Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 426 Arriving in Los Angeles Again

It was only then that John Bao re-examined Weidong. He was less than twenty years old. Although he had some relatives in Xiangjiang, they all came from the opposite bank a few years ago. Can't we go?
In addition, Qiuyu Group is in the manufacturing industry, and the production needs to be remade in another place. It is different from Baojia, Lijia, Fengjia and other industries. They cannot start again in another place. Their roots are in Xiangjiang. will decay.

The Autumn Rain Group is more like duckweed. It cannot grow in another place. Even if there are some acclimatization, it is only a small detail, and the main body will not be damaged.

Thinking about it this way, he was a little hesitant, and the pressure was getting tighter. Qiu Yu Group patted his ass and moved away, and the foreign company couldn't even get the agency right.

He laughed and said, "Yi Sheng has misunderstood. Xiangjiang is a free port. Everyone is welcome to set up factories and companies in Xiangjiang. We will not artificially set up obstacles for the company."

In the face of young people, you can't be provocative with words. As for whether there are obstacles, you still have to plan slowly in the future, and stabilize people first. If you really run away, you will lose a lot.

The foreign firm pays 4 million in agency fees a year, and can earn more than [-] million in income. If such a God of Wealth leaves, he will never find another one.

Wei Dong curled his lips, everyone in Xiangjiang knows that the suppression of the Huo family is a reminder to the rich in Xiangjiang that the Sunset Country has the final say on this Hong Kong Island, and there is no good fruit to get close to the mainland.

"I also hope that Xiangjiang is a free Xiangjiang. As long as it complies with the rules, you can make money with peace of mind. Besides, I manufacture in Xiangjiang and sell products all over the world. What I earn is other people's wealth, not from Xiangjiang people. of."

Weidong clarified his business model. The money earned in Xiangjiang only accounts for a very small part. How many ballpoint pens and lighters can two million people buy? The profits of Qiuyu Group are provided by other countries and regions. Pay the tax in Xiangjiang.

If it were to switch to Los Angeles for production, not only would there be no employment, but the tax would also not be collected!

John Bao thought about it and said bluntly, "Yi Sheng, you are not sent from the other side, are you?"

This is also the concern of the foreign bank. If it is really sent from the other side, things will be different.

Wei Dong laughed and said, "Although I came swimming from the opposite side, it has nothing to do with the authorities. I'm not theirs. Besides, can someone from the other side be as high-profile as me? You should know me too. I have two wives at home, and there are several more outside, will the officials on the other side do this?"

Wei Dong bluntly said that marrying multiple wives is in contradiction to the monogamy system on the other side. If it is an official person, it is not allowed to do so.

Wei Dong said again: "Besides, I reject many banquets every day, and I don't like to contact those Chinese businessmen. How can I be an official person if I do business in a proper manner?"

Weidong has always been very careful, and he doesn't want to get involved with various forces. Xiangjiang is just a window for him, so he can accumulate some wealth and wait until the 80s before going back to invest.

It is really necessary to wait until 1984 to start a business. That is the first year of the company. Many companies started in [-]. Haier, Lenovo, Jianlibao, and a large number of well-known companies started in [-].

Weidong's whereabouts and living habits have also been investigated by the Hong Kong Governor's Office. It is true that he has no connection with other people, nor has he been involved with the leftists. He spends every day among several girlfriends and secretaries. Prove that Weidong is an official person.

John Bao said, "Eisheng, do you hold more than 30 stocks?"

After confirming Weidong's political inclination, the rest is what he thinks about the acquisition of the foreign bank's stock. Facing the Qiuyu Group, which holds a huge amount of cash, all major foreign firms do not want to wake up early in the morning to receive the news that their company has been acquired. It is impossible to be happy if the business of the year is bought away and put on anyone.

Wei Dong said: "I have too much cash on hand, just as a financial investment, and I don't hold more than 2000 million shares in any company. Is that too much?"

John Bao didn't know what mood he was in. He had too much cash and had no place to invest, so he could only buy stocks. Is this what people say?
Taking a deep breath, he said, "Are you sure it's a financial investment? Didn't you want to buy various foreign firms?"

Wei Dong pretended to be angry and said: "Spreading rumors, this is spreading rumors. I have no plans to acquire the foreign firm for the time being. Who told you that? This is purely spreading rumors and slandering me."

"That's good, foreign firms can't buy it, or Xiangjiang will be blown up."

Bao Yuehan was very satisfied with Weidong's attitude, the foreign firm was controlled by the big families, how could it be bought by Huazi!
Weidong knew the later history, Yingzhijie, the weakest of the five foreign firms, was acquired by Li & Fung, and Hehuang finally fell into the hands of Li Chaoren.

Although Jardine's right-hand man, Landmark and Wharf, fell into the hands of the Chinese successively, and Wheelock was also acquired by the ship king, the remaining two foreign firms, Jardine and Taikoo, are still alive and well and have not been acquired. The main reason is that the major shareholders have enough shares, and it is impossible to acquire them only through the stock market.

