Chapter 329 Who said you have to spend your own money when investing? (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
After hanging up the phone, Little John walked around for a few steps outside and then returned to the headquarters on Fubao Avenue.
H.Y.S’s office building has not been renovated yet, so Little John went directly to the women’s clothing design department to find Xiangyang.
It’s not about money, but
“Xiang, don’t be too obsessed with investing.”
He looked a little excited, which surprised Xiang Yang who was filling out the form.
“I mean, money is a small thing, but your talent is not in investment, but should focus on design. Do you understand what I mean?”
“ What's wrong?" Xiang Yangfa wrote.
"I just had a chat with Musk, he..." Looking at Xiangyang with a sad face, Little John said what he was most worried about.
It is certainly a good thing to invest to obtain higher returns.
But after nearly a year of changes, he increasingly felt that Xiangyang cared about this aspect very much.
What if
After all, nine times out of ten he bets, he loses. He is a little worried that as Xiangyang's wealth increases, his gambling chips will gradually increase. Just like investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in Whatsapp without blinking an eye before, without even hearing a sound.
Little John has been exposed to many people like Musk since he was a child. These technology companies rely on People who make a fortune talk about projects worth tens of millions of dollars or hundreds of millions of dollars.
But how many are truly successful?
Xiangyang is not a JCE. His father is rich, so he just takes some pocket money to play and lose money.
If you really have no money, you can still sell antique furniture to maintain a decent life for your family, but what does Xiangyang have?
His foothold is in the field of fashion, not investing in another field.
Little John's worry made Xiang Yang frown, which made him feel a little unhappy that he was betrayed by his friend in the blink of an eye, but he didn't know what to say.
“Oh, you told Musk.”
"I think he knows more about this kind of technology than you do." Little John explained.
“Yes, indeed.”
Xiang Yang nodded. In his impression, Musk has always been strongly associated with Bitcoin. If he does not hold a large amount of Bitcoin, Xiang Yang said You won't believe anything.
The facts are just as Xiangyang thought.
Since Musk announced that Bitcoin can buy Tesla, Bitcoin once soared from US$3,800 to US$56,388, a surge of more than 1,380% in a short period of time, and its historical height once exceeded 60,000 US dollars. Dollar.
It's just that it's hard for Xiang Yang to explain to his friends why he is keen to invest money in technology company stocks.
However, he can understand his friend's worries.
Just like when he heard someone talking about Bitcoin for the first time before he was reborn, he also scorned this thing, or was not interested in the stocks he currently holds.
How should I explain it to Little John?
While he was thinking about it, the call from Musk solved the matter for him very well.
On the phone, Musk chatted with Xiang Yang enthusiastically for about a quarter of an hour, expressing his optimism and trends for the future of Bitcoin.
The implication is that if Xiangyang is interested, everyone can hoard Bitcoin together.
If he is really interested in selling, he can buy the Bitcoins from Xiang Yang and Little John at any time.
When he heard that the current value of a Bitcoin is about US$0.003, it could rise to US$1 in the future, Little John’s eyes sparkled.
334 times return on investment!
Damn it, why don’t I have a single Bitcoin right now!
No, these guys really know how to deceive people! Even I almost fell for it!
But 334 times. So tempting.
Rubling the back of his neck vigorously, Little John fell into a huge hesitation and didn't know how to make a decision.
“Okay, let’s see what potential you have.”
Xiang Yang glanced at Little John and continued to fill in his information on the form after hanging up the phone.
“Aren’t you excited?”
“I am excited.” Xiang Yang sighed heavily, “But we don’t have even one now, do we?”
"So you think he is deceiving you, or testing you?"
"That's not necessarily true." Xiang Yang shrugged, "The main thing is that not many people are selling this thing at all. We If you want to buy 120 US dollars of Bitcoin, it will probably take one month, or two months at the earliest.”
Xiang Yang, who had no idea about the annual output of Bitcoin, casually gave an answer.
He can only make a basic judgment based on his previous understanding.
