On April 15, 2003, Bush Jr. stood on the USS Lincoln and announced the end of the Iraq War. From the start of the Iraq War on March 20 to the end of the war, it took less than a month, which can be said to be the speed of light.
Li Bingkui felt a little regretful when he saw the news. "I thought Saddam would resist for a while longer, but I didn't expect the war to end so soon."
Two months before the outbreak of the Iraq War, Song Yi concentrated his funds to buy long positions in oil and copper futures. After the outbreak of the war, Song Yi sold these long positions and then turned to short positions. As the United States advanced steadily in the Iraq War, Song Yi was making great gains in the futures market.
Song Yi is very contented. His gains in the futures market this time have exceeded those from the 2002 World Cup. The Blue Ocean Capital Fund, New Asia Capital Fund and Song Yi have made a total profit of 2 billion US dollars.
"No wonder the Wall Street giants are so keen on pushing the US government to wage wars abroad. The United States has a history of more than 200 years, and there have been only 16 years without a war. It is true that when the cannon is fired, a fortune is made." Song Yi sighed.
In fact, the Wall Street giants have begun to pay attention to the actions of the New Asia Group. They even set a trap to make Song Yi jump in and eat up the huge amount of funds invested by the New Asia Group. However, Song Yi was clear-headed and did not jump in.
Through this futures war, Song Yi also established his authority in front of his subordinates such as Li Bingkui, Li Yizhi, and Mark Soster.
"The war is over. Nasdaq will usher in a long bull market. In the future, the investment focus of Blue Ocean Capital Fund and New Asia Capital Fund will be on these American technology stocks, stocks of high-tech companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Intel. We might as well buy more of them. A steady stream of income is always more stable than getting rich overnight."
"We only need to experience the futures market once. There is no need to invest our entire fortune in it. Those who play futures for a long time are a group of gamblers. I like to make money, and it's okay to play futures occasionally, but if I continue to play for a long time, I will go bankrupt sooner or later." Song Yi has a clear mind.
Li Bingkui admires Song Yi's mentality. "In just a few months, he can earn what New Asia Media Real Estate earns in several years. No wonder investors are unwilling to spend time and effort to run a business well, after all, the money comes too slowly."
"In my eyes, Xinya Media Real Estate and Xinya IT are the foundation of the Xinya Group. Without Xinya Media Real Estate and Xinya IT, Blue Ocean Capital and Xinya Capital would be like water without a source and trees without roots. Only by operating these two enterprises for a long time can we build Xinya into a well-known brand comparable to Samsung and Hyundai," said Song Yi.
At this time, Secretary Jiang Xiu Na knocked on the door and said, "President, there is Ms. Li Jingshu outside looking for you."
Song Yi was a little surprised. What did Li Jingshu want to talk to him about? If it was about the sisters Zheng Xiuyan and Zheng Xiujing, she could have told him directly when she went to the villa in Chengbeidong. There was no need to come to the company specially.
Song Yi came to Jiang Xiu Na's office, and Li Jingshu was sitting on the sofa sipping coffee. "Sister Jingshu, I'm sorry, I was just talking about something and was delayed for a while."
Li Jingshu glanced at Song Yi nervously, and quickly put the cup aside. "You are so busy at work, I am abrupt, I hope I didn't delay your work?"
"It's okay. I have nothing to do in the afternoon. I was planning to go to the airport. It's okay to go later." Song Yi said.
Li Jingshu became even more uneasy when she heard Song Yi say that. "Ah? Are you going on a business trip? It would be bad if you missed your flight. I'll go back first and come back next time when I have time. My business is not urgent."
Seeing that Song Yi wanted to keep him, Jiang Xiu Na immediately helped to persuade him to stay: "Our president doesn't need to go on a business trip today. He ordered a private jet last year, and Gulfstream delivered it to our president today. He wants to go to the airport to inspect it. It doesn't matter if he arrives earlier or later."
Li Jingshu heard Jiang Xiuna say, "Private plane? The crew of Gulfstream should not be able to wait too long, or I should come another day?"
Seeing that Li Jingshu was still unwilling to tell the purpose of her sudden visit to the company, Song Yi suggested, "How about this, Sister Jingshu, why don't you go to the airport with me? We can talk about anything in the car, okay?"
Because Song Yi was so strong and didn't give Li Jingshu any chance to refuse, Li Jingshu had already sat on Song Yi's Silver Angel half-heartedly.
