Chapter 40
Tao Mu regards Li Xiaohang as a big money maker in the future. In order to make Li Xiaohang trust him more in the future venture capital, Tao Mu will naturally not hide his professional skills - of course, some necessary things such as the source of funds Secrets must still be kept. Besides, the reason why Tao Mu's rate of return is so high is not because he is so good at trading skills, but because his experience far exceeds the vision of his peers, and the inexplicable intuition that appears every time he trades, allows him to easily Determine the fluctuation trend of international oil futures. But when it comes to the subtleties of trading and the cultivation of theoretical knowledge, Li Xiaohang, a gold medal trader with a professional background, will definitely throw him a few blocks away.
However, intuition is fine as a trader and retail investor, but if you really act as someone else's private investment consultant, it will be difficult to explain. A little carelessness will make people mistaken for a bluffing liar.
But fortunately, people like Li Xiaoheng understand the importance of talent and intuition in the financial field very well -in many cases, long-winded data analysis is not worth the flash of a trader's brilliance. Li Xiaoheng himself has a deep understanding of this.
"I knew that your financial sense is very keen, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated your ability." After listening to Tao Mu's series of operations patiently, Li Xiaoheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Your short-selling and bullish eyesight is comparable to I'm much better."
Tao Mu smiled and said very humbly: "I just operate by intuition. In terms of professionalism, I'm not as good as Brother Li."
Li Xiaoheng smiled: "Don't be humble. How old are you, I like When you were young, you just came to study in country M, and you only knew how to bury your head in studying hard every day, and occasionally try your hand at the stock market, but you don't have the courage to fight to the death, Xiaomu."
That's right, with Li Xiaoheng's trading experience and Professionalism, he only needs to take a look at Tao Mu's investment funds and operation mode, and he can immediately conclude that Tao Mu has definitely invested his own family wealth in it-not only that, but also the "private money" of relatives and friends. went in.
Li Xiaoheng has always thought that he is an extremely conceited person in the professional field, but at Tao Mu's age, he does not have the courage to fight back to the bottom and draw his salary like Tao Mu.
Tao Mu blushed when Li Xiaoheng praised him sincerely. If it wasn't for this time of rebirth, with the support of the foresight and foresight of the next ten years, even if he had the courage to put his own capital all in one basket, he probably wouldn't have the courage to fool Liu Yao, Meng Qi and the others into taking out their private money and shorting with him.
So compared to the big brother Li who was able to set up Xiaohang Capital in just a semester of his freshman year, his tossing really depends on the light of rebirth, and there is nothing worth bragging about.
Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with a gentle smile. Speaking of which, he has always been puzzled. In his opinion, with Tao Mu's talent, he should be a very confident person. However, Li Xiaoheng had contact with Tao Mu twice, but he vaguely discovered that Tao Mu always unconsciously revealed a bit of inferiority complex in his speech and behavior.
Li Xiaoheng thought about it a few times in private, and felt that Tao Mu's mentality probably stemmed from his background as an orphan. There is not an argument in psychology, to the effect that the absence of a family will lead to a person's extreme insecurity in the process of growing up. Li Xiaoheng guessed that Tao Mu was the same. But he didn't know that Tao Mu's experience was far more bizarre and tragic than this basic psychological analysis.
Li Xiaoheng watched his personal investment advisor calmly. While chatting, according to Tao Mu's eyes, turn the disc from time to time, or lift the serving chopsticks to take a bite of food for Tao Mu.
This kind of table manners was so meticulous in greetings that Tao Mu, who was used to taking care of others, was still a little uncomfortable.
"Brother Li, don't just get me some food." Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng: "Stop being so polite between the two of us." "Okay."
Li Xiaoheng said, putting down his serving chopsticks gracefully, Suddenly he said with emotion: "All these years, except for the family banquet, I don't seem to have had such a hearty meal for a long time. Speaking of which, I have to thank you, Xiao Mu. If it weren't for you to accompany me, I wouldn't be bothered to eat a meal It's been so long."
Tao Mu smiled: "Brother Li is a man who manages a lot of things every day, so he is different from ordinary people like us."
