Chapter 1231

Feeling that someone was calling him, Cheng Taixi woke up in the bedroom of the Gulfstream V-type business jet, and saw Lily Falwell standing beside Chen Qing knocking at the door, sat up, and subconsciously greeted him in Korean, and reacted , changed to English again, and asked, "Are we coming?"

Lily Favel nodded with a smile: "Yes, Miss Cheng, there are ten minutes left. There will be some bumps when landing, and it is not safe to continue on the bed."

Cheng Taixi nodded, brushed the messy hair hanging down from his forehead, and asked, "Can I wash it first?"

"Of course it's fine," Lily Falwell gestured towards the bathroom door on the side of the bedroom, "but please asap, ten minutes."

Cheng Taixi agreed, and when Favel turned to leave, she lifted the thin quilt and got out of bed and entered the bathroom next to her.

After a brief refreshment, Cheng Taixi came to the living room of the middle cabin. Chen Qing didn't know if she had rested, but she still looked in good spirits, and was leaning on the leather chair by the porthole to read documents.

After saying hello, Cheng Taixi sat opposite her under Chen Qing's gesture. Christie Latham, another waitress next to her, saw her jerky appearance and took the initiative to help Cheng Taixi fasten her seat belt and return to her place. .

This time, the pilot's reminder came from the cabin broadcast. It was a soft female voice. Cheng Taixi waited for the other party to finish speaking, and then took the initiative to talk to Chen Qing: "Miss Chen, now, um, what time is it?"

"Are you asking Los Angeles?" Chen Qing didn't take this kind of nutritious question coldly this time. She raised her arm and looked at the limited edition Patek Philippe on her wrist, and said, "East Coast time in the United States, in the morning, you can adjust the Check your watch."

Cheng Taixi agreed, hurriedly followed suit, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect it, it's already been a day."

Chen Qing raised her head and glanced at her: "You are stupid, it's still Saturday in the United States."

Cheng Taixi suddenly felt that Chen Qing had returned to "normal", of course he did not dare to reply, but he also reacted. According to the time difference, the United States seems to be more than ten hours behind Asia. However, I still find it a bit odd. They set off from Hong Kong at more than two o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, November 1, and arrived in North America. Not only did they not move forward, but they moved back three hours.

Gulfstream V began to lower the height, Cheng Taixi didn't speak any more, he held the handrail with both hands slightly nervously, and couldn't help but stick to one side of the porthole and looked down. Below is a city that is criss-crossed like a chessboard and far less regular than a chessboard. This is Los Angeles.

City of Angels.

Cheng Taixi still searched furtively, but unfortunately, she was sitting on the right side of the Gulfstream V cabin, which was flying east-west, and could only see the southern scenery of the Greater Los Angeles area, which was located on the north side of the seaside called Malibu. The conspicuous shell villa in the center of the small town cannot be seen.

I was a little regretful when a voice suddenly came from my ear: "If you are not afraid of falling, you can go over there and take a look."

Cheng Taixi was taken aback and felt a little guilty, and then felt that the body was shaking slightly at this time, and quickly shook his head: "No, no need."

Chen Qing asked again: "English is so good, you must have been to the United States?"

"I've only been here three times," Cheng Taixi said, and added: "I used to be mainly responsible for receiving overseas customers in my home country, but in the past few years, I have gone to Europe more."

Chen Qing nodded. She had seen Cheng Taixi's detailed resume. The other party majored in administration at Seoul National University. After graduation, he entered Kia Motors and went through some departments. Because of his good appearance and excellent English, he has been in Kia a few years ago. Auto works with a customer reception and media PR team overseas.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing suddenly remembered an interesting thing she saw when she was reading Kia's materials, and looked up at Cheng Taixi: "Speaking of Europe, I'm curious, how did Kia think of going to the UK to build a car factory, and you made this The executive who made the decision is really a genius?"

Cheng Taixi felt the obvious sarcasm in Chen Qing's tone, even if he no longer had much affection for Kia, he couldn't help but explain: "This is to open up the European market."

