Tao Liangchen
Chapter 645 Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger
Once people's perceptions solidify, it won't be easy to "clear your name."
Although the professional PR team from Los Angeles wasn't sure why Su Yehao wanted to clear his name and shed the new nickname of the so-called Asian sniper, they just assumed he was modest and didn't want to take credit for other people's accomplishments.
To this end, the team leader even praised Su Yehao, saying he was the most upright, honest, and generous client.
Su Yehao directly chartered a United Airlines passenger plane and brought these public relations company employees to Hong Kong to specifically negotiate and communicate with the media.
When necessary, they also needed to come forward and help send small gifts. No one understood how to deal with Western media better than the Hollywood public relations team. This was called specialization.
The assistant's office made a call and borrowed the auditorium of Hong Kong University, contacted various influential media outlets, and quickly completed the layout.
On the morning of March 14th, Su Yehao arrived at the auditorium of Hong Kong University.
Today, he was wearing a black suit and a white shirt. In order to not appear so formal and gain people's favor, he deliberately didn't wear a tie.
This was also the PR team's suggestion, because an organization had specifically investigated and found that people generally hated the image of Wall Street elites.
On the one hand, it was because they were jealous of their high incomes, and on the other hand, it was because people who played in finance were often greedy, ruthless, and seemed very aloof.
Standing in the backstage of the auditorium and looking out, reporters had already found their positions by the stage and set up cameras and video cameras. Students from Hong Kong University also rushed to join in the fun. At a glance, there was a sea of people, and the noise was deafening.
On the stage backdrop, the words "SSSSS Asset Management Company" were written. Today's format was similar to a seminar. Three sofas had already been placed on the stage, and the News Corporation financial host in charge of hosting was also in place.
After Su Yehao finished watching, he took a deep breath and said, "The whole interview is in English, it's so stressful. Yong-ge, you can say more later. My English level can only be considered average. When I attend parties in New York, I often can't grasp the key points."
Zheng Yongwen was not only wearing a suit and leather shoes at the moment, but also had a red handkerchief stuffed in his chest pocket, looking much more formal than Su Yehao.
Hearing this.
Smiling, Zheng Yongwen opened his mouth and said, "Your English is okay. When New York women came up to flirt with you, you handled it quite well. When you said you had a girlfriend, their hearts were about to break."
"...That was obviously for my money, okay? How naive would I have to be to believe that someone would fall in love with me at first sight?"
While the two were talking, Zhao Yimeng looked at them strangely, mainly because she didn't expect that when an American girl was offered to him, Su Yehao, this playboy, would actually refuse.
Thinking about it, she thought it might be because the other party was ugly. If it were Miss Vera Andrade, it would be hard to say.
Today, Zhao Yimeng learned that Su Yehao was going to hold an asset management promotion conference, so she came uninvited and rushed to Hong Kong University to join in the fun.
Only when she arrived did she realize that things didn't seem so simple.
While a white stylist was re-styling Su Yehao's hair, Zhao Yimeng lowered her voice and asked in Cantonese, "With your personality, how could you push such a good opportunity to show off? Is there something going on here?"
Su Yehao looked at her, knowing that the foreigners around him didn't understand Cantonese, and explained frankly:
"What's wrong with my personality? I've always been low-key, okay? This time, if I'm considered the culprit for the Nasdaq crash, although I have the opportunity to make a name for myself in the international financial circle, it's not conducive to my development in Silicon Valley. And I need to lie low now. If I'm always being watched, some businesses will be affected, especially in the semiconductor industry, which is very important to me."
Zhao Yimeng immediately guessed something, nodded and said, "So you're going to promote Mr. Zheng to the top and use him as your shield?"
"It can't be said to be a shield. It's a win-win situation. I don't want fame, but he needs influence to compete for the first CEO or chairman of the board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He used to be the chief financial advisor. If he has the fame of successfully shorting the Nasdaq index, the difficulty will be greatly reduced. Now he lacks a bit of fame internationally. If multinational companies recognize him, other competitors will fall behind."
