Chapter 296: Guo Shi

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At the Hilton Hotel in New York, Guo Shouyun is still here for the first time. However, he has long since lost his sense of the luxurious decoration around him. Seeing that it was still early for the auction to start, I found a seat in the VIP area of the hotel restaurant and sat down.

About ten minutes later, crisp footsteps sounded behind him. At the moment when Guo Shouyun turned around, a white-collar beauty wearing a black lady's professional attire, a white shirt inside, and her golden hair pulled up behind her head appeared in front of him.

The latter sat unceremoniously on the sofa opposite him, and then picked up the lemonade in front of Guo Shouyun and drank it in a few sips.

"Matthew, let them serve! By the way, two more glasses of lemonade!"

"Yes, boss!"

After the bodyguard turned to leave, Guo Shouyun smiled and said, "Why are you thirsty like this?"

"After a day of arguing with Mars management today, my throat is dry!" Catherine Lincoln, who put down the glass, said as she wiped the corners of her mouth.

"Really, look at the way you are now, the negotiation has been successful?"

"Of course! In the future, if Paradise sells Mars products, you can delay the payment for the goods for a month!"

"It's only been a month...!"

Before Guo Shouyun could finish speaking, Catherine Lincoln's eyes widened instantly.

"It's only been a month, and you're talking about it easily. You know that Mars is one of the top ten food giants in the United States, and its Mars, Dove, Snickers, Bulo, and Weijia are all hot-selling products, and striving for this one-month delayed payment period can increase our profits by 0.6 percentage points, nearly $2 million in profits!"

"Alright, alright, don't get excited. I'm just talking. I must have remembered your hard work!" Guo Shouyun smiled and soothed the small hair in front of him.

After snorting coldly, "Say, what is the matter with me this time?"

"Take a look first!"

After the words fell, Guo Shouyun took out a document and handed it over.

"These are...?"

"17 farms, 5 slaughterhouses, and 2 transportation companies, worth $2.1 billion. And they are all in line with the scope of Guo's business!"

Catherine flipped through it briefly, "Where did it come from?"

"I bought a lot of companies this year, and they are assets that are not in line with the main business after the company's internal integration, and I plan to sell them!"

"I see?... Is there a loss?" Catherine asked as she nodded, flipped through the information in her hand.

"Only one slaughterhouse is losing money, but I've seen it. The reason for its loss was that the equipment was old and it was fined a sum of money by the local health department, so it suffered a book loss. In addition, as you know, agriculture and related industries are industries with low profits but stable returns, and as long as you operate carefully, you will not really lose money. ”

Catherine Lincoln nodded, and after a moment, she raised the information in her hand, "You plan to let Guo buy these assets!"

"Well, as long as the market price is good...!"

"No money!"

Before Guo Shouyun finished speaking, he was neatly interrupted by the other party.

"No money? How is it possible, I will call you $10 million a month, and Guo's profitability is not low, how can there be no money!"

"You're used to being a shopkeeper, and you don't even know the financial situation within the Guo family. After pursing her lips disdainfully, Catherine stretched out her slender fingers, "First of all, we have a Belle store, property, decoration, personnel, products, all of which are neatly arranged, and a 100-square-meter store costs 40~500,000 US dollars." Now Kwok has 442 stores across the United States, and those stores alone cost $210 million. ”

"Don't think I don't know, there are up to half of the 442 outlets. Guo Shouyun interrupted.

"You don't have to buy a farm, you have slaughterhouses and transport companies, and catering factories, all of which cost money. A 10,000-acre farm averaged $80 million, and now we have 23 of them, 92,000 acres. A slaughterhouse that slaughters 50,000 large livestock a year costs $50 million to purchase space, equipment, and personnel, and now we have 17 slaughterhouses with an annual slaughtering capacity of 270,000 large livestock. ”

"A Kenworth heavy truck is $80,000, a medium-sized truck is $50,000, a Ford light truck is $20,000, and now the company has 197 heavy trucks, 423 light trucks, and 972 light trucks! In addition, we have 41 catering production centers, each of which can produce three meals for 5,000 people, requires an investment of 800,000 US dollars!"

"Do all of this, is the money you put in enough?... If it weren't for the hard work I have worked with Zhixing over the years, how could I have the astonishing scale of the Kwok Business Group's assets of nearly $1 billion. ”

Looking at the proud expression on Fa Xiaoqiao's face and the hint of cunning in her eyes, Guo Shouyun not only smiled bitterly: "I hear you mean that all these assets are given away for nothing?"

"It's your company anyway, so what does it matter if the left hand is over the right hand. If you're worried about finances, that's simple, too. Didn't you just make a lot of money from the gold market? You just want to put the money on the front, and when the Guo family is strong and rich in the future, it will never be too late to pay it back!" Catherine said with a wave of her hand.

"Procrastinating and saying so much, it turns out that I am worried about the money in my hand!"

"I heard that you Chinese people have to have a dowry when you get married, and you also have to save some dowry money!"

"Dowry?Liu Zhixing agreed to marry you?" Guo Shouyun said curiously.

"Not yet!" said Catherine, sighing, "he said he couldn't forget his wife. ”

With his own understanding of Liu Zhixing, he can say such things.