"Then there is no need to invest huge amounts of money in new factories. In recent years, British car companies have gone bankrupt and relocated abroad. Kia can take over some ready-made factories, and the cost will be much lower," he said, waiting for Chengtai. Hee responded again, and Chen Qing shook her head slightly again and said in admiration, "What a genius."

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Sung Tae Hee was speechless.

Frankly speaking, if it weren’t for Kia and even most of South Korea’s chaebols who have almost blindly invested heavily in the world in recent years, South Korea’s current crisis might not have been so serious.

Therefore, Cheng Taixi himself cannot deny that he went to a country where related industries are rapidly declining, labor costs are high, and labor union environment and industry regulations are very restrictive to invest in the construction of auto factories, and the executives who made such a decision against the general trend, 'Genius' indeed.

Born stupid.

Gulfstream V landed at Los Angeles International Airport, a group of people passed through the VIP passage, and three black Mercedes-Benz sedans were already waiting outside.

Cheng Taixi just didn't know which car to take, but was stopped by Chen Qing, so he boarded one of the Mercedes-Benz with her, and when the car started, he remembered one more thing, and seemed to stop talking.

Chen Qing said again without waiting for her question: "The luggage will be sent to our residence, don't worry about it."

Cheng Taixi nodded quickly.

The Mercedes-Benz sedan quickly left the surrounding area of ​​the airport and entered the urban area of ​​Santa Monica. Cheng Taixi's previous trips to the United States could only be regarded as a quick glance. The trip to Los Angeles wasn't too

The vastly different city street scene is inexplicable, but it has a different feeling that I can't even tell.

Chen Qing next to him quickly asked again, "Does it feel different?"

Cheng Taixi has become accustomed to this Miss Chen's meticulous observation ability, which is almost like reading minds.

Chen Qing once again talked about a theory that she had learned a long time ago: "It's very simple, because the social level you are standing at is different. If you are just an ordinary middle class, because the social level is too low, whether it is Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, if you run around for a while, it's not much different from traveling between different streets in Seoul, it's just a waste of airfare. The real scenery, due to financial constraints and limited vision, you are can not see."

Cheng Taixi wanted to refute a little, but had to admit that even if she didn't think she saw anything, it seemed to be the case.

After Chen Qing finished speaking, seeing Cheng Taixi's thoughtful appearance, she smiled and stretched out her hand to squeeze the other's chin, and said, "So, Cheng, remember to cherish this opportunity I gave you."

"I will," Cheng Taixi waited for Chen Qing to withdraw his hand, then obediently turned around and promised her a slight bow, and then asked: "Miss Chen, we, I mean, when can we see Wester? Mr Luo?"

"I don't know," Chen Qing shook her head and told the truth: "We may not see each other in the past two days, so we can only go back to New York first."

Cheng Taixi was suddenly disappointed.

Chen Qing laughed and teased: "You miss a man?"

Cheng Taixi shook his head slightly shyly and denied: "No."

"I didn't say not to let you think about it," Chen Qing smiled and waved her hand: "However, there is only one person you can think of, and that is our boss. If you let me know that you miss other men, I will make you never again. I can't see a man."

Cheng Taixi keenly felt that the girl next to him was not joking at all, and quickly said: "I, I won't, I promise."

Chen Qing asked, "What's the guarantee?"

Cheng Taixi blushed: "I promise, I just want to leave Mr. Westeros alone."

"very good."

The motorcade crossed Santa Monica into the affluent district of Brentwood, and soon followed the winding mountain road to a mountainside mansion in Brentwood Heights.

This is a manor that occupies an area of ​​more than three acres and occupies a sloping roof alone. The main villa is a three-story Mediterranean and American country style. The yellow walls and red roofs reveal a distinct Mediterranean atmosphere. The stone appearance of the building does not have the typical arches of Mediterranean architecture, and it is slightly square.

Greeting the team of waitresses who came up, Cheng Taixi followed Chen Qing into the main villa. The two-story, seven-meter-high hall was decorated in warm yellow and pale gold, against the backdrop of the crystal chandeliers that also lit up during the day. It looks simple, bright and luxurious. The staircase on one side of the hall that leads to the second floor is obviously widened, and it is more and more luxurious.

