Chapter 198: High-level Meeting
In a café on the Upper West Side, three middle-aged white men sat across from Han Xuan.
Just now I saved the money at Morgan Bank, my grandfather received a call and left first, no one was at home, and I couldn't find anything to do in the afternoon, thinking that I hadn't seen the CEO since the company was established, so I casually found a café with a good grade and asked him to come over.
Anthony told him that the company's two senior vice presidents were also there, so he asked him to come along
Not long after the establishment of Snow Mountain Investment Company, there was an old man to help quickly set up the framework, and Anthony served as the chief executive officer (CEO), the highest administrative official in charge of day-to-day affairs in the company, and the power was only under Han Xuan, the chairman.
Sebastian, a middle-aged man with glasses and a bit of a fortune, used to be the director of human resources at Citibank's California branch.
He is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Snow Mountain Investments, where he is responsible for monitoring the company's day-to-day operations and reporting directly to the CEO.
Tristan graduated from Cambridge University, looks sven, his hair is neatly combed back, and he has the maturity of a middle-aged man.
Prior to his career as a marketing director at Goldman Sachs in Washington, D.C., he is now a senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) at Snow Mountain Investments.
"Okay, I'm done introducing myself, and the top of the company is here.
It's a pleasure to meet you, don't look at the scale of Snow Mountain Investment Company compared to Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and the like, I believe it won't be long before you will thank yourself for making this decision. ”
Han Xuan looked at the three senior executives opposite, they were all smiling, and some of them were sincere, so it was debatable.
I didn't care about smiling, it's normal to be young and can't hold down the field, and the company has just been established for less than ten days. There is no sense of belonging, purely for the sake of interests to gather together, but the relationship, in the future, there is time to get to know each other.
Say to Anthony, "Sir, are you done with Donald Trump?"
Anthony looked at Han Xuan from the moment he entered the door, and he always felt weird. But he couldn't say what was wrong, and when he heard him ask, he suppressed the doubts in his heart and said, "The one that financed 1.5 billion dollars to Trump has been signed."
In addition, Perez's lawyer is verifying the No. 200 land development right certificate at the bank, and it will be completed soon, and he will bring me the contract for signature, but the company does not have enough cash on its books, and the money will be transferred to Trump's account within three days, do you have a way?"
"Hmm. Now I want to finance another $100 million to Snow Mountain Investment Company, those are the personal assets I obtained from writing the book, and I haven't paid taxes yet, is there any way to reduce the amount of taxes? ”
Han Xuan looked at Tristan, the person was found by his grandfather, he didn't know his ability, he always had to have a general understanding, and if he was not satisfied, he would only pay liquidated damages. It is much easier than the official start of the company and then replacement.
Tristan knew this, and didn't understand what he meant. After coming back to his senses, he immediately said: "I have acquaintances in the US branch of KPMG in Switzerland, and if you agree, you can hand over the company's accounts to them."
Spanning three centuries, this accounting firm is today one of the four largest accounting firms in the world and has a very good reputation. ”
After hearing the name of this company, the old man also suggested not to handle the accounts in the same accounting firm. Han Xuan thought about it and spoke: "You can do it, it's okay."
Have you been in trouble lately, I'm going to stay at Brown University for a long time, I don't have time to go to Los Angeles, and I don't know about the company. ”
"Employees are new to each other. It still takes a while to run in, I read their resumes, their education and experience are good, and the company can get on the right track in just two or three months. ”
Speaking was Sebastian's chief operating officer, who understood that employees were within his position, and continued: "The headquarters is arranged in the Aon Center in Los Angeles, which was built in 1974, and rents 58 to 60 floors of office space, which is not bad. ”
Han Xuan nodded, their cooperation was quite tacit, and they didn't intervene in the problem that they were not responsible for, but in other words, it also meant strangeness.
beckoned to the waiter not far away to bring the menu, put it in front of them, and said with a smile: "Take it easy, I'm sorry to call you out at this time, let's have a cup of coffee to refresh yourself."
Mr. Anthony, what about you. ”
"It's good, there is only one game company under it, and there is nothing to be busy with recently, and I am helping the staff adapt to the position.
On the side of Maserati Automobile, I have already asked the Yafit Group, and Mr. Timothy, the president of the Yafit Group, said that he should consider it, and if he did not refuse, he indicated that he wanted to sell it, and he would reply soon.
The Italian government is currently calling on domestic automobile companies to work hard to develop new products, improve the level of production automation, reduce production costs, and advocate the adoption of cross-company and even cross-border joint operations within the automotive industry, so the Yafit Group will take over Maserati, I think they are not willing to do so. ”
Anthony said, pointing to the menu and asking the waitress for an Americano.
Han Xuan waited for him to finish: "What about other data, I want to know if Maserati is worth buying." ”
"How to say it, the twin-turbo engine models it produces are relatively mature in technology, and the production line is a weakness, with an annual production capacity of only about 10,000 vehicles.
Moreover, the work has been suspended for many years, and the resignation of senior technical talents has been dug up by Yafit Group without leaving, and there is basically only a shell left.
The glory of Maserati is stuck in the past, and if we only wanted the Maserati brand, it would cost less than we expected, but the later reconstruction is a big problem, and according to my research, even the local Italian youth are unfamiliar with it. ”
Hearing this, Han Xuan frowned, and secretly wondered if it was the future recovery that caused his feelings towards Maserati to deviate, and the brand has not become like this now?
The decline in popularity means that it is impossible to achieve the desired effect, which is not what I want, shaking his hand to signal that he does not need to order, and saying: "Have you negotiated the price with them?"
"Well, the original production line can't keep up with the times, except for some technology, shape patents and its own brand, the others are worthless.
When I asked Mr. Timothy, he didn't say anything but told me that the price of receiving Maserati was about $70 million in dollars.
In fact, the information collected shows that Yafit Group only spent less than 60 million, and the price increase is probably to trick me. ”
Anthony shook his head amusedly: "I am more optimistic about Aston Martin than Maserati, both in terms of technology and market recognition."
In the past few years since Ford acquired Aston Martin, in addition to providing it with financial security, it has also provided it with Ford's technology, manufacturing and supply systems around the world.
In addition, it has been favored by Mr. James Bond, and its fame has always been loud. (To be continued.) )