Rebirth

"Actually, I also know that if I only develop East West Bank without external funds, the development will be very slow. After all, my main business is not in the banking industry and I am not a U.S. Teijin. For your shareholding, I personally Say yes.

In fact, the Mainland China government once sent someone to discuss with me that it could consider acquiring some shares. Although I agreed, it was a pity that in the end, because China had temporarily developed its own country and did not have much money, it only bought 15% of the shares. The rest is in my hands.

This time you came to buy shares, I will explain the situation to you, and I have signed an agreement with the mainland government, and will transfer part of the shares when China's economy is up.

Therefore, Mr. Li, if you want to take a stake in Huamei, when the mainland government needs to take a stake, you must agree to the conditions for them to become a shareholder, otherwise I would rather let Huamei develop slowly."

Hearing Lin Dexiang's words, Li Feng was suddenly surprised. After hearing about East West Bank in his previous life, there have been rumors about the Chinese-funded background of Huamei, but he did not expect it to be true.

At this time, Li Feng was very happy. He was worried about how to enter the mainland market. Of course, Li Feng didn't want to let it go with such an opportunity. He smiled and responded happily.

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Seeing Li Feng and responding without thinking, Lin Dexiang also breathed a sigh of relief. He himself was worrying about funds recently. In the past few years, he has invested and built factories in mainland China and will shift its focus. The group’s funds are also a bit tight. Lin Dexiang sold 25% of the shares acquired by Li Feng this time.

Now that Li Feng agreed to his request, he was able to get the cash of 100 million U.S. dollars, which almost doubled the return on the investment a few years ago, and he still has so many shares in hand. With this funding, my main business can be further developed in China, which is a great help for my company.

At the same time, Li Feng also knew why he hadn’t seen any relevant personnel with a Chinese-funded background before. It turned out to be because of his American identity and his attitude for the time being. In order to avoid suspicion, they left temporarily. Lin Dexiang passed them on. .

At this time, Li Feng also understood why Lin Dexiang had to meet with himself. After all, this involved the power of national capital, so he couldn't help but not take it seriously.

This time it was a three-win win. Li Feng got the opportunity to successfully control Huamei and enter the American banking industry, and Lin Texiang also found urgently needed development funds. Similarly, the Chinese consortium also reached a tacit understanding with Li Feng.

In the end, Li Feng paid 300 million US dollars to get a total of 50% of the equity of Huamei, 10% of Chinese capital, about 15% of Lin Texiang, almost 10% of the shares of the management, and the remaining 15% in the hands of several small shareholders.

Now that the agreement has been reached, it is natural that the formal signing will take effect soon. At the same time, Li Feng, Lin Dexiang and the Chinese consortium have also signed a private agreement to allow the Chinese consortium to buy shares in the future.

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In the next three days, Li Feng went to work at the Huamei headquarters. Naturally, he was surrounded by a few Wall Street-born financial professionals sent by Bill Weilibe, so that Li Feng could quickly understand bank operations.

At the same time, I had a detailed discussion with the company's management, unified the basic development ideas, and suddenly Huamei was full of vitality. After all, Li Feng's promised prospect was much stronger than the previous slow development of Huamei.

Especially after Wu Jianmin got Li Feng's US$200 million capital injection three days later, he directly found Li Feng with a thick document, saying that these were two American banks and the company wanted to acquire them directly.

It turns out that this is the goal that Wu Jianmin and the management have long wanted to acquire. They just suffered from the lack of money before, so they can only make some preparations so that they can acquire them if they have funds in the future. This time they got the capital injection authorization from Li Feng and took them out directly. .

And corporate mergers and acquisitions are Wu Jianmin's old business. Before he became the president of Huamei, he was in charge of the Deloitte Accounting Firm in charge of Asian client investment and corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Li Feng took a look at the document and agreed to Wu Jianmin's arrangement. He found that Wu Jianmin was very interesting. The main business of these banks is near the Chinese community.

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Unfortunately, because these banks were established by the United States themselves, they are not trusted by many Chinese, which leads to relatively poor operation of these banks.

The total assets of such a community bank are in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is estimated that it can be acquired at a valuation of 1.2 or 20 million dollars.

The acquisition of these banks can quickly establish Huamei itself and establish Huamei's further position in the Chinatown area. Moreover, Huamei itself is a bank founded by Chinese descents and has a great advantage. Many Chinese are willing to invest their money in Huamei.