Cheng Taixi was still looking at it secretly, Chen Qing had already ordered the arrangements quickly and methodically, noticing Cheng Taixi who was in a daze next to him, Chen Qing called a waitress: "Take her around, come back quickly, we will eat later. Lunch."

The waitress stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation. Cheng Taixi nodded to Chen Qing, probably knowing that she deliberately set herself aside for some things, and followed the waitress obediently away.

After sending away Cheng Taixi, Chen Qing explained that the other waitresses and followers were busy, and then affectionately held Isabel Dunn, who had just taken the lead to welcome her, and looked at the girl's chest and teased: "Isa, you are getting bigger and bigger. , Was it touched by the boss?"

Isabelle Dunn, who has long been one of the leaders of the Wei family's attendant team, is very fond of this Asian girl who is favored by her own boss and is skilled in communication. Every time she comes over, she never forgets to bring them gifts. , Wen Yan rolled his eyes: "I hope, but unfortunately I haven't had it once."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "I understand, that's why I'm getting bigger and bigger. Keep working hard, and sooner or later it will attract the boss's attention."

"I want to cut it off no matter how old it is, it's so troublesome."

The two chatted a few times, and went to a living room on the side of the hall together. After sitting down, when the waitress brought the coffee, Chen Qing leaned on the sofa with the cup in her hand, and asked, "Boss and Madam, how are they recently? How about it?"

"It's all very good," Isabel also held the coffee, her attitude was not as casual as Chen Qing, she replied, and said, "By the way, the lady explained before you came, if you bring a lot of gifts this time, quietly Just send it over. Also, you can meet the boss at Malibu Studios on Monday morning, it’s not convenient for the past few days.”

Chen Qing knew that this was not Janet's sudden indifference to herself, there must be a reason, and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Isabelle whispered a little, and said, "Mrs.'s eldest brother and second brother have come over from Australia in recent days to be guests at Dumay Cape Manor."

Chen Qing immediately understood that this was definitely not suitable for the past. However, she immediately became somewhat gossipy and curious, and raised a hand in the air to make a slight gesture: "Then, that, what?"

Chen Qing stammered to cover it up, but Isabel understood it and gave her another look: "Jennifer was acquiesced by the Johnston family, you can't compare."

Isabelle's venomous tongue, but Chen Qing didn't mind, and said with a smile: "Yes, we can't compare."

After talking and laughing and talking for a while, Isabel rejected Chen Qing's invitation to have lunch together, and was about to leave when Chen Qing remembered that since these two days are not suitable for visiting in person, she will send the letter from Jin Yongsan. Give Isabel a handwritten letter and ask her to bring it back to the Dumay Point Manor.

own boss.

Isabelle is a confidant maid who has worked for the Westeros family for many years. In addition, although the letter is from the President of South Korea, the content is not top secret. Chen Qing is very relieved about it.

...

Cheng Taixi circled around the swimming pool, garden, observation deck and tennis court outside the manor. He just thought it was really big. Compared with crowded Seoul, Hong Kong's Taiping Peak a few days ago. The mansion of only three-quarters of an acre paled in comparison, and this, obviously like the mansion on Shixun Road in Taiping Mountain, was just one of the many properties under the name of Simon Westeros.

Finally, they returned to the terrace overlooking Los Angeles to watch the scenery for a while, until the waitress who had been with her was notified, and the two returned to the main villa, which was obviously larger than the entire hilltop mansion in Hong Kong.

At lunch, in the face of Cheng Taixi's inquiry, Chen Qing didn't whet her appetite. To be honest, she definitely didn't have the chance to see Simon this time. The two of them went to New York together on Monday, and we'll talk about it when we have a chance.

Cheng Taixi was disappointed and a little fortunate.

The disappointment was that she couldn't see the legendary young tycoon this time. Fortunately, of course, she was not unwilling, but was always worried that the tycoon would look down on her. See you later, anyway, I can leave a memory.

