Society owes me a brother

In the financial market, Lu Chi has always given people the impression of being ruthless, resourceful, sophisticated and ruthless.However, in real life, it is mainly at the level of getting along with people. Even people like Old Locke and Eric Weiss, who are sophisticated and deep in the city, have to admit that Lu Chi is basically straightforward and easy to trust. A good person who is also easily trusted by others——

That's right, Lu Chi, the new Wall Street tycoon with sharp trading skills, left the impression on other tycoons—not only allies but opponents, they are all trustworthy and good people.

A thousand gold and one promise, you will never go back on what you promised, and you will not do things in person or in reverse.Capable, talented and noble, able to lead everyone to make money, but will not lead everyone into the ditch for making money like some malicious capital.It is precisely because of Lu Chi's character and style that partners who have cooperated with Lu Chi are willing to support Lu Chi at critical moments. In addition to Lu Chi's ability to give them the benefits they want, everyone also likes the atmosphere of cooperation with Lu Chi.

However, Lu Chi himself strives to treat others with sincerity in the process of cooperation, and of course he also hopes that his partners can treat him in the same way.So after hearing what Old Locke said, it is undeniable that Lu Chi was a little shocked.But he didn't immediately believe Old Locke's one-sided words.

That night, after parting, Lu Chi immediately initiated a video call to Eric Weiss in Washington, wanting to ask what was going on.

Sure enough, the actions that were sworn in by Old Locke had different understandings when they came to Eric Weiss.

"Dear Lu, you also know that Eric Assets is a hedge fund. Since you want to hedge, you have to make a choice. Short selling Locke Bank is such a hedging behavior-in fact, the old Locke in this matter It’s a bit of a sneaky change of concept. Eric’s assets are short-sold by Rock Bank, not Rock Group!”

Erik Weiss on the other end of the video actively explained: "Although they are all businesses of the Rock family. But the two cannot be confused. I shorted Rock Bank for hedging—you know that from the second half of 05 to now, Eric Assets has issued a lot of subordinated bonds. In order to ensure that the company’s interests will not be lost, I have shorted many banks and financial institutions on Wall Street. Including Lehman, Bell, New Century, HF Bank and several others we chose before... ...You said that the decline in the housing market in country M will affect the survival of the entire Wall Street. So I want to short the capital side of Wall Street, just for hedging. Rock Bank is also one of the five largest investment banks on Wall Street. If we choose to short, we will naturally have no choice Bypassing Locke Bank, wouldn't that be too obvious? But I don't understand why old Locke made such a fuss?"

"Eric!" Lu Chi pressed his brows wearily, and said patiently: "I can understand Old Locke's thoughts. After all, we are allies. You shouldn't carry our agreement and privately short the allies' industries."

"No, no, no." Eric Weiss interrupted Lu Chi, and said disapprovingly: "Dear Lu, you have to know that Old Locke is different from you. The Locke family is one of the largest chaebol families in country M. Old Locke has been in charge of the Locke family for so many years, and there is absolutely no such word as 'can't' in his dictionary, let alone the concept of not touching the cheese of allies. You can't judge others by yourself, and use your way of thinking to figure out his thoughts."

"Actually, in my opinion, the reason why Old Locke told you about Eric's assets shorting Locke Bank is to sow discord." Eric Weiss frowned and cursed rather tiredly: "fuck, This is obviously a very common hedging behavior, but he just wants to rise to the height of betrayal, using the excuse to make a deliberate statement. Dear Lu, he wants to break us up."

"Eric..." Lu Chi hesitated to speak.

"You let him short Eric's assets!" Eric Weiss grabbed his extremely delicately trimmed and waxed hair, a little annoyed: "Dear Lu, you trust me. I can accept Rock Group's shorting of Egypt The behavior of Rick’s assets. In business and business, I will not deliberately prevent the Locke Group from looking for benefits. This is not in line with the nature of capital. I just have no way not to mind. Old Locke actually regards this hedging behavior as a serious matter and forces you .My dear Lu, he is testing you."

Lu Chi: "..."

Although he didn't know what Eric Weiss and Old Locke were going to do, Lu Chi thought about it and sighed casually: "Forget it. I don't want to care about this matter anymore. No matter what you think or do, I will keep Neutral. I just want to remind you that it may not be that important to make a small move behind the scenes, but it must not affect our big plan."

"Don't worry." Eric Weiss pondered for a moment, and solemnly assured: "Whether you believe it or not, dear Lu. I will never short the Leap Deer Fund and the campus network behind your back."

Lu Chi was taken aback when he heard this.

Eric Weiss continued on the phone: "Because you are different from them. Dear Lu, I regard you as my best and most important friend. Eric Weiss can make small moves behind his back, It's all for profit. But Eric Weiss will never betray a friend. This is the essential difference between me and Old Locke."

