Chapter 73 Investment
For Dongsheng Group, the large-scale acquisition of plantations in Kanem to ensure the supply of oil palm fruit is to further improve the supply chain of the grain and oil industry.
After the group enterprise has become larger, like Dongsheng, there is an annual capital flow of 10 or 20 billion yuan, and there are also cheap financing channels, so it will inevitably pursue more stable and reliable investment projects with a large enough volume;
After all, high returns come with high risks, and it is impossible for Dongsheng to put all the eggs on the cliff of high returns.
For Lu Yan, he may be a second generation, but the assets of the family business are not yet his turn, and the funds he can use are relatively limited.
He may be able to mobilize hundreds of millions of yuan in his personal name, and he will use this money to participate in the acquisition of plantations, and the income of four or five million a year is enough for him to spend on picking up girls all over the world?
Cao Mo is also very sure that Lu Yan said that he wants to participate in plantation investment, maybe it is true, but he will only participate meaningfully, he provoked this talk, or wanted to see what more exciting investment opportunities Dracula Mo.
Wang Jianzhong was not familiar with Draculamo, and Yang Deshan took Lu Yan's question and said:
"Although Kanem's economic development is lagging behind, ordinary people are living hard, and the level of public construction is extremely poor, it is actually not poor - last year, Kanem's export of crude oil, natural gas, gold and other minerals, foreign exchange earnings exceeded 80 billion US dollars, and palm oil exports accounted for only a small part of them, less than 4 billion US dollars. We in Dongsheng started as a grain and oil businessman, and we only saw Kanem's palm oil project investment, but when it comes to other better investment opportunities, Draculamo and even Kanem are very numerous, it depends on what Lu Shao is interested in......"
"Tell me about it. Lu Yan said without restraint.
For the condescending Lu Yan, Yang Deshan was docile and introduced the current situation of Draculamore's investment: "Kanem's industry is lagging behind, and most of its foreign exchange income can only be used to import various industrial products in order to meet various domestic needs. In the past, Kanem's import trade was monopolized by European, American, Japanese, South Korean and Indian enterprises, but now hundreds of Chinese businessmen enter Kanem every year, and there are all kinds of trade-the products of the Taihua Group should also be sold to Kanem. Kanem's foreign exchange earnings are mainly used to import various industrial products, so that if its mineral deposits such as crude oil, natural gas and gold want to expand their production, 95% of them are currently dependent on external investment - large funds can participate in such investment. The higher foreign exchange income has also stimulated the municipal construction of several major cities in Kanem, such as Draculamore's infrastructure scale, which is not lower than that of the second and third tier cities in China, and also promoted its population to gather densely in these cities, and the basic supply of water supply, power supply, sewage and domestic waste treatment is particularly weak, and external investment is also urgently needed. Kanem's thriving oil trade has also cultivated a number of people with high spending power in the country, and these people are mainly concentrated in Draculamo, which has led to the development of high-end restaurants, hotels, casinos and other industries here......"
Yang Deshan can preside over the work of the West Africa branch, in addition to the poor English level, the economic vision is not bad, and he introduced to Lu Yan in an orderly manner the lack of Kanem's domestic economy and investment opportunities, talked about the cement storm in Kanem, and also talked about the Chinese business circle of Draculamo:
"There are a lot of Chinese businessmen in Draculamo, if Lu Shao can stay for a few more days, he can sit down and talk......
Seeing that Yang Deshan intended to recommend Lu Yan, who was eager for quick success and condescending, to participate in the investment of Jinyuan Casino, Cao Mo just straightened his feet and gently shook the sandals on his feet.
Shen Ji obviously can't find fault with Yang Deshan's performance in presiding over the branch, as long as the plantation acquisition can be carried out in an orderly manner, Yang Deshan's position will be stable.
As far as Yang Deshan is concerned, he may have thought that it is difficult for his personal participation in gold mines, casino investment, etc., to be tightly concealed all the time, so it is better to bring Lu Yan in, and even if the news leaks at that time, he can make Shen Ji turn a blind eye.
