Chapter 693: Lin Yuzhen's Life Experience (Part 1)
Li Yiwen called Lu Yiming and was surprised to learn that Lu Yiming had returned from the United States.
"How come you only came back after a few days in the United States this time?"
Lu Yiming complained: "I'll come back after I finish my work. Do I have to travel in the United States? Are you tired of living?"
"Too."
Li Yiwen still agreed with Lu Yiming's words.
"Did you get everything you wanted?"
"Yeah, it went pretty smoothly."
After all, if you use money to pave the way, nothing will go wrong in this world.
Money is the most useful thing in the world. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can buy everything in the world.
If you say you can't buy it, the only reason is that you are poor.
Li Yiwen sighed and said, "You are making more and more enemies with the United States by doing this. You brought back so many hot potatoes. If they are exposed, the United States will definitely be furious."
Every time Lu Yiming did something, it was like dancing on the edge of a knife. Nothing was safe and steady. Li Yiwen felt a little numb. Even if Lu Yiming said he wanted to go to the moon one day, he felt that he would not be surprised.
"Go ahead and get mad. Anyway, I've already got the goods back. Can I still return them? Besides, you can't make money in this world by following the rules."
As for the theory, Li Yiwen felt that even if he had three mouths, he would not be able to argue with Lu Yiming, so he simply stopped talking and just reminded him: "Forget it, it's already been done, just do it to the end, the most taboo thing is hesitation. Just make arrangements on the US side and it'll be fine."
"Not yet. As soon as the equipment was transferred to the Mexican border, I rushed back to the country."
After Li Yiwen's reminder, Lu Yiming remembered that there was still some work that had not been arranged on the other side of the ocean.
"Now that you mention it, I do have some things to arrange. Okay, I won't talk any more. I'll wait for you to come over and have barbecue together. I haven't had it for a long time."
"Okay, then I'll hang up."
"Um."
After talking with Li Yiwen, Lu Yiming quickly made a phone call to the United States. The person who answered the phone was Comrade Marcus Beck, a capitalist fighter who worked hard for him in New York.
After a period of indifference, Marcus Baker was very excited when he received a call from Lu Yiming, and he reported to him the current development status of the company.
Thanks to its high rate of return, Saltwater Fund has now raised more than US$8 billion in funds. Although it is still an insignificant small fish in the U.S. stock market, its development momentum is extremely rapid, and it can already start preying on shrimps.
After talking about the company's current situation, Marcus Beck said, "Boss, the forecast data you gave me before is a bit unhelpful, especially for Yahoo, which is our largest purchase."
Previously, Lu Yiming had given Marcus Baker a list of stocks, which included the stock price changes of several well-known star companies in the United States, such as Internet companies like Yahoo and Amazon. Lu Yiming knew their history in detail.
With these data, Marcus Baker and the entire Saltwater Fund's traders were able to dominate the market. Every day when they opened their eyes, they would see green dollars flowing into their arms.
But recently, money has not been so easy to make.
For example, the fluctuations in Yahoo's stock price gradually began to exceed Lu Yiming's expectations.
This is normal. After all, the stock market is changing dynamically, and any buying and selling will have an impact on the stock price.
Half a year ago, the size of the Saltwater Fund was only tens of millions of US dollars, so this impact was still small, so Lu Yiming was able to easily predict the stock price with the knowledge he accumulated in his previous life, thus ensuring a profit.
But now it’s different. With a scale and volume of over one billion US dollars invested in Yahoo, the data in Lu Yiming’s memory of his previous life has become of little reference value.
This result made Marcus Beck feel very anxious. After all, the company now promised new customers an 8% return rate, and not making money would be a huge loss.
Lu Yiming listened to Marcus Beck quietly, and had expected this result. After all, he had not thought too much about changing the course of the world. No matter how powerful an individual is, he can't stop the tide of the times. But the stock market is different. The inflow and outflow of large amounts of funds will indeed cause unpredictable effects. And now, the Saltwater Fund has been able to affect the U.S. stock market.
For Lu Yiming, the early speculation was just to make a quick buck, but now that he has established himself, there is no need to continue taking such risks.
Lu Yiming opened the stock software on his computer, searched carefully, and said, "This is indeed a problem. I have been thinking about it for a few months. I called you to talk about this. Yahoo's stock can be sold now. I have selected thirteen stocks again."
"Thirteen?"
Marcus Beck doesn't like the number thirteen.
Legend has it that Jesus had a dinner with his disciples before he was killed. The 13th person who attended the dinner was Judas, one of Jesus' disciples. It was this Judas who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities for 30 pieces of silver, causing Jesus to suffer. There were 13 people who attended the Last Supper, and the date of the dinner happened to be the 13th. "13" brought suffering and misfortune to Jesus. From then on, "13" was considered a symbol of misfortune. "13" is a synonym for betrayal and selling out.
Therefore, Lu Yiming chose thirteen stocks, which made Marcus Baker very uncomfortable.
"Why not fourteen or twelve?"
Lu Yiming laughed loudly, and his tone seemed to contain the pleasure of having succeeded in a prank.