Just like the Swire family holds 49.9% of the shares of a listed company, it is impossible to buy all the remaining shares during the acquisition.

Wei Dong said: "Sir Bao, I don't have any plans to buy the foreign firm now. As for the future, it's hard to say. I can't make such a promise for no reason, right?"

In future generations, only He Huang can get it, and the equity of the flagship companies of the other two foreign firms has no way of getting it. Weidong doesn't want to make any promises, lest He Huang can only look at HSBC to get it.

Bao Yuehan said: "We don't want to get involved in your Qiuyu Group, so you can't buy our five foreign firms from the market. This is equal."

Wei Dong asked: "It's five foreign companies, excluding subsidiary companies?"

Just like Jardine Matheson's various subsidiaries and hundreds of affiliated companies, there are five listed companies, and the five foreign firms are involved in almost all aspects of Xiangjiang's business. If even the affiliated companies of the foreign firm cannot be acquired, then Weidong will Xiangjiang has nothing to do.

Bao Yuehan said with a smile: "It's just the listed companies of the five foreign firms. That's their foundation. If you buy them, how will they deal with themselves?"

In this way, Weidong will feel better. There are still five years to go when he and Huang are finished, and the environment will be different by then, and there will not be so many troubles when he becomes the master and Huang.

Weidong continued to ask: "Then other companies should have no restrictions?"

John Bao hesitated and said, "No, all of them can be acquired."

Then asked: "Which company does Yisheng want to acquire?"

Of course, Weidong couldn't answer. There are too many companies that can be acquired now, but he really doesn't have any money in his hands. He has already drained his own funds when he got the Swire Dockyard Company.

"You also know that I just bought Taikoo Dockyard, so I won't sell it in a short time."

Weidong is in a good mood. It seems that except for the five major foreign banks, the rest of the companies can be acquired. Of course, HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Hang Seng, the three banks, Weidong, are unable to make acquisitions. The main reason is that they are too expensive to afford.

Weidong chatted with John Bao for a while before getting up to leave.

Wei Dong didn't know what kind of things the foreign bank would do next, he didn't choose to stand on the side of the foreign bank, but chose to be neutral, maybe the foreign bank would also think that Wei Dong was unfriendly radically, and it would be a good idea to impose restrictions on various sides Possibly, even if John Bao expressed his position like this, Wei Dong still had no idea, so he could only take one step at a time, and then observe the situation later to decide what to do.

Back in the office, Mi Xiaozhou came in and said happily, "Boss, the rise of the five foreign firms has been exhausted, and I have already transferred the shares to my own securities company."

Weidong used his own money to operate for Mi Xiaozhou before. Now, of course, he would not sell it in the market if he wanted to sell it. He would just sell it to Qiuyu Securities at the current price. I won’t sell any copies, just hold it for a few years to reach a high point before selling it.

Wei Dong smiled and asked, "How much did you earn?"

Mi Xiaozhou handed the report to Weidong and said, "The total sales are 1292 million."

"Not bad, I made nearly 200 million yuan."

I just delayed the negotiation process for a while, and Mi Xiaozhou made almost 200 million. The stock market made a lot of money.

Mi Xiaozhou handed the check to Weidong and said, "Boss, pay back your 100 million, then we really have to share the rest of the money equally?"

Mi Xiaozhou didn't expect to earn so much before. Everyone can share 64 in cash, and he can buy ten thousand-foot mansions.

Weidong returned the check to Mi Xiaozhou and said, "Give her the part of Manager Ruan directly, and put your and Virginia's money into the small treasury first, and then take it from there when it needs to be spent."

Wei Dong just wanted to find a reason to give Ruan Tao a share of the money, and the gain of 64 from investing in stocks was clean, so that others would have nothing to say.

At this time, there are no restrictions on buying and selling stocks, and there are no rules and regulations in many later generations, and there is nothing wrong with Ruan Tao buying stocks of foreign companies.

Mi Xiaozhou asked: "Then you won't object to my buying big ones from now on?"

Wei Dong asked, "What do you want to buy?"

"I want to buy a motorcycle for my little brother."

Wei Dong said: "It's up to you, as long as you have reasons to convince your family."

Just a motorcycle Weidong didn't care, thought about it and asked: "Does your family know about us?"

Mi Xiaozhou said coyly: "I didn't dare to say, I probably don't know yet."

Without the knowledge of his family, Mi Xiaozhou of course did not dare to talk nonsense. Although the social atmosphere was like this, he was still a little nervous when it really happened to him.

Wei Dong waved Mi Xiaozhou out, and went downstairs to talk to Li Fuzhao about work.

Although the affairs of the exchange are usually handed over to Li Fuzhao, Weidong often comes to sit and pay attention. Financial investment will be Weidong's long-term focus, and this cannot be ignored.

After entering the office, Li Fuzhao first said: "There are rumors in the market that Hutchison International and Huangpu Dockyard have already negotiated and will acquire 30% of the shares."

