Chapter 314 Someone pulls you to make money, be careful
After both parties finished their greetings, they each took their seats.
Cao Jianming continued to chat with Xu Hairong about business issues, without saying a word to Lu Yang during the whole process.
This is a kind of neglect and a strategy.
The purpose was to make Lu Yang feel uncomfortable.
Lu Yang didn't care about this, he just leaned on the sofa and watched TV comfortably, and would change the channel when he saw an advertisement.
From time to time, Cao Xiaoping would chime in and show off his knowledge.
For example, when Xu Hairong chatted with Cao Jianming about domestic economic growth and business environment, Cao Xiaoping would interrupt.
"Uncle Xu, I majored in economics and plan to pursue a master's degree in the future. As far as I know, the current domestic economy is not optimistic. The capital market is too obviously regulated and is not as good as overseas markets."
Xu Hairong nodded slightly.
In fact, he had already done a good job of spying on Cao Xiaoping. He didn't have any ink in his stomach, but he was still ambitious and underhanded.
Who in the circle doesn't know that Cao Jianming donated half a million US dollars to a foreign university in exchange for Cao Xiaoping's admission.
I heard that Cao Xiaoping's score in the college entrance examination in China was not 300%, and he couldn't even speak English in the United States, so he carried a translator with him everywhere.
Cao Xiaoping saw Xu Hairong nodding, thinking that he was being taken seriously.
He said: "Uncle Xu, I used 200,000 US dollars to speculate in stocks overseas and made 50,000 to 60,000 US dollars in just six months."
Then he asked Lu Yang, who was watching TV: "Lu Yang, I heard that you are still in school, right?"
Lu Yang smiled and nodded: "Yes, I'm still in school."
Cao Xiaoping: "I think domestic universities are not very good in this regard. Many people attend classes honestly during their college years. My classmates abroad have already started their own businesses and earned their first pot of gold during this period."
Lu Yang:......
He really wanted to ask Cao Xiaoping, how much principal did your father give you to speculate in stocks?
Nowadays, the overseas stock market environment is relatively good. If you invest with your principal and are lucky, you can indeed make some money.
But the hardest part about making money is starting from scratch.
With this money, it is difficult to make 1,000 from 0, but it is very fast to make 10,000 from 1,000.
Don’t you understand such a simple truth?
Xu Hairong couldn't help but glance at Lu Yang.
He felt that Lu Yang was very calm today. It stands to reason that young people should have a domineering confrontation when they are together.
With Lu Yang's current assets, not to mention Cao Xiaoping, even Cao Jianming can't compare.
Cao Jianming seems to have a good style, shouting and drinking, but actually he owes a lot of money behind his back. He is basically using the east wall to pay for the west wall.
Xu Hairong understands that compared with the funds used by entities to operate the Internet, the risks and profits are much worse.
He had become interested in Lu Yang's Renren. He had previously suggested to his daughter that if Lu Yang's company encountered problems, he could provide support.
Later, Lu Yang chose to find Yinshan Capital for financing, and the financing amount was 10 million!
Xu Hairong was shocked when he learned that Lu Yang had raised 10 million!
Ten million!
Xu Hairong originally valued Lu Yang's company at only a few million.
Lu Yang raised 10 million by selling 20% of his shares.
This also means that the market value of Renren is around 50 million.
According to Xu Hairong's idea, it doubled tenfold.
No wonder the Internet is often called a bubble, and it’s so damn big.
After Cao Jianming finished chatting with Xu Hairong, he casually asked: "Lu Yang, what do you do at home?"
Lu Yang said modestly: "We have a small factory at home."
He is confident that Nut Technology will be among the top three in the country next year.
This secret is currently only known to me, and even Lao Lu has not told it.
Cao Jianming versus Xu Hairong in Versailles.
"Well, sometimes I also want to start a small factory, earn more than 100,000 yuan a year, and have a lot of time to enjoy life. Unlike now, I am either in meetings or discussing projects every day, and I am so busy that I can't stop."
Lu Yang:......
After a while, Xu Xiaoxiao came out with fruit. Out of courtesy, she handed it to Cao Jianming first, and then to Cao Xiaoping.
Finally, put the fruit between Xu Hairong and Lu Yang.