"I've chosen so many, what can I do? If you ask me to choose more, I can't choose. If I choose less, I will lose a lot of money. You don't want Saltwater Fund to lose money, do you? I am a socialist successor and believe in materialism. I can't be scared by the illusory ghosts and gods."
However, Marcus Beck said firmly: "No, I can't accept this number."
Lu Yiming looked embarrassed and sighed, "Well, okay, okay, you Europeans and Americans say that we are feudal and superstitious in the East, but I think you are the most feudal and superstitious. Then I will choose two more, okay? I am really afraid of you."
Marcus Beck: "..."
Lu Yiming reported fifteen stocks to Marcus Baker.
However, in reality, among these fifteen stocks, only ten were the ones Lu Yiming wanted to buy, and the other five were just stuffed in by Lu Yiming to make up the number.
Most of these ten bull stocks are from the Nasdaq market, and they are all small growth stocks. One of them, InVision, has the largest market value among them, but it is only $600 million.
Interestingly, this company called InVision manufactures explosive and drug detection systems, which are mainly used for airport baggage inspection. The recognition system of Viisage, which ranks 8th, is used for instant recognition of faces and fingerprints.
These two companies have experienced explosive growth since the war on terror, and can be said to have benefited greatly from the so-called systematic benefits. To give a more intuitive data, the price of InVision was only $1.44 on January 2, but it soared to $45.5 on December 14. This increase is more than the housing price in the capital of Xiaguo. Buying it is a huge profit.
The other companies are similar, some are engaged in the medical and health care industry, some are engaged in family leisure, and some produce gaming software and high-end car models. They have everything and are all small in scale. They have not been targeted by anyone yet, making them the most suitable prey.
While Lu Yiming was talking about stocks, Marcus Beck was frantically operating on the computer over there, looking up information about these companies.
After Lu Yiming finished talking about these fifteen stocks, Marcus Baker also got a rough understanding of the situation of these fifteen stocks through the Internet.
What made Marcus Baker feel uncomfortable was that after his search, these companies seemed to have no highlights on the surface. Not only did their performance vary, but their size was also very small. He felt that they did not meet the identity of the Saltwater Fund at all.
"Although I know I probably shouldn't mention this, I still want to say, aren't these stocks a little too ordinary? Some companies are even on the verge of delisting."
Of course, Lu Yiming would not explain too much to Marcus Baker. He just said firmly: "These are the fifteen stocks I selected after many investigations. People who don't study them carefully will not understand them at all. Believe me, these fifteen stocks will definitely rise."
Marcus Baker had no choice but to do as he was told.
In his eyes, Lu Yiming has become a god, a new generation of stock god who is even more awesome than Buffett.
And God cannot be wrong, so if he cannot understand these stocks, then it must be him who has problems, not Lu Yiming.
The ten stocks selected by Lu Yiming were exactly the top ten stocks in the list of the top ten rising stocks in 2002.
Now, they are unknown, which ensures that they are least affected by the flapping of his wings.
Even if something could go wrong, the probability is very low and the impact is small.
On May 1st, International Labor Day, the production crew of "Super Travel Group" is filming the latest episode in Baiyun.
During the break in filming, Lin Yuzhen, who was sitting in the corner taking a break, suddenly had her eyes covered by a pair of delicate and smooth little hands.
“Guess who I am?”
Lin Yuzhen didn't even think about it and blurted out, "Jiang Yuxiang."
Seeing that she was guessed right away, Jiang Yuxiang let go of her hand with a dull look, curled her lips, and said, "Tsk, this is so boring, can't you just pretend to think about it?"
Lin Yuzhen said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's start over?"
"Come on. Hey, it's noon. Do you guys in the crew have any break time? Let's go shopping."
Lin Yuzhen hugged Jiang Yuxiang and said, "Okay, okay, I was wrong. I'll go ask if there is any filming task at noon today. If there is no filming task, we will go shopping, okay?"
"That's more like it."
Lin Yuzhen found Chen Xiaoqing and asked, "Director Chen, do you have any filming tasks this afternoon? If not, I plan to go out for a walk with my classmates at noon."
Chen Xiaoqing knew that Lin Yuzhen was from Baiyun City, so he said, "No, go and have fun. We have a show to shoot tonight, so just come back early."
"Okay, thank you Director Chen, I'm leaving now."
Lin Yuzhen and Chen Xiaoqing asked for leave, and left the crew with Jiang Yuxiang.
Not long after the Qingming Festival, the weather warmed up. The beauty-loving Lin Yuzhen wore a suspender dress that was very suitable for her age. Her legs were wrapped in flesh-colored pantyhose and she wore a pair of light-colored flat shoes, which made her look both cute and sexy.
There were a lot of people on the street. Lin Yuzhen was no longer short of money, so whenever she saw something delicious or fun, she would take Jiang Yuxiang with her to play.
After playing for an entire afternoon, around 5 or 6 in the evening, the two saw a handmade ice cream stand at the end of the street and decided to go buy some. Just as they walked to the stand, a van suddenly stopped and several tattooed men rushed down, abducted the defenseless Lin Yuzhen into the van and drove away.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuxiang was so frightened that she screamed and chased after it. But how could two legs catch up with four wheels? Soon, the car disappeared.