It is always good to be sentenced to death later.

Although it was a little disappointing not to see someone, after lunch, Cheng Taixi went out with Chen Qing, and soon began to feel more deeply and intuitively what Chen Qing said in the car when he left the airport.

Different classes have different scenery.

Throughout the afternoon and into the evening, she followed Chen Qing through the city. Even if she mustered up the courage to set foot in the city, she would just look at various luxury places, various top luxury brand stores, and various VIP restaurants and clubs. Even some small circles that she never dared to think about before.

In the evening, she went to Beverly Hills to attend a Halloween party. The Hollywood stars who could only be seen on the big screen walked around like that, making her dizzy.

Because of her outstanding appearance, she was accosted at parties.

If it was before meeting Chen Qing, Cheng Taixi felt that it would be difficult for him to resist, and he might even become a nympho, but this time, because of a completely different mood, behind him... even if he hadn't seen each other, but after all, he was someone close to Hollywood. King-like presence. Since he is his woman, in front of these big stars who seem to be shining, he has a little more confidence, and he can appear neither humble nor arrogant, and even a male star he has seen on the big screen is a little too entangled. , directly angrily reprimanded the opponent.

Originally, after scolding the exit, I was still a little uneasy, worried that the other person would be so embarrassed that he would become angry. As a result, the person quickly left in a daze, which made Cheng Taixi more confident, and the so-called star who seemed to be around him. Their quirky superiority.

Returning to Brentwood Heights from Beverly Hills, it was past 10 pm.

Being pulled by Chen Qing to take a bath together, it was inevitable that they would be entangled, and it was already 11 o'clock in the middle of the night when they left the bathroom.

Neither of them felt sleepy, so they came to a living room with a terrace on the third floor, where you could directly see the splendid night view of Los Angeles like an upside-down starry sky.

The two women enjoyed the night view of the city and drank a glass of red wine. After all, it was cold at night, so they returned to the house, sat on the sofa together, turned on the TV at will, and Chen Qing, who was still holding the red wine, leaned against the corner of the sofa, with her calves on the other side. With a rosy face on Xi's thigh, he asked with a smile, "How are you feeling today?"

How about it?

Of course, very different.

Cheng Taixi recalled, but felt that in the past 36 years, he had been busy like an ant, and it was a waste of life. However, it is impossible to say how to describe it.

After a little hesitation, Cheng Taixi just said: "Here, the festive atmosphere is very strong."

Today is Halloween.

As you travel around the area during the day, you can see festival-related signs and events everywhere, as well as crowds in various Halloween costumes.

Chen Qing also nodded, and felt a little regretful: "In fact, last night was more lively, the Halloween parade, but unfortunately we were a day late."

Cheng Taixi has only heard of the Halloween parade in the West, and has never experienced it personally, and she can't say that she regrets it. She is really satisfied today. Thinking of one thing, he added: "Today, I was passing by a movie theater, and I saw the big poster of "Ghost Story", and "The Conjuring 3", these are the most popular horror movies in North America recently, Miss Chen , how about we go see it together tomorrow?"

The screening of "Ghost Shadow Records" has entered its sixth week, and although the box office is still there, it has finally entered the second half of the show.

The most popular in recent days should actually be "The Conjuring 3".

However, because the fame of "Ghost Records" has spread all over the world during this time, Cheng Taixi is like thunder even in South Korea. The problem is that although the film has also been released in South Korea, and the box office is also popular, Cheng Taixi can watch the movie a while ago. no mood at all.

The mentality is different now, plus, this is a film produced by that person's film company, so of course there is a little more expectation.

Chen Qing was also interested when she heard the words. She sat up straight and took out her mobile phone. While thinking about it for a while, she started dialing and explained with a smile: "I want to watch it too, but we don't have to go to the cinema, the place is so crowded. , I asked them to send a copy over and watch it at home. Oh, if you're scared later, you can get into my arms."

Cheng Taixi stared blankly at Chen Qing after dialing the number and started chatting with the other side, gaining insight again.

Can this be done?

