Lu Yiming listened carefully to Wei Liqun's report, and then rubbed his temples with his left middle finger.

To be honest, these two billion were all raised from the local people in Xiangjiang. Even if it were a total loss, it would not hurt Lu Yiming even a hair.

But since he took other people's money, Lu Yiming still had to do his duty. After all, if he made money, he would get the bulk of it.

Lu Yiming finished rubbing his temples, sat up straight, and tapped the table with the fingers of his left hand rhythmically.

"You are considered an experienced employee. Please tell me your opinion first."

Wei Liqun thought for a while, and finally told the truth: "I think there is a risk. After all, the United States is too far away from us. We have no way of knowing what the situation is there. But it is indeed an opportunity. After all, now we

We want to invest in a giant U.S. energy company, and opportunities like this don’t come around very often.”

Lu Yiming smiled and nodded in agreement with Wei Liqun: "Indeed, you are right about this, so I choose to refuse."

"Ah? Refuse!"

Although Wei Liqun had thought about this possibility before, Lu Yiming made a decision so quickly, which still caught him off guard.

After all, Wei Liqun and the others found this investment project with great difficulty. Although it involves a lot of risks, after everyone's discussion, Wei Liqun still feels that it is worth investing in.

So he immediately persuaded: "Boss, do you really want to refuse? This is an American giant energy company with total assets of more than 40 billion U.S. dollars, and its turnover will soon exceed 100 billion! If it weren't for one of the shareholders,

Due to debt problems, we suddenly want to sell our stocks, and we have no chance at all.”

Lu Yiming sighed and said with emotion: "Although we are businessmen, and businessmen are talking about business, but many times, we still have to consider other factors. Lao Wei, think about it, why should the other party want such a good stock?

What about selling? And it’s just selling, why did the opportunity fall to our Future Fund, a financial company from Hong Kong?”

"Ah...this..."

Wei Liqun was speechless for a moment.

He simply analyzed it from a business perspective and felt that it was a project worth pursuing. However, Lu Yiming did not talk to him about business, but instead provided ideas from another perspective.

"Boss, do you think there is a problem here?"

Lu Yiming did not answer Wei Liqun's question, but asked: "What is the name of this company?"

Wei Liqun held the information in his hand. He knew that his boss didn't like employees speaking English in his company, so he said cautiously: "Well, when transliterated, it seems to be called 'Enron'."

Lu Yiming was startled.

No wonder the stocks are being sold off and no one has come to snatch them up. It turns out to be that Enron!

As an Internet company employee, Lu Yiming is very familiar with the Enron incident!

However, Lu Yiming couldn't tell Wei Liqun what would happen to Enron in the future, so he had to find an excuse to say: "Look, does the name 'Enron' sound very unlucky?"

"..."

Wei Liqun never expected that Lu Yiming's angle could be so tricky, and he was immediately dumbfounded.

"so?"

"So you can't invest in this company. In business, what matters is a good fortune. They can invest in whoever they like. Our Future Fund will not interfere."

"Good guy... OK, I get it."

At the Future Fund headquarters, Meng Xiujie and Xie Xingwang looked at Wei Liqun eagerly. After he hung up the phone, they asked impatiently: "Mr. Wei, what did the boss say?"

Wei Liqun remembered Lu Yiming's nonsense reason, shook his head slightly and said, "The boss rejected our proposal."

Meng Xiujie and Xie Xingwang were immediately anxious. For this project, they spent a lot of time and energy collecting information and analyzing market conditions. They also thought about making a huge bonus from it.

"Mr. Wei, why doesn't the boss agree?"

"Yes, is it because our information is not complete enough?"

Seeing that Meng Xiujie and Xie Xingwang were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, Wei Liqun said helplessly: "It's useless what you said. The main reason is that the boss felt that Enron's name was unlucky, so he decided not to invest."

"ah?"

The two of them were stunned after hearing this. If this was another matter, they could still find a way to solve it, but they couldn't ask Enron to change its name, right?

They really can't do this!

On the other side, Lu Yiming also let out a long breath after hanging up the phone.

What a risk!

I invested in Enron in 1998. No matter how much money I made, it would not be enough to fill this hole.

Enron itself was an energy company located in Houston, Texas.

Before declaring bankruptcy in 2001, Enron had approximately 21,000 employees and was one of the world's largest electric, natural gas and telecommunications companies, with disclosed revenue in 2000 of more than $100 billion.

The company has been selected as "America's Most Innovative Company" by Fortune magazine for six consecutive years. However, what really made Enron famous around the world was the company with hundreds of billions of assets in 2002.

