Chapter 293: The Visiting Goldman Sachs

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Shanglin Yuan, Guo Shouyun's residence in New York. This luxurious estate in East Hampton is once again the main venue for his banquets.

"Mr. Guo, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Looking at the tall middle-aged man in front of him, with a unique hooked nose and scrutinizing eyes, Guo Shouyun smiled enthusiastically, "I didn't expect to see Mr. Finn tonight!" As the words fell, he rolled his gaze, "Stephen, as a friend, you should tell me in advance!"

"Brian called me out of the blue and said he was coming along, so I wasn't prepared either!" Stephen Bryan shrugged.

Although his expression was very sincere, Guo Shouyun didn't believe it at all. As the CEO of Goldman Sachs, Blank Finn's time is as valuable as that of a senior government official. And he is not a close friend with him, if there is no special purpose, he will take the initiative to visit?

However, in addition to the accident, Guo Shouyun also realized that with his success in the gold market again, his status in the hearts of these big people has risen again.

Led the two of them all the way into the living room, and after Wendy served them drinks, Guo Shouyun smiled and said: "This time, Pacific Company was able to successfully acquire Enron, thanks to the help of Goldman Sachs, here I solemnly say thank you to the two!"

"You and I have always cooperated happily, so Mr. Guo doesn't have to be polite!Moreover, only a strong person like Mr. Guo can take over Enron to get it out of the predicament!" After a pause, Blank Finn's eyes flashed, "It's just that I'm curious, what does Mr. Guo plan to do with Enron?"

"Enterprises that meet the business scope of Enron Pacific Company stay, and those that do not meet are sold at the right time. … Why, Mr. Fein is also interested in Enron's assets?" Guo Shouyun smiled.

Blank Fein nodded, "Enron has a lot of valuable assets, and Goldman Sachs is naturally interested!"

"Enron Online?"

"Mr. Guo is really smart!"

Blank Finn took a deep look at the unusually calm young man opposite.

Guo Shouyun smiled, in fact, Goldman Sachs' goal is not difficult to guess. Among Enron's huge group of 3,000 companies, Enron Online is the company with the highest degree of overlap with Goldman Sachs' business scope.

"As I said before, we have been working together very well in the past. So I will sell it safely online!" Guo Shouyun thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

Blank and Stephen looked at each other, and there was a hint of surprise on their faces.

"Mr. Guo is telling the truth?" said Stephen Bryan quickly.

"Of course!"

Guo Shouyun nodded affirmatively.

Among Enron's many companies, Enron Online is the most profitable. Especially in the Anron period, it is all thanks to its income that Enron has been able to support it until now. Otherwise, Enron would have fallen at the time of the NASDAQ crisis.

However, Guo Shouyun is not very interested in this 'meritorious' department. Because Enron Online, although it is an online commodity trading system, somewhat similar to the original Alibaba and eBay, it is completely different from the two: Enron Online is not a platform for buyers and sellers to trade. Rather, it is a futures trading platform that is manipulated by Enron.

On this platform, suppliers of all these commodities, such as natural gas, electricity, pulp, steel, coal, etc., can only sell them to Enron. Enron's dealers set the prices and then sold them to buyers who really needed the goods at the price they set.

Therefore, as a middleman in the transaction, or as a behind-the-scenes manipulator. Enron was free to manipulate the prices of these goods to make huge profits. The most famous example is the California energy crisis, which has just ended. Enron, which controls nearly half of the U.S. natural gas deal, successfully carried out the robbery against California.

In addition, in the past few years, Enron has used its dominant position in the transaction to wantonly squeeze buyers and sellers for its own benefit, and blindly expand the category of the transaction. The core principle of trade has been forgotten: trust.

In addition, one of the reasons that led Guo Shouyun to sell Enron Online was its internal employees, especially those traders who held the power of trading. These guys, who have deep connections and can earn a good income by moving their fingers and operating at will on the computer, are like superior gods within Enron, not only living luxuriously, but also unruly. They are incompatible with the corporate culture of diligence and thrift advocated by Guo Shouyun.

"Mr. Guo Pacific also has a trading department, how did he sell Enron Online so easily?" asked Blank Finn.

Glancing at him, Guo Shouyun pursed his lips in his heart. These guys have really been in the mall for a long time, and there is suspicion in the cracks of their bones.