As soon as Song Yi sat in the back row, the partition glass in front automatically rose up, leaving Song Yi and Li Jingshu with a separate space for conversation.
"Sister Jingshu, when the glass is raised, the driver won't be able to hear our conversation. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Li Jingshu looked at the partition glass in front and the brown glass in the rear compartment. She felt that she was a little rash for putting herself in a private space where she and Song Yi could be alone.
She was wearing a light pink slim-fit top today, which accentuated Li Jingyan's graceful figure into a very charming outline.
Because her upper body is plump, this kind of clothing is very feminine. Coupled with the black slit skirt on her lower body and the hip-hugging design, she looks like a plump peach when sitting in the back seat, which is sexy but not gaudy.
Li Jingshu was a gymnast and paid great attention to maintaining her figure. When she sat down, the high slit of her skirt opened to her thighs, and her slender calves looked particularly slender, making her look particularly beautiful today.
She herself was aware of this, and she also found that Song Yi was looking at her clothes. She was actually secretly happy in her heart that even though she had given birth to two daughters, she could still attract the attention of a handsome young man like Song Yi.
"President Song, Krystal has recently developed a strong interest in singing and performing. Every time Jessica comes home, she will pester Jessica to learn the new songs she has learned. Do you think Shinya Agency can sign Krystal and train her as a trainee of the company?" Li Jingshu said courageously.
Song Yi glanced at Li Jingshu. Perhaps his eyes were too aggressive, so Li Jingshu avoided Song Yi's eyes and dared not look at him. Song Yi smiled. In fact, this kind of reluctance to accept made him more eager to conquer.
"Sister Jingshu, even if Krystal wants to debut as an artist, there is no need for her to come to Shinya Entertainment for agency. Wouldn't it be better for her to join SM Entertainment like her sister? After all, having an older sister in the same company can at least take care of her younger sister." Song Yi was a little surprised.
Li Jingshu pressed her legs together tighter, crossed her hands, her face flushed, and felt a little embarrassed, not knowing how to start the conversation.
New Asia Agency is a subsidiary of New Asia Media Real Estate Group, which is also the actual controller of SM Entertainment. It shouldn't make much difference whether Krystal goes to SM Entertainment or New Asia Agency, unless -
Song Yi thought of the key point, "Sister Jingshu, are you and Brother Chaodong having financial difficulties?"
If Shinya Entertainment signs an artist, it will give each artist a signing fee. For example, after Gao Xianzhen joined Shinya Entertainment, Shinya Entertainment paid a one-time signing fee of 1.5 billion won. This signing fee also made Zhou Rongzhen a laughing stock in the Korean chaebol circle, because after Zhou Rongzhen and Gao Xianzhen divorced, they only paid a total of 1.5 billion won in breakup fees.
Li Jingshu was a little embarrassed, but nodded. "Chaodong has been making some investments over the years. He bought BKK shares two years ago. Later, BKK representative Jin Fengying fled to the United States, causing us great losses."
"Chaodong likes making friends and is very concerned about his reputation. The family's income has not been much in the past two years, but the expenses are getting bigger and bigger, and the family is a little short of income. So in order to relieve the pressure, we thought of letting Krystal sign a contract with New Asia Agency and earn a signing fee." Li Jingshu said embarrassedly.
"What about those 12 bottles of Romanee-Conti red wine that you brought when you visited our house last time?" Song Yi asked.
"That is also the last box of treasured red wine in our family. Chaodong said that when visiting a rich man like you, we cannot be too embarrassed and the gift must be worthy." Li Jingshu said.
Song Yi sighed. This box of Romanee-Conti red wine was worth about 20,000 US dollars. Zheng Chaodong really liked to brag.
He thought the name BKK Investment sounded familiar, and after asking in detail, he found out that this company was the one founded by Li Guangxue. Li Guangxue left a video recording of his speech at Guangyun High School in Japan in October 2000: "At the end of January this year, I returned to Japan and founded an online financial company called BKK Investment Consulting. In order to meet the needs of the company's business, I decided to set up an online futures company."
After the results of the 2002 South Korean presidential election came out, Jin Fengying, who saw the situation was not good, was afraid of being held accountable by the new government, so he fled to the UK with a huge sum of money. Song Yi could not believe that Zheng Chaodong and his wife actually bought shares of BKK Investment Consulting Company.
"Don't worry, even though Jin Fengying fled to Britain, he still can't escape legal sanctions. When he returns to South Korea, he can at least help you recover some of your losses." Song Yi said.
