Chapter 922: The Mellon Family (3rd More 4,000 Words)
"Mr. Xia, I have heard of Polaris Capital, which has been established for a very short time, but the investment has always been amazing, and the people who can become the chairman of a company of this level are basically financial elites over fifty years old. ”
"But if you attribute your strength to luck, then I would rather believe that you are the bastard of God. ”
Although Bush Jr. spoke in the form of a joke, his tone was so solemn.
After speaking, he asked again: "Mr. Xia, take the liberty of asking, you shouldn't be less than twenty years old this year, right?"
Xia Yu smiled and shook his head, "Not yet." ”
"Then you probably didn't go to college. ”
"Yes, the family conditions are difficult, so I can only go out of society early to work hard. ”
"Then you are a genius among geniuses, your experience and achievements are admirable, and when I was your age, I would only spend my days in college and fall in love, and I suddenly felt very ashamed. ”
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The future President George W. Bush is famous for his humor, but in fact at this age, already.
Both of them seem to be familiar with each other, Bush Jr. speaks wittily and humorously, Xia Yu can see people and talk about people, and the two talk a lot unconsciously.
"Cheers to our realization!"
"That's how it should be!"
"Bang!"
"Hahahaha......"
After clinking glasses and drinking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the relationship became a lot closer.
Both of them leaned back on the couch with a slightly casual attitude, looking at the men and women dancing in the middle of the dance floor with an appreciative attitude and posture.
Of course, to be precise, it should be to appreciate those beautiful ladies.
According to later social research, when two men get together, 90 percent of them will talk about women, no matter where the topic starts......
Xia Yu still wants to cooperate with Bush Jr. in his heart.
Therefore, he provoked another topic: "Mr. Bush, now that the global price of oil has skyrocketed, you have oil companies, and this is a feast for you." ”
"After all, oil is the blood of industry, and now that the price of oil is so high, I want to try when I enter the oil field, if I have the opportunity, can I visit your company?"
When Bush Jr. heard the previous sentence, he still wanted to brag about it, but after Xia Yu's latter sentence came out, he suddenly swallowed back what he was going to say in embarrassment.
He knows exactly what the situation of his Bush Energy Company is, and just looking at the business card will definitely feel relatively lofty, but in fact it is a chicken feather.
If Xia Yu really went to visit, the bigger he blew now, the more embarrassing he would be in the future.
So he turned his head, shrugged his shoulders and said self-deprecatingly: "It's really a feast for oil practitioners now, but unfortunately, I'm not qualified to participate, my company has been exploring oil and gas in Texas, but unfortunately, so far, no oil has been explored." ”
"Texas is the most oil-rich state in the United States, and I believe that as long as you are willing to put in the money, you will always be able to explore for oil. ”
Xia Yu said with a smile.
Bush Jr. smiled a little bitterly, and reluctantly smiled: "Maybe, who can say for sure in the future, oil exploration depends too much on luck." ”
When his father was exploring oil in Midland, Texas, the probability of finding oil was 137 to 1, which was quite lucky, and it was called "100 shots", and that was more than 20 years ago!
As for his Bush Energy Company, the idle year in 1978 is not counted, but in the two years since 1979, more than 300 plots of land have been explored, and more than $2.8 million has been spent on the $3 million when the company was founded.
Now every day the company operates, it is spending money, and if it can't explore for oil, then his Bush Energy Company will go out of business!
He is now embarrassed by the shareholders as well as by his uncle, Jonathan Bush.
After all, after he graduated from Harvard Business School and received his MBA, it was his uncle Jonathan Bush who brought in more than 20 shareholders for his Bush Energy Company, with a total investment of $3 million, and now he has not made even a penny in profit in three years, which is simply a shame for the Bush family.
Unless, before the company went out of business, he explored a valuable churros.
Otherwise, he will have to find a way to continue to invest in his Bush Energy Company, and no matter what, he will not let the Bush Energy Company go bankrupt, and the Bush family cannot afford to lose this face!
"Luck is really important in oil exploration, after all, it has been more than 100 years since the discovery of oil in Texas, and people have gone to Texas to explore oil one after another, and they have basically been explored, and now the difficulty of exploration is too high, and the success rate is too low!"