Lu Chi was silent for a long while without answering.

On the other end of the video, Eric Weiss's expression was very serious: "I will only say this once. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, as long as I believe it myself."

After another long silence, Lu Chi smiled helplessly and shook his head.For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Eric Weiss didn't mean to force Lu Chi to reply immediately.He carefully observed Lu Chi's expression, and asked cautiously: "Dear Lu, I'm flying back to New York this weekend, and I'm going to hold a private party at home. Are you coming?"

"I will go." Lu Chi nodded.

Eric Weiss breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled immediately: "That's good."

As we all know, Lu Chi has always hated going to parties.Since he was born in Wall Street and Silicon Valley, the parties that Lu Chi has attended are not only a handful, but also definitely counted by hand.Especially after the battle that pushed up international crude oil prices, Lu Chi basically only attended friends' parties.

Eric Weiss wasn't worried that Lu Chi would break off ties with him because of this matter - Lu Chi's heart would not be able to do such a childish impulsive thing.He just wanted to find a chance to meet and chat, so as to eliminate the knot in Lu Chi's heart and at the same time put eye drops on Old Locke.

After turning off the video, Lu Chi sat on the sofa and sighed silently.Yue Bin, who had just been cutting fruit in the kitchen, came over with a fruit plate, and asked with a smile, "How is it? Did you make it clear?"

Lu Chi took a piece of apple with salad dressing that Yue Bin handed him, and said helplessly: "What else can I do? The public is right and the woman is right. They all have their own reasons."

"Capital is chasing profit!" Compared to Lu Chi's inexplicable emotion, Yue Bin, who has been fascinated by it since he was a child, is accustomed to it: "In business, no matter whether they make trouble or give charcoal in a timely manner, what prompts them to make a final judgment will eventually be returned. It has to be the strength of the parties involved. Eric Weiss’ idea is also correct. Since hedging is to be done, of course the maximization of interests must be considered. Rock Bank issued so many subordinated bonds at the beginning. Once the subprime mortgage crisis broke out, the stock price of Rock Bank It will definitely be affected. If it were me, I would not let go of such a good short-selling opportunity. What's more, isn't Old Locke not idle!"

"Of course, if it were the Leap Deer Fund, I believe that neither Eric Weiss nor Old Locke would choose to short..." Yue Bin suddenly smiled when he said this: "Of course, this is not what they really do. You value the interests of your friends more than the interests of your allies. It’s just that you are afraid of your trading methods in the stock market, and you are afraid that you will be caught if you sell short.”

"So you don't have to be so entangled at all." Yue Bin said, inserted another orange for Lu Chi, took advantage of the opportunity to ask for a kiss, and said with a smile: "I don't think they dare to do things behind your back in a short time. Counting the Leap Deer Fund."

As for their quarreling among themselves—

Yue Bin raised his eyebrows disapprovingly: "Didn't Eric say that he just wanted to do hedging? Since they said so, you can believe it. Eric's assets and the Locke Group are shorting each other, which can be regarded as giving each other money." A layer of double insurance. As long as you don't delay the serious business, you don't care about them!"

Besides, things have come to this point.Even if Lu Chi wants to take care of it, there is no space and leeway to intervene!

Lu Chi thought about it, and it was indeed the case.Since there is nothing I can do, there is no need to sit here and worry about others.only--

"It still needs to be watched." Lu Chi played with the fruit fork in his hand and said thoughtfully: "Considering that everyone is an ally, I was really embarrassed to pay too much attention to Eric's assets and Locke. Group's movement."

But now it seems that if they don't keep an eye on it, they will really fly behind their backs.And the fact that these two giants were able to lose their integrity during the cooperation period and secretly short each other also made Lu Chi feel a little vigilant——

As Yue Bin said, in a short period of time, they may not dare to plan for Leap Deer Fund because of Lu Chi's influence in the stock market, but what if they become bold one day?

As the saying goes, you must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.Lu Chi doesn't want to judge his friends with the most sinister heart, but he also doesn't want to have such a bad thing under the lights.So the best preventive method is to do things more thoughtfully, and never give people an opportunity to take advantage of, and don't test your friends' sincerity with benefits.

Thinking of this, Lu Chi simply went back to his study to figure out a plan, and planned to set up another financial observation team within the Yuelu Fund.The main responsible business is to pay attention to the financial movements of peers through various channels allowed by law.Use this to analyze the business strategies and investment intentions of peers to avoid analysis blind spots.

Lu Chi didn't know that his decision on a whim would turn into the "Lu's Index" that influences the global financial community one day in the future, and became a weathervane that financial people around the world must refer to.