After getting to know Qiao Jingping initially, Lu Ming was still a little envious of him, envious of his ease, because the outside world didn't know him, and he was the kind of low-key rich man who wouldn't be noticed at all on the street.
Now, Lu Ming has to make various preparations when he goes out. He has many worries and loses a lot of freedom.
There are many rich people like Qiao Jingping in finance. They are inconspicuous and are the truly rich and dashing people in this market. Most of them are invisible to ordinary people.
In fact, there is a reason for this, but when a person is very rich and is involved in the financial industry, what he needs most is not money, but freedom. People like Lu Ming are becoming more famous and influential day by day.
, it is inevitable that the circle of life will become narrower and narrower.
So much so that when I go to pick someone up at the airport, I have to hide in the car.
Nowadays, the degree of freedom associated with being famous has been greatly reduced. Many things have to consider the impact on the public. What you want to do will be watched by countless pairs of eyes from the outside world.
For example, what the public likes most is the gossip of famous figures like Lu Ming. If Happy Peach Blossom Land is exposed, there will be no legitimate front page headlines.
Rich people in finance are trying their best to not be famous. For example, the young man wearing Armani, when Lu Ming was known as the No. 1 brother in public fundraising, the young man who was equally famous as him was known as the No. 1 brother in private equity.
When he was arrested, investors only knew his name but not his person. It was only after he was fined more than 10 billion by the court that people knew what he looked like.
These invisible wealthy men maintain and increase the value of their wealth by participating in the financial market, but they do not want to become famous, so an operation called "agency holding" was created.
The so-called "holding on behalf of others" means holding the corresponding rights on his behalf, so the real wealthy bosses behind the scenes will often find a "stand-in" to put it on the bright side. The real bosses live a carefree life on their own, just like Qiao Jingping.
For example, there was such a young man back then. Because he owed huge debts, it is said that a year later this young man started his own business with a certain platinum. At that time, this young man spent more than one billion to advertise on TV stations, and another billion to all
shopping mall to sell goods.
In fact, if you think about it deeply, it is not difficult to find out, how could a person who owed hundreds of millions of dollars suddenly have so much money? Did he really rely on deception to achieve a legendary story? Are all the rich people in the world fools?
It can be seen from this that he is just a "stand-in", holding rights on behalf of the real rich person. But who is the real rich person behind him? No one knows except the young man himself, and even the young man may not know.
Because there is a magical operating technique in this world called "matryoshka doll" operation. Who knows how many layers of dolls are nested behind it?
As an asset manager, Lu Ming, in a sense, holds corresponding rights on behalf of LP, but there is a huge difference from a "substitute" in that he can make his own decisions!
That's why invisible wealthy bosses like Qiao Jingping went through a lot of trouble to make friends with him.
It can be seen that everything has its pros and cons, and being famous and not famous have their own pros and cons.
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The luncheon started on time, the guests and hosts took their seats, and everyone sat at a round table. There are very few banquets in China with long tables. Chinese people pay attention to perfection in everything, and the beautiful meaning makes the round table a tradition, not to mention it is the Chinese New Year.
At the table, An Qilong picked up the wine glass, looked around at everyone sitting there, and said with a smile: "Today is a festive day. I am very happy that my family and friends can gather together for a New Year's dinner. Let's celebrate the New Year. Let's have a drink?"
"good!"
"Here, have a drink!"
"Dry!"
Everyone at the table stood up to have a drink. Mr. An finished his drink and sat down first, "Everyone, sit down and eat vegetables. This is an authentic garden vegetable. Let's all try it."
The atmosphere at the dinner table was very harmonious. At this moment, Lu Ming was also playing the role of prospective son-in-law and junior very well, restraining his aura. At this time, everyone felt that he was a "normal" young junior.
After chatting for a while, An Qilong looked at Lu Ming, who was sitting next to him, and said: "Hey, Xiao Ming, the Science and Livelihood Fund you have been working on recently has become a hit all over the country. This fund accepts donations from outside.
?”
Lu Ming put some food into his bowl. After hearing his father-in-law's inquiry, he immediately said, "Old man, I haven't thought about this yet."
To accept donated funds from the outside, you have to make a lot of public disclosures about the whereabouts of the funds. Otherwise, there will always be people who raise objections and even question whether it goes into the private pocket of the fund manager. Lu Ming paid for it himself to save worry. It was originally from his private pocket.
