Chapter 256 The troublemaker is here~!

"Zhang, after taking a look around, what do you think? These guys were all very arrogant just now, but after hearing about your previous investment achievements, their attitudes changed 180 degrees. They can't wait to recruit you, an investment genius, to their side!"

Mato Wals said with a smirk, although he was introducing the big names in the circle to Zhang Junfeng, wasn't he also showing off his strength to these "special" friends? ! In response to Mato Wals's question, Zhang Junfeng grinned and said, "They are more realistic than I thought. It feels like heroes and strong people are more respected here. As long as you show strong enough ability, they will treat you as a distinguished guest~!"

Seeing that Zhang Junfeng had hit the nail on the head and explained the reason directly, Matto Walsh nodded in agreement. In this circle, it was indeed as Zhang Junfeng said, as long as you were strong enough and had outstanding abilities, it was common for these people to rush to curry favor with you.

Young people like Zhang Junfeng who have outstanding investment abilities are like a growing cash cow, which can bring them endless income and even avoid risks. They can't help but pay attention to it! ...

"Walsh, like the Citibank before, doesn't it have a lot of business competition with Goldman Sachs? How come you seem to have a good relationship with the senior executives of Citibank..." Zhang Junfeng asked the doubts in his mind. In his opinion, even if both parties serve different masters, there are so many business conflicts between them, so how could they give a good face to the other party's senior executives?

Matto Walls chuckled, "Zhang, you don't know this. In the United States, the upper financial circle is only this small, and most of those who are qualified to enter are these people. Although they work in different institutions, in many cases, their interests can be the same."

"Just like the short selling of several Asian countries and regions this time, although it was led by Soros and Quantum Fund, without the joint efforts of the institutions behind these people, how could the financial crisis in Asia become so serious?"

After hearing what the other party said, Zhang Junfeng suddenly realized. As expected, just as the experts and masters in his previous life had analyzed afterwards, although the reason why this financial crisis caused such serious consequences to the countries and regions in the Asian region was due to certain natural disasters.

But isn't it more because these institutions are behind the scenes fanning the flames, trying to take advantage of the situation and plunder the wealth accumulated in Asia for decades? Fortunately, his current identity and camp destined him to not be the party that suffered losses, but the winner who earned a lot of benefits in this crisis! ...

Although Matto Walsh was quite popular in the financial circle of Wall Street, there were also some guys who liked to make trouble and did not give him face. For example, Peter Fuld, a senior executive of Lehman Brothers, which was also a well-known investment bank on Wall Street, took the initiative to come up to him and try to make trouble.

"Isn't this the vice president of Goldman Sachs, Matto Walsh? I heard that he made a serious mistake when shorting the Hang Seng Index not long ago, which resulted in a huge loss of the money invested recently and he was reprimanded at a high-level meeting?" Peter Fuld asked Matto Walsh with a warm smile, but almost every word he said was like a sharp blade looking for Matto Walsh's weak spot.

(Note: Peter Fuld’s uncle Dick Fuld is the soul of Lehman Brothers. In 1994, under his promotion, Lehman Brothers was listed on the New York Stock Exchange through an IPO and officially became a public company. It was also under Fuld’s iron-fisted rule that Lehman Brothers returned to the top of Wall Street after experiencing a financial crisis.)

Matto Walls, who was severely criticized, naturally had no good face for this blind guy, but considering the big backer behind this guy, he did not act rashly, but just replied calmly, "Even the most capable investors cannot guarantee that the investment actions they make can bring them rich returns 100% every time."

"Probably the only one who can do that is 'the God of Stocks' Warren Buffett, right?" Although Matto Walls spoke in a flat tone, his implication was to mock the other party for not being much stronger than him and not having the qualifications to challenge him.

Seeing that his sarcasm had no good effect and was countered by the other party, Peter Fuld, who was originally smiling, quickly turned ugly. Seeing that Zhang Junfeng and Wu Xiuying were both unfamiliar Asian faces, he immediately opened his mouth to provoke again.

"It seems that your Goldman Sachs Group is becoming more and more decadent. How come even low-status Asians are now qualified to appear in such an upper-class society? Is there no one left in your Goldman Sachs Group?" Peter Fuld, a Jewish man, quickly found a new entry point and tried to embarrass Mato Walsh by suppressing Zhang Junfeng and Wu Xiuying.

It seemed that because Peter Fuld's voice was louder, the people who heard the noise came closer to them curiously. They were all very curious about what kind of response Mato Walsh would make to Peter Fuld's attack. However, before Mato Walsh could refute, Zhang Junfeng spoke first, "I was invited by the Morgan family to come here. As for whether I have the ability to appear in such an occasion, I think it is not your turn as a representative of Lehman Brothers to question me, right?"

"Hmph! An Asian like you dare to say that you have received an invitation from the Morgan family? Do you think any of us will believe such a lame excuse?" Peter Fuld was even more certain of his guess when he saw that this young guy Zhang Junfeng was still talking nonsense and even made up such a ridiculous reason.

Mato Walls, who was standing by, saw that Zhang Junfeng was being entangled by this annoying guy, and quickly spoke up to help him out. "Zhang is a senior investment consultant of our Goldman Sachs Group. His investment ability is far more powerful than you think. The reason why he attended this banquet was because he was personally invited by Mr. Nacho Morgan~!"

After hearing Mato Walsh's explanation, the people around him were all shocked. They had heard of Nacho Morgan's name. As the powerful figure of the Morgan family who controlled JPMorgan Chase, few of the bigwigs present had received such a personal invitation!

(End of this chapter)