In Chu Huan's office, there were three ghost old men sitting, and they came from New York, North America, the three founders of kkr, Jerry Kohlberg, Henry Klave, and George Roberts!
"Congratulations to the three of you for completing kkr's first business!"
Chu Huan held a wine glass and congratulated the three of them.
Henryk Laiwe was the first to speak out before Jerry Kohlberg, "Thanks to Mr. Chu for this matter. If it weren't for Mr. Chu, KKR would not have gotten this opportunity!"
Seeing Henry Levi speaking before him, Jerry Kohlberg just glanced at it without thinking much.
Chu Huan pretended to have discovered nothing and smiled and said, "After helping HSBC acquire Ocean Milan Bank, I think kkr's reputation on Wall Street should have become louder, right?"
The process of HSBC's acquisition of Ocean Milan Bank was surprisingly smooth. After more than half a month of operation, HSBC had already obtained the controlling stake of Ocean Milan Bank 51 and became the largest shareholder of Ocean Milan Bank.
It was kkr who assisted HSBC in completing this acquisition.
After the acquisition team with Shen Bi and Luo Yin Bentley as team leaders and deputy leaders came to North America, the two of them worked hard to achieve success in the acquisition of Ocean Milan Bank.
Bi found Goldman Sachs, while Luo Yin Bentley followed Chu Huan's advice and found kkr!
Compared with Goldman Sachs, KKR is naturally not enough.
Regarding this competition, Shen Bi believes that he has a chance to win.
But this does not mean that KKR has no chance at all, otherwise Jerry Kohlberg and the other three would not be sitting in Hong Kong today.
The conditions proposed by Goldman Sachs are a bit too harsh. They hope to take a stake in HSBC by assisting HSBC in acquiring Ocean Milan Bank.
Then we took this opportunity to enter the Hong Kong market in a big way.
And kkr only charges part of the commission!
After Shen Bi and Luo Yin Bentley told Sha Ya about this matter, Sha Ya looked through KKR's information again and finally decided to cooperate with KKR instead of Goldman Sachs.
As a newly established fund company, it is naturally impossible to have any performance. However, before the establishment of kkr, the fact that Jerry Kohlberg and three people represented Beihai Investment in a sniper war in the North American stock market had already spread on Wall Street.
, after kkr was established, the three of them never shied away from these things, which actually made this matter a kkr achievement.
And Sha Ya also caught this point.
After officially signing the contract with HSBC, Jerry Kolberg and the others immediately took action. They first found the management of Ocean Milan Bank. After getting in touch with them, they began to describe the benefits to them after HSBC acquired Ocean Milan Bank.
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First of all, HSBC’s base is Asia and Hong Kong, which means that HSBC cannot devote all its energy to North America. If this is the case, the existing management of Ocean Milan Bank will have more rights.
Who doesn’t like rights!
Gui Lao is no exception!
Later, after obtaining Saya's approval, Jerry Kolberg increased the proportion of dividends to the management of Ocean Milan Bank, which made the management of Ocean Milan Bank feel even more excited.
No one doesn’t like wealth!
Gui Lao is no exception!
With the support of management, kkr took the lead in challenging the board of directors of Ocean Milan Bank, seeking the possibility of a peaceful acquisition, and described to it that if HSBC could acquire Ocean Milan Bank, it could leverage HSBC's advantages in Asia to convert Ocean Milan
Bring banking business to Asia!
But if the board of directors of Ocean Milan Bank does not agree to HSBC's acquisition, it will face collective pressure from the management!
After just a few rounds, KKR completed the acquisition of the board of directors of Ocean Milan Bank, making HSBC the largest shareholder of Ocean Milan Bank.
Of course, the details were not as smooth as what I am talking about now, and it took many flips and arguments, but no matter what, the result is good.
However, the reason why HSBC did not complete the 100% acquisition is because HSBC will spend the next year and a half adjusting the management of Ocean Milan Bank.
Although the existing management of Ocean Milan Bank was very helpful in the acquisition process, it was precisely because of this that HSBC saw the power of Ocean Milan Bank's management.
What they want is an Ocean Milan Bank that obeys their command, not an Ocean Milan Bank that is out of control.
This matter is definitely not something that can be accomplished overnight. It requires a little bit of penetration. Sha Ya can still afford to wait for a year and a half.