Xu Xiaoxiao said to Xu Hairong: "Dad, the food is ready, shall we go to eat?"
Xu Hairong invited Cao Jianming and Cao Xiaoping to dinner.
Xu Xiaoxiao pulled Lu Yang to the bathroom to wash his hands.
She asked quietly: "What did you talk about?"
Lu Yang laughed and said: "I was despised by Cao Xiaoping, who said that I only knew how to study and not start a business."
Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes showed slyly: "Then you didn't show your company?"
Lu Yang: "I'm not interested, it's too childish."
After washing their hands, Lu Yang and Xu Xiaoxiao went to the restaurant kitchen and helped Zheng Li serve the dishes from the kitchen.
Zheng Li hadn't seen Lu Yang for a while and asked with a smile how Lu Yang was doing recently.
Lu Yang also had to answer one by one.
Zheng Li is quite satisfied with Lu Yang, and her speech and behavior are very decent.
At the dining table, Cao Jianming noticed that something was wrong.
Because Zheng Li has a very good attitude towards Lu Yang, and judging from the conversation between the two of them, it doesn't look like Lu Yang's first visit.
Is there any secret behind this?
When Cao Xiaoping saw that Lu Yang actually took the initiative to serve the food, he hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen to show off himself.
Zheng Li asked Lu Yang to serve the food because she regarded Lu Yang as one of her own.
As a guest, Cao Xiaoping naturally couldn't let others serve food, so she politely asked Cao Xiaoping to go back.
Xu Xiaoxiao looked at Lu Yang with interest in the kitchen, her eyes full of love.
The guests were seated and dinner began.
Xu Hairong raised his glass and clinked it to Cao Jianming.
After a few glasses of wine, Cao Jianming finally revealed the true purpose of his visit.
The marriage of Cao Xiaoping and Xu Xiaoxiao is a trivial matter, but the real big deal is investment and mergers.
Lu Yang raised a red wine glass and toasted to Zheng Li.
Zheng Li smiled and clinked her wine glasses with Lu Yang. She chatted with Lu Yang, and Xu Xiaoxiao also talked about campus affairs from time to time.
Now it was Cao Xiaoping's turn to be embarrassed.
On the other side, his father was chatting with Xu Hairong, but he couldn't get a word in.
On the other side, Lu Yang was chatting with Zheng Li and Xu Xiaoxiao, but he couldn't get a word in.
Fortunately, Zheng Li has experienced a lot of worldly experiences and occasionally asked Cao Xiaoping a few questions.
Cao Xiaoping finally seized the opportunity and showed off his erudition crazily.
Lu Yang understood that Cao Jianming's purpose was to invite Xu Hairong to participate in an overseas oil futures merger and acquisition project.
The giant behind it is China National Aviation Oil, and Cao Jianming went out of his way to win over Xu Hairong because of insufficient funds.
Cao Jianming persuaded: "With the current crisis in the Middle East, oil prices will definitely cause fluctuations. We will take the opportunity to form a company to acquire oil futures overseas. By then, the profit margin will at least double!"
Xu Hairong doesn't know much about oil futures, but he knows that oil is a very expensive resource and a necessity. The risk of trading may be much lower at this time.
Lu Yang had a bad feeling in his heart.
In his impression, China National Aviation Oil suffered huge losses due to oil futures in 2004. It had the opportunity to become the fourth barrel of oil in the country, but ended up applying for bankruptcy protection.
Lu Yang was not surprised by this. In the current domestic environment, the war in the Middle East broke out, oil supply tightened, and prices showed an upward trend.
Oil options have brought large profits to many speculators.
Some people are bullish and some are bearish!
With the end of the war that year, CAO's management judged that oil prices would fall, began to sell call options, buy put options, and continued to wait to collect money.
As a result, oil supply has not returned to pre-war levels, and oil prices have continued to rise. From the first quarter to the third quarter, losses of US$380 million have been sustained!
Lu Yang is familiar with this process, and now they are involved in oil futures. With their ability, it is simply impossible to bubble up.
Because behind those Western companies are professional teams of analysts and think tanks, they are too weak in comparison.
Xu Hairong was so praised by Cao Jianming that he was a little moved...