Tao Mu regarded Li Xiaoheng as a future big money sponsor. In order to make Li Xiaoheng trust him more in future venture capital, Tao Mu would naturally not hide these professional skills - of course, some necessary secrets such as the source of funds must still be kept. Besides, the reason why Tao Mu's return rate is so high is not because he is so good at trading skills, but because his vision and experience far exceed those of his peers, and the inexplicable intuition that appears every time he trades, which allows him to easily determine the fluctuation trend of international oil futures. But when it comes to the subtleties and theoretical knowledge of trading, Li Xiaoheng, a professional gold medal trader, will definitely leave him far behind.
However, intuition is something that is fine for traders and retail investors, but it is difficult to explain if you really serve as someone else's personal investment advisor. If you are not careful, people will mistake you for a swindler.
Fortunately, people like Li Xiaoheng understand the importance of talent and intuition in the financial field.
——Many times, lengthy data analysis cannot match the trader’s flash of inspiration. Li Xiaoheng himself has a deep understanding of this.
"I knew you had a keen sense of finance, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated your ability." Li Xiaoheng listened patiently to Tao Mu's series of operations, and couldn't help but sighed: "Your eyesight for short selling and bullishness is much better than mine."
Tao Mu smiled and said very modestly: "I just operate according to my intuition. In terms of professionalism, I am not as good as Brother Li."
Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "Don't be so modest. How old are you? When I was your age, I had just arrived in Country M to study abroad. I only knew how to study hard every day and occasionally tried my hand at the stock market. But I didn't have the courage like you, Xiao Mu, to fight to the death."
That's right. With Li Xiaoheng's trading experience and professionalism, he only needed to take a look at Tao Mu's investment and operation mode to immediately conclude that Tao Mu had definitely invested all his own assets - not only that, he might have also invested the "private money" of his relatives and friends.
Li Xiaoheng always thought that he was an extremely conceited person in his professional field, but at Tao Mu's age, he did not have the courage to fight to the death like Tao Mu.
Tao Mu blushed when he heard Li Xiaoheng's sincere praise. If he had not been reborn this time and had the foresight and foresight for the next ten years to support him, even if he had the courage to gamble everything with his own capital, he probably would not have the courage to trick Liu Yaomengqi and others into taking out their private money and shorting with him.
So compared to Mr. Li who was able to establish Xiaoheng Capital in his second semester of his freshman year, his efforts were really just relying on the light of rebirth and there is nothing to brag about.
Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with a gentle smile. To be honest, he has always been puzzled. In his opinion, with Tao Mu's talent and achievements, he should be an extremely confident person. However, after Li Xiaoheng had met Tao Mu twice, he vaguely discovered that Tao Mu always unconsciously revealed a bit of inferiority and uneasiness in his words and deeds.
Li Xiaoheng pondered over this several times in private, and felt that Tao Mu's mentality probably stemmed from his life as an orphan. Isn’t there an argument in psychology that the lack of a family will cause a person to feel extremely insecure during his or her growth? Li Xiaoheng guessed that Tao Mu was the same. However, they did not know that Tao Mu's experience was far more bizarre and tragic than this basic psychological analysis.
Li Xiaoheng observed his personal investment advisor calmly. While chatting, she would turn the plate from time to time according to where Tao Mu's eyes were, or raise her serving chopsticks to pick up a bite of food for Tao Mu.
This kind of table etiquette was so polite and detailed that Tao Mu, who was used to taking care of others, was a little uncomfortable.
"Brother Li, don't just pick up food for me." Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng: "Between the two of us, let's not be so polite."
"Okay." Li Xiaoheng said, and put down his chopsticks gracefully. He suddenly sighed: "In all these years, except for the New Year's Eve family dinner, I haven't eaten such a sumptuous meal for a long time. Speaking of which, I have to thank you, Xiao Mu. If you hadn't accompanied me, I wouldn't be too lazy to eat such a long meal."