Financial fraud scandal that went bankrupt within weeks.

In early 2001, Jim Chios, the boss of an investment institution with a good reputation, publicly expressed doubts about Enron's profit model.

He pointed out that although Enron's business looked brilliant, it actually made little money, and no one could tell how Enron made money. According to his analysis, Enron's profitability was 100% in 2000

By the beginning of 2001, it had dropped below 2%. For investors, the return on investment was only about 7%.

Cheos also noticed that some documents related to the partnership companies behind Enron, which had unclear behind-the-scenes transactions with Enron. As Enron's CEO, Skilling had been selling off Enron stock-and he

There were constant claims that Enron's stock would rise from around $70 at the time to $126.

You know, according to American law, members of the company's board of directors cannot sell the company stocks they hold if they have not left the board of directors.

Perhaps it was this that triggered people's doubts about Enron and began to really investigate Enron's profitability and cash flow. By mid-August 2001, people had more and more questions about Enron, which eventually led to a decline in the stock price

fell.

On November 28, 2001, Standard & Poor's lowered Enron's debt rating to "junk bond" status.

On November 30, 2001, Enron's stock price fell to US$0.26, and its market value dropped from US$80 billion at its peak to US$200 million.

On December 2, 2001, Enron officially applied for bankruptcy protection to the bankruptcy court. The assets listed in the bankruptcy list reached US$49.8 billion, making it the largest bankrupt company in American history.

Lu Yiming briefly recalled the story of Enron's bankruptcy in his mind, and was filled with emotion.

Did they promise that American companies would abide by laws and regulations? It turned out that even the financial fraud was done by Arthur Andersen, the world's number one accounting firm. It was so impressive and very capitalist.

Therefore, if you buy Enron stock at this time, what is the difference between holding a landmine that is timed to detonate?

While Lu Yiming was glad that he had escaped a disaster, he also wondered if he could do something with this information gap.

After all, Enron's bankruptcy defrauded many American people.

However, human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. Lu Yiming only hesitated for two seconds before silently deciding to let the news sink in his stomach.

Perhaps the employees of Enron who were about to lose their jobs were miserable, and the investors who bought Enron's stocks were even more tearful, but it was not their own fault, so who cares.

If you want to live a long life, it's best to mind your own business.

On Monday, Lu Yiming got up early for the first time. After leaving the community, he bought some shrimp shaomai and then drove his Audi to school.

Shi Qingxue's seat was still vacant, so Lu Yiming placed a shrimp siomai on Shi Qingxue's table.

Not long after, Shi Qingxue walked into the classroom. When she saw Lu Yiming, her pretty face turned red.

Lu Yiming saw Shi Qingxue and found that her cheeks were red. He suddenly felt very strange: "Why is your face so red? Is it uncomfortable?"

As soon as she saw Lu Yiming, Shi Qingxue remembered the various "little tricks" Cao Jingwen had told her, and then she felt blushing. At this time, facing Lu Yiming's eyes, she subconsciously wanted to avoid them.

.

"No, maybe it was because the sun was too strong when I came here, which made my face red."

The words Cao Jingwen said at that time still linger in Shi Qingxue's mind, bringing powerful mental pollution to her innocence and purity.

The lingering sense of the image was too intense for the girl.

Lu Yiming didn't care at all, but just warned: "Then remember to tell me if you have anything to do, don't keep it in your heart."

"good."

At this moment, Wu Qiuya walked into the classroom.

Wu Qiuya specially wore a snow-white chiffon shirt today, and the slimmest jeans on her lower body. Her long hair was tied into a high ponytail, revealing her slender neck.

Many boys in the class couldn't help but breathe quickly when they saw it. When they looked at Wu Qiuya, they wanted to go directly from the top of their necks and from the collar to the white shirt.

Wu Qiuya can perfectly integrate the intellectuality and elegance of a white shirt and the unrestrainedness and enthusiasm of jeans, and control them with ease. It can be seen that her aesthetic taste is a whole level higher than other girls of the same age.

Many boys couldn't help but whisper.

"Wu Qiuya is really getting more and more beautiful."

"Her clothes are so see-through, I feel like I can see inside. It's black."

"How could it be black? Her skin is so white."

"I'm talking about the clothes underneath, what are you talking about?"

"..."

The chiffon material is inherently semi-permeable, and coupled with the harsh sunlight, even though it was still early in the morning, it was already making people sweat. Once soaked in sweat, the clothes naturally became looming.

Dressed like this, how could these wolf-like young men in the class be able to withstand it?
To be continued...