Standing here are countless high-rise buildings made of reinforced concrete. At the same time, this is also the place with the most expensive housing prices in the world.
In the era when Chu Huan was reborn, the house price here had exceeded 30,000 US dollars per square meter, but now it is the 1970s, and the house price here is 450 US dollars per square meter.
A difference of 66 times!
As for the familiar mansions of later generations, they had not yet been built here, but the penthouse apartment purchased by Chu Huan covers an area of 800 square meters.
But it only cost 360,000 US dollars, but its decoration cost Chu Huan 1 million US dollars.
The first stop for Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang after arriving in North America was New York.
Because the headquarters of North American Jiaku is in New York.
After entering 1976, in order to take care of his business in North America, Chu Huan specially established a Jiaku branch in New York to coordinate and handle the business of various companies under Chu Huan's name in North America.
These include "Fantasy Comics", "Kunlun Comics", "Jianghu Comics" and their surrounding youth toys, Qingjin Clothing, Langyan Games, and Black and White Media and other companies.
The person in charge of each company in North America is basically a talent who came out of Xiangjiang Jiaku Consulting Company, but at the same time, the management also absorbs most of the talents recruited from North America.
However, the position of general manager of North American Jiaku has been vacant.
It's not that Chu Huan doesn't believe in Jiaku's talents, but that the person in charge of Jiaku in North America must be someone who is very familiar with North American history and has very strong talents.
In fact, Chu Huan already has a goal for this candidate.
"Chairman, we have contacted David Maxwell for you. It depends on when you can see him!"
Sitting in the spacious living room, Ma Jizu, who had followed Chu Huan to New York, was preaching to Chu Huan.
The first of the three most important things for Chu Huan when he came to New York was to find a suitable manager for North American AK.
Of course, in view of the urinary nature of North American managers, Chu Huan will definitely want someone who came out of his Jiaku to be his deputy, who can also play a surveillance role. If the other party dares to play tricks, Chu Huan will
He will definitely fire the other party without hesitation.
The suitable manager that Chu Huan found for Jiaku was David Maxwell, who was later ranked seventh among the ten greatest CEOs in North American history by Fortune.
At this time, David Maxwell was just an unknown person. What really made him famous in North America was that in 1981, the stock price of Fannie Mae fell to the bottom.
David Maxwell was called upon to save the troubled company.
At that time, no one knew his name.
But by the time he retired in the early 1990s, his reputation was almost as great as that of Iacocca, who had saved Chrysler.
At that time, people praised him for not only putting out the fire from a burning house, but also turning it into a palace.
His greatest wisdom was to turn the work of reconstruction into a mission to build a new structure.
If turning things around was an art, David Maxwell would be the Michelangelo of it.
Although North American Jiaku is not a reconstruction, it is still a new company, which is not much different from reconstruction, so Chu Huan chose this person.
Since David Maxwell was not well-known before rescuing Fannie Mae, it was naturally not easy to find him, and he was also very low-key.
So Chu Huan handed this matter over to Ma Jizu's investigation department.
It took three months for Ma Jizu to find this person!
"Inform him that I will invite him to dinner tonight!" Chu Huan said to Ma Jizu.
"yes!"
Then Ma Jizu went to inform David Maxwell.
And Chu Huan was not idle either, and came to Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, where the headquarters of North American Jiaku is located.
The second thing Chu Huan wants to do in North America is to determine some of the company's development plans in North America with the heads of each branch in North America!
When we arrived at the floor where North American Jiaku was located, the senior executives of Jiaku and its various companies were already waiting for Chu Huan in the conference room.
In the huge conference room, dozens of senior officials were sitting here. When they saw Chu Huan coming, they all stood up and applauded.
Also coming with Chu Huan were Xu Yi and Wu Shuhan from the Jiaku headquarters in Xiangjiang.
Xu Yi and Wu Shuhan flew directly from Hong Kong to New York.
Chu Huan sat in his seat, then pressed his hands, and everyone else sat down.
This is the first time Chu Huan has held a meeting of his own company in North America, but Chu Huan has already met these people. Naturally, there is no need to talk about the talents who came out of Xiangjiang Jiaku. As for the North American recruits, they have all flown here.
Xiangjiang only got his current position after passing Chu Huan's final interview.
"This is not the first time I have met you, so I will not say hello to you. After a three-month transition period, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the company's situation. Now I will tell you something.
What are the future development directions of your North American branch?"
To put it simply, what each branch in North America has to do is actually be responsible for the company's specific affairs in North America for the Xiangjiang head office.
The advantages of doing this are also very obvious. For example, if something happens to these businesses in North America, Hong Kong is beyond its reach, so it is difficult to get the best solution to these problems in the first place.