Naturally, there is no such thing as taking it out of his personal pocket. This motive is not logically valid. To put it more down-to-earth, he is too busy.
An Qilong said: "The Anjia also intends to fulfill more social responsibilities. Since you are already doing it, there is no need for the Anjia to start a new business. Just hand over the money to you directly. You will have no problem in doing things. Jinhong, you can raise money later.
26 billion, An’s Group contributes 6 billion, and the An family contributes 20 billion. The money contributed by the family will remain anonymous. Do things with conscience and accumulate good deeds, without making a big splash.”
An Jinhong nodded and said: "I understand. I will make preparations later and implement this matter."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Ming was stunned and couldn't help but murmur in his heart: The sun still rises from the east today. When did the old man become so wealthy?
Even though the An family is extremely rich, spending 20 billion would be a huge loss. The key is that Old An, who has always been a tough guy, suddenly did this, which made Lu Ming feel a little weird.
He didn't even blink when he took out the money. This was not Old Man An's style. It was really weird.
In fact, the An family only paid 500 million, and the remaining money was all paid by Qiao Jingping and a dozen other wealthy people sitting at the table. It was all anonymous anyway, and it didn't matter whose name it was in.
Just when An Jinhong finished speaking, Lu Ming, who was about to speak, was overtaken by Qiao Jingping. He smiled and said: "Then I have to take up a quota. I will pay 25.5 billion. I don't have anything else."
Please don't leave me alone."
Lu Ming was once again surprised. This humble Qiao Jingping was actually so rich? He donated more than 20 billion yuan at any time?
After a while, Lu Ming said: "The tens of billions of donated funds are really a bit heavy, and the good reputation has fallen on my head. This feeling is too heavy, and I can't bear it. I can't bear it."
At this time, An Jinhong pretended to be unhappy and said: "Brother Ming, I am going to criticize you. How can you monopolize such a great merit as giving to the world? Besides, this money is not given to you, it is used for...
Public welfare funds from the people never start from favors. If you refuse, you will be hurting the people who really need help."
"Well, I'd rather be respectful than obey." Lu Ming said with a smile. His brother-in-law had spoken to such a high level that he clearly did not give him a chance to refuse.
An Jinhong added with a smile: "Besides, Brother Ming, if you think this is a favor from Mr. Qiao, I have an idea. Although Mr. Qiao is low-key, he is a wealthy man with a lot of money.
It’s so troublesome, why don’t you just let Mr. Qiao take care of the money? Just treat it as repaying the love, it’s a win-win situation, and everyone will be happy.”
Qiao Jingping said quickly: "Aha...how can this be done? I don't have any other ideas to help the world and do some charity. I have no other ideas. Besides, it would be unsightly to disrupt Mr. Lu's plan."
Now Lu Ming has understood in his heart that Qiao Jingping's appearance at today's family banquet is no accident. He said that he had no other ideas, but in fact he had bigger ideas. With more than 50 billion in donations, it is possible that
They all belong to Qiao Jingping, not even Qiao Jingping alone.
Lu Ming heard from An Jinhong's words "big local tycoon" that the entrusted funds that the other party wanted to give were probably a very large number. Even the donation was such a large sum of tens of billions. How could the entrusted funds be...
few?
Not long after Qiao Jingping finished speaking, Lu Ming said: "It's too bad. If Mr. Qiao recognizes my Tiansheng Capital's asset management capabilities and trusts Tiansheng Capital, I will invite Mr. Qiao to join my Tiansheng Capital LP list.
Tiansheng Capital’s approach to entrusted funds is that the more the better.”
By this time, if Lu Ming still couldn't see that Qiao Jingping had entrusted his connections to the An family in order to get Tiansheng Capital's car, it would have been in vain. An Jinhong had released the potential risks of the Taoyuan Garden incident and offered it to him.
I'm afraid this is also a preparation for this.
Lu Ming had fallen in love with the An family, and now someone found the An family through connections. The An family obviously agreed. If he rejects Qiao Jingping today, it will definitely make things difficult for his future father-in-law, and the An family will lose face.
As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Qiao Jingping went through such a big circle to send money to Tiansheng Capital. His sincerity, sincerity, and etiquette were all in place, and there was no harm to himself or the company in nature.
On the contrary, it is a benefit.
Lu Ming obviously couldn't refuse this time, otherwise it would be too unethical and uncultured, so he had no choice but to agree to it.