If you want to quickly grow Huamei, the fastest way is bank mergers and acquisitions. Therefore, Li Feng will soon agree to Wu Jianmin's proposal.

One is called First Central Bank (FirstCentralBank), and the other is called American International Bank (American International Bank). The name sounds very tall, but they are actually two small banks.

What Li Feng didn’t know was that these two banks were both after Huamei was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. Huamei, which has sufficient funds on hand, embarked on the first step of expansion. In his previous life, it appeared to be as early as 99. Years ago, Wu Jianmin had this idea.

It was a pity that it was limited to the strength of Huamei itself, and could only wait. This waited for three years. It was not until the completion of the NASDAQ listing in 1999 that sufficient funds were raised to start the expansion.

In the following 10 years, 16 large and small banks were acquired in succession, and even several times were staged in the drama of being small and big, making Huamei a bright spring for the entire Meidi banking industry. Become one of the 30 largest banks in the United States, which also proves the ability of Wu Jianmin and the management.

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At the same time, Li Feng also sent someone to contact Chen Heyuan of Dahua Supermarket. Unexpectedly, East West Bank is still the major shareholder of Dahua, owning 30% of Dahua.

This also understands why almost every Dahua supermarket has East West Bank, and the two companies are so closely related.

However, Li Feng calculated that he still has too few shares in Dahua. If Dahua can really develop in China Mainland, Li Feng is very clear about the market potential of China Mainland. Large supermarkets are definitely a cash cow.

Finally, an agreement was reached. UOB borrowed 100 million U.S. dollars from Huamei for development. At the same time, Li Feng injected another 100 million U.S. dollars into UOB in the name of an investment company. The investment company held 30% of the shares and East China Bank held 30%. And Chen Heyuan owns 40%.

Yes, Dahua was previously founded by Chen Heyuan himself, and the shareholders are gone except for Huamei.

At the same time, 50 million US dollars will be left to develop outside the Chinese American community supermarkets, and 200 million US dollars will be raised to enter the Asian market, focusing on the Chinese mainland market. At the same time, both Huamei and Dahua will establish an international affairs department and Asian headquarters. .

Naturally, there is the Asian headquarters of Li Feng's previous investment company. It is easy to set up two shell companies and just wait for someone here to start operations.

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The US$200 million investment at this time is definitely a big number for China Mainland China. In the mid-1990s, the Huaxia government was still hoarding foreign exchange reserves, while Dahua used US dollars to invest directly. For the mainland government, this is the best time to accumulate foreign exchange reserves.

Therefore, when Dahua Supermarket’s decision was passed to the mainland government of China through the representatives of the Chinese consortium of East West Bank, there was a quick response, saying that it was welcome to invest in the mainland.

Similarly, Li Feng, who came from a previous life, had a deep taste in it. After a detailed discussion with Chen Heyuan, he decided to use the 200 million US dollars to leverage at least 1 billion US dollars for development. This is the way to rapid development.

In the end, Chen Heyuan decided to visit China in person. Dahua’s decision was Li Feng’s idea. First, develop in those big cities and first-tier cities in China. After a few years, Dahua will start to develop into second- and third-tier cities. .

Finally, taking into account the domestic corporate system, Dahua (China) will be established, headquartered in Pearl City, the economic center of China.

In this way, Chen Heyuan, who has already been raised by Li Feng, hurriedly led people directly towards Hong Kong. Yes, I went to Hong Kong first. After all, that is where the Asian headquarters is located, and Hong Kong is not dark under the lights. With Li Shanquan sitting in Hong Kong, he can settle down well.After that, I will go directly to Huaxia for inspection, and the itinerary has been arranged.

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Naturally, in addition to Chen Heyuan's Dahua, Huamei Wu Jianmin also set out with a group of bank executives and negotiators, and worked hard for the expansion of Huamei Bank.

After China’s traditional Lunar New Year, he completed the plan to continuously invest in East West Bank and Dahua Supermarket, which made Li Feng feel particularly good.

For Li Feng, who has Chinese traditions in his bones, the Chinese New Year can only be regarded as the real Chinese New Year.

Looking at my own development over the past year, standing in the Beverly Hilltop Manor, looking at the wonderful night view of Los Angeles, I can't help but feel that it is a perfect year of 1995.