Chapter 530: The Kwok Group

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After touching his little head, Gordon Lincoln turned his gaze to the side and saw Elizabeth and George receiving the gifts, and their expressions showed envy on the little girl.

Seeing him walking towards her, the little girl hugged her father's thigh with some fear. However, Mengmeng's big eyes were still staring at the uncle who walked up to him and half-squatted down.

"My name is Gordon, what's your name?"

"My name is Nan Nan!"

After receiving encouragement from her father, the little girl timidly said. Perhaps because of the lack of maternal love since childhood, she is more introverted than the average child.

"Nan Nan, this name is so nice. Nodding, Gordon handed over another conch shell from his suitcase.

Compared to the previous one, the current conch is larger, about 223 centimeters long, and the color is yellow and white. The shape is not conical, but spreads out like an open palm.

These two conch shells, originally he planned to give one to Elizabeth and the other to George. Now that he has Nan Nan, he has no choice but to give away the bullet casings he picked up on the battlefield when he was fighting in Iraq as a gift. Originally, this bullet casing, he originally kept it for himself as a souvenir.

"Do you like it?"

"Like, thank you Uncle Gordon!"

Looking at the happy little girl, Mata touched her little head and stood up, briefly looked at Liu Zhixing in front of him, and stretched out his right hand to him with a smile.

"Gordon Lincoln, nice to meet you!"

Liu Zhixing. I've always heard Catherine say that she has an excellent brother, and now she finally meets her. ”

After shaking hands, Mata looked at Catherine next to her, "She never said I was good. ”

Catherine gave him a roll of the eye.

"Mata!"

"Gordon!"

After the two brothers hugged each other directly, "I'm sorry, I didn't have time to pick you up." ”

"It doesn't matter. And haven't I already returned. ”

After saying that, he turned his gaze to the side, "You should be the Julia that your parents often mentioned, right?"

"Julia Lescarly, I've heard Mata talk about you a lot. ”

After the two briefly said hello, Guo Shouyun beckoned everyone to sit down.

"Mata, how long are you on vacation this time?" asked Guo Shouyun.

"A month!"

"So long?"

"The frontal war in Iraq was over, and the 25th Infantry Division, which I was in, was ordered to be withdrawn to Hawaii for repairs, and I applied for a month's vacation. ”

"Will you go to war in Iraq in the future?" asked Mary quickly. As a mother, she doesn't want to see her son enter the dangerous battlefield again.

"Probably not. Our 25th Division is a light infantry division focused on tropical operations. The main purpose of this trip to Iraq was to exercise and gain experience in the war. Now that the mission is complete, there will be no going back. ”

Of course, he was comforting his mother. In fact, he has been promoted to major by the US General Staff for his outstanding performance in the Iraq War, and has been transferred to the US army's ace unit, with the code name 'Marne Rock' 3rd Aircraft Division as a major battalion commander. After the end of this leave, the appointment will be officially issued to the troops, and then transferred to the Iraqi battlefield to continue to serve and maintain the military occupation of Iraq by the US military.

"That's good, that's good!"

Guo Shouyun, who was good at observing words and feelings, saw the hesitation in Mata's eyes, but he didn't find it.

"It's rare that you can spend such a long vacation and stay at home for a few more days. Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

"Let Bruce take you around Baker Beach, and maybe you'll be single!" Mata laughs.

"How do you make me say it, I really can't find a girlfriend. Anyway, I'm also a captain officer, and I'm not bad looking, okay? ”

chatting about family life, everyone had dinner together in the evening. Then after Guo Shouyun mentioned that everyone took a family photo together, they dispersed.

Because it was getting late, and the old house here was often cleaned by the Lincolns, and it was well maintained. Therefore, Guo Shouyun's family lived directly here at night.

"The kids are asleep?"

"Hmm!" Wendy nodded, lifted the sheets, and lay down in Guo Shouyun's arms.

"This is where you grew up?"

"yes! Before I went to college, I lived here almost every day. Guo Shouyun looked around.

Although the memories of this place belong to Bruce Guo, he has inherited the other party's body, but he always feels that these memories are the same as what he has experienced since he was a child.

Wendy nodded her head slightly, and after a moment, "Honey, have you ever wanted to go over and look for your family?"

"Why do you suddenly ask that?"

"After tonight's party, I feel happier to have a fulfilling family!"

"It would be the best thing to have a fulfilling family. However, when I was an infant, I was adopted by my stepfather, and I didn't have the slightest impression of my original family. I don't have any feelings for them, and I don't want to bother myself anymore!"

