The meeting location is arranged in San Francisco, which is very close from Silicon Valley.
Su Yehao personally drove a limited edition Mercedes-Benz supercar and arrived in the center of San Francisco in just one hour's drive.
When Jiang Yu got out of the car, he put his hands on his waist and said in a painful tone:
"In the future, if the journey exceeds half an hour, even if I am beaten to death, I will not want to ride in a sports car again. It is simply incomparable to my 911. I suspect that these designers did not consider comfort at all when they built the car."
"No doubt, they really haven't thought about it. I heard that Germany has highways with no speed limit. This kind of car is only suitable for running on that kind of road. But the speed is too fast, and if there is an accident, you will die or be injured, which is almost equal to risking your life.
I probably won’t have the chance to experience driving, unless someone is willing to block the road for me, so I might as well go to a professional racing track and enjoy it.”
Su Yehao threw the car keys to the bodyguard, buttoned up his suit, and walked to the building where Goldman Sachs' San Francisco branch is located.
The address of the building is No. 555 California Street, which is relatively close to St. Mary's Square. A few blocks away is the bustling Union Square. Before arriving, he promised Jiang Yu that he would go shopping with her after talking about business matters.
In fact, shopping malls all over the world are similar. He really doesn't understand what there is to visit, and it is difficult to experience the fun of shopping again.
Shopping is boring, but buying high-quality stocks like Apple is quite exciting for him.
Even if this life is affected, due to the butterfly effect that affects the development of Apple, Apple's talent base, R&D management strength, ready-made operating systems, etc. are still there. As long as it is properly guided by becoming a shareholder, Su Yehao is not worried about his future.
This investment will fail.
Jiang Yu held his arm and went upstairs. During the process, he asked in a low voice: "The seller is very mysterious. Could he have encountered a scammer? Why do they want to keep it secret and not tell you their identity?"
"Every move of a major shareholder involves too much and can easily cause violent fluctuations in the secondary market. As an intermediary, investment banks like Goldman Sachs can ensure that many unnecessary risks are reduced before the transaction is actually completed. If I don't want to reveal my identity, as
As a buyer, I will keep it secret from the seller, so it’s no big deal. I guess the seller really wants to sell, and I’m really willing to buy, so I arranged today’s meeting as soon as possible. If the price is right, I won’t delay.”
Su Yehao feels that Apple’s stock price can fall even further.
However, Goldman Sachs also said this time that the potential seller is one of the top ten shareholders of Apple, which means there is an opportunity to acquire a large number of shares at once.
When the stock price drops further, the seller may change his mind and instead choose to hold low-priced stocks with less risk and wait for appreciation.
The same goes for the acquisition of Netflix and PayPal. If the market is basically certain to fall to the bottom, they are not necessarily willing to sell it at a low price. Being at the bottom means that the market is more likely to rebound. Every time the stock price drops, it means releasing risks. When assets depreciate,
In the process, it is easy to harvest enough chips.
It is not an easy task to acquire enough shares in an established listed company, so there is no need to worry too much about whether it has fallen to a low point. As long as you feel that the price/performance ratio is good and the development prospects are bright enough, you should buy it.
You should decisively choose to take action, even if you know that there is a high probability that the price will fall in the short term.
After listening to this, Jiang Yu reminded: "There may be other factors. As a middleman, Goldman Sachs must ensure its own interests. If the buyer and seller know each other's identities and can bypass Goldman Sachs to complete the transaction, how can they earn commissions?
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Su Yehao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He reached out and nodded her head and explained: "Do you think Goldman Sachs is a fool? You have signed a contract with me a long time ago. Well, these investment banks are smarter than anyone else. There are countless old foxes in their legal team. How could this happen?
Leave opportunities for people to take advantage of you."
"Right......"
I was politely led into the living room by a senior partner of Goldman Sachs.
When Su Yehao saw the two Middle Easterners with white cloths on their heads, Su Yehao was stunned for a moment. He immediately thought of the largest shareholder among the top ten shareholders of Apple, which is related to the white-robed tycoon - Saudi Arabian Kingdom Holdings.
Those who dig oil are indeed rich, and if they can make money through financing, it will be even more powerful.
Now the chairman of Saudi Arabian Holdings, he has used his wealth to make his business prosperous in recent years, and has successively invested in Citibank, Four Seasons Hotel, Motorola, Amazon, eBay, etc.
Su Yehao's ranking on the rich list has improved, surpassing several descendants of the Walton family, the founder of Wal-Mart, but he is still ranked below the prince of Kingdom Holdings with a gap of more than one billion US dollars.
Before coming over.
He has asked people to investigate the news about Apple's top ten shareholders. Kingdom Holdings holds 10.2% of Apple's shares, 5% of which was purchased in 1997 for more than 110 million US dollars. In 1998 and 1999
He increased his holdings each year and is currently the second largest shareholder of Apple.
It was listed as early as 1980. It performed poorly during this period, and not many people wanted to seize control of it. As a result, today, more than 20 years later, the equity is relatively dispersed.
According to the current market value, Kingdom Holdings can still make a small profit. According to a rough calculation, it can still have a return rate of almost 70%, which is incomparable with the high point last year. It is probably because they plan to sell it even if they want to cut losses.
Sell this share.
Apple is doing pretty well here. According to the information, the company misjudged the situation and began to hunt for bargains in May and June last year to raise funds for Amazon, as well as the online travel B2C company Prie, etc. The decline was astonishing.
The importance of preparation in advance was highlighted. When Su Yehao saw the two white-robed tycoons, he immediately knew what was going on.
Just as Su Yehao guessed.
A senior partner of Goldman Sachs introduced at this moment:
"They are from Kingdom Holdings. The company is located not far away from Union Square and is responsible for the group's high-tech enterprise investment projects. This Mr. Omar helped the company with more than 140 million US dollars in 1997.
I bought the shares of Netscape Browser at a high price, and a year later AOL acquired it, making a huge profit of more than 100 million U.S. dollars. At that time, I was responsible for assisting them in completing the transaction."
Only people from Kingdom Holdings will be introduced. As for Su Yehao’s identity, there is no need to introduce him.
Even if Su Yehao is the sixth richest man in the world, when he sees people wearing white robes, he still subconsciously thinks that they are rich.
The subconscious mind is deeply ingrained and difficult to completely reverse.
After shaking hands and sitting down, Mr. Omar told him in fluent English: "I believe Jim has conveyed our request to you. For only a 5% premium, we can sell you all the Apple stocks we hold."
Su Yehao nodded and replied:
"I am a cheerful person and have plenty of cash."
"Before I came here today, I saw that Apple's stock price fell by about 1.3% again compared to yesterday. I don't know what the situation is at this moment. Apart from me, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find anyone willing to buy it all. Why don't we just follow the price yesterday?
Let’s make the deal at the closing price. I will bear your losses today, which is equivalent to giving a certain premium.”
"I can sign a contract with you at any time, and the funds are in my bank account..."
Before Omar came over, he communicated with the board of directors.
The bottom line was actually calculated based on today's closing price, and he found that he seemed to be able to make a little profit. He chatted a few words with his companions in Arabic and asked what Apple's stock price was at the moment.
When he learned that the decline had expanded to 1.67%, he did not hesitate and immediately agreed to trade at yesterday's closing price and asked Goldman Sachs to help draw up an agreement.
There was a ready-made contract template. From meeting to signing, only one hour passed. This deal worth more than 400 million US dollars was quickly negotiated...