Chapter 147: The Family
On December 17, the day was Saturday, and Yankel, who was in Geneva, and Jacob, who was in Zurich, also arrived at their homes in Vera am Rhine.
After a lively family dinner, Vera cleaned up the mess with a group of women and children, while the men went to the living room on the second floor for another family meeting.
The main purpose of this meeting was to vote on Yankel's appointment to the post of president of Hoffmann's private bank.
Private banks are the foundation of the Hoffman family, and although the Lucas family does not have management rights, they do have the right to dividends as members.
Private banks are managed by a family committee, and any member has only escrow power, and all decisions need to be approved by the committee.
Yankel certainly can't compare to Yannick, but he's not a mediocre either.
After graduating from university, he did not compete with Yannick, and instead of working as a lawyer in the family business, he went to Geneva to join a law firm.
After a few years of service, he secured a position at the United Nations Labour Organization and became a middle manager.
But a manager, and a president of a bank, this is completely different in terms of social status.
So after Yannick's accident, he was moved again.
Hannah harshly reprimanded him for his intentions and didn't agree to him, but he was indeed more suitable than Jonas to be the president.
Private banks have almost no other business, and for the safety of funds, they only make long-term bond investments and peer-to-peer lending in the banking world.
This work has been going on for more than 200 years, and the bank's staff does not need to be pioneering at all, they just need to keep the money for their customers.
Pioneer-minded staff are also not suitable for working in private banking.
As the president of this bank, there are actually only two main tasks, one is to maintain the relationship between the bank and customers, and the other is to maintain the relationship between the bank and other banks.
Jonas was too young for him to have dinner with the bankers, evenings, and golf with the bankers.
The position is not very powerful, like a PR manager, and it is not challenging, and Jonas has no interest.
After he offered to make Yankel president, Hannah let go of the burden in her heart.
She was willing to give Yankel a chance, after all, this is also her son.
"Yankel, being president of Hoffmann Bank is not an honor, but a responsibility, and I hope you can remember that. ”
"Mom, I have always been proud to be a child of the Hoffman family, and I am willing to dedicate my strength to protect the family. ”
Philip nodded and said, "Yankel, after you resign, go to Basel first."
Come and stay with me for a while, and at the end of the year, I'm busy and need an assistant. ”
When Philip said this, he wanted to take Yankel for a while.
He is the richest man in Switzerland, and his level of contact is much higher than that of Yankel, which is to help Yankel expand his social circle.
Neither Andre nor Laken have a disagreement, one of them is obsessed with charity and environmental protection, and the other is obsessed with making movies.
Philip didn't ignore Jacob either, and asked, "Jacob, how is your cooperation with Dehertz?"
Jacob laughs: "My headhunting company has now been merged into Dehertz's human resources company, and now I am in charge of high-end talent business, which is not bad. ”
"How are shares calculated?"
"His Addic company is a public company, and the financial audit is very troublesome. I am now acquiring shares in a headhunter with other partners, and I am going to borrow 20 million from the bank to buy all the shares. ”
"So how many shares can you swap?"
"At present, according to one percent, it will not exceed one thousandth. ”
Adicia now has a market capitalization of three billion Swiss francs, and one percent is 30 million. Although the debt is 20 million, it is equivalent to Jacob's book income of 10 million Swiss francs over the years, which is already very good.
Philip looked back at Andre and Laken, sighed and said, "Now that even Jonas has begun to take over business affairs, you two brothers, when will you mature up?"
The two brothers just laughed and didn't speak. Philip is only a little over fifty, and they still have a few more years of freedom.
"Jonas, now that Richie has fully intervened in the disposal of your father's assets, and will be able to dispose of them by February next year at the latest, what are your plans?"
Jonas told them the same plan for dealing with the property that day he had told Richie.
Of these, only Hannah was not surprised, apparently she had already learned the news from other sources.
Jonas guessed that Ursula had told her that the two women had always had a good relationship.
Richie just didn't want anyone else to know about it, and he definitely wouldn't hide it from Hannah.
Philip frowned and said, "Personally, I don't think you should continue to associate with Richie and the others, they are the kind of people who don't have ...... The bottom line of people. ”
"No, they have a bottom line, it's just that their bottom line is lower. Jonas explained: "Grandpa Philip, my father's assets could not be cashed out without the support of Richie, he appreciates me very much, and I am willing to continue to develop in the financial investment and energy sectors. ”
The two branches of Hoffmann are unrelated, and the two help each other, but do not interfere in the management of the other.
