Chapter 18: Tyrant Brothers from the Country World!(970 words)
(The last chapter was changed and updated by Taishui, and 970 words were sent to make amends)
Friday, Citibank headquarters.
"Why do you keep looking at my head. In the VIP conference room, Prince Waleed finally couldn't help but ask.
"Because your head is better than mine!" Jia Lei touched the bandage on his head and said enviously.
Today, Citibank is going to visit and negotiate with two future investors, which is a must, because Citibank headquarters has to get this money!
"Oh my God, this is the first time I've heard someone compliment my country on the traditional dress of my country, and others have always laughed at the big strip of cloth on my head. They would always ask me if I was hot!" Prince Waleed recalled.
"So you're the same, these people always ask me if my father and grandfather still have long braids, and if our women still have their little feet wrapped. We've long since stopped doing this there! We've already gone electrified!" Jia Lei said with deep sympathy.
"Since you like my clothes, I'll have someone give you a set, and you can wrap the gauze around your head. Prince Waleed said.
"That's a great idea, Your Highness Prince Waleed!" Jia Lei said gratefully.
"You know my name?!, I don't know your name?" asked Prince Waleed.
"You can call me Lei!" Mr. Jia said.
"Lei, that's a good name, my full name is Waleed bin Talal Al Saud. But you already know that you're here for Citibank's investment?" asked Prince Waleed.
At this time, the entourage brought Jia Lei a set of Arabic clothes, and the prince motioned for Jia Lei to stand up and let people dress him.
"All I have to do is put on my robe, the main thing is that you help me wrap my head, the doctor's craftsmanship is too ugly. Jia Lei said to the servant.
"Yes, I was planning to buy Citibank stock. But Citibank didn't seem to welcome my investment. Are you also here to be asked about your investment intentions?" Jia Lei said.
"No! Actually, I'm already a shareholder of Citibank, so you shouldn't talk to the bank about investing directly at all, you should buy shares from the market like I did! The prince pointed out to Jia Lei.
"You're right! I was reckless, I should have bought stocks in the stock market in the first place! I also blame myself for being a tea egg seller before, and I don't understand why someone refuses to sell stocks to me even though he is short of money?" Jia Lei said puzzled.
"Are you self-made? Me too! We're so close. The prince sighed.
"How can you be a prince from scratch?" Jia Lei asked puzzledly, the fact that the Arab prince is rich is known to everyone in the world.
"My father didn't support me in starting a business, and the capital of my business was to get a bank loan of $400,000 for a house he gave me. It's a self-made man!" said His Royal Highness the Prince.
"So you also took out a loan? I also mortgaged the estate left to me by my father to the bank for a loan! About 700,000 US dollars!" Jia Lei said.
"And what was your first business?" asked the prince curiously.
"My first business was government bonds, which were very profitable at the time of buying and selling bonds in our country. What was your first business?" Mr. Jia said.
"Real estate. After I put this money into real estate, the price of real estate in our country has risen hundreds of times, so I am able to sit here today. Prince Waleed said.
"So what did you do from $700,000 to now? As far as I know, Citibank needs investors who have to be more than $100 million. The prince asked.
"Isn't the island country in the midst of a financial crisis? I make all my money from the futures market, and I have a good fund manager. Now almost all the financiers in the world are in the island country, so we will pick up a big bargain here!" Jia Lei said.
"Big bargain! You're right, it's really a big bargain! I like you and my Huaxia brothers! Why don't we be friends? His Royal Highness said.
"It's a pleasure to be friends with you!" Jia Lei said happily.
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"Sorry to interrupt your pleasant conversation, but the meeting inside is about to begin, so please come with me into the conference room. Citibank's secretary to the chairman said.
Jia Lei and Prince Waleed glanced at each other and walked into the conference room with their respective investment advisory teams.
"Citibank is very happy to welcome two distinguished guests, now that the time is urgent, let's get straight to the point, I wonder what you two think about the current crisis of our bank, can you provide us with some solutions and help to solve the crisis?" asked the director of Citibank.
"I think Citibank's crisis is serious, and we need to ......," Prince Waleed said eloquently about Citibank's current predicament.
"Dear little guest, could you please also express your views and opinions?" The chairman of Citibank looked at Jia Lei, who was speechless, and asked anxiously, he was really afraid that Jia Lei would terminate his investment because he found that Citibank's situation was more serious than he imagined.
"I ...... But I don't understand anything, all I can do is give you the money and exchange it for stocks! I don't know anything about running a bank, so don't ask me. Jia Lei spread his hands and said.
What else can Jia Lei do?
Compared with the huge advisory group brought by Prince Walid, Jia Lei's advisory group only has four poor people. Even these poor four people are all employees of the negotiation opponent!
"What else do you want me to do, what do you want...... Jia Lei leaned back on the chair and hummed a song.
"Okay! If you don't have a problem, let's do it first. The chairman of Citibank awkwardly turned around and continued to discuss the future development of Citibank with His Royal Highness the Prince.
Although Jia Lei did not discuss, he was listening carefully to the negotiation of the terms of the contract between the two sides with his eyes closed, so Jia Lei turned around and called Farr over.
"You go to the Prince's lawyers' team and make a copy of their contract, and after they have negotiated the terms, you will ask for the exact same terms according to the Prince's contract. Jia Lei instructed Farr, and the old man nodded.
"Dear Prince, is it okay for me to do this?" Jia Lei asked with a waving hand to Prince Walid.
"Of course, aren't we all brothers!" agreed the prince laughing.
