Chapter 425: Universal Studios in the Demon City

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Although Anping's acquisition of Unocal Petroleum has not yet been completed, the final separation of the company's power and oil businesses has not yet begun. But the division of Anping's commodity trading website has already begun. Obviously, there are now results.

After a simple flip, Guo Shouyun's face showed a look of satisfaction.

The trading website, which was inherited from Enron, has been transformed from a financial company into a B2B asset-heavy Internet company.

In addition to the commodity trading platform, the company also operates two major businesses: logistics and warehousing. At present, under the banner of Ruby Commodity Trading Website, it has 870,000 tons of cargo ships of various types, more than 5,000 trucks of various types, 17 cargo planes, 47 berths in 21 countries, and 112 cargo warehouses.

In 2003, the company had total assets of $5.7 billion and liabilities of $1.84 billion. Total revenue for the month was $336 million, and net profit was $42 million. There are 12 types of trading categories such as oil, natural gas, electricity, liquefied petroleum gas, iron ore, pulp, wheat, and soybeans at the beginning, and 39 types of products including corn, copper ore, coal, paper products, timber, freight, and plastic products. The registered members of the website have also grown from more than 1,000 to 27,000 worldwide.

In order to ensure fairness as much as possible and avoid exploitation by large corporations, small and medium-sized factory owners, miners and ranchers are increasingly selling their goods and searching for raw materials through ruby commodity trading sites. Even the number of registered users of PayPal Business, which is a third-party payment, has increased several times.

Of course, there will certainly be finance involved in commodity trading, but this piece has been outsourced to Phoenix. Guo Shouyun hopes that the ruby commodity trading site is just an Internet e-commerce company with heavy assets, not a financial company. He didn't want it to be a second Enron.

After spending a day reading the entire material and writing down his corrections, Wang Jue sent it to John Roberts.

"Boss!"

"Hmm... Did you receive the fax from Wang Jue?"

"Got it!, but I haven't had time to see it yet!"

"I know, when you're done with this call, you'll see. There's still a lot of time. ”

"Yes!"

"I agree to your proposal to add a legal department under the ruby commodity trading website. It's a very good measure, and you're doing a good job. ”

"The boss has won awards. In fact, the main reason is that many users complain in the comment area that when they sell their goods to foreign companies, large law firms charge too expensive, and sometimes they have to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars per hour for just consulting. Later, after investigation, it was found that the problems of many business owners are not complicated, but only because of the gap between countries, which causes cognitive barriers and increases the cost of legal consulting. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded in agreement. This question is popularly said: In Huaxia, even ordinary commercial lawyers are very familiar with Huaxia's commercial law. However, if you are familiar with American commercial law in China, you must be a barrister with a foreign background. Then the same principle applies to other countries.

"The idea is to hire international law students who are stationed on our website legal service platform, who have no language barrier and are not experienced enough to deal with ordinary legal consulting problems. When it is necessary to settle the actual contract or hold legal assistance for business negotiations, we will help them connect with offline law firms by charging a certain service fee. This not only increases our revenue, but also increases the service level and user stickiness of the website. ”

"If people just consult and then bypass us to contact offline law firms, wouldn't we have no income?"

"We can talk to law firms, and they give us a 10% discount on our clients, which is enough for many users to let us provide intermediary services. ”

"Looks like you've thought it through! However, any seemingly perfect strategy will encounter all sorts of unexpected difficulties in its implementation. You have to be mentally prepared. ”

"Understood!"

Guo Shouyun nodded and continued: "I'll call you today, except for the question just now. I have one more thing to tell you. ”

"You say?"

"You know about forward contracts, right?"

"Understood!"

"In the future, in addition to managing the normal development of the business of the ruby commodity trading website, you will also have to sign forward contracts with various oil and mining companies. The main categories are oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore, copper ore and gold. ”

Guo Shouyun originally wanted to talk about rare ores such as lead-zinc ore, tungsten ore, rare earth, and titanium ore, but after thinking about it, in addition to gold, he still forgot it. What is not produced in large quantities, forward contracts are meaningless.

"The contract period is more than 1 year and less than 5 years, and the company should be medium-sized or above to avoid breach of contract as much as possible. ”

"Understood. … Boss, though. Didn't you say that companies are not involved in the financial sector?"

