Chapter 440 Dinner at Xu Family Manor
“How many invitations have I received in total?”
“So far, there have been 137.” Lu Huidao.
Since Hanhua exposed the Kunpeng Fund’s earnings on its official website, Xu Liang has received more and more invitations and phone calls.
Invitations were sent over to people I knew and didn’t know, from the UK and even Europe.
If it had been before, he would have refused everyone's invitation.
After all, in China, in my previous life I was used to being ‘cowardly’ and I am not used to showing my face yet, for fear of being noticed by the big guys and being slaughtered as a fat pig.
But now as the influence of Hanhua Capital becomes stronger and stronger, his connections become deeper and deeper, and after defeating Larry Ellison, Paul Singer and others, he seems to be complete After a sublimation, I became more confident and calmer.
"It's too troublesome to visit every family. Send them an invitation for me and say that I invite them to come to the manor for a banquet." Xu Liang said.
Lv Hui was a little surprised by the big boss’s choice.
In her impression, big bosses don't like to show off.
However, since the big boss gave the order, she also faithfully started to carry it out.
April 12, 2003.
The sky is not yet dark.
Luxury cars one after another drove towards the Xu family manor.
Normally, the dragon would appear but not its tail. Now all the famous figures appeared in groups.
"Xu, your name has been spread everywhere recently, making even an old guy like me very envious."
Charles Cadogan walked over with a smile.
Xu Liang originally planned to shake hands with him, but unexpectedly the other party gave him a bear hug.
“The count has over-rated.”
"Haha, Xu, you are always so polite. By the way, there is no need to call me count. We are friends now, just call me Charles."
Humans are always the most realistic species.
After further seeing Xu Liang’s unimaginable investment ability, Charles Cadogan wanted to become a sworn sworn friend to him.
Xu Liang also followed the good deeds.
“Charles, don’t you want me to introduce these two people?”
Xu Liang focused his attention on the two middle-aged white men standing next to him who came with Charles Cadogan.
"Yes, I almost forgot. Xu, let me introduce you to you. They are Elaine and Gerald of the Wertheimer family, who are also the actual controllers of the world-famous cosmetics brand Chanel."
"Chanel?"
Xu Liang's eyes narrowed and he looked at the two of them.
As an internationally renowned perfume brand, Chanel is so popular in the Chinese cosmetics market that every woman must have a bottle of Chanel perfume on her dressing table.
Out of investment instinct, he subconsciously included Chanel in his investment list.
Smile stretched out his hand.
“Welcome you two to today’s dinner.”
Feeling his enthusiasm, the two brothers were relieved. They did not get an invitation to today’s dinner. If they were invited by the host It would be too embarrassing to say no.
“We are deeply honored to be able to participate in today’s dinner.” Elaine Wittemer with eyes said modestly.
A simple hello.
As the host of today’s banquet, Xu Liang cannot stay in one place for too long.
After chatting with the three people for a few words, Xu Liang walked towards the other guests.
"Mr. Rothschild, welcome."
Xu Liang looked at the tall old man in a brown suit in front of him and couldn't help but pay more attention.
Many books of later generations described the Rothschild family as too powerful.
Especially in the first two volumes of "Currency War" by Song Hongbing, the Rothschild family is simply more powerful than the great powers of Britain, France and Germany, becoming the big BOSS that controls the entire Western world.
The assets under its control exceed 50 trillion US dollars.
To be honest, this theory is really in line with popular conspiracy theories in Europe and the United States, and can also attract ordinary people who don’t know much about economics and business.
In fact, the GDP of the United States and the European Union is less than 50 trillion U.S. dollars, let alone a family.
The true peak of Rothschild was before World War II. After the devastation of World War I and World War II, the Rothschild family, once known as the Sixth Empire, inevitably declined.
However, even in decline, this family, which has flourished for hundreds of years, is still one of the few richest people in Britain and even Europe, with extensive influence.
Benjamin Rothschild looked at the young people in front of him. It was hard to imagine that China, where the financial industry had just started, could actually have such a young but amazingly powerful financial genius.
Hold the opponent’s right hand that is extended.
“Mr. Xu, I am very honored to receive your invitation. I personally admire your investment ability and hope that Rothschild Family Trust can develop more cooperation with Hanhua Capital.”
"Of course, this is also something I'm looking forward to very much."
Xu Liang said politely.
After saying hello and chatting briefly, Xu Liang said goodbye and went to greet others. There were nearly two hundred people who accepted his invitation today. Although it was not necessary to greet them all one by one, there were quite a few people who needed to be greeted by him personally.
Top rich and powerful people such as Benjamin Rothschild, Charles Cadogan, and the Duke of Grosvenor all need his personal presence.
However, Prince William's return was somewhat beyond his expectations.
"Mr. Xu, my grandmother asked me to take her to say hello to you."
