Chapter 271 Best Investor of the Year
At the end of November, the cold autumn wind began to blow in the north, and the scorching sun in the south subsided a little.

In Hainan, the gentle sea breeze blew her hair. A woman with delicate makeup and a light green floral dress walked barefoot on the fine sand back to her hotel room. She swallowed a whole bottle of sleeping pills while listening to the silly man's favorite song in her headphones.

The ebb and flow of the tide were as common as before, the waves surged onto the beach and then receded, taking away a trail of shallow, lonely footprints, as if no one had ever been there and left no trace.

"You reported the case?"

The experienced master looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. Through his messy hair, stubble and haggard appearance, he could tell that he was the elegant uncle-type handsome man that is most popular among young girls nowadays.

The young apprentice lowered his head and clenched the pen tightly to take notes. He was afraid that in the next second he would not be able to control himself and throw the pen away and punch the middle-aged man.

"Linlin and I met in London three months ago. She had just broken up at that time, and then we got together. She told me about her ex-boyfriend, saying that her ex-boyfriend died unexpectedly because of the breakup, but she didn't say anything about the details."

The middle-aged man stroked his prickly stubble and said, "I feel something is wrong. She doesn't have a proper job and she's not a second-generation rich girl. Her standard of living is very high. Yes, I'm quite sensitive about this. My ex-girlfriend cheated on me and ran off with a local boss. Because of this incident, I suffered from severe depression and went to London to relax. That's when I met Linlin."

"She is a good girl with beautiful eyes. I thought this was my destiny and that she would save me. So when I felt something was wrong, I couldn't accept it and I was very angry. Linlin confessed to me that her ex-boyfriend treated her very well. He gave her many gifts, a lot of money, and a big house. They broke up just after paying the down payment for the house... Comrade, do you mind if I smoke a cigarette?"

With a click, the flame lit up and a faint smoke changed unpredictably in the light spot.

"I love Linlin. I don't want to say she's a gold digger or anything like that, but her behavior makes me feel miserable every minute I'm with her. It reminds me of what my ex-girlfriend did to me. Can you relate to her? You can't, but Linlin can. She may love me too much, so she's also depressed, and her condition is getting worse very quickly."

The middle-aged man narrated: "She felt sorry for me and her ex-boyfriend, and often woke up in the middle of the night dreaming about her ex-boyfriend. I felt sorry for her and her condition was getting worse. I thought it would be better to end it all."

"And then you instigated her..." The young apprentice finally couldn't help but raise his voice.

The middle-aged man interrupted, "I didn't. Linlin and I had an appointment, but I got scared on the way here yesterday after receiving the text message. I didn't dare to come to the hotel to meet her right away. I thought she was just looking for an excuse to see me."

"Are you scared?!" The young apprentice laughed out loud in anger, feeling it was extremely absurd.

"I am a patient, and depression has a great impact on the mental state."

The middle-aged man exhaled his last puff of smoke and said, "I know I am sorry to Linlin. I apologize to her. Comrade, I have an appointment with a psychologist. Can I leave first?"

"Maybe not. Jiang Lin mentioned you in his suicide note." The experienced master spoke before his apprentice.

The middle-aged man put out his cigarette butt and shook his head helplessly with a smile: "This is not good."

"It's okay. I think taking a look will help your recovery later."

The master stuffed the suicide note into the middle-aged man's hands. Jiang Lin said that she knew she had been cheated, but she realized it too late. Severe depression made her trapped in what she had done and unable to escape.

Just like a prisoner who struggles more and more desperately, in the end he can no longer tell whether he is feeling guilty towards Wang Xueqing or out of regret for himself.

So be it, it’s retribution for the gold digger to lose to the liar, she’s tired and has to accept it.

The suicide note only had a few words. The middle-aged man flicked the paper and said, "She said she wanted to return the house to her ex-boyfriend, oh, his name is Wang Xueqing. She has severe depression, so this is ineffective, right?"

"What do you think?" the experienced master asked back.

The middle-aged man sighed: "I don't know."

