Wall Street Legend

As for businessmen, how many of them socialize to make friends, and most of them do so for profit.

Mr. Wu Jianmin is a banker. Based on the fields he is involved in, there is more or less overlap with Ye Dongqing. However, the scale of East West Bank is a bit small. In fact, it cannot be said to be small. It is just compared with those giants. Given the huge gap, Ye Dongqing didn't think he would get much benefit from giving up the original cooperative relationship and switching to East West Bank.

You can't go to the trouble of transferring assets to them just because you are Chinese like yourself. This is not in Ye Dongqing's interests.

Compared with its strength, it is not in the same weight class at all. A big bank can help Ye Dongqing deal with a lot of troubles, but East West Bank cannot. Its influence is limited to the Chinese community in the United States, which is a marginalized group.

Ye Dongqing has always disliked people making a fuss about her skin color. For example, when reporting news, she would always use words such as "Chinese", "yellow race", "Chinatown boy" and so on.

It’s not that his skin color itself has anything to do with it, but considering the social environment of his race in the United States, it always makes him feel very uncomfortable. It seems that it is normal for white people to succeed, and it is unimaginable for yellow people to succeed. This is also a kind of Invisible discrimination.

When he was in school, he was bullied because he was Chinese. When he was engaged in the shady money laundering industry, he lost many orders because of his appearance. White people and black people often felt that Chinese people could not be trusted.

Living in such an environment over time, I have learned to subconsciously avoid being labeled with certain labels. Speaking of the social reasons why Chinese people are not valued, one of the important ones is that many Chinese people will not take the initiative to integrate. Even in the United States, they will form a group. Chinatown is the best proof of this small group. Some older immigrants who don’t speak much English have never even left Chinatown in their entire lives.

Ye Dongqing does not mind doing something to help, such as using his own influence to change the impression of his compatriots in the minds of others, but he does not want to be "kidnapped" because Mr. Wu said to him: "We are all our own people." , the vast majority of Chinese Americans store their assets with us. I know that your company stores a large amount of funds. It is absolutely right to choose East West Bank. In addition, our company has also launched several insurance products customized for high-end people, which are very suitable for you. Successful people at your age should think more about the future."

The three sentences are inseparable from money, and it is not of much benefit to oneself. Needless to say, insurance is a scam, especially financial insurance products. This makes Ye Dongqing feel that today is not a medal for herself, but a medal. He was eyeing his own money and bullying himself for being young and ignorant.

Sitting there, he smiled and shook his head. He originally planned to ask his assistant to make a few cups of tea, but now he no longer had this idea. The residents of Xiangjiang tend to be straightforward in their actions and speech, and this is clearly reflected in Mr. Wu.

"Let's talk about this again when we have the opportunity. I haven't thought about buying insurance yet." Changing the topic, Ye Dongqing asked Jack Chen: "I have heard the name of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. What kind of organization does it belong to? Chinese Americans in the United States A small group formed spontaneously?”

"That's pretty much it. It's registered in California. It's not a small, informal organization. We have quite a few members.

In the past, Huang Xinxiang of Los Angeles and Jerry Yang of Yahoo were neck and neck, competing for the position of the richest Chinese American in the United States. Now you stand out and overwhelm them both. Each company is better than the other. In addition to giving you an award this time, I also want to attract you to become We have members from all walks of life, including many lawyers, editors, accountants, and more businessmen. We all do business together in the United States, occasionally find time to meet each other, and often have activities in various parts of the United States. An organization. "

It sounds very boring at first glance. After returning to this era, Ye Dongqing has already met many people, and has formed a play circle composed of various friends around him, with Jobs, Bezos, Bloomberg, Buffett and others. I have gotten to know each other, and I don’t think there is any need to join a small group. It’s hard to say whether they can help me, but as long as I join, there will definitely be more unnecessary troubles, such as being with a bunch of unknown people. Socializing and more.

The only benefit is probably a little limelight in the Chinese American community, but as Jack Chen said, he has become the richest Chinese American, so why rely on this organization to gain limelight?

I am used to working alone, so I hesitated a little at this moment, and said politely: "I'm quite interested, but I'm just a student now, and I haven't even joined the club, so let's forget it for the time being, and we'll talk about it when we have the opportunity in the future, okay?"

He raised his arm and glanced at his watch, and then said: "Sorry, I have to rush to the embassy to handle some matters now. I have invested in a company in China. I have encountered some problems recently. I have to rush there to handle it in person. Are you free tonight? Let’s make an appointment to chat then?”

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Neither Bernard Madoff nor the two who arrived later had much contact with Ye Dongqing and had nothing to talk about.

It was true that he wanted to go to the embassy. The idea just came to him. He had not visited it in person since investing in Tencent. In addition, he had already had the idea of ​​investing more in China's Internet industry. It would be better to go and see it in person. But not in the past few days. He had just returned from the Hawaiian Islands and wanted to rest for a few more days before talking.

There is one more medal in the office. Look at the current achievements. The number of medals will only increase in the future. Jack Chen declined the proposal to have dinner together because chatting now is awkward and there will probably be nothing to talk about next time they meet. It is better not to eat it directly, Ye Dongqing is also happy to be clean.

If it were in the past, he might have had the patience to make more friends and expand his network of contacts, but now he has a different idea. With some confidence, he can selectively contact friends and the like.

I ate takeout in the office at noon. I bought two more and took them upstairs to Laura and Zhao Liuli. Then I lay on bed and rested for a while. It wasn’t until the afternoon that I called Silicon Valley to ask them when they could send people to China. He asked people to sort out the materials, and he planned to send them to the embassy in person. After all, he was considered a celebrity. He should be able to expedite the paperwork and get the visa as soon as possible.

Laura ate fried noodles and told Ye Dongqing as gossip: "Do you remember my friend Renee? Your friend Richard Rockefeller went to London to meet her in person and said that the child could be He was born, but it could not affect his life for the time being, and he wrote a check for two million pounds to Renee.”

"Then, she calmed down?"

"I think it's possible. She really, really wants to live in the Rockefeller Estate. At least there's some hope, right? From the first day I met her, I knew she was a materialistic woman..."