Chapter 506: Eliminate harm for the people!
Bill Gates' reaction was within Lu Yiming's expectations.
And this is the most correct response of a qualified capitalist.
Facing Bill Gates' inquiry, Lu Yiming raised his tone and said, "Don't worry, go find a group of people first. We can't do this alone. It's easy to short the US stock market. We have to think about how to get out of this situation in advance, my friend."
Bill Gates, who was born into the upper class of the United States, naturally understood what Lu Yiming meant. Shorting US stocks is actually something allowed by the rules. After all, the United States advocates freedom and democracy, and its financial market is open, welcoming investors from all over the world to come and play.
But everyone on the blue planet should understand one thing: without equal military force, don't expect the other party to reason with you.
And which country is the most unreasonable in the world?
Beautiful country.
The United States' own short sellers are shorting U.S. stocks, which is like meat rotting in the pot.
Outsiders want to come and grab some meat?
Haha, just wait to be locked up and beaten to death with sticks.
So Lu Yiming's choice was to use Bill Gates to bring together a group of powerful people in the United States, use the tiger's skin as a banner, and do this together.
When the time comes, the law will not hold everyone responsible, so what can you do?
Moreover, Lu Yiming has been playing by the rules of the game from the beginning to the end. He is looking for someone to take the blame simply because he is afraid that the United States will break the rules and play tricks.
As for what will happen to the U.S. stock market , how many technology companies will go bankrupt, and how many people will lose their jobs, Lu Yiming doesn't care at all.
After all, he is not a Chinese.
After playing ball for a while and discussing almost everything, Bill Gates agreed to hold a dinner at his estate the next day to welcome Lu Yiming and said he would introduce some people to Lu Yiming, to which Lu Yiming readily agreed.
The next night, Lu Yiming arrived as scheduled and met a new face in Bill Gates' manor.
“This is Paul Allen.”
Bill Gates introduced to Lu Yiming.
"Paul, this is Lu Yiming, whom I often mentioned to you."
When he heard the name Paul Allen, Lu Yiming's eyes lit up.
To be honest, everyone is familiar with the name of the richest man Bill Gates, but Paul Allen also made an indispensable contribution to Bill Gates's ability to sit on the throne of the world's richest man for so many years.
The two knew each other when they were at Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle. Paul Allen was two years older than Bill Gates, but he and Bill Gates shared a common hobby - computer programming.
It was also because of this that he soon became Bill's best partner. In order to complete the curriculum for 400 students at Lakeside Middle School, the two of them did not take a shower or go out, and stayed in the room writing code.
Often, Bill Gates would be too tired to do anything and would lie down to rest for a while, and then Paul Allen would get up and continue writing. When Paul Allen was tired, Bill Gates would take over his work.
In this way, the two of them worked around the computer and finally designed a perfect program before school started, creating a course timetable that took into account four hundred students.
This was the beginning of the cooperation between the two. In 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates jointly founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began selling BASIC interpreters.
The New York Times reported that it was Paul Allen who gave Microsoft the name "Micro-Soft".
In 1980, led by Paul Allen, Microsoft bought an operating system called QDOS for $59,000 .
At that time, the deadline of the agreement with IBM was approaching, and Bill Gates and Paul Allen were worried about not being able to complete the development of the operating system in time. After purchasing the fully functional QDOS, Microsoft modified its code to meet IBM's requirements. In the end, Microsoft's product was adopted by IBM as the operating system for new computers, and this cooperation also became a stepping stone for Microsoft's future growth.
Paul Allen resigned from Microsoft in 1983 due to Hodgkin's disease, left the board in 1984, recovered after several months of radiation therapy and a bone marrow transplant, and returned to the board in 1990.
Facing this great god, Lu Yiming said politely: "I have heard of your great name for a long time."
Paul Allen also seemed quite easygoing. He joked, "I often hear Bill talk about you. It's hard to believe that the ancient East could produce a young genius like you."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I often hear Bill talk about you. He said that without you, there would be no Microsoft today."
Behind every successful man, there is always one or two reliable friends who support and help each other.
For Bill Gates, Paul Allen is his mentor and friend.
Lu Yiming and Bill Gates explained their plan to short the U.S. stock market to Paul Allen.
Bill Gates has always attached great importance to the opinions of his friends, so he looked at him without blinking and asked seriously: "Paul, what do you think about this matter?"
Paul Allen thought about it and felt that Lu Yiming's analysis was very objective and had a high chance of success.
Microsoft, which is now embroiled in an antitrust lawsuit, is the best example of this. The former United States spared no effort to promote the information superhighway plan, and even people on Wall Street followed suit, causing Internet concept stocks to continue to be hyped up. Microsoft benefited from this, but in contrast, the prices of the entire industry have indeed been inflated to an astonishing level.
In fact, there are smart people on Wall Street. For example, the well-known short-selling company Quantum Fund was very stubborn in the early days and openly chose to fight the dot-com bubble. Its head Stanley Druckenmiller directly selected twelve overvalued technology stocks and made short positions worth $200 million.
