"I remember that when we made this plan, we had an agreement: the investment time limit is half a year (180 days), starting from the day when the investment reaches the designated account, fifteen days in advance, that is, it must be fully realized within 165 days, and
Return investments and earnings to the source account before the 180th day.
Today is Independence Day, and it is also the 160th day since this joint investment arrived in your designated account. I would like to ask, are you sure you can cash out the stocks worth more than 10 billion in no more than a week?" Another
People also started talking.
Rhett Butler was just thinking about how to answer when he suddenly realized that everyone's ideas seemed to have gone awry.
He asked blankly: "Are you ready to give up on this plan now? Are you just thinking about recovering your investment, instead of sharing the meat you bitten off from the Leon Group after the plan is successful?"
Several people across from Rhett Butler glanced at each other. The first person to speak cleared his throat and said, "The stock price of Bank of Gaul has been driven to the sky by you, and the floating chips in the market have basically been taken away by you two.
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What is its market value now? Two and a half billion dollars seems like a lot, but how many shares can you get?”
"Mr. Hester, the current share price of Bank of Gallia is 11 US dollars per share, and the total market value is close to 40 billion US dollars.
We currently hold 25.8% of the shares. It is estimated that the other party's shares are about three points higher than ours, but it will definitely not reach 30%, otherwise they will definitely take the lead in making big moves, such as making a tender offer.
If I have financial support and continue to raise prices, as long as there are no major changes in the funding of the Leon Group, I can at least narrow the gap with the other party by two to three points, and even overtake the Leon Group and become the third bank in Gaul.
A major shareholder took control of the Bank of Gaul.
At that time, through its control of the banking business in Gaul, the Leon Group will be the meat on the chopping board, and we can eat it however we want."
Hester nodded and said: "Excluding your current request for investment extension and additional funds, the current situation is indeed the same as what you described when you applied for investment from us.
However, you ignore the most important factors of short-term investment, time and risk.
We are not a bank, so our project requirements are very different from those of banks. Among the three elements of investment, we pay more attention to liquidity.
You know how we will choose between a half-year project with an expected return of 10% and a one-year project with an expected return of 20%."
Rhett Butler continued to try to convince them, but they were indifferent.
Finally, Rhett Butler gave up his last effort. He huddled himself into the large sofa and rubbed his swollen temples with his hands.
He said angrily: "Okay, you win. Tell me what you need to approve my extension request and additional investment.
I think that if you came here to see me instead of spending time with your family during the Independence Day holiday, you definitely don’t want to give me an ultimatum as officially agreed.
Don't talk about floating losses, deadlines and other agreements. They are just for the uninitiated and are nothing more than exorbitant prices.
Dear cousin Tyronic, you are not interested in the Faraday yacht named ‘Flying Fish’ that I just got, are you?”
Young Talonik and Hester looked at each other, with satisfied smiles on their faces.
Tyronique said: "Dear cousin, if you are willing to give me the Flying Fish, I think I will be happy to accept it. It is a very beautiful big baby, isn't it?
However, this matter requires the three of us to do the work separately and manage it from top to bottom. Once there is a problem, I'm afraid we will never be able to enjoy the yacht life again in this life, so...well, although we are cousins, I also hope to be able to help you.
.But all I can say here is that business is business!”
Rhett Butler understood it as soon as he heard it.
This time they were aiming at their destiny, preparing for the lion to open their mouth. They looked down upon a yacht worth 20 million U.S. dollars, or a benefit worth 20 million U.S. dollars per person.
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Rhett Butler dared to engage in such a speculative business, so he was naturally very decisive. He thought about it for a while, stopped testing, and directly offered his own price.
"All the conditions I proposed must be met. This investment will be rolled over for six months and an additional investment of three billion US dollars will be added. The price is US$50 million in US bearer Treasury bonds per person."
"No, No, No, Mr. Butler, I think you have some misunderstandings about the rigor of our fund project approval and change terms.
The three of us represent the three funds behind this project. If we want to realize the request you are making now, it will not only cost a lot, but we will also bear a huge responsibility, because if there is a problem with the changed plan, we will be the first to be unlucky.
Therefore, we believe that what you and I will get from the new plan is somewhat out of proportion to the extra cost." It was Hester who spoke this time.
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After a period of bargaining, both parties finally reached an agreement.
Hearst and others promised to extend the plan for six months, invest an additional US$3 billion, and reduce the proportion of profits accounted for by new investments to less than 25%.
The additional price Rhett Butler has to pay for this has been increased from US$50 million per person to US$80 million per person, and will still be traded in U.S. bearer Treasury bonds.
If we include the previous 50% of profits, the three funds invested US$9 billion, accounting for 75% of the profits, while the initiator, Rhett Butler, only received 25% of the profits with an investment of US$850,000.
As for the loan part, it is another business.
Bradford Mining Company has many high-quality projects in hand, so its stocks are still valuable. The stocks are used as collateral and subsidized loans are issued at the same time. The banks and funds participating in the loans have ensured their own safety to the maximum extent.
This is Wall Street. They dare to invest in any project that may be profitable, but the price applicants have to pay is not something ordinary people can afford.
Rhett Butler wants to accomplish the feat of a snake swallowing an elephant with a small talent, so the support of greedy capital like Wall Street is indispensable.
Correspondingly, Rhett Butler also had to pay real benefits and even give up a lot of things in order to get the support he wanted.
Otherwise, if we rely on normal capital operation, Ruide Bai can only slowly accumulate strength. First, set a small goal that can be achieved within a few years, narrow the huge gap with the Leon Group, and then talk about other things.
In many successful cases in history, it seems that the acquirer has won, but most of the profits have been taken away by the capital behind it.
The acquirer gets its name and the capital behind it gains, which can be considered a win-win situation where everyone gets what they need.