Chapter 52 Derivatives Forum
In order to forget what happened to his mother as soon as possible, Chen Zhihua made the decision to attend this derivatives forum. After quickly explaining the work between Shenhui and Yuanheng, he was ready to set off.
As the chief consultant of the investment department of Morgan Stanley China, Zhou Xiangjun was also invited, so she and Chen Zhihua rushed to Shenzhen Bao'an Airport together.
Since the two of them arrived at the airport and boarded the plane, Chen Zhihua has always taken good care of Zhou Xiangjun, picked up her luggage, checked in, etc. During the whole process, Zhou Xiangjun looked at Chen Zhihua's back happily. Until this moment, Zhou Xiangjun finally understood why girls always like to call around to their boyfriends. In fact, girls do not really want to make their boyfriends work hard, but just want to enjoy this feeling of having a boy revolving around him and taking care of himself carefully.
The two of them boarded the plane. Although Zhou Xiangjun is very capable and can handle any customer with ease, he became a little hesitant at this time and didn't know what to say when he was alone with the person he liked. Last time, Zhou Xiangjun also had dinner with Chen Zhihua alone, but at that time he was not sure, so he was not as embarrassed as this time.
"Xiangjun, do you want some juice?" Chen Zhihua saw that Zhou Xiangjun's cheeks were a little flushed since he got on the plane and had not spoken. He couldn't help but worry if Zhou Xiangjun would feel air sick, so he asked with concern.
"No...no, thank you!" Zhou Xiangjun came to his senses and looked at Chen Zhihua a little shyly, then quickly found a topic to hide his embarrassment: "Andy Lau, I heard that the topic of this derivatives forum discussion is mainly on the future direction of precious metal derivatives. This is what you are good at, and I'm afraid you will be able to speak on stage at that time."
After thinking about it, Chen Zhihua said, "I am just a newcomer and will not be taken too seriously in the forum. Instead, you, you are the chief investment consultant of Morgan Stanley China, and your opinions may attract the attention of many people."
This time, those invited at the third Shanghai Derivatives Forum were all more prestigious people in the circle. The organizers would arrange these invited guests to give speeches over several days in a row. Chen Zhihua, who has become a commentator of Hong Kong's No. 1 Financial News, will also be arranged to speak at the forum.
Of course, according to the guest status and reputation, different speech times will be divided. The most famous investors are usually arranged on the first day, while the second level is placed on the second day, and so on. Although Chen Zhihua has a certain reputation now, he is still too young after all. In addition, Yuan Heng was not very famous before, so his speeches were arranged in the later time.
"We, Morgan Stanley, rarely invest in the copper futures market. My investment focus is usually on corporate investment and mergers and acquisitions." Zhou Xiangjun shook her head with a wry smile. She had previously reported to G.T. several times before that she hoped to let Morgan Stanley China do some futures stock investment projects, but they were rejected by G.T. The reason was only because the senior executives of Morgan Stanley's headquarters felt that China's financial market was not mature enough and was easily affected by factors such as government policies. So in a short period of time, Morgan Stanley's headquarters felt that China's financial market was not mature enough and was easily affected by factors such as government policies.
Profits will not involve investment in these fields. This made the ambitious Zhou Xiangjun really frustrated for a long time. She felt that although China's financial market is not mature, it is full of opportunities. It is precisely where risks and opportunities coexist that is truly worth investing. After all, venture capital and venture capital, if there is no risk, it is not called venture capital. Therefore, Zhou Xiangjun always felt that the management of Morgan Stanley lacked the enterprising spirit, and her sense of belonging to Morgan Stanley is not that strong.
"Andy Lau, last time you said that if Xiaoyu and I were willing to leave Morgan Stanley, we would hire us. Does what you said count? " Zhou Xiangjun pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked Chen Zhihua tentatively again. When she spoke, she had a faint smile on her face, trying to make Chen Zhihua not see that she was serious.
In fact, after Chen Zhihua became the president of Yuanheng Investment, he felt that Yuanheng’s business was relatively simple, and the previous investment decisions were always decided by the president alone. This invisibly made the entire company’s operation more risky. After all, people always make mistakes, and making mistakes in investment will bring huge losses to the company at any time. Therefore, Chen Zhihua also felt that if the company wants to achieve better and greater development, it is necessary to make Yuanheng change. It is precisely because of this situation that Chen Zhihua always wanted to hire several experienced people for the company.
, and a smart consultant, and Zhou Xiangjun and Liu Xiaoyu are obviously the ideal objects in his mind. The last time he joked and said to Zhou Xiangjun and Liu Xiaoyu that he wanted to dig up their files, in fact, he wanted to test the feelings of these two beauties. At this time, when he saw Zhou Xiangjun ask this, Chen Zhihua immediately replied seriously: "Xiangjun, I really want to invite you and Xiaoyu to enter Yuanheng. I really need investment management talents now. If you want, I can leave the position of Yuanheng Investment Department Manager for you."
