Global monopoly of technology

After Christmas in the West, Luo Sheng started his trip to North America. The company's relocation was finalized, and he didn't need to pay too much attention to it. After returning from this trip, the company was mostly settled in Sioux City.

Luo Sheng chose Wall Street for the first time. On this trip, there were six company members who came with him. Qin Weimu was also among them. Only she had gone abroad, and the others were young companies. This is the first time that Luo Sheng’s start-up team members have gone abroad. Bringing them here is a means for Luo Sheng to cultivate talents internally. The purpose of bringing them here is to expand their international horizons. In layman's terms, they have a long experience.

Luo Sheng will not be ambiguous, but the internal training of talents is equally important.

Speaking of it, if Qin Weimu did not choose her career as a lawyer, but went for a high salary, she would most likely appear on Wall Street. Big investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch have all sent her offers. I know that there are more than 90,000 job applications for an intern at Goldman Sachs every month, and the acceptance rate is only about 2%. Other major investment banks are almost the same. About 90% of the offers sent out will be invited to join.

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On December 28, Luo Sheng came to Manhattan. After turning the jet lag, he took a day's rest and went to Goldman Sachs headquarters.

Before coming to New York, Luo Sheng had already greeted Meng Qiu, the head of Goldman Sachs Group in China, this time seeking financing was a little different, because the company still has very sufficient funds relatively speaking, and currently still has ¥280 million. Or so, under normal circumstances, the A round of financing has received such a large investment, and it will not be financing in the first half of next year.

But as far as Luo Sheng is concerned, he will not have enough funds for the company's next strategic layout. Wanting to let investors play with him and spend money on him will consume more energy and tongue than the previous few financings.

At about 16:00 in the afternoon, Luo Sheng came to the foot of the Goldman Sachs headquarters building. His temporary assistant looked at the door in front of him in a bit of amazement: "This is the Goldman Sachs headquarters? The simplicity is beyond ordinary people's imagination. Anyway, it is completely different from what I thought... "

Qin Weimu simply explained: "Goldman Sachs headquarters is famous for its absence of any logo outside."

Its simple brown headquarters building is located at 85 Broad Street in New York, but this "Building 85" is famous all over the world. As Goldman Sachs, which has been promoted to become the world's largest investment bank in the new century, anyone who knows a little about finance may be afraid You don’t even know its name. This place has always been a place where investment banking elites have been working diligently. Becoming a partner of Goldman Sachs means having countless wealth.

Luo Sheng walked in, but was quickly stopped by a white man approaching him. At first glance, an Asian face suddenly felt contempt.

"Sorry sir, you need to wear formal clothes to come in."

The white man who came to stop him said that his behavior and manners seemed quite gentlemanly, but deep in his heart he was indeed extremely disdainful of Asian faces, but his expressions and words and behavior did not reveal the true thoughts of his heart. EQ and IQ are indispensable when working in one of the largest investment banking companies on Wall Street.

Luo Sheng didn't wear formal clothes, but it doesn't mean that his outfits are cheap. In fact, they are all custom outfits, but they look super ordinary.

Immediately calmly replied: "I have an appointment with Mr. Henry Paulson, and I am here now."

The white man thought he had heard it wrong, Henry Paulson, known as one of the most influential financial masters in the United States, and the current head of the Goldman Sachs Group, is truly a giant on Wall Street.

Just when the white man was astonished, a man suddenly came to understand the surrounding area. It was Meng Qiu, the head of Goldman Sachs in China. He talked a few words with the white man, and the other side looked at Luo Sheng again before leaving.

At this time, Mengqiu and Luo Sheng shook hands, communicated in Mandarin, and smiled faintly: "Mr. Luo, please here. Frankly speaking, although I work for Goldman Sachs, I would not come to Manhattan if it were not for you this time. , Don’t look at these people's high self-cultivation, but these people look down on our face from the bottom of their hearts. On Wall Street, people here are hypocritical except for treating the dollar bills."

Luo Sheng smiled and didn't answer, but he also added a bit of favor to Mengqiu, but that's all, as it said, this is Wall Street.

Meng Qiu once again kindly reminded: "I have to remind you Mr. Luo, you may face a lot of difficulties later, Henry specially invited a lot of reporters, Henry Paulson, how do you say? In Wall Street and even the world’s financial circles are figures with terrorist influence. You must be psychologically prepared."

Luo Sheng was stunned for a while, and said calmly, "Thank you."

Of course, he is no stranger to the name Henry Paulson, because as long as he understands the subprime mortgage crisis, the name cannot be avoided. He not only knows Henry Paulson, but also John Paulson.

After entering the elevator, Mengqiu didn't say much anymore. He took the elevator to the top floor. He also squeezed the sweat for Luo Sheng. Even if he saw such a character, he would feel nervous, especially this one. This kind of battle, the invisible pressure is even greater.

But Meng Qiu was also quite surprised, because he found that Luo Sheng's calm and confident expression never disappeared. This young man did have an extraordinary side.

It can only be described like that.

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The building of the Goldman Sachs headquarters is quite beautiful, and the geographical environment is also very good. From the physical environment, it can be said to be impeccable. At night, when you go down to the eleventh floor, you can overlook the sunset and the Statue of Liberty in this building. An experience.

But at the same time, more than 10,000 Goldman Sachs employees squeezed into the forty-story building, making people feel that this place is always bustling and busy.

However, even at Goldman Sachs, the difference between people within the company is simply greater than the difference between people and dogs.

If the employees here are not occupied by their work, they have a little leisure to observe everything around them, but most of the time this will not happen. If they do, they will feel that they are only available in an extremely large machine. A gear of Wu is pushed and rotated by thousands of other gears, and even if he leaves, a new gear will come up immediately.

Moreover, due to the complexity of the investment banking business, an employee randomly meets another employee at Goldman Sachs. There is a 50% chance that they cannot talk about work casually. For example, one belongs to the investment banking department and the other belongs to the trading department. The two parties should talk about work. It is necessary to apply. There is a 49% chance that these two people cannot understand each other's work and life at all, and may not be interested at all.

The people working here are actually very lonely. There are more than 10,000 people. Only a dozen colleagues and a few bosses can really speak. But this is also determined by the nature of the industry. Most investment banks are basically the same in this regard. .

After exiting the elevator, Meng Qiu led Luo Sheng to a conference hall inside the building.

As soon as he entered the interior, Luo Sheng saw twenty or thirty eyes focused on him. Among them were famous North American media personalities such as the New York Times and Bloomberg.

When a group of foreigners present saw him, many people showed surprise eyes, especially reporters from several media organizations.

Meng Qiu returned to the position of Goldman Sachs. Here, even he could not speak. The people sitting in the middle conference table were all real bosses. Meng Qiu couldn't help but squeezed his sweat secretly for Luo Sheng again. No matter how you look at this battle, a young man under the age of twenty cannot withstand it.

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