." David Geffen smiled, and he also wanted to take a pee, "How about you, Julian?"

"Forget it, I'm not interested in direct investment in the industry." Julian Robertson shook his head.

The three of them chatted and walked outside the corridor of the box. The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Donkey Party brought Underwood, Patricia and other powerful members of the House of Representatives of the Donkey Party. They were already waiting for the donors. With David Geffen and Julian Robertson approaching with a smile on the left and right, they reached out and shook hands with each other.