086 Li Feng steals the spotlight again
At 2 p.m., Li Feng and his group left the villa and arrived at the headquarters building of Goldman Sachs on Broad Street in downtown Manhattan.
Naturally, there was also a group of media reporters behind his small convoy, and when Li Feng and his party arrived at Goldman Sachs, many media reporters couldn't help but think.
After all, it shouldn't be boring for a person like Li Feng to visit Goldman Sachs, and many people realize that maybe there will be big news next.
Could it be that Li Feng's company is also going public or something else, many reporters are already speculating about the intentions of Li Feng and his party.
Especially when Henry Paulson, the current president of Goldman Sachs, greeted the reporters in person, it made the media reporters excited, and naturally the photos of the group became the witnesses of the reporters behind them.
Leaving behind the necessary security personnel, as Li Feng and his entourage entered the Goldman Sachs building accompanied by Goldman Sachs President Henry Paulson, only the media reporters were left blind, and the shrewd reporters were already calling for support from the headquarters behind them.
Not to mention the speculation of the media reporters below, Li Feng is still looking forward to entering the famous Goldman Sachs company, after all, such a company was only known in his previous life, and he is always looking forward to it when he has the opportunity to see it this time.
It's a pity that the facts are always unexpected, Li Feng turned around and found that this is the case, and the office environment is not much better than the investment company under his name.
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The two sides went to a large conference room, and then it was time for Adam and his party to perform, yes, Adam came with negotiators, and Goldman Sachs also had the president of the asset management department personally on the stage and began to argue with Adam.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Adam offered $1.4 billion, while Goldman Sachs quoted $1.8 billion, there was a gap of $400 million, so they naturally began to bargain.
As I said before, two years ago, David Rockefeller, the current helmsman of the Rockefeller family, wanted to buy back the Rockefeller Center, and naturally Goldman Sachs controlled the 14 main buildings that were built in the center before World War II.
At that time, David's offer was only $1.3 billion, and this time, according to Adam, the value of $1.5 billion at Rockefeller Center was a reasonable price, and Li Feng guaranteed cash payment.
Naturally, Li Feng's company did not have so much money, but Adam had discussed with the president of the California-based Bank of America before, asking the bank to help bear the blame, and directly used the real estate company as collateral and obtained the bank's approval.
After all, if it can really acquire Rockefeller Center, then the real estate company will be worth a lot of money, and as for the loan of more than 10 billion, it is really nothing compared to the century real estate at that time.
Even the banks wish that the Century Real Estate Company could not afford to accept high-quality assets such as the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and many real estate companies.
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In this way, an afternoon passed in a dispute, but neither side agreed, but Adam's side had already mentioned 1.5 billion, and Goldman Sachs had also dropped to 1.7 billion, and the price had begun to get closer.
Li Feng also knew that the acquisition of such a project could not be completed in a short period of time, so after arguing for an afternoon, they all went back to their respective homes and prepared to start tomorrow.
"Bell bell bell..."
As soon as he got home, Li Feng's private phone rang urgently.
"Hey, Kenny, how do you have time to call me at this time, don't you say you're already back in the UAE. ”
Li Feng knew that Kenny was now the general manager of the UAE branch of an oil company, so he needed to be based in the UAE.
"John, I've heard you're planning to buy Rockefeller Center, right? ”
Well, hearing Kenny's calm question on the other end of the phone, Li Feng was suddenly depressed, and said that he had just left Goldman Sachs, and someone knew about it as soon as he left the front foot.
However, thinking of the situation of the Rockefeller family, it is not strange to think about it, after all, it does not involve itself, and it is normal to spread it, not to mention that it is a wealthy family like the Rockefeller family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and when there is a stir in New York, where do they not know.
"You said this, Kenny, I have such an idea here, but it hasn't come out yet, what if the negotiations just started today?" Li Feng didn't lie to others, and said honestly.