This kind of large-scale negotiation has always taken a day or more of negotiation to reach because of the large number of articles and the wide range of aspects involved.
During the lunch break, the prince warmly greeted Jia Lei to go to dinner and talk, and Jia Lei was very happy to pass!
Jia Lei wants to taste what the Arab princes eat!
His Royal Highness the Prince really did not disappoint Jia Lei, and the chef he brought from Arabia made Jia Lei a famous dish with Arabic specialties-
Roast camels!
Jia Lei ate the camel meat in his mouth with a complicated mood, thinking about how His Royal Highness the Prince got a camel in New York.
"Of course I brought it myself, I always travel on charter flights! My luggage weighs at least a ton. His Royal Highness the Prince explained to Jia Lei.
Jia Lei suddenly remembered the Arab king who visited the island country with a golden staircase and an elephant in his previous life!
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"What do you think of our future investors, and does he meet the requirements of our bank for investors?" asked the chairman.
For entrepreneurs, investors who only ask for dividends and do not participate in management are the best investors. Thank God for giving us Citibank!" said the Vice President happily.
"But this young master is a Chinese, will the Federal Reserve and the government of country M allow him to invest in our bank?" someone asked.
"Of course the Fed will agree, after all, it is much better to accept a foreign investor than the bankruptcy of our bank, and the source of funds of this foreign investor has nothing to do with the Chinese government, and our bank has been following up on the operation of his fund throughout the whole process, and the source is absolutely fine!" said the account manager of the investment department.
"Compared to the Chinese guest, it is the prince's problem that is a little bigger! The Federal Reserve has given us advice in the hope that we can find a new investor to take the prince's place. After all, the identity of the prince is a foreign royal family!" said the chairman.
"What's wrong with foreign royal families? Everyone knows that there are hundreds of princes in Arabia, and the status of the royal family is not special. And only the Arab royal family can now come up with hundreds of millions of dollars at once. A director retorted.
"You know that it is impossible to change shareholders, the prince is already our shareholder, and Master Lei has not officially invested! In case we anger Master Lei, he goes directly to the stock market to buy our shares, and no one can stop it! Then the money will flow into the market and will not enter the hands of our bank! This will have no effect on the predicament of our bank at all, and we need funds now to deal with the run on depositors. The vice chairman said worriedly.
"We voted on whether to accept Master Lei as the new shareholder, right?" said the chairman according to the regulations.
"If we don't accept this money, we will go bankrupt, is there any other choice!" said the vice chairman with a wry smile and raised his hand, and other directors and shareholders also raised their hands in agreement.
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Because the most crucial part has already been decided, Jia Lei has successfully become the new shareholder of Citibank! After signing the investment contract and putting the funds into Citibank, Jia Lei threw the rest of the things to the advisory group.
Because Jia Lei has more important things now! He is busy learning how to spend money with His Royal Highness the Prince, and he now knows that spending money is also a science.
Jia Lei and the prince have entered the sight of the Western financial community because of their large-scale investment in Citibank, and now they are called the local tyrant brothers from the countryside by the financiers of country M!
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"My brother, how can a billionaire live in a hotel suite every day? and it's not a presidential suite!" Prince Waleed said exaggeratedly when he first learned Jia Lei's address.
"Does it matter if it's the presidential suite? I only have one person living in the business suite! Why spend unnecessary money?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.
"It's not unnecessary money! Know that what you wear, what you use every day, and how you spend it all determine your status and status! You're a billionaire living in an ordinary business suite, and you're going to think you're a fake billionaire! My brother, spending money is also a science! I'm going to teach you how to be a real billionaire from today. Prince Waleed put his arm around Jia Lei's shoulders and said.
The truth of respecting clothes first and then respecting people, of course Jia Lei understands, he looked down at the luxury brand custom suit on his body, and he didn't know where to make the prince absolutely shabby!
"First of all, my brother, you're going to move to the presidential suite! Prince Waleed said.
"But the presidential suite is so expensive, it costs tens of thousands of dollars a day!47,800 yuan. Jia Lei said distressedly.
"Oh, my lord, are you distressed for just ten thousand dollars, and how can you be a billionaire like this!" said His Royal Highness the prince worriedly.
"Otherwise, can I buy a villa?" Jia Lei asked hesitantly.
"Well, that's the way to do it! The villa has to be a Beverly Hills mansion. The prince compromised.
"Dear brother, from today onwards, you have to learn from me how to be a billionaire!" After the prince finished speaking, he took Jia Lei out of the hotel and began to spend like crazy.
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Staying in a villa in Beverly Hills, buying a Ferrari sports car, going to Spain to watch bullfights, going to Paris to watch the latest fashion shows, eating top-quality caviar and foie gras, watching Broadway operas, Jia Lei follows the prince every day like a spinning top all over the world!
However, the prince's method really works, and now Jia Lei has become a VIP customer that various luxury brands are scrambling to invite, and many top member clubs have also included Jia Lei in the inspection list under the recommendation of the prince!
Jia Lei is now known to people in all countries after showing his business card! This is really a big breakthrough.
In any case, after Prince Waleed's high-profile and costless flaunting of wealth, Jia Lei and the prince's great names always resounded throughout the high society! Everyone would smile at each other's mention.
Because Jia Lei always wears the same headscarf as the prince on his head, the upper class calls the two of them the tyrant brothers from Arabia!
"I'm a pure-blooded Chinese, why do they think I'm your cousin!" Jia Lei said unhappily, touching the Arab turban on his head.
"Because every prince there can marry many wives, and in fact there are many Asian princesses in our Arab royal family! His Royal Highness said.