money player

Chapter 203 Million Baby
"Adam, I'm in Atlanta."

"good news?"

"It's not very good. Coca-Cola didn't agree to our offer."

"How many?"

"what?"

"Coca-Cola's asking price."

"100."

"Bill, how long will it take to get the money?"

"What? Do you want to agree to this price? Adam, listen, there are Pepsi-Cola and countless beer companies. There is competition between them. As long as we deal with it slowly, we will definitely get the price we want."

"Bill, listen to me, I need money, and you will get your share according to the number we agreed on."

The person on the other side of the phone was silent for a while, "Okay, Adam, since you said so, let's do what you want. Regarding payment, Coca-Cola is quite sincere. You can get a check after signing the contract."

"Good news."

"We compromised and were anxious. The licensing share will not be easy to negotiate."

"Bill, this is why I suggested splitting the contract into two. I'm not in a hurry for the rest. You can talk slowly."

"Well, I'm worth every penny as a lawyer, ah."

"Hahaha, Bill, the money is not as easy to make as I thought. Try to come back as soon as possible. We can talk about why I urgently need to get the money."

"Big plan?"

"uh-huh."

"OK."

After hanging up the phone, Xian Yaowen waved his fist and whispered to Goddess of Luck.

That's right, Jane is his goddess of luck. If it weren't for Jane, he wouldn't have noticed the easy-to-tap ring so quickly. This thing was too small and too ordinary, and it was not within the scope of his consideration.

As for the US$100 million, it was still the original US$130 million. He didn't care about the US$30 difference in the price. If Bufalino hadn't come out to negotiate, but had gone for it on his own, let alone US$100 million, it would have been cut in half. May not be available.

A large company like Coca-Cola is well-staffed and cannot be deceived by just saying some alarmist words. He wants to get a high price unless there is an extra, and it is a valuable extra.

Bufalino didn't need it. His status as IBT's lawyer was a sharp weapon. Beverage companies couldn't do without trucking. They didn't dare to mess with the truck driver's family, nor did he dare to bully the family's representative too much.

Confucius said, when Yao Wen is here, (money) does not travel far, it must be done well.

Xian Yaowen's money is not that easy to get, so he gives Bufalino 6%, and there is a reason why he must give it.

Cai Zhiyong's "what if" is promising, and Xian Yaowen becomes even busier. He not only has to integrate into the daily life of the flower club, but also starts to establish the management system of the flower club. This is a bit difficult. Everyone engaged in creative work is unruly, and his name as Boss has changed. It only took Adam less than two days, and he also had to use swear words in the conversation, so that communication would be more efficient.

He found an office similar to a maker space in the Diamond District on 47th Street, rented two workstations to Quan Xu, and assigned him a secretary named Betty, who had previously worked as a sales assistant and was familiar with the streets of New York. Juliet Brand Management Company I kind of have an office in New York.

Xia Songfang, who came with Quan Xu, was a manager under Zheng Zhiping, the director of the Zhonghua Garment Factory, and her job was to provide technical support to Gambino's underground factory.

He personally sent Xia Songfang to Little Italy, and gave a sincere explanation on the way, telling Xia Songfang to just do her job well, not to worry about anything else, and just treat herself as a blind person.

Fortunately, the underground factory only has sewing machines, no cold storage, large cutting machines and mixers. Some scenes that are too tragic will not be staged in the factory. The first underground factory is in a basement. The area is not small, and it is not as humid as expected. Although the sewing machines are not in place, some personnel have been deployed. I don’t know where Gambino got two sewing machines. Two old masters are working Teach "new workers."

The workers mainly had Southern European appearance, but also some Eastern European appearance. He suspected that there were Soviets among them.

The Soviet Union at this time was powerful, and the laws of the Soviet Union also stated that everyone is equal, but it is undeniable that Russia has never stopped sucking blood from other member countries since the establishment of the Soviet Union. A strong Soviet Union equals a strong Russia, and it has no relationship with other member countries. Big, especially those countries that agreed to join the Soviet Union only after having a gun to their head.

However, it didn’t matter where the workers were from. The important thing was that their hands and feet should be quick and the work they did should be detailed enough. He thought those Eastern Europeans with big hands were a bit clumsy and had no potential to become excellent female garment workers.

Of course, he did not provide advice to Gambino about the workers. In theory, he had no idea that China Garment and the underground factory were cooperating. The cooperation partner had always been a formal garment factory owned by Mr. Carlo Gambino. , the factory is not big, with only twenty or thirty female workers, but all the female workers are superwomen, and it is easy for one person to make thousands of shirts a day.