But a smart person can never beat a mountain of fools.
Under the frenzied speculation of Wall Street financial capital, the share prices of all the stocks bought by Stanley Druckenmiller rose unstoppably. In less than a few weeks, Druckenmiller, who advocated short selling, lost more than $600 million and almost lost all his money.
In May 1999, the company's old client, the Hausman Fund, announced that it would cut its investment in the Quantum Fund by more than half, and other investors also redeemed their funds.
As a result, under tremendous pressure, Druckenmiller had to announce that he would give up shorting technology stocks, join the bubble, and start buying a large number of technology stocks.
So don’t think you are smart and go against the market. You may be smarter than a fool, but fools have money.
There are many similar cases. For example, Quantum Fund's old rival Tiger Fund also initially chose not to get involved in technology stocks. Its head Julian Robertson publicly declared that technology stock prices were too high and chose to concentrate on investing in traditional value stocks.
However, in early 1999, the share price of United States Airlines, which Robertson held, fell by 29 percent in just three weeks, and Federal-Mogul fell by 30 percent in the first half of the year.
At this time, investors were no longer interested in value stocks, and Robertson's choice to ignore the hot technology stocks caused investors to start withdrawing their funds on a large scale. Robertson had to buy technology stocks in order to make a profit. In March 1999, he established a $200 million technology stock investment portfolio.
In Lu Yiming's opinion, this is the current stock market situation in the United States. Too many financial forces have been tied to the chariot and are rushing towards hell.
Many fund companies are swept up by the general trend and have to move forward.
If you don't get off the car, you will definitely fall to your death.
But if I want to get off the car, I might fall to my death. It's really a dilemma, and I'm in a difficult situation.
To put it bluntly, what Lu Yiming has to do is to "pick up corpses" and take away the "legacy" from those companies that have fallen to their deaths.
After listening to Lu Yiming's ideas, Paul Allen asked, "Do you have any specific plans?"
Lu Yiming did not hide it and said, "I plan to first acquire a short-selling fund company that is not doing well, and then inject new capital into it. The next step is to create a god."
Paul Allen and Bill Gates were puzzled when they heard this: "Creating a god?"
Lu Yiming smiled and explained, "Yes, to create a god. The general public is always blind and easily incited, so we have to create an omnipotent stock market god for them to help them make decisions. At the same time, it is also to influence public opinion and the situation and push the situation in a direction that is favorable to us."
Paul Allen was surprised and said, "I thought you would stand on the stage yourself. After all, when I was your age, my favorite thing to do was to be in the spotlight."
Lu Yiming quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, I have always been a low-key person. There is an old saying in Xia country, "A tall tree attracts the wind." I don't want to be targeted by hyenas."
This hyena naturally refers to the United States Ministry of Justice.
You know, the Department of Justice is not a good person in the United States, and can even be said to be "notorious." Any company that shorts will definitely be investigated afterwards, such as whether the short-selling agency shared the short-selling report in advance, or whether it participated in illegal transactions, used illegal means to lower the stock price, etc.
Lu Yiming is naturally not afraid of a normal investigation, but he is afraid of being framed. The Americans have been calling a black cat a white cat for a long time. If something really happens, who can stand up and uphold justice?
So of course we have to prepare for a rainy day and find a scapegoat first.
After that, Lu Yiming discussed a few more details of the transaction. Basically, everything was ready, except for the right time.
"Once the funds are in place, our plan can begin immediately. We must move quickly. The sooner we enter the market, the greater our gains will be."
Paul Allen was obviously also very interested in Lu Yiming's plan and immediately expressed his willingness to join. However, he continued, "The amount of money you need is too large. It's not that Bill and I can't come up with it, but it would be too conspicuous and would easily attract the hyenas from the Ministry of Justice."
As a native American, he naturally loves the United States, but he obviously loves the US dollar more.
But Paul Allen was not stupid. He knew that making money was fine, but he couldn't get burned. So he recommended someone to Lu Yiming: "I know a friend on Wall Street. If you want to get a large amount of funds, you can ask him for help."
After that, he gave Lu Yiming a phone number and told him the man's name.
“By the way, his name is Epstein.”
Lu Yiming was shocked by the name after hearing it: "Epstein is your friend?"
Jeffrey Epstein, who founded the Jay Epstein Company, owns a private Boeing 727 and a mansion in Manhattan, New York City, which is said to be the largest private mansion in New York.
He was arrested in 2007 for voting.
In 2019, he was indicted in New York for X-trafficking.
On the evening of August 9, 2019, 66-year-old Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in a prison in Lower Manhattan.
Memories of his past life echoed in his mind. Lu Yiming looked at the note in his hand, speechless for a moment.
Sure enough, only the United States could give birth to such a legend - a wonder.
Even though Lu Yiming was used to seeing the world, his heart was still in turmoil at this moment. You know, that was the famous "big shot" in North America in the future, a "lonely star" who could single-handedly bring down a large number of powerful people in North America and even Europe.
