Chapter 251: Starbucks Factory
didn't wait for Han Xuan to answer.
A girl's voice came out: "You're looking for me?"
Jessica didn't give herself a good look before, and her tone became softer Han Xuan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and he felt that he was at a loss, blaming himself for seeing things that he shouldn't see, and at this moment he felt that calling her seemed too abrupt.
"Yes, there was a premiere of Dimen Pictures at the Huaxia Theater on the evening of the 10th, the cartoon "Toy Story", do you have time to participate? ”
"I haven't been filming recently, I should have time, I'll go then, please give me an invitation, how embarrassing it is to be stopped at the door......"
"Surely that won't happen, I'll stand at the door to greet you, haven't you found a scene lately?
Jessica's voice was joyful, "It's not bad, the directors of a few small-budget movies have come to me, but I need to go to school, and my classmates at school can already recognize me and give me a few autographs!"
"If there is a role for you at Dimen Pictures, I will keep it for you, okay, thank you. ”
"Thanks for what?"
"Attend the premiere. ”
"I should be thanking you, Huaxia Theater, there should be quite a lot of stars, it can increase my exposure. ”
Han Xuan shrugged, "Now you are also a star." ”
"Is this your number?
Fresh Alaskan king crab comes out of the pan, steaming hot, originally dark red, and made bright red in color.
A secretary-like assistant pried off a paw and handed it to the boy.
Put down the phone to thank you, and grabbed it in your hand like grabbing a cucumber, which was full of snow-white crab meat.
The steaming retains the original taste of the king crab, sprinkles with some lemon juice to remove the fishy smell, and the crab on the table is left with a shell in a blink of an eye, and soon the shell is gone. Dragged by Harris and dug directly with a spoon.
The white-collar workers of these companies usually pay attention to their image, and it seems very relaxed to indulge occasionally, and after more than a month of running-in period, they have made friends with each other, laughing and talking, and even Anthony, who has a face with his face all day long, also participated.
It took nearly an hour to eat. Schultz personally called and said he had arrived at the company.
After cleaning up, they got into their cars and headed to the outskirts of Seattle, where Starbucks headquarters.
Surrounded by mountains, uphill, downhill, and in circles, this terrain is not suitable for building a city, but it is close to the natural harbor of Victoria, and it borders with Canada, and serves as an important transit point for communication with the enclave of Alaska. It has developed quite rapidly in recent years.
"I have negotiated with Mr. Schultz, who now owns 46.26% of Starbucks and is willing to sell 10% of our company for a market value of 90 million, and only 23.3% of those shares belong to him, and the rest only has decision-making and management rights.
In '87 he didn't have enough money and gathered a group of investors to buy Starbucks with him, and now the stock market is booming, and Starbucks stock is not rising as expected. One shareholder entrusted him with the sale of the 10%.
In the past, we used to communicate by phone, but this time I came mainly to ask him if he had any ideas about selling some of his shares. I've studied Starbucks' trajectory over the years, and I always feel that the market value is now seriously undervalued.
If he hadn't used investors' money to amplify the losses, he wouldn't have been able to spend only 3.8 cents per share on the NASDAQ market. ”
"I think so, Starbucks has only been established for seven years, and I have a lot of things that Schultz will be interested in, and I should be able to buy some more. How many shares are left in the market?"
"Paul Allen's 25% stake was diluted to 20.34% with the listing, leaving 23.26% after we bought 9.78 at the time of the market.
The money had only reached East West Bank for half a month, and I was worried about causing a market rebound, so I didn't dare to go all