The mother-in-law didn't know when she was going to leave, so Wei Qingfan had to go back to his room and lie down, planning to visit later or wait until Li Miaoyu didn't come back.
Then, he fell asleep.
The lights weren't even turned off.
When he opened his eyes again, the sky outside the window was already bright, but the lights in the room were turned off. Wei Qingfan was stunned for a moment, then raised his wrist to check the time.
6:48 am.
He stared at the extinguished light bulb above for a while, then turned to look at the air conditioner hanging on the wall, which seemed to be still sleeping...
After being dazed for a while, Wei Qingfan sat up and saw a note on the bedside table next to him, with a pig's head drawn on it.
He shook his head and smiled, put away the note, then stood up and walked to the balcony. The sky was steaming with glow, and the sun had already risen. However, his balcony faced north and was blocked by tall buildings, so he couldn't see it.
He turned around and took a look at Li Miaoyu's room. The curtains were blocking his view and he couldn't see anything. He didn't bother him. He returned to his room and opened the door to wash up.
Just after washing his face, he heard movement outside. Wei Qingfan wiped his face and went out, and saw Li Shuqing and Zhao Yaquan coming in holding hands.
The couple had such a great relationship that one person would always be left behind when opening or closing the door. They were carrying breakfast, but they were still waiting for each other, and then returned to the living room holding hands.
It’s hard for Li Miaoyu to eat dog food all day long...
Wei Qingfan felt a little distressed, and then he felt even more distressed for himself. He couldn't just let it go in an open and honest manner. He wanted to take a sneak peek last night, but he fell asleep and missed it.
"Uncle, aunt, you guys got up so early?"
"I just got up...are you Miaomiao?"
"I just got up and haven't seen her yet."
Wei Qingfan answered carefully to avoid saying the wrong thing, but after he finished speaking, he saw Zhao Yaquan glance over.
He immediately realized that he was mistaken for his cleverness, and that he was too cautious and exposed his guilty conscience. Otherwise, he would have just answered normally, so why talk in a roundabout way?
My father-in-law and mother-in-law are so smart, but also so tired...
Fortunately, Zhao Yaquan didn't say anything. She walked to Li Miaoyu's room and opened the door gently. Li Miaoyu seemed to have gotten up. She smiled and said: "Wash your face and have breakfast~"
She closed the door again, and Li Miaoyu quickly came out, wearing a cooler white suspender skirt. The hem of the skirt was shorter than what she used to wear, revealing part of her thighs, arms, and collarbones. The skin on her thighs was white and translucent, and the fat was condensed.
Beautiful jade.
There was still sleepiness on her face, and she glanced at Wei Qingfan, blinking her eyes and pouting slightly, "You got up so early?"
"Just got up."
"oh."
She responded, puffed out her cheeks, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Zhao Yaquan went to the kitchen to get a bowl, and Li Shuqing said: "Sit down, let's eat first."
"Eh."
Wei Qingfan responded, moved his body, exhaled, and sat down to eat.
The breakfast we bought was steamed buns with soy milk and deep-fried dough sticks. The four of us ate them together, rested a bit, and then went to the embassy to apply for visas.
After the interview, he still had to wait for the visa to be issued. During this period, which lasted about five to seven days, Wei Qingfan continued to eat and drink.
At the same time, there is still good news. First of all, Bear Stearns' stock has been falling all the way. It has dropped from US$140 to US$120, a cumulative drop of nearly 15%.
When Li Shuqing chose to buy short, the stock price was above US$150.
In other words, even now, the return rate of his short purchase has reached 20%, and it only took more than a month. This is a very exaggerated figure.
Wei Qingfan has not entered the venue yet, so it is naturally impossible for Li Shuqing to leave now.
However, after all, this is a financial company that has been established for nearly a century and is well-known on Wall Street. The confidence of the market is still there. It began to bottom out when it was close to 120 US dollars, and there was an obvious upward trend.
After what happened before, Li Shuqing already had considerable confidence in Wei Qingfan's "evil sect". Seeing that the stock would start to rise, he did not have any anxiety and waited calmly for it to continue to fall.
On the 26th, they finally got their visas and flew from Beijing Airport to New York the next day.
Having to spend sixteen hours in the air, Wei Qingfan deliberately chatted with his senior sister for a long time the night before. After hanging up the phone, he planned to go next door to steal some fragrance.
It turned out very sadly that Li Miaoyu was unprepared and didn't even lock the balcony door. However, he had been chatting with his senior sister for too long and Miao Miao had already fallen asleep.
He opened the door and took a look. In the dim light, he could vaguely see Li Miaoyu lying quietly on the bed, seemingly asleep. He sighed depressedly and without disturbing her, quietly closed the door and returned to his room.
sleep.
I don't know if it was retribution. Although he failed to steal the fragrance, he didn't sleep well either. He woke up listless the next morning. On the contrary, Li Miaoyu was full of energy and seemed to have slept well.
After getting along for a few days, the two of them had relaxed a lot in front of her parents. Li Miaoyu smiled and teased him a few words, then finished breakfast, packed his things, and then went out for a walk. He had an early meal at noon and took a taxi.
Head to the airport.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the flight took off, crossed Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, and landed at New York's JFK Airport thirteen hours later at 2:30 pm local time.
According to domestic time, it was already 2:30 in the morning. Although he slept for several hours on the plane, Wei Qingfan still felt obviously out of energy.