This time Jerry Kohlberg and the others came to Xiangjiang to attend the celebration banquet held by HSBC Bank for this incident, and they also took advantage of this incident to come to see Chu Huan.
"Unfortunately, it is HSBC that acquired Ocean Milan Bank this time, not you, Mr. Chu. If it were you, I believe you can acquire it in one go!"
George Roberts gave a somewhat helpless sermon.
When Chu Huan first called them to tell them about this matter, the three of them thought that Chu Huan wanted to acquire a North American bank. However, they did not expect that Chu Huan just wanted to help HSBC acquire a North American bank.
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Is the relationship between HSBC and Chu Huan so good?
KKR's main business is now in North America. If Chu Huan, one of their shareholders, can acquire a North American bank, then it will be a particularly beneficial thing for them.
Acquiring a North American bank?
The speaker has no intention, the listener has the intention!
Chu Huan thought about what he had discussed with Jian Yueqiang before, about acquiring a bank with overseas qualifications.
only
The reason why Chu Huan and Jian Yueqiang talked about this matter at the beginning was mainly because of HSBC's control of Hong Kong's banking industry, which made Chu Huan have such an idea. But now if the acquisition is a North American bank, wouldn't it be
It is said that Chu Huan left HSBC's control of Xiangjiang's financial industry, but fell into the control of the North American government.
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Chu Huan suddenly shook his head. That's not what happened. The reason why he was constantly being watched by HSBC in Xiangjiang was because he had already developed in Xiangjiang and seriously threatened HSBC's position in Xiangjiang.
This is how HSBC targets itself!
But now that I am in North America, I am still basically a little transparent. The most important thing is that I can not directly control a bank in North America in my own name, but can control a bank in North America as an investment company.
In this case, you can at least buy yourself some time.
And as long as that bank has not developed into the position it has in Hong Kong in North America, the North American government will not have the heart to investigate such a bank.
Thinking of this, Chu Huan was moved!
However, this matter must not be rushed. In fact, Chu Huan has a lot to do now. The first is the development of Jiuzhou and Langyan.
Jiuzhou is still improving its sales channels around the world. For this reason, Chu Huan even took out all the early profits from Jiuzhou video recorders, Jiuzhou cameras, and video tapes, so that when the Walkman is launched, it can be sold in the first place.
It was launched simultaneously all over the world at once.
"The First Cause of All Realms"
At the same time, Kyushu is also playing with a time lag.
Based on Kyushu's current profits and scale, it should have become a global electronics company like Sony, but Kyushu is not yet there because the brand was founded too short ago.
Its development speed exceeds the spread speed of its brand, so it has not attracted attention from all aspects.
This gives Jiuzhou the best opportunity to develop. Chu Huan had met Chen Haichao before, who had returned from Europe. The two had a deep chat. If Jiuzhou continues to develop according to its current development situation, it won’t take too long, maybe only half a year.
In time, Kyushu will become a presence like Sony in the electronics world.
What I’m talking about here is brand influence, not market value. To be honest, just relying on this series of video recorders, Jiuzhou’s profit has exceeded Sony!
There is no way, the profit here is too great.
Sony, on the other hand, has more products.
After Kyushu attracts global attention, he will be the focus of global attention. It will be impossible for him to grow as barbarically as he does now.
But fortunately, at that time, Jiuzhou's sales channels had been established, which could give Jiuzhou a better advantage in competition.
Therefore, Kyushu’s money must not be touched.
The next thing is the Wolf Smoke game.
The listing of Wolf Smoke Game is regarded by Chu Huan as the most important part of his business empire in the second half of this year. It is not that the game "Donkey Kong" will bring much profit to Chu Huan. In the final analysis, it is only more than 100 million.
US dollar profit.
What really caught Chu Huan's fancy was that the company's subsequent industrial chain, red and white consoles, handheld consoles, and even the future p series, would all be used by Chu Huan to develop Wolf Smoke games.
And this market will be a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
It’s always easy for children to make money. In addition, when technology develops, Langyan Games can fully represent the game peripherals of "Fantasy Comics"!
Toy peripherals are only one direction of development in the animation industry, but they are not all.
The game is also big!
