Chapter 324: Do You Want to "Trick" Me?

Through Sun Yunyi's introduction, Hu Yang learned that there are many Huaqing graduates who choose to study in the United States after graduating from their bachelor's degree. After completing their studies, many people stayed.

There are many alumni of Sun Yunyi and Shao Qing in Silicon Valley, and there are even more Chinese.

After visiting the company according to the program, Sun Yunyi looked at his watch and planned to invite Hu Yang and others to lunch.

"Director Sun, I have to go somewhere else tomorrow, so forget it today. It's better to go to San Francisco before I go back to China anyway, and then you can contact the mainland compatriots in the local area, and then I will hold a dinner party and get together with you. ”

Hu Yang planned to let Sun Yunyi contact in the middle and hold a party when he returned to San Francisco. The purpose is not to poach people, but just to expand the network.

Shao Qing looked at Sun Yunyi, and the two exchanged glances, obviously interested.

Subsequently, Hu Yang and others said goodbye to Sun Yunyi and went to find a place to have lunch. In the afternoon, everyone walked around the city of San Francisco for half a day before returning to the hotel to rest.

The next day, Hu Yang and the others, together with Adams, flew to Seattle.

Actually, going to Amazon's headquarters is nothing, it's just a routine walk.

The Amazon has shown considerable attention to the arrival of Populus euphratica. The company sent a chief executive officer to accompany the whole process.

Hu Yang originally invested $1 billion, of which 62.4 million shares of Yamason's common stock were purchased, and with the unilateral handling fee, it was basically $500 million.

At the same time, it also bought $500 million of Yamason convertible bonds, with a maturity of five years and a conversion price of $12.5 per share.

At that time, due to the collapse of Nasdaq network technology stocks, Yamason's stock price was close to $5 at one point. It was also at this time that Populus euphratica entered the market and bought $500 million in stocks at an average price of more than $8 per share.

After the 62.4 million shares were traded, Yamason's stock price rebounded above $10. Therefore, Hong Bo suggested that the remaining 500 million US dollars might as well be bought into convertible bonds, and the conversion price is not high, saving trouble.

Convertible bonds, over a five-year term, can be converted into common stock of the company at an agreed conversion price of $12.5 per share. If you don't want to convert into shares, you can repay the principal and interest in a lump sum when the bond matures, which is the same as an ordinary bond, no different.

Of course, the interest rate of convertible bonds is much lower than that of ordinary bonds.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Yamason's stock price to rally to $18. Until now, its stock price has been fluctuating in the range of $10 to $20 for a long time.

For Populus euphratica, there is no question of hesitation, and it will definitely be converted into stocks.

The $500 million convertible bond is equivalent to 40 million shares of Yamason's common stock. However, it will take 5 years for this part of the shares to be listed and circulated, and it will take 5 years for the convertible bonds to mature.

As a result, Walkers International Investment currently ostensibly holds 62.4 million shares of common stock in Yamason, ranking among the top common shareholders of the company.

Chief Executive Officer Powell and others have always been very polite to Populus euphratica.

Powell personally told Hu Yang about the company's development plan, and then the accountant analyzed the financial data of the last few fiscal years, and finally, Powell took Hu Yang and his party to visit the company, and completed the process of major shareholders visiting the company.

At noon, Powell invited Hu Yang and others to a working meal, and Hu Yang and the others left Amazon's headquarters.

After two days in Seattle, the group went to Los Angeles, Washington, and New York.

This journey is basically based on sightseeing, and Populus euphratica wants to have an intuitive understanding of this country from all aspects.

During this time, he spent a little longer in New York, a total of five days.

In the past five days, Hu Yang has attended two luncheons initiated by investment and finance professionals. Of course, this kind of luncheon is different from Buffett's, it is nothing more than a communication meeting between industry insiders and investors, and each person's consumption is paid for separately.

"Peter, thank you so much this time. The next time you go back to Xiangjiang or go to China, you must call me, and I will invite you to drink at that time. ”

This time I came to New York, and the white middle-aged man in front of me gave Hu Yang and others a lot of help. This person's name is Peter Chen, and he is a friend of Yu Hongbo's former in Xiangjiang. Later, Peter Chen came to Wall Street, but the connection between the two has never been broken.

"Mr. Hu, Hong Bo and I have been friends for many years, and this is not worth mentioning. Then I won't take you to the airport, there will be a date later!"

Peter Chan has lived in Hong Kong for 7 years, is fluent in Cantonese, and is currently engaged in financial derivatives trading on Wall Street.

He and Populus euphratica can talk, and they get along well these days, and when they parted, Populus Hu invited him to a meal and gave him a few bottles of fine red wine.

By the time Hu Yang returned to San Francisco again, more than half a month had passed.

"Mr. Hu, I have already prepared the things you explained. During this time, I have reached out to more than 50 alumni or compatriots working in Silicon Valley, and they are all interested in hearing that they can meet with you. ”

When they came back this time, Hu Yang and the others still stayed at the Ritzkar Hotel.