"You're not giving up?"

"Of course not. It's rare to meet such a man with affection and righteousness, I'm going to condemn him!" Catherine clenched her fists, and her face showed a look of 'insisting on Qingshan and not relaxing'.

"It's good if you're happy!" Guo Shouyun shrugged. Knowing Catherine's character, he didn't waste his tongue.

"Alas, yes. You're just too little of a friend. When I have children, they don't tell me. If I hadn't come home and met my parents, I wouldn't have known you were already a father of two!"

"Wasn't it some time ago that you were busy negotiating with Mars, so I didn't tell you so I didn't get distracted. Besides, my two kids don't run away, so you can watch them whenever you have free time!"

"Can this be the same? I'm also their aunt, so I want to know the news as soon as possible!"

"Alright, alright. Can't I apologize?" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

Now as his status is getting higher and higher, there are fewer and fewer people around him who can chat without scruples. Now, apart from Catherine, even the growing up Mata Lincoln has become a little restrained in front of him. So, the opportunity to sit down and joke with Catherine, he still enjoyed it very much.

"Forgive me... By the way, did you name the two little ones?"

"The girl's name is Elizabeth. Bewen Guo, the boy's name is George Bewen Guo! Chinese names Guo Ruiyun and Guo Ruigen!" Guo Shouyun nodded and said.

"That's a nice name, when are you going to bring them back for everyone to see?"

"After a while, the child is still too young!"

Catherine nodded, "I guess my parents won't be able to wait that long." ”

"In fact, Uncle Blair and Aunt Mary had already called me, and they flew from San Francisco to London the day after tomorrow and then went to Essecet to see the children!"

"Hehe, I knew it... It's a pity that Mata has to prepare for the wedding, and Gordon is still doing military service, otherwise everyone would have been able to get together!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, with a hint of regret on his face!

The four of them grew up together, and although they are not brothers and sisters, they are better than brothers and sisters.

"Life is still so long, there will always be time to get together in the future!"

"Of course!" Catherine nodded affirmatively.

"Is there anything else going on at night?"

"Huh?"

Looking at her puzzled expression, Guo Shouyun took out two invitations from his pocket.

"Christie's gave me invitations to two VIP seats! If you're not busy at night, come with me!"

"Christie's autumn auctions?"

As she spoke, Catherine took the invitation in her hand and looked at it.

After flipping through it, "Forget it, you better go by yourself." I've been arguing with Mars for a long time, I'm so tired that I don't want to eat or sleep now!"

"Okay!" Guo Shouyun didn't force it.

After each of them had a few bites of dinner, "Catherine, do you remember what I told you about the development strategy of the Guo family?"

Guo Shouyun's serious expression made Catherine who was looking at her stunned for a moment! After a hint of thought flashed in her eyes, "That radical strategy?"

"Hmm... Originally, I thought that the NASDAQ crisis and the Argentine debt crisis would really hit rock bottom for the US economy by the end of the year. Therefore, the policy of Congress, the government, and the Federal Reserve to intervene in the economy will come sooner than expected, especially the Federal Reserve rate, which will be further reduced, and then the interest rate on commercial loans will also fall, and this is our opportunity!"

Catherine nodded thoughtfully. So far, Guo's expansion has been all due to Guo Shouyun's investment and its own profits. At the beginning, in order to raise funds for the acquisition of Apple and the principal of the gold market, Guo Shouyun used Kwok's as collateral to issue about $200 million in ABS asset-backed securities. Compared to Kwok's assets of nearly $1 billion, $200 million in debt is not a big burden.

"After you go back, you will use the asset mortgage in Guo's hand, borrow as much as you can, and try to choose a ten-year repayment period. Also, when the company expands, we will give priority to buying stores that are suitable for our high-quality communities and commercial areas in the city center! Even if there are no suitable personnel for the time being, the store cannot be opened, and the property must be bought first! If the funds are not enough, I will make up for you!"

Catherine, who graduated from Harvard's Department of Economics and Management, is also a shrewd person, and she quickly heard the taste from Guo Shouyun's words.

"Do you think U.S. real estate is going to go up?"

"Well, it's been a decade since the last upward cycle of real estate, and it's time for another wave of growth. And, is there anything better than real estate to drive economic growth?"

Catherine nodded solemnly. When it comes to the change of the group's business strategy, she can't be careless.

"Don't worry, even if we misjudge. Property in hand doesn't cost us anything. At most, it is too much to borrow, which threatens the company's financial balance. But do you think I'm still afraid of financial imbalances?"

"You hateful capitalist!"

Thinking of Guo Shouyun's wealth growth rate, Catherine was also relieved.

"I love this title!"

After giving him a blank look, "Since you judge that real estate is going to rise sharply, why don't you take the opportunity to make a profit?"

"Who said I won't go, it's just not time yet!"

Originally, Catherine wanted to continue to ask out of curiosity, but after thinking about it, she forgot it. Even if they are friends, there are places where they can't touch each other. Moreover, one Guo is enough for her to be busy, and there is still time to care about real estate matters.

The two chatted while eating, and ended dinner in about an hour. Sending Catherine away, Guo Shouyun took the invitation in his hand and walked to the banquet hall on the third floor of the hotel.

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