Chen Qing chatted with the other side for a while, hung up the phone, and said to Cheng Taixi, "Half an hour."

Cheng Taixi nodded, seeing that Chen Qing's calf was shaking on her thigh, he quickly put down the red wine in his hand, and took the initiative to help Chen Qing knead it.

While they were chatting, the TV screen, which had not been paid much attention to, attracted the attention of the two of them.

Chen Qing motioned to Cheng Taixi to turn up her voice, and the discussion on the TV screen suddenly became clearer.

This is an evening financial talk show on local city television in Los Angeles.

The host on the screen and the two guests were discussing the financial sniper war that took place in Hong Kong in the past week.

After talking about the general details of the incident, the host first raised the topic and asked the two guests: "According to media reports, in this financial showdown, all kinds of short capital around Hong Kong lost at least US$30 billion. However, many people raised objections. They think that there will not be so many at all. One of their main arguments is that the trading volume of Hong Kong stocks in Hong Kong is only about 10 billion Hong Kong dollars under normal conditions, which is equivalent to only 1.2 billion US dollars. What do you think?"

"I think the number of 30 billion is not very wrong."

"Daniel, I feel the same way."

"So, Joe, Terry, can you explain it to everyone in detail?"

Among the two guests, a middle-aged man with gray hair named Joseph Wilkinson was the first to speak in the subtitles at the bottom of the screen, and directly showed the host and audience a chart enlarged to the size of a poster: "Look, everyone, this is Hong Kong. The types of financial derivatives in the financial market include stock index futures, interest rate futures and stock futures. Index futures include Hang Seng index futures and H-share index futures just launched in the first half of this year. Interest rate futures have a one-month term. And 3-month Hong Kong dollar interest rate futures and three-year Exchange Fund bond futures, etc. Finally, stock futures, this list is longer, not only HSBC Holdings, Hang Seng Bank, Sun Hung Kai, Cheung Kong Holdings and other Hang Seng Index constituent stocks, but also such as listed last year China Telecom and other popular red chips, all of which have been the focus of short selling in the past few months. Danny, do you know what the biggest feature of futures is?"

The host named Daniel Corey is also not a young child, and immediately said: "Leverage."

"Yes, leverage," Joseph Wilkinson said: "All these financial derivatives, through the continuous enlargement of leverage, have reached hundreds of billions of dollars in total, and the two sides of these hundreds of billions of dollars are the short and long."

Another guest named Terry Sandford in the subtitles answered at this time: "I would like to add that not only Hong Kong itself, but also the exchanges in Tokyo, Singapore and North America and Europe, in fact, can also revolve around Hong Kong. It is even more difficult for us to know how big the scale of this part of the market is when making various futures bets.”

After Terry Sandford finished speaking, he paused for a moment, waited for the host and another guest to nod, and then said again: "Also, Danny, I think the biggest problem is that this financial incident in Hong Kong is actually a It is equivalent to an extreme market situation like the stock market crash in 1987. The only difference is that the extreme market situation this time is artificially created. Under the extreme market situation, one side of the zero-sum game will inevitably suffer huge losses.”

"Indeed, Terry is right," another guest Joseph Wilkinson continued: "It is rumored that Deutsche Bank lost more than $3 billion this time, and some say $4 billion. The problem is that Therefore, because the market trend is too extreme, almost all kinds of short positions bet by Deutsche have ended in liquidation..."

Terry Sandford showed a weird smile and grabbed the conversation: "It's not just the liquidation, yesterday's final settlement day, because the settlement rule is the average points throughout the day, not the real-time transaction that can make a lot of explosions. The position account was forcibly liquidated. As a result, because the Hang Seng Index closed too high, I don’t know what happened to Deutsche Bank, but according to reliable sources, many short positions have already gone through, not only all the margin in the account is cleared, but also owed to the transaction Although the Hong Kong Futures Exchange has not released specific data for the large amount of funds, this time, considering that many small shorts simply cannot afford the additional losses of the positions, the Hong Kong authorities can only make up for this part of the losses.”

The host Daniel just opened his eyes slightly: "Terry, how many do you think there are?"