"Since Mr. Fein mentioned Pacific's commodity trading division, it should be known that our business model is similar to eBay, which provides a commodity marketplace for buyers and sellers, and we only charge a small commission on each transaction. Rather than being a futures trader like Enron Online. The two sides have different business models, so it's not surprising to sell!"

"Mr. Guo is not optimistic about the future of Enron Online?" Blanc Finn's eyes revealed a shrewdness.

"No, it's just that Enron Online is not part of Enron Pacific's main business. In addition, we also lack Goldman Sachs' management experience and contacts in the field of futures trading!" Guo Shouyun shook his head and said.

"Enron Online may be a key to entering the investment banking field for Mr. Guo's Phoenix!" said Stephen Bryan.

Guo Shouyun shook his head, "In a short period of time, Phoenix has no plans to enter the field of investment banking. After a pause, "Two, now Goldman Sachs wants to buy Enron Online, why do you want me to sell it?"

"We also want to find out the status of Enron Online in Mr. Guo's heart so that we can lower the price!" Stephen Bryan snorted.

"Don't worry, for the sake of our many happy cooperation in the past, I will give you a fair price!"

"We believe in Mr. Guo's promise!"

After several people took a sip of coffee, Stephen Bryan's eyes flashed, "Mr. Guo has a huge amount of money now, what are your plans next?"

"Plans? Before the 'Enron Pacific Company' turns losses into profits, where do I dare to have any plans!" Guo Shouyun shook his head.

"Mr. Guo is too modest. Although Enron's losses were staggering, the $30 billion foreign debt would take more than a decade to repay, and the pressure on Mr. Guo was not great. After all, you have no less than $15 billion in liquidity!" Stephen Bryan probed.

"After paying taxes to the U.S. government, there won't be so much!" Guo Shouyun's eyes flashed, "I didn't expect Goldman Sachs to care so much about where my money goes?!"

After the two glanced at each other, Stephen Bryan said with a solemn expression: "We want to join Mr. Guo to eat Shitong!"

"World Communications Corporation?"

"That's right!"

"Why me?" after a moment of silence, Guo Shouyun continued to ask.

"Because now the only person who can get this money in his hand and can reverse the decline of Shitong is Mr. Guo!" Stephen Bryan said with admiration and appreciation.

Of course, no one knows how much of this admiration and appreciation is true or false.

"I'm glad to get such a high rating, but one Enron is enough for me to be busy. Stone... I'm really not interested, and I don't have confidence!" Guo Shouyun shook his head.

"Mr. Guo might as well think about it. If you say yes, we can help you get the best price, even a bank loan!" Blanc Fein said suddenly.

"I'm not interested in Worldcom... But if Goldman Sachs is willing to cooperate, we can find another target. ”

"Oh?"

The two of them had an interested look on their faces.

"eBay! I'm interested in it. If I could, I would like Goldman Sachs to act as a financial advisor for this acquisition!"

“eBay！？”

Stephen Bryan and Blank Finn had information about the company popping up in their heads. As a company that still maintains profitability after the NASDAQ crisis, eBay is not short of attention, even from the pursuit of capital.

"I'm very interested in Internet companies, especially the best of them!" Guo Shouyun nodded and said.

Although, according to his plan, most of the profits from the gold market this time will be invested in Anping Company. But this investment is gradual, not all at once. Therefore, it is very important to maintain and increase the value of this money!

The goal of investment appreciation is naturally to choose Internet companies that have been knocked to the bottom by 9/11. Like eBay and Yahoo!

"How much is Mr. Guo willing to pay?"

"If you buy it wholly, it won't exceed $3.4 billion!"

After a few hits on 9/11, eBay's stock price fell by 15.6% compared to before, and its current market value is less than $2.6 billion. Therefore, Guo Shouyun's $3.4 billion is still quite sincere. However, even so, he has little chance of winning eBay. Because there is no shortage of smart people in this world who are optimistic about the future of the Internet. In particular, eBay is also an Internet company that can maintain profitability.

The reason why eBay's stock price has fallen so badly is more due to the sell-off of retail investors and small and medium-sized institutions who lack information and have no foresight, and the real big institutions still hold a considerable stake in eBay. is similar to Goldman Sachs, according to the information obtained by Guo Shouyun, they hold 11.3% of eBay's shares!

"I took Mr. Guo's cooperation agreement on behalf of Goldman Sachs!" Blank Fein nodded.

"That's great!"

After the other party smiled, "Mr. Guo, some of Goldman Sachs' clients are very interested in your Apple stock, I don't know if you can sell it?"