"Of course. So, this time you just sign the contract. The signed forward contract was sold to the Kwok Family Wealth Trust. For each contract, Ruby Commodities Trading Site, you can get 5% of the profit after expiration. ”

"Boss, can you be taller?"

"Taller?" Guo Shouyun smiled, "Are you so sure I can make money from above?"

"The boss's past achievements have said a lot, I can't believe it!" John Roberts snorted.

"Okay. If each contract can make more than 25% profit, I will give you a 3% net profit share!"

"Thank you boss. … How many forward contracts do you need for six commodities?"

"Unlimited! the more the merrier!" Guo Shouyun said without hesitation.

Anyway, in the next five years, whether it is oil, natural gas, iron ore, or coal, the price will be rolling up. In addition, the forward contract does not require a deposit, and only needs to be delivered according to the contract after the contract expires.

In the case of a seller's market, Guo Shouyun will naturally not worry about running out of money to pay as long as he hangs the expired goods on the ruby website.

"Boss, are you sure you're not kidding?"

"When did you see me joking about serious things?" After a pause, Guo Shouyun pondered for a moment, "If I don't give you a specific number, you don't know where the goal is." So, $100 billion, you give me forward contracts worth a total of $100 billion. If you can accomplish this goal within a year, I'll reward you with $5 million. If it is completed within two years, the reward will be halved, and it will be 500,000 yuan within three years! ”

John Roberts, of course, understands that there are no rewards for more than three years, and there are even hidden penalties. For example, his ability will be doubted by Guo Shouyun, and he will lose the possibility of continuing to move upward.

"Boss, I will definitely complete your task in the shortest possible time!"

"I believe in you. However, you have to remember that your first duty is the CEO of the ruby commodity trading site, and the future development of the company comes first, and the forward contract is just an additional task. If you delay the development of the company because of the latter, then even if you do a good job in this matter, it will be a loss of points for me, do you understand?"

"Yes!"

John Roberts was bitter in his mouth, and the big boss was going to squeeze every cent of his surplus value out. But there is no way, who made him a part-time worker, and someone else is the boss. Besides, the reward given by Guo Shouyun is also very generous. Enough to make him work for it.

After explaining the matter of the forward contract to John Roberts, the two chatted for a while about the next development of the ruby commodity trading website, Guo Shouyun hung up the phone.

After nothing to say all night, early the next morning, after exercising, having breakfast, and watching TV to learn about the current hot events in China, Guo Shouyun went out with his assistant and bodyguards.

The landmark of the magic city, the 37th floor of the Jin Mao International Building, the temporary headquarters of Universal Studios in China, is said to be temporary because it will be moved there after the completion of the magic city Universal Studios. However, by the time Universal Studios is completed, it will be at least four years, or even five years later. As the headquarters of the company, which will be located here for at least four or five years, it is natural that a lot of effort was put into the decoration. At the very least, if people come in and take a look, there is the atmosphere of an international company.

"The decoration is good, is this whole floor ours?" asked Guo Shouyun.

"With an entire floor of 2,500 square meters, we don't need that much. So only half of it was rented. Chris McKellen said.

"Where's the other half?"

"The other half was rented by Chanel!"

"Chanel?" Guo Shouyun said with interest.

"Yes. They are planning to tap into the rapidly growing Chinese market. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded and didn't ask anything more, and entered the office under the leadership of McLean.

"Boss, you sit!"

After he nodded and sat down, McClain turned on the projector next to him, and as he operated, a huge bird's-eye view appeared on the projector screen.

"This is Universal Studios Magic City?" Guo Shouyun said curiously.

"Yes! It's a bird's-eye view of Universal Studios. ”

While Guo Shouyun was scrutinizing, McLean manipulated the computer and explained the details of the entire project to the big boss through different expansion pieces.