Tao Mu smiled and said, "Brother Li is a busy man, so he is naturally different from ordinary people like us."
"What's the difference?" Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with a burning gaze. His dark eyes were warm and clear, reflecting Tao Mu's figure clearly: "No matter what we spend our time and energy on, what we ultimately want is to meet our expectations. It's just that some people like to eat, drink and have fun, while we just happen to like to work."
Li Xiaoheng said this and turned the topic to Tao Mu's shorting of international oil: "...I heard from Luo Yang that you don't sleep every night to watch the market, and you also have to take care of your studies and Feixun.com. Isn't it too hard?"
Tao Mu shook his head and smiled: "Just like you said just now, the reason why we do so many things is because we like it. Since it is something we like, how can we feel hard?"
"But you can't overwork yourself and ruin your body." Li Xiaoheng said with a smile, "You are still young and don't know that human energy is actually limited. If you overdraw your body to exchange for wealth now, you may have to use wealth to exchange for health in the future. Xiaomu is so smart, you won't do such a losing business, right?"
Tao Mu heard this and looked at Li Xiaoheng with slight hesitation. He seemed to have guessed what Li Xiaoheng wanted to say.
Sure enough, seeing Tao Mu looking over, Li Xiaoheng smiled, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and suggested: "My personal opinion is that since Xiao Mu is my personal investment advisor, then let's not talk about other things for now. As long as we short international crude oil, our goals and interests are the same. In this case, why can't we work together? With your eyesight and my trading skills, I believe that we will work together very well."
The most important thing is that after the two of them cooperated, Tao Mu didn't have to stay up late every night to adjust to the time difference, and keep an eye on the market all the time, for fear that the position would be liquidated if there was any omission. Li Xiaoheng can also use Tao Mu's vision and judgment to make more sophisticated operations.
This is a win-win situation for both sides, and a powerful combination 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, but it could also deepen the relationship between the two. Interpersonal relationships bound by this kind of interests will tend to be more stable. It also fits Tao Mu's original intention of getting to know Li Xiaoheng.
Tao Mu secretly calculated it in his mind and readily agreed.
As soon as the words came out, Tao Mu felt that the atmosphere in the private room suddenly became much more relaxed and lively. Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng and felt that the sudden strengthening of their cooperation might have indirectly promoted their personal relationship.
This is indeed the case. At least in Li Xiaoheng's opinion, since Tao Mu agreed to cooperate - his job function will be transferred from Li Xiaoheng's personal investment consultant to his chief analyst, the relationship between the two can no longer be as loose as before, "you ask casually and I answer casually". In order to ensure that Tao Mu can guide his operations 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, when it comes to profit sharing, the contract must be strictly followed. In this way, Li Xiaoheng could use Tao Mu with confidence.
So Li Xiaoheng made a long-distance call that evening and directly instructed Xiaoheng Capital's legal advisor to draft an employment contract, which detailed Tao Mu's share of the profits and obligations he must fulfill in accordance with the treatment of Xiaoheng Capital's partners. There is also a contract for Tao Mu to open an account at Xiaoheng Capital. Then the next morning, he personally delivered it to Tao Mu.
At that time, Tao Mu was still in military training. After receiving Li Xiaoheng's call, he immediately asked the instructor for leave and ran out.
The cool autumn wind paints the camphor trees on both sides of the street golden. Large pieces of camphor tree leaves fell on the clean streets. The sunlight poured down from the gaps between the camphor trees. The mottled light and shadows danced in the air, and the entire campus turned golden. Tao Mu ran across the playground in his military training uniform and black high-top boots. He looked so energetic and handsome that he was charming. Li Xiaoheng sat in the car, looking at 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 passenger seat, Li Xiaoheng felt a gust of hot wind blowing in his face, mixed with the smell of autumn grass and sunshine, which made him a little tipsy.
