Chapter 3 Chapter 3 I am God

"One thing I know is that making money for the sake of money is like smoke rising to the sky. Wealth may be a very heavy burden for people." Rhapsody in Blue A psychiatrist, if asked, can often guess the reason behind these dreams: the child loves his or her mother too much, or not at all.The child adores his or her parents too much, or just the opposite. Yet what causes a child to think he is God? George Soros grew up in upper-middle-class Budapest in the 1930s.Like other kids his age, he has many friends and loves sports.Behavior is different from other children.What, then, is to explain his dream?

It might be easier to explain the out-of-the-ordinary minds of a kid like George Soros as fleeting daydreams.An adult has shown signs that he has grown out of those saving thoughts. However, as an adult, he did not show any signs.The gesture of retreat or footnote shows that he no longer insists on such wild ideas, but just suggests that others believe that he is a god-man, which is difficult to do. In fact, he wrote in one book, "I have had pretty strong salvation dreams since childhood, but I had to control them, or they would get me into trouble." " One of the ways he controls these dreams is by not mentioning them as much as possible.On an extremely rare occasion, he had mentioned these dreams.It was June 3, 1993, and he told the British newspaper The Independent: "When you think of yourself as some sort of god - the creator of the world - then it's a disease, but now I don't Feeling comfortable because I started living without these dreams."

Soros described these dreams in detail in his book "Financial Guide" published in 1987.He revealed that it was painful for him to have such beliefs as a teenager.This secret that he didn't want others to know became a burden. "It will come as no surprise to the reader when I admit that I often have exaggerated ideas of my own personal importance. Frankly speaking, I have dreamed of being a kind of god, or like Keynes, or better than him." economic reformer, or become a mathematician like Einstein. A strong sense of reality made me realize that these ideas were out of the ordinary, so I kept them a guilty secret. For most of my adult life In time, this was one of the things that made me rather unhappy. When I entered society, reality was so close to my dreams that I was able to admit my secrets, at least to myself. Needless to say. As a result I feel happier."

What an astonishing thought - reality is getting closer to his dream of becoming God. Is George Soros really saying that his life now as an adult, a successful financier, and a philanthropist is somewhat similar to his childhood dream of becoming God? Apparently, he meant exactly that. Soros did not elaborate on why he believed he was God or what his intentions were for making such a claim.Perhaps, if asked for an explanation, he would persuade people that he was only joking and that he did not consider himself a god at all.He even jokes about his childhood feelings here and there.A reporter once suggested to Soros that he should be made Pope.

"Why?" he asked. "I'm the pope's boss now." What kind of person should this be?Even as an adult, he still believes that he has unique talents. George Soros is like God. Even if that sounds unreal, at least it helps explain the enormous self-confidence he had as a child and carried into adulthood. Because George kept his dreams a secret, his early friends could not remember him insisting that he was divine.This is not surprising.They did recall that he liked to be on top of the other kids.Most of his adult friends think that when he thinks he is God, he is deliberately exaggerating a way to assert his superiority over other people.As if they were apologizing for Soros' hyperbole and looking for a justification for his dream, saying Soros didn't have that opinion.

Some people say that Soros did not mean that he is God, but that he thought he could talk to God.Some people think that Soros is just expressing that he is omnipotent: this does not have to be serious, he may also compare himself to Napoleon like others. For a short time, Soros' unbridled gibberish had bad consequences for him.He didn't earn new respect.He was viewed as extremely arrogant and condemned by public opinion. Now, in his late twenties, Soros has steadfastly declared himself a philanthropist first and foremost, and his investing career is still going well.Given his investment, he will continue to keep a low profile as much as possible.However, his incident against the British pound in 1992 made him a much-watched star.And he himself seems to have attracted a fair amount of public attention.He is willing to disclose all his charitable activities to the world.But it will also continue to protect the secrecy of its investments, even as the world is eager to find out how he became the world's largest investor.

The following story aims to reveal the personal and professional life of George Soros, a remarkable figure, and to give readers some insight into his public image and personal life. Children have their own dreams.They either look different; or claim to be superior; or hope to attract everyone's attention. Here was a docile, thin kid who dreamed coyly—with a snap of his fingers—that he would be Samson, Stallone, or—without the heavy accent—Schwarzenegger.The kid had almost left home, never had a chance to travel far, and hoped he could become a pilot or an astronaut. Once Soros found it impossible to escape the public eye, he sought new ways to expand his reputation.He's been deflecting the subject before, avoiding his investment secrets.Suddenly, he became very vocal, declaring to the public which parts of the financial markets he liked.He has never been interested in international affairs.Yet it was he who, again, was publicly proposing his own proposals on a wide range of foreign policy issues, from NATO to Bosnia, in hopes of gaining the attention of world leaders.In particular, he wanted to get the attention of American politicians.