Bitcoin in 2010 was not easy to buy casually. Since Bitcoin was less well-known and popular, the transaction volume was naturally limited.
But this thing is very convenient to operate. You only need to register an account on the Bitcoin trading website, and then use PayPal or credit card to purchase Bitcoins.
Most people use the BitcoinCoreWallet, which is one of the earliest Bitcoin wallets and can be downloaded and installed on your computer.
Or join a cryptocurrency-centric community.
In short, the main way to buy Bitcoin in 2010 was still through some personal trading channels.
There are not many people buying and selling.
The most important reason is that this thing is too cheap.
The vast majority of optimistic people, just like Xiang Yang’s conversation with Musk, see it more as a revolutionary technology that subverts the traditional monetary system.
Think of it as a promising future currency rather than an asset for speculation.
Xiang Yang’s tireless explanation and huge future benefits finally convinced Little John.
He was a little lucky that he called Musk instead of someone else. Although he was still skeptical about the matter, 20 euros was enough.
A glance Glancing at the coin jar that Xiangyang placed on the corner of the cabinet, Little John grinned calmly.
Who said you have to spend your own money when investing?
Looking at the steel coins shining in the sun, joy filled Little John's heart. None of my little John's money was wasted!
"Then I'll go first. I have to fill in my list."
After that, he said hello to Xiang Yang as if nothing had happened and walked out.
After being busy in his office for a while, Xiangyang walked to the financial department with the filled-in documents, stayed for a while, and then went to meet Axel for a meeting.
He is going to Africa, and Axel is going to North America to organize a series of activities, and to inspect stores to make final preparations for the next store opening of H.Y.S.
At the same time, he is also responsible for equipping Xiang Yang with a team in the design department.
Some of these people will be drawn from the Hermès design team, and some will be recruited from major design schools in Europe.
“Let Sarah be responsible for the design assistant.”
Regarding this matter, Xiang Yang directly left it to Sarah, who had always been optimistic about him. Poaching Le Maire's corner is a bit interesting when you think about it.
The headquarters of H.Y.S is still in Paris, and the overall internal layout and decoration were handed over to Philippe Nigro, who has collaborated with Hermès many times.
Similar to the design ideas of the headquarters, the design of the H.Y.S store is full of funny aura, embedding, applying, asymmetry, and combining to show the tone of the brand.
At this point, it happens to be quite similar to Philip Nigro’s own design concept.
“Multi-functionality is an attitude towards life. How to use this furniture is more important than how to design it.”
Axel intends for this designer to be showcased in H.Y.S’s store design The brand itself pays more attention to the combination of functionality and fashion in sportswear.
He once designed a "lesnécessairesd" series for Hermès furniture.
The sleek and simple design incorporates exquisite and gorgeous oriental-style prints, which Xiangyang also likes very much.
The three of them got together and chatted for a long time. It was not until after lunch that Xiang Yang left Hermès. His first stop was to go to Algeria with a delegation from the Institute of Physical Education.
A country that was once part of France.
Algeria, known as the Pearl of Africa and one of the few white African countries, is best known for its football players.
For example, world superstar Ziadin Zidane, as well as the best among his juniors Riyad Mahrez, Karim Benzema, and Mbappe, who will be famous in world football in the future, all have Algerian ancestry. .
They can either choose to play for Algeria in the World Cup or become a member of the Gallic Roosters.
But in fact, the sports legends of this country are Norridin Mosely, who is known as the "most perfect running machine", and Hasiba Boulmerka, who is known as the "Hero of Algeria".
The former is most well-known for winning the men’s 1500m championship at the 1996 Alexandria Olympics with a time of 3:35.79, and then at the Paris Track and Field Grand Prix with a time of 4:47.88 The result broke the men's 2000m world record.
The latter is a female athlete who brought Algeria its first Olympic gold medal in history at the Barcelona Olympics.
Attending the event in Algiers with Xiangyang happened to be these two athletes who are well-known in the local area.
The ability to invite these two outstanding athletes to participate in the local activities held by H.Y.S naturally relies on the matchmaking of the Sports Academy.