"Universal Studios is located in Tang Town, Pu~Dong New District, the project covers an area of 450 hectares, of which 250 hectares are used for the expansion of new projects in the later stage, and 200 hectares are used as the construction land for this Universal Studios. The total investment of the project is 5.8 billion US dollars, and the construction period is 5 years. The partners are the Modu Municipal Government, Huaxia Youth Hostel and Hong Kong Li Jia. Among them, the Modu Municipal Government invested 27% of the entire Modu Universal Studios with land, Huaxia Youth Travel invested 8 billion Huaxia Yuan, accounting for 15.6% of the shares, the Li family invested 350 million US dollars, accounting for 7.4% of the shares, and we invested 2.365 billion US dollars, accounting for 50% of the shares. At the same time, we have the management rights of the entire Universal Studios Magic City, and the other three have the right to supervise and advise. ”

Guo Shouyun understood, "50% equity is very interesting. ”

"There's no way around it. Now 50% of Huaxia's joint ventures is already the limit of what we can get. Unless there is a change in policy, it will be difficult for us to increase our stake. ”

Guo Shouyun, who was a Chinese in his previous life, naturally understood that what McLean said was reality. However, I would like the policy to change. At least there are more than ten years to wait.

"Go ahead!"

McLean nodded, "There are 13 different projects at Universal Studios Magic City, which are Hollywood 4D Theater, Water World, Jurassic World Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Jaws, Universal Wonderland, Revenge of the Mummy, Fast and Furious Speed Adventure, as well as Diagon Alley Shopping Street, Shipwreck Island Food World, and Hogwarts Resort. ”

Looking at the well-designed and beautiful 3D renderings, Guo Shouyun nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, when will the construction start?"

"We still have to wait for the approval of the Huaxia Government Council. As soon as we get the approval, we start working immediately. ”

"What's going on in Beijing and Singapore?"

"Construction has already started in Singapore. We invested US$2.5 billion, a 51% stake in Universal Studios Singapore. Temasek Holdings represents the Singapore government with land and US$900 million in cash, a 49% stake, which is managed by us. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, "It's a pity that it's a little small." ”

"There is only so much land in Singapore, and being able to give us 48 hectares to build Universal Studios is already their maximum capacity. Moreover, only this 48 hectares will have to be reclaimed to a part of the sea. ”

"What about the capital?"

"The capital is still in the investigation stage. ”

"Is there a goal?"

"Yes! Changping Shahe Town in the north, and Yizhuang in the south. After glancing at Guo Shouyun, "When the company discusses internally, it is more inclined to Yizhuang." Because it is close to the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway, it is convenient for tourists from Tianjin Gate to visit. ”

"Don't look at me. Build where you think is appropriate. However, there is one point, Universal Studios has a huge investment and a long construction period, so any decision must be made carefully. ”

"Yes!"

"One more point. For the two Universal Studios in Huaxia, it seems that the construction of 200 hectares of parks is enough, and about 6 billion US dollars is enough. But don't forget, China's economic development is very fast, and labor costs and material costs are rising. Maybe after two or three years, the originally abundant funds will become tight or even insufficient. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the financing issue under special conditions at the outset. ”

"Rest assured, we've thought of that. It is also specified at the time of signing the contract. There won't be a problem. ”

"That's good... Has the expansion of Universal Studios Osaka started?"

"Construction has already started! It is very smooth, and it is expected that by the end of next year, we will be able to complete the expansion of the two new projects of 'Harry Potter' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean'!"

Guo Shouyun nodded and stood up.

"Compile a copy of the information of Universal Studios in the magic capital and hand it to Wang Jue. ”

"Yes!"

"Let's go, take me to Tang Town!"

In his previous life, Guo Shouyun worked and lived in the magic capital for nearly five years, and he had never been to Tangzhen. However, there is nothing to see when you actually get here. Similar to all the suburban towns in China at the beginning of the 21st century, there are rapidly changing buildings, widening streets, and more and more people, and of course, more and more pollution.

"When the project starts, we will build an eight-lane road that will connect directly to the city. And doesn't go through the town center of Dontown. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, the dirty and messy urban village really affects the tourism experience too much.

"Boss, we're here!"

Following McLean out of the car, Guo Shouyun saw a barren land with only a few weeds growing and most of them white. Without McKellen's introduction, Guo Shouyun also knew that this was a saline-alkali land. But it's understandable. Universal Studios occupies an area as large as it all, and if it occupies all the cultivated land, it is too wasteful, and it is also troublesome to approve. Moreover, the land transfer fee will also exceed Universal Studios' budget.

Standing here for a brief look, and then driving to check at different locations in the entire plot, Guo Shouyun left.

"By the way, the officials of the Demon City once vaguely revealed that they wanted to meet with you, do you still see you?"

"When did I tell you?" asked Guo Shouyun after a moment of silence.

"Last week!"

"Who is he?"

McLean confided a name that stood out to him.