Chu Huan came to New York this time mainly to inspect the construction of the World Financial Center.

As for the meeting of North American Jiaku, Chu Huan arranged it to be held in Los Angeles. At that time, the senior leaders of global Jiaku will gather there to report to Chu Huan on the status of the industrial chain for which they are responsible.

After resting in the manor for two days, Chu Huan arrived at the location of the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan. However, at this time, the World Financial Center here had not yet been completed, and it could even be said that construction had just begun.

The person responsible for this project is Marshall Allman, general manager of the North American Jiaku Investment Department.

Marshall Allman was originally an investment adviser at Harris Bank, and was later hired by David Maxwell to join the North American A library.

Working with Marshall Allman is Guan Yanbo, the former leader of the third group of the investment department of Xiangjiang Jiaku Corporation.

At the same time, this is also the first real estate project invested by Naijiaku in North America, and this first real estate project has reached an investment quota of US$1.5 billion.

Previously, Chu Huan left an investment fund of US$50 million to the North American AKB. Now this fund has been invested under the leadership of David Maxwell, but it is not included in the investment amount of US$1.5 billion.

"Look, Chairman, this is Cesar Pelli's design. According to the project progress, it will be completed in 80 years. By then, the entire World Financial Center will have become a landmark building in Manhattan..."

Marshall Allman introduced Chu Huan to the world financial center.

Cesapelli was born in Argentina and later immigrated to North America. He received a master's degree in architecture from the University of Tucumán in North America in 1954 and now serves as the director of the Yale School of Architecture.

Originally, the design of the World Financial Center was to be handed over to Cao Yunzu, but there were too many things in Asia that needed Cao Yunzu to do, so in the end Chu Huan decided to do this after a conference call with David Maxwell.

Or we should take the form of public bidding to find designers in North America.

In the end, Cesar Perry’s design was successfully selected.

There are four high-rise buildings in the entire World Financial Center, ranging in height from 33 to 50 floors.

It can be seen from the design plan that the exterior facade at the bottom of the building is made of granite, and the upper part is a large-area glass curtain wall. There is a glass-topped winter garden between the buildings, and there are two small octagonal buildings along the street, forming a pair of entrances.

Gatehouse.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the tops of many high-rise buildings in North America were retracted or made into various spire shapes. In the 1950s and 1960s, the square box style became popular, with the tops being square and flat.

Cesar Pelli's design is based on the middle of the two. The upper parts of several buildings are gradually contracted, and the tops end with a shape. The top shapes of the four buildings are different, each being a hemisphere.

Body, square pyramid, square pyramid without tip and stepped flat top.

This kind of design shows that the design idea of ​​the World Financial Center is both respectful of past history and innovative at the same time.

The World Trade Center is connected by a pedestrian bridge between Towers 2 and 3 of the World Financial Center, known as the Winter Garden.

The Winter Garden covers an area of ​​4,200 square meters, is 10 stories above the ground, is hollow to the top, has a glass structure, and looks like a barrel-shaped greenhouse. After its completion, it will be unique among the Manhattan buildings with many high-rise buildings.

While listening to Marshall's introduction, Chu Huan turned his attention to the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center not far away. That incident should have little impact on the World Financial Center.

Chu Huan thought like this.

After inspecting the construction conditions of the World Financial Center, Chu Huan left and returned to his residence.

Wu Shuhan saw that Chu Huan was back, so he said to Chu Huan: "Boss, David just called and asked when we will leave for Los Angeles?"

Alder Commercial Bank will be the core industry of North America's Jiaku. Although it has begun to transfer its business to New York, it will not be Alde until it is completed and the world financial center is completed.

The headquarters of Commerzbank is also the headquarters of North American Acu.

So the headquarters of Alder Commercial Bank is still in Los Angeles, and David Maxwell is now based in New York and runs both sides of Los Angeles.

Chu Huan said: "Wait until I meet Jerry Kohlberg and the other three!"

Wu Shuhan nodded and said: "Then I will tell David your decision!"

"Okay!" Chu Huan asked, "How are Xu Yi and the others preparing?"

Wu Shuhan said: "The handover work is being arranged. I had a phone call with Mr. Xu before and they will leave for Los Angeles in three days to attend this year's Jiaku Conference!"

Chu Huan said: "Then let's go to Los Angeles in three days!"

Wu Shuhan continued: "Also, Dr. Armand Hammer, the chairman of Occidental Petroleum Company in North America, has sent an invitation to you through the North American Jiaku. I hope that when you go to Los Angeles, I want to invite you to have dinner!"

When Chu Huan heard the name Armand Hammer, he was slightly startled. It was not that this person was not famous, but that he was too famous.

In the history of world business, Armand Hammer is a legendary figure.

He was the first North American businessman to do business in the Soviet Union, and he was also the first foreign entrepreneur to enter China by special plane.

When the new Soviet Union was tightly blockaded, this man dared to go to the Soviet Union and facilitated a barter transaction in which 1 million US dollars of Soviet supplies were exchanged for 1 million US dollars of North American wheat, helping the Soviet Union to obtain urgently needed supplies, and he also made a fortune from it.

, each gets what he needs.

After that, he established contact with LN and other high-level Soviet officials and became the first foreigner to obtain mining rights in the Soviet Union, kicking off the barter trade between the United States and the Soviet Union.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hammer obtained a license to produce pencils in the Soviet Union and established the largest pencil factory in the world at the time outside Moscow. In 1926, its annual output of pencils was close to 100 million pieces.