After a day of rest, Hu Yang asked Shao Qing to get in touch with Sun Yunyi, and Sun Yunyi also went to the hotel to meet Hu Yang.

"Then tomorrow night, tomorrow happens to be the weekend, and everyone has time. ”

Hu Yang set the time for the dinner the next day to allow himself enough time to prepare.

Following.

Hu Yang has reserved a banquet hall in the annex of the hotel, where dinner will be held.

In the evening, when he stepped into the banquet hall, he saw several rows of long tables in the center of the hall. The dining table was covered with crisp white tablecloths and scattered decorations.

"Mr. Hu, some of the guests have already come, and it is estimated that they will be able to arrive soon. ”

Sun Yunyi and Shao Qing were in charge of greeting guests today. They plan to give a formal introduction to Populus euphratica before the dinner begins.

It didn't take long for the guests to arrive.

Hu Yang noticed that there were more people coming tonight than Sun Yunyi said.

Shao Qing came over and said: "Today is the weekend, everyone is relatively leisurely, and the guests may bring some friends over, so the number of people will be more than estimated in advance." ”

Hu Yang smiled and said, "It's okay, the hotel is very well prepared, even if a hundred people come, it's no problem." ”

He said this casually, but when the dinner party began, there were almost 80 people coming.

Before the start of the meeting, Sun Yunyi introduced Populus euphratica to everyone.

As for the guests, there was definitely no way to introduce them to Hu Yang one by one, and the matter of collecting business cards was handed over to Lin Yan.

At dinner, there are not too many rules. Everyone sits down, eats and drinks, and then can switch places at any time and talk to the people they are interested in.

Anyway, it is a separate meal system, and the food and drinks are served by waiters pushing food trucks for everyone, so they can choose what they need.

Hu Yang sat without moving, because he couldn't leave, and from time to time someone would switch places and sit next to him.

"Mr. Hu, I'm sorry, can I sit down?"

Han Wen never left Hu Yang, Li Jie followed Lin Yan and kept communicating with everyone. At this moment, a young and beautiful girl came over.

When Hu Yang heard the voice, he looked up and saw that the girl in front of him was about her early twenties, and she was really beautiful.

If only in terms of appearance, it is probably similar to Liang Shuqi and Tian Sichun. But her figure is more like a Westerner, and she is very hot.

Hu Yang nodded with a smile and said, "Please be seated." ”

"Mr. Hu, my name is Su Tingting, and I am an international student from China. Tonight, it's a pleasure to meet you as an investor. ”

Liu Tingting sat down, and the waiter handed over clean tableware. She ordered two random items of food, as well as a bottle of red wine.

"I'm also very happy, Miss Su. Come, for the sake of our acquaintance, a toast. ”

Hu Yang doesn't mind chatting with this Su Tingting for a while, beauty, there are always privileges.

As a result, this beauty can not only speak, but also drink, and while chatting, the two drank a whole bottle of red wine unconsciously.

"It seems that I have to leave for a while, Mr. Hu, this is my contact information, I hope you still have a chance to meet. ”

Su Tingting saw that someone had already cast a dissatisfied gaze, so she smiled and wrote her contact information on a sticky note, and then looked at Hu Yang with a smile.

Hu Yang smiled and handed her a business card, and Su Tingting got up to leave.

"No, no, these guys take turns pouring me wine. ”

When Sun Yunyi sat down, his face was already red from drinking. At this time, everyone was drinking, what red wine, brandy, etc., and drank a lot of empty bottles.

"No wonder you're hiding from me. Director Sun, it's not too early, shouldn't today's gathering also end?"

Hu Yang himself was a little dizzy from drinking, he looked at his watch, today's dinner party has lasted more than three hours.

Sun Yunyi came to find Populus Hu, which was originally the same meaning.

Since Hu Yang agreed, Sun Yunyi went to make arrangements, and then guests left one after another.

Hu Yang sat for a while, and no one came to sit down in the empty seat next to him. He didn't know what he remembered, and suddenly he laughed.

"Mr. Hu, what are you laughing at sitting here alone? Let's go, we should go back too." ”

Lin Yan and Li Jie only showed up at this time, and she was busier than Hu Yang during the whole dinner party. Hu Yang can chat with people at will, and she has to be busy building relationships.

"Nothing...... Let's go!"

Hu Yang shook his head with a smile and stood up.

He laughed before because he remembered something in his previous life. That year, Brother Dong was in the United States, and he was put on a beautiful spot. It seems that it was also at a dinner party, a familiar scene, a familiar scene, and he almost thought that Su Tingting was also preparing to trick himself.

Therefore, he waited a little longer, but people did not come at all.

"If Su Tingting really invites me to send her back, should I go?

Walking into the elevator, Hu Yang was still thinking about this. Su Tingting gives people a very X feeling, and in his heart, he doesn't even resist having something happen to the other party.

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