The Era of Emerald

() "Hey, Rebecca, did I hear you right? You just said that you plan to buy Adidas?" It took Zhuang Mingge a long time to realize, and asked, "Do you know how much Adidas's shares are worth now?" ? The little money in our account is not enough to buy an entire company!"

"That's right, I know. The current market value of this French sports equipment company is about [-] million U.S. dollars. If you want to acquire enough shares to control Adidas at the current market price, you need about [-] million U.S. dollars in funds." Xiao Groz was so angry that Zhuang Mingge almost vomited blood, "And, Antonio, I, like you, invested most of my money in Microsoft stock~"

"So, the cash we can use now is only more than 1 million US dollars?" Zhuang Mingge looked at the little Groz in front of him with some amusement, who was trying to wipe out a piece of dessert on the plate at this time, "Rebecca, Please……"

"What do you want to ask me again, Antonio?" Little Groz finally swallowed the last piece of snack, and said, "Are you planning to ask me to be sister Karin's bridesmaid, or are you planning to take me as well?" ?”

"Rebecca, don't talk nonsense, you are a lady anyway, give me a ladylike look." Zhuang Mingge felt that he was really powerless in dealing with girls, "I want to say that Adidas is obviously established by a German How did your company become French in your mouth?"

In Zhuang Mingge's memory, Adidas is a "transnational" sports brand. If you have to give it a "nationality", you can regard it as a sports brand from Germany. Later, with the public listing of Adidas, With the injection of a large amount of Wall Street capital, it can also be said that it is an Americanized brand.

But Zhuang Mingge never had this impression. Before the rise of Nike, Adidas, which was completely the leader in the sports world, now belongs to the French!

Moreover, Groz Jr. also told Zhuang Mingge the second more shocking news: Adidas not only belongs to France in terms of control, but it is also state-owned!

"No, Rebecca. You mean that the bank that currently holds the controlling stake in Adidas is the Credit Lyonnais bank in France?" Zhuang Mingge was greatly stimulated by this amazing news, which is too unexpected?

"That's right, the Lyon Credit Bank is directly under the jurisdiction of the French Central Bank, and it also holds 70.00% of Adidas's shares... Before this bank broke away from the control of the Central Yang Bank, I said it was a state-owned There should be no problem with a high-quality bank?" Groz Jr. briefly introduced this little-known French bank to Zhuang Minge.

Groz Jr.'s family is a financial family, so they have business relationships with many large banks around the world.Just a few days ago, Groz Jr. heard from the family that Credit Lyonnais, which holds control over Adidas, had sold shares in Adidas.She has been dealing with football since the establishment of GM, and she naturally became interested in this news, and began to collect relevant information about Adidas.

After careful investigation, Groz Jr. discovered a big "surprise". She felt that if she had this condition as a guarantee, she and Zhuang Mingge should be able to eat the big piece of Adidas with the strength of herself and Zhuang Mingge. Fat Rou ran to Florence to seek cooperation from Zhuang Mingge.

Of course, this is also an important reason why Zhuang Mingge still has more than 1 million US dollars left in his account...

"So, you are going to start with this French bank?"

"It's ready, I have ordered my subordinates to do all the preparations, as long as Antonio, you and I go to France to deal with some operational details of this big project!"

Since you said you are ready, what do you want me to do in France?Wouldn't it be settled if you pay the bill obediently?Even though he thought so in his heart, Zhuang Mingge certainly wouldn't be so stupid as to say these words. He could tell that when little Groz communicated with him, his attitude and tone were completely different from those of other opposite sexes.

Otherwise, why every time Zhuang Mingge asks little Groz, the other party completes everything efficiently with quality and quantity?Although Groz Jr. also doubled his capital many times during the investment process, but one thing is undeniable, that is, Groz Jr. has never cheated Zhuang Mingge on anything.

However, Zhuang Mingge was not sure about Little Groz's attitude. Did she regard herself as a trustworthy partner or something else?After all, Zhuang Mingge is still just a rookie in love. Karin's success can be said to be accidental, and since he has a girlfriend now, little Groz knows this. It stands to reason that she comes from a big family There shouldn't be any extra thoughts...

Therefore, he can keep a distance from Little Groz in many cases. Even when chatting together, he often makes some harmless jokes with each other, and resolutely does not bring up the topic of "family marriage" (previous article It has been mentioned that the Groz and Corleone families tried to get the two of them to marry to make the relationship between the families closer).

Although there were many doubts in his heart, Zhuang Mingge still suppressed the idea of ​​asking little Groz directly, and continued the topic of buying Adidas.

"I said, are you sure that these funds can deal with those Frenchmen?" Zhuang Mingge asked Groz Jr. a question uncertainly.

"Don't worry, with me as an expert here, how could this acquisition fail!" Junior Groz patted his chest confidently and said proudly.

"Tch, that sounds nice. Who doesn't know that the French are world-renowned for lending money at usury." Zhuang Mingge muttered in a low voice, but he didn't want to be caught by little Groz's sensitive ears.

"Antonio, what are you talking about?"

"Uh, it's nothing. What I mean is, those French people who like to lend money at high rates. Are they going to sell their shares of Adidas at a high price?" Zhuang Mingge sweated a bit, and said hastily.

"On the contrary! I investigated carefully, and the purchase price offered by these Frenchmen of nearly [-] million U.S. dollars, in my opinion, seriously underestimated the actual value of the Adidas brand."

"But there should be many powerful companies that also want to acquire Adidas?"

"Yeah, originally in this situation, we wouldn't have any chance of a successful acquisition, but the current situation is that we are by far the most competitive potential buyers, those who are much richer than us The company or the consortium are not interested in Adidas at all!" Little Groz said with some pride, "So I think this is the best opportunity for us to develop from pure investment to industry! Winning Adidas is quite Yu got a piece of gold that can continue to appreciate in value!"