Chapter 189: $3 billion

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"Boss, I'm back?"

Looking at Wendy who pushed the door in, Guo Shouyun nodded, and couldn't help frowning, "Is something wrong?" ”

Wendy's pretty face changed slightly, and she raised her hand and touched her cheek, "Maybe I'm too tired during this time!"

"I've had more and more things going on during this time, and you're really tired. … Well, I'll give you a few days off...!"

"No need. These days are a critical period for your career development, how can I take a vacation. Besides, I just didn't sleep well last night so I looked bad, and that's okay!" Wendy interrupted.

Seeing her affirmative tone, Guo Shouyun didn't insist anymore.

"In that case, then you should go and rest early!"

Wendy nodded, hesitated for a moment, as if plucked up great courage, "Boss... Can I ask you a question?"

"What's the problem?"

Guo Shouyun smiled, instinctively feeling that Wendy's attitude today was a little strange.

"If it weren't for Miss Molly, would you choose me?"

Guo Shouyun's body shook, and a trace of panic flashed on his face. It's a problem he's always avoided. Because whether it is Molly Bevan or Wendy Solow, they are all women he can't live without now. They are different from Nicole Kidman, who only has one-night love, but Guo Shouyun's partner who intends to stay by his side for a long time.

However, modern law and morality do not allow for polygamy anymore. Moreover, both Molly Bevan and Wendy Solo are extremely good women, and their own independence will not accept such an arrangement. Therefore, for a long time, Guo Shouyun tried his best to avoid letting them meet. But he also understands that it is inevitable.

"Is it finally coming now?"

After taking a deep breath and calming down the churning thoughts in his heart, Guo Shouyun nodded solemnly as he looked at the beautiful woman standing at the door, as delicate, beautiful and wise as Venus.

"Yes!"

Wendy smiled sadly, then turned and walked out.

Looking at her back with a bit of depression, Guo Shouyun involuntarily stood up, opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything. Because he understands that he can't give the other person the kind of promise he wants.

"It seems that I'm not the protagonist either!

After laughing at himself, Guo Shouyun looked at what he had just written, and he no longer had the desire to write.

Early the next morning, Guo Shouyun, who had finished running, went up to take a shower and came to the restaurant, and saw Wendy, who had high hair and a black and white matching lady's professional attire, and was inexplicably relieved.

"Boss, today from 9 to 12 am you are going to PayPal to work, 12 to 1 pm is your time for lunch, 1 to 1 am you have half an hour to relax. 1:30 to 2 o'clock is your lunch break. From 2 to 2:15, you have half an hour to freshen up. From 2:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., it's time for you to take care of other companies' official business. Dinner is from 6 to 7 p.m. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., you have two hours to create. Between 9 and 10 p.m. is when you read a book. After washing, you should go to bed on time by 10:30. ”

In the past, Wendy's full working hours may attract Guo Shouyun's complaints. But today, he suddenly felt that having the other party by his side was also a kind of happiness for himself.

"I just don't know how long this happiness will last?"

After sighing in his heart, he nodded.

"Let's have breakfast together, and we'll go after eating!"

Wendy didn't refuse, and she was used to the way she got along with Guo Shouyun.

Under the service of the servants on both sides, the two of them ate breakfast silently, although it seemed that everything had not changed, but Wendy's question last night still made Guo Shouyun intuitively feel that something had quietly changed.

The development of PayPal and other companies did not cause too much trouble for Guo Shouyun. All he has to do every day is revise plans that go beyond the strategic plans he has for individual companies. By contrast, the most important thing for him now is financing and the threat of the Enron alliance.

"Mr. Guo, we meet again!"

"Mr. O'Neill, welcome to the Hanshan Villa!"

The two shook hands, and Stan O'Neal looked at his surroundings and smiled, "You're so nice here." ”

"Mr. O'Neill thinks it is good to stay a little longer. ”

"I think, but it's a pity that there are so many things in the company that I can't help myself!"

"It seems that this is the trouble of successful people!"

