Society owes me a brother

"Adolf Stephenson?" Lu Chi, who has the ability of photographic memory, immediately recognized who was coming.Immediately got up and smiled: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect you to come here to eat."

"It's not a coincidence." Adolf Stephenson smiled slightly, showing a slightly shy expression, and said frankly: "I have been paying close attention to Mr. Lu's itinerary when I heard that the first fundraiser flew to Washington to lobby Congress. .”

When Adolf Stephenson said this, he looked at Aldrich Albert who had been sitting in the box and hadn't said much, hooked the corner of his mouth and said: "Because of the cooperation in California before, I originally thought that Mr. Lu was arriving in Washington. You will want to see me later. I didn’t expect Alberto to be the first member of parliament favored by the Hand of God.”

Aldrich Albert also stood up. Hearing this, he bowed politely: "It is my honor to be able to gain Mr. Lu's trust."

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.There are quite some tit-for-tat undercurrents.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little delicate.

Lu Chi and Yue Bin looked at each other calmly.No one thought that Adolf Stephenson would play a through ball the first time they met.

But no matter what Adolf Stephenson's calculations are, the current situation is very beneficial to Lu Chi and First Financing.

So Yue Bin smiled warmly, and invited: "There is a saying in Huaxia that it is better to meet by chance than to invite each other. Since Mr. Stephenson is here, you might as well sit down and have a light meal."

"Of course, then I'll do as I please." Adolf Stephenson nodded with a smile, and replied in slightly blunt Mandarin - although the idiom is not so appropriate, it is obvious that no one will take it seriously .

With Adolf Stephenson taking his seat, Aldrich Albert, who was originally excited, gradually calmed down.In my mind, I quickly calculated the advantages and disadvantages of myself and Adolf Stephenson respectively, and quickly conceived a draft that was no less than a campaign speech, and prepared to show my advantages in front of Lu Chi, a Wall Street tycoon.

The door of the box was knocked again, and the reaction was a little faster than that of Lu Chi and Yue Bin. Adolf Stephenson and Aldrich Albert looked at the door at the same time.I saw the door of the private room was pushed open, and the service staff with trays in their hands came in one after another—they came to serve the food.

Seeing that there was no third person to cross the line again, Adolf Stephenson and Aldrich Albert breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.The thin breathing sound was a bit obvious in the quieter box, Adolf Stephenson and Aldrich Albert subconsciously looked at each other, thinking secretly.

For a while, the dishes were ready.The service staff exited one by one and closed the door behind them.

The atmosphere became quiet again.

A person was suddenly added to the relatively secret dinner for three that was originally set, and everyone knew exactly what kind of mood and purpose Adolf Stephenson was looking for.Of course, Adolf Stephenson's initiative is definitely a good thing for Lu Chi and Yue Bin.

Lu Chi has never had much experience in such things as active atmosphere at social parties.Therefore, Yue Bin can only take on the heavy responsibility.With Yue Bin's gags deliberately alleviating, the atmosphere at the dinner table gradually became more relaxed.

Lu Chi also took advantage of the opportunity to chat about business, and everyone talked while eating.

It concerns Wall Street and Silicon Valley tycoon Lu Chi, and the first financing case spread throughout Congress and the White House as early as the relevant departments raised doubts.Therefore, Adolf Stephenson and Aldrich Albert also have a deep understanding of the situation of the first financing, and even took the initiative to consider how to speak if they were to persuade Congress from the standpoint of the first financing.

This time I saw Lu Chi himself, not only to show his favor to Lu Chi, but also to show his ability. Both of them expressed their thoughts without reservation.Among them, Adolf Stephenson, as a member of a veteran political family, naturally has more traditional ideas and means. He wants to lobby other members of Congress through his own and even his family's influence, and even implicitly mentioned some aspects of interest exchange.

Relatively speaking, Aldrich, who had just joined the Congress and whose experience was still a little immature, became more passionate about his ideas.He wants to make most of the young congressmen who support innovation and innovation through speeches, the White House and even the trade committee approve the first financing, and then initiate a vote to promote legislative decisions... In short, it is positive.

It is undeniable that due to the difference in education in the two people's family backgrounds and growth environments, the two people's methods of doing things are also completely different.However, the ideas of the two have their own advantages. For Lu Chi and Yue Bin, the best choice is to accept all the orders and keep pace with each other——

As the saying goes, children only do multiple-choice questions, and of course adults ask for all of them!

After finalizing the plan, next, Lu Chi and Yue Bin are going to give them three days to see how well Adolf Stephenson and Aldrich Albert will execute after they talk.

