Chapter 399 Acquisition of a North American bank (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  Xiangjiang, Central, Jiahu Building!

  In Chu Huan's office, there are three ghosts sitting, and they came from New York, North America. The three founders of KKR, Jerry Kohlberg, Henry Clivey, and George Roberts!

   "Congratulations to the three, you have completed KKR's first business!"

  Chu Huan held a wine glass and congratulated the three of them.

  Henry Klevy was the first to speak before Jerry Kohlberg: "Thanks to Mr. Chu for this matter. If it weren't for Mr. Chu, KKR would not have gotten this opportunity!"

   Watching Henry Clivey speak before himself, Jerry Kohlberg just glanced at it without thinking much.

  Chu Huan also smiled as if he hadn’t discovered anything: “After helping HSBC acquire Ocean Milano Bank, I think KKR’s reputation on Wall Street should be 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 acquired a 51% controlling stake in Ocean Milan Bank and became the largest shareholder of Ocean Milan Bank.

   It was KKR that assisted HSBC in completing the acquisition.

At first, Shen Bi and Roy Bentley were the team leader and deputy team leader. After the acquisition team came to North America, the two showed their talents in order to strive for the acquisition of Ocean Milan Bank. Bute found Goldman Sachs, and Roy Bentley followed Chu Huan's advice to find KKR!

   Compared with Goldman Sachs, KKR is naturally not enough.

   Regarding this competition, Shen Bi believed that he had a certain chance of winning.

  But this is not to say that KKR has no chance at all, otherwise Jerry Kohlberg and the three of them would not be sitting in Xiangjiang today.

  The conditions put forward by Goldman Sachs are a bit too harsh. They hope that they can use this time to assist HSBC in acquiring Ocean Milan Bank and become a shareholder of HSBC.

   And then use this to enter the Xiangjiang market on a large scale.

   And KKR only charges part of the commission!

  When Shen Bi and Roy 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, but before the establishment of KKR, the story of Jerry Kohlberg and the three representing Beihai Investment in the North American stock market has already spread on Wall Street. After the establishment of KKR, the three never shy away from these things, which on the contrary made this matter KKR's performance.

   And Sha Ya also caught this point.

After officially signing with HSBC, the three of Jerry Kohlberg immediately started to act. They first found the management of Ocean Milan Bank, and after getting in touch with them, they began to describe the benefits to them after HSBC acquired Ocean Milan Bank .

  First of all, HSBC’s base is Asia, which is Hong Kong. This means that HSBC will not be able to devote all its energy to North America. If this is the case, the current management of Ocean Milan Bank will have more rights.

   No one doesn't like entitlements!

  Ghost is no exception!

   Later, after obtaining the approval of Shaya, Jerry Kohlberg increased the dividend ratio to the management of Ocean Milan Bank, which made the management of Ocean Milan Bank even more excited.

   Nobody doesn't like wealth!

  Ghost is no exception!

With the support of the management, KKR took the lead in attacking the board of directors of Ocean Milan Bank, seeking the possibility of a peaceful acquisition, and described to it that if HSBC can acquire Ocean Milan Bank, it can take advantage of HSBC's advantages in Asia to convert Ocean Milan Bank business to Asia!

  But if the board of directors of Ocean Milan Bank disagrees with 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 are not as smooth as what is said now, but after many flips and quarrels, but in any case, 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 to adjust the management of Ocean Milan Bank.

  Although the existing management of Ocean Milan Bank has helped a lot in the process of this acquisition, it is precisely because of this that HSBC has seen the strength of the management of Ocean Milan Bank.

  What they want is an Ocean Milan Bank that obeys their own command, not an Ocean Milan Bank that is out of control.

   This matter is definitely not something that can be accomplished overnight, and requires a little penetration. Sha Ya can still afford to wait for a year and a half.

  Jerry Kohlberg and the three came to Xiangjiang this time to participate in the celebration banquet held by HSBC Bank for this matter, and they also took advantage of this event to come to see Chu Huan.

   "Unfortunately, it is HSBC that bought Ocean Milan Bank this time, not you, Mr. Chu. If it were you, I believe you can buy it all at once!"

  George Roberts preached with some helplessness.

When Chu Huan called them for the first time to talk about this matter, the three of them thought that Chu Huan wanted to buy a North American bank, but they didn't expect that Chu Huan just wanted to help HSBC buy a North American bank .

  Is the relationship between HSBC and Chu Huan so good?

  KKR's main business is now in North America. If one of their shareholders, Chu Huan, can acquire a North American bank, then for them, this will be a particularly beneficial thing for them.

  Acquiring a North American bank?

  The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart!

  Chu Huan thought of the matter that he had talked with Jian Yueqiang before, and bought a bank with overseas qualifications.