"Isn't Mr. Guo the same?"

"Yes!" Guo Shouyun smiled and turned his body sideways, "Please!"

"Thank you!"

The two walked into the living room of the manor together, and after a few polite words sat down, their respective secretaries and entourages also sat down.

"According to Mr. Guo's financing needs, I discussed it within the company after I went back, and now there are two options for Mr. Guo to choose. First, Merrill Lynch, as a third party, contacts banks and investment institutions for Mr. Guo, and they provide you with a mortgage loan, and Merrill Lynch charges a 1% intermediary fee. Second, Mr. Kwok used the shares of the company that he intended to mortgage to make an ABS bond, which Merrill Lynch was responsible for issuing the bond. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, and after a little thought, "Which plan does Mr. O'Neill prefer?"

"Mr. Guo is a smart person, he should be able to guess. ”

"Looks like it's the second one!"

Compared with the simple intermediary fee, of course, the bond has more room for operation. Of course, the risks are also higher.

"Loans from banks and investment institutions, from contact, to negotiation, to the transfer of funds into Mr. Guo's account, take too long. But the second one is different. Merrill Lynch can eat all of Mr. Guo's ABS bonds and can have the funds in your account within one to two weeks. After a pause, Stan O'Neill's eyes narrowed slightly, "Moreover, if Mr. Guo needs, Google, LinkedIn, and PayPal can also be securitized, which banks can't give." ”

Guo Shouyun smiled faintly, "It seems that Mr. O'Neill plans to pack all the belongings in my hand and take them away!"

"Mr. Guo is wrong, I am just keeping it for you for a while. And we're mutually beneficial. ”

Facing Stan O'Neill's deep eyes, Guo Shouyun nodded.

"I agreed, but the guarantee and rating, I still need Merrill Lynch's help!"

"Of course, it's our responsibility!"

"Happy working together!"

"Happy to work with"

As the two shook hands, the largest fundraising operation since Guo Shouyun's inception began.

The Matrix Group, which includes Matrix Pictures, Matrix Cinemas and Matrix Games, is well-assetped and fast-growing, with a valuation of $1.5 billion. Guo Shouyun holds 97% of the equity through the Guo Family Wealth Trust.

Kwok's Business Group, with 289 stores, 17 farms, 9 slaughterhouses, 121 refrigerated trucks and trucks, and a logistics and distribution system throughout California, is valued at $650 million. Guo Shouyun holds 95% of the equity through the Guo Family Wealth Trust.

Ruby Technology Co., Ltd., which has the most complete CDMA patents outside of Qualcomm, has obtained more than 800,000 orders for the HBS01 'true red' chip currently developed in China. Although this figure is not even a fraction of that of giants such as Nokia and Motorola, because of the reserve price strategy, coupled with the good quality, it is suitable for the Chinese market where mobile phone sales are soaring, so the growth rate is very fast. As a result, Ruby Technology is valued at $350 million, with Guo Shouyun owning 92% of the shares through the Kwok Family Wealth Trust, and the remaining 8% in the hands of the R&D team led by Cadiz Bell and executives such as Keith Lapos.

LinkedIn, currently the most high-profile Internet company in Silicon Valley, McKinsey, Accenture, Bain and others gave an estimate of $1.2 billion. Guo Shouyun owns 56% of LinkedIn through the Kwok Charitable Foundation and Bruce Scholarship Charitable Foundation, and 30% through Phoenix Trust.

Google, because it is not yet profitable, has a slightly lower valuation of $950 million. Guo Shouyun holds a 59.95% stake through two charitable foundations.

PayPal, after catching the Amazon Express, PayPal's users are skyrocketing every day, so any valuation is behind reality. A slightly valuable reference is an evaluation report from Deloitte, which is somewhat accurate because of its relatively recent time. In this report, PayPal is assessed at $580 million. Guo Shouyun holds an 85% stake in PayPal through the Kwok Family Wealth Trust and two charitable foundations.

