His main purpose was to fish, not to hook up with girls. To avoid the noise, he drove the yacht 40 kilometers out to sea.
At this moment, he was standing on the yacht with bare feet. He had just cast the fishing rod and did not expect to have a catch so quickly. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a treasure land. There were bream, black sea bass, cod, and even large fish such as tuna and swordfish.
"Mr. Li, your fishing skills are very high." The short white-haired chairman of Barclays Bank, Diesel, who had been sitting behind Li He with a glass of wine in his hand, praised him in a timely manner.
"Haha, thank you very much." Li He scooped a cod into the bucket and threw the fishing rod to the waiter next to him. He sat on the empty seat next to Diesel, picked up a glass of beer, and drank it.
He took the towel from the waiter, wiped the sweat off his face, and laid back on the chair.
The two had just reached a banking cooperation agreement, and their relationship seemed harmonious on the surface. Li and Dai Li, Bank of America, Merchant Bank, and Barclays Bank had a brief discussion on the strategy agreement.
The most important point was that the two sides reached a consensus to jointly launch a foreign exchange remittance product for individual customers. Direct remittance between Delta Bank, Barclays Bank, and Barclays Bank.
Remittances from individual accounts of Barclays Bank's pilot branches to the United States would be free of all fees as long as the amount did not exceed 2,000 USD.
For Barclays Bank's pilot branches to China, as long as the amount did not exceed 1,500 USD, the remittance fee would also be free of charge.
For Li He, this agreement wasn't of much use at the moment. The Merchant Bank and Delta Bank didn't have more than 14 branches in the world. Relatively speaking, Barclays Bank had more than 1,000 branches in the world, so it had more benefits.
Since Diesel had brought it up, Li He agreed. What they were interested in was not the ability or strength of the Commercial Bank. They just wanted to use it as a springboard to enter China. At the same time, they were more interested in the huge cash flow and Wall Street and Silicon Valley shares in his hands.
Li He had his eyes on Barclays' credit card business. After all, it had the largest number of credit card customers in the world. He immediately proposed to collaborate on credit card projects. Barclays Bank would collaborate with Merchant Bank and Delta Bank on human resources, retail banking, risk management, and information management. More than 500 employees would go to the United States and the United Kingdom for on-the-job training and guidance from Barclays Bank's experts.
Diesel then suggested that both parties could work together in the repo market. This was a trillion-dollar market, and he promised that it would be very profitable and that the pie was very big. However, his mouth and tongue were dry. After talking for a long time, Li He did not respond at all. This was because Li He knew nothing about this area. He had never even heard of it.
Huang Bingxin and Pan Youlin still had to wait for the final agreement to be signed.
"Congratulations to both of you." Goldman Sachs Vice President Rubin raised his glass to the two people next to him. He came here purely to be a bystander. Goldman Sachs and Li He had worked together many times. More than half of Li He's stocks in the United States were entrusted to them.
He knew that Li He had a lot of cash flow, but he never thought that he would have such a huge stock market. This also made them speechless. After working together for so many years, they had no idea that Li He had bought so many stocks of technology companies.
Relying on these huge securities, Goldman Sachs had a greater say in the NYSE and NASDAQ. They made a lot of money just from the difference in the price of securities they lent.
The two parties had already formed a certain cooperation mechanism.
"Thank you." Li He raised his glass to Diesel and Rubin. At the same time, he looked at Rubin meaningfully. No one would have thought that this guy with glasses would be the head of the United States' finance in two years.
Goldman Sachs was not called the government for nothing. Its executives had always been the standard of the United States government and held important positions in government agencies. For example, Paulson and Powell, who were later known to people, came from Goldman Sachs.
So sometimes, Li He also felt the magic of "status" and "power." He had unknowingly walked for 14 years and slowly entered the circle that he could not touch before. The so-called status was also constantly rising, and he could gradually feel the difference between him and ordinary people.
Just like Ao Guanhai, who was running for the United States Senate at this time, he probably did not think that he would sit in the top position of the United States.
What was the difference between high and low status?