"Ruan Jin, Joey!"
Chu Huan looked at the general manager and deputy general manager of North America Black and White Media.
Ruan Jin was one of the first batch of reserve talents in Xiangjiang Jiaku Operations Department, and later served as the general manager of the marketing department when Black and White Media was established.
After the establishment of North American Black and White Media, after screening, it was finally recommended by Fang Jianhui, and Chu Huan made the decision to put Ruan Jin in charge of North American Black and White Media.
Joey Farrell is the deputy general manager recruited by Black and White Media in North America. He has previous experience in the New York Times. The reason why he joined Black and White Media is naturally because of the high remuneration and more rights.
The two of them suddenly looked serious when they heard that they were the first company Chu Huan named after coming to New York.
"The distribution of "North American True News" in North America is one of the focuses of your next work..."
"Sing Tao Daily" can be distributed in Europe and the United States, and "Sing Tao Daily" can naturally also be used. However, newspapers like "Sing Tao Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily" can only reach those who live in North America.
among Chinese groups.
In other words, Chinatowns in major cities in North America are the main sales places for "True News".
North America will not allow a newspaper from Hong Kong to have any influence in the mainstream market in North America.
"In addition, the company's most important task in North America is to establish its own theater chain company."
Although the market value of media companies is generally not high, their influence is something that no government of any country can ignore.
Black and White Media owns magazines, newspapers, film production, theater distribution, records, TV stations and other companies, but the only two routes that can truly enter North America are theater distribution and record companies.
This development plan was discussed long ago by Chu Huan and Fang Jianhui.
After all, in North America, Chu Huan also has a company called Apex Pictures, which is responsible for film production, so theatrical distribution can only be left to Black and White Media.
According to the statistics of North American Black and White Media, after entering 1976, the number of screens in North America is about 10,000, and the number of theaters is about 10,000 at home.
"Since AMC established multi-cinema cinemas, other theater companies in North America have also been developing into multi-cinema cinemas. However, according to statistics, the screens in the United States now provide more box office than those located in North American metropolitan areas.
A cinema in a bustling area.”
Ruan Jin reported to Chu Huan.
Before coming to work in North America, Chu Huan assigned him two tasks. The first was to study theater companies in North America, and the second was to study record companies in North America.
After listening to Ruan Jin's introduction about theater chains in North America, Chu Huan thought for a moment and asked: "If the company wants to develop its own theater chains in North America, is it appropriate to acquire other theater chain companies in North America, or to build its own theaters?
?”
Ruan Jin set his sights on Joey Farrell. It was obvious that the two had discussed this matter in private, and now Ruan Jin gave Joey Farrell the opportunity to report to Chu Huan.
Joey Farrell nodded towards Ruan Jin without leaving a trace, and then said: "About this matter, I have discussed with General Manager Ruan Jin. We both believe that if possible, the best situation for the company is to start with
Acquire a theater chain company that has already gained a certain reputation in North America and has a large number of theaters.
The advantage of this is that we can borrow the theater company’s previous resources to directly cooperate with Hollywood film studios.
This can minimize the differential treatment we may receive.
If we build a cinema by ourselves, it will be a very time-consuming project, which means that for at least half a year, we will not have any income as a company, so General Manager Ruan and I hope to acquire a cinema
Cinema chain companies, and then use the theater chain companies as the basis, and then expand themselves."
"Okay!" Regarding Ruan Jin, Chu Huan didn't think there was anything wrong with Joey Farrell's suggestion, and said: "You two find the theater chain that can be acquired, and then explain the acquisition process and the required costs.
Report it to the North American Aku, and the company will then allocate funds to you!"
After receiving Chu Huan's approval, both Ruan Jin and Joey Farrell showed excited expressions.
Black and White Media entered the North American market in a barbaric manner, and step-by-step development is definitely inappropriate. That is something that companies without strong financial support would do.
Chu Huan doesn't have much else but a lot of cash!
Just one Jiuzhou can bring Chu Huan 2 billion Hong Kong dollars in profits every month. In 1975, it was 2 billion Hong Kong dollars every month, which made Chu Huan feel like a great man.
Therefore, the funds available to Chu Huan at this time are definitely enough for Chu Huan to arrange for the company under his name to implement a buy-buy-buy policy.
After the problem with the theater company was resolved, Chu Huan asked the two about the record company.
Although Youyu Records has achieved a monopoly position in Hong Kong, it is still unable to compare with those established record companies in North America and Europe.
However, compared with the problem of acquiring theaters, Youyu Records has a huge advantage in North America, and that is Brother Audio, which has established the most comprehensive sales channel worldwide.
So for Youyu Records, the most important thing is how to discover the top singers in North America!