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At the beginning, the reason why Chu Huan and Jian Yueqiang talked about this matter was mainly because of HSBC’s control over Xiangjiang’s banking industry, which gave Chu Huan such an idea. It is said that Chu Huan left HSBC's control of Hong Kong's financial industry, but fell into the control of the North American government.

   No, no!

   Chu Huan shook his head suddenly. This is not the case. The reason why he was watched by HSBC all the time in Xiangjiang was because he had already developed in Xiangjiang, which seriously threatened HSBC's position in Xiangjiang.

  This is how HSBC targets itself!

  But now that I am in North America, I am basically transparent. The most important thing is that I can completely control a bank in North America without using my own name, but can control a bank in North America as an investment company.

   In this case, at least you can buy yourself a lot of time.

  And as long as that bank does not develop into its own status in Hong Kong in North America, then the North American government will not have the heart to investigate such a bank.

  Thinking of this, Chu Huan's heart moved!

   But this matter must not be rushed. In fact, Chu Huan has a lot of things to do now, the first is the development of Kyushu and Wolf Smoke.

Kyushu is still improving its sales channels around the world. For this reason, Chu Huan even took out all the early profits of Kyushu video recorders, Kyushu cameras, and video tapes, so that when the Walkman goes on the market, it can be sold on the first day. It will be listed simultaneously in the world for a while.

  At the same time, Kyushu is also playing a time difference.

  According to the current profitability and scale of Kyushu, it should have been a global electronics company like Sony long ago, but Kyushu has not yet, because the establishment of this brand is too short.

  Its development speed exceeds the speed of its brand communication, so it has not attracted the attention of all parties.

This gave Kyushu the best opportunity for development. Chu Huan met Chen Haichao who came back from Europe before, and the two had a deep chat. If it continues according to the current development situation of Kyushu, it won’t take too long, maybe only half a year. In time, Kyushu will become like Sony in the electronics industry.

  Here we are talking about brand influence, not market value. To be honest, just relying on the VCR series of products, Kyushu’s profit has surpassed that of Sony!

  No way, the profit here is too great.

   Sony has more products.

   After Kyushu attracts global attention, he will be the focus of global attention at that time, and it is impossible to want to grow wildly like now.

   Fortunately, at that time, Kyushu's sales channels had already been established, which would allow Kyushu's competition to take a better advantage.

  So Kyushu's money must not be moved.

  The next thing is the wolf smoke game.

The launch 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 does not mean that the game "Donkey Kong" will bring Chu Huan much profit. After all, it is only more than one billion dollars of profit.

   What really caught Chu Huan's fancy was that the company's subsequent industrial chain, red and white machines, handhelds, and even the future PS series, would be used by Chu Huan to develop Wolf Smoke games.

   And this market will be a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

  Children's money is always easy to earn. In addition, when technology develops, Wolf Smoke Games can fully represent the game peripherals of "Fantasy Comics"!

  Toy peripherals are just one direction of development in the animation industry, but not all.

   The game is also a big head!

   What's more, Wolf Smoke Games has not released any of its own games, and is not eligible to provide cash to Chu Huan at this time.

   Then, another big goal of Chu Huan in the second half of this year is the development of the East Point land. For the development of this land, Chu Huan even has to fill in the profits from toys around "Fantasy Comics".

  The most important thing is that this place will be dominated by commercial circles, that is to say, when the land in Tsim Sha Tsui East is developed, the main profit model will be rent collection.

  Chu Huan never thought of selling this place like Xinhe Real Estate.

Rent collection is based on long-term income, not short-term income. That is to say, if you want to develop the land in East Tsim Sha Tsui, not to mention the early stage, even the mid-term funds need to be filled by Chu Huan with the company's money. this hole.

  So, if Chu Huan wants to acquire a North American bank now, the only possibility is to continue to borrow money.

  After thinking about everything, Chu Huan has made his own decision.

"Please help me research the commercial banks in North America after you return to North America. The bank does not need to be too large, nor does it need to be too small. A market value of 500 to 600 million U.S. dollars is enough. Then come up with a complete acquisition plan and tell me!"

   Too small, there is no way to enter the Xiangjiang market, too big will attract the attention of North America.

  Although there are many difficulties, Chu Huan still does not want to give up this opportunity, because if there is a commercial bank of his own in North America, it will bring too much convenience to his business.

  Of course, Chu Huan will not give up the banking industry in Xiangjiang.

  According to Jian Yueqiang's statement, the banking industry in Hong Kong is actually under the control of HSBC at this time, but this time will not be too long. After 77 years, HSBC's control of Hong Kong's banking industry will decline.

   As for the reason, it is very simple!

  The situation in my hometown has changed!

  The influence on Xiangjiang will also increase day by day.

  As the largest bank rooted in Hong Kong, HSBC, even if they feel dissatisfied in their hearts and make some actions in their behavior, they still have to take into account their status in Hong Kong.

