Chapter 485 Golf and troubles
Bang!
From the moment the ball swings to the moment the ball flew off the focal, Andy's eyes were naturally staring at the top of the focal. The only way to know if the ball was hit was to see if it was still in place before you could see the result.
A beautiful parabola was drawn out, but it was a little bit off the direction of the hole. OK, it was very tilted.
"You should practice your ball skills more..."
"Bang!"
As soon as Warren Buffett finished speaking, he swung his golf ball out.
Andy was wearing sunglasses and couldn't see the change in his eyes, but Buffett still saw from his shrugging action holding the club, that the young man didn't care whether his ball skills were superb.
“I enjoy the comfort of playing golf, which is exactly what I think is the charm of the sport. Good or bad balls don’t make sense to me, just waving the club!”
Andy had a faint smile on his lips, as if he was unintentional or meaningful. He handed the club to the caddy, and walked towards the golf cart parked not far away with Buffett, while taking off the white leather gloves he wore in his left hand.
Buffett's eyes lit up, and he looked at the faint smile and calmness on Andy's face, and looked at this young man more. Why do many successful entrepreneurs like to play golf? Because compared with other sports, golf not only contains profound workplace philosophy, but also exudes a strong business meaning.
"Why are there so many successful people who like to play golf? Because it is a sport that can best control yu. Playing golf is like driving something. For a company manager, this is the same. But for me, golf is just a casual sport. To be honest, if someone invites me to play basketball, I will definitely refuse. You have seen it, my skills are too bad."
Andy sat in the golf cart, showing a sunny smile, her white teeth exposed, and she could not tell at all that she felt embarrassed because of her poor ball skills.
Warren Buffett laughed and shook his head, "Your mentality is very suitable for this sport. 20% of golf is mechanical and skill, and the other 80% is philosophy, humor, romance, friendship, curses, melodrama and conversation. I don't like playing with people who are utilitarian and competitive, and that will lose the fun."
"Haha, that's hard to find. How many people regard golf as a sport that can never retreat, it is a sport that cannot be regretted.
You must persist in playing 18 holes, no matter whether it is under par or more than 100 strokes, you cannot regret it. Just like life, once it is opened, no matter whether it is good or bad, good or bad, pain or sorrow, you can only move forward. Tsk tsk, it is really cruel..."
Buffett listened to Andy's explanation, his expression on his face became very shocked, and his eyes were filled with bright colors, "I like you more and more, Andy, I am really surprised. He is indeed a genius writer."
"Haha, thank you. I am still very happy with your praise, but Mr. Buffett, it's hard for me to believe that you asked me to play basketball..."
Andy jumped out of the car and reached out to help the elderly Buffett.
"Thank you." Buffett got out of the car even more easily with Andy's support. Two caddies followed behind with golf club bags on their backs.
When parked in front of a small low-lying puddle, Andy patiently waited for Buffett, who was looking at the target flagpole, to speak out his purpose for today's appointment.
"Actually, there is nothing important. I want to talk to you at the main time, such as the housing market, subprime mortgage, stock market..." Buffett said casually, reaching out to signal Andy to fight first.
Andy stood in front of the ball without any worries, and his feet were separated, with an extremely standard posture. In his opinion, it doesn't matter if his skills are poor, but the posture of playing must be beautiful.
"Bang!"
Watching the golf ball fly far and landing on the ground, Andy closed the pole and stepped on his feet, "Haha, this shot is good, but you talked to me about the economy, I'm afraid you've found the wrong person. I'm really not good at it. The gamble for the real estate bubble is because of the large amount of data analysis and field investigations by my subordinates, and there is no secret. But I understand one truth, that is, once the supply is cut off, the decline in housing prices will lead to a large number of foolish mistakes being exposed..."
The conversation between Andy and Buffett was very plain and equal. Buffett did not show off his own stock god and big shots. Of course, Andy naturally would not reveal his vision of seeing the future. When dealing with an old fox like Buffett, he would read his mind first when speaking. Moreover, Andy also knew that the purpose of this old man was not so simple.
"You once again made heavy bets on gold and set up two private equity funds, but everyone on Wall Street was surprised."
"Isn't this going to borrow from the bank? It's always going to be exchanged for valuable collateral. My investment company EO Badstone is responsible for the fund. Since it's an investment company, I can't always invest with my own money. I just didn't expect it to be sold out in a few days after the public offering. It's really crazy." Andy had a happy smile on his face. He was really happy. Damn, if I had known this, it would have been better to set the total amount of the fund a little more.
