Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1725 Angel Investment Company
February NO.14, the first week of the outbreak of the economic crisis, Benson was fired by the company. Before leaving, Benson and Tom said goodbye, and the two went to the bar for a meeting.

At this time, the economic crisis has just begun, and the price of drinks has not fluctuated much compared to before the outbreak of the economic crisis, but it is already obvious that there are not many customers in the bar, and the waiters are listless. Although the price of drinks has not changed, the portion has decreased not enough.

"With the outbreak of the economic crisis, no one can survive alone, and no one—" Benson was already half drunk, shaking his head with a glass of wine. He has served the company for ten years and has always worked hard. He is very trusted by the boss. Just as the economic crisis broke out, Benson was fired from the company.

This is also understandable. Although Benson has rich experience, he is already 40 years old after all. The mid-life crisis is approaching as promised. For the company, the value is decreasing year by year, and he is definitely not as popular as young people like Tom.

Tom didn't speak. The company he and Benson belonged to had more than 20 employees before the economic crisis broke out, but now only half of them remain.

So Tom looked at Benson with sympathy.

Tom is a bachelor and Benson has a family with three children to support.

Tom didn't buy a house and lived in the single dormitory provided by the company; Benson had already bought a house and two cars, and had to repay the car loan and the mortgage every month.

Damn car dealers, in order to fool people into buying cars before the economic crisis, claiming that the new standard for the middle class is to have two cars in the garage, I don’t know how many Americans have been deceived.

Tom is very young now, and can easily 996 a day; Benson is now 40 years old, and his health is not very good. He gets flu every spring, and seasonal asthma——

Tom didn't know why Americans were so prone to flu and asthma.

"What are you going to do in the future?" Tom is actually not qualified to sympathize with Benson. Maybe the company will go bankrupt tomorrow and Tom will lose his job.

"What should I do? Hehe—" Benson smiled bitterly.

At this time, outside the glass window of the bar, a peddler selling apples hurried past.

The peddler was wearing a white shirt, but his coat was worn out, and the leather shoes on his feet were actually made of crocodile skin.

The bar owner also saw the peddler, sighed with a complicated expression, and lowered his head silently.

"You know that man?" Tom asked curiously.

"Yes, I know him. His name is Mike. He used to be a frequent visitor to the bar. He was the business manager of a nearby financial company. I heard that the kind that only provides services to millionaires—" The bar owner could only lament the impermanence of fate. The manager sells apples, and this kind of thing will happen more and more in the future.

Not to mention financial managers, even millionaires may have to sell apples in the future.

Don’t think how high a millionaire’s ability to resist risks is. Many companies operate in debt. The bigger the business, the more money they owe to the bank. In an economic crisis environment, the chances of a millionaire going bankrupt are actually higher. Those who jumped off the New York Stock Exchange were all millionaires before the economic crisis broke out.

"Hehe, you see, I might go to sell apples in a few days—" Benson smiled wryly.

"Good luck, my friend—" Tom was sad, but he couldn't help.

Back at the company, there was a sad atmosphere in the office. The laughter and laughter of the past had all disappeared. Nearly half of the desks were vacant. The company would not recruit people in a short time, and the boss was already looking for a new office.

Tom returned to his station, not knowing what to do for a while.

"Tom, the shipment to Germany over the weekend has been cancelled. We need new customers. Those beef can't be stored for a long time—" Tom's supervisor, Bauer, is a confidant of the boss and has served the company for more than 20 years.

"How come, didn't the Germans already pay the deposit?" Tom was surprised, the deposit is non-refundable if the goods are cancelled.

"That company has already closed down. Fortunately, it closed down in time, and the order has not been dispatched in time, otherwise we will definitely not receive the final payment." Bauer is fortunate that international trade is like this, and there are too many unexpected factors.

"What should we do? It's impossible for us to find customers in such a short period of time—" Tom panicked. It's really not easy to find customers in the current economic crisis.

"Look for the southern Africans, now only the southern Africans have money to buy things—" Bauer was in a hurry, even though it was winter, the beef could not be stored for a long time.

The economic crisis triggered by the stock market avalanche has already begun to show its consequences. European countries have been most affected, and southern Africa has been least affected.

The key is confidence. European and American countries have been frightened by the once-in-a-decade economic crisis. After the establishment of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, it has only experienced one economic crisis, because the federal government responded properly and did not suffer much loss.

Therefore, people in southern Africa have great trust in the economy of southern Africa and the federal government of southern Africa.

