In order to reach an agreement on the cooperation of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Tianhe Securities as soon as possible, Zhou Shi contacted Lu He, Gorman and Gregory. Increasing their own weight, that is, the financing rights of Fruitshell, Friends, Yelp, Zynga. You know, a company like Guoke, he has too many choices, if you don't reduce R&D investment for further development, you can immediately achieve profitability, not to mention that it is difficult to build a high-end brand, and the success of Guoke mobile phone is difficult to replicate.

The most important thing is that Zhou Shi has a deep understanding of the development direction of Guoke and Android, has enough funds, and invests heavily in advance, stepping on the trend node of the times and scientific and technological development. Shared the patent and technology of the operating system with Google, so that Android was born ahead of schedule, but it was only half a year behind Apple, allowing Apple to open up the market, and Google, all reached a temporary community of interests, and even to a certain extent, they jointly developed this market with Apple. There is not much dispute between the two, and even the patent side is very restrained. Marketing is also a blow to the traditional mobile phone industry such as Nokia and Motorola.

Guoke not only borrowed from Google, Qualcomm, but also from Apple, HTC after him was not so lucky, even if his patent reserves, the technical maturity of the hardware was better than the initial Guoke at the beginning, but also due to the problem of Android, there was a big lag. And Time Android rejected the idea of HTC's shareholding, a mobile phone company that does not have much potential and does not have deep technical patent reserves, there is no need to woo. Samsung is different, this may be the biggest opponent after Guoke, but it is also one of the most important partners of Android.

In other words, the priority of Guoke and friends' financing, as well as the cooperation of future IPOs, in exchange for their concessions on Tianhe Securities. "Gorman

"Basically, that's the case, provided that it doesn't hurt the interests of Guoke and Friends Network," Zhou Shi

"I forgot that we have so much more to do than other businesses. Gorman said thoughtfully

"These are true, after all, we still have an industrial cluster!" Zhou Shi, there are indeed many industries controlled by Galaxy Capital, and he has the courage to say such things.

"In that case, will we have too close a relationship with Morgan Stanley......" Lu He

"It's okay, you have to have a few friends on Wall Street who can share our pressure, and Goldman Sachs is not easy to deal with. "Gregory

"This bit of risk is still tolerable relative to the possible benefits," Gorman

In fact, Tianhe Securities does not have too many choices, if the probability of their success at the beginning is 30 percent, Da Mo and their competition, the probability of success may be less than 10 percent, Da Mo and Tianhe Securities, the probability of successful acquisition of Meibang is at least higher than 50 percent, once successful, the integration of the resources of the three companies, will immediately become the world's largest securities company. After that, through the integration of internal resources, streamlining the corporate structure, reducing the company's costs, and various financial means, there is no problem in achieving profitability, and then taking the opportunity to go public, a 10 billion dollar financial securities company is at your fingertips.

Everyone agreed, and they didn't want Da Mo to drag it, just do it, and pull it if it doesn't work. By integrating the four major funds under Galaxy Capital and expanding its wealth management business, Tianhe Securities also hopes to become a company of tens of billions of dollars.

For this reason, Zhou Shi also reluctantly attended many parties, parties, charity banquets, etc., and came into contact with many American elites, including various people such as members of the Morgan family.

The funds involved in the acquisition of securities companies may only be billions of dollars, but the total assets that the company can manage can exceed one trillion dollars, and the company's total assets can also exceed 100 billion dollars. The voice of persuading Zhou Shi to apply for U.S. citizenship or green card has not been interrupted. To put it bluntly, it is necessary to pay protection money to the US government, and it is easy to change nationality, and various tax expenses and costs will increase a lot out of thin air.

"Have you ever thought about how much it will change the company's subsequent development if I become an American citizen?" Zhou Shi, Lu He, Gorman and others gathered again for a meeting to discuss.

"The tax expenses will be a little more at the beginning, but there are many ways to avoid them later, and the cost is relatively not too high!" said Gregory

"That's not what I'm concerned about, it's acceptable to have me pay a billion dollars in taxes if necessary. Is it important that our company's most basic core strategy also change?" Zhou Shi looked around, his momentum changed, and his majesty was born.

"Even if we complete this acquisition, is the upper limit of Tianhe Securities' development very high? Is it possible for us to surpass Goldman Sachs?" Zhou Shi saw that they did not speak, and said to himself.

"There is still opposition between the East and the West, but I believe that the development of this world will eventually be based on peace, and the integration of the two worlds will become the main theme in the future. There may be twists and turns, but as an emerging force, our limit is a second-rate large company, if we want to become a world-class financial group, we can only find opportunities for transformation from the development and integration of the East and the West, whether it is a bank or securities, as long as I maintain this Chinese nationality, our advantage in all financial enterprises in the world will be the greatest. Zhou Shi talked eloquently, but there were many places where he did not talk deeply, and I don't know if they can understand the difference between the two national systems and recognize this difference. But the most important thing is that Zhou Shi's attitude is very clear, whether there is any need for them to contradict Zhou Shi.

"Yes, Simon's Chinese identity is an obstacle now, but in the future it is our biggest advantage, now it depends on everyone's choice and confidence, whether we have the future or not. Gorman listened to Zhou Shi's words and was the first to stand up, which surprised him a little. Is this for Zhou Shi, or against his insistence?

"If Simon's nationality remains the same, do we have any hope of success, or how much this merger will affect us. "Lu He

"First of all, even if Simon joins the American nationality, the probability of success of this acquisition is not 60%, and there are many problems to find out, such as the equity issue of Galaxy Capital and the source of acquisition funds...... The nationality issue is only one of the small issues, in fact, I think the Chinese identity of Simon and Mr. Lu is also a big problem. "Gorman

"The identity of Chinese Americans?" Zhou Shi thought thoughtfully, the financial industry is the core of a country, and there are all kinds of discrimination at home and abroad, which is unavoidable. But if he wants to develop, these problems need to be overcome one by one.

(End of chapter)