It was only then that Weidong remembered that there was such an application. The preferred shares of Hutchison International had been listed for sale two days ago, and Weidong was all focused on negotiating with foreign banks, and did not pay much attention.

Wei Dongdao: "This is indeed a large-scale acquisition. I bought the equity of Huangpu for 7200 million yuan. Qi Dezun is optimistic about the future development of the market."

Li Fuzhao said: "That's not as shocking as your purchase of Taikoo Dockyard. It's a pity that Taikoo Dockyard is not listed. Do you have any ideas about listing it?"

Wei Dong shook his head and said: "Swire Dockyard is developing very well now, and there is no shortage of funds for the time being, and there is no benefit in going public."

Weidong first took Yizhen Company to go public, and then Camry Stationery Co., Ltd. was waiting in line. Swire Dockyard just got it to go public. It is stripped out and cannot be placed in a listed company.

Li Fuzhao also just mentioned that it is not good to go public too quickly now, and the market is limited in its ability to undertake. After 67 years of economic destruction, it has been recovering slowly this year after stabilizing last year, and it remains to be seen whether it will rebound or reverse.

The next morning, Wei Dong took Qin Xiayue, Yan Jiedi, Wen Xiuyun, Mi Xiaozhou, Virginia, Ruan Tao and others to Qi Tak Airport. Today is the day to charter a flight to leave Xiangjiang.

Ruan Tao originally didn't want to go to Los Angeles together, but was dragged by Wei Dong to inspect the situation of the branch in the beautiful country, and everyone was called, so Xiangjiang left Yan Li in charge, and let her handle it independently by the way Take a look at the business and see if you can handle it alone.

There are only these few people in the huge 707 first-class cabin, without the trouble of smoke, it is indeed much more comfortable.

Qin Xiayue smiled and said, "Weidong, it's much better if no one smokes here, but the chartered flight is too expensive."

Wei Dong said: "Smoking second-hand smoke will affect your health. Do you think we can use it ourselves after I buy an airplane?"

Qin Xiayue persuaded: "Are you kidding? A 707 seems to cost more than 1000 million US dollars, and the new 747 is also 2500 million US dollars. This can buy many buildings, and buying an airplane can't appreciate in value and do business."

Ruan Tao, who was playing poker with Mi Xiaozhou in the distance, glanced over here, and didn't say much. Buying a plane was a plan that Weidong had mentioned several times, but there was never enough money. The withdrawal of tens of millions of funds still has an impact on the company.

According to Ruan Tao, it is better to buy stocks if you have this money. Since you are optimistic about the future market, you can buy more and wait for the appreciation.

Yan Jiedi also gave a few words of persuasion, and Weidong had no choice but to stop thinking about buying a plane in the short term.
The first oil crisis seems to have started in 73, why don't you buy it later?
It should be cheaper then!

Putting aside the idea of ​​buying a plane, he asked the stewardess to bring over two decks of poker, then called Mi Xiaozhou over, and played upgrades with Yan Jiedi and Qin Xiayue.

Mi Xiaozhou reluctantly sat between Qin Xiayue and Yan Jiedi, opposite Yi Weidong, and worked hard to serve the three of them carefully.

Playing around all the way, after landing at Neon and Honolulu for refueling, I finally landed at the airport in Los Angeles in the afternoon local time.

The manager of the beautiful country branch is Bian Deye, an immigrant. He was already waiting outside the airport to be picked up. He boarded four cars in batches and headed to the reserved hotel.

I bought two villas next to the school and registered them under the name of the company. Now I can only stay in a hotel when I come here.

Wei Dong and Ruan Tao ignored the fatigue of the journey, and listened to Manager Bian's report in the small living room of the room. The Los Angeles side was just doing some market research. The wheat was not sold after the farm harvested, and it was stored in a vertical storage tank. , I bought some from the market and filled them up, and sent them to two ships in Xiangjiang.

All of these have already been received in Xiangjiang. Weidong left a part for the instant noodle company and put the rest in the space. It’s not that it can’t be put in directly in Los Angeles. The main reason is that there must be this procedure. A reason.

The second most important thing is the research institute to be built in Los Angeles, which is located in the University District of Los Angeles. The purchase price of the building has been negotiated now, and we only need to wait for Weidong and Ruan Tao to sign and pay after the inspection.

At Stanford, Weidong also bought the villa with the money left by Weidong before, and the research institute over there has already paid part of the money, but there is still the final payment that has not been paid.

After listening to the report, Wei Dong said: "Thank you for your hard work, we will go and have a look tomorrow, and the money will be paid in two days."

Although there was no money in the company's account before, it has increased a lot in the past two days. The main reason is that after the electronic watch agency agreement is signed, foreign firms need to use cash to purchase goods, and local commercial firms in Xiangjiang also pay first. In just two days, they received more than 3000 million yuan in cash, transferred the money through Citibank, and then transferred it to the Los Angeles branch.

(End of this chapter)