What's more, Langyan Games has not released any of its games yet, and is not qualified to provide cash to Chu Huan at this time.
Then, another big goal for Chu Huan in the second half of this year is the development of land in East Tsim Sha Tsui. In order to develop this land, Chu Huan even has to use the profits from toys surrounding "Fantasy Comics".
The most important thing is that this area will be mainly a commercial area, which means that when this land in East Tsim Sha Tsui is developed, the main profit model will be rent collection.
Chu Huan never thought about selling this place like Xinhe Real Estate.
Rent collection is based on long-term returns, not short-term returns. In other words, if you want to develop the land in East Tsim Sha Tsui, not to mention the early stage, even the medium-term funds will need to be filled by Chu Huan with the company's money.
This hole.
Therefore, if Chu Huan wants to acquire a North American bank now, the only possibility is to continue lending.
After thinking about everything, Chu Huan had made his own decision.
"I would like you three to help me research commercial banks in North America after returning to North America. The bank does not need to be too large, nor does it need to be too small. The market value is 5 to 6 billion US dollars.
Then come up with a complete acquisition plan and tell me!"
If it is too small, there is no way to enter the Xiangjiang market; if it is too big, it will attract attention from North America.
Although there were many difficulties, Chu Huan still did not want to give up this opportunity, because if he had his own commercial bank in North America, it would bring too much convenience to his business.
Of course, Chu Huan will not give up the banking industry in Xiangjiang.
According to Kan Yueqiang's words, the entire Hong Kong banking industry is actually under the control of HSBC at this time, but this time will not be too long. After 1977, HSBC's control of Hong Kong's banking industry will decline.
As for the reason, it’s very simple!
Things have changed back home!
Its influence on Hong Kong will also increase day by day.
As the largest bank rooted in Hong Kong, HSBC must take into account its status in Hong Kong even if there is dissatisfaction in their hearts and some actions in their actions.
In short, they cannot do without the market in Xiangjiang.
This is another reason why in another time and space, HSBC would fully support Li Jiacheng.
In later generations, Li Jiacheng always claimed that he was just a pure businessman and never got involved in politics. This was actually a big joke.
Li Jiacheng was one of the first Hong Kong businessmen to get in touch with his hometown. In 1978, he attended the grand ceremony in his hometown of Beijing. At the same time, in 1979, he served as a director of Huaguo International Trust and Investment Company.
During that period, Li Jiacheng became one of the most important figures in his hometown and one of the closest cooperative partners, which enhanced Li Jiacheng's status in Xiangjiang.
Therefore, when HSBC chose Lijiacheng at that time, it also hoped to use Lijiacheng's relationship to establish a relationship with his hometown. First, it hoped to re-enter the banking industry in his hometown, and secondly, it was to prepare for what might happen in the future!
It can be said that if Li Jiacheng had not achieved such a good cooperative relationship with his hometown in the early days, he would not have achieved such great achievements in another time and space.
Just like that, you still say that you have never touched politics?
It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!
So Chu Huan has been waiting, not only waiting for Luo Yin Bentley to replace Shen Bi as the actual controller of HSBC, but also waiting for the situation in his hometown. Only when the situation in his hometown changes, will Chu Huan's situation change.
There has been a change.
Of course, everything has its pros and cons, and this is also the case. Chu Huan will definitely face more suppression from the Hong Kong government.
However, I believe that two years will be enough for Ma Jizu to make some achievements in his political investment in England.
Jerry Kohlberg and the three of them were stunned, especially George Roberts. It was just a joke, but they didn't expect Chu Huan to take it seriously.
He actually wants to acquire a North American bank?
"What? Isn't it possible?"
Seeing the expressions of the three of them, Chu Huan asked with a smile.
It was Henrique Levi who was the first to react, with excitement on his face. If KKR's two successful businesses were to acquire banks in North America, this would be the best publicity for KKR.
Then they can also get support from a bank.
But they are not only happy, but also worried.
"Of course it's possible, but Mr. Chu, if you use your identity as a Hong Kong citizen to acquire a North American bank, I think there will definitely be many non-commercial factors involved."
Jerry Kohlberg also said at this time, "Mr. Chu, I think you might as well apply for North American citizenship. According to your current status in Xiangjiang, joining North America will definitely be a very easy thing. With this status
After certification, all your business activities in North America can be better developed!"
