Rebirth

At 2 pm, Li Feng left the villa with a group of people and arrived at the Goldman Sachs headquarters building on Broad Street in downtown Manhattan.

Naturally, a group of media reporters followed behind its small motorcade. When Li Feng and his entourage arrived at Goldman Sachs, many media reporters couldn't help thinking.

After all, it should not be boring for a person like Li Feng to visit Goldman Sachs. Many people realized that perhaps what big news will come next.

Is it because Li Feng's company is going to go public or some other news? Many reporters are already speculating on the intentions of Li Feng and his party.

Especially when Henry Paulson, the current president of Goldman Sachs, took the person to greet him personally, it made the media reporters excited. Naturally, the photos of a group of people became the witness of the reporters behind him.

The necessary security personnel were left behind. With Li Feng and his entourage, accompanied by Goldman Sachs President Henry Paulson, entered the Goldman Sachs building, only the media reporters were left behind to catch the blind. The savvy reporters are already calling for the support of the headquarters behind. .

Not to mention the speculation of the following media reporters, Li Feng is still looking forward to entering the famous Goldman Sachs company. After all, such a company only heard its name in the past life. I have a chance to take a look this time. I always look forward to it.

Unfortunately, the facts are always unexpected. Li Feng turned around and found that it was the same, and the office environment with his own investment company was not much better.

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The two parties went to a large conference room, and then it was time for Adam's performance. Yes, Adam brought negotiators, and Goldman Sachs also had the president of the asset management department personally on the stage, and began to talk to Adam.

In fact, to put it plainly, Adam and the others quoted 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, while Goldman Sachs quoted 1.8 billion U.S. dollars. There is a gap of 400 million U.S. dollars. Naturally, they began to bargain.

As I said before, two years ago, David Rockefeller, the current head of the Rockefeller family, wanted to repurchase the Rockefeller Center. Naturally, Goldman Sachs controlled the 14 main buildings that were built in the center before World War II.

At that time, David's offer was only 1.3 billion US dollars. According to Adam's statement, the 1.5 billion US dollars worth of Rockefeller Center was a reasonable price, and Li Feng guaranteed cash payment.

Naturally, Li Feng's company doesn't have that much money, but Adam had discussed with the president of California-based Bank of America before asking the bank to help him out, and directly used the real estate company as a mortgage, which was approved by the bank.

After all, if the Rockefeller Center can be acquired, the real estate company will be worth the money. As for the loan of several hundred million, it is really nothing compared to Century Real Estate at that time.

Even the banks wish that Century Real Estate could not afford it. The banks could receive many high-quality assets such as the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and real estate companies.

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In this way, one afternoon passed in the dispute, but the two sides did not agree, but Adam has already mentioned 1.5 billion, and Goldman Sachs has dropped to 1.7 billion US dollars, and the price has begun to approach.

Li Feng also knew that the acquisition of such a project could not be completed within a short period of time. Therefore, after arguing for an afternoon, he went back to each house and planned to start tomorrow.

"Ring Ling Ling..."

When he got home, Li Feng's personal phone rang quickly.

"Hi, Kenny, why are you free to call me at this time? Didn't you say that you have already returned to the UAE."

Li Feng knew that Kenny is now the general manager of the UAE branch of an oil company, so he needs to be based in the UAE.

"John, I heard that you are planning to acquire Rockefeller Center. Is it true."

Well, after hearing Kenny's calm question on the other side of the phone, Li Feng was immediately depressed, and he said that he kept it secret. Just after he left Goldman Sachs, someone knew after he left Goldman Sachs.

But thinking about the Rockefeller family, it’s not strange to think about it. After all, it doesn’t involve itself, and it’s normal to spread it out. What's more, it’s a wealthy family like the Rockefeller family that has been inherited for hundreds of years. When there is trouble in New York, where they don’t know. .

"You said about it, Kenny, I have such an idea here, but there is no result yet, and the negotiation just started today?" Li Feng didn't lie to others, and said the truth.

