Chapter 528: Hanshan Annex

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"Daddy, I'm going to ride a big horse!"

In the morning, Guo Shouyun had just eaten breakfast and was about to go to work in the study, when he was hugged by his baby daughter.

"Dad, I want it too!"

On the other side, the baby son also came up.

Looking at the two clingy little guys, considering that he usually spends less time at home, Guo Shouyun nodded lovingly.

"Come, get to Daddy's back. ”

Watching her father lie down, Elizabeth 'rubbed' on her father's head and climbed up. When he got down, he was really not polite at all, and Guo Shouyun, who kicked him, had marks on his face.

The best position was stood by his sister, and George had to step on his father's thigh from behind, grabbing Guo Shouyun's shirt and climbing up.

"Drive...!"

The cheerful children's voice rang in his ears. Although he couldn't see the expressions of the two babies, feeling the joy on his back at the moment, Guo Shouyun also knew that they were happy now.

Wendy next to her, looking at her lover, who is usually calm and calm, and is in charge of the livelihood of nearly 100,000 people, was driven by two children to crawl around on the carpet in the living room, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl.

But it is precisely this Guo Shouyun that makes her love even more.

"Sir...!"

Old Ward, the butler, saw a scene in the living room and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"What's the matter?"

"Miss Wang and Miss Wu are waiting for you outside, and they said that you have made an appointment to meet this morning, and it is time to leave now. ”

Guo Shouyun suddenly said, "I almost forgot!"

Wendy walked over and helped pick up the two little ones.

"Dad, I'm still going to play!"

"Me too!"

Half squatted down and touched the heads of the two little guys, "Good boy, will I play with you when Dad comes back?"

Although they were reluctant in their hearts, the two little ones obediently did not speak again. Looking at their small appearance of wronged Bala, although Guo Shouyun wanted to continue, it was more important to work now. Kissed on their soft little cheeks.

"Weird, Daddy will be back soon. ”

Stand up, "Wendy, they'll hand you over!"

"Don't worry!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, and after the two kissed each other, he turned around and walked out of the room.

In the living room, looking at Guo Shouyun who came in, Wang Jue and Wu Xiaojing hurriedly got up to greet him. Although they are Guo Shouyun's secretaries, they do not live in Guo's manor at night.

"Boss!"

"Let's go!"

Guo Shouyun nodded and beckoned the two out of the house.

From Guo's Manor, drive straight to the Hanshan Courtyard in Sunnyvale, which is the most commonly used place for Guo Shouyun's banquets.

In addition, if you have a membership card of Hanzan Villa, you will occasionally bring your friends here. They will disturb each other. Guo Shouyun also bought the neighboring villas, and after connecting with each other, he used a new place, which he called the North Courtyard of the Hanshan Courtyard. Later, as his companies increased, there were more trivial things to deal with, and there were more and more secretaries around him. The number of personnel in different categories such as daily government affairs, business intelligence, personal life, security guards, and think tanks has now exceeded 320.

Although not all of these people are in San Francisco, nearly half of them are here. It would not be appropriate to have an office in downtown Sunnyvale like before. And the most important thing about his personal private affairs is confidentiality, and it is not appropriate to put them in a crowded place after all.

Therefore, after thinking about it comprehensively, he simply bought all the valleys where the original Hanshan Villa was located. The buildings in the valley were rebuilt and re-planned. The result is a sprawling complex of more than 12,000 acres of zigzag buildings.

Although this complex is still called Hanzan Annex, it has a more complete function. The original south courtyard was the clubhouse, and the north courtyard was reserved for Guo Shouyun to entertain guests, and occasionally lived here. The largest of the eastern courtyards was reserved for its own increasingly large secretarial room.

The three different built-up areas are divided by green belts and different recreational facilities, coupled with meticulous guards, security and privacy are best guaranteed.

Guo Shouyun office, unimportant things are in his own study, important things are here, unless there are special circumstances, he is basically not at the specific company headquarters now.

This is especially true when entertaining guests.

"Boss, they're here!"

Hearing Wang Jue's reminder, Guo Shouyun got up and walked outside. Standing on the steps of the entrance door, I soon saw a black Mercedes-Benz sedan driving over.

After parking, as the car door opened, Stephen Bryan walked down with a slightly chubby middle-aged man in a black suit.

"Welcome, Mr. d'Estaing!"

Guo Shouyun, who walked down the steps, took the initiative to stretch out his right hand to the other party.

"It was an honor for me to meet Mr. Guo. ”

The first time they met, both parties seemed very polite.

"Please come in!"

"Please!"

Nodding to Stephen Bryan, the three of them walked in together.

"You may be seated!"

"Thank you!"

"I've heard that Mr. d'Estaing likes coffee, so I've specially prepared the best Jamaican Blue Mountains, and I hope you will enjoy it. ”

"Mr. Guo has a heart!"

After a brief politeness, Guo Shouyun consciously got to the point.

"Mr. d'Estaing, Stephen told me that you have always had great doubts about our cooperation?"

"I wonder why Mr. Guo spun off the Thunder Fund from Phoenix? You know, this hedge fund is the backbone of Phoenix. Without it, the overall value of the Phoenix would have dropped by a third. This made it difficult for me to convince the board of directors to agree to the merger of National City Bank with Phoenix. Ruben d'Estaing nodded.