  In short, they cannot do without the Xiangjiang market.

  This is another reason why HSBC will fully support Li Jiacheng in another time and space.

  Later Li Jiacheng has always advertised that he is just a pure businessman and has never been involved in politics. That is actually a big joke.

Li Jiacheng was one of the first Hong Kong businessmen to get in touch with his hometown. In 1978, he participated in the grand ceremony in his hometown Beijing. At the same time, he served as the director of Huaguo International Trust and Investment Company in 1979. Li Jiacheng became one of the most important figures and one of the closest cooperative partners in the hearts of his hometown and Guofu during that period, which improved Li Jiacheng's status in Xiangjiang.

  So at that time, HSBC chose Lijiacheng because they hoped to use Lijiacheng’s relationship to establish a relationship with their hometown. First, they hoped to re-enter the banking industry in their hometown, and second, they wanted 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.

   That's it, and you say you never touch politics?

   It's a joke in the world!

So Chu Huan has been waiting, not only waiting for Roy 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. changed.

  Of course, there must be pros and cons in everything, and this is also the case. Chu Huan will definitely face more suppression from the Hong Kong government.

  But I believe that two years is enough for Ma Jizu's political investment in England to have some achievements.

  Jerry Kohlberg and the three of them were stunned, especially George Roberts. It was just a joke just now, but they didn't expect Chu Huan to take it seriously.

  He actually wants to buy 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 still Henry Clivey who was the first to react, with an excited expression on his face. If KKR's two successful businesses are both acquisitions of North American banks, this would be the best publicity for KKR.

   Then they can also get a bank to back them up.

   But they are not only happy, but also worried.

   "Of course it is possible, but Mr. Chu, if you use your Hong Kong identity to acquire a North American bank, I think there must be many factors other than business."

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 must be a very easy thing. With this layer After obtaining the ID card, all your business activities in North America can be better developed!"

North America has never been a country of commercial freedom. When Murdoch wanted to acquire News Corporation in North America, it was only possible after he joined the North American nationality. Otherwise, Murdoch would not even think about building his own American empire. .

  That's why Jerry Kohlberg suggested Chu Huan in this way.

  However, Chu Huan directly refused after listening, "I will not personally face this matter, I will use the identity of an investment company to make the acquisition!"

  Jerry Kohlberg and the three couldn't understand Chu Huan's thoughts, but they didn't ask, after all, Chu Huan is now their father.

  The decision made by the sponsor’s father does not need to be explained to Party B.

   "Should we still invest in Beihai?" Henry Clivey asked Chu Huan.

  Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Change to another one, but you will have to wait until you return to North America to find a suitable acquisition bank before making a decision!"

  The three of them stopped talking when they heard what Chu Huan said.

If before this, they only regarded Chu Huan as a rich and capable father, after they saw the report in "Fortune" some time ago, they had a better understanding of their father. The concept is clear.

  After finishing the discussion, the three made an appointment to meet at the HSBC dance tonight, and then the three left 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 the relationship between Chu Huan, Gu Chengxi and Zhu Xiaozhao does not want to be made public, so Chu Huan can only go alone tonight Attended the HSBC celebration ball.

   For the acquisition of 51% shares of North American Ocean Milan Bank, Sha Ya naturally wanted to celebrate in Xiangjiang, so such a dance was held.

  Chu Huan is really showing off during this time, and HSBC also needs to have its own achievements.

This kind of out-of-the-ordinary thing may seem like a joke to ordinary people, thinking that such a level of existence should not do this kind of thing, but in fact, the richer the person or the top company, the more they care about their own interests. face.

  When an irrelevant person says about them, they may not care about it in order to show their generosity, because no matter what these people say or do, it will not have any impact on them.

   But the same level will not work.

  Because it involves more interests!

   While Chu Huan was dealing with the work at hand, Xu Yi walked in suddenly, speaking 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 looked up, with some surprise in his eyes, why did Wu Shuqing call herself?

   "Understood!" Chu Huan picked up the phone on the table and spoke.

  Wu Shuhan came to the coffee shop again this afternoon as scheduled, and met Peter Li who was waiting here.

   "Shu Han, look, this is the script I tailored for you!" Li Peter saw Wu Shuhan coming, and immediately took out the script that Lao Li asked for.

   And at this time, this script has become a tailor-made script for Wu Shuhan.

  Wu Shuhan saw that the other party actually took out the script. Although he still had some doubts about Peter Li's identity, the doubts had gradually diminished.

   "Thank you, Director Li!"

  Wu Shuhan smiled and took the script from Peter Li's hands.

   It is impossible for a person who has never been exposed to scripts to understand the script the first time he reads it, and Wu Shuhan is no exception.

  At first, Wu Shuhan thought the script was the same as the novel he had read before.

   As a result, when she actually saw the script, she realized that she had thought too much.