"What's the difference?" Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with burning eyes, his dark eyes were warm Clear and clear reflection of Tao Mu: "No matter what we spend time and energy on anything, what we want in the end is to meet expectations. It's just that some people like to eat, drink and have fun, and those of us just like to work That's all." After Li Xiaoheng said this, he took advantage of the opportunity to turn the topic to Tao Mu's shorting of International Petroleum: "...I heard from Luo Yang that you stay up every night in order to keep an eye on the market, and you also have to take care of your studies and Feixun Net. Will it be too hard?"
Tao Mu shook his head and said with a smile: "As you said just now, the reason we do so many things is because we like it. Since it is something we like, why do we find it hard?"
"But it can't be too hard. I broke my body." Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "You are still young, and you don't know that people's energy is actually limited. Now that you overdraw your body in exchange for wealth, you may have to exchange wealth for health in the future. Xiao Mu is so smart, she won't do it. This is a loss-making business, right?"
Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng slightly hesitantly upon hearing this. He seemed to have guessed what Li Xiaoheng wanted to say.
Sure enough, seeing Tao Mu looking over, Li Xiaoheng smiled and put down the bowls and chopsticks, and suggested: "My personal opinion, since you are my personal investment consultant, Xiao Mu, let's not mention anything else, you are only shorting international crude oil." On the list, our two goals and interests are the same. If that is the case, why can't the two of us work together. Your eyesight plus my trading skills, I believe we will cooperate very well." The most important thing Yes, after the two of them cooperated, Tao Mu didn't have to stay up late every night to deal with jet lag, and kept an eye on the market all the time, for fear that his position would be liquidated if he missed something. Li Xiaoheng can also use Tao Mu's vision and judgment to make more subtle trades.
This is a combination that benefits both, and it is a powerful alliance where one plus one is greater than two. Li Xiaoheng couldn't think of any reason for Tao Mu to refuse.
Sure enough, Tao Mu pondered for a moment, and felt that there was nothing wrong with Li Xiaoheng's proposal-not only could he earn more money, but it could also deepen the bond between the two. The interpersonal relationship under this kind of interest bundle will become more stable. It is also very in line with Tao Mu's original intention of getting to know Li Xiaoheng.
Tao Mu secretly dialed the abacus in his heart, and readily agreed.
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Tao Mu felt that the atmosphere in the private room was suddenly much more relaxed and lively. Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng, and felt that the sudden strengthening of the cooperative relationship between the two might have also promoted their personal friendship.
In fact it is. At least in Li Xiaoheng's view, since Tao Mu agreed to cooperate-the work function will be transferred from Li Xiaohang's personal investment consultant to his chief analyst, then the relationship between the two cannot be like the previous "you can ask whatever you want and I can answer whatever you want" loose. In order to ensure that Tao Mu can guide his trader at any time, Li Xiaoheng believes that the two must ensure that they can contact each other at any time within 24 hours.
In addition to these obligations that must be fulfilled, corresponding rights must also be in place. For example, in terms of revenue sharing, the contract must be strictly followed. Only in this way can Li Xiaoheng use Tao Mu confidently.
So Li Xiaoheng made an overseas phone call that night, and directly ordered the legal advisor of Xiaoheng Capital to draft an employment contract, which stipulated in detail the profit sharing that Tao Mu should be entitled to and the obligations that must be performed in accordance with the treatment of Xiaoheng Capital's partners. obligation. There is also a contract for Tao Mu to open an account with Xiaoheng Capital. Then, the next morning, I personally delivered it to Tao Mu.
At that time, Tao Mu was still in military training, and after receiving a call from Li Xiaoheng, he immediately asked the instructor for leave and ran out.
The cool autumn wind renders the camphor trees on both sides of the street golden. Large tracts of camphor tree leaves fell on the clean streets, and the sunlight poured down from the gaps in the camphor trees. Mottled light and shadow danced in the air, and the whole campus turned golden. Tao Mu ran across the playground wearing a military training combat uniform and stepping on black high-top boots. His energetic appearance was so handsome and charming. Sitting in the car, Li Xiaoheng saw Tao Mu running towards him in the sun, and suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.
When Tao Mu opened the car door and sat in the co-pilot's seat, Li Xiaoheng felt a gust of hot wind blowing against his face, mixed with the smell of autumn grass and sunshine, which made him a little tipsy.
Li Xiaoheng handed Tao Mu his handkerchief, motioning him to wipe the sweat all over his head and face.