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"Then I can ask if we can get some of it on our side, John, and if so, you will have the friendship of our Rockefellers. ”
Hearing the voice on the other side of the phone, Li Feng's heart was moved, although the friendship of the Rockefeller family, although it sounds like an empty word, but if he can really become a close partner with the Rockefeller family, then he will really be at ease to develop himself in the United States in the future.
"Kenny, if I agree to the involvement of the Rockefeller family, will the management of the Rockefeller Center be up to me or your family after the acquisition is successful?
For example, if it succeeds, I will change the name to 'Rockefeller-Century Center, or Century-Rockefeller Center.'" Naturally, Li Feng would not agree immediately when he heard it, and then asked with a smile.
"In fact, the family only hopes that we can maintain a certain amount of shares and participate in the Rockefeller Center, and we don't have to control it, so John, you can do what you want. Kenny was very down-to-earth and told Li Feng the truth.
"Alright then, Kenny, you can pass the word to your elders, I agree with them to get involved, but it's all up to my company, and if your elders agree, you can just let them contact me.
Actually, Kenny, I'm a little puzzled, it's said that the value of Rockefeller Center is not very high, you can buy it back, why has it not been successful. Li Feng asked what he had always doubted.
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In fact, according to the current value of Rockefeller Center, it is really not as high as people think, and the main body of the 14 buildings in Rockefeller Center today is only 1.5 or 600 million US dollars.
You must know that those newly built skyscrapers often cost hundreds of millions of dollars or even billions of dollars, for example, Goldman Sachs later established the headquarters building of Xin, which is said to cost 2 billion US dollars.
"The main reason is that the price was not negotiated, and we finally quoted $1.4 billion in the previous time, while Goldman Sachs insisted on $1.5 billion, and finally shelved it because of the difference in the price of $100 million. Kenny replied reluctantly.
"Holy Damn Me"
Hearing Kenny's words on the other side, Li Feng couldn't help but scold.
I have to say that the values of Europe and the United States are completely different from those of China.
If in China, one of the symbols of their own family is acquired, and there is an opportunity to buy back such a logo, those families will definitely smash the pot and sell it back, but unfortunately, Europe and the United States have been taught since childhood that business behavior is business behavior and cannot be emotional.
Just for the sake of this 100 million US dollars, he didn't want to lose his family's logo, in Li Feng's opinion, it was really a bit brainless, naturally, Li Feng's mentality was still the mentality of the Chinese.
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After ending the conversation with Kenny, Li Feng felt a sense of emotion, although on the phone, Kenny meant pure business, and a few years ago he thought that the price was too high.
In fact, in Li Feng's view, the real estate recession in the past few years, the Rockefeller family inevitably had the intention of picking up cheap, but unfortunately, when they encountered a company like Goldman Sachs, they would rather smash it in their hands than reduce the price.
At the same time, Li Feng also expressed doubts about the strength of the Rockefeller family, if the family really has huge wealth and controls tens of billions of dollars, then is this 100 million dollars really unwilling to come out.
It can only be said that the family is really just a reputation, although it can be rich for a lifetime, but if it is like this, there will always be a day of complete decay.
What Li Feng didn't know was that Kenny spoke to the family again directly after talking to Li Feng on the phone, and relayed the conversation with Li Feng, especially the name of the Rockefeller Center, which made the family bigwigs stare at each other, but finally reached an agreement.
That night, David Rockefeller, the old guy, drove directly from the Rockefeller manor on Long Island to Li Feng's villa, and it was obvious that the Rockefeller family was also a little anxious.
After all, Rockefeller Center has always been one of the family symbols, and if Li Feng really buys it completely, it really has nothing to do with his family.
Naturally, when David Rockefeller visited Li Fengzi's Century Mansion in New York that day, his photos made many headlines in New York the next day.
Yang Zhiyuan called again and jokingly complained, saying that Li Feng succeeded in stealing the spotlight again, and he was deprived of a lot of opportunities to promote Yahoo.