Phoenix Company, in Phoenix, Guo Shouyun's assets can be regarded as two parts. One part is his stake in Phoenix, and the other part is the assets he manages within Phoenix, including Netflix, United Real Estate, and so on.

Counting the assets of a financial company, especially a financial company that has not yet been listed, is a troublesome task. In order to save time, Guo Shouyun gave up the statistics of Netflix and United Real Estate, and directly used the total scale of assets under management and revenue of Phoenix as reference data.

After putting Amazon's revenue under management and Guo Shouyun's investment in the Thunder Fund, Phoenix's balance sheet has now exceeded $10 billion. Although the revenue is not high, it is also 450 million US dollars, but the profit is lower, only about 34 million. In this way, Phoenix's assets are also about $400 million. As a non-listed company, all the shares of Phoenix Company are in the 'Kwok Family Wealth Trust'.

In this way, the total value of Guo Shouyun's seven assets has reached $4.32 billion! This is definitely a figure that exceeded his original expectations. But as impressive as it is, these aren't all his assets. Amazon's equity, as well as his income from writing books, is not calculated. In addition, his investment in Huaxia is also not included. There are two reasons for this, the former is that he has promised to leave it to Goldman Sachs, and the latter is a retreat he has reserved for himself.

If this time he fought with his back to the water and still couldn't withstand the powerful Enron Alliance, then he still had a way to make a comeback.

After nearly half a month of statistics, Guo Shouyun got his relatively accurate balance sheet, and at the same time received a call from Stan O'Neill from New York.

"Bruce, you're definitely the most talented entrepreneur I've ever met. In just one year, more than $5 billion has been transferred, and I can't think of anyone more talented than you except for JP Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Bill Gates, etc.!"

"O'Neill, thank you for the compliment. But I'm still far from the world's top entrepreneurs, Morgan, Rockefeller and Bill Gates. If, in 10 years' time, I now lead companies that are ten times larger or more than they are now, and I can still control them, then I would love to accept your compliment. … But it's too early. ”

Guo Shouyun's tone seemed quite calm. It's not that he's not happy about what he's achieved, it's that he knows very well why he's where he is now. The experience of being a human being in two lives has matured him, and the pressure of Enron has made him vigilant that he doesn't want to be another Jayne Walker, or Gary Winnick. He wanted the brightest star in business, not a comet that flashed by.

Listening to the firmness in Guo Shouyun's tone, Stan O'Neill couldn't help but be a little surprised: "I'm glad to hear what you just said, I think you will always be successful!"

"Thank you!"

"As for cooperation, there are two options, one is to issue different asset-backed securities according to the specific circumstances of each company. Another option is to aggregate all of your company's risks together and calculate them to come up with a unified metric that you can negotiate on. ”

"The first method feels like stocks, and the second feels like a fund. Guo Shouyun said.

"Hehe, that's right. In your seven assets. Kuok's Business Group and Ruby are low-risk assets, Matrix Group, LinkedIn and PayPal are medium-risk, and Google and Phoenix are high-risk assets. It really looks like a fund, or a portfolio of funds!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, "Let's talk about it in the second way." ”

"Okay!"

After agreeing, the two chatted in detail about the details of the cooperation before hanging up the phone. Then the teams of both sides finally signed the agreement after talking for nearly half a month.

Guo Shouyun used the equity of seven of his own companies as collateral to issue an asset-backed securities worth $3 billion, with a ten-year maturity and an interest rate of 7.23 percent! With the help of Merrill Lynch, this bond received an AA rating from Moody's. It's not the top, but it's very high.

This huge financing deal is like dropping a nuclear bomb on the American business community, which has been in a downturn after the NASDAQ crisis. The front pages of the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and other major American media all put Guo Shouyun's bust photo on the front page. This time, he is no longer a writer, but one of America's most successful entrepreneurs, businessmen, and entrepreneurs.

The change of roles has brought about a sensational effect, so that half of the Americans, and even many elites and people in other countries, know this Chinese American.