Jiang Yuxiang frantically took out her cell phone from her small backpack, but in a hurry she somehow dialed Lu Yiming's number.
Lu Yiming was signing the document handed over by Yu Jiayi in the office when a quick phone ring interrupted his thoughts. He took out his cell phone and pressed the answer button.
"Hello?"
Hearing Lu Yiming's voice, Jiang Yuxiang couldn't help but feel more at ease, but she was still very anxious and cried, "Lu Yiming , Lin Yuzhen was taken away."
"Ah? He was taken away? When did it happen? Where?"
Jiang Yuxiang said: "Just now, I was with her at Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street."
Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street is very large and has many alleys, some of which are even deserted during the day.
Then Jiang Yuxiang said, "Let's call the police."
"Don't call the police yet." Lu Yiming said, "I'm in Baiyun City right now. I'm back home to worship my ancestors. I haven't gone to Zhonghai yet. Wait for me at the largest intersection. I'll take people there right away."
"Okay, come quickly."
The reason why Lu Yiming did not ask Jiang Yuxiang to call the police immediately was because kidnapping was basically for money, and calling the police might sometimes lead to bad things.
After all, he is such an adult, the possibility of being trafficked is still very small.
In the van, Lin Yuzhen was tied up tightly with ropes, her mouth was covered with black tape, and her eyes were blindfolded.
More than an hour later, the van arrived at a small fishing village near the sea.
The people in the car lifted Lin Yuzhen down, tied her up in a bark house, and took off her blindfold.
Lin Yuzhen looked around and found the environment very unfamiliar. There were several men with wretched faces in the room. She screamed in fear.
"Shut up!"
A man with a short face shouted in dissatisfaction.
Lin Yuzhen was so scared that she quickly shut up and trembled all over.
A scarred man licked his lips and said, "This student girl is so pretty, how about we have some fun before we deliver her?"
Another slanted-eyed burly man couldn't help but get aroused and said, "Yeah, Dong, it must be great to be with such a delicate beauty! Anyway, there's no one here, so if you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who would know?"
The shrewd face just now was Brother Dong. He snorted coldly and said, "This girl is someone Madam Yang specifically asked for. You can't touch her until the real owner gives the order."
To be honest, Brother Dong was also very tempted. Which normal man could resist such a beautiful girl?
But they have to endure it even if they can't help it. Madam Yang is a wealthy and noble lady of the Yang family in the capital. How can these gangsters dare to get involved with the person she specifically asked for? Are they trying to kill themselves?
Scarface asked, "Brother Dong, what is the identity of this girl? How did she offend Madam Yang?"
Dong Ge sighed and said, "Why else? It must be that old man Lin Dezheng had a bastard child from a woman he was having sex with. It would have been fine if it was in the past, but recently Madam Yang's eldest son died in a car accident. Yandu Group's tens of billions of assets may be sold to outsiders in the future. Do you think Madam Yang would not be angry?"
Lin De was the son-in-law of the Yang family. He was not honest after marriage and had affairs with other women. His wife was not a good person either, she was a well-known tigress.
The slanted-eyed burly man asked curiously, "What will happen if this girl falls into Madam Yang's hands? It would be a pity if she fell into the hands of a tigress."
Dong Ge also felt it was a pity, but there was nothing they could do. They could only say helplessly: "What else can we do? I guess he will just disappear from the face of the earth in the end."
After hearing what Brother Dong said, several younger brothers were shocked.
"These rich people are even more ruthless than us gangsters."
The other side.
Lu Yiming held a phone book in his hand and dialed a number at a public telephone booth on the street.
"Lin Xian."
At this time, in the office of a KTV, Lin Xian, who had been busy all night, was still half asleep and half awake. Suddenly he heard this voice, and he suddenly woke up, sat up straight, and became fully awake.
"Boss Lu!"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "How is your KTV business?"
Lin Xian said flatteringly, "Thanks to you! Business is very good. Since we were released from prison, we have followed your instructions completely, turned over a new leaf, and have not done anything bad."
Lu Yiming said, "Don't tell me this. Where is Lin Tuo? I'll give you half an hour to find me at the Star Picking Platform on Xiajiu Road."
"Okay."
Although he didn't understand what Lu Yiming asked them to do, Lin Xian didn't dare to delay at all. He immediately called Lin Tuo and a group of younger brothers to drive a van and quickly arrived at the Star Picking Platform and met Lu Yiming.
After getting out of the car, Lin Xian and Lin Tuo saw Lu Yiming and both of them immediately had flattering smiles on their faces.
The person in front of them is their God of Wealth.
"Mr. Lu."
"Hello, Mr. Lu."
A new brother saw this scene and couldn't help but mutter: "Who is this young man? He is so arrogant. Brother Xian and Brother Tuo came here in person, and he dared to sit down?"
Before he finished speaking, a younger brother who had followed the Lin Xian brothers for several years slapped him on the back of his head and said viciously: "Damn it, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb. Don't you know Asia's richest man Lu Yiming? I usually tell you to read more newspapers."
"I can't read..."
"Why did Mr. Lu ask us to come here?"