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"Then I can ask if we can also be part of it, John, if so, you will get the friendship of our Rockefeller family."

Hearing the voice coming from the phone, Li Feng's mind was moved. The friendship of the Rockefeller family, although it sounds empty talk, but if you can really become a close partner with the Rockefeller family, then you can develop yourself in the United States in the future. Sit back and relax.

"Kenny, if I agree to the involvement of the Rockefeller family, after the acquisition is successful, will the management of the Rockefeller Center follow me or your family?

For example, if successful, I will change the name, etc., such as "Rockefeller-Century Center, or Century-Rockefeller Center"."Naturally, Li Feng wouldn't agree to it as soon as he heard it, and then asked with a smile.

"In fact, the family only hopes that we can maintain a certain amount of shares and participate in the Rockefeller Center. It does not have to be controlled. Therefore, John, you can do what you want." Kenny is very good. In fact, I told Li Feng the truth.

"Well, Kenny, you can send a message to your elders. I agree that they will participate, but everything is based on my company. If your elders agree, you can just ask them to contact me.

Actually, Kenny, I have some doubts. The value of Rockefeller Center is not very high. You can definitely buy it back. Why hasn't it been successful?"Li Feng asked his doubts all along.

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In fact, according to the current value of Rockefeller Center, it is really not as high as people think. Today, the main body of the 14 Rockefeller Center buildings is only 1.5 to 600 million US dollars.

It is important to know that those newly built skyscrapers often cost hundreds of millions of dollars or even billions of billions. For example, Goldman Sachs later built the headquarters building of the heart, and it is said that the cost reached 2 billion US dollars.

"The main reason is that the price did not agree. We finally quoted 1.4 billion U.S. dollars in the previous period, but Goldman Sachs insisted on 1.5 billion. It was finally put on hold because of the difference of this billion U.S. dollars." Kenny replied helplessly.

"I rely on"

Li Feng couldn't help cursing when he heard the words of the opposite Kenny.

I have to say that the values ​​of Europe and America are completely different from that of China.

If in China, one of the symbols of my family is acquired, and there is a chance to repurchase such a symbol, those families will surely get it back. Unfortunately, Europe and the United States have been educated since childhood that business behavior is business behavior and cannot be emotional.

For the sake of this billion dollars, I didn't want my family's logo. In Li Feng's opinion, it is really a bit of a brain-dead. Naturally, Li Feng's mentality is still the Chinese mentality.

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At the end of the conversation with Kenny, Li Feng felt for a while. Although on the phone, Kenny meant purely commercial activities. A few years ago, he thought that the price was high.

In fact, in Li Feng's view, the Rockefeller family had the desire to take advantage of the real estate slump in the past few years, but unfortunately, when they ran into a company like Goldman Sachs, they would rather drop the price than cut prices.

At the same time, Li Feng also expressed doubts about the strength of the Rockefeller family. If the family really has a huge wealth and controls tens of billions of dollars, is it really unwilling to pay this billion dollars?

It can only be said that the family is really just fame, although it can still be rich for a lifetime, but if it is like this, there will always be a day of complete decline.

What Li Feng didn’t know was that Kenny talked to the family directly after talking with Li Feng, retelling the conversation with Li Feng, especially when the name of Rockefeller Center added the word “century” to make the family more powerful. The guy was blowing his beard and staring, but finally reached an agreement.

That night, David Rockefeller, the old guy, drove directly from the Rockefeller Manor on Long Island towards Li Feng's villa. Obviously, the Rockefeller family was also anxious.

After all, Rockefeller Center has always been one of the symbols of the family. If Li Feng bought it completely, it really has nothing to do with his family.

Naturally, when David Rockefeller visited Li Fengzi’s Century Mansion in New York that day, his photos made a lot of headlines in the New York local media the next day.

Yang Zhiyuan called again and complained jokingly, saying that Li Feng once again succeeded in stealing the spotlight, and he was deprived of many opportunities to promote Yahoo.