"Okay, Jiang Lin's parents are on their way, please go with us to meet them."

The master patted him on the shoulder. The young apprentice could not hide his indignation. He and the master sandwiched him on both sides. The three of them walked out of the hotel and left in a car.

In the hotel room, two people stood by the window and watched the car disappear from sight.

"It's actually worse than planned."

One of them looked at the mortgage contract in his hand with embarrassment. The signature on it was Jiang Lin. They were supposed to step forward to take back the property.

The companion shrugged and said, "This job is too conspicuous. Brother Cheng is no longer as aloof as before. He said that he would give him some leeway while he can see the good results."

"Hasn't he changed his last name to Zhou now?"

"You talk too much. If you want to hang yourself, find a place where there is no one. Don't drag me along."

"Come on, he's not going to get involved in the dirty work, but we two still have to finish the dirty work. This kind of guy does have some tricks to play with women... Depression, he's really a genius, it saves us a lot of trouble... Does this count as enthusiastic people getting rid of harm to society?"

The two were chatting casually and packing up to leave when suddenly loud shouting and noise came from the next room.

A bloated middle-aged woman was leaning against the window and shouting something, as if she was negotiating conditions, saying that she was the one who did it and was willing to accept the punishment, and that her husband should not be held responsible.

"What's going on?"

The two men walked out of the room and asked for information from several onlookers in the corridor.

"A big boss in the Northeast maliciously transferred company assets and cheated many people. I heard that the investors sued her for debt. She has been hiding here for more than half a month and never left the room to eat, drink, defecate or urinate. If we had known this would happen, we would not have done it in the first place. The locals could have directly arrested her across regions. Alas, the business environment over there is really bad, but this woman is very kind to her husband." The busybodies with soft voices sighed.

The two men looked at each other and thought, damn, why are these women more evil than the other? They can’t stay in the country for long, they should leave as soon as possible.

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【Bill, please.】

【Zhu Jinfeng was brought to justice, and Yunshan Group signed a formal full-equity acquisition agreement with Wufeng Agriculture. 】

Vibration alerts sounded one after another. Song Anli deleted the messages and put away her phone. With a smile on her face, she listened attentively to the host's introduction on the stage, clapping and nodding in greeting from time to time.

Today is November 11th. One week since the interest rate cut, the stock market index has risen above 29 points, with an increase of more than 2500% in five trading days.

The entire financial industry celebrated the New Year with great joy. The annual New Fortune Financial Magazine annual awards ceremony was very lively, with many bigwigs from inside and outside the industry attending and the seats were packed.

Every time an award is presented, some colleagues see their salaries double, while the rest feel frustrated and melancholy.

"The most intelligent investment institutions of New Fortune in 2014 - HFT Investment, Huatai Asset Management Co., Ltd., Xiyou Asset Management Co., Ltd...."

The host read out a list of names, and Song Anli and several representatives of the winning organizations went on stage to receive their awards. During the intervals between taking photos, she looked with interest at the two groups of people, Su He and Tang Man, who were sitting separately in the audience.

"2014 New Fortune's Smartest Investor - Xiyou Asset Management Co., Ltd., Zheng Zhe!"

The thin middle-aged man with glasses stood up suddenly and raised his arms vigorously. He left his old employer and wanted to start his own business, but was recruited by Xie Jingxing with a quantitative fund of 20 billion yuan.

So far, the Grapefruit Quantitative Fund Group has achieved an investment return rate of 230%. Considering the overall sluggish market for more than half a year, this report card is quite impressive.

However, the award and distribution of pork are not entirely based on the return on investment. Zheng Zhegang said that there is a long way to go, but surprises will come unexpectedly.

Although Mr. Xie was not here today, he still repeatedly thanked them by name, and the audience responded to his unprepared acceptance speech with friendly smiles.

The awards ceremony lasted for a long time, and many bigwigs sitting in the front row perked up their spirits and complained in unison that the vinegar was finally coming out of this dumpling.

