My 1999

Dong Dong…….

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Lu Hui opened the door.

"Mr. Xu, Ms. Christina from Time Magazine is here."

"Let them in."

"OK."

Not long after, Lu Hui walked in with a woman wearing a dark red women's suit, with long black shawl hair, who looked similar to Cristiana Yeri, but had an intellectual and elegant temperament.

Xu Liang couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise when he saw it.

Behind her there is a photographer responsible for taking pictures and an assistant carrying a large backpack.

"Hello Mr. Xu, I am Christina, a reporter from Time Magazine. It is a great honor to interview you."

"Hello."

Xu Liang briefly shook hands with the other party.

He would always be kind to beautiful and tasteful women.

The top brass at Time understood him very well.

The two parties sat down on the sofa next to them.

"Mr. Xu, I know you seem to be resisting interviews from the media?"

"yes."

"Then why are you willing to be interviewed by Time Magazine?"

Xu Liang smiled faintly, of course he would not tell the real reason.

"The reason why I don't accept media interviews is that most of the media wantonly fabricate facts in order to attract attention and increase sales. But your report by Time Magazine is fairly fair."

This is of course a compliment, and no media owned by the United States is fair.

With that said, Xu Liang picked up the document next to him, looked at it and handed it over.

"I don't want to touch on these issues in the following interviews. If you agree, let's start. If you don't agree, then I can only say sorry."

Christina took it and took a look, frowning slightly.

"Mr. Xu, do you have to avoid any political issues?"

Xu Liang nodded affirmatively.

"I am a businessman and my purpose is to make money, so don't ask me any questions that are not related to this topic."

Listening to his firm tone, Christina had no choice but to compromise.

"Okay, I will comply with Mr. Xu's request."

"Thanks."

"Then can we get started?"

"certainly."

Christina snapped her fingers, and the cameraman behind quickly began to prepare, and was soon ready for the interview.

"Mr. Xu, are we about to start?"

"OK."

Christina came up with the topic she had prepared in advance.

"Mr. Xu, it is rumored that you started your business in the 11th grade?"

In the United States, high school is a four-year system. The second year of high school in China is equivalent to the 11th grade here in the United States, followed by the 12th and 13th grades. Unlike the three-year graduation period in Chinese high schools, the senior year in American high schools is used to allow those who have not completed their credits to continue working hard.

Let those who have completed the credits sort out their high school growth, such as going out to play, messing around in class, dressing in different ways, having group picnics, etc. If you don’t know much about it, you can watch “American Pie”.

The movie’s description of American high school seniors is very apt.

"yes."

“According to my understanding, Chinese high schools have heavy coursework and high pressure, and they implement closed management. High school students only have one day off per month, so it is difficult for them to have their own time, let alone start a business.

But Mr. Xu seems to be an exception? "

"It seems that Miss Christina has done a lot of homework." Xu Liang said calmly.

"When I was in college, my roommate in the same dormitory was an international student from China. I heard her talk about high school life in China and the brutal college entrance examination."

"That's it. As Miss Christina said, Huaxia's high schools are indeed very stressful and have closed management. But these are relatively normal liberal arts and science students.

In addition to liberal arts and sciences, there are also art students. "

"Art student? A student studying art or music?"

Xu Liang nodded and said: "It can be understood that way. In Huaxia High School, after entering the second half of the sophomore year, you can switch from liberal arts classes to art students.

Art students spend half their time studying main courses including Chinese and mathematics, and half their time studying professional courses, that is, art classes.

Because many high school art teachers have limited teaching skills, in order to better improve their professional abilities, many students will attend professional art classes at their own expense.

I am such an art student.

I came to the capital from a county to study, but I was different from ordinary high school students. I directly founded an art class, which is now the New Dream Education Group. "

"But according to my understanding, your family is not rich?"

Christina asked curiously.

Although she didn't know how much it would cost to set up an art class, it was certainly a lot.

"My parents are just ordinary laid-off workers and farmers, and they really don't have much money. But I started a small business during the winter vacation of my sophomore year in high school and earned some money."

Christina said with great interest: "Can you tell me more specifically?"

Xu Liang nodded and said: "The West buys Christmas trees and gifts for Christmas, and the East also buys Spring Festival couplets for the Spring Festival. The month before the Spring Festival is the intensive sales period for Spring Festival couplets, and I happen to have time to do this during the winter vacation."

“How much money did you make from selling Spring Festival couplets?”

"About 350,000 Chinese coins, equivalent to 40,000 US dollars."

"For a 19-year-old high school student, this is indeed a huge amount of money."

Christina admired.

Around the year 2000, the annual after-tax income of many American families was approximately this amount.

Xu Liang smiled and nodded before continuing.

“I used the money to establish the New Dream Art Training Class, which was my first real entrepreneurial venture.”

Christina smiled and nodded, "I know that at this time, you founded Hanhua Capital and made your first million dollars by shorting Yahoo on the stock market?"

"Yes."

“Is the money you invested earned through your new dream?”

"Yes. The Chinese art training market is more profitable than I thought. After making more money, in addition to continuing to expand the art training business, I invested some in the capital market." Xu Liangdao.

"How do you tell Yahoo's stock is going to go down? Or how do you tell the entire Nasdaq stock market is going to go down?"

"intuition."

Xu Liang smiled.

He was now accustomed to blaming his intuition for things he couldn't explain.

"intuition?"

Xu Liang nodded, "I was just a high school student. At that time, my understanding of the stock market came more from books. Any finance major from the university would beat me in terms of professional knowledge.

Therefore, when it comes to financial investments, I rely more on intuition. "

After a pause, Xu Liang continued with a smile: "Now that I think about investing in Yahoo three years ago, I feel a little scared. I was really ignorant and fearless. I definitely don't have the courage now."

“But you later made huge fortunes by shorting Enron and buying and selling military stocks, and the Qinglong Fund, especially the Qinglong No. 1 Fund, has experienced the highest growth among all funds in the world this year.

Do you rely on intuition for these investments? "

"Intuition accounts for part of the reason, and the other part comes from professional judgment. When investing in Enron, Hanhua Capital had been established for more than a year and had professional investment analysts and traders.

I can make a more accurate judgment through the detailed business data they provide. "

Christina admired: "You are a real financial genius."

"Thanks."

"Mr. Xu, if ordinary people like me invest, do you have any suggestions?" Christina asked curiously.

The corners of Xu Liang's mouth curled up slightly.

The wait is now.

"Of course. Now I'm more bullish on long oil futures."

"Long oil futures? Mr. Xu thinks oil prices will rise?"

"That's for sure. Oil prices are closely related to global economic development.

In the West, the Nasdaq crisis is a thing of the past. The Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate to an unprecedented 1%, releasing huge liquidity.

According to the assessment of the World Monetary Fund, the U.S. economy will grow by more than 3% this year.

Led by the United States, the entire Western economy will rise.

In the East, it goes without saying that China's economy develops by more than 10% per year, which means huge energy consumption.

Countries in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea have also emerged from the 1997 financial crisis and are developing better and better.

OPEC formulates a policy to increase oil production, and then countries add new oil wells. It will take only one or two years to achieve this.

The gap between demand and production can quickly widen.

Therefore, from a macro perspective, rising oil prices are certain. "Xu Liang affirmed.

He didn't speak fast and tried to record every word clearly.

This is one of the reasons why he agreed to be interviewed by Time Magazine.

With the influence of Time Magazine, more people can understand his investment goals and objectives.