After Li Guangyu came to Seattle, he originally had no intention of returning to Los Angeles, but Peng Xiaoli called and the president of Bank of America hoped that Li Guangyu could go to Los Angeles to meet with him.
Even if Li Guangyu planned to fly directly to Tokyo, he could only change his original plan and return to Los Angeles. Li Guangyu had to give the invitation to the California consortium. As the core of the California consortium, the head of the Bank of America is obviously one of them.
The core figure, Li Guangyu, knows that he is being targeted by many consortiums in the United States. It is still unclear whether he is being co-opted or suppressed.
Li Guangyu is not very clear about how strong the California consortium is, but now it ranks third among the top ten consortiums in the United States. Compared with them, Li Guangyu himself is too far away. According to relevant news, in 1974
At that time, the California Consortium had assets of US$167.1 billion. This was certainly not all of the California Consortium. No one knew how much wealth was hidden underneath.
The total assets of all Li Guangyu's groups now only amount to more than 10 billion US dollars. Compared with them, he is still a teenager compared with a mature man. Li Guangyu does not have the strength to challenge them.
When Li Guangyu returned to California on a chartered flight, some core figures from the California consortium were gathering on the top floor of the Bank of America Building. Among them were the head of Bank of the West, the second largest bank in the consortium, and the head of Wells Fargo in the San Francisco area.
The head of Merrill Lynch, its largest investment bank, also came here.
As the founding family of the predecessor of Bank of America, Nick Chiannini, the current helmsman, said to these people: "Everyone has read the information about Mr. Li Guangyu. I think everyone also knows a lot about this young man. This time the Texas Consortium
The idea of dragging Li Guangyu to Texas is just a slap in our face. All of Li Guangyu's American companies are headquartered in California, so he can naturally become our ally. Those Texas cowboys are really whimsical."
As the second largest family within the consortium, Noel Milton, who is now in charge of Bank of the West, said: "Nick, don't worry, Li Guangyu is not a fool. If our California consortium didn't choose, how could we choose a region with no advantages? No
Is there any news that Li Guangyu did not agree to that old guy McKison’s invitation?”
It is very easy for the California consortium to know something. The general story of Li Guangyu's participation in the party at night was sent to them the next day. This made several leaders of the California consortium very dissatisfied, and they actually poached them.
Here it comes.
The California consortium is very satisfied with Li Guangyu's investment in the United States. As the Li Guangyu Group continues to grow, they are paying more and more attention to Li Guangyu's situation. They have also naturally placed Li Guangyu within the sphere of influence of their consortium. They have already
He is willing to absorb Li Guangyu into the consortium, and even if that doesn't work, he will establish an alliance with Li Guangyu to help the California consortium develop in Asia, especially in places such as Hong Kong and Southeast Asia where Li Guangyu has far-reaching influence.
Merrill Lynch President J.R. John said: "Nick, I am afraid that Li Guangyu is not willing to join our consortium. From this information, we know that he is a very controlling person, and he does not know how to control his own group.
Let others get involved. Just look at the group shares he holds."
These family heads have looked at some relevant situations of Li Guangyu Group in detail, and they have never asked about the companies in which they have shares. However, if their own companies are directly wholly owned and not listed, even if there are two
Each listed company holds absolute equity and does not give anyone the opportunity to attack its group.
At the same time, they also found that Li Guangyu was very cautious. His main companies were all located in Xiangjiang. He also involved local Japanese families in developing Japan, and even cooperated with Sumitomo Consortium, one of the six major consortiums.
Except for a few teams here in the United States, they all sell products, and the company headquarters are not here. Unless the government is persuaded to deliberately target the Li Group, it is really difficult for major consortiums to deal with him. His group is not like many
If a company goes public like that, no matter how rich the consortium is, it won't be able to do anything.
Rolle Kevin, president of Wells Fargo, said: "Chinese families have such a nature in this regard. They always want to have their industry under their absolute control before they feel at ease. This is the case for many Chinese families in our San Francisco area. Many of them would rather the company develops.
Li Guangyu obviously thinks so too."
Nick Chiannini said: "Tonight, I will talk to Mr. Li Guangyu in person. We do not expect to let him join our consortium this time. We can alliance with him first to promote everyone's development. You all see
After obtaining the information, under his leadership, the Li Group has grown from assets of only more than 20 million US dollars to tens of billions of assets today in just three years. His strength and potential are worthy of our attention."
Merrill Lynch President J.R. John also said: "The most powerful thing about Mr. Li Guangyu is his outstanding vision. Just a few days ago, Apple went public, and this investment brought him hundreds of millions of dollars in income."
, many listed companies don’t make as much profit in a year as he does, and we at Merrill Lynch didn’t have as good a vision as he did in this investment, and we didn’t win as many Apple shares.”
"At the same time, you can take a look at some of the companies he invested in Xiangjiang. They are all developing rapidly, and the market value of their shares continues to rise. This is the most terrifying thing. He has never failed in his investment. The only time he had a head-on confrontation was with the Xiangjiang Yihe Group.
The competition was said to have ended peacefully after the then Governor of Xiangjiang came forward for this purpose.”
J.R. John envied Li Guangyu's ability. If he had such a vision, Merrill Lynch would not be able to fly quickly.
Nick Chiannini said: "When Li Guangyu and I are discussing today, we will promote the cooperation between Merrill Lynch and Tianyu Investment Company. Anyway, Tianyu Investment cannot take all the shares of a company. Our cooperation will be beneficial to everyone."
It’s good, with their excellent vision and our influence, they will be unfavorable in this regard.”
J.R. John said: "Nowadays, many investment banks are watching the actions of Tianyu Investment, and they all want to follow Tianyu Investment to share the pie and grab some shares of some companies that Tianyu Investment has invested in. If we and Tianyu Investment
If Tianyu Investment reaches a cooperation agreement, we will be able to take the lead and promote the development of Merrill Lynch."
Rolle Kevin continued: "With the current economic changes, our development in recent years has not been ideal. On the contrary, Asia is developing rapidly, and among them, some areas where Li Guangyu has greater influence, such as
Xiangjiang Island, Japan and other places, if our consortium wants to continue to develop rapidly, we must expand the market in these places, and Li Guangyu is obviously a very good partner."
After arriving in Los Angeles, Li Guangyu went directly to Peng Xiaoli's office and asked her: "Xiaoli, is there anything going on in Texas?"
Peng Xiaoli said: "Li Sheng, the current situation in Texas is the same as before, and there is no abnormal situation."
After hearing this, Li Guangyu was temporarily relieved, but he still told Peng Xiaoli: "You ask the person in charge there to pay attention to the situation there. If it doesn't work, you can withdraw from the Texas market if necessary."
"Don't worry, Li Sheng. I will pay attention to the situation over there at any time." Peng Xiaoli replied.