Li Maocai hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just wait for my good news!"

Fu Song saw that Lu Renhe seemed to have something to say, so he winked at him and came to the floor-to-ceiling window, "What's the matter?"

Lu Renhe said: "Jim Walker accepted our offer for $5 million just an hour ago."

"5 million US dollars?" Fu Song nodded, "Although it's more than one million more than before, it's not outrageous. Tell me, what other conditions have you promised him?"

Lu Renhe said in surprise: "Mr. Fu, how do you know?"

Fu Song curled his lips and said, "Credit Bank of Lyon cannot afford $5 million?"

Lu Renhe smiled bitterly and said, "Nothing can be hidden from you. In addition to $5 million, I also promised JimWalker to hand over the research institute of Yuantu Investment to him."

Fu Song hesitated and said, "Can he do it?"

Lu Renhe said: "I really can't find a more suitable candidate than him. Mr. Fu, find some time for me to come over, and you will know when you meet him."

Hearing that he praised JimWalker so generously, Fu Song couldn't help but become interested in him, "Okay, you can arrange it."

Lu Renhe said: "The acquisition agreement will be signed tomorrow. Do you think about how tomorrow night?"

"Yes, I'll treat him to a meal."

Lu Renhe hurriedly said, "I'll just treat you."

Fu Song said dissatisfiedly: "Why, I look down on me, right? I can't even afford to invite a meal?"

Lu Renhe: “….”

Li Maocai followed Lu Renhe and the two of them wanted to discuss in advance how to fool the guests tonight. Everything is ready now, it depends on whether the first shot tonight can be fired.

Fu Song planned to go to the hall for afternoon tea. In his previous life, he heard that the afternoon tea at Peninsula Hotel was very famous. If you are lucky, you can meet big stars.

I called the front desk and made an appointment for a seat for tea. Seeing that it was still early, I sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and read the newspaper.

Some people's habits are difficult to change. When Fu Song was at home, no matter how busy he was, he had to read a bunch of newspapers every day. After coming to Xiangjiang, he did not let go of this habit.

Xiangjiang has a complete range of newspapers, including popular newspapers such as Oriental Daily, Sun, Xinbao, Chengbao, and Apple Daily. This type of newspaper has a large circulation and its content caters to the public's tastes. Social news and entertainment news are heavy, and the news techniques are sensational, and they like to hype.

Fu Song didn't like reading this kind of newspaper, but Yu Sheng read it with relish.

There are also serious newspapers, such as Ming Pao, Xinbao Financial News, Economic Daily, Sing Tao Daily, etc., which are more serious and have a stronger cultural flavor than popular newspapers, so these newspapers also claim to be elite newspapers. Among these newspapers, Fu Song must read Xinbao and Economic Daily every day.

Then there are some newspapers with Chinese institutions or Chinese backgrounds, such as Ta Kung Pao, Wenhui Po, and Business Daily, which mainly report Hong Kong news from the perspective of the mainland and watch mainland news from the perspective of the Hong Kong. Fu Song also has to read these newspapers every day and can keep up with changes in mainland policies.

However, Fu Song is most concerned about English newspapers, such as the South China Morning Post, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal Asian Edition, the International Herald Leader Asian Edition, etc.

When Fu Song saw an article on the analysis of the US economy in the Wall Street Journal, he smiled softly, and it seemed that there were still many people who understood it.

Through data analysis of the US economy, unemployment rate and inflation since the 1980s, the article points out that some economic macro factors have begun to experience adverse changes.

First, starting from the beginning of the year, the Federal Reserve began to raise policy interest rates. The background of this increase in policy interest rates is that inflation expectations have begun to rise. For Americans who have just emerged from large inflation, the fear of inflation has made Chairman Greenspan, who has just taken office, dare not neglect. As of the end of June this year, the Federal Reserve raised the federal interest rate from 5.56% at the end of 1986 to 6.78%.

In addition, starting from the beginning of the year, the year-on-year growth rate of US currency M2 has declined rapidly. This reason may be related to the coordination of international currency at that time. In February 1987, the United States and six other countries reached the Louvre Agreement, and the United States hoped to prevent the further depreciation of the US dollar through international coordination.

Furthermore, by the end of June 1987, foreign investors held a total of 6.2% of the U.S. stocks, which exceeded the 5.8% shareholding ratio of mutual funds at that time. Among foreign investors, the main ones were Japanese investors, which made American investors particularly sensitive to changes in the yen and Japanese asset prices.

Fu Song believes that this article is the highest-level article among all the articles I have read recently, especially the article finally made pessimistic predictions about the future US stock market.

But Fu Song does not think investors will take the predictions of this article seriously. Speculators who make big profits in the portfolio investment market will never stop because of a warning article.

After browsing the important newspapers, Fu Song saw that the time was just right, so he took Yu Sheng to have afternoon tea.

The waiter skillfully brought two silver pots, one with tea and the other with boiling water, and then it was completely self-service.

The Roman palace-style hall, silver tea sets, Hermes porcelain, and the three-layer afternoon refreshments are made from the most authentic scones and expensive sauces in Xiangjiang.

After taking a bite of the sandwich, Fu Song felt that it was just so he didn't expect anything from the first layer of snacks. The rest went into Yu Sheng's stomach.

The tea is also ordinary, and it is not as good as the food tea I drink at home. This afternoon tea plus the service fee is more than HK$600, which is a bit expensive.

After sitting for more than an hour, the sun sets in the west, Fu Song didn't see a star he knew, either, without Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-fat, Chung Cheung, Gigi Lai, Chiu Suzhen and others.

Yu Sheng's stomach was bloated and said, "Director Fu, I have been here for several days, and I don't know what Xiangjiang is like."

Fu Song laughed and scolded, "If you want to go out shopping, just say it, and you are still sloping around the bush. Let's go, I haven't visited, so we'll eat snacks outside tonight."

Yu Shengmei smiled and said, "The relationship is good, I'm tired of eating the food in the hotel."

Walking on the old street of Xiangjiang and being among the tall buildings, Fu Song feels like time and space is confused. On one side is Xiangjiang in the 1950s and 1960s, and on the other side is Pudong New Area in the 21st century.

I was a little tired all the way, and there was an open-air teahouse next to the road. Fu Song found a corner to sit down and ordered two cups of tea.

Seeing Yu Sheng glance around and looking at his eyes, Fu Song found a girl wearing a knee-length skirt standing across the street, her long legs emitting a soft light under the sunset.

Fu Song instigated: "Do you want to go up and say hello?"
Chapter completed!