381, North American cash machine(1/3)
North America, New York, Manhattan, Wall Street!
High into the Cloud Building, crowds of people were walking in a hurry. In the buildings on both sides were various commercial banks and securities companies such as Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and American Express.
When people walk here, they can't help but feel nervous because of the atmosphere here.
Fortunately, Chu Huan is not such a follower. With Qin Peng and others, the leisurely and contented Chu Huan seems out of place compared to the hurried Wall Street.
Chu Huan's first stop in North America was not Los Angeles. There were still more than ten days before the premiere of "Jaws". Naturally, Chu Huan came to North America so early not only to observe Universal Pictures' response to "Jaws"
of publicity.
In the distribution contract signed between Apex Pictures and Universal Pictures, there is a special promotion contract to ensure that Universal can fully promote "Jaws".
Although the movie "Jaws" achieved epoch-making success in another time and space, Chu Huan understands that a successful movie definitely does not mean that I will show it in a theater and then all the movie fans will buy tickets to watch it.
For a movie to be successful at the box office, it needs overwhelming publicity.
Movies like Jaws are no exception!
Just like "The Ghost Story", which is regarded as the pioneering work by many American entertainment rebirth writers, it created a movie worth more than 200 million U.S. dollars with a shooting cost of U.S. dollars!
The reason why this movie became a big hit at the box office was because as the distribution company, Paramount immediately spent tens of millions of dollars to promote the movie after discovering its potential.
The film was a huge success at the box office.
Without Paramount's later promotion, the movie "The Ghost Story" would not have had a box office of 200 million US dollars, let alone 20 million US dollars!
The same is true for "Jaws". This movie will definitely be successful, but it will also require overwhelming publicity to make this movie have the box office it deserves.
It's just that before Chu Huan came to North America, she heard Kelly call and tell her that Universal was not very concerned about promoting the movie "Jaws". The current promotion was only in the conventional sense, not for big productions.
publicity.
Chu Huan decided to go to Los Angeles to resolve this matter after he settled the matter in New York.
The success of "Jaws" cannot be missed!
The reason why Chu Huan gave up on solving the promotional issues of "Jaws" first and chose to come to Wall Street was naturally because there were profits here that made Chu Huan pay more attention.
In a coffee shop, Chu Huan met Linda from American Express Bank after a long absence!
It was here that Chu Huan leveraged U.S. dollars and earned his first real pot of gold.
And this time, Chu Huan is here to solve part of the funds needed for the land in East Tsim Sha Tsui. Although the surrounding areas of "Fantasy Comics" are still providing Chu Huan with a steady stream of cash profits, Chu Huan cannot do it.
The sheep around "Fantasy Comics" is trying hard to pluck its wool!
After all, he was raised by himself, not by his stepmother.
That's why Chu Huan set his sights on the current economic center of the world. Only here can he bring himself some of the funds he needs.
"Chu, welcome to New York again!"
Linda seemed very happy after seeing Chu Huan.
Can she be unhappy? She made a lot of money the last time she followed Chu Huan.
"Thank you, Linda, you are really getting more and more beautiful!"
Chu Huan said against her will that she always felt like Linda was fatter than when they last met.
Although Chu Huan's current status could already meet directly with the boss of American Express Bank, Chu Huan did not do so. Firstly, because he had already cooperated with Linda before, and the two parties had a happy cooperation.
Secondly, because Chu Huan does not need much leverage this time, or even no leverage at all, it will be smoother for him to continue to cooperate with Linda, just like when Chu Huan first started in Xiangjiang!
"Chu, this time you came to Wall Street, did you find any business that can bring you huge wealth?"
After the greetings ended, Linda followed the principles of doing things for Wall Street people and talked to Chu Huan straight to the point.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Are the materials I want ready?"
Before meeting Linda, the two parties had already spoken on the phone, and Chu Huan also asked Linda to prepare some information for herself.
Linda nodded, and then took out a thick stack of information for Chu Huan on the chair next to her.
"This is a family business that has been listed in North America in recent years with a market value of about 200 million US dollars. The information includes the shareholding ratio of these families in the company, the company's operating conditions in recent years, and some news within the family, as well as
There is a trend chart of the North American Dow Jones Index in recent years.”
Chu Huan raised his head slightly and signaled Qin Peng beside him to hand over the check that had been prepared to Linda. This was a check of 5,000 US dollars, which could be regarded as compensation for Linda's help this time.
Of course, this remuneration is high, but Chu Huan will still need Linda in the future, so giving more is to increase Linda's work enthusiasm.
Sure enough, after seeing the reward, Linda's face immediately showed a smile.