In fact, regardless of Dongsheng or other large domestic groups, it is normal for senior executives to have some private investment in addition to their own work, as long as they do not have a serious conflict of interest or interest transfer behavior with their own work.
The requirements for the middle and lower levels will be strict, and I can't wait for the middle and lower levels to sell their lives to the company.
Of course, Cao Mo also felt a little strange.
If you simply lease an area from Lana Dere to open a casino, the investment is limited.
Yan Zhicheng has been crawling and rolling in Dracula for so many years, even if Kanem's money is difficult to earn, he should have a net worth of 350 million yuan, and he and Xie Sipeng can completely eat this piece of fat.
Yang Deshan wooed Lu Yan at this time, will Yan Zhicheng and Xie Sipeng agree?
Looking at Yang Deshan's appearance again, Cao Mo intuitively felt that he was not accompanying Yan Zhicheng and Xie Sipeng to make a pit for Lu Yan, and he should not have the guts.
What else was there he didn't know?
"Okay, I'm on vacation anyway, as long as it's fun, I can stay in Dracula Moro for a few more days. Lu Yan shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.
Chen Rong is not in charge of the overseas investment department, she happened to meet Shen Ji in London, so she made a detour to Draculamo, and at noon to the Tubman family's manor for luncheon, she took her daughter Han Shuyun on a plane and transferred to London to return to China - Cao Mo avoided her mother and daughter from a distance anyway.
Zhou Jun, who seemed to have failed to reunite with Song Yuqing, also had a somewhat gloomy look, and could even be said to have a trace of annoyance and powerlessness, and accompanied Chen Rong's mother and daughter to leave first.
Hosted by little Tubman, Shen Ji and the others had a meal, and in the afternoon they mainly visited the mill and the Tubman family plantation.
Shen Ji's personality is quite easy-going, and he is also the age when he likes to play, Chen Rong returned to China early, and he is willing to be more relaxed. In the evening, I went back to the Lana Dere Hotel for dinner, and I didn't want to go to the Jinyuan Casino where the environment was too bad, and the other night games in Dracula were not safe enough, so we decided to play Texas Hold'em at the Lana Dere Hotel.
Lu Yan also wanted to take the opportunity to get in touch with Xie Sipeng, Yan Zhicheng and other Chinese businessmen in Draculamo mentioned by Yang Deshan.
Xie Sipeng, who hadn't seen him for some days, had lost weight again, and it seemed that he had been staring at the bulk ship these days to watch the cement unloading, and the whole person was much haggard.
In addition to Zhang Min, Yan Zhicheng and a tall mixed-race dealer brought by Yan Zhicheng, Xie Sipeng also had a friend who came over, that is, Ma Bin, who lost $20,000 at the Lana Dere Hotel last time and was still a thief.
Texas Hold'em can be played in up to 22 players, and the more people there are, the more exciting the hand will be.
Wang Jianzhong and the two overseas staff members who accompanied him this time had never played Texas Hold'em, so Yang Deshan pulled Cao Mo off the game, plus Shen Ji, Lu Yan, Xie Sipeng, Abacha, Little Tubman, Ma Bin, and Yan Zhicheng to make a nine-person game.
It's still a ten-dollar game.
It was not clear that Shen Ji and Lu Yan would stay in Draculamo for a few days, and Xie Sipeng directly mentioned at the card table that Yan Zhicheng intended to move the casino into the Lanadre Hotel.
They also communicated with Tubman Jr. about this for a while, but Tubman Jr. failed to convince all the other investors.
Now Xie Sipeng has two plans to raise funds, one is to buy the shares of the Lanadere Hotel held by the investors who refuse to enter the casino, and the other is to let Tubman Jr. persuade other investors to take out a banquet building attached to the Lanad Hotel and sell it separately, which they will buy and use for the operation of the casino.
Hearing this, Cao Mo understood why Yang Deshan wanted to pull Lu Yan into the field.