, the number of pens soared to 95 million, and in addition to satisfying the Soviet Union, they were also exported to more than a dozen countries.

In 1972, Hamer concluded a 20-year fertilizer business with the Soviet Union, totaling US$20 billion, pushing U.S.-Soviet trade to its peak.

Of course, the main reason why Armand Hammer dared to do business with the Soviet Union so blatantly was because of his background. Armand Hammer was of North American Jewish descent, and his father, Julius Hammer, was a North American Nazi.

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However, this is not the reason why Armand Hammer is well-known to the Chinese people. The most important thing is actually his dealings with China.

Next year, the old man will visit North America. Armand Hammer sneaked into the dinner party for the old man, successfully met with the old man, and then got the old man's invitation to visit China. At that time, Armand Hammer went directly with more than 20 experts.

China, and signed preliminary agreements on oil exploration, coal mining, etc., and launched an economic cooperation plan with China.

His oil company bid to exploit China's offshore oil resources and was the first North American company to obtain China's offshore oil exploration rights.

In 1982, the oil company also cooperated with Huaguo on the Pingshuo Antaibao open-pit coal mine project in Shanxi Province.

This is a businessman with influence all over the world. Now he has passed the North American Aku and specially invited himself to have dinner!

Chu Huan figured out Adman Hammer's intentions almost instantly. Like Mitsui and Sumitomo, he also saw himself as a springboard that allowed him to contact his hometown!

But this incident did not make Chu Huan happy. If Adelman and Hammer knew clearly about his relationship with his hometown, then the North American government must also know.

Adelman Hammer can rely on his influence in North America to do business with the Soviet Union and China, but Chu Huan does not have this influence in North America.

"Is there any problem with our business in North America now?" Chu Huan asked Wu Shuhan directly.

Wu Shuhan was slightly stunned, unable to understand what Chu Huan meant, but still said: "When I contacted David before, I didn't hear that there was any problem!"

Chu Huan thought for a while, maybe it was related to his own business, so it was like this. After all, Chu Huan's business in North America did not involve core areas at this time. The one that was a little more sensitive should be Alde Commercial Bank.

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However, the influence of these two companies in North America is not very large, so it will be acceptable at that time.

However, this also reminded Chu Huan that he must pay attention to his public business in North America in the future.

It must not involve core areas. Otherwise, according to the shameless character of North American politicians, their business may be blocked!

"Tell Aardman that when I get to Los Angeles, I will visit him in person!"

"OK!"

.

Chu Huan invited three partners of KKR, Jerry Kohlberg, Henry Clevey, and George Roberts, to his manor. All three of them brought their wives to attend, while Wu Shuhan

As the hostess, she and Chu Huan received the six of them!

"Huan, I am very grateful for your support in the past two years, which has enabled our KKR to quickly become famous on Wall Street and receive support from more private equity funds!"

Jerry Kohlberg picked up the wine glass and said with a smile, because tonight's dinner cannot be called a business dinner, but more like a family dinner, so Jerry Kohlberg and others are also in a very relaxed mood.

Since KKR was established with the support of Chu Huan, the company has made great contributions to Chu Huan's business in North America, from the earliest green blackmail of listed companies in North America to the acquisition of Ford Motor's stock, as well as various North American Jiaku

The traces of KKR can be seen in all acquisitions.

In particular, the acquisition of Ford Motor Co.'s stock made KKR famous and became an upstart on Wall Street. Nowadays, many investors are willing to hand over part of their funds to KKR for management!

Chu Huan said with a smile: "It's because you three are capable. Otherwise, it would be difficult for KKR to be as famous as it is now just with my support!"

Chu Huan is now both a shareholder of KKR and a customer of KKR. It can be said that the cooperation between the two parties has always been very pleasant.

"Huan, we had prepared funds before and were ready to take action against Shibaura. Why did we suddenly stop the short-selling plan later?"

Henry Clevey sat there and asked Chu Huan curiously.

Previously, Chu Huan forced the Mitsui Consortium to bow to him, so he raised a sum of funds and put it in KKR's account, preparing to short Shibaura's stock price, but in the end Chu Huan called KKR and stopped the plan, but that

At that time, Chu Huan's mind was on Japan, so he didn't tell them the specific reason.

Now that Chu Huan has come to Japan, they will naturally ask about it. After all, if this plan is implemented normally, it will bring huge benefits to KKR!

Chu Huan did not explain the specific reason to them. In fact, there was no need for it, so he smiled and said: "The purpose has been achieved, so there is no need to perform any specific operations."

Seeing that Chu Huan didn't want to elaborate on the matter, Jerry Kohlberg and the others didn't ask too much.

In addition, the funds have now been returned to the account of Alder Commercial Bank. Chu Huan just put $50 million in KKR and asked it to help with the investment.

Although Chu Huan now owns Alde Commercial Bank and has his own investment projects, Chu Huan does not put all his eggs in Alde Commercial Bank.

Diversification is the way to go!

Chu Huan's current investment in North America can be divided into six parts, namely the North American Jiaku Investment Department, which is headed by Marshall Allman.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Alder Commercial Bank is headed by David Maxwell. In fact, because David Maxwell is also the general manager of North American Bank,

Therefore, the investment in North American AKB actually also needs to be reviewed by David Maxwell.
To be continued...