   I can’t understand it at all!

Seeing Wu Shuhan's ignorant expression, Li Peter showed a satisfied smile. When he was the assistant director of Shaw Brothers, he had contacted many ignorant girls through reading scripts. He knew how to deal with the situation in front of him. coped.

  First sat opposite Wu Shuhan, and began to help Wu Shuhan explain the content of the script slowly.

   "Here, yes, it is here. According to my setting, it should be a drizzle here. The hero stands in front of the heroine's apartment, holding flowers and waiting for the heroine's forgiveness.

  The heroine, that is, the character you play, stands on the window sill and looks at the male protagonist below, with reluctance and heartache in her eyes.

  Finally, when the sky turned pale, the heroine finally couldn't bear the torment in her heart, walked out of the apartment, and embraced the hero! "

  Peter Li spoke very seriously at the beginning.

   This movie is a love movie!

  Wu Shuhan also had a general understanding of the story under Li Peter's introduction, but the confusion in his heart became more and more.

   "Director, I read the previous introduction. Both the female lead and the male lead should have their own husbands. Under such circumstances, the two of them are still together. Will the audience accept this kind of storyline?"

  Although Wu Shuhan doesn't know much about the script, he still understands the story. Isn't this the story of two people who have families and find other people behind their lover's 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 and his wife quarreled. The host’s family lives temporarily, and the heroine takes care of the sick male protagonist, and then the male protagonist rapes the female protagonist, and the female protagonist falls in love with the male protagonist because of this kind of thing?

  Is this too exaggerated? "

   It’s not just an exaggeration, it’s outrageous. If Wu Shuhan likes to watch Japanese action blockbusters in another 20 or 30 years, he will find that there are many Japanese action blockbusters with four-person plots, and this is the plot!

  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 earnestly: "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 not enough to support a 90-minute movie. If so, where did the rest of the plot go?

  Looking at so many ellipses in the script, and Wu Shuhan, who had been making up for it by Wu Shuqing, felt like he had guessed it.

  Peter Li rolled his eyes and immediately said with a smile: "This is just the first draft of the movie script. If you don't like Shu Han, we can continue to discuss and revise it!"

  If I am a Hong Kong girl who has no brains and wants to enter the entertainment industry, I must be very happy to hear what Peter Li said. The director is revising the script for me!

  But Wu Shuhan didn't think so.

  Although she doesn't know much about Xiangjiang's film industry, it can be seen from the conversation she had with Wu Shuqing yesterday that she has her own standards for judging successful people.

  Would a really successful director revise his script because of an actor who hasn't made his debut yet?

   Obviously impossible.

  Thinking of this, Wu Shuhan wanted to get up and leave.

But at this time, Li Peter made the next move. He got up first, came to Wu Shuhan's side, bent slightly, propped himself on the table, and put his other hand on Wu Shuhan's chair, ready to give Wu Shuhan a close-up Explain the script.

  Seeing this, Wu Shuhan didn't give Li Peter a chance, so he immediately opened the chair and stood up, which almost caused Li Peter who was propped on the chair to fall.

   "I'm sorry Director Li, I won't participate in your movie!"

   After Wu Shuhan finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave the coffee shop.

   Li Peter was stunned for a moment, how could Wu Shuhan leave so happily, regardless of Lao Li's script, he took two steps to catch up with Wu Shuhan.

   "Is there something wrong with Shu Han?"

  Wu Shuhan had concluded at this time that Peter Li was a bad guy who coveted his own body, so he didn't explain anything to him, just said sorry, turned sideways and walked out of the coffee shop.

   Seeing Wu Shuhan's determination, Li Peter's expression flickered with ferocity.

   Then he nodded towards a few wandering short mules outside the coffee shop.

  The short mules received the order and immediately stopped Wu Shuhan who had just walked out of the coffee shop. Before Wu Shuhan could react, they had already been dragged to the van by them.

   When Wu Shuhan came to his senses, he immediately shouted in the car: "I am Wu Zhande's niece from Maxim's Group, please release me quickly, and I can make my uncle pretend that this didn't happen."

  The dwarf mules in the van looked at each other.

   "Who is Wu Zhande?"

"Have not heard!"

   "Diao, I thought it was some big shot!"

   "But this chick is so beautiful, no wonder Li Peter wants to be strong!"

   "We can't be cheap, that Li Peter, let's try something new in a while!"

  Listening to these people's tiger-wolf words, Wu Shuhan almost cried in fright. At this moment, a figure appeared in his mind, and he immediately preached loudly.

   "I know Chu Huan, I know Chu Huan, he is my friend!"

  ps: Recommend a friend's book "Director Please Advice", an entertainment article from the director's perspective, friends who like it can go and read it~~

   Also, the next chapter is at 8 am, thank you everyone~~

  

  

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