He occasionally thought about this question.
The three of them were chatting here, while the arrogant Ivanov could only stand at the side. His addiction to smoking was aroused, and he didn't even dare to smoke a cigar. Bafra, who was always laughing and joking, was also dressed in a serious manner. Her face was solemn, and even the tone of her voice was much softer. Li He had goosebumps all over his body.
Stenson, who had always been arrogant, could only stand behind Diesel and look around in boredom. There was not even a seat for him.
Simply put, at least from the outside, Li He was an ordinary person with ordinary looks.
Diesel was an old man. When Li He saw him for the first time, he was walking his dog in Central Park. One hand was holding the dog leash, and the other hand was holding a napkin. The napkin was black, and there was only a maid following behind him.
When he saw Rubin, this guy was holding a napkin and constantly wiping the drink juice on his body while cursing at someone.
Well, from this, Li He also believed that before the advent of the Internet era, all the big tycoons were the same as him. They were not so noisy at all.
Of course, he also believed that there were definitely not many people as lazy as him.
New York had obviously become hotter. The sunlight passing through the tall buildings mixed with the reflection of the glass was all over the ground. The people on the streets were either wearing skirts or short sleeves. Li He still couldn't stop sighing. It was still better to be in China. He could squat in front of his house and be a bodyguard.
He liked dogs, so Ivanov specially found him two top-quality Argentinian Ducats.
The two paparazzi, who were three or four months old, were held by Li He and looked at from left to right. Their light gray eyes had an innate sharpness, which he liked very much.
"Arrange for someone to ship them back for me."
In the United States, he did not have the leisure to raise them.
"Okay." Seeing that Li He could accept it, Ivanov was very happy. It was indeed right to cater to his liking. "My friend still has Alaskan dogs."
Li He said with a smile, "I'm not running a dog kennel. Why would I need so many? Work hard on your English. I hope this time next year, you won't need Bafra to translate for you. "
Ivanov could only nod with a bitter face.
Wu Bo had already helped buy a lot of gifts for Chen Shuo's house. He opened the shopping bag and asked Li He, "Look, is there anything else you want to buy?"
Li He opened a bag and said, "He doesn't smoke. Why did you buy so many cigarettes?"
"It's just for show. He can't hold his liquor well. Shouldn't we give him alcohol?" Wu Bo disagreed with Li He's opinion.
"Whatever." Li He didn't care.
It was purely a private gathering. Li He didn't want to bring anyone. After Ivanov drove them to the destination, he could only guard the surroundings from afar.
Chen Shuo's house was in the suburbs. There was only one lonely house around it. The nearest neighbor was more than a kilometer away.
It was a wooden house that looked like it was built by itself. Li He smiled and said, "No wonder I always heard that there's a pest control company in the United States that specializes in controlling termites. How can a wooden house not attract insects?"
"It's warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and the construction is fast. But the main reason is that the wood in the United States is cheap. The low construction cost is very tempting. Also, the migration rate of Americans is very high. If the construction cost is too high, it won't be worth it." Wu Bo explained to Li He as he pressed the doorbell.
With a bang, the door was pulled open. A beautiful and exquisitely dressed woman poked her head out and asked, "You are?"
Li He smiled and said, "We're Chen Shuo's classmates. Is he home?"
"Oh, please come in. Please change your shoes. My carpet is new." The woman opened the door completely and went into the house without looking back.
Wu Bo and Li He looked at each other. Seeing slippers around the corner, they changed their shoes and went into the house.
After entering the house, the two of them put down the gifts and sat on the sofa. They saw that the kitchen was cold and the stove was cold. The woman was watering the flowers in the garden.
Li He asked in a low voice, "You've been here before?"
Wu Bo shook his head. "I told you, I've never been here before."
"If you've never been here, why does it seem like you have a problem with us?"
Li He shook his head helplessly. At least if there were guests at their house, He Fang would never have such an attitude. She would still happily busy herself with the house. If he married Chen Shuo and started cursing before they even entered the house, he would definitely give her a tight slap!
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