644 New York Gathering
That night, in Li Feng's New York Garden mansion, a small party rose, which could be regarded as a 'reception banquet' to welcome Li Feng to New York.
In addition to the people close to Li Feng, such as Wang Siqing, Zhou Jiana, Wu Jianmin and others, there are also several bigwigs and young people from the Rockefeller and Roosevelt families in New York, as well as several financial bigwigs from the three major banks who were still negotiating before.
"Sandy, I heard Dominic say that you didn't negotiate well, it won't be because of that interest, I thought you would be able to negotiate soon, but I will repay you directly a year in advance. ”
"John, in fact, we are not in a hurry for you to repay, for a high-quality customer like John, your credit rating in our bank is the highest, or wait for the expiration of next year and you will repay the loan in a lump sum, how about it?"
"That's a huge sum of at least $12 billion, and you really don't need it?"
"How is it possible, although the bank says that there is no shortage of money, but such a huge amount of cash, and it is cash, which bank will not need it, otherwise we will not negotiate with you to return it in advance. ”
"Dominic, what did you talk about?"
"BOSS, Sandy they want 23% interest. ”
"How many did you mention?"
"We mentioned 18 too. ”
"The difference of 5 points is not a small amount, but Sandy, the interest is 18 a year, this is really a loan shark, are you still not satisfied?
So, Sandy, let's take a step back, let's raise it to 20 points, and sign the contract tomorrow, I think you have my repayment, and the money will be far more than the remaining 10 points if you go to the global stock market for a little bit of operation. ”
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"This..."
Sandy, the Wall Street boss, couldn't help frowning and hesitating at this time, and turned his head to look at the two bigwigs from Wells Fargo and Bank of America, who had not spoken all along.
"Well, we'll talk about it tomorrow, and we'll talk to the board of directors when we go back tonight. ”
"That's okay, Sandy, as soon as possible, otherwise I'll really have to wait until maturity to pay it back, and then I'll take the funds and go directly into the shares, the NASDAQ is really hot now, as long as you buy a few technology stocks at will, the estimated value will double next year." Li Feng said seemingly casually to several US imperialist financial tycoons.
As the so-called speaker has no intention of listening, Li Feng's muttering has made the eyes of several financial tycoons shine.
That's right, today's NASDAQ is so hot, after this loan comes back, find a way to transfer it to the US imperialists, go to the NASDAQ and come back, not only the funds are back, but also a considerable income, why not, who made the stock market of the US imperialism so hot today.
Of course, how to safely transfer this money back to the US imperialists from abroad, this does not need to be considered by Li Feng, but people are global financial circles and Wall Street bosses, and there are solutions.
After chatting with a few financial tycoons and creditors, and letting Wu Jianmin accompany a few peers instead of him, Li Feng said goodbye with a smile and left, heading towards the location of David Rockefeller, Zhou Jiana and others.
"David, Kenny, what are you talking about?"
"John, you're here!"
"John, long time no see, I haven't congratulated you yet, the Forbes list has risen again. ”
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"John, this is the most successful art collector in New York, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, whom I have mentioned to you many times, and who has a Chinese name like you, Ellsworth. After saying hello, Zhou Jiana smiled and introduced Li Feng to a tall old man with glasses.
"Oh... Jana has been whispering all kinds of rumors about Robert in my ear, and I've admired the name for a long time, and now I've finally met the real person. ”
"Hello John, my friends call me Bob, the name of St. John Lee I don't think I need to repeat it, thank you for the invitation tonight. ”
"John, Bob, it seems that the two of you have been friends for a long time. ”
"David, Miss Zhou has purchased a lot of art from me before, and John is my most important customer. ”
"Then you have to be careful on the trading floor of your apartment, John is not short of money, beware of being bought out. ”
"Haha... Maybe it's time for these artworks to really find their owners, who knows?"
"Haha..."
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Li Feng knows that David Rockefeller and Ellsworth are very familiar with each other, it is said that the Rockefeller family has always had art transactions with Ellsworth, and many works of art have been received by the Rockefeller family into the family's private museum through Ellsworth, and the Rockefeller family naturally donates some from time to time for charity or something.
Similarly, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest museum in the United States, was originally initiated by a group of bankers, businessmen, and artists in New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art has maintained a good relationship with the Rockefeller family since its establishment.
In the 80s, Ellsworth donated nearly 500 pieces of precious Chinese modern and modern artworks, including many works by many modern and modern Chinese artists from Wu Changshuo to Wang Zhen, from Xu Beihong to Fu Baoshi, Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong and many other modern and modern Chinese masters, and it is said that there are 14 works of Qi Baishi alone.
Li Feng had to feel that the good things in Huaxia were actually abroad.
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In addition to the Metropolitan, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Yale University Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, etc., the largest museums in the United States have donated from Ellsworth.
These museums accept donations from Ellsworth, with hundreds of pieces and a few dozens, which shows how many Chinese artworks Ellsworth has received, and the title of the godfather of Chinese art is a bit worthy of its name.
Of course, Ellsworth's collection is not only full of Chinese art, but also a large number of Asian art, including art from India and other countries, which are the acquisition targets of Ellsworth, including a small number of European and American artworks.
Anyway, in the era when China had just begun to reform and open up, Ellsworth came to China directly as an American, and then, with the relatively strong financial resources at that time, he went south and north to collect all over China, and a large number of Chinese artworks were included in his pocket.
Today, in Ellsworth's Fifth Avenue luxury apartment, thousands of works of art from all over Asia are on display, with Chinese art being the most numerous and varied.
There is no doubt that for Ellsworth, customers like Li Feng are naturally included in his list of important customers, after all, people are like this, and when their wealth accumulates to a certain extent, art collection is one of their most important choices in all aspects.
It is said that it is pretending to be forced to improve the style, or it is said that it is to hide wealth and increase the wealth of the family, which is not the case in ancient and modern China and abroad.
From Bill Gates to Warren Buffett to Li Feng, none of these newly rising billionaires are the biggest buyers in the art market, and this kind of thing is too much to see in Ellsworth's decades-long career as an antique art trader.
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For Ellsworth, this simple party was specially invited by Li Feng to Zhou Jiana, speaking of which, Ellsworth's luxury apartment is not far from Li Feng's own mansion, both on Fifth Avenue, close to Central Park, and from the bedroom window, you can see the beautiful scenery of the famous Central Park.
Tonight's gathering was a gathering of some of the people closest to him that Li Feng had invited, so it was very small, and it was one of Li Feng's goals in New York this time, as was the two closest cooperative families and the three major banks with whom he was negotiating, and Ellsworth.
Because of this, in the midst of all the disturbances, tonight's party ended quickly.