"But as long as you buy the latest exploration equipment and keep investing in exploration, you will always find oil. ”
After Xia Yu sighed, he said encouragingly.
Although they were words of encouragement, when they were heard in their ears, Bush Jr. felt even less good.
Xia Yu said it easily, but the most important thing is that there is no money to continue gambling!
At this moment, Xia Yu suddenly asked with interest: "Mr. Bush, I just want to enter the oil industry to get some experience, I wonder if your company is willing to accept new shareholders?"
Bush Jr. was stunned for a moment, and then nodded without hesitation: "Of course welcome, Mr. Xia, are you willing to invest in my company?"
"Of course, I don't know how big your company is?" Xia Yu nodded affirmatively.
George W. Bush weighed for a moment in his mind and said: "Although my company has not yet explored for oil, it has leased a lot of land and has other assets, which I think are currently worth about $8 million." ”
For this price, Xia Yu knew that Bush Jr. had made a false report, but he didn't care, it was nothing more than an overquote of one or two million US dollars, which was a small amount of money for him.
Being able to invest in George W. Bush now and create a relationship between the two is the biggest gain!
He asked directly: "Since you said it's worth eight million dollars, then it's worth eight million dollars, but I don't know how much equity you can give up?"
Xia Yu's trust surprised George W. Bush a little and at the same time warmed his heart.
He thought for a moment and said, "At least 10 percent, if it's more, I'll have to discuss it with the other shareholders before it gets a result." ”
Xia Yu frowned, and said with some disgust: "Ten percent is too little, it's boring." ”
He immediately asked again: "By the way, Mr. Bush, I wonder how many shareholders your company has at present?"
George W. Bush said truthfully: "Twenty-four shareholders. ”
Xia Yu raised his eyebrows, pretending to be surprised, and said, "So many?"
"So I don't know if any shareholders are willing to transfer their shares? I want to buy their shares!"
Bush Jr. was a little nervous in his heart, and of course he knew that most of the shareholders were no longer interested in the equity of his Bush Energy Company, and his reluctance to take the initiative to withdraw now was nothing more than for the sake of the Bush family's face.
And because the investment funds are relatively small, they are generally in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and there is not much money for the big guys.
He estimated that by this time, many people were ready to go afloat.
If he is willing to help Xia Yu buy, I believe that many shareholders will gladly accept it.
He thought for a moment and said in the right words, "I'm not sure yet, I'll have to ask them to find out." ”
"I don't know how much equity you hope to get, Mr. Xia?"
Xia Yu immediately replied: "At least forty-five percent, if all shareholders are willing to transfer, it is best to reach fifty percent, and we are one and a half, what do you think?"
"Mr. Xia is so optimistic about my company?"
George W. Bush asked in surprise.
In Texas, there aren't too many oil companies like his that haven't produced results, and oil exploration is a risky gamble, so as long as there is no oil field, no amount of equity is worthless, but it means that more money needs to be invested.
A lot of people don't put their money into an oil exploration company.
If an old cowboy in Texas who is exploring for oil is given a million dollars, he will invest at least ten hundred thousand dollars in ten promising oil exploration companies, or more spread out to specific exploration projects rather than concentrating on one company.
Although this kind of diversification cannot guarantee that you will get rich overnight, it can greatly increase the probability of success, make your investment appreciate, have more money to roll, and accumulate net worth step by step.
Right now...... After all, it's not the era of oil as soon as a drill was drilled more than a hundred years ago!
"Of course, I think you're more likely to succeed than everyone else!
Xia Yu said with a smile.
Bush Jr. was silent, and he was more inclined to think that Xia Yu wanted to cooperate with the Bush family through him, and he encountered a lot of such situations.
However, for Xia Yu's request to send money to the door, he really has no reason to refuse, he needs funds too much!
Therefore, he smiled and said, "Thank you for your blessings, Mr. Xia, I still need you to wait for my news, and I will call you when the time comes." ”
"No problem!"
"But it has to be as soon as possible, I plan to leave the United States in early February, and I don't know how many months it will take to come back. ”
"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible. ”
Speaking of which, there is no need to say more, Xia Yu once again raised his glass and drank some wine with Bush Jr., looking forward to future cooperation.
"Mr. Xia, my wife is waving to me, I'll go dance a few dances first. ”
"Okay!"