"This year's New Fortune selection has made a great breakthrough. In the past, we focused more on the secondary market, but with the hot primary investment market, many excellent PE/VC institutions have become an indispensable part of the market."

The McKinsey Global Director Partner in China announced as the award presenter: "So next we will award the best PE institution, the best VC institution, and the best venture capitalist!"

"The first best PE institution of New Fortune in 2014 - Hillhouse Capital! Top ten institutions: Shenzhen Capital Group, Tencent Investment, China Merchants Capital, CPE Yuanfeng."

Another award presenter, the chairman of China Investment Securities, announced a list of ten winners, with the names listed in order of ranking. Zhang Lei took the lead to go on stage to receive the award with a reserved smile.

Several other representatives were smiling from the bottom of their hearts. The market was good this year and there were too many talented people. The organizers were qualified to be picky. They, who were just eating and drinking for free, would be satisfied just to get a piece of pork head!
“2014 New Fortune’s first best VC institution - Grapefruit Capital! Top ten institutions: Sequoia China, Capital Today, IDG Capital, Taihe Capital.”

Every time the McKinsey partner read out a name, Tang Man's mouth corners would curl up a little, Su He was just the opposite to be symmetrical, the fat Xu Xin also gritted his teeth and cursed, and Shen Nanpeng pushed his glasses indifferently.

This list is really confusing. Today Capital has a net investment exit of more than US$40 billion this year!
She has no doubt that Sequoia China is outshined in the best general institution list. How can Grapefruit Capital, an institution that has only been established for two years and has not successfully launched any project so far, win the best in the general category?
Is it because Xie Jingxing has a big face or because that puppet old woman has big breasts? Bah, a fake list, I won’t come here again next time.

Seeing the little MD named He Chuan on the stage pretending to be a decent person and expressing his gratitude to Mr. Xie, Xu Xin stared at him with a stinky face as if he could never repay Mr. Xie's kindness.

Su He felt the same way. He had no choice but to be suppressed by Sequoia, Today and IDG. The market was good this year and everyone's performance was abnormal, except for Grapefruit, which made no sense.

I don't know how many judges that old woman Tang Man has managed to please by running around all over the place. It's really an ugly sight.

"2014 New Fortune's First Best Venture Capitalist - Sequoia China's Neil Shen! Representative projects: Alibaba, Qihoo 360, AutoNavi, Vipshop, JD.com."

The chairman of China Investment Securities paused for a moment, waited until the buzz in the room died down, and then continued, "The second one is Xie Jingxing of Grapefruit Capital. His representative projects include WhatsApp, Didi Chuxing, and New Big Hungry."

"Comfortable."

Zhang Lei crossed his legs and muttered to himself, looking with schadenfreude at Song Anli who accepted the award on his behalf. Everyone in the audience breathed a sigh of relief.

No wonder the best VC institutions didn’t come in person. Mr. Shen is so righteous and has kept the last glory for our colleagues in the industry!
If a young man who has been in the industry for less than two years really topped the list with three representative projects that have not yet been successfully withdrawn, it would be a disgrace to the Qing Dynasty and the end of it.

As a result, Zhang Lei and Xu Xin both felt more balanced. The main reason was that the two representative projects, Didi Chuxing and New Dangshou, were too powerful. As the hottest entrepreneurial unicorns in the past two years, anyone could not help but be confused.

WhatsApp is even more unsolvable. Silicon Valley has given it a latest valuation of US$350-400 billion. Jim Goetz of Sequoia Capital has been ranked among the top three on the Forbes venture capital list for two consecutive years thanks to this project.

Xiao Xie is still young but his brothers and sisters are old. Don’t worry if we team up to blackmail you this year. The future is yours.

Xu Xin, who won the third place with representative projects from NetEase and JD.com, felt guilty in her heart. She caught a glimpse of Tang Man, Su He and Song Anli standing side by side... and instantly felt relieved. She had been working in the venture capital circle for 6 years, and these three women had been in the industry for no more than years... Or else, she could go to Xiyou to find a job...

(End of this chapter)