After Su Yehao finished speaking, he looked in the mirror and found that he looked particularly handsome. The skills of a professional hairstylist were indeed very different from his own tinkering.
Zhao Yimeng seemed to have come into contact with some secret, and was slightly excited, and continued, "Take down the Hong Kong Stock Exchange? Your ambition is getting bigger and bigger, but in the past two years, Hong Kong stocks have been messed up by international hot money. If Mr. Zheng gets this honor, he is indeed very likely to succeed."
"That's right, Yong-ge helped me a lot with this successful short selling."
Hong Kong was already Tuesday. After the US stock market opened this week, it fell for two consecutive days. In the past seven trading days, the Nasdaq's decline has expanded to 14%. This level is definitely not as simple as the so-called callback by experts. Market panic has spread.
It was precisely because of this that Su Yehao seized the time to try to clarify, so as not to be blamed.
No matter what the truth about the stock market crash was, as long as the media deliberately fueled the flames, people would put the blame on him, thinking that it was caused by malicious short selling, and throw the root causes such as the stock market bubble, the Federal Reserve, and Wall Street's fueling to the back of their minds.
Knowing how much those Americans liked to shirk responsibility, Su Yehao had already foreseen a scapegoat hanging over his head.
So it was not wrong to say that Zheng Yongwen was taking the blame.
The difference was that this time, Zheng Yongwen was obviously very happy to take the blame. Looking at the expression on his face, he was about to burst out laughing. This guy was a bit of a hero, and he would not refuse anything that could make him stand out.
He had resigned from his job as chief financial advisor in disgrace, but now he could make a big splash in the international short-selling camp. It was a bit like Soros in the Nasdaq version. Zheng Yongwen felt that this feeling was quite wonderful.
The dragon-slaying middle-aged man also wanted to become a dragon...
The News Corporation financial reporter was now introducing the current situation of the Nasdaq's decline, and said that Su Yehao and Zheng Yongwen had successfully shorted at the highest point of the stock market and become one of the biggest winners in the global investment community recently.
In just seven trading days, Su Yehao had earned more than one billion US dollars. This achievement indeed killed a group of old multinational financial companies.
Of course, the market value lost by the Yanwenzi Group had already offset this income, but the white host didn't mention it, only the short selling part.
After Su Yehao came on stage, he smiled and waved, giving the middle position to Zheng Yongwen to sit.
The host received a benefit fee of 100,000 US dollars from him, and knew the key points that needed to be interviewed. He came up and asked, "Su, how do you view this Nasdaq decline? What prompted you to invest billions of dollars in shorting?"
Su Yehao immediately stretched out his hand to signal, and said:
"This is thanks to my investment advisor, YW·Zheng. He strongly reminded me that the Nasdaq has been overvalued and severely bubbled, and let me use the funds of the Yanwenzi Group to hedge the risk of possible stock price declines."
"YW·Zheng, as the former chief financial advisor of Hong Kong, has a far better understanding of financial investment than I do. Maybe you don't know, during the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and 1998, he was responsible for dealing with Soros and successfully forced the other party to retreat, protecting the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar."
"I'm just an ordinary twenty-one-year-old, how can I bear the title of so-called Asian sniper in The Wall Street Journal? YW·Zheng is the real sniper, helping me recover one billion US dollars in losses. This time, I have also hired him to serve as a consultant for my SSSSS Asset Management Company. Several fund products will be issued soon. Customers who need financial management can write down our company's website and pay attention to the recent announcements, which are on the big screen..."
Under the stage.
After listening, Miss Zhao's eyes twitched.
She finally understood why the SSSSS Asset Management Company advertisement was hanging behind.
In addition, Su Yehao's appearance of "I am ordinary" and "ordinary ability" and his efforts to praise Zheng Yongwen made her quite unhappy.
Because Su Yehao of the same age had succeeded to the point where he needed to start playing the pig to eat the tiger.
In contrast, Zhao Yimeng found that she was really just a little pig, and could only lie in the comfortable nest built by her parents, and could not produce any achievements...