Hearing Chen Zhihua say this, if it weren't for maintaining that reserve, Zhou Xiangjun would have agreed to join Yuanheng immediately. In front of his sweetheart, Zhou Xiangjun deliberately pondered for a while and said, "Andy Lau, give me some time to think about it, I will give you an answer as soon as possible!"
"Okay, I'll wait for your good news!" After all, Morgan Stanley is a big company, and Chen Zhihua is actually not sure of convincing Zhou Xiangjun. Now that he heard her say this, Chen Zhihua is already satisfied. As long as Zhou Xiangjun does not refuse completely, even if she has any hesitation in the future, she can find a way to convince her.
Next, the two chatted and laughed for a long time, and the plane soon arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
It was only two hours since Shenzhen and Shanghai were in Shanghai. After getting off the plane and left the airport gate, they saw Chen Wenqiang, who had been waiting for a long time, pick them up. This was the first time that Chen Wenqiang and Zhou Xiangjun met officially. When they heard Chen Zhihua introduce that Zhou Xiangjun is the chief investment consultant of Morgan Stanley China, they were stunned and asked: "Ms. Zhou, have we met before?"
"Yes, Mr. Chen!" Zhou Xiangjun said with a smile: "At the last Shanghai Derivatives Forum, I have seen Mr. Chen's style when you were speaking."
"Oh, I remember, Miss Zhou and I went up to give a speech on the same day!" Chen Wenqiang slapped his forehead, remembering it, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that until today, I met Miss Zhou after Andy Lau!"
This time, the Shanghai Derivatives Forum also invited Chen Wenqiang. After all, Chen Wenqiang was the chief investment consultant of Goldman Sachs China before, and now he has established a Huaqiang Investment himself, which can be regarded as a professional in this field, so he has the opportunity to attend this forum, but he has no chance to give a speech.
The next day, the three of them drove to the venue of the Derivatives Forum. The third Shanghai Derivatives Forum was held on the seventh floor of the Shanghai International Convention Center. The venue was very luxurious. As soon as Chen Zhihua and the others arrived at the venue, a special person would first lead them to the seat. Originally, Chen Zhihua and Zhou Xiangjun could stay at the Shangri-La Hotel, but because they liked to live at Chen Wenqiang's house, they did not enjoy the right to be guests.
Three people came to the conference hall. The conference hall was very spacious and could accommodate thousands of people. In the middle of the hall, in addition to a podium and a curtain for using a projector, there was also a large banner on the top, which read: "Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum - the Financial Function of Futures." From this banner, we can clearly know that the content of the conference is the financial function of futures.
After the three of them found their seats, the entire conference had not yet begun. Only those "industry" people gathered together in groups of three or five to talk softly. It is very necessary to communicate with each other and exchange information in such occasions.
Although Chen Zhihua knew not many people, Zhou Xiangjun and Chen Wenqiang looked versatile. They saw acquaintances not long after they entered the venue. While they greeted others from time to time, they went over to say a few words. In a short while, a few people gathered around the three of them.
"Let me introduce you to me. This is my friend and current business partner Chen Zhihua, and this is Ms. Zhou Xiangjun, chief investment consultant of Morgan Stanley China..."
"He is the president of Hong Kong Yuanheng Investment Company, and Chen Zhihua, general manager of Shenzhen Shenzhen Hui Company. This is Chen Wenqiang, president of Huaqiang Investment, and former chief investment consultant of Goldman Sachs China..."
Chen Wenqiang and Zhou Xiangjun introduced Chen Zhihua to their friends respectively. Chen Zhihua greeted those people very friendly. In less than a while, the group of people became familiar.
"Wenqiang, I heard that you have made a lot of money in the gold market recently. How about it? Do you think the gold market will rise in the next six months?" While speaking, a middle-aged man suddenly asked Chen Wenqiang.
Chen Wenqiang left Goldman Sachs for a while and went out to work alone. The news was given to many people. After all, he wanted to start a business, so when he heard the other party’s question, he smiled and said, “If there is no accident, I think the price of gold will continue to rise. If you are interested, our Huaqiang Investment can help you find a suitable time to enter the market.”
"The price of gold is too high now. Although it seems that there is still a chance to enter the market, I am not very brave enough to do this!" Hearing someone mentioned the recent hot gold market, a woman who was chatting with Zhou Xiangjun suddenly interrupted and said, "I wonder if you think the copper futures market can still rise?"
In recent times, due to the surge in gold prices, the silver, copper and other markets have also heated up, and the copper futures market has become even more active. This woman was a customer of Zhou Xiangjun before. She asked this because she wanted to enter the market for copper futures and hoped to get some professional advice.
"The copper futures market has seen a huge increase in recent times." Chen Wenqiang has been paying attention to the copper futures market for a while. Unfortunately, Huaqiang Investment is still in the early stages of entrepreneurship, and all the money has been placed in the gold market. He can no longer spend much money to enter the copper futures market, otherwise he would have entered the copper futures market long ago.
