Chapter 725: Hands-on

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After discussing Unocal's future development strategy with Rebecca Mark, Guo Shouyun looked at the time. M. grabbed his coat and turned and walked out of the room.

New York Plaza Hotel, after getting out of the car, looking at this luxury hotel that has been famous in the United States for hundreds of years, Guo Shouyun felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart. Because he is the master of it.

"Guo... Mr. Guo!!"

Seeing the young man coming out of a black Rover Stretch, Ken Cross, the general manager of the Plaza Hotel in New York, grew his mouth in shock. The new boss only asked him to come out to greet one person, but he didn't tell him that he was going to meet the top business tycoon in the United States who became famous because of Unocal's listing.

"Hello!"

Looking at the right hand stretched out in front of him, Ken Cross, who came back to his senses, hurriedly held it, and said flatteredly: "You... Hello, it is a great honor to meet you. After a pause, he asked again in an unbelievable tone, "Are you Mr. Bruce Guo?"

"So you know me?"

This sentence has already identified itself.

"Of course, I also bought some Unocal stock the day before yesterday. ”

"So we're partners!" Guo Shouyun nodded and said with a smile.

"It's my pleasure!"

"So Mr. Partner, where is the person I am looking for?"

"Ms. Ji is already waiting for you inside, please come with me. ”

"No, I'll just go myself. … Matthew, take Mr. Cross to rest!" Guo Shouyun doesn't want more people from the outside world to know about his family affairs, especially in the United States.

"Mr. Cross, please come here. ”

Looking at Matthew, who was stout and had a cold expression, Kencross obediently closed his mouth.

Guo Shouyun tidied up his clothes and walked towards the hotel.

Since the renovation of the Plaza Hotel in 1943, it has not been completely renovated for half a century, neither the two owners, Tip nor Prince Waleed. So much so that this prestigious five-star hotel has lagged behind its peers in terms of interior decoration and facilities since entering the new century. Therefore, after Guo Shouyun took over, the first thing was to close the hotel for renovation.

In the past year, more than $100 million has been invested. And in the next two years, it will take $300 million to complete the decoration of the entire hotel. Fortunately, as a hotel with a history of nearly 100 years, many oil paintings, sculptures, and ornaments inside are already cultural relics. Through the auction, the hotel returned nearly 50 million US dollars, and also saved some expenses.

Upon entering the hotel door, you can see that the lobby looks extremely empty, and the old and luxurious wallpaper and decorations have been removed, leaving only empty walls.

Looking at the tall woman standing in the empty hall, wearing a burgundy ladies' coat, black women's trousers, high heels, and a shawl with long hair, Guo Shouyun walked over with a smile.

After hugging him, Guo Shouyun smiled and said, "Why did you lose so much weight?"

"Don't you men like slender women!" Ji Hong looked at him.

"I still like to be plump, it's so thin that it's all bones to the touch, and I don't even feel like it's here. As he spoke, he glanced at the other party's plump chest. However, because of the heavy tweed coat, there is no tempting spring at all.

Ji Hong glanced at him, "Cow's tongue!"

After smiling, Guo Shouyun looked around, "Why don't you go directly to the house, let me come here? And it's all building materials and bare blanks, what's so beautiful!"

"You come with me!"

Ji Hong pulled Guo Shouyun onto the elevator and came all the way to the 9th floor, as soon as he got out of the elevator, he was full of scaffolding, obviously this floor was being renovated. It's just that because it's a weekend, there are no workers here.

Walk down the corridor to a guest room that has been renovated with walls and floors, except for lamps, baseboards, curtains and other parts, the hard decoration of the whole room has been completed.

"Look!"

Following the direction of Ji Hong's finger, Guo Shouyun saw a wall covered with high-end wallpaper.

"Very well, is there any problem?"

"You touch it!"

Guo Shouyun stepped forward as he said, stretched out his hand and touched the wallpaper, he didn't feel anything at first, but when he touched the area a little larger, he obviously felt that there were slight ups and downs on the wallpaper.

Ji Hong walked to the side, squatted down and grabbed the wallpaper and pulled it upwards with a kick, and the wallpaper was instantly torn off by her. What was revealed was a blue-gray concrete wall.

Guo Shouyun didn't know much about interior decoration projects, but he knew that Ji Hong would not be untargeted.

"Considering that The Plaza Hotel in New York is being renovated, I took a special look at the various processes of the interior renovation project, the materials used and the quotation. It turned out that the wallpaper that was supposed to be scraped and smoothed on the cement wall was actually pasted directly. However, in the hotel's submission for the renovation of the headquarters, $2 million was recorded in the cost of putty powder and latex paint. ”

"And that's just one of them, when I reviewed the cost of hotel renovations, I found that the baseboards, wallpaper, and flooring were generally quoted five to ten dollars more than the market price, and although they were inconspicuous in a single project, when combined together, we spent an extra $8 million on the decoration materials!"