Li Xiaoheng handed his handkerchief to Tao Mu, motioning him to wipe the sweat off his head and face.
Tao Mu really didn't expect that in this era, there are still people carrying handkerchiefs with them. He was stunned for a moment.
When he came back to his senses, Tao Mu smiled and waved his hand to refuse, and wiped the sweat from his forehead and cheeks with his sleeves casually: "No need. I sweat all day in military training. Don't waste your handkerchief."
Li Xiaoheng had no choice but to take back the handkerchief, and solemnly handed the two copies of the contract to Tao Mu, with a serious face: "Take a look, if you have any comments, I'll ask the lawyer to change it immediately."
The contract that Li Xiaoheng asked the lawyer to draft was very formal and rigorous, and it fully took into account the rights and obligations of both parties. Tao Mu had no fault to find. He signed his name on the contract readily, and smiled as he extended his right hand to Li Xiaoheng: "Happy cooperation."
"Happy cooperation." Li Xiaoheng tightly grasped Tao Mu's right hand, lowered his eyes, and stared at Tao Mu's neat and beautiful nails: "Then, starting from tonight, we will talk on the phone every day. If you have any questions, just talk on the phone."
This is an obligation stipulated in the contract, Tao Mu has no objection: "Okay."
At that moment, Tao Mu transferred his account to Li Xiaoheng. He dealt with a large number of fake accounts overnight, traded thousands of lots in the international futures market, erased all traces, and finally pooled all the funds into one account and handed it over to Li Xiaoheng.
This account contains not only Tao Mu's capital, but also the private money of Liu Yao and Meng Qi, pocket money of Da Mao and Xiao Pang, and the idle funds of the company that Uncle Wang recently invested in.
After handing over these tasks, Li Xiaoheng looked at the sky. It was almost noon. "Do you want me to treat you to a meal?"
The food near the school is actually not that good. At least Tao Mu didn't think he would agree with Li Xiaoheng's taste. Apart from--
Tao Mu thought about this and asked, "Do you like shabu-shabu mutton? Wen Juxiang, opened by our roommate's family, is also a time-honored brand in Yanjing. It's especially authentic."
Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu's rare energetic look when he talked about his classmates and roommates, and suddenly said: "Actually, I prefer the dishes you cook."
After these words came out, both of them were a little stunned. Before Li Xiaoheng could apologize 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 have a look, and then I'll cook it for you."
Li Xiaoheng hesitated for a few seconds: "Will it be too much trouble?"
"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 way of thinking, and probably still regarded him as a rare business partner. There will be no impoliteness on the surface, and you won’t even disappoint your business partners. But it’s hard to say whether they will complain about him being weird and difficult to deal with in their hearts.
However, Li Xiaoheng was silent for a while, still unable to resist Tao Mu's cooking skills, so he had to sigh shamelessly: "Then I'll trouble you."
Li Xiaoheng booked a flight for eight o'clock in the evening. The flight would take thirteen hours and he would arrive in Country M just in time for the stock market to open. Therefore, Li Xiaoheng did not have an urgent need to adjust to the jet lag. Compared to going home to catch up on sleep, he would rather go to the farmers' market with Tao Mu. Feel the noisy crowds around you, and the housewives and vendors bargaining at the top of their lungs. He had never experienced such a life before.
Expensive custom-made leather shoes stepped 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 his partner who was wearing a three-piece high-end custom suit and a black windbreaker, and persuaded for the Nth time: "Why don't you go back to the car and wait for me. It's too dirty in here, don't get your clothes dirty."
Before he finished his words, a loud and clear voice of "Man, make way" was heard behind Li Xiaoheng. Immediately afterwards, a gust of wind blew past, and Li Xiaoheng turned abruptly, narrowly avoiding a bald vendor who was pushing a tricycle into the market. There were several pots of live fish and shrimp piled on the vendor's cart, and the smell was strong and fishy.
Tao Mu looked down at the lively sea bass 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 answered very seriously: "I want to eat boiled fish."