"Haha, you are now the new wealth myth of Wall Street." Buffett raised his eyebrows without hesitation. He had no choice but to the cunning little fox in front of him, and could not ask anything useful. He had studied all the investments of Andy Smith over the past year, and almost all the money he invested in Andy Smith in the past year were operating in a reckless fool-like investment.
Whether buying Apple stocks, doing oil futures, or diving into the mbs subprime mortgage bond market, they are all gambled in a way that can be successful every time. That is not a simple fool's investment, but a kind of confident self-confidence.
Buffett also knows that there are many Wall Street colleagues staring at Andy now, such as Goldman Sachs.
"Andy, are you interested in talking to Goldman Sachs?"
Andy stopped in mid-air with a swing, turned around and looked at Buffett with a smile, pouting, "No interest!"
"Bang!"
When I hit the ball with my swing, Andy continued to say to the puzzled Buffett: "I talked to Morgan Stanley because I was afraid that they would go bankrupt. After all, the funds for the bet were too large. But Goldman Sachs, haha, I don't believe that they would not be able to bear the loss of less than 500 million US dollars, and there was no problem of bankruptcy. I just need to wait patiently. After all, they are never ruthless when deducting margin from our company account every month, and they will not deduct a penny less!"
Buffett stopped this topic at a short while. Andy made it very clear. Both parties had traded strictly in accordance with the contract before, and it was also a benefit of hundreds of millions of dollars. He did not think that this young man would give him this face, and their friendship was just an ordinary friendship.
After more than four hours of exercise, the old man Buffett did not show any fatigue. He was still energetic and exchanged various investment views with Andy. If it were other people who could get guidance from the stock god, he would definitely be crazy and rolling around on the ground.
But for Andy, it is really a waste of money, but some ideas still benefit a lot.
When the two came out of the court, the paparazzi who had never been shaken off appeared from there, and they held up their cameras and excitedly filmed Andy and the thigh god talking to each other.
This is Buffett, a famous figure in Wall Street and the American financial industry. He usually farts and is over-interpreted, let alone having a three or four-hour golf game with Andy.
"Thank you, Mr. Buffett..."
The middle-aged man who hung up the phone looked disappointed on his face and shook his head at the person sitting opposite him, "He refused. It seems that the $489 million is inevitable."
"Hey, I didn't expect much hope. Warren Buffett just made a favor. Deutsche Bank was even more miserable, and the loss of $1 billion cannot escape."
"You said, why did such a freak suddenly pop up on Wall Street? However, Morgan Stanley has escaped. I heard that they are also shorting wildly. Damn it, even our company is listed on the top of the shorting list by them."
"Haha, now Wall Street investment banks are becoming very crazy. Shorting is no longer news. After all, everyone understands that everyone has those toxic bond combinations, and it is impossible to get rid of the blame. Only Lehman's arrogant idiots will take it..."
In the newspaper the next day, a group of idiot reporters began to make up stories with all kinds of nonsense, and explained the meeting between Andy and Buffett with cleverness.
"Bored!" Andy sneered and browsed the contents roughly, and immediately lost interest. However, when he arrived at the Liberty City Investment Company, he received two news that made him laugh and cry.
The first is that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway also entered the gold futures market, causing violent fluctuations in the gold market. Although the price of gold began to rise all the way, making Andy make money, she still felt a little depressed.
The second is Bear Stearn's EO said that they have invested $3.2 billion in two funds that have stopped redemption so that customers don't have to panic. Andy knew that this was just a drink to quench thirst, but it also delayed the time when the subprime mortgage crisis broke out.
Andy didn't want to continue to worry about the subprime mortgage crisis, but things were not as simple as he thought. He was already in the bureau. Even if he didn't want to attract attention, every move of his company would be noticed by Wall Street and his company. Some financial newspapers have reported that it was very annoying. Like a fly, everything around him became related to money.
Even his blog and Facebook have various investment problems, and his brainless fans can't resist the temptation of the US dollar. They brushed the messages "Will gold really rise?" over and over again.
Classmates, teachers, Little Plum of Hollywood, Elf Prince, Matt Damon, and people from the Brotherhood called to inquire.
While the wealth myth is established, troubles will follow, and sometimes you can’t help yourself.
Chapter completed!