North America has never been a country with free business. When Murdoch wanted to acquire News Corporation in North America, he could only do so after becoming a North American citizen. Otherwise, Murdoch would not have been able to build his own American empire.
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That's why Jerry Kohlberg suggested Chu Huan like this at this time.
However, after hearing this, Chu Huan directly refused, "I will not personally come forward in this matter. I will use my identity as an investment company to make the acquisition!"
Jerry Kohlberg and the others did not understand Chu Huan's thoughts, but they did not ask. After all, Chu Huan was now their sponsor father.
The decision made by the sponsor’s father does not need to be explained to Party B.
"Should we still invest in the North Sea?" Henrik Laiwe asked Chu Huan.
Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Change it, but you have to wait until you return to North America to find a suitable acquisition bank before making a decision!"
When the three of them heard what Chu Huan said, they didn't say anything.
If before this, they only regarded Chu Huan as a rich and capable donor dad, after they saw the report in "Fortune" some time ago, they had a better understanding of their sponsor dad.
A clear concept.
After the discussion, the three of them made an appointment to meet at the HSBC dance party tonight. Then the three of them left the Jiahu Building and returned to the Peninsula Hotel.
Because Cao Yunshang went to Europe, Miao Kexiu, Lin Qingxia, and Zhao Yazhi all have their own movies to shoot, and Chu Huan's relationship with Gu Chengxi and Zhu Xiaozhao doesn't want to be made public yet, so tonight Chu Huan can only go to the HSBC alone
Celebration dance.
Sha Ya naturally wanted to celebrate the acquisition of 51 shares of North American Ocean Milan Bank in Hong Kong, so she held such a dance.
Chu Huan has really been in the limelight during this period, and HSBC needs to have its own results.
This kind of insignificant thing may be a bit of a joke to ordinary people, who think that beings of this level should not do such things, but in fact, the richer they are or the top companies, the more they care about their own
face.
In order to show their generosity, they may not care about what an unimportant person says about them, because no matter what these people say or do, it will not have any impact on them.
But not the same level.
Because it involves more interests!
While Chu Huan was dealing with the work at hand, Xu Yi suddenly walked in and spoke to Chu Huan with a strange expression.
"Boss, Miss Wu Shuqing from Maxim's Group just called. She is very anxious. I hope you can call her back as soon as possible!"
Chu Huan raised his head with some surprise in his eyes. Why did Wu Shuqing call him?
"Got it!" Chu Huan picked up the phone on the table and said.
Wu Shuhan came to the coffee shop again as scheduled this afternoon and met Li Peter who was waiting here.
"Shu Han, look, this is the script I tailor-made for you!" Peter Li saw Wu Shuhan coming over and immediately took out the script he asked for from Lao Li.
And at this time, this script has become tailor-made for Wu Shuhan.
When Wu Shuhan saw that the other party had actually produced the script, although he still had some doubts about Li Peter's identity, his doubts began to gradually diminish.
"Thank you, Director Li!"
Wu Shuhan smiled and took the script from Li Peter's hands.
It is impossible for a person who has never been exposed to a script to understand the script the first time he reads it, and Wu Shuhan is no exception.
Originally, Wu Shuhan thought the script was the same as what he had read before.
As a result, when she actually read the script, she realized that she had thought too much.
I can’t understand it at all!
Seeing Wu Shuhan's confused expression, Li Peter smiled with satisfaction. When he was an assistant director at Shaw Brothers, he had come into contact with many ignorant girls by reading scripts. He knew very well what to do about the situation in front of him.
Cope with it.
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"Here, yes, it is here. According to my setting, it should be a drizzling weather. The hero is standing in front of the heroine's apartment, holding flowers in his hand, waiting for the heroine's forgiveness.
The heroine, that is, the character you play, stands on the window sill and looks at the hero below, with reluctance and heartache in her eyes.
Finally, when a touch of fish belly white appeared in the sky, the heroine finally couldn't bear the torment in her heart, walked out of the apartment, and embraced the hero!"
Peter Li was very serious when he started talking.
This movie is a love movie!
Wu Shuhan also had a general understanding of the story under Li Peter's introduction, but he became more confused.