As one of the few high-end luxury hotels in the West Coast area, the Lana Dere Hotel is very advantageous in location and luxuriously decorated, and was completed and put into operation ten years ago, with an investment of more than 30 million US dollars.
Whether it is to buy the shares of those who disapprove of it, or to invest in the purchase of the banquet building alone, the capital required is almost 10 million US dollars.
Whether it is Yan Zhicheng or Xie Sipeng, they can't scrape together so much cash in their hands now.
Yan Zhicheng and Xie Sipeng have their sights on the banquet building, the main building has a construction area of 5,000 square meters, and at present, due to the lack of high-end large-scale banquets in the West Bank District, it is a part of the poor operation of the Lana Dere Hotel.
This matter has nothing to do with Cao Mo at all, he just observes everyone's demeanor at the card table when he is fine.
Xie Sipeng and Yan Zhicheng are still eager to find someone to cooperate, and they have no intention of doing the game.
Tubman Jr. has little money in his hands, is not deeply involved, and has no intention of selling the Tubman family's stake in the Lana Dere Hotel.
The main reason why he wants to promote this is that he sees that renting out the poorly managed banquet building at a high price can greatly improve the hotel's revenue - some investors feel that it will be complicated to be involved with the casino, and they are firmly opposed.
Ma Bin heard about this for the first time, and he was a little eager to try, knowing that the casino was ruthless in making money anywhere, and the business license in Yan Zhicheng's hand was not something that ordinary people could make, and he also knew that not everyone in Draculamo could cover the field casually.
Shen Ji is not very interested, it should be related to the Ding family's strict requirements for their children and nephews, and it seems that it is forbidden to participate in this kind of side-door business, even if Bo Cai Industry is legal in Kanem.
Lu Yan was very interested, but he was very vigilant, and he could see that he was domineering in his bones, but he still had a basic IQ, and he had already realized that Yang Deshan was deliberately guiding him today.
This made him suspicious of Yang Deshan's role in it.
It's strange to say that the jeans girl standing behind Lu Yan, whether it is her subtle body movements or changes in her expression, or occasionally pretending to be naïve and inserting a question or two, she deliberately guides this topic to dig deeper, making Lu Yan believe that this is a very good investment.
However, Cao Mo is very sure that the jeans girl has nothing to do with Xie Sipeng and Yan Zhicheng, maybe it is in her favor to promote this matter?
Under the intentional guidance of the jeans girl, Lu Yan quickly clarified his thoughts and said to Xie Sipeng and Yan Zhicheng: "I personally am not very interested in running a casino, but if the Lanodre Hotel can cut out some of the assets and sell them, I can buy this part of the assets and then lease them to your ......."
From an investment point of view, Lu Yan's choice is very wise, and the risk is strictly divided.
Invest in the acquisition of part of the hotel's facilities and rent them out at a high price, you can sit on the higher income, and there is no need to participate in the high-risk operation of the casino.
Although the profits from running a casino seem to be more impressive, not to mention Draculamore, even if it is Las Vegas, who runs a casino is not black and white?
And the competitors faced are not good stubble.
Casino operations have a large amount of cash coming in and out every day, and financial supervision is also extremely difficult.
Even if Lu Yan is a newborn calf, he is not afraid of tigers, but in a chaotic city like Draculamo, which he is never familiar with, he will never be directly involved in the direct operation of casinos.
Lu Yan also made it clear that Yan Zhicheng could not participate in the acquisition of this part of the facilities when he operated the casino, and other investors who wanted to participate in the acquisition of this part of the facilities with him could no longer participate in the operation of the casino.
Of course, all this seems to be Lu Yan who came up with it himself, and the others talked while playing cards, and they didn't realize that there was anything wrong, but they just felt that Lu Yan, who seemed to be a gentleman, still had some goods in his stomach, but Cao Mo saw it very clearly, Lu Yan could have such an idea, and it was the jeans girl who lost no time in guiding the topic to the point several times......