Tao Mu really didn't expect that in this day and age, there are still people carrying handkerchiefs, and he was stunned for a moment.
When he came back to his senses, Tao Mu smiled and waved his hand to refuse, and casually wiped the sweat from his forehead and cheeks with his sleeve: "No need. I sweat all day in this military training. Don't waste your handkerchief."
Taking back the handkerchief, he solemnly handed the two copies of the contract to Tao Mu, with a serious face: "Look at it, if you have any comments, I will ask the lawyer to change it immediately." Li Xiaoheng asked the lawyer to draft the contract very formally and rigorously, and Taking full account of the rights and obligations of both parties, Tao Mu has nothing to criticize. He readily signed his name on the contract, smiled and stretched out his right hand to Li Xiaoheng: "Happy cooperation."
Beautiful nails: "Then, starting tonight, we will talk on the phone once a day. If you have any questions, just talk on the phone."
This is an obligation stipulated in the contract, and Tao Mu has no objection: "Okay."
Immediately, Tao Mu handed over his account to Li Xiaoheng to take care of it. He disposed of a large number of vests overnight last night, poured thousands of hands in the international futures market, erased all traces, and finally gathered all the funds into one account and handed them over to Li Xiaoheng.
This account contains not only Tao Mu's capital, but also the private money of Liu Yao and Meng Qi, as well as the pocket money of Big Hairy and Little Fatty, and the company's idle funds that Uncle Wang just invested in.
After handing over these tasks, Li Xiaoheng looked at the sky, and it was almost noon: "Shall I treat you to dinner?"
The food near the school is actually not delicious. At least Tao Mu didn't think he would go along with Li Xiaoheng's taste. Except-
Tao Mu thought of this, and asked: "Do you like to eat boiled mutton? Our roommate's Wen Juxiang is also a time-honored brand in Yanjing. It's very authentic." Li Xiaoheng watched Tao Mu talking about his classmates and roommates, with a rare look of vitality, suddenly said: "Actually, I prefer to eat your cooking."
When these words came out, both of them were a little stunned. Before Li Xiaohang apologized for his rashness, Tao Mu suddenly smiled and said: "Okay. What do you like to eat, why don't we go to the vegetable market and see, and then I will make it for you." Li Xiaohang pondered for a few seconds: "Would you like to eat? Will it be too troublesome?"
"No." Tao Mu shook his head: "I haven't eaten my own food for a long time. Anyway, we don't have military training until 2:30 in the afternoon, so we have plenty of time." Li Xiaoheng knew
Tao Mu's thinking mode, It is estimated that he is still regarded as a rare business partner. There will be no faux pas, not even disappointment to business partners. But it's hard to say whether he will complain about his weirdness and difficulty in the bottom of his heart.
However, Li Xiaoheng was silent for a while, still unable to resist Tao Mu's cooking skills, so he had to sigh cheekily: "Then I will trouble you."
Li Xiaoheng booked the plane ticket at eight o'clock in the evening, and the plane flew for 13 hours. When it arrived in country M, it was just in time for the stock market to open. So Li Xiaoheng didn't have an urgent need to beat the jet lag. Rather than going home to catch up on sleep, he would rather go to the farmer's market with Tao Mu. Feel the noisy crowd around you, as well as the housewives and vendors who are pulling their necks to bargain. Such a life was something he had never experienced before.
Stepping on the expensive hand-made leather shoes on the ground full of water, Li Xiaoheng looked around and asked Tao Mu, "Why don't we go to the supermarket?" "
Because the fresh vegetables in the supermarket may not be fresh." Tao Mu turned his head and glanced at the clothes A partner in a three-piece suit with a high-end custom suit and a black windbreaker, persuaded for the nth time: "Why don't you go back to the car and wait for me. It's too dirty here, so don't get your clothes dirty." A high-pitched "Men, let me go" sounded behind Li Xiaoheng. Immediately after a gust of wind passed by, Li Xiaoheng turned around abruptly, narrowly avoiding a bald vendor pushing a tricycle into the market. There were several pots of live fish and shrimp piled up on the vendor's cart, and the smell was fishy and heavy.
Tao Mu looked down at the live perch and shrimp, and asked Li Xiaoheng: "Do you want to eat steamed fish and braised prawns?"
