Chapter 1310 13 blocks tall can really make money
In the sky palace, Andy reclined on the large loose couch, rummaging through the stack of papers in his hand, while the assistant handed Andy's mouth a ruby Roman grape worth $226 each.
"Tsk, these little devils are really going to make money. Feeling the sweetness in his mouth, Andy had to admire.
Tori picked up a ping-pong ball-sized grape and put it in his mouth, the delicious taste was indeed excellent, she had eaten a lot of good things since following the Great Demon King, but the 6,400 dollars per bunch of ruby Roman grapes for the well-known and wealthy on the new market of this footbasin was indeed superb.
"I heard that the yield is very low, if you like it, I'll call them in a moment to inform them and prepare a little more. The little assistant picked one up again and handed it to Andy's mouth, and said softly.
"Hmm. Let someone send it to Ivana and let her taste whether she likes it or not. Andy didn't lift his head, but said as he flipped through the papers.
"Understood. ”
At this moment, the mobile phone on the table rang, and the assistant reached out to pick it up, glanced at it, and then handed it to Andy, "Boss, it's Mr. Smith's phone." ”
"Oh?" Andy reached out and took the phone, picked it up directly, put it to his ear, and greeted with a smile, "Good morning, grandpa." ”
"Hehe, good morning, where are you now?"
"On the plane, I'm flying to Paris, is there anything wrong?" asked Andy with a slight frown.
"It's not a big deal, a sponsor is interested in selling assets and wants me to ask if you're interested. ”
"Oh, let grandpa make this call, it seems that this business is a bit interesting. Andy was a little curious.
"Hehe, Yellowstone Club, in financial crisis, has filed for bankruptcy protection with the court, Edra intends to sell all assets to pay off debts, are you interested?"
"Of course!" Andy said with interest as he sat up straight with his eyes lit up, "how much money does she want?"
"I didn't ask much about the specifics, but it would be about 400 million-450 million, after all, a $375 million loan is involved, if you're interested, I'll ask Idra to contact you. ”
"Okay... ”
Andy hung up after getting some more information from Smith Sr., and it turned out that the Yellowstone Club's revenue had fallen sharply in recent times as the U.S. housing market plummeted and new members declined, and the club's global expansion plans had failed, making it financially stretched.
The key is the Brix Seth couple, who own the Yellowstone Club, a couple who have been a dead couple, not only have a lavish private life that has been criticized, they often travel by private jet, and they have countless luxury cars in their names.
Some investors and members of the Yellowstone Club have taken them to court, accusing them of enriching themselves in the use of the club's funds and ignoring the rights and interests of investors. But the lawsuit later ended in an out-of-court settlement.
Then, starting in 2005, the couple began to blindly expand globally, diverting funds that had been used for the club's affairs and even buying assets in their own names, further deteriorating the club's financial situation.
Of course, the most important thing is that the couple fell out in August this year, a rebellion for control of the club, and finally his wife Edra got control, but as soon as she took office, she was dumbfounded in the face of a financial turmoil and high debts.
To be honest, Andy has definitely coveted the Yellowstone Club, which owns about 54 square kilometers of land near Yellowstone National Park, and when he took Lima to the Yellowstone Club for the first vacation, he was attracted to that land, and he didn't expect the opportunity to be presented to him.
Soon, the current CEO of the Yellowstone Club, Edla, called in, and after a few polite greetings between the two sides, Edra talked to Andy about the Yellowstone Club straight to the point, offering $445 million.
Andy naturally won't express his position immediately, but just told the other party that he was very interested and would contact the other party as soon as possible, and he could hear the other party's eagerness from the phone, and it seemed that this Yellowstone club was indeed unsustainable.
After hanging up the phone, Andy contacted Alvittle in New York and told him about the matter, and Al was also very clear about his boss's land hoarding, and asked his subordinates to quickly gather information about the Yellowstone Club while reporting to his boss by the way.
"Boss, the Yellowstone Club covers an area of about 5,420 hectares and currently has standing cabins, a large ski slope and a golf course.
It currently has 340 members, and members are required to pay an annual membership fee of $18,000 after paying a one-time deposit of $250,000. The club currently employs more than 600 people.
Two months ago, the Yellowstone Club announced a massive expansion plan that includes 450 new vacation homes, condominiums and recreational facilities such as luxury spas, clubhouses, baseball fields and more ski slopes. However, the expansion plan has been put on hold due to the club's financial constraints.
Overseas assets include a French castle, a Scottish golf course, a Mexican villa and a Caribbean estate.
Fees collected from members since its inception and opening in 1999 amounted to approximately $88 million, as well as a $375 million loan from Credit Suisse in 2005. And the Yellowstone Club's debt stems mainly from this loan. However, because of the problems of operation and management, there are many problems with the whereabouts of these funds... ”
"Hehe, man-made hole!" Andy immediately understood what the couple had done, but the club wasn't a mess, and apart from the financial chaos, everything else was pretty good.
"Al, what do you think?"
"Good assets, there is a lot of room for development, mainly because the membership system of this private club is very distinctive, and it has a great attraction to some super-rich, if the boss takes over, it will undoubtedly make its influence go up a notch!"
Forced qualifications, to put it bluntly, the forced qualifications of the Yellowstone Club are very high, and even Hollywood stars are not eligible to join the membership applications that they boasted before, and it was released that there are Bill Gates, former vice presidents, senators and other big names among the members, which undoubtedly blew up the forced qualifications of this private club.
If Andy takes over, it will naturally raise the Yellowstone Club's compulsion by more than one level, after all, the status of the dead couple cannot be compared with Andy, in that case, Andy will let people expand the scale of the club, and the attraction of the rich people in the United States and even the world will be greater.
"Then send someone to talk. I love the scenery and it's a good choice to stay for a month or two every year, and if I could, I'd love to connect the farm and the club... ”
“。。。 The corners of Alvitatlea's mouth twitched, black lines appeared on his forehead, he rolled his eyes, and pretended not to hear, the farm was in the middle of Montana, and the club was on the border below the state, all together?
"Ahem. Finding that Al didn't have a stubble, Andy also coughed a few times, and then said: "By the way, let people see the land farms around Yellowstone, and buy more if it's cheap." When I buy the club, I'm going to fix an airport!"
"Good boss. Alma responded that building a small airport is very reliable, which is a huge help to the development of the club, solving the problem of transportation, and will undoubtedly make this resort more popular, you must know that the rich people hate trouble, if they need to change the means of transportation back and forth during a vacation, even if the scenery is beautiful, they will not be the first choice destination.
After hanging up the phone, the more Andy thought about it, the more he felt that this club had a lot of room for development, and when the time came to let his security company establish a sub-base in it, the most beautiful scenery, the best facilities, the world's food, the most famous and wealthy people, the most perfect security, tsk, I believe that the Yellowstone Club will develop into the world's top club, and let the world talk about it at the same time.
If you are not a member of the Yellowstone Club, you are embarrassed to say that you are a world-class rich?