Today is a day that is always worth remembering in the history of Hong Kong.
Countless people are waiting quietly, and countless people are praying together, but what is supposed to come will come. You can't run away, you can't hide, you can only face it bravely.
The weather in Shanghai is very bad today, with heavy and sometimes light rain falling in the sky, and the Pearl Tower also stands in the rain and fog.
Peng Bo opened his mailbox, and to his surprise, the first email of the day was from Forbes editor-in-chief Laurie Minard.
"Donald, in the 80-year history of Forbes, there has never been a chief researcher position in China, but now this situation has been broken."
"The people who broke this situation are you and me. Now, you, Donald, are the first employee officially appointed by Forbes in China..."
Since the list was submitted to Forbes, the two of them had talked several times and had dealt with foreigners in their previous lives. Human nature and worldliness are the same in both China and the West. This foreigner, who can be called a man of temperament, left a good impression on Peng Bo.
"At first, wealthy people in the United States were quite disgusted with such rankings, and some bosses couldn't understand it. But after a while, people began to gradually accept it. This process took about 10 years. And when private companies slowly
After going public, they feel that transparency is becoming more and more important to the company. I believe that with the development of China's economy, people will gradually accept this ranking... By the way, a very important person will contact you recently, I hope
There will be cooperation between you..."
Very important person?
Peng Bo smiled, stood up, poured a glass of water, and brewed instant coffee. The aroma of the coffee shocked him.
This American veteran, who would he call the very heavyweight? Forbes is already heavy enough!
Peng Bo opened the drawer and took out a box of newly printed business cards. The title of "Forbes" on the business card was very eye-catching. Well, the moon in foreign countries is rounder than in China in 1998. This title is very useful, at least in the afternoon.
When there is another big white wolf, it will increase your chances of winning.
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Citibank Hudong Headquarters.
Many people gathered in front of the TV, and everyone was staring at the picture on the TV. Joseph, the vice president of Citibank in a suit and tie, was among them. He looked at the watch on his wrist from time to time, and the closing time was getting closer and closer.
"Oh, my god!"
"Nearly 8,000 points!"
"79 billion!"
Finally, as the clock on the wall chimed, there were bursts of exclamations in front of the TV.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Hong Kong stock market officially closed. The whole-day trading volume reached the highest record in the history of the Hong Kong stock market of HK$79 billion. The Hang Seng Index futures finally closed at 7851 points. The Hong Kong government won a big victory!
An hour later, the Xiangjiang Observatory issued a notice that the thunderstorm had ceased, and finally the rain passed...
Joseph had already taken off his suit and rolled up his sleeves. He muttered something unknown and quickly walked out of the office.
But he walked too fast, and when he reached the door, he tripped over the raised carpet, "Oh, damn, Administration Department, change the carpet. If you don't change the carpet, I will replace it!"
The voice was not angry, but even a little happy. There was no carpet in his mind right now, it was all about the young reporter from the National News Agency.
Successfully "predicting" the Hong Kong government's final rescue of the market and successfully "predicting" the final closing point made Joseph think that he needed to talk to Peng Bo again. This time, he wanted to talk to Peng Bo in person rather than through
Heinwei.
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Citibank, Citibank's red logo appeared in front of him, and Peng Bo walked into the building easily.
A lobby manager quickly came up to him, "Hello, how can I help you..." He stared at Peng Bo closely, "We met at the annual meeting last night, you are Xiaoqiang..."
Xiaoqiang?!
His voice was so loud that all the guests around him turned their heads. Peng Bo quickly made a gesture of silence, "I'm looking for someone."
"I'll take you there." The other party was very enthusiastic. "Now the whole Citigroup is talking about you, Xiaoqiang. It's incredible. Your prediction of the Battle of Xiangjiang is very accurate."
"No, I just made a guess based on the information." Xiaoqiang said modestly.
Citi's office environment is very good. After watching it, I feel like I want to come in and work every minute.
The door was pushed open, "Heinwei, Xiaoqiang is here." The other party was very humorous and blinked ambiguously.
Heinwei stood up in surprise, "Why are you here?" There was a smile in her eyes and she was a little shy, but it was obvious that she was very happy.
"How is it here?" Peng Bo was still wearing a short-sleeved plaid shirt and yellow casual pants, which looked very British. This time, his clothes were in harmony with the environment here.
"Would you like something to drink, coffee or tea?" Heinwei smiled.
"What did they call me just now?" Peng Bo did not answer Heinwei. Xiaoqiang and Wangcai were the exchanges between him and Heinwei. He even guessed that Heinwei was joking about his name.
"Oh, you can drink whatever you want."
Xiaoqiang, in fact, he does not reject this word.
Heinwei smiled and did not answer, watching her go out. Peng Bo approached Heinwei's desk. There were several photos on it, one of which was a photo of the two of them in Yu Garden yesterday.
He sat back down as if nothing had happened, and Heinwei came back with coffee, "What are you doing here?" Heinwei walked back to her seat and flipped the photo down on the desk.
Peng Bo chuckled secretly, "Let me see you." He drank coffee, "Citi's coffee tastes good, much better than my instant coffee. Well, do you know White Wolf?"
"I don't know." Heinwei smiled and leaned on the back of the seat, looking very relaxed and enjoying this moment.
"The empty-handed white wolf is a Chinese proverb. If we divide the white wolf into different levels, if Forbes is a first-level white wolf..."
"Then the rich in China are second-level white wolves." Heinwei laughed. This woman is too smart and knows everything.
"No, it's not their turn yet." Peng Bo corrected.
"Then who is the Level 2 White Wolf?"
"Level 2 White Wolf...He's here." Peng Bo laughed to himself. Heinwei thought he was joking again, but unexpectedly Peng Bo stood up.
"Hello, Donald, we meet again." Joseph came up and hugged Peng Bo warmly.
"Hello, Joseph." The visitor is the senior vice president of Citigroup China.
"I'm sorry, I just heard," he glanced at Heinwei, "The Rich List is your masterpiece. Okay, I know this is a secret and I will keep it, but to be honest, Donald, your list
It shocked the whole world. I received six phone calls in one morning, four of which were about you."
"Do British people also compliment?" Peng Bo smiled. He winked at Heinwei and followed Joseph into the president's office. Heinwei was a little disappointed. She thought for a while, then went to the bathroom and stared in the mirror.
I took out my lipstick...
"Peng, your prediction was very accurate, so I asked you to come here. I thought we could cooperate..." Joseph closed the door.
Time passed by, and when Peng Bo came out of Joseph's office, the Citibank building was deserted, everyone had gone off work, and only Heinwei was still waiting for him.
"Let's go." Peng Bo smiled, "The second-level white wolf has been trapped, we should celebrate."
"Level 2 White Wolf, you mean Joseph?" Heinwei's eyes widened.
"Yan Ning compiled a flesh-and-blood story for each rich man. We sold the information to Citibank. According to the agreement just signed, this part is US$50,000, that is, a Chinese rich man, sold to Citibank.
We made a net profit of five hundred dollars. Of course, I told him it was for your sake."
Originally it wasn't worth so much money, but the Forbes title was so useful, and yesterday's prediction of the Hong Kong stock market made Joseph trust himself more.
This can be regarded as a fox's pretense and a tiger's power.
According to the agreement signed with Citi, Peng Bo's Pengbo Baifu Company provides detailed data every year, and Citi spends money to purchase it. The price increases every year. As for the increase ratio, I'm sorry, this is a commercial secret.
"My face?" Heinwei was in disbelief, "Do you Chinese all care about face?..."
"What do you think, prosperity?" Peng Bo said with a smile.