Chapter 245: The Second Richest Man

Agreeing to Whirlpool's conditions so easily?

Definitely not, that's not in Han Chudong's interests.

As soon as he received the news, he contacted Ishikawa Hayabusa, who had worked in the Panasonic Group, and after telling the cause and effect, he asked him to help spread the news to his old colleagues who had worked together.

And communicate with the department head in charge of purchasing electrical appliances, and ask him to call those well-known home appliance manufacturers, pretending to inadvertently spread the news of cooperation.

As long as you find the right person, the news will naturally reach the ears of those who are interested.

Han Chudong put up a stand with Whirlpool Company, greeted Arthur's assistant, and asked him to tell Whirlpool Company that there was an accident in the cooperation.

Muddy the waters yourself and try to maximize profits.

He does need to bring in some partners, but it doesn't have to be Whirlpool, and it doesn't mean that he has to sacrifice immediate profits.

The business world really trains people, Han Chudong was not so shrewd before, but now he always likes to make a few more turns in his head when he encounters problems, and all kinds of miscellaneous books are not read in vain on weekdays.

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Kiko Mochizuki went to inspect the market.

Gucci's Far East plans are still ongoing, and with Han Chudong's $30 million financing, the expansion has accelerated and is expected to open at least 40 more stores around the world this year.

Hermès, as well as YSL, which has just won the majority of the shares, continue to concentrate on Europe, preparing to gain a firm foothold in Europe first, and the North American market is also developing, so there is no need to rush for a while.

As the person in charge of Han Chudong's communication with these luxury companies, Mochizuki Kiko has a lot of tasks, and she has to do many things herself.

will not face her today, which makes Han Chudong's guilt much less.

As if he was fine, he asked Arthur's assistant at this moment: "Have you called the people of the Whirlpool Group, what is their attitude?"

"What else can I listen to the tone seems to be a little angry, I will follow your meaning to reveal false news that there are other home appliance companies that give higher offers, maybe Whirlpool's senior management has heard the news. ”

"Then I should contact us again and let Mr. Joe Austin have dinner with executives from companies like Siemens and Panasonic recently, and leak the news to those financial media, and I don't believe that no one wants to take the bait. ”

The reason why Han Chudong has confidence is that the expansion speed of Baofeng Electric is amazing, and its performance is rising.

In the West Coast region, there is already a bit of influence.

Assistant Arthur nodded and replied, "I see what you mean, I'll arrange this matter, I just met Joe Austin in the lounge, it seems that he has recovered, I hope he has recovered......"

The chickenpox incident circulating in the office building did not cause much turmoil and gradually subsided soon.

Historically, it was an extremely serious epidemic, which was overcome with the discovery of antibodies.

Han Chudong asked his mother, and after learning that he had been infected once in elementary school, he became very calm, and said: "Remember to tell him my fishing plan, don't show it when the time comes, and I have already thought about buying a house, help me find a suitable target, it's best not to be too far away from here, and not too expensive." ”

"Really?"

"I'm not bored enough to entertain you, and I'm going to help me find information related to the financial industry, including the bank's operating profit model, insurance, trusts, etc...... Forget it, just find me a few teachers, and then take some time every day and let them teach me. β€œ

I know how fast it is to make money in finance, and it is not as troublesome as industry.

Han Chudong is trying to learn and understand recently, to see if there is a chance to enter the market to make a profit, it is easy to be stuck by others in industrial business, he feels that Wall Street's business is very suitable for him.

I talked to Babe Robinson, president of the Los Angeles branch of Bank of America, and I saw in newspapers, magazines, and some purchased analytical statements how low the profits of banks today are, and how difficult their lives are.

This made Han Chudong have a lot of questions.

It's hard to figure it out on your own, and I plan to continue to recharge my batteries and study to prepare for the future.

After hearing this, Assistant Arthur was speechless with words written all over his face, thinking that he was so successful and still working so hard, and it really made sense to be able to make a fortune......

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Another few days have passed.

The teacher was not found, the manor was not designed, and Whirlpool did not make any further moves.

On the contrary, the search for a new headquarters came first with good news.

Just a few hundred meters away, the developer of an office building has encountered a financial crisis, and the building of more than 80 meters has been suspended for more than two months.

Loan rates weren't that high when they were built, and now not only are loan rates high, but real estate in Los Angeles is also in the middle of a winter, and home prices are falling slightly.

A number of small and medium-sized enterprises were the first to fall, and even if they could still support it, some large, medium and small enterprises chose to evacuate and move from California, where the corporate income tax was too high, to the Midwest.

In addition, multinational companies have also begun their globalization journey, and various factors have led to a decline in real estate prices in the United States, and there are not a few developers who have encountered a financial crisis, and a piece of land next to the city hall has been listed for more than half a year and has not been sold.

Not everyone is like Han Chudong, who has a strange attachment to real estate.

In the context of economic stagflation accompanied by risks and opportunities, they are willing to spend huge sums of money to build golf courses and luxury estates on Beverly Hills Heights, and the planned new home has been named "Garden of the Gods".

The task of contacting the real estate developer was handed over to Arthur's assistant by Han Chudong.

On the 20th of July.

Arthur's assistant took a few people to visit one of the two investors in the unfinished building.

Don't look at the usual days of serving tea and pouring water, tidying up the office, tidying up clothes, etc., Assistant Arthur's personal ability is also very good.

At this time, I met an old white man, and said in a strong tone:

"Now you have two choices, one is to do nothing, wait for bankruptcy, and let the bank sell that damn office building for a price that you will be very sad about. The second is to package and resell to us, maybe a little loss, but certainly not to bankruptcy, you just need to convince your partners to transfer ownership to us, and then be responsible for assisting in the completion of the building. ”

The real estate development company where Arthur's assistant works at the moment is facing a wave of resignations recently, and almost half of the employees in the office have left.

I didn't have the habit of signing a non-disclosure agreement, so I thought of a way to find out from a deputy director that the building had been spent so far, and how much money was needed to build it all.

He took out his pen, tore a piece of paper from his notebook, and wrote a number on it.

Arthur didn't wait for the old man sitting across from him to answer, and continued: "We are willing to give you this amount, and you can settle the debt yourself, I think this money is generous enough, and no one will be willing to take it at this price except our boss, who does not want to share a house with another company." ”

"Who is your boss?" asked the old man with a dark face after reading the numbers on the paper, but he couldn't make up his mind and kicked them out of his office.

I had this thought, but I never had the courage to speak, just like Arthur's assistant said, although the price was too hard, less than eighty percent of the total investment, it was certainly much better than bankruptcy liquidation.

"The second richest man in Los Angeles. Mason Han, he's my boss......"