Rebirth of the Powerful

Chapter 408 Too much money and nowhere to spend it

There are two purposes for Xia Xiaoluo to come to the United States this time. On the one hand, he will meet with the heads of major financial institutions, form a close alliance, act in unison, and short the British pound on a larger scale. It was already in full swing, and the Bank of England was already in dire straits. However, Xia Xiaoluo knew that until the last moment, it would not be considered a complete victory. Moreover, the trajectory of the world had already been partially changed by him, so he couldn't be completely relieved.Therefore, it is of great significance for him to meet with the leaders of major financial institutions.

On the other hand, Xia Xiaoluo intends to enter the music, film and television entertainment industry, and wants to build a large film and television entertainment empire based on the memory of those movie names on the box office list. Therefore, he wants to meet those talented directors in Hollywood. Of course, they What Xia Xiaoluo appreciates even more is their commercial value.

Rockefeller Center not only has office buildings, but also hotels and various leisure and entertainment centers, and all kinds of facilities are also available.Therefore, Xia Xiaoluo had a brief meeting with Hu Shuwen, and then went to the Rockefeller Center Hotel to open a few rooms.The group took a break first.On the way to send Xia Xiaoluo to the hotel, Hu Shuwen asked Xia Xiaoluo with a smirk on his face, "Do you want to share a room with Chu Xiuhan?"

That smirk on her face exposed her nature as a rotten girl, leaving Xia Xiaoluo speechless. It was difficult for him to compare this woman who could be called a top-notch stunner with a woman who controlled tens of billions of dollars in assets. The general manager of the Hand of God.

Xia Xiaoluo didn't wake up from her sleep until three o'clock in the afternoon.Without waking up others, he came to the "Hand of God" hedge fund headquarters on the third floor of No. 30 in Rockefeller Center alone.

"Mr. Xia, this is your itinerary for the next few days." Eric took out a thick stack of documents and said to Xia Xiaoluo in the reception room.

Hu Shuwen personally helped Xia Xiaoluo make a cup of green tea and served it to him.

"Why is it so thick?" Xia Xiaoluo was a little stunned. "I remember that there were only six or seven people I called to meet?"

He opened the file, shit, and found that there were many words he didn’t know. Although Xia Xiaoluo passed CET-[-] without cheating in college, facing such professional business English, he found that there were still a lot of words. He didn't know him, so he handed the document to Hu Shuwen and said, "Please help me to see it."

Hu Shuwen picked up the file and looked through it.He said with a smile, "There are only six or seven people, but they are all big names in Hollywood. Do you want to have a big development in the film industry?"

"I'm still a student, what development are we talking about? It's just that there's too much money to spend, so I just find a few money-burning projects to spend some money on." Xia Xiaoluo said jokingly.

Entering the film and television entertainment industry, Xia Xiaoluo certainly has his reasons. No matter in terms of "business" or "politics", he is justified, and even a little "noble", but he doesn't want to talk about these things every day , especially in the face of Hu Shuwen, who is terrifying and has an unscrupulous face, you can't appear noble, otherwise, you will appear hypocritical.

Eric and Hu Shuwen have been cooperating for a while. When Hu Shuwen was doing oil futures in London, England, he had already joined Hu Shuwen's team, so he also knew a little bit of Chinese.Hearing Xia Xiaoluo's words, he was dumbfounded.When did Huaxia people become so rich, just to spend money? In the 70s, Japan's economy was thriving, its manufacturing industry was sold all over the world, and it was invincible.After the Plaza Accord, the rich Japanese came aggressively, scattered gold and dollars in the United States, and acquired a large number of American companies. Mitsubishi even bought the symbol of American spirit-Rockefeller Center, Sony bought Columbia Pictures, and the Japanese media claimed that , "To turn the United States into Japan's No.40 prefecture".As a result, Japan has formed a serious asset bubble due to the appreciation of the yen, and now it has entered a period of recession. Those American assets have been sold to the Americans at a discount. Now the Japanese themselves cannot protect themselves. Could it be that now it is the turn of the Chinese to come to the United States to be the savior? ?

However, he hopes that Xia Xiaoluo can really negotiate a few deals. He didn't enter the core decision-making level in the hedge fund of God's Hand, and he didn't even join the trading team. Instead, he was engaged in administrative work with much lower technical content. .If Xia Xiaoluo achieves something in the trip to the United States, it will definitely make Hu Shuwen look at him with admiration.This will be a highlight in my career.

