章節 1465: Chapter 1465: The European financial world is about to be reshuffled!
In the midst of much attention, the Bright Fund's investor dividend conference held at the Marco Polo Hotel in London was held as scheduled.
George Berkeley also made a big deal of inviting many media reporters to attend and witness this grand moment.
The Marco Polo Hotel in London is a five-star hotel that opened just two years ago. The largest meeting room on the second floor is very spacious, with an area of 1,230 square metres and a maximum capacity of 1,100 people.
This afternoon, the spacious meeting room was still packed to the rafters.
At a time when many well-known British financial giants are caught in a storm of public opinion and losses, Bright Fund is of course doing its best to be there in person when it makes such a big fuss about holding an investor dividend distribution meeting.
After all, many of these investors have chosen to diversify their investments across multiple institutions in order to reduce risk, and also to maintain their networks.
With their investments in Rothschild Investment Bank and British Golden Forest Capital Management, among others, in the shadows, they urgently need a shot in the arm!
Of course, there are also non-Bright Fund investors here.
However, these potential investors invited here are all very powerful, and they are exactly George Berkeley's target.
George Berkeley used this dividend meeting as bait to lure them into the Light Fund's fishing net.
'Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 1986 investor dividend meeting organised by the Light Fund. I am your old friend George Berkeley, and I am honoured that you are here in person. I would like to extend my sincere greetings and best wishes to you all!'
As the time came, exactly at 3:00 p.m., George Berkeley, dressed in a sharp suit, walked with firm steps to the centre of the stage and delivered his opening remarks with a smile.
In response, there was a thunderous applause.
'Clap, clap, clap...'
'Thank you!'
George Berkeley bowed slightly to express his gratitude.
'Before I knew it, 1986 had passed...'
A lyrical reminiscence, lasting about three minutes, as everyone listens in silence.
After three minutes, George Berkeley's voice suddenly rises a notch, and his tone becomes impassioned and inspiring.
'Over the past year, I would like to thank everyone for their trust and support for our Bright Fund. As president, what I can give back to everyone is to do my best to lead the team and bring the most generous returns to all those who support and trust our company. Next, I will announce the operation and dividend distribution of a series of investment funds!'
'As of today, there are 18 private equity funds and 23 public funds under the Guangming Fund, for a total of 41 funds. The total fund management scale is 13.78 billion pounds (only the scale managed after external fundraising is announced, and funds within the consortium are not announced).'
'In the past year, all 41 funds have achieved profits, with the highest fund return reaching 114.57%. This is the Bright Index Pioneer Fund. Other funds with returns of over 100% include the Bright Mixed Fund 2 and the Bright Industry Select Fund, with returns of 108.12% and 102.39% respectively!'
'The remaining 38 funds, ranked from highest to lowest return, have returns of...'
'The lowest return was achieved by the Bright Stable Value Fund, with a return of 15.17%, far exceeding the industry average!'
'Today, the dividends to be distributed to everyone here total...'
At this point, George Berkeley deliberately paused, smiling as he scanned the room, noticing that everyone was staring at him.
He lowered his head and glanced down, and in an excited tone announced, '3.49391 billion pounds!'
'Wow~'
'My goodness! This is unbelievable!'
'Pop, pop...'
As soon as the figure was announced, the previously silent meeting room suddenly came to life, and everyone was shocked by the dividend.
All they could do was give the warmest applause.
The thunderous applause continued for nearly two minutes before gradually subsiding.
'From your applause, I feel your recognition of our Bright Fund, which is the greatest honour for me.'
'Of course, I think everyone is also wondering why, while a large number of well-known institutions in the UK and even in Europe have suffered heavy losses, our Bright Fund has been able to make such huge gains?'
As soon as George Berkeley finished speaking, he saw a gentleman in the audience raise his hand.
'Good, this gentleman has something to say, the staff will pass the microphone to this gentleman,'
George Berkeley said with a smile.
Soon, the staff handed a microphone to the middle-aged white man.
'Thank you, President Berkeley,'
'I'm Will Cameron, and I'm really curious about the returns on the Bright Fund.'
'Because I invested a million pounds in the Bright Index Fund, which has the highest returns, which means that I will receive a dividend of 1.1457 million pounds this year!'