"Let's talk about billions of dollars," Terry Sandford said, and added: "Like the one in 1987, it was also a large-scale short position in an extreme market, and the futures exchange in Chicago couldn't afford it. The various capitals who bet on the wrong long positions could not afford to pay, and finally they had to seek emergency rescue from the federal banking system, and the $3.7 billion margin was replenished overnight to avoid the collapse of the trading system.”

Joseph Wilkinson went on to say: "Frankly speaking, it was precisely because of the extreme market situation 10 years ago that speculative capital saw the huge profits in derivatives trading. In the past ten years, the scale of the international financial derivatives market has expanded by several More than ten times, it’s just one Hong Kong, and this time, the total scale of various financial derivatives transactions far exceeds the original Chicago Exchange.”

Daniel nodded and said again: "In that case, Terry, Joe, do you think the amount of money that the Hong Kong authorities secretly paid for this time will only be billions of dollars?"

When the host said this, the faces of the two guests became a little weird again, and they seemed to hesitate for a moment before Joseph Wilkinson said: "I think, Danny, this is just my personal opinion, in fact, frankly, I think, On the final settlement day yesterday, local time, the Hang Seng Index closed at 11,507 points, and the bulls obviously kept their hands."

Daniel asked, "Why do you say that?"

Joseph Wilkinson said: "Obviously, the day before the settlement day, the long-short game in Hong Kong, the total transaction size is close to 80 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is the history of the Hong Kong stock market.

7 times the daily trading volume, you should be able to imagine. On this day, according to our judgment, under the strong sniping of the bulls, the short-selling capital surrounding Hong Kong has basically exhausted its chips. "

Daniel understood: "You mean, on this day, the Hang Seng Index could have been pulled to a higher position by the bulls?"

"That's right," Joseph Wilkinson said: "The daily trading volume is close to 80 billion Hong Kong dollars, but on Friday, the total volume of Hong Kong stock trading plummeted again, only 37 billion US dollars, less than on Wednesday, this is The bulls are clearly showing signs of holding hands.”

Daniel asked knowingly: "Joe, the shorts have no chips. Is there a lot of chips for the longs?"

The smiles of the two guests were a little weirder again, and after a moment of hesitation, Joseph Wilkinson continued: "This, we don't need to guess at all, Danny, obviously, with the Hong Kong government and the quantum fund, plus, Victoria The power of Strow's emergence, let alone 80 billion on Thursday, pulled the trading volume on Friday to 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it was easy, you know, 100 billion Hong Kong dollars is only 12 billion US dollars."

When saying a certain name, Joseph Wilkinson obviously lowered his voice, as if he didn't want to be heard saying it.

The host Daniel continued to try to induce, but unfortunately, everyone knew it, but the two guests could not say more. In the end, the host had to bypass this topic and continue to talk about the losses of some short sellers in Europe and Asia.

Inside the living room of the villa in Brentwood Heights.

Chen Qing listened to it for a while, and saw the three people on the screen clearly wanted to talk but didn't dare to talk deeply. For some reason, they were suddenly overjoyed, so she laughed, smiled, and simply held her stomach and sat on the sofa. Start rolling.

Cheng Taixi, who was also in the game at this time, of course understood why Chen Qing was laughing, and with a certain pride in his heart, followed with a smile. The man who is high above me is really people... According to an inappropriate but inexplicable idiom in China, talking about a tiger's color has changed.

Actually it is.

Obviously, many people know that this financial incident in Hong Kong is a large-scale hunt for short-term capital from other parts of the world led by a Westeros system led by Wall Street.

Small media talk nonsense, they will be prosecuted.

You are defaming.

The big capital is broken, then, the question is, do you want to retaliate, do you have the ability to retaliate? Since you know that you can't get revenge, you can only suffer from a dumb loss. You still say it and do it, and deliberately let some people remember you in the small book, and make a fool of it in the future?

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It's a big chapter, and I'm more used to it. I find that I feel guilty and anxious when I write too little, so I don't slow down. I will start the 4D update tomorrow.