He has no preference on how he eats his fish. But I remember that Tao Mu likes spicy food. As for shrimps... he remembered that Tao Mu didn't seem to like peeling shrimps. That's no problem, his shrimp peeling skills are professional level. Every Chinese New Year, he helps the female elders in his family peel shrimps.
The shrimps he peeled looked particularly good.
Li Xiaoheng, who has no talent in cooking, can only seek dignity in this kind of thing.
Of course, in addition to this, he can also do the job of washing vegetables.
“Why do we need to use rice water to wash vegetables?”
In the small house of 38 square meters, Mr. Li, who had never been to the kitchen, wore an apron and stood under the faucet, watching Tao Mu pour the rice water into the basin to wash the vegetables, and asked curiously.
"It can reduce pesticide residues." Tao Mu answered patiently.
The sun was shining brightly, Tao Mu took off his military training uniform and took a shower. At this moment, she was wearing home clothes and a dark apron and standing in the small kitchen. He felt that the tall figure, sticking behind him and occasionally turning into a curious baby's partner was a bit of a hindrance.
"Why don't you go wait in the hall first? I'll work hard and we'll be able to have lunch soon." Tao Mu suggested patiently.
Li Xiaoheng seemed to notice that his presence was a bit of a hindrance. He was a little embarrassed and said, "I thought I could help you."
He looked at Tao Mu with a serious expression: "At least I can learn."
Tao Mu: "..." This kind of line from a newcomer in the workplace is really not suitable for Li Xiaoheng.
"Well, you should go out and rest for a while." Tao Mu glanced at the time. They have military training at 2:30 in the afternoon, and it's almost twelve o'clock now. If they don't hurry up, it will be too late.
...seems to be disliked. Li Xiaoheng touched his nose awkwardly, and left the kitchen which was so small that only one person could turn around. He looked at the layout and furnishings in the room, and asked politely, "Can I take a look?"
Tao Mu answered loudly in the kitchen: "Just visit."
With the owner's permission, Li Xiaoheng still wandered around the small and exquisite room.
This was probably the smallest house he had ever seen in his life - the entire house was not even as big as a bathroom in the Li family's old house. But the decoration and furnishings in the house reveal the owner's meticulousness 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, looking at the three or four-year-old Tao Mu sitting on a small wooden horse and smiling at the camera. He looked so cute. I couldn't help but smile: "I have a similar photo. But mine was taken on my first birthday. By the way, where was your photo taken? 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 have no memory before the age of five."
Li Xiaoheng was stunned 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 before."
"Sorry." Li Xiaoheng returned to the kitchen door.
The daylight on the top floor is very strong. The dazzling sunlight poured in from the window, almost as if it would merge the apron-wearing boy into the halo of light. Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu's thin and straight back and suddenly asked, "Do you want to hear about my childhood?"
Tao Mu was a little stunned. He turned around and looked at Li Xiaoheng. After a while, he suddenly grinned and said, "Why, when you were a kid, did you do such 'heroic' things as peeping at girls taking baths or pulling their pigtails?"
"Not really." Li Xiaoheng put his hands in his trouser pockets, half leaning against the kitchen door, and said in a self-deprecating tone: "I grew up with my grandfather. My grandfather was very strict, so I was also quite dull when I was a child. Every day, I read books and news reports. I was obsessed with studying and couldn't extricate myself. Later, I went to Stanford University and was busy establishing Xiaoheng Capital. Then I have been single until now."
Tao Mu smiled: "No wonder when I first met you, I felt that you were very calm in what you said and did. It turns out that you were greatly influenced by the old man."
"You mean to say that I'm old-fashioned?" Li Xiaoheng chuckled. "My brothers and sisters often complain that I can't keep up with the times and there is a generation gap with my peers. I used to think so too. But after meeting you, I think, let's not talk about the generation gap for now. I haven't met anyone I can talk to, just because the fate hasn't arrived yet."