The entire trip to Africa, apart from football, actually revolves around the field of long-distance running.
In Africa, being unable to afford equipment is a situation faced by many African athletes. It is no joke to participate in a marathon while wearing a pair of slippers and win the championship.
In the 2017 Jingyuan Half Marathon, Songshan Shaolin Temple Full Marathon and Yuyang Dongsha New District Marathon, Ethiopian runner Amoni relied on a pair of slippers that only cost 4 yuan. To the championship.
It really makes people’s jaws drop.
But who makes this the talent of African players?
Every nation has its own national talent. Not all nations use their talent in the spirit of self-improvement like the Chinese nation.
This spirit is demonstrated in all aspects.
Take farming
Why do Chinese people farm in Africa? Isn't it good to imitate other people's picking of fruits?
You have to build a vegetable greenhouse when you go to Antarctica. Wouldn’t it be delicious to eat meat like those foreigners?
Is it feasible to try growing vegetables after going to space? Is it because there is no food in the space station?
Perhaps, Chinese people love to compete with God deep in their hearts.
Why don’t I eat delicious vegetables when they are available? Why do I have to climb trees and pick peaches every day like orangutans?
To be honest, I had been to Africa once before, and when I came here again, Xiangyang's mentality was almost the same as before.
The culture here makes him curious, but for the people here...
Forget it, it’s business.
Facing the future of long-distance running projects that will create a consumer market of 30 billion in China alone and an annual industry of 100 billion, who can ignore the African athletes who have created 90% of the long-distance running world records in history?
H.Y.S’s publicity budget for China’s sports projects is twice that of the entire African continent. All he can do is ‘a bowl of water is balanced’.
"Xiang, welcome."
As soon as they arrived in Algeria, Xiang Yang and others received a warm welcome.
There was a hint of red in the welcome flag at the airport.
This made Xiang Yang feel a sense of pride in his heart. It felt like how could they notice this?
As the Minister of Youth and Sports of Algeria, Yahea Jedum personally came to the airport to greet the arrival of Xiang Yang, the Sports Academy and others.
The last time he came to pick someone up at the airport was when Zidane returned home.
“Xiang, we in Algeria have always had a close relationship with China. You are our distinguished guest. If you have the opportunity next time, please bring your loved ones to come with you for vacation.”
“Definitely. There will be a chance, Mr. Yahea."
The corners of Xiangyang's mouth were split, no wonder there was a touch of red
"Thank you for sponsoring our sports this time, I am very grateful. I hope our athletes can wear it and compete with athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia”
In Paris, after finishing his work, Little John was about to go home and head to London. He returned to his office in the women's clothing design district.
He smiled and said hello to his former colleagues present, and then went to Le Maire's office to sit for a while before arriving at the door of Xiangyang's office as if there was no one around.
Standing on tiptoes and looking inside, the glass change jar he recognized was still in the same place.
The steel in the jar is a little taller than before, and there seems to be a few more banknotes in it than before.
50 euros and 20 euros left! ! !
Being familiar with the colors of euros, he recognized the denominations of those banknotes at a glance, which made him swallow his saliva subconsciously.
“Isn’t this an advantage for me?”
The corners of Little John’s mouth raised slightly, and he felt at ease with the matter of confiscating Xiangyang’s pocket money.
My wife Laura is going to deliver money to Liu Qianqian tomorrow. Why can’t she get it today?
While thinking, Little John gently pushed the glass door
It didn't move.
I pushed it again, but the glass door still didn't move at all.
"Huh? Did he lock the door?" Little John was surprised and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Sarah, who had been snickering in the office area, came over, holding an empty can in her hand, "Little John, there is something you want me to bring to you."
“Damn Xiang!”
An angry curse followed.
“To be honest, you two are really boring,”
While Sarah stuffed the jar into Little John’s arms, she handed him a note, “Your There is also a coin jar for you."
It reads: Today I will receive the investment consulting fee from the respected Mr. Little John, totaling 137.70 euros
(End of this chapter)