"Oh, why do you say that?" The middle-aged man before was already a little curious, "The price of copper futures seems to be a bit too high!"
"In fact, the price of copper futures is not high at all." Chen Wenqiang smiled slightly and said: "It was 20,000 yuan per ton ten years ago, but it was still 20,000 yuan per ton ten years later! Why is this happening? You have to know how much it was to buy a house ten years ago, and how much it is to buy a house now? What was the per capita wage in Shanghai ten years ago, and how much is it now? It is normal for copper prices to rise. China's copper usage has changed from one or two million tons ten years ago to four million tons now. This increase in supply and demand will naturally drive price increases, so the current copper price is not high at all."
The middle-aged man and the woman were obviously convinced by Chen Wenqiang's reasonable words. After thinking for a while, the middle-aged man asked a little worriedly: "Will it really be promoted?"
Chen Zhihua smiled slightly and couldn't help but interject, saying: "The two major contradictions of China's factors and the depreciation of the US dollar will bring copper prices to an unforeseen level. You can't enter the market with confidence. Even if China's copper prices are suppressed by the government's macro-control and cannot rise sharply, they will not fall."
After hearing what Chen Wenqiang and Chen Zhihua said, the middle-aged man and the woman made up their minds and prepared to invest money into the copper futures market. The two and several others began to inquire about Chen Wenqiang about Huaqiang's investment situation.
In order not to affect Chen Wenqiang's continued business, Chen Zhihua and Zhou Xiangjun left their side a little and looked at the schedule they received when they were in the beginning.
In the schedule of the first day, the host was Jiang Yang, general manager of the Shanghai Futures Exchange. The meeting was first delivered by Shang Fulin, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. His speech was "The environment and conditions for developing financial futures are becoming more mature", and next was Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng's speech delivered a speech "Preferring Financial Development to First"...
In the entire first day schedule, most of the people who came to the stage to give speeches were government officials or some important personnel from the China Securities Regulatory Commission and futures exchanges. It can be expected that this day will be more dull, but no one chose a position because of this dull one. After all, this is an opportunity to speculate whether the government has made policy changes in the financial market.
Chen Zhihua was talking to Zhou Xiangjun when he suddenly heard someone greeting Zhou Xiangjun, "Xiangjun, I finally found you!"
Chen Zhihua and Zhou Xiangjun looked up at the person who was talking at the same time, and saw that the person was nothing but someone else, Liu Qibing, who pestered Zhou Xiangjun in the cafe, thus giving Chen Zhihua a chance to save the beauty.
"It's you?" Zhou Xiangjun was stunned for a moment, then showed a disgusting look, "Mr. Liu, I'm sorry, I don't want to say more to you."
After Liu Qibing glanced at Zhou Xiangjun, he also saw Chen Zhihua. Of course, he recognized Chen Zhihua who caused him to suffer that day. After glaring at Chen Zhihua with resentment, he turned his eyes to Zhou Xiangjun and said, "Xiangjun, I... the last time I was confused for a moment, please forgive me!"
"Okay, Mr. Liu, I forgive you, but please don't disturb me again. You and I are no longer friends!"
"Xiangjun, don't do this!" Liu Qibing begged with a hint of pleading, "Maybe you give me a chance and let's have a good talk, is it okay?"
Zhou Xiangjun shook her head and said coldly: "We have nothing to talk about!"
"Xiangjun!" Liu Qibing took a step forward, "Since that day, you...we have never met again. I kept calling you and trying every means to find you, but I heard that you have left Shanghai. Can't you give me such a chance due to my feelings for you?"
Zhou Xiangjun still shook her head. She was so disgusted with Liu Qibing at this time, so how could she accept him? This made Chen Zhihua look at him and couldn't help but feel a little funny about Liu Qibing. You know that pestering Zhou Xiangjun like this will only increase Zhou Xiangjun's disgust for him.
"Xiangjun, just give me a chance, or let me explain it to you well!" When he spoke, Liu Qibing did not realize that his actions were a bit too much, and he kept trying to come to Zhou Xiangjun.
Chen Zhihua saw that Zhou Xiangjun was not a solution to continue to be entangled like this. He took the initiative to move his body slightly and blocked Zhou Xiangjun, and then said to Liu Qibing: "Mr. Liu, please respect yourself!"
"What do you want to do? This is a matter between Xiangjun and me, it has nothing to do with you!" The enemy was so jealous that when they met, Liu Qibing saw Chen Zhihua, his eyes could spit out of fire.
Chen Zhihua thought about it and immediately thought of a solution. He turned to look at Zhou Xiangjun behind him and said, "Of course this matter has something to do with me, because Xiangjun is already my girlfriend. Please don't bother her anymore!"
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Chapter completed!