"It seems that no matter where you are, there are people who are not willing to be lonely!" Guo Shouyun sighed with slightly squinted eyes.

"It's just human! It's not the same there!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, "Have you investigated?"

"If it weren't for the cooperation of the person below, I don't think it would have been possible to hide this matter until now. ”

Guo Shouyun thought of Ken Cross, who was left in the hotel lobby.

After nodding in agreement, "What are you going to do?"

"Sue of course and then recover our losses. Otherwise, they still think that our Huaxia company is easy to bully. Ji Hong said coldly.

At the time of the acquisition of the Plaza Hotel in New York, except for the middleman of Tepp and the previous owner of the hotel, Prince Waleed, no one knew that Guo Shouyun had anything to do with the acquisition. The acquisition contract signed is Yunfan Investment represented by Ji Hong.

A Chinese company acquired the best hotel in the United States, and Ji Hong had just given birth, so she had to take care of the children and be busy with the construction of the Plaza Hotel.

The lax supervision, coupled with the contempt for Huaxia Company, will naturally allow people with other intentions to take advantage of the loopholes.

In fact, in this era, there are too many examples of Huaxia companies being cheated because they are not familiar with the rules of the game in the international market, resulting in heavy losses in international investment.

"It's up to you, and as the CEO, you also need to establish your own authority within the company. ”

Ji Hong nodded.

"Don't worry, I'll help you with this!"

"Hmm!"

"Anything else?"

"I originally wanted to go to the store and buy some gifts for Xiao Zheng and Sister Yun to take home. But looking at how popular you are in the United States now, it is estimated that you will not be able to go. ”

Guo Shouyun shook his head, "If you had come half a month earlier, maybe it would be okay." But now even those who don't know me will look at me twice because of you. ”

"Why?"

"Who told you to be so beautiful!" he said, pulling Ji Hong's jade hand, "Let's go, go home! ”

Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and the sweetness and restlessness between the two naturally do not need to be repeated.

While helping Ji Hong deal with the corruption of the Plaza Hotel, Guo Shouyun also stayed in New York to deal with his own affairs.

For example, the one sitting in front of him now, wearing a fair blue suit, reminds the slightly chubby middle-aged man.

"Mr. Smith, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Winthrop Smith Jr. looked at the young man in front of him who had become famous because of Unocal's listing, and after shaking the other party's hand, he sighed with a little emotion: "Mr. Guo is really unbelievably young! Especially in front of the amazing career you have achieved." ”

"Victory, please take a seat!"

"Thank you!"

After the two sat down, Wang Jue served coffee to the two.

After thanking him, Winthrop Smith Jr. said, "Mr. Guo, I'm curious why you made an appointment to meet at this farm outside New York?"

Guo Shouyun smiled faintly, "Mr. Smith, you are a smart person, you should be able to guess my purpose." ”

Thinking of some rumors he knew, he frowned slightly, stared at the other party tightly, and said, "You want to buy Merrill Lynch?"

"That's right!"

"As the most successful financial institution in the past 100 years, Merrill Lynch has profoundly changed Americans' financial habits by moving investment from Wall Street to Main Street. Merrill Lynch's reputation for customer focus, respect for the individual, teamwork, civic responsibility and integrity has made the company founded by Merriel, Peter Lynch, and Rinwin Slop Smith the most successful financial company in the world."

“… In 2000, Merrill Lynch achieved a record net profit of $3.8 billion, a pre-tax margin of 21.3 percent and a return on equity of 24.2 percent. Merrill Lynch has topped the global underwriting rankings for 48 consecutive quarters, with a market share of 13.3%. In the global M&A business rankings, Merrill Lynch ranked third. You are ranked No. 1 in the world in terms of financial research and dominate the global equity secondary market trading space. ”

At the same time, Merrill Lynch's total assets under personal wealth management reached $1.5 trillion, and the total assets under management of its global asset management business reached $557 billion. Merrill Lynch has 72,000 employees, 21,200 financial advisors and 975 offices in 44 countries and territories around the world. With a global presence and a good reputation, Merrill Lynch is the envy of financial institutions around the world. ”

"But!" Guo Shouyun changed his words, "... With Stan O'Neill becoming Merrill Lynch's 12th CEO. He developed the so-called 'New Merrill Lynch' plan, which not only sold off the businesses that Merrill Lynch had achieved over the past half-century in Canada, Japan, Malaysia, etc., but also cut 33 percent of Merrill Lynch's workforce. This is directly contrary to the core culture of the 'Merrill Lynch family'. ”

"What is especially excessive is that when Merrill Lynch was implicated in the Enron scandal, he made Robert Foster, William Foss, James Brown, and Dan Bailey, the head of investment banking, as scapegoats, while ignoring the fact that the Justice Department abused its power and sent them to the federal prison of Southern Virginia. ”

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