Tao Mu paused slightly while picking up the shrimp thread. Then 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 about Li Xiaoheng's growing environment and learning environment - they were very different from those of ordinary people. In addition, he had been abroad for a long time, so perhaps many of his words were not used accurately. He shouldn't worry too much.
Thinking of this, Tao Mu smiled and said, "My situation is similar to yours. I am addicted to making money and can't extricate myself."
"Then we really have the same interests." Li Xiaoheng said, and when he saw Tao Mu pour the stewed fish into a large blue and white bowl, he immediately reached out to take it: "I think your tableware is also very interesting."
"Be careful of the heat." Tao Mu avoided Li Xiaoheng's hand and brought the boiled fish to the dining table in the restaurant. He smiled and said, "This is what my grandfather specially went to Liulichang to find someone to order."
"You also grew up with Grandpa?" Li Xiaoheng climbed up the pole a bit: "I really think we have a lot in common. No wonder we get along so well."
Next, Tao Mu made another dish of braised prawns, a dish of short ribs drunk in red wine, a dish of crab meat and lion's head, a dish of cold jellyfish head, and a dish of osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root.
After all the dishes were served, Li Xiaoheng, who thought he was very easy to talk to, took the initiative to move the braised prawns in front of him, rolled up his sleeves, put on plastic gloves, and started peeling the shrimps.
He peeled the shrimp very quickly, his slender fingers moving deftly, and soon he peeled out 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 shrimps very well, and you like eating shrimps. Don't we have a good rapport with each other?"
Before Tao Mu had time to speak, Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "So from now on, I really have to work hard for you to give me more advice on futures trading. Although I don't have to stay up all night to watch the market like you did before, this is how our business works. A slight negligence may lead to the loss of billions of M gold. In addition to the time difference, I may sometimes call you at three or four in the morning here. I hope you will forgive me for any offense."
Tao Mu suddenly realized. I know that Li Xiaoheng might still be a little worried about his professional ethics. I’m afraid that he will quit the job, or that he won’t be available at the critical moment, or that his attitude will not be as positive as before over time. In short, various subjective attitudes and negligence may lead to mistakes in work, and thus cause huge losses.
Judging from Li Xiaoheng's upbringing and character, he is obviously not the kind of person who would say ugly things in advance. Besides, given the relationship between him and his partner Li Xiaoheng, the "speaking the ugly truth up front" style of doing things was not suitable at the beginning of the cooperation. So after thinking about it, the intimate exchanges in the past few days can probably be summed up in four words: respect the wise and humble.
No wonder he was able to create such a huge Xiaoheng Capital at such a young age, and in the future he will be able to invest in high-tech industries on the scale of the richest man. This kind of professional quality of being able to bend and stretch is something that not everyone can possess.
Tao Mu felt that he had figured out Li Xiaoheng's thoughts, and immediately smiled and said, "You can rest assured about this. Even if you call me at 3:30 in the morning every day, I will be fully alert to give you advice."
"After all, my life and property are in your hands."
Tao Mu said jokingly. Li Xiaoheng also responded seriously: "I never worry about this kind of thing. After all, my vision is so good that I can't possibly make a mistake in people."
Tao Mu smiled. He is worthy of being a capitalist who can invest and produce the richest man in the future. This is his unique bragging skill. He was indeed convinced.
The two of them joked around like this and had a very enjoyable meal. Moreover, during the meal, both of them felt that they had a better understanding of each other and it was easier for them to get along with each other. It does seem like they are getting along very well.
After happily having the meal, Li Xiaoheng said goodbye and left. As soon as Tao Mu returned to school, his cell phone rang as if urging his life.
Tao Mu's heart skipped a beat for some reason. He picked up the phone and heard Gou Rixin's good brother Daluo anxiously say on the other end of the phone: "Oh no, Tao Mu, something happened to Brother Gou."
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