"But what if your parents didn't abandon you on purpose, but because of something else, and if you gave up looking, wouldn't you let them die with a lifetime of regrets!?"

Guo Shouyun's body shook, and his expression became silent.

The reason why he didn't want to find his biological parents in this life was because of the deep hurt caused by his parents not caring about him after his parents remarried in his previous life. Let him subconsciously want to escape this kind of injury. But he also has to admit that what Wendy said is indeed possible.

Looking at his complicated face, Wendy said carefully: "It's better to be like this, leave this matter to me." If I can find your original parents in the future, I will find out the truth about what happened back then, and then see if they have looked for you. If they didn't look for it, or... , then let's assume that it didn't happen. ”

She originally wanted to say 'abandonment', but considering Guo Shouyun's feelings, she omitted these two words.

"Since you are looking for it, go and check it! However, don't reveal my identity without my permission!"

"Don't worry!"

"Then you can sleep now!"

"Hmm!"

After turning off the lights, there was no word all night. The next day, Guo Shouyun got up and ran step by step. Catherine, who also has a habit of running in the morning, also followed, and Liu Zhixing followed next to her.

"You two are in lockstep, and you're both out and running?"

"Is life in motion?"

Liu Zhixing said with a smile.

That's true... Then let's get some exercise. ”

As the words fell, he overtook the two of them and sped towards the depths of the farm.

"When we can't outrun you!"

Catherine screamed and chased after her. Looking at the two people who ran wildly, Liu Zhixing shook his head helplessly, and also chased after them.

By the time they got five kilometers at a high speed of more than 13 speeds, the three of them were tired enough. In the process of walking back slowly, it was inevitable to talk about the company.

“… In the two quarters of 2003, Kuok's Commercial Group had a total revenue of US$6.284 billion and a net profit of US$1.62 billion. As of the end of June 2003, the company had total assets of US$15.386 billion, including cash assets of US$2.478 billion, fixed assets of US$11.874 billion, and total liabilities of US$6.63 billion, about 43.3%. Among them, current liabilities are 2.89 billion US dollars, accounting for about 18.8%!"

“… In terms of retail business, there are now 1,834 Belle stores in the United States, with self-owned stores accounting for 41.7%, with total revenue of US$1.63 billion and net profit of US$467 million in the two quarters. ”

“… In terms of agriculture and animal husbandry, we now have 73 farms with a total area of 1.024 million acres. There are 46 slaughterhouses with an annual slaughtering capacity of 720,000 heads. In the two quarters of 2003, total revenue was $1.53 billion and net profit was $230 million. ”

“… In terms of logistics, now we have 433 large trucks, 1,247 medium trucks, 3,277 small trucks, and 13 B747-400F and B757-200F cargo aircraft. A logistics network that can cover most of the United States has been initially established. In the two quarters of 2003, the total revenue of the logistics business was US$1.13 billion, and the net profit was US$247 million. ”

“… In terms of catering, Burger King has 16,733 branches, with its own stores accounting for 12.5%, and the rest are franchised stores. In the two quarters of 2003, total revenue was US$1,994 million and net profit was US$310 million. ”

After listening, Guo Shouyun nodded, "I roughly estimated that the profit of Bailejia reached 28%, but Burger King only 15%. Looking at self-owned properties is indeed good for the future development of the enterprise. ”

"More than 18 percent of Burger King's revenue is used to pay for store rent. And this cost will also rise as the price of real estate in the United States rises. Catherine said.

"So we need to push forward the proportion of Burger King's own properties as soon as possible. ”

"We're already working on it. But Burger King has nearly 17,000 locations and counting. In addition, property investment is an asset-heavy project, which has a huge demand for capital. Although Kwok's revenue is growing, it is difficult to balance the investments of Paradise and Burger King. ”

"Do your best. After the acquisition of Unocal, I have no extra funds to help you. ”

"I'll figure it out myself. However, Guo's cash flow is quite a lot, why don't you operate it for us, I don't want to double the growth, as long as it reaches forty or fifty percent. ”

"Forty or fifty percent?" Guo Shouyun shook his head with a smile, "Do you think I am the Federal Reserve? I can issue as many US bonds as I want? A net income ratio of forty or fifty percent is not only strength, but also opportunity. ”

"No chance now?"

"You can rest assured that you can put your liquidity in Phoenix and invest in highly liquid currency assets or short-term bonds. If you have a chance, I will inform you without you saying it. ”

"Okay!"

Catherine shrugged.

When we got home, we took a shower and had breakfast together. Then, Guo Shouyun took his family and Gordon to offer a bouquet of flowers to his father-in-law Guo Jiancheng and cleaned up the grave.

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