"The Thunder Fund was not originally the business scope of Phoenix in my planning. Even without this merger, I would have separated it from Phoenix. ”

"Why? I don't see any conflict between the two sides in business. ”

"There really is no conflict in the business. But my strategic plan for Phoenix is to build it into a financially healthy fund management company with a sound operating style. The risk of hedge funds is too high. ”

"Venture capital is no less risky than hedge funds, and Mr. Guo's explanation is hard to believe. Ruben d'Estaing's eyes twinkled.

Phoenix's open-ended funds and trusts, private equity funds and hedge funds make up the iron triangle of its business income. Among them, the contribution to the China Fund is the largest. In the four years since its establishment, it has generated revenues of more than $120 billion. Gross profit exceeded $48 billion and net profit was $28.8 billion.

Over the years, Guo Shouyun has been able to become a tycoon across many industries such as finance, energy, media, technology, and retail, and Lei Ting's contribution is great.

It was precisely because of this understanding that when Stephen Bryan came to the door and planned to buy the First Franklin Financial Company of the National City Bank of the United States, he came up with the idea of merging directly with the other party.

But now the other party actually wants to separate the Thunder from the Phoenix Company, which is undoubtedly a cut in the plan that Ruben d'Estaing originally thought was perfect.

Without Thunder Fund, Phoenix is still a top company in the field of open-end funds and trusts, as well as private equity funds, but its attraction to him is more than a notch. That's why hesitant to say now, and didn't agree to Stephen Bryan's merger plan.

"Phoenix Capital invests in specific companies, while hedge funds invest in numbers in the stock market and futures markets, and the latter also uses leverage. In my opinion, a brick-and-mortar company is more secure than a digital one. Moreover, I am more at ease with the company than in the irregular stock market. Guo Shouyun said.

"Mr. Guo, your ability in the financial market over the years is obvious to all. Ruben d'Estaing reminded.

"No one is a victorious general. It was because of this knowledge that I truly developed a sense of awe for the stock market and the futures market. Guo Shouyun said indifferently.

Looking at Ruben d'Estaing's expression, he clearly didn't believe it.

In fact, Guo Shouyun's division of the Thunder Fund is indeed not a 'heart of awe' as he said. He just didn't intend to let his foreknowledge cheapen greedy capitalists like Ruben d'Estaing.

"I personally admire Mr. Guo's prudence and steadyness. But that doesn't justify splitting the Thunder Fund. And the board of directors of the National City Bank of the United States will not believe such an explanation. ”

Guo Shouyun smiled faintly, "National City Bank of America has an investment banking business, right?"

"Of course!"

"In the next 1~3 years, most of my companies will be listed one after another, if the two sides merge. Then the nascent Phoenix Bank is one of their major securities underwriters. ”

Ruben d'Estaing's eyes lit up.

Now Guo Shouyun's companies are all sweet and sweet in the eyes of investment banks, and they have a bright future and are highly anticipated.

Such as Pacific Energy Group, the world's largest electricity and gas distribution and retail company. Unocal Corporation, the fifth-largest oil company in the United States. Kwok Commercial, the fastest-growing integrated business company in the United States. Matrix, a world-class media giant. Google and Ruby, the leaders of Silicon Valley's Internet industry. Phoenix Inc., a Wall Street financial upstart.

On top of that, all of his companies are not publicly traded except for Apple. And once these companies go public in the next one to three years, as the other side said, the profits contained in them will be as high as tens or even tens of billions of dollars.

"Does Mr. Guo really plan to list his companies in the next three years?"

"Not bad!" Guo Shouyun nodded and continued, "Phoenix, Matrix, Pacific, Unocal, Google, and Ruby will all be listed!"

"What about the Guo family?"

"Guo's exception!"

Kwok's Commercial Group is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, retail and catering. These industries are all industries with low profit margins and relatively stable operations, especially in agriculture and animal husbandry. And because of the family inheritance, Guo's Commercial Group is a real family business group left by Guo Shouyun, and it does not plan to go public in the future.

Ruben d'Estaing nodded knowingly. Even without Kwok's, Phoenix, Matrix, Pacific, Unocal, Google and Ruby are unbeatable gold mines!

"In addition, after the merger of the two parties, I will transfer the financial business such as payroll payment and annuity management of each company to Phoenix. In addition, there are thousands of affiliates that do business with Kuok, Phoenix, Matrix, Pacific, Unocal, Google and Ruby, and we will do our best to make them become customers of Phoenix Bank... ”

One after another, the superior conditions were thrown, and the color of intention on Ruben d'Estaing's face became stronger and stronger.

After a long time, "Mr. Guo, if the two sides merge, how do you plan to arrange the management of the new company?" ”

"I serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, Stephen serves as CEO and Executive Director of the Company, and Mr. D'Estaing serves as Executive Director and COO. The rest of the personnel are used according to their abilities. ”

Obviously, the future Phoenix Bank will be dominated by the management of Phoenix Company. This is also understandable, who made the family a major shareholder.

"What about shares...?"

"Mr. d'Estaing is sure to get a superior ratio. ”

Ruben d'Estaing nodded, and after asking what he was concerned about, "I talked a lot with Mr. Guo this time, but whether this cooperation can be successful or not, I have to go back and discuss with the other directors of the company to restore you." ”

"Of course... However, I hope to receive a reply soon. ”

Ruben d'Estaing nodded.

At noon, he was left to eat, and after the two sides briefly chatted about some other topics, Guo Shouyun sent him out of the Hanshan Courtyard.

"Boss, do you think he can agree?"

"Stephen, what do you think?"

"There should be an 80% chance!"

"Haha, I think so too!"

After patting him on the shoulder, Guo Shouyun turned around and went back to the room.