"Director, I read the previous introduction. Both the female protagonist and the male protagonist should have their own husbands and wives. Under such circumstances, the two of them are still together. Can the audience accept such a storyline?"
Although Wu Shuhan knew only a little about the script, he still understood the story clearly. Isn't this the story of two people with families and then looking for other people behind their lovers' backs?
"By the way, look here again. It says that the two families of the male protagonist and the female protagonist are neighbors. At that time, it was because the male protagonist had a quarrel with his wife. The female protagonist and his wife helped to persuade them. In the end, the male protagonist's wife went to the female protagonist's home.
The hero's family stayed temporarily, and the heroine took care of the sick hero. Then the hero raped the heroine. The heroine actually fell in love with the hero because of this kind of thing?
Isn’t this too exaggerated?”
It's not just an exaggeration, it's simply outrageous. If Wu Shuhan likes to watch Japanese action blockbusters in another twenty or thirty years, she will find that there are many Japanese action blockbusters with four-person plots, and this is the plot!
But Li Peter said indifferently, "That's right, true love cannot be stopped no matter what kind of fetters there are."
Wu Shuhan shook his head and said seriously, "I'm sorry, Director Li, I can't accept such a plot. We may not be able to cooperate."
In fact, the more important thing is that after these two days of hard work, Wu Shuhan also learned some little knowledge about movies. First of all, in Wu Shuhan's opinion, such a script is simply not enough to support a 90-minute movie. If
If this is the case, where will the rest of the plot go?
Seeing so many ellipses in the script, and Wu Shuhan, who had been complemented by Wu Shuqing, I felt like I had guessed it.
Li Peter rolled his eyes and immediately smiled and said, "This is just the first draft of the movie script. If you don't like it, Shu Han, we can continue to discuss it and revise it again!"
If I am a brainless Hong Kong girl who wants to enter the entertainment industry, I will definitely be very happy when I hear Peter Lai's words. The director is revising the script for me!
But Wu Shuhan didn't think so.
Although she doesn't know much about the film industry in Hong Kong, it can be seen from her conversation with Wu Shuqing yesterday that she has her own set of standards for judging successful people.
Would a truly successful director revise his script because of an actor who has not yet debuted?
Obviously it's impossible.
Thinking of this, Wu Shuhan wanted to get up and leave.
But at this time, Li Peter made the next move. He stood up first, came to Wu Shuhan's side, bent down slightly, propped himself on the table, and put his other hand on Wu Shuhan's chair, preparing to give Wu Shuhan close range.
Explain the script.
Seeing this, Wu Shuhan didn't give Li Peter a chance, so he immediately opened the chair and stood up. This made Li Peter, who was propped up on the chair, almost fall.
"I'm sorry, Director Li, I won't participate in your movie!"
After saying that, Wu Shuhan turned around and left the coffee shop.
Li Peter was stunned for a moment, how could he let Wu Shuhan leave so happily? He didn't care about Lao Li's script, and took two steps to catch up with Wu Shuhan.
"Is there something wrong with Shu Han?"
At this time, Wu Shuhan had concluded that Peter Li was a bad guy who was greedy for his own body, so he didn't explain anything to him. He just said sorry and turned sideways and walked out of the coffee shop.
Seeing Wu Shuhan being so decisive, a hint of ferocity flashed across Li Peter's expression.
Then he nodded towards a few short mules wandering outside the cafe.
The short mules received the order and immediately stopped Wu Shuhan who had just walked out of the cafe. Before Wu Shuhan could react, they had already dragged her to the van.
When Wu Shuhan reacted, she immediately shouted in the car, "I am the niece of Wu Zhande of Maxim's Group. Please let me go quickly. I can let my uncle pretend that this incident did not happen."
The short mules in the van looked at each other.
"Who is Wu Zhande?"
"Have not heard!"
"Diao, I thought he was some big shot!"
"But this girl is so pretty. No wonder Li Peter jumped on the street and wanted to use force!"
"We can't take advantage of Peter Li. Let us brothers try it first!"
Listening to these people's bad words, Wu Shuhan was almost scared to tears. At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and he immediately preached loudly.
"I know Chu Huan, I know Chu Huan, he is my friend!"
p: I recommend a friend's book "Director Please Advice", which is an entertainment article from the director's perspective. Friends who like it can read it~~