Hu Shuwen flipped through it, and said: "That's right, there are seven people, but Eric has done it very carefully. The background of these companies, the industry background, and the information of the people you are going to meet are all in it, including him. personality, behavior style, preferences, etc.”

"Well," Xia Xiaoluo expressed his satisfaction, but he didn't care about these so-called important materials. He came here to spend money, and there was absolutely no need to figure out other people's preferences.It is true that those few people are people of high status now or in the future, but in the United States, it is a society where money is everything. There are no upstarts or nobles here, only money of equivalent value.As long as he has more money, he doesn't feel that he needs to please others. "Then, read me the itinerary."

Hu Shuwen and Xia Xiaoluo's affirmation made Eric feel very comfortable, even a little excited.He opened his tie a little, and said quickly: "Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, go to Hollywood Paramount to meet Mr. Martin Davis; in the afternoon, go to Burbank to talk with Warner Brothers..."

"Burbank? Where is Burbank, isn't Warner in Los Angeles?"

In Xia Xiaoluo's poor knowledge of the film industry, there is no information about Burbank at all. This strange place name is so strange. Of course, this guy is familiar with Muto Lan Aoi and the like.In Xia Xiaoluo's impression, the six famous film companies should all be in Hollywood.

Eric laughed and said: "Mr. Xia Xiaoluo's question is normal. Most foreigners think that Hollywood is where all the film companies in the United States are located. In fact, this is not the case. On the contrary, most of the film companies have moved away now." Hollywood even moved out of Los Angeles. Because the taxes in Los Angeles are too high, especially the fees that need to be paid for filming in public places, compared with other states, it is simply astronomical."

It seems that lawyer Eric has made up for Xia Xiaoluo's knowledge in the past few days, and he speaks clearly about the film industry.

"Warner Bros. moved away from Hollywood as early as the 30s, but they moved not far away. Burbank is in the north of Los Angeles, and it takes less than 10 minutes to drive. Paramount is the only one of the six major film companies to stay. It's an old-fashioned large studio in Hollywood." Eric's tone was a little hesitant, as if he was feeling the prosperity of Hollywood in the past.

Only then did Xia Xiaoluo gain some understanding of the real Hollywood: "Thank you for your explanation, Mr. Eric. I think I will follow the plan you arranged. You have made appointments with these people?"

"You shouldn't doubt me, the professionalism of Eric, the executive director of Hand of God, sir." Eric replied seriously.

Xia Xiaoluo chuckled: "I'm sorry, I just asked casually, and I didn't suspect you." He pointed to the crude note on the last page, the names on it were very familiar to him: "You can definitely come to these two people. see me?"

Eric looked at it, with a smile on his face: "Mr. Xia Xiaoluo, although I don't understand why you are interested in these two engineers, it is my professional principle to provide customers with the best service. But I Feel obliged to remind you that Mike Morhaimi and Alan Adham started a company with a very strange name in February."

Eric tried hard to recall, but still couldn't remember the weird name, Xia Xiaoluo said, "silicon&synapse."

"Yes, it's called silicon and synapse, hell, what is this synapse." Eric vented annoyedly. "It seems that Mr. Xia Xiaoluo has an understanding of what these two engineers have done, but according to the recent credit records, the financial situation of this silicon and synapse company is in a mess, and even the salaries of employees are difficult to sustain. As far as I know, last month Mike Mohaime and Alan Adham barely paid their employees' wages by using credit card cash."

"Thank you, I see. Can these two gentlemen be in..." Xia Xiaoluo calculated the time: "Will you come here to see me on time in five days?"

"No problem." Eric replied decisively, will those two poor ghosts come to see this rich man?It's an international joke.Just thinking about the ecstasy of those two down-and-out engineers when they heard someone was going to invest in their goddamn Silicon and Synapse company made him 20 percent confident that this cheap acquisition could be made.Well, the amount will definitely not be large. How much money will it take to acquire a small company with only a dozen employees that is unsustainable after only four months of opening? $30?Or [-]?Even a hundred thousand?

Eric doesn't value this company, but since the funder wants to do it, he can only do his best to do it well, although he really can't see anything worth buying in this small company.

"Well, not bad." Xia Xiaoluo nodded.

"By the way. Today's dinner, I'm afraid you will have dinner with Mr. Soros. Now, he can't wait to see you." Hu Shuwen stared at the computer screen, then suddenly turned his head and said to Xia Xiaoluo.