Chapter 756: Go through the back door
As soon as you enter the manor, your eyes widen.
It's more of a park than a manor, full of manicured lawns and vegetation, and neat asphalt roads lined with colorful flowers.
Surrounded by these green plants, you can always see rockeries and strange stones with unique shapes.
It is not known who owns this manor, but there is no doubt that the owner family is very wealthy and knows how to enjoy it.
The car came to a slow stop in front of the White House – a building that was not much better, if not much better.
There has been a butler-like figure who has been waiting for a long time, and he stepped forward to open the car door attentively, and by the round flower bed in front of the villa, there are four big and two small six people standing at this moment.
In the center appears to be a couple, a fashionable woman with a supermodel-like body, holding the arm of a slightly older middle-aged man.
Behind them, stood two equally fashionable and youthful white girls.
It's worth mentioning that they don't seem to be much different in age from fashionable girls.
At the feet of this "old husband and young wife", there is also a pair of "golden boys and girls", the boy is about a little older, five or six years old, and the girl looks like she has just been weaned.
It seems to be a family.
It is not difficult to explain such a family lineup, eighty percent of the male owners have been divorced, and they have found a young and beautiful daughter-in-law.
However, there is a problem now......
Li Yadong didn't know them.
"Mr. Li, and all of you, you are very welcome to the Humble House......
But apparently, the other party knows him.
"Oh yes, Mr. Lee probably doesn't know me yet, my name is Bruce, I'm the owner of this manor, my family has been in the watch business for generations, I'm good friends with Governor Sean, this is my wife, Caitlin, and they're my children......"
After hearing him say this, Li Yadong understood that what the governor of Massachusetts invited him to attend was actually an event similar to a family gathering, and the venue was set at his friend's house.
After a brief greeting to the Bruce family, Li Yadong and his entourage walked into the villa under their enthusiastic accompaniment.
In Li Yadong's imagination, there should be several state government officials waiting in the villa.
That's the only reason he's here.
But after walking into the splendid villa, Li Yadong realized that he was wrong, a big mistake.
"It's ...... Party?" Michael wondered.
It's not a party, but it's pretty much the same, there's a cocktail party going on in the huge living room, and a sumptuous buffet for the guests to enjoy.
And these guests are really a lot.
As far as the eye could see, there were all richly dressed people, both men and women, and it was estimated that there were no less than thirty or forty.
"Oh, our most important guest of the day, finally arrived. ”
A middle-aged man in a dark blue suit and a red striped tie laughed and stepped forward with a goblet.
This person Li Yadong knew and saw in the newspaper, it was the governor of Massachusetts, John Sean.
Li Yadong felt a little puzzled, but he was greeted with a smile, he was still a governor, and now all the eyes of the audience were focused on him, and he could only hug Governor Sean like an old friend who had not met for a long time.
"I hope there is no surprise to Mr. Li, if there is, I will compensate you here. Governor Sean said with a smile, "I mainly heard that our Massachusetts has attracted a large multinational group to settle down and welcomed a billionaire, so I have always wanted to meet it, and today I finally got my wish." ”
He paused when he said this, stretched out his hand to the other people at the scene, smiled, and continued: "Well, they are the same, they are all well-known entrepreneurs who have business in our state, and they really want to get acquainted with Mr. Li......
Li Yadong...... Probably, some understood, this may be a premeditated sorority.
As for the purpose, it should be revealed right away.
"Come, Mr. Li, let me introduce you one by one. ”
Governor Sean is very enthusiastic and self-familiar, not an insider, I am afraid I really can't imagine that it is the first time he and Li Yadong have met.
"This is Frank, you should have heard of his company, called 'Lei Ming', headquartered in downtown Boston, doing electrical business, very promising prospects......"
"This is Chase, he is engaged in shipping, and he also has his own warehouse on the Boston docks, if Mr. Li has freight needs, he can have a good chat with him......
"This is Connor, he is making semiconductor components, the company is Silicon Valley, Mr. Li has not invested in some Silicon Valley companies recently, his company, in fact, is also worth considering......"
So...... The purpose of this sorority party is already known to Li Yadong.
Didn't he spend 10 billion dollars and go to the TV station to put out a program, intending to invest heavily in American companies?
The external rhetoric is that the company has just entered the United States, and many aspects are not well understood, and in order to improve the investment efficiency, it does not plan to take the initiative to find the company, but wants the company to come to him by itself.
Well, now the business has come to the door.
Because there are always some people who don't like to show their heads and participate in any kind of TV shows, especially characters with heads and faces, they thought of another way and asked the government to come forward and organize today's sorority.
Of course, there is also a possibility that they may have sent someone to visit the preliminary examination, but they just didn't pass, so they plan to go through the back door.
For example, of the three companies that Governor Sean just introduced, one of them is engaged in semiconductor components, and Li Yadong is still a little interested, but the other two are engaged in electrical appliances and shipping business......
Even if they hold the financing plan, it is impossible for them to pass the preliminary review of the "Fortune 10 billion" program.
It can be seen that these companies are very short of money, and Li Yadong is not surprised, because in the early 90s, the economy of the United States was indeed sluggish.
In 1990, the total bad debts of Bank of America reached $30 billion, and in 1991, Citibank laid off 8,000 employees, accounting for 8.5 percent of Citi's total workforce.
You know, in the seventies, there were fifteen banks in the United States with triple-A ratings, and by the end of the eighties, there were none.
Even the banks can't survive the economic downturn, so how can they lend money to companies and enterprises?
I have to say that the Internet explosion about two years later saved the U.S. economy, but in the past two years, the United States is still struggling.
In such a context, it seems that it is indeed difficult for people not to be tempted by the sudden appearance of a 10 billion level of risk funds on the market.
Li Yadong has undoubtedly become a sweetheart.
However, he may have to disappoint some of the bosses on the scene today.
Because even in the presence of the governor, he will not change his investment strategy - only invest in high-tech industries.
To be reasonable, there is no point in investing in traditional industries in the United States, and if he really wants to invest, he might as well go back to China, and the rate of return is definitely much higher than that of the United States.
"Mr. Li, this is ......"
Governor Sean naturally didn't know what Li Yadong was thinking, and still enthusiastically introduced others to him.
It is not difficult to imagine the reason why this guy works so hard, because in capitalist society, career is shaped by wealth, which is the so-called "political capital".
And a person like him who has already become a governor, as long as he has strong political funds and wins the presidency, is actually a step away.
So where does his political money come from?
Naturally, these entrepreneurs are in front of you.
"Mr. Li, and this ......"
Suddenly, when a middle-aged man with blond hair, a "chic" style, who looked like a golden bicycle seat and felt a little funny, appeared in front of him, Li Yadong suddenly froze.