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As big figures appeared one after another around Locke, the circle he was in soon became the most eye-catching place in the entire reception hall.

Locke chatted with them one by one and exchanged business cards. After a while, he had a stack of business cards in his hand.

We are only in preliminary contact with these people now. There may be cooperation or competition in the future. With future development, Locke's network of contacts will continue to expand.

This is also the biggest purpose of this type of reception.

"Mr. Carrington's insights into the energy industry opened my eyes." Locke smiled and chatted with the middle-aged man in front of him, and the other person's information quickly flashed through his mind.

His super brain is enough for him to write down the information of these people before attending the banquet and cater to their liking.

The Carrington family has great influence in the energy and power industry, but what attracted Locke's attention most was that he owned shares in America Online.

AOL mainly provides Internet services and is currently the largest Internet service provider in the United States. It is also Locke's goal.

This company is not very eye-catching now, but it will soon emerge on Nasdaq with the development of the Internet. By the time around 2000, it will become an Internet company with a market value of hundreds of billions.

The reason why Locke paid attention to this company and had thoughts about the shares of America Online held by Mr. Carrington was not only because of its rapidly appreciating stock price.

Because at that time, it will merge with Time Warner Group, the largest entertainment media company.

It is a pity that AOL failed to find the right direction for the future development of the Internet. After being hit hard by the Nasdaq stock market crash of two thousand years ago, it failed to recover and its stock price plummeted.

AOL's operating problems seriously dragged down Time Warner Group, and also caused Time Warner's stock price to plummet. Eventually, AOL and Time Warner separated.

But Locke can take advantage of the merger of the two to exchange for enough shares of Time Warner, and at the same time, take the opportunity to acquire more shares when Time Warner Group's stock price falls.

With the continuous merger and expansion, Time Warner Group is getting bigger and bigger.

This has also brought about some problems. Its equity has also become extremely complicated, internal strife has become serious, and its development has gradually lagged behind. Time Warner, which was originally the leader of the media group, was eventually surpassed by the smiling Mickey Mouse.

Compared to Disney, which began to gradually reach glory twenty years later, Locke felt that this was a good opportunity to control a media group faster.

As long as we control enough equity and make internal adjustments by then, we can completely block Disney's development path and replace Baby Di's future glory.

At that time, with the help of the media group, you can also vigorously promote "Arcane Throne" and the upcoming "Lord of Mysteries", thereby improving your reputation as a writer and gaining potential points.

So Locke now shows enough enthusiasm for Carrington: "I am more optimistic about the computer industry, so I have invested in companies such as Intel, Apple, Microsoft, and IBM."

"It seems that you young people all like new things." Mr. Carrington said with a smile: "You are not an old antique like me."

"Mr. Carrington's words are somewhat exaggerated. As far as I know, you also invested in AOL last year."

"This is the advice of my investment adviser, and it doesn't cost much." Carrington said: "I don't know much about this type of company."

"The Internet is a new industry, closely related to the computer industry. I am very interested in it, but I don't have the opportunity at the moment..."

Hearing this, Carrington understood what Locke meant: "You want my stake in AOL?"

"If there is this opportunity." Locke has no intention of hiding his thoughts. AOL is not very eye-catching now, so he may have offered to let the other party raise prices, but he does not want to miss this opportunity.

"Then what conditions are you going to use to impress me?" Lao Mei prefers to be direct when talking about business. He doesn't care much about AOL's shares, but since Locke wants to buy it, he must take the opportunity to offer a good price.

"I own some oil and gas companies, not a lot, but worth as much as your AOL shares."

Locke used his chips. The Carrington family mainly operates energy-related industries, and of course they have ideas about oil and natural gas shares.

If you simply use money to acquire Mr. Carrington's AOL shares, you will inevitably have to pay a premium. But if it is a share exchange, there will be more room for negotiation. It is equivalent to each getting what he needs, and the buyer's market will become a mutually beneficial one for both parties. .

Sure enough, after Locke said this, Mr. Carrington's interest obviously increased a lot: "It sounds good, let's find an opportunity to talk alone another day."

"Of course." Locke agreed with a smile.

The topic ended here. The two chatted casually for a few more words. Mr. Carrington suddenly waved and pulled an extremely young-looking girl over:

"Fallon, haven't you always wanted to get to know Mr. Rock Lee? He is here now, so don't miss the opportunity.

Lee, this is my daughter Fallon. Mr. Carrington introduced the two to each other with a smile.

Locke looked at the blond girl who always kept a decent smile in front of him. She was not bad in appearance and figure, but also had a childish face. She should be less than twenty years old.

But it can be seen from his eyes that he is not a fuel-efficient lamp, unlike most wealthy N-generation New Yorkers of this age.

Most of the rich N generation at this age have a good foundation due to good family education, but they are usually more concerned about what sports car to drive, where there are lively parties, or where to travel.

Fallon Carrington in front of him seemed to be more scheming. After Mr. Carrington’s introduction, the smile on his face became even more enthusiastic:

"Hello, I have heard a lot of rumors about you. My father also said that if my brother and I could have the same skills as you, he would be much less worried."

"Mr. Carrington is very grateful. I don't know how many people will be the envy of having such a beautiful and intelligent daughter."

The next conversation between the two people seemed to be very speculative, which made Ashley feel threatened and couldn't help pinching Locke's arm.

Fallon seemed to notice Ashley's little move, but she didn't pay too much attention.

Although Ashley was wearing a custom-made dress and the latest jewelry from Tiffany, Fallon could tell from her behavior that Ashley was not from a wealthy family.

Considering Locke's age, she judged that Ashley was at most a 'little toy' that Locke used for entertainment. Even if her appearance and figure were slightly better than hers, it didn't matter.

Being from a wealthy family, she understood some truths earlier than her peers in many circles.

Members of the family like her enjoy everything they have now, including material things, fame, etc., the most important of which is money.

The Locke in front of him has an amazing record in the past, and he has the ability to make more money. Therefore, unless he fails one day after another, everyone will want him to help them manage their finances.

Just like Martin Channing, Peter Lynch, and Buffett, who are now extremely famous in the circle.

The reason why people haven't invested in Sky Fund immediately is because Locke is too young and appeared too suddenly, and it takes some time for everyone to observe.

Father introduced himself to Locke, and he had some vague plans. After all, he and Locke in front of him were about the same age, both were eighteen years old.

Starting from the twenty-six families that founded the United States, the country's upper class has never broken off marriages.

The top ten financial groups in the United States are combined internally through complex means such as marriages and cross-shareholdings, forming formidable interest groups.

This is also a common method used by the rich. It's great if it succeeds, but it doesn't matter if it fails. Just maintain a good relationship.