Li Xiaoheng put his hands in his pockets, and replied very seriously: "I want to eat boiled fish." There is no preference for how to eat. But I remember that Tao Mu likes spicy food. As for the shrimp... He remembered that Tao Mu didn't seem to like peeling shrimp. This is no problem, his shrimp peeling skills are professional level. Every Chinese New Year, he would help the female elders in the family peel shrimps.
The prawns he peeled are also very beautiful.
Li Xiaohang, who has no talent in cooking, can only find dignity in this kind of thing.
Of course, in addition to this, he can also do the job of washing vegetables.
"Why use rice washing water to wash vegetables?"
Mr. Li, who had never passed the kitchen in a small house of 38 square meters, was wearing an apron and stood under the faucet, watching Tao Mu pour the rice washing water into the basin to wash the vegetables. Not without curiosity asked.
"It can reduce pesticide residues." Tao Mu answered patiently.
The daylight was just right, Tao Mu took off his coat of military training combat uniform, and took a shower by the way. At the moment, he was wearing home clothes and a dark apron, standing in the small kitchen. He felt that it was a bit of a hindrance to be a tall partner who stuck behind him and turned into a curious baby from time to time.
"Why don't you wait in the living room first, I'll work harder and I'll be able to have lunch soon." Tao Mu patiently suggested.
Li Xiaoheng also seemed to notice that his existence was a bit in the way, he was a little embarrassed: "I thought I could help you." He looked at Tao Mu with a very serious expression: "At least I can learn."
Tao Mu: "... "The lines of this kind of newcomer in the workplace are really not suitable for Li Xiaoheng.
"Well, you should go out and rest for a while." Tao Mu looked at the time. They have military training at 2:30 in the afternoon, and it is almost twelve o'clock now. If you don't hurry up, it will be too late.
Li Xiaoheng rubbed his nose awkwardly, exited the kitchen which was so small that it was only enough for one person to turn around, looked at the layout and furnishings in the room, and asked politely: "Can I have a visit?" Tao Mu replied loudly in the kitchen: "Feel free to visit."
With the permission of the master, Li Xiaoheng wandered around in the small and exquisite room.
This is probably the smallest house he has ever seen in his life - the entire house is not as big as a bathroom in the Li family's old house. But the decoration and furnishings in the house reveal the master's care everywhere. From the photo wall at the entrance to the potted trees on the balcony, there is a fresh and warm atmosphere of life everywhere.
Li Xiaoheng stood in front of the photo wall, watching Tao Mu, who was three or four years old, sitting on a wooden horse and smiling at the camera. His pink and jade-carved appearance was very cute. I couldn't help but smile: "I also have a similar photo. It's just that my photo was taken on my first birthday. By the way, where did you take this photo? Maybe we took it in the same photo studio."
Tao Mu in the kitchen was silent for a long time before responding: "I don't know. I don't have any memories of before I was five years old."
Li Xiaoheng was startled when he heard this.
Tao Mu said: "I heard from the dean that I had a high fever when I was five years old. The fever was very severe. I don't remember anything from the past."
"Sorry." Li Xiaoheng returned to the kitchen door.
The sunlight on the top floor is very strong. The dizzy, somewhat dazzling sunlight poured in from the window, wishing to blend the boy in the apron into the halo. Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu's thin and straight back, and suddenly asked, "Then do you want to hear about my childhood?"
Tao Mu was a little stunned, and he turned back to look at Li Xiaoheng. After a long while, he suddenly said with a smirk: "Why, when you were young, did you still have such 'heroic' deeds as peeking at girls taking a bath and pulling girls' pigtails?"
"That's not true." Li Xiaoheng put his hands in his trouser pockets, leaned half against the kitchen door, and said in the tone of a princess selling melons: "I grew up next to my grandfather when I was young. My grandfather was very strict, so I When I was a child, my personality was rather dull.
Every day besides reading books, I read news and financial reports. I was always addicted to studying and couldn't extricate myself. Later, I went to Stanford to study and was busy creating Xiaohang Capital. Then I'm single until now." Tao Mu smiled: "No wonder I have a headache. The first time I saw you, I felt that you are very calm in speaking and doing things, so it turns out that you are more influenced by the elderly."