After seeing Bush Jr. enter the dance floor, Xia Yu looked around a little bored, and found that the surroundings were relatively empty, obviously he was talking to Bush Jr. about things just now, and the people around him sat politely away in order not to disturb them.
At this moment, he noticed that someone was coming as if he were himself, and it was not one, but five people, two men and three women.
Xia Yu recognized two of the men and one woman, who had just come in with Richard King Mellon, maybe they were Richard King Mellon's children.
As for the other two young ladies, he didn't recognize them.
When he walked to Xia Yu's place, one of the older youths greeted Xia Yu, and then the five of them sat down one after another.
"Can you get to know me? I'm Leonard Mellon, and that's my business card. ”
Hearing his name, Xia Yu immediately remembered that this young man who looked to be in his twenties was the third son of Richard King Mellon.
"Of course, my name is Xia Yu, and this is my business card. ”
Xia Yu said with a smile and exchanged business cards with him.
After he started, the other three women and one man also talked to him in a friendly manner, and Xia Yu also gave business cards and learned each other's identities from their names.
One of the boys, apparently around eighteen or nineteen years old, was Woodrow Mellon, Ronald Mellon's own brother, the fourth son of Richard King Mellon.
According to the memories of his previous life, Xia Yu has a lot of knowledge about the Mellon family, and the current head Richard King Mellon has eight children, four sons and four daughters.
Among them, the eldest son, Richard Mellon Scaife, dislikes the family business at all, is not interested in power, and likes art and charity, much to the disappointment of Richard King Mellon.
The second son, Timothy Mellon, was keen on computer technology and went to create his own computer company, and he was obviously not a qualified family heir, which also disappointed Richard King Mellon.
On the contrary, the third son, Leonard Mellon, and the fourth son, Woodlow Mellon, were deeply fond of Chad King Mellon, because these two sons were very smart and hardworking, and they were determined to grow the family from an early age, and they were very interested in the family business.
But these two sons are old children, and in the previous life, when Richard King Mellon died, these two sons were too young to be a qualified next generation leader.
The head of Richard King Mellon came from his own uncle Andrew Mellon, because his cousin Paul Mellon also disliked all his strength and was keen on horse racing and art.
Just because Paul Mellon doesn't like it doesn't mean his sons don't like it.
When Richard King Mellon was still around, Paul Mellon's sons didn't dare to put a fart.
But when Richard King Mellon died, his son was not able to become a qualified leader, which eventually led to the Mellon's family becoming loose.
That is, thanks to the family trust and charitable fund, the Mellon family will not be split and the Mellon consortium can continue to exist.
However, the Mellon family lacks a leader, and the Mellon consortium, with the Mellon family as the only core, naturally lacks people who can make decisions.
Therefore, since the death of Richard King Mellon, although Leonard Mellon and Woodelo Mellon have worked hard to maintain the Mellon's consortium from disintegrating, the influence and strength of the Mellon consortium have been constantly surpassed.
Except for Xia Yu's special case of demonism, where is the little fox the opponent of the old fox!
It can be seen from this that it takes at least twenty years to cultivate a descendant!
Straight to the point.
Among the five people, in addition to the two brothers Leonard Mellon and Woodlow Mellon, one of the girls is called Sendy Mellon, Xia Yu is estimated to be about twenty years old, and is the youngest daughter of Richard King Mellon, older than Leonard Mellon and younger than Woodlow Mellon.
As for the other two girls, named Susan Anthony and Renee Camilla, they are both about twenty years old, and in terms of words and deeds, they are completely in line with the temperament of the descendants of the big family.
"Mr. Xia, I just saw you chatting with my father and Mr. David Rockefeller, and I really admire you. ”
Leonard Mellon has a high level of self-cultivation, looked at Xia Yu with sincere eyes, and said admiringly.
His words attracted the attention of the other four people, especially the three beautiful girls who looked at him with curious eyes, if they were ordinary people, their hearts were racing, and Xia Yu could barely keep his calm.
With a smile on his lips, he asked, "Why do you say that?"
Leonard Mellon immediately said: "Even in front of my father, I am very uncomfortable, if it is in front of Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Dupont, I don't know what to say, but you can talk and laugh with them, I want to have your level of performance, I don't know how many years of training." ”
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