The two sides refused to give in a step, and the negotiations with the Empire State Building United Company reached an impasse, and the dead knot could not be untied for a while.

Carrefour company was invited to send people over, only negotiated for more than 50 minutes, on the basis of the original price, again rose a big cut, Carrefour wanted to buy, Su Mu wanted to sell, the negotiation was quite smooth.

It doesn't matter if Sumu sells it or not, but Carrefour really wants to buy Qugou, compared with other emerging supermarkets, Qugou supermarket has a large market size, good reputation, and has been a low-price discount store for a long time, attracting a large number of loyal customers.

In the past few years, the scale is not top-notch, and the performance of the remaining stores after the elimination is quite good.

As Su Mu sold his shares for 260 million US dollars, Senna and Li Zhekai also agreed to make a satisfactory profit, thinking that it was time to withdraw the funds, as for the future development, it has nothing to do with them, only the person who invested later, still wants to continue to hitch a ride on Carrefour, and is willing to continue to hold shares.

From the current point of view, this deal is not bad, the value is far higher than the investment bank in the help of the Qugou when the estimate was made, want to buy the next company that is about to go public, naturally it is impossible to follow the actual value, Carrefour agreed to a premium of 40 percent, more than 100 million US dollars, but it is really courageous, it is estimated that in North America and Wal-Mart played a fire.

The sudden acquisition will inevitably lead to the temporary shelving of the listing, according to Carrefour's intentions, it still intends to go public, but it wants to wait a little longer, at least until it has about 150 stores.

No longer as a major shareholder, Su Mu is too lazy to continue to worry, no matter how Carrefour tosses, for fun shopping, said that there are feelings, but thinking of more than 200 million US dollars is about to be credited, that concern immediately faded a lot, the money has not yet arrived in his hands, and Senna pondered how to avoid taxes, thinking about it, he decided to open a leather bag company in a tax haven, temporarily put the money there, and then transfer it to China when it is really needed.

It's easy to say, it's hard to operate, fortunately, Senna has a way in this regard, and the heart of defense is indispensable, Su Mu asked a lot of people, and made sure that the other party couldn't steal his money, so he replied and agreed, thinking about "tax evasion" for the first time, and the experience is not enough, so be careful.

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There are still many days before the presidential oath-taking ceremony, and the lawsuit is so long, Su Mu can't stay in boring New York.

On the 16th, I flew back to San Francisco, and the pit bull worth more than $400,000 was consigned in a cage.

Mom and Dad came to Menlo Park, and made a special trip back to see them, and there were three Rolls-Royce, one of which was sent to the door, and Su Dingcai helped sign for the goods, which made Su Mu couldn't help but feel that the so-called lack of goods was full of moisture, and most of the existing cars could not be sold, and they had to save face and say that they were all sold out, and they had been engaged in trade for several years, and they were clear about these little tricks.

Thereupon.

In the luxury villa in Menlo Park, there is not only a fat orange cat, but also an English bulldog that can even walk lazily.

Stay at home for a few days, not idle at all, go to the company after opening your eyes in the morning and eat breakfast, and come back in the evening, less fun shopping supermarket, more firefly company, plus Penguin's new generation of personal computer production capacity problems, many things need to be solved by Su Mu personally, just to discuss the purchase of CPU from Intel, I talked with their representatives for two days.

There is no way, Intel's new generation of CPU production capacity is not high, most of them were booked in advance by IBM, so many computer manufacturers grabbed a small batch of goods, and it was certain that they were slaughtered, so angry that Su Mu planned to develop it himself, considering that he did not have enough funds in his hand, he calmed down and had no impulse.

Rushing to Washington, D.C., the presidential inauguration ceremony was held on time on January 20, and the process was almost boring, and in the end, the only point of attending was to meet some high-ranking officials and take pictures with Bush Sr. and former President Ronald Reagan.

Since the end of the vacation half a month ago, Su Mu has been busy with various things, and after attending the celebration dinner that night, he accompanied Lily to visit Washington, because Lily's parents are also there, and their family has a house in Washington, so Su Mu, who wanted to muster up the courage to do something, still failed to succeed.