Adolf Stephenson and Aldrich Albert knew well that while Lu Chi was looking forward to their help, this was also a test given to them by Lu Chi.

In the next few days, while Lu Chi and Yue Bin followed the movements of Adolf Stephenson and Aldrich Albert, they continued to contact other people step by step.Only this time, they also brought Mr. Mark, the manager of the investment department of Leap Deer Fund.

The main reason is to save time. After Lu Chi and Yue Bin meet with these congressmen for the first time, the next matters can be handed over to Mark to be in charge of liaison.

After all, Lu Chi's identity and responsibilities do not allow him to devote [-]% of his energy to this matter.

As for why he didn't bring Mark with him when he met Aldrich, it was mainly because Lu Chidang had seen Aldrich's information and was more optimistic about this person, and he had a good impression of him. Aldrich's personality also allowed him to make a more accurate judgment on the next contact.But I didn't expect Adolf Stephenson to be inserted halfway.Of course, the same sentence, the final situation is quite favorable.

On the other hand, Eric Weiss, who came with Lu Chi, also signaled that the senator he had befriended would speak for the first financing.At the same time, after learning that Lu Chi personally went to Washington to lobby Congress, those Wall Street tycoons who had cooperated with Lu Chi or expected to have a cooperative relationship with Lu also came forward to express their favor - including the Locke family who had been silent before. .

Because of the generous support of so many capital tycoons, the proposal for the first financing was vigorous and vigorous from the very beginning, and there was a huge battle.However, as everyone expected before, if someone is willing to help, there will naturally be strong opposition. Those who strongly oppose it are not because they don't want to save Lu's face, but behind most of these congressmen are those old-school financing forces. .

As I said before, the emergence of the first financing has affected the financing methods of Wall Street and Silicon Valley.If the proposal of the first financing is successful this time, and country M really promulgates new legislation for equity crowdfunding, then those old malicious capitals that rely on information asymmetry and opacity to deceive start-ups will be directly affected.

Under the conflict of interests, the opposition of these forces is naturally crazy and strong.It is also because of this that the proposal for the first financing caused strong differences among members of Congress at the very beginning, even the White House and the Trade Committee were not spared—even experts and professors in the academic circles of the country M who have been paying close attention to current events in the global economy They couldn't sit still anymore, and they all stood up and made speeches, expounding their views and opinions on this financial revolution.

Things immediately fell into a strong storm of public opinion and entanglement of interests.Fortunately, Lu Chi and Yue Bin were already prepared—they knew they wanted to amend the law—even if they used capital to promote legislation, it was not that easy.So they have long been ready to fight a protracted war.

Because of this, Lu Chi did not have the idea of ​​smashing Congress and the White House in Washington.After handing over the specific matters to Mark and the website managers Tom and Jack, Lu Chi and Yue Bin flew back to New York again—they still had to preside over other affairs of the Leap Deer Fund and the campus network.

And after Lu Chi returned to New York, the old Mr. Locke also came to the door immediately.However, what Lu Chi didn't expect was that the reason why Old Locke came to him was to short Eric's assets.

"Why?" Lu Chi looked at Old Locke in disbelief.

Although Lu Zhi said it first, Eric Weiss also issued subordinated bonds in order to earn huge profits, and the number was not small.Now that Eric Weiss has put a large amount of money in this area in order to short the housing market in country M, the liquidity chain of Eric's assets is naturally more tense.It is not uncommon for the Locke Group to want to short Eric's assets out of the consideration of maximizing profits.

He has long been accustomed to the profit-seeking nature of capital, and the reason why Lu Chi couldn't believe it was not that Old Locke wanted to short his allies, but that Old Locke actually had a list to stab him in front of him.Could it be that the attitude he gave before was not obvious enough?Or is it that Old Locke already has enough confidence...

"We are allies." Lu Chi frowned slightly, expressing his rejection very clearly: "Old Mr. Locke, I respect your character, but I can't accept this kind of thing. I will never betray my allies."

But what Lu Chi didn't expect again was that in the face of his doubts, Old Locke just smiled slightly, and he didn't become angry from embarrassment, nor did he have any thoughts of shame.

"I know that you are a very principled child. I believe in your character and appreciate your actions. But I want you to know one thing—"

When Mr. Locke said this, he smiled slightly, and said in a leisurely manner: "The reason why the Locke Group wants to short Eric's assets is entirely out of commercial considerations. Of course, I don't think such a move does not mean that Locke The group betrayed the allies."

"After all, it was Eric Weiss himself who took the lead in choosing to short the Locke Group behind our backs."