It sounds a bit ridiculous. The Immigration Bureau may not believe it, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) certainly does.

This is enough. As long as there are no tax problems, it doesn't matter if the underground factory is raided. Even if someone knows that the shirt comes from the underground factory, it won't be a big problem. At this time, the United States has not yet established democracy. With the flag raised high for other countries to see, the "sweat system" is not yet a high-profile topic.

After the visit, he and Gambino discussed "collecting and processing materials at home" and "outsourcing the work", breaking down the relatively simple processes from the garment making process for secondary outsourcing.

In the former, an individual collects the materials and takes them back for processing. When the finished product is ready, he returns it, passes the acceptance inspection, and gets the processing fee; in the latter, there is an additional contractor who takes over a batch of work and then distributes it to individuals for processing. The contractor earns the difference.

The labor contract system is relatively advanced in the small-scale peasant economy of some socialist countries, but it is also the origin of the word sweatshop more than 80 years ago.

Of course, he didn't care about these twists and turns. He only knew that this was an advanced production model that could speed up production, and he didn't need to worry about quality control, so he naturally had to instill it in Gambino.

Xian Yaowen of China Garment visited the factory, and Adam Hepburn of Juliet squeezed into the line. Juliet, who was in the developing world, plundered China Garment, which was in the developing stage, and the two parties signed the "New York 1950" unequal treaty.

During the development of the GoodLuck brand, Zhonghua Garments can only share a meager processing fee, and must advance all costs in the production process. Juliet will not pay a deposit in advance, nor will the payment be paid immediately after delivery. , payment will only be made twice a year, once in the middle of the year to pay for the second half of last year, and once at the end of the year to pay for the first half of this year.

The term of the contract is fifteen years, and the processing fee is renegotiated every three years.

After the treaty was signed, Sin Yaowen and Adam Hepburn wore a pair of underpants together to express their everlasting friendship.

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When Bufalino got the check and deposited the money into the company account, Xian Yaowen immediately cashed in the US$7.8 that Bufalino deserved. Of the remaining 92.2, 27.66 belonged to Jian. Xian Yaowen negotiated with Jian to first He cashed in 7.66 and left the remaining 20 in the company account for investment. He made a promise of a guaranteed return of 50% for two years - that is, after two years, Jane can get at least 30, and he and Jane will split the excess -. .

With 7.66, Jane can buy an apartment and a better car. The rest of the department will have to be spent leisurely. She also has to deal with the tax return at the beginning of next year. One is one, the other is two. Jane should bear it, but Xian Yaowen can't. Will bear it for her.

There was a balance of 84.54 in the company's account, and Xian Yaowen withdrew 4.54, kept the fraction for expenses, and injected 4 into the flower club; 80 of the balance of 50 was transferred to the futures account, giving Cai Zhiyong the power to operate Dow Jones Index futures, but did not withdraw it The power of funds.

The sky is high and the road is far away. He cannot control Cai Zhiyong's futures operations remotely. There is a risk of losing nothing, but he can guarantee that his money will not be misappropriated by Cai Zhiyong. This is called the superiority of private banks. Customers are God, can make personalized requests.

He spread out a piece of the change he just got and placed an order with Gambino to paint a house. Cai Zhiyong and his family had someone to follow them. If anything happened, a car could be sent to take Cai Zhiyong to the Empire State Building as soon as possible.

For half of the remaining 30, he found a rookie broker to buy shares of GEICO Insurance, obtained the share certificates, paid the commission, and immediately dismissed the rookie.

He will keep the GEICO shares in his hands for several years and will not sell them in a short period of time. If he needs money urgently, he will use it as a mortgage.

The other 15 was given to Jacob, not to Bear Stearns, but to personal management, because Jacob was an industry insider and had a brokerage license.

A little trivia is that individuals do not have the right to buy and sell stocks, and can only operate through a stock broker who holds a brokerage license.

It was said that it was left to Jacob to manage, but in fact, it was not the case. At first, Xian Yaowen did not listen to Jacob's opinions. He went on his own and invested most of his funds in Polaroid stock. This company in Cambridge, Boston, produced an inconvenient product. Such a best-selling product - Polaroid.

It also invested in Xerox, a company in Connecticut that has been established for more than 100 years but has never achieved outstanding results. This is a scam company. Its stocks are not sold by serious brokers, but by brokerage firms that mainly engage in fraud in the alleys or garages next to Wall Street. The commissions are extremely high. You can get half of the commission for selling a stock of US dollars. .

Leonardo, no, it should be Jordan Belfort who became the Wolf of Wall Street by selling this kind of stock.

(End of this chapter)