Li Jingshu has been worried for several months. She has not been able to eat or sleep well every day, and has become much thinner. The sensible Zheng Xiujing noticed that something was wrong with her mother and asked her what happened. Li Jingshu did not want to make her daughter worry, so she did not tell her the truth. Now Li Jingshu can't bear it anymore, so she asked Song Yi for help.
Song Yi asked about it and found out that Zheng Chaodong and his wife invested a lot of money. They invested millions of dollars in the BKK Investment Consulting Company account. Jin Fengying used high interest and high return rates as bait to deceive Zheng Chaodong and his wife into trusting them and making them keep increasing their positions.
"The person has already run away. I don't expect to catch him. Maybe he has already squandered his money on wine and women abroad. If Jin Fengying becomes a pauper, it will be useless no matter how much we hold him accountable." Li Jingshu was a little discouraged.
Seeing that Song Yi had not agreed to let Shinya Agency sign Krystal Jung, Li Jingshu thought that Song Yi had already refused. She was too embarrassed to keep begging Song Yi and prepared to say goodbye and leave.
Jiang Xiu Na stepped forward to stop Li Jingshu, "Ms. Li, since you are also a friend of Miss Tae Hee, why don't you visit this Gulfstream G550 with our president. This plane is also a birthday gift from our president to Miss Tae Hee, so we specially named it TH (Tae Hee)."
Gulfstream obviously also attaches great importance to Song Yi, a super VIP customer. As a well-known young wealthy man in Asia, they believe that Song Yi will order more private jets in the future.
After Song Yi and his group boarded the plane, Gulfstream introduced the G550: "This Gulfstream G550 is the first aircraft delivered in Asia and the third in the world. With a full tank of fuel, the aircraft has a range of 11,686 kilometers and can fly directly from Seoul to New York City."
"The aircraft's cruising speed is 904 kilometers per hour, and its maximum flight altitude is 15,545 meters. For your comfort, we built a private kitchen, bathroom and exclusive bedroom for the aircraft according to President Song's requirements. The entire cabin area is 47.3 square meters and can accommodate up to 14 people at the same time, including two pilots, a flight attendant and a chef."
"The entire cabin is 15.3 meters long, 2.24 meters wide and 1.88 meters high. Chairman Song will not feel crowded even if he stands in the cabin. The restaurant in the front can also be converted into an emergency meeting room. You can hold an emergency meeting in the air at any time without delaying your business trip."
It was also the first time for Li Jingshu to take such a luxurious private plane. She had taken private planes in the United States, but they were small ones that could only accommodate 3 to 4 people. Song Yi's TH was simply a mobile presidential suite.
Song Yi inspected the ship and was quite satisfied. TH will be entrusted to Korean Air, which will provide crew service personnel for TH, including maintenance and repair services for TH.
He looked at his watch and said, "How about this? It's still early today. Let's fly to Japan first and then fly back that evening to experience the performance of the aircraft. By the way, Xiu Na, call your husband first and tell him that the company has asked you to work overtime and you will be back a little later."
Jiang Xiu Na agreed without hesitation, "Okay, I'll send him a message. Then I'll contact Dahang Airlines and ask them to apply for a route for TH now, and the crew will be here soon."
Seeing that Song Yi didn't ask for her opinion at all, Li Jingshu was speechless. It turned out that Jiang Xiu Na, a little girl, needed to tell her family, but no one asked her if she wanted to fly to Tokyo? However, she really wanted to see the luxurious life in a private jet, so she didn't refuse.
When the Korean Air crew came over, Song Yi found that the flight attendant was his old acquaintance, Li Baona. Li Baona, wearing a flight attendant uniform, greeted him warmly, "President Song, long time no see, welcome to TH, it's a pleasure to serve you."
Song Yi and Li Baona joked, "Thank you. After this voyage, I will definitely give you a good review to your company."
Li Baona looked at Jiang Xiuna and Li Jingshu behind Song Yi. She had to admit that a rich man like Song Yi would never lack the company of beautiful women no matter where he went. She might have had the ambition to become the next Wendi Deng before, but now she finally understood that beautiful women like her were at most just embellishments in the lives of rich men.
Even if she and Song Yi had a romantic affair, Song Yi would at most leave her a check as a parting gift, but it was impossible for her to turn her life around and marry into a wealthy family.
Li Baona adjusted her mentality and provided thoughtful service to Song Yi and his group. The TH's first flight was from Seoul to Osaka, staying at Osaka Airport for two and a half hours, and then flying to Tokyo. The whole journey took about six and a half hours.