"Apple stock?"

Guo Shouyun reacted instantly. Obviously, the popularity of the iPad has completely reversed the decline caused by the failure of Apple's MacG4 product. Although the stock price did not rise much in the context of 9/11, it is already a very potential investment target for many investment institutions with a keen sense of smell.

However, more than 80% of the shares of this investment target are in the hands of Guo Shouyun's charities and trusts, and there are not many outstanding shares in the market. And that's one of the reasons why Blank Finn came to the door.

"I'm sorry, I don't plan to sell Apple's stock!"

Guo Shouyun refused without hesitation.

As the core company of his planned business empire, he will never hand over a controlling stake in Apple. In addition, even if it is to reduce its stakes, now is far from the time.

"Mr. Guo might as well think about it again. Many investment institutions have given very high acquisition premiums...!"

Before Stephen Bryan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Guo Shouyun.

"No need. I have no plans to sell Apple anytime soon!"

"What about the capital injection?" After stopping Stephen, Blank Fain had a shrewd look in his eyes, "I know that Apple is entering the field of mobile chip and OLED screen research and development in a big way, which requires a huge amount of financial support, and Goldman Sachs is willing to inject capital into Apple!"

"Mr. Finn, do you think I'll need outside funding?"

Looking at the confident man in front of him, Blank Finn's eyes showed a trace of chagrin and sigh. The desire for Apple made him forget that the man in front of him had liquidity equivalent to half of the market value of Goldman Sachs?!

"It's me who is abrupt!" Blank Fein smiled wryly.

Guo Shouyun smiled, "When I plan to sell Apple stocks, I will definitely leave a place for Goldman Sachs!"

"I'm afraid that by then, we won't be able to afford it!"

"Mr. Finn is too modest, Goldman Sachs is one of the five major investment banks on Wall Street! With hundreds of billions of funds in his hands, how can he not afford it?"

After Blanc Finn took a moment's notice, he didn't continue to dwell on it.

"Mr. Guo, we have another purpose for coming this time!"

"Oh, I want to hear about it!"

"We hope Goldman Sachs will partner with Mr. Guo's Thunder to set up a hedge fund. ”

"Hedge funds?" Guo Shouyun frowned slightly, "What about the conditions?"

"We will provide the funds, and Mr. Guo will be responsible for the management. The Thunder can get 40% of the proceeds!" Blanc Finn snapped.

Clearly, Guo's huge success in the gold market made Goldman Sachs compromise. This time the conditions are far more favorable than last time. And it is more similar to the current customer access standards of Thunder Fund, so Guo Shouyun did not refuse.

"How much money can you put into it?"

"$500 million!"

"That's too little, at least $2 billion!"

Guo Shouyun shook his head. Although $500 million is a lot of money, it is not enough for him now.

"$2 billion?" Blanc Finn and Stephen Bryan frowned at the same time.

"That's too high. After all, this is the first time we have worked together, and it is difficult for us to convince a client to put so much money into a new fund!"

"Stephen, my time is also valuable. If you don't have that much money, you can put your money in the Thunder Fund. Centaurs, Solomon, Unicorns, and Descendant Capital. Each of them is excellent. ”

"But we prefer to trust Mr. Guo personally at the helm of the fund!" said Stephen Bryan.

"Then agree to my conditions!" Guo Shouyun's eyes flashed.

Stephen Bryan and Blank Finn are both decisive people, and after the two look at each other, they make a decision.

"We can agree to your decision on behalf of Goldman Sachs, but we have to send someone to oversee the finances of this fund!"

"Yes, but your people can't interfere with my investment decisions. ”

"We promise!"

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation!"

"Happy working together!"

The three shook hands. We both feel that we have gained something.

After exchanging views on the current situation in the United States and the development of the business community, Blank Finn and Stephen Bryan took their leave.

"Boss, the purpose of Goldman Sachs' cooperation is probably more to spy on our investment targets and make profits for themselves!" Wendy frowned.

"I know!"

"Then why did you say yes?"

"It's only $2 billion, and it's not so easy for Goldman Sachs to get a glimpse of the leopard. Plus, we have too few friends on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs is a good target. Guo Shouyun said with a deep gaze.

"But what happened to Enron proved that they are not worthy of our trust. ”

"I don't fully believe in them, but I believe in benefits!" Guo Shouyun turned around, "Okay, let's go and rest early, there are still a bunch of things waiting for us in Phoenix tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

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