"You want to say that I am old-fashioned." Li Xiaoheng chuckled: "My younger siblings often complain that I can't keep up with the development of the times. There is a generation gap with people of the same age. I thought so before. But after seeing you, I feel that the generation gap is not the case. I haven't met any friends I can talk to, just because the fate hasn't arrived yet." Tao Mu picks shrimp. The movement of the thread paused slightly. Li Xiaoheng continued to ask: "What about you? You are so handsome and have such a good personality, do many girls like you?"
Tao Mu thought of Li Xiaoheng's growth environment and learning environment-they are very different from ordinary people , coupled with staying abroad for a long time, maybe many words are not used accurately. He should not worry too much.
Thinking of this, Tao Mu smiled slightly and said, "I'm in the same situation as you. I'm addicted to making money and can't extricate myself."
"Then we are really like-minded." Li Xiaoheng said, seeing Tao Mu pour the stewed boiled fish into a In the big blue and white bowl, I immediately reached out to take it: "I think your tableware is also very interesting."
"Be careful of being hot." Tao Mu avoids Li Xiaoheng's hand, and puts the boiled fish on the restaurant table, smiling Said: "My grandfather specially went to Liulichang to find someone to order."
"You also grew up with grandpa?" Li Xiaoheng climbed up the pole: "I really feel that there is a relationship between the two of us. There are so many things in common. No wonder they hit it off."
Next, Tao Mu made another dish of braised prawns in oil, a dish of short ribs drunk with red wine, a dish of lion head with crab powder, a dish of cold jellyfish head, and a dish of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root.
When the dishes were ready, Li Xiaoheng, who thought he was very congenial, took the initiative to move the braised prawns in front of him, rolled up his arms and sleeves, put on plastic gloves, and began to peel the prawns.
He peeled the shrimp extremely fast, and his slender fingers moved deftly. After a while, he peeled off a white and tender shrimp, and put it directly into Tao Mu's bowl.
Tao Mu was startled again. Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "Look, I peel shrimp very well, and you like to eat shrimp. Don't we cooperate very well?" Before Tao Mu could speak,
Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "So from From now on, it will be really hard for you to remind me more about futures trading. Although you don't have to stay up all night to watch the market like you did before, this is how our business is. A slight negligence may lead to tens of The loss of billions of gold. Coupled with the time difference, I may sometimes call you here at three or four o'clock in the morning. Please forgive me if I offend you." Tao Mu was stunned.
Knowing that Li Xiaoheng may still be a little worried about his professional ethics. I'm afraid that he will drop the pick and quit at that time, or he will not be able to find his people at the critical moment, or his attitude will not be so positive after a long time. All in all, all kinds of negligence in subjective attitudes may cause mistakes in work and cause huge losses.
With Li Xiaoheng's self-cultivation and character, he is obviously not the kind of person who would say ugly things first. Besides, the relationship between him and Li Xiaoheng's partner was not suitable for the "ugly words first" style of work at the beginning of the cooperation. So after thinking about it, the intimacy and communication in the past few days can probably fall on the four words of Li Xian Corporal.
No wonder he was able to create a huge Xiaohang Capital at a young age, and in the future he will be able to single-handedly invest in a high-tech industry of the scale of the richest man. This flexible professionalism is really not something that ordinary people can have.
Tao Mu felt that he had grasped Li Xiaoheng's mind, and smiled immediately: "You can rest assured about this, even if you call me at 3:30 every morning, I will give you advice with great energy." "After all, My wealth and life are also saved in your hands."
Tao Mu said something jokingly. Li Xiaoheng also responded solemnly: "I never worry about such things. After all, I have such a good eye, it is impossible to misjudge people."
Tao Mu smiled. It is worthy of being a capitalist who can invest in the richest man in the future, this unique boasting technique. He was indeed convinced.
The two of them just joked around like this, and they had a very happy meal. And during the meal, both of them felt that they had a lot of understanding with each other, and it was easier to get along with each other. It's really a little overwhelmed.
After Xin Ran's meal, Li Xiaoheng bid farewell and left. As soon as Tao Mu returned to school, the phone rang like a reminder.
For some reason, Tao Mu's heart skipped a beat. When he picked up the phone, he heard Gou Rixin's good brother Da Luo anxiously say on the receiver: "It's not good, Tao Mu, something happened to Brother Gou."