Fortunately, the solid feeling of landing and the novelty of having just arrived in a foreign country can wash away his fatigue to a certain extent, allowing him to still cheer up.
After picking up the luggage and leaving the airport, Liu Zhiyuan was already waiting. Because he had to pick up four people and Shen Rong had to go to work, he didn't come over. Only Liu Zhiyuan came to pick her up.
This time Wei Qingfan couldn't sit in the front, so he had to sit in the back row to accompany Li Miaoyu and Zhao Yaquan.
"Are you here for fun this time? Or are you planning to do some serious business?" Liu Zhiyuan asked casually after chatting for a while while driving.
"Playing is also business, it's all business."
Li Shuqing smiled and said, "But the main reason I came here is to see it. The protagonist is the one at the back."
Wei Qingfan knew he was talking about it, so he smiled and said, "Uncle Li, aren't you going to buy it?"
Li Shuqing smiled and said: "I can't afford 30 million to buy it."
Liu Zhiyuan had obviously heard something about Wei Qingfan before, but he was still surprised when he heard this, "More than 30 million? You can't tell, you are so rich?"
"Luck, luck."
Wei Qingfan was as modest as ever and said with a smile: "And I can't take it out now. I have to wait for domestic stocks to slowly cash out."
"Are you so sure that the stock will fall?"
Liu Zhiyuan really couldn't understand, "I am also paying attention to the subprime mortgage crisis, but with all due respect, it is far from what you think. I suggest you be more conservative... By the way, you are not like Li Shuqing.
It’s also about buying short and not long, right?”
The risk of short selling is too great, so both institutions and individuals, while short selling, will choose to use part of their funds to go long to hedge the risk.
Li Shuqing had previously shorted Bear Stearns' stock and rejected the suggestion of buying long and hedging at the same time, leaving Liu Zhiyuan helpless.
"I still think it will fall."
Wei Qingfan smiled and said, "It's been several years since the Internet bubble, and it's time to come."
"It's still not back to the highs it was before the dot-com bubble burst."
Liu Zhiyuan said funny and good-naturedly, "It has only been rising for a few years. Generally speaking, it is normal for it to rise continuously for more than ten or twenty years... The situation here in the United States is not the same as over there, regardless of the company.
As an individual, most of the assets are in the stock market. Once the stock market really collapses, do you know what that means? The federal government will not let the stock market collapse."
Wei Qingfan smiled and said: "I just have immature ideas, so I don't necessarily think so... I don't even have an account now."
Liu Zhiyuan said: "We are in this industry. If you are willing to invest money, I will definitely welcome it. This is my performance, but such a large amount of money is not a small amount. I still think it is better to be cautious."
"Yes, that's the truth."
Naturally, Wei Qingfan would not argue with professionals. Anyway, he, the one who paid for it, had the final say on what to buy.
After getting along with each other for a few days, although Wei Qingfan pretended to be honest, Li Shuqing and Zhao Yaquan were not deceived so easily. Moreover, it was not the first day they met Wei Qingfan. Seeing him being persuaded so easily, they both felt that
He is perfunctory.
Naturally, it was impossible for the four of them to stay at Liu Zhiyuan's house. They had already booked a hotel in advance and sent the four of them there so that they could have a rest first and go to dinner together when Shen Rong got off work.
Wei Qingfan knew that he had to adjust to the jet lag, but he was indeed a little sleepy, so he took a nap first. When he woke up, it was already past five o'clock. After waking up for a while, he went downstairs with Li Miaoyu to take a few photos, and Liu Zhiyuan came to pick him up.
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Shen Rong also drove a car and went to a nearby Western restaurant together to catch up.
The topic of stocks came up again during the dinner. Wei Qingfan didn't hold back anymore and said he wanted to short Bear Stearns stock. Shen Rong, like Liu Zhiyuan, also tried to persuade him, but Wei Qingfan insisted on bringing the current stock.
All the $50,000 was invested, and the two of them were helpless and stopped trying to persuade him.
Anyway, this kid is rich, and more than fifty thousand US dollars is nothing to him...
The next morning, Wei Qingfan specially came to Wall Street with Li Miaoyu.
This truly world-famous street has now become synonymous with the financial industry to a certain extent. "Wall Street" is no longer just a street, but has become the collective name of the area where nearby financial companies gather with Wall Street as the center.
Since Wei Qingfan came here because of its reputation, he naturally wanted to go to the real street. After meeting him, he was quite disappointed.
This world-famous street is only about one mile long, which is about 500 meters, and only about ten meters wide. There are many high-rise buildings on both sides, but it has weathered the wind and rain for a hundred years, regardless of the prominent companies and the aura of this street.
, which is just a very inconspicuous street.
However, Wei Qingfan still took a few photos seriously and planned to show them to his parents and relatives after returning to China.
After all, we have come.
The opening of the U.S. stock account was very smooth. Next, I have to wait for the funds to arrive and operate slowly. After all, the real "jump" of Bear Stearns stock is in the final acquisition stage. I entered the market early just to make more money.
Some.
In the evening, the four of them came to Liu Zhiyuan and Shen Rong's home together, along with several old Chinese friends.
Wei Qingfan once again met an "acquaintance", but he was no longer a "former colleague", but a "tragic genius" whose name and deeds were only heard online in his previous life, named Wang Qinggen.