Unlike civil airliners, once the TH takes off, there is signal on the plane, and you can use your mobile phone or computer no matter where you are on the plane.
Lee Jung-yeon had a delicious Chinese meal on the plane for the first time, and even desserts, drinks, champagne and red wine were available. Considering Lee Jung-sook and Kang Soo-na's alcohol tolerance, the three shared a bottle of champagne to celebrate the maiden flight of TH.
Only then did she know that Mr. Song Yi had spent $63 million to buy this Gulfstream G550. He also paid Gulfstream $7 million for customized decoration. For example, the soft furnishings in the restaurant and bedroom were of the same standard as the Bulgari Hotel's presidential suite. The plane was also equipped with a home theater, so that she could enjoy the latest movies anytime and anywhere during her trip.
Li Jingshu felt a little unbalanced. She couldn't sleep all night because of the loss of millions of dollars in investment, and Song Yi was willing to spend 7 million dollars just to decorate the plane. Of course, for Song Yi, who is worth billions of dollars, 7 million dollars is just a trivial amount of money. Why is Xinya Agency unwilling to sign Krystal? In fact, Song Yi was not reluctant to give up the signing fee. The reason why he did not agree to Li Jingshu's request was for the consideration of the girl group f(x). If Zheng Xiujing went to Xinya Agency, would Song Qian and Choi Sulli still join SM Entertainment as usual? Then, without Zheng Xiujing, would f(x) still be the function group that Song Yi knew? In fact, in Song Yi's view, in addition to signing Krytstal, he has a better way to help Zheng Chaodong and his wife, such as recovering the money they were cheated by Jin Fengying. Song Yi knew that Jin Fengying and Li Guangxue had always been in contact. If Li Guangxue came forward, he could let Jin Fengying return the one million dollars to Zheng Chaodong and his wife.
Of course, Song Yi is not a saint. He has no interest or obligation to recover the losses of other investors. Even if Jin Fengying is finally caught by the South Korean police and brought back to China, it is estimated that he will squander a lot of the money he defrauded.
However, because the matter was still unclear, he did not plan to reveal the inside story to Li Jingshu. If he told Li Jingshu in advance, it would give people the impression that he was asking for a favor in return.
When the TH flew back to Seoul from Tokyo, it was almost dawn. Kang Soo-na was already feeling a little sleepy and was leaning back to rest on a luxurious seat in the front cabin of the plane. The only flight attendant, Lee Bo-na, was also dozing off on a seat near the restaurant.
Song Yi felt like peeing, so he went to the bathroom at the rear of the cabin, and came out of the bathroom to the bedroom of TH. Song Yi found Li Jingshu sitting on the bed, and the door leading to the dining room and the front cabin was also closed by Li Jingshu.
"Sister Jingshu, what do you mean? It would not be good if Xiu Na and the others saw it and misunderstood our relationship." Song Yi asked in a low voice.
"Your secretary is a smart person. Even if she heard or saw it, she would pretend not to know. She will definitely not ruin your business. Didn't you want to sleep with me when you were in Catalina Island? Why, today I took the initiative and you are scared? You know what, I have never experienced the feeling of doing things on an airplane." Li Jingshu said generously.
Song Yi glanced at Li Jingshu, "Are you serious? Then I want to tell you a Tang Dynasty poem, called 'A Thousand Miles to Jiangling Return in One Day'."
Maybe Li Jingshu's voice was a little loud, Jiang Xiuna and Li Baona heard what Song Yi and Li Jingshu were doing. When the plane landed at Gimpo Airport, Jiang Xiuna left in a hurry, and Li Baona also bowed her head to say goodbye to Song Yi and the others, not daring to look Li Mingshu in the eye.
Song Yi felt a little unsatisfied. Although Li Jingyan was only about 1.6 meters tall, she had a very good body proportion and flexibility. Her background as a gymnast allowed her to perform many difficult moves. She was indeed a rare beauty in the world.
He sent Li Jingyan to the downstairs of their house. Before getting out of the car, Song Yi patted Li Jingshu's hand and said, "Sister Jingyan, I can help you think of a solution for the BKK investment. How about this, you come to our company again in two days, and I will tell you in detail how to deal with it."
Perhaps because she was about to get home, Li Jingshu became a little shy again. Her face flushed, but she still did not refuse Song Yi's invitation, "Okay, President Song, let's talk about it another day."
It’s okay to name your son Song Wei Yang, but are you serious about naming him Song Jiang?
(End of this chapter)