Those who knew George Soros well seemed to be throwing him to the ground, which is of course only a metaphor.It seems to those who do not want to really believe that they are God's friends or college classmates, and that all who have such thoughts are excluded from them.They couldn't possibly work with Soros, because Soros really intimidated them. Section 2 Parents' nurturing Where did the young George come up with this kind of thinking?Who instilled these ideas in him? Maybe it was his parents. George's parents did have a subtle influence on him.His father, Di Huada, and his mother, Elizabeth, also had this kind of influence on their other children, but the rest of the children never had the arrogance of being crazy-thinking that I was God.He was born in Hungary, and his Hungarian name was Disdez Sawyer, and he finally Englished his name as George Soros.Although his name was pronounced Sorosz in Hungarian, George adapted to his Anglo-American friends calling himself Soros.

His only sibling was his brother Ball, who was two years older. Regardless of his faults, Di Huada set an example that matters to his young children.When George was born, his father had already gone through a terrible and maturing period. As a Hungarian war criminal in World War I, Di Huada spent three years of wandering life in Russia—from 1917 From the beginning of the revolution in 1920 until the civil war in 1920, during which he ran around Siperia trying to survive.He has tried a thousand unpleasant and painful things so long as he can survive. When recalling this dangerous life in the future, Di Huada told his children that anything could happen in the revolutionary era, and there was almost no hope for survival.Everyone was close to death, and this left a heavy feeling in the hearts of the children. Gradually, George realized that his father was a wise, or rather shrewd man, who had surpassed many by virtue of his own intelligence. people.Young George saw his father as a god.

One year younger than George and still living in Budapest, Fjörg Nage was a chemical engineer who was working for the famous Hungarian light bulb maker Togram.He first met George on Loba Island in 1926.Their house is on the banks of the Dozi River in the north of Budapest.When the situation turned bad, Nagel recalls, Di Huada always found a way to deal with it. "He was never completely defeated." Nagel said these words with a firm expression on his face.It's useful that his father's never-ending spirit is a legacy to George.George fully understood, "Which side of the revolution could father be on? Ah, of course, both sides, he had to be, or he wouldn't survive." For George, the most important thing was that his father had survival qualities.