“It’s a pleasure to work with you, Chu!”
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Have you found the person I asked you to find?"
Linda looked at the ladies' watch on her wrist and said, "I've found it, he should be here soon!"
After the words fell, a middle-aged white man walked in. After seeing Linda, he walked over with a smile on his face.
"Jerry, let me introduce to you. This is Chu Huan from Xiangjiang who asked me to invite you over!"
Linda smiled and introduced Chu Huan to Jerry.
Jerry stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "I have heard about the wealthy Mr. Chu Huanchu in Xiangjiang for a long time, but I didn't expect him to be such a young gentleman. It's really impressive!"
Chu Huan also stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Mr. Jerry Kolberg, one of the directors of Bear Stearns' financial department, the leveraged buyout you talked about is also shocking!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jerry Kohlberg is a man who will play a decisive role in the future of the North American securities industry. He founded it together with his cousins Henrik Levy and George Roberts.
KKR led the way in leveraged buyouts in North America.
The famous book "Barbarians at the Gate" is about KKR's leveraged acquisition of North American tobacco giant Nabisco. This large-scale acquisition involved 31 billion U.S. dollars, while KKR only used 15 million U.S. dollars, and the rest
All funds come from leveraged funds.
Linda was stunned for a moment and asked Jerry Kohlberg, "Jerry, do you know Chu?"
Jerry Kohlberg had already sat next to Linda and said with a smile, "I don't know him, but I have heard of Mr. Chu's name and know that he has the Midas touch in Hong Kong. In addition, he recently appeared in "
The real estate project with an investment of HK$6 billion reported in the Wall Street Journal was the work of a company under Mr. Chu’s name!”
As one of the most important financial cities in Asia, Wall Street has always been paying attention to the situation in Xiangjiang. Of course, due to today's communication methods, it is impossible to say how well Wall Street knows Xiangjiang.
However, as the most important real estate project in Xiangjiang so far this year, Wall Street must have reported it.
Linda was shocked!
Linda also saw this news report in the Wall Street Journal about the real estate project that Jerry Kohlberg was talking about.
However, this report was not so prominent in the Wall Street Journal, so Linda only knew that there was such a thing, but did not know the specific situation.
But I didn't expect that this project was actually done by Chu Huan.
And Linda also noticed something, which was what Jerry Kohlberg just talked about, a company under Chu Huan's name?
"So, Chu, you have other companies?"
There was no need for Chu Huan to answer, Jerry Kohlberg was already preaching with a smile.
"Of course there is. "Fantasy Comics" and the youth toys surrounding Fantasy Comics are also Mr. Chu's company!"
Linda was completely numb this time!
As an elite on Wall Street, how could Linda not know about the two companies "Fantasy Comics" and Youth Toys!
In fact, not only Linda, but also many Wall Street investment banks are paying attention to these two companies, especially when more and more youth toy flagship stores are opened in North America.
Although the pride of North Americans makes many media reluctant to report on these two companies from Hong Kong, this is not the case on Wall Street.
There is only one rule of survival on Wall Street, and that is profit!
For profit, Wall Street can even sell North America!
Precisely because many investment banks are paying attention to these two companies, they naturally know more than others.
"The Sword Comes"
Although "Fantasy Comics" and Youth Toys are not listed on the market and are not North American companies, they do not need to disclose financial reports, but many investment banks have already regarded these two companies as unicorns!
How could Linda not be surprised when she heard that Chu Huan was actually the boss of these two companies!
"Chu, this is really unbelievable!"
Linda said with a surprised look on her face.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "It's just a moment of good luck!"
Jerry Kohlberg was also observing Chu Huan at this time. As he said before, Chu Huan was so young that he couldn't believe it.
But whether he believed it or not, the man was actually sitting opposite him, and he also wanted to know why this wealthy man from Xiangjiang found him.
"Mr. Chu, you specifically asked Linda to invite me here. What's the matter?"
Chu Huan said seriously, "Since Mr. Kolberg knows about my situation in Xiangjiang, he should also know that I also have a Jiaku Consulting Company in Xiangjiang. If Mr. Kolberg is willing, I hope to hire Kolberg."
Mr. Ge becomes the head of the North American branch of our Jiaku Consulting Company. The labor force is twice that of what you currently have at Bear Stearns. At the same time, after completing each project, there will be a profit share of 3%!"
It is impossible to invite a person like Jerry Kohlberg to Xiangjiang.
But Jerry Kohlberg is indeed a very rare talent. If he can be recruited into the company, it will be of great help to Chu Huan's investment in North America.
To be continued...