'This is the most I've ever earned since I invested, and it's also the highest rate of return.'
'This is undoubtedly something that makes me happy.'
'I just want to know how the Bright Fund has created happiness for me.'
'This will determine how much money I will take out later and continue to entrust to the Bright Fund.'
The white man's words were very light and pleasant, but the others in the venue heard a lot of smugness in his words, which made many people lemon.
'Damn it, his question is a waste of time. He actually just wants to show off that he invested in the Bright Index Fund...'
'I also invested in the Bright Index Fund. Am I proud?'
'...'
Oh, this damned feeling is really intoxicating.
Willis Cameron listened to the murmurs of the people nearby, his mouth curling up in a wide smile, his mood one of pure pleasure.
At this moment, he was very glad that he had agreed to George Berkeley's request to be the 'straight man' at the meeting, otherwise he really would not have been able to experience this all-encompassing sense of pleasure of being envied and resented.
George Berkeley responded with a smile, 'Yes, I think Willis Cameron's question is also everyone's question.'
'Then I can tell you unequivocally that the reason the Bright Index Fund has such a high rate of return is because it invests massively in the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong.'
'And the reason the returns of other funds are so high is because they are more or less involved in investing in the Hong Kong stock market. Our Bright Fund, as one of the bulls, has obtained sufficient returns with its formidable strength!'
The doubts were instantly resolved!
'So, the reason we have so much in dividends is because Rothschild Investment Bank, Cerberus Capital Management, Golden Forest Asset Management and other institutions lost money, and some of it went into the pockets of the Bright Fund?'
'The Bright Fund is stronger than them?'
Welles Cameron's eyes widened in shock as he said.
His words were transmitted to everyone's ears through the microphone in his hand and the audio equipment covering the venue.
'You can think of it that way!'
'The strength of our Bright Fund is unquestionable, otherwise we would not have won!' George Berkeley gave him a definite reply.
The venue once again fell into chaos.
However, compared to the previous orderly exclamations and applause, it was now filled with angry curses and voices of regret and self-reproach.
'Click, click...'
The more than 100 journalists present, in shock, each pressed the shutter of their cameras with flushed faces to record the scene.
Today's news is really explosive enough to win a bonus when I take it back!
'Once again, I feel lucky and proud to have chosen Bright Foundation!'
'President Berkeley, may I ask if I can continue to invest my dividends without withdrawing them?' Willes Cameron exclaimed, before hastily asking.
The originally noisy venue instantly fell silent again.
George Berkeley shook his head: 'The decision has been made to pay dividends this time, so all investors will receive the 3,493,910,000 pounds in dividends.'
'Sigh...'
There was a sudden chorus of sighs from the audience.
But George Berkeley suddenly raised his voice and changed the subject, saying loudly, 'But!'
'Our Bright Fund is here to serve investors. Investors who choose to trust us will never be shut out.'
'In order to serve more investors, we have established six new public funds and six private funds internally, and all the preparations are complete!'
'The corresponding fundraising will begin in one week.'
'At 9 am one week from now, in this conference room, our Bright Fund will hold its first fundraising conference in 1987. We have prepared exquisite invitations for investors present and absent. After everyone leaves, you can pick up an invitation from the staff at the door.'
'We look forward to seeing you all again in a week!'
...
The Bright Fund's investor dividend meeting ended at 5:00 p.m., and the follow-up dividend will be directly deposited into their bank accounts.
And as they left, the exciting news that the Bright Fund had distributed nearly 3.5 billion pounds in dividends swept through London like a hurricane, and then, with London at its centre, it raged across Europe and the world.
That evening, major European television stations reported the breaking news, and the name Bright Fund resounded across the European continent that day!
And what everyone knew was that a week later, the Bright Fund would hold its first fundraising conference in 1987.
Countless investors spent that night dreaming about how to raise money and invest in the newly opened funds under the Bright Fund.
And the quickest way was undoubtedly to redeem the investments in the funds opened under other financial institutions!
That night, I don't know how many heads of institutions and staff members had a sleepless night.
The European financial landscape will face huge changes starting tonight!
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