Anyone who has anything to do with him is like falling into a cesspool.
It seems that Epstein has already built his own Pleasure Island, which he has used to entertain European and American dignitaries and wealthy people, including the current US President John Kerry and England's middle-aged Prince Andrew, who are both frequent visitors to this place.
After all, the older the man, the more he likes younger girls.
However, Lu Yiming did not intend to have anything to do with this kind of "human shit" even a little bit.
"Well, the amount of manure he distributes is too heavy. I'm afraid I can't bear it. Can I get someone else?"
Neither Bill Gates nor Paul Allen expected that Lu Yiming would refuse to allow Jeffrey Epstein to join.
Bill Gates couldn't help but ask, "Epstein started to get involved in the financial investment field 20 years ago. He not only founded a financial management company named after himself, but also knew many big clients with personal assets of more than one billion US dollars. Ten years ago, he established close ties with the financial tycoons on Wall Street with his outstanding skills, so he is the best candidate."
Paul Allen also chimed in, saying, "Moreover, Epstein was not just in the wealthy circle. He also had close contacts with people in the political, business, academic and even fashion circles. He knew many big names, including many politicians."
I have to say that if Lu Yiming wants to find a protective umbrella, Jeffrey Epstein is really a good choice.
Apart from his problematic character, this person is truly impeccable in other aspects.
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Lu Yiming could only accept it with a pinch of his nose: "Okay, I'll go meet him."
Seeing Lu Yiming's resignation, Bill Gates was very happy and spoke well of Jeffrey Epstein: "He is the best at making friends. You will definitely like him."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming was secretly dissatisfied in his heart, looking at Bill Gates' old face, he thought secretly: You call him a good friend now, but in a dozen years I'm afraid he will just curse him as stinky shit.
Bill Gates didn't notice the strangeness in Lu Yiming's eyes. Instead, he continued to recommend enthusiastically, saying, "There will be a charity auction in New York in a few days. Epstein will also attend. I will introduce you to each other then."
When it comes to making friends, Lu Yiming will naturally run as far as he can. Now he is looking for Jeffrey Epstein to take the blame. After thinking about it, Lu Yiming's idea came to his mind.
Brother, I am eliminating harm for the people!
On the way back, Li Yiwen asked curiously, "Why do you seem to dislike Jeffrey Epstein? Is there something wrong with this guy?"
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "This guy has a lot of problems. If you call him stinking shit, even a dog would jump up and curse."
After hearing Lu Yiming's evaluation, Li Yiwen became even more curious about Jeffrey Epstein.
"There are still people like this?"
Some people look like humans from a distance and look like humans up close, but they just don't do human things.
Epstein was that kind of person.
On the path of being a scum, he really moved forward courageously and went further and further.
Lu Yiming looked around and found that no one was passing by, so he said, "Don't be fooled by the glamorous appearance of the United States. In fact, after the fig leaf is torn off, it is also stinking. Have you heard of Epstein's Happy Island?"
Li Yiwen frowned: "What island?"
He vaguely felt that this name seemed a little extraordinary, but it seemed difficult to say exactly what was extraordinary about it.
Lu Yiming said: "In 1996, Jeffrey Epstein moved the company's headquarters to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He also built a palace there and hired all kinds of young girls to entertain the rich and powerful."
"Wait, girl?"
Li Yiwen obviously heard an important keyword.
Lu Yiming shook his head and said, "Yes, if you are under sixteen, then what else can you be but a girl?"
Li Yiwen was shocked and asked, "Isn't this illegal in the United States?"
Lu Yiming sneered: "In our country, this would be enough to get people executed several times, but they can still exist openly and even use it to entertain the president and the prince. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
Then Li Yiwen's expression became a little strange, and he looked at Lu Yiming suspiciously: "You know it so clearly, don't you want to go to the island to experience it too?"
Lu Yiming was extremely contemptuous: "Bah! Who do you think I am? Am I the kind of person who can't control my own crotch? Moreover, even if I have the intention to do this, I dare not get on this pirate ship. He likes to secretly take pictures in private. If he catches me, will he come to my house every day to extort money from me? In fact, many people have been tricked by him in this way. Or one of his purposes for setting up this Happy Island is to trick people."
This matter has not been exposed yet, so many American dignitaries who regarded Jeffrey Epstein as a close friend have been kept in the dark.
But truth will eventually come to light, and Jeffrey Epstein's final outcome was "committing suicide" in prison. It can only be said that he deserved a good death.
Knowing it was a trap, Lu Yiming naturally wouldn't take part in it.
After Li Yiwen learned about Epstein's character from Lu Yiming, he immediately started to wonder, "Do we really have to cooperate with this kind of person?"
Lu Yiming spread his hands, looking helpless: "Didn't I just refuse? But now we can't find any other candidates. What's more, it is precisely because he is a scumbag that he is most likely to cooperate with us."
Li Yiwen was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Really? After all, we are causing trouble for the United States this time. Of course we have to find the scum. When the time comes, we will find the scum..."
“Shh…”
"Ha ha……"