The next day after the U.S. stock market crashed, the British and French financial markets crashed one after another. The whole of Europe was in mourning, and countless people went bankrupt overnight.

Southern Africa has not been affected too much. Horse racing, car racing, and football games are still family activities. The factories are brightly lit all night and overtime. In the past weekend, the hot spring valley was still overcrowded.

"Southern Africa?" Tom was shocked. For other commodities, he might also consider southern Africa. It is not generally difficult to sell agricultural products to southern Africa.

"Yes, it's southern Africa. Don't forget that our batch of beef has received a deposit from the Germans, so we can sell it at a price that the southern Africans can't refuse." Bauer Germany lost southern African compensation, this operation is very American.

"Great Bauer, you are such a genius!" Tom immediately became excited, and the German company went bankrupt, which was not a breach of contract by Tom's company.

While Tom was trying to find clients on the phone, Li Hai, who had just started working in an angel investment company two blocks away, was showing off his new car to his colleague William.

It's not a new car, it's a second-hand car, but the condition is very new. The owner just bought it three months ago, and the odometer has not yet reached 5000 kilometers. Li Hai only paid half of the original price to buy this [-]% new Lord car.

"Li, it's too early for you to sell. In three months, this car may be half cheaper." William was also quite envious. His car was also a lord, and he bought it at the original price before the economic crisis broke out.

It has to be said that financial companies are indeed rich. Angel Investment Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Bank. At the moment when other financial companies have closed down, Angel Investment Company has not been affected. Li Hai graduated from Nyasaland University last summer , was invited by Nyasaland Company, and then came to Angel Investment Company.

"Why wait for three months, buy early and enjoy early—" Li Hai's thinking was also influenced by consumerism to a certain extent.

William smiled and shook his head. A young man like Li Hai has never experienced the economic crisis and does not know how cruel the economic crisis is.

"We are a financial company. When we go out to visit customers, the car represents our social status to a certain extent. I can't embarrass the company, so I think the company should reimburse me part of the expenses." Li Hai has good reasons, finance is liquid money.

"Hahahaha, you can apply to the company, but I can't guarantee your success." William laughed loudly, and took his cup to the coffee machine to pick up the coffee.

The benefits of an angel investment company are very good. The office provides coffee and various snacks. The environment of the office is also very good. There is a special person in charge of cleaning. There are green plants everywhere. There are photos of themselves and their families on the employees’ desks. Arrange according to your own way, full of family-style humanistic care.

"Li, get ready, go out with me this afternoon to visit customers, your new car is going to be useful—" Manager Liu Guo assigned Li Hai a job, and William covered his mouth and laughed. Shout out to William.

As for private cars for public use, no one seems to care about this kind of thing, anyway, fuel tickets can be reimbursed.

The U.S. government's investigation into Adan has not yet concluded, and Adan's oil is prohibited from being sold in the U.S. market.

There are policies above and there are countermeasures. The oil that Adan Company has shipped to the United States cannot be stored in gas stations, so Adan Company changed its sales method, no longer selling oil, but selling oil tickets.

"Okay sir, who are we going to visit?" Li Hai was positive. A large part of the reason he bought the Lord's car was that he wanted to go on a business trip with Liu Guo.

Going on a business trip with the leader can effectively shorten the relationship with the leader. For such a good thing, William still doesn't want to go, and Li Hai doesn't know what is going on in William's mind.

What William thought of was the beautiful woman he met in the bar last night.

You may not believe it, but the economic crisis has just begun, and there are a lot more girls working part-time in bars, some of them are even married women whose husbands have to put up with their wives to engage in certain fast-paying jobs in order to make a living.

"Visiting Mr. Felix, you can do some preparatory work to increase your understanding of Felix." Liu Guo looked at the wandering William with deep meaning, and was very satisfied with Li Hai's performance.

Based on some undeniable facts, Chinese are playing an increasingly important role in southern African enterprises. Liu Guo will also take care of Li Hai, who is also Chinese, so that when the company expands in the future, Liu Guo will get His performance score will definitely be higher than that of William, who joined the company earlier.

"Okay, sir, I'll do it right away!" Li Hai was full of energy. That Mr. Felix didn't need to ask, he must be an expert professor who was underappreciated, or the owner of a company in trouble. That's what angel investment companies do. , Discover investment targets with investment potential from countless potential customers every day.

Of course, it can be investment or acquisition, and the objects of acquisition are not limited to enterprises, but can also be technology, resources, or even people.

(End of this chapter)