The two assistants, Ellen and Meghan, Megan was borrowed by Black to help, and the taciturn Alan followed Su Mu to Washington, and on the morning of the 21st, the weather was cold.

After Su Mu got up, he saw that his mobile phone showed that Thompson was a missed call, and when he called back, he heard a prompt that he was not in the service area, and after a while, he called again, but still no one answered.

When he was wondering, Allen, who helped him buy breakfast, reminded: "The signal is not very good today, I read the newspaper in the morning, a military satellite was damaged by a solar storm yesterday, a substation in the suburbs of Miami also had a problem, and the whole city is without power." ”

Not only as an assistant, but also as a life secretary, responsible for some of the work that belongs to the housekeeper.

When he learned the news, Su Mu was so thundered that his hands were trembling slightly, and he had been waiting for more than four years!

I couldn't take care of anything, so I ran to my room with a smile in my tone: "Hahaha! Help me buy a plane ticket to Los Angeles, I almost forgot a very important thing! Go back now, if you don't have a plane, then rent a special plane, and definitely land in Los Angeles before three o'clock in the afternoon!"

Solar storm, no one can predict when it will appear, Su Mu thinks of the old radio station left in Chinatown almost every day, and after packing up his things, he didn't forget to say sorry to Lily, he was going to go shopping with her, but he couldn't take care of it at the moment......

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A McDonnell Douglas plane landed in Los Angeles.

It was only two o'clock in the afternoon, and Su Mu branched out to Allen's assistant and asked him to go back to Menlo Park first, and he went directly back to Chinatown.

Some people recognized Su Mu and gave a thumbs up to say that he was promising, and some people simply greeted him, and their words were full of envy, probably regretting that their descendants were not promising, and they could not be as glorious as Su Mu.

The solar storm is something that can't be seen or touched, and friction with the atmosphere can produce auroras, and I am anxious to know whether the old radio station is useful, and I meet an old acquaintance to take care of it, and my attitude is slightly perfunctory.

When I came back, I didn't bring the key, and when I came to the door, I asked the bodyguard to smash the door, and a wild cat fled in a hurry, which scared Su Mu.

The house was not inhabited, and soon lost popularity, the old man thought about this place, and often came to see it, since the statue of Grandma Su Mu was brought to the new home, the number of visits here has decreased significantly.

The wild cat, which was all black, made a small nest in his living room and gave birth to a litter of cubs, not a qualified mother, and after seeing Su Mu come in, he ran away without a shadow, leaving only the kittens still rolling in the nest.

There is dust on the floor and on the table, because it has been renovated a few years ago, it is cleaner than the old house in Su Mu's memory, and he didn't plan to live back after Chinatown, but today he feels that it is necessary to stay here for a while.

Turning to the bewildered bodyguards, he said, "I thought of a very important business that would take a few days to clear my mind, and this is the house I lived in when I was a child.

Actually, I lived here until I was sixteen, and going back to a familiar room gives me peace of mind, so don't bother me for the last few days, you're on vacation, $5,000 per person, whatever you want to do in Los Angeles. ”

After being in contact with each other for a while, they are far from being close, and they wonder how the small boss likes to live in such a dilapidated house and think about things, but a business may be tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars, and they can barely understand such strange quirks.

Ryan's bodyguard nodded and told Su Mu, "A few of us take turns guarding the neighborhood, and you call us when necessary?"

It's hard to find a job, and it's hard to find a generous boss, so I flew around with Su Mu, and I thought it was a trip when I was bored, so I felt much more comfortable, and they all nodded and agreed to this suggestion.

Su Mu was afraid that someone would hear the news of his return, so he came to harass him, and lived in Chinatown for so long, knowing that a group of idle gangsters were thinking about getting out of the way all day long, thinking that it was good to keep a bodyguard, "OK, buy three meals a day and give them to me, you can eat whatever you want, I'll talk about it later, I'll go write something first!"

Leaving a few bodyguards to look at each other, Su Mu decisively closed the door that had broken the lock, making it clear that he didn't want them to follow.

Ryan, the leader of the small team, was speechless and ordered, "I'll stay here for now, you can go around and find out where to stay tonight......"