"Her Majesty the Queen is too polite. Please convey my most sincere thanks to the Queen." Xu Liang smiled road.
"I will definitely bring it."
Seeing that it was almost time, Xu Liang walked to the steps in the middle of the hall, holding a microphone and scanning everyone with his deep eyes.
"When I first established Hanhua Capital more than three years ago, I didn't expect that it would develop to its current heights in such a short period of time. My original intention in establishing Hanhua Capital was just to facilitate my own investment.
But Unexpectedly, things went much smoother than I expected.
In 2000, Hanhua invested US$550,000 and held a short position of 60,000 shares of Yahoo with a leverage of five times, with an average price of US$46.4. br>
I believe everyone knows what happened next. On March 12, 2000, the Nasdaq crisis broke out, and Yahoo's stock price fell to the bottom
In less than two months. , Hanhua Capital made a profit of US$2.7648 million, with a return on investment of 500%.”
Everyone present actually knows the investment story of Hanhua.
But what is clear is clear, but when Xu Liang said it through his mouth, envy and even jealousy were still unavoidable.
“In 2001, we paid attention to rumors of financial fraud at Enron, one of the world’s largest integrated natural gas and electric power companies, a Fortune 500 company. We spent half a year investigating and finally confirmed that Enron , the fact that external investment projects have continuously incurred heavy losses and internal extravagance and waste has reached US$1.8 billion per year.
So in July, US$700 million was decisively invested, using five times leverage to control US$3.5 billion. At an average price of $81.5, the short position of Enron was held at 42.94 million shares
and then closed at an average price of $22.5
Lasted two months and fourteen days, profit was $59 per share.
In other words, this short sale allowed Hanhua to earn US$2.534 billion.
Return on investment 362%. "
After speaking, Xu Liang noticed that everyone in the audience was breathing a little faster, and continued after smiling slightly.
"The investment in Enron was our first investment by Hanhua Capital in 2001. Profit.
After September 11, we invested in U.S. military industry stocks. Hanhua invested US$2.5 billion, leveraged 5 times, leveraged US$12 billion, and held equity in 15 military industry and surrounding affiliated companies.
Unfortunately, the time is too short and the competition is fierce.
After withdrawing on October 14, we only achieved a 10% return and earned $1.2 billion. This was our second investment profit in 2001. "
Xu Liang noticed that many people's eyes became fiery.
"In 2002, Hanhua's private equity fund 'Qinglong' achieved a 393% increase, which was the highest increase of 393%, according to "Bloomberg" , "Wealth Impurities" and many other financial media recognized it as the private equity fund with the highest return rate in the world.
Hanhua's private equity fund "Qinglong No. 2" has become the second-highest return rate private equity fund in the world with a return rate of 92%. "
After pausing for everyone to digest, Xu Liang continued with a smile.
"Many friends present have asked me when Hanhua will start raising money for Qinglong No. 3 ', I will officially reply to you today. Three days later, everyone will be able to see the news that ‘Qinglong No. 3’ has started fundraising on Hanhua’s official website. "
Wow....
I don’t know who started applauding first, and the warm applause resounded throughout the hall.
Xu Liang pressed his hands down and continued after everyone calmed down a little.
“You can check the specific fundraising conditions on the official website. Time is precious today, so I won’t say more.”
After a pause.
"Compared with the story in 2003, everyone has seen it from Hanhua's official website.
Hanhua's hedge fund 'Kunpeng', with a principal of US$2.84 billion, increased ten times Leveraging US$28.4 billion in capital, he went long on oil futures, and after holding the position for five months, he obtained US$8.96 billion in pre-tax net income.
The return rate is 315.49%.
Although 2003 is far from over, I believe that Kunpeng Fund will have the most generous returns among all hedge funds in the world this year.
So please feel free to invest boldly in our newly established Kunpeng No. 2 by Hanhua Capital. I believe that in two years’ time, Hanhua Capital’s ‘Kunpeng No. 2 Hedge Fund’ will definitely give you satisfactory returns.
Wow….
The applause rang again.
Xu Liang applauded for a moment, waiting for everyone to quiet down.
"Okay, that's all I have to say. Next, please enjoy the wonderful music, enjoy the sumptuous food, and spend this joyful night together."
His words After it fell, the band in the corner waltzed.
The female singer who was invited also grabbed the painting tube and started singing.
Xu Liang walked down the steps and was greeted by Charles Cadogan with a smile.
"Xu, what you said is great. If I had 1 billion pounds of liquidity in my hand now, I would definitely invest all of it in Hanhua."
"Xu, I'm not like this old guy who can only fire cannons. Our Grosvenor family will invest 100 million pounds in the 'Kunpeng No. 2 Fund' and an additional 50 million pounds in the 'Qinglong No. 3 Fund',"
Old Grosvenor said quickly.
(End of this chapter)