His father's perspective became an invaluable value in George's life.Di Huada's character traits are particularly enviable in the war years, but eclipsed in peacetime.In the 1930s, Di Huada was no longer a hero to the residents of Loba Island.He is handsome, physically fit, and loves sports.Di Huada's erratic eyes, heroic spirit of spending money, especially his great enthusiasm for hard work, these are all well-known, "My father doesn't work, he just wants to make money", Xiao George thought so. Ferreger Nager described vividly and vividly the situation when Di Huada was preparing to go to work in a summer in the 1930s. Di Huada takes a boat from Loba Island to Budapest every morning at 7 o'clock, where his office is located. "When he heard the boat was approaching," recalls Nagel, "Divada began washing and shaving while putting on his trousers. He ran to the approaching boat with the squeegee in his hand, and continued to shave along the way. Also on the go, all just to get an extra minute of sleep, which is very rare for a lawyer. He's always super smart and a little cunning." Cunning naturally means not conforming to the rules and not being bound by conventions. Although Divada was regarded by outsiders as a notorious man who, according to people, was a hard-working and hard-working man, George had infinite sympathy for his father's way of life.In fact, George Soros later admitted that his father had hardly worked since his return from World War I.This is actually not entirely a bad thing.He thus had a great opportunity to talk with his father and learn a lot from it.If others think that Di Huada's spending habits have not changed a little bit, George thinks it's nothing.For George, it was simply his father's fortune coming and going like a tidal wave, sometimes overwhelming, sometimes sweeping away, and so on.However, Di Huada seems to be intentionally sending a message to his son: in the days to come, he will stay with his son: "One thing I know is that making money for money is like smoke rising to the sky. It can be a very heavy burden on people." In Di Huada's view, for a person who puts escape above all else, money is mostly a disadvantage in itself.Wealth is exposed to the public, how many hands are stretched thousands of miles to get wealth.Much wealth, however, weakens and makes existence more difficult.Di Huada told his children about these personal feelings, and his children believed in the iron law. In later life, for wealth, Soros was beyond the wild dreams of most people. Not much interest. However, Di Huada's greatest gift to his children was a great deal of attention and care.He often talks with children, telling some secrets of life, and he lets the children understand the significance of this.Unlike the practice of fixing children in their own values, Di Huada supports children's self-confidence and convinces them that, just like his father, a man should know how to overcome great difficulties and how to navigate turmoil in the future Uneasy complex and changeable situation.Therefore, Jocha always knew to find unconventional solutions to problems. If it is said that Di Huada taught his children the skills of survival, Eliza gave them the cultivation of art and culture.George was deeply attached and admiring to his mother, and painting, sculpture, music and literature were the most important parts of Eliza's independent life, and she tried to instill this love in her lovely son.George likes to daub, but not much interested in music.His later interest in philosophy appears to have stemmed from Elizabeth Soros's own interest in the subject.Although the family spoke Hungarian, George finally learned German, English and French. Yehudi Simu, George's childhood friend, also lives in Budapest.She remembered George as a "very sweet little boy".She had known George and his parents from Loba Island. Elizabeth's life was "not easy," she recalls.Di Huada chooses money as above and ignores any work, which leads to tension in family relations.Elizabeth tried her best, but couldn't stop the bickering from happening.Elisabeth was small, withered, gray-haired, and a traditional housewife who looked after her two sons and ran the house, which made her more Hungarian than Jewish.Because unlike many upper-middle-class Hungarian Jews, Divada and Elisabeth were particularly uncomfortable with their religious roots.Soros would later in life tell his friends, "I grew up in a Jewish family", because he was blue-eyed and brown-haired, more like his mother than his "black" father , George is not like a Jew. "You're not like a Jew. There's no greater comfort to George than when the other boys say that to him. Due to the great rejection of Judaism, Di Huada had to spend a long time as a Christian priest.For example, during World War II, he asked George to beg soldiers for cigarettes.These cigarettes are then resold to Jewish shops.For Di Huada, the problem boils down to one point: try to make yourself appear kind, kind, and firm, so that it is easy to pass the test and protect yourself. Section 3 Recalcitrant Schoolchildren Despite his best efforts to stand out, George Soros's contemporaries did not think he stood out as a child.He may consider himself a god, but none of his friends thinks he has the slightest quality, not even a non-divine aspect.For all the record, he wasn't a genius, but he was hardworking and creative.Frieger Nager remembered that George was a little aggressive with grown-ups. "When he believed in something, he defended it very tenaciously, and he was strong and outstanding." The young man excelled in sports, especially swimming, sailing and tennis.There are 40 households in Loba and two tennis courts, which is already a luxury.He doesn't like soccer, and thinks it's not an upper-middle sport. All kinds of sports arouse his curiosity. He especially likes to talk about "Das Kapital" with people.From the age of 7, he often played with other children. The worst of this group of children were George and Li Tiwen. It is no wonder that George later became a senior financier, and Ji Tiwen became a historian. Tired of being invincible at various games, young George introduced new rules to liven up the game.One of them is to complicate the game by adding stock swaps. When Soros returned to Hungary in the 1960s, he approached his childhood friend, Frég Nagel, who asked him what he did for a living. "Do you remember the capital game we played as kids?" Soros asked with a smile. "Ah, I'm doing the same thing today." In Budapest, children go to school at the age of 14, and it is very difficult for poor families to send their children to school beyond this age. Max Hamm, an economics teacher in Budapest, attended primary school with George. Both were teenagers when they first met in 1940.The following year they transferred to a middle-class state school.Hamm remained George's schoolmate for the next six years. In junior school, George was outstanding.This is why Max Hamm is not friendly with George, "George is very brave and outstanding, but I am more rigid, quiet, and he likes to fight with other boys. In fact, George learned to box and Self-defense." In George's day, all grades were divided into two classes, with Jews in one class and non-Jews in the other.George and Max Hamm in the Jewish class.Hamm has fond memories of the Jews.The non-Jewish youth split into pieces, though the unnatural outgrowth of this anti-Semitic sentiment, Hamm recalls.Fights among male classmates were not always due to Jewish versus non-Jewish rivalries.Hamm observed, "You could feel an underlying anti-Semitism, and there was a political undertone to this fight." Although young George was also involved in the fight, the conflict at his school was not in response to anti-Semitism.In fact George was careful to show that he was not intimate with either side, but was on good terms with Jews or non-Jews alike. Although George likes to brand himself as an intellectual as an adult, his classmates don't think he is a standout student, and they can't recall a particular subject that George likes.According to Max Hamm: "George was not a particularly good student, he was just average, but he was a very talkative guy." Pere Tillini was also at the school at the time, and like Max Hamm, he also remembered that George Soros was just an ordinary student.One event left an indelible impression on Burr's mind.This happened in 1942, when he and George were both 12 years old. Both George and Burr attend a Boy Scout rally.At the meeting, the Esperanto Organization was proclaimed, and those who enthusiastically participated in the organization should write their names on a piece of paper.These notes are placed on some benches.As if in a mischievous manner, Georges held the note so that Tirini would not sign it. "George was pretty mean, very sour." Bear remembers clearly, "I was worried he was going to make fun of me, and I wanted to fight back, so we got into a fight." "As the two of them "fighted", they were suddenly embarrassed to find their teacher standing beside them, scowling. They both received written warnings for fighting. When World War II broke out in September 1939, George was only 9 years old. But his life has hardly changed. The Nazis did not pose a threat to Hungary at the time. In fact, Budapest residents lived as before. Not long after the Soviet army invaded Finland, George rushed to the newspaper office after reading an appeal for aid to Finland from a local newspaper. Responding to this call. Impressed by the editors, they thought it was extraordinary that a child as young as 9 would venture to provide aid to people thousands of miles away. The editors wrote a dedicated article on it report. As the war progressed, the danger of German invasion of Hungary grew.Soros and the rest of the Hungarian Jewish community could not have escaped the war.In fact, in the ensuing years, the war came close to his homeland, and Sri Lanka will never forget it.