So Philip no longer dwelled on this question and asked:
"And how did you arrange your vacation?"
Hannah said: "Jonas will accompany me to Italy tomorrow, and Marilla has invited me for her birthday. I also made a point of explaining that I must bring Jonas with me. We will be back before Christmas......"
Marilla is the wife of Gianiagelli, the head of the Agnelli family, the richest family in Italy, she gave birth to a son and a daughter, but her son Eduardo is withdrawn and sensitive, emotionally fragile, and has severe depression.
He lived in seclusion, on a hill far from the city, and was obsessed with religion and philosophy.
In later generations, he gave up tens of billions of family assets and committed suicide.
Marilla was very disappointed in this son, and her daughter was equally uneasy, married a playboy, gave birth to a son and a daughter, divorced, and is now a famous courtesan.
The entire Agnelli family put their expectations on Giovanni, the son of Giani's younger brother Umberto, and Giovanni, who was a year older than Jonas, had a very good relationship with him, and the two of them did a lot of stealing chickens and dogs together when they were young, and peeking at beautiful women taking baths.
However, Giovanni was burdened with the expectations of the whole family, and Jonas was not a young man who was good at maintaining relationships before, and the two of them have been interacting less in recent years.
Jonas asked, "Did Giovanni ask for it?"
Hannah smiled a little reproachfully and asked, "How long have you two not been in touch?"
"Grandma, I promise you, not anymore. ”
Jonas knew that his grandmother had doted on him since he was a child, and had been constantly helping him build a larger social circle, but he didn't know how to cherish it.
But of course not now, now Jonas will definitely pay attention to the cultivation of relationships with any big person.
According to Jonas's knowledge, Giovanni, who was a year older than him, died young, and in 97 years, an undetected illness killed him.
Because of his death, both the old man Giani and Umberto were devastated.
When the two old men died, the Agnelli family was left with only Giovanni's half-brother Andrea, a direct heir to Agnelli.
But he was not the kind of person who could do so, so the two old men had to set up a family fund and let a comprehensive management committee manage it, and gave the management to their grandson instead of their little nephew.
If it weren't for that illness, Giovanni would have been a veritable super-rich. You must know that their family's industry ranks in the top 20 of the world's top 500 all year round.
In the dead of night, Hannah arrives in Jonas's bedroom, and the two of them talk about their future cooperation with Richie.
According to Hannah, after Yannick's fortune is cashed in, he should reduce his dealings with them.
But Jonas doesn't
I agree with this point of view, because there are too many rich people in their interest group.
Not counting people like Richie whose wealth is no longer countable, there will be more than 200 billionaires with assets of more than a billion dollars in the future, not to mention their network of connections all over the world and all over the world.
Jonas believes that even if you don't work in the energy industry, you must not give up this relationship.
In the future, as long as you become their fund manager, you will have a huge amount of income every year.
With their support, they don't have to fear any forces.
Then, Jonas also spoke frankly to Hannah about Milkan.
When Hannah hears that an arms broker, a spy, and a famous Hollywood producer, he comes out of the dead because he listened to Jonas.
Jonas was still a student, but he was able to intervene in such major events as the Iran-Iraq war and international disputes.
Even if he has always been calm, he was stunned at this time.
After a while, she asked in surprise: "How did you analyze that Persia wants an armistice, and Ammonia has the intention of establishing new diplomatic relations with Persia?"
"Grandma, it's hard for me to explain to you what my talent for this area is, but I've always had a clear understanding of how the international situation is changing.
It is also for this reason that I want to continue to develop in the field of energy and financial investment.
Because this is the best industry for me.
That's why Uncle Mark is now so active in helping us cash out Dad's assets. It is for this reason that Milkan is willing to work with me.
Even to appease them temporarily, I couldn't cross the river and tear down the bridge. ”
Hannah understood all of this, and she nodded. "Can Milkan really help you get the Presidential Medal?"
"It should be possible, but it will have to wait until next year. Now there are only a dozen days before the New Year, and it is no longer possible to catch up with this year's arrangement. ”
Hannah stroked his face and said, "This is an asset left to you by your father, and grandma will not restrain you." Even if all of them are in deficit, we still have Hoffmann Bank to rely on.
I also want to see how far you can go. Grandma will always be with you. ”
(Arrived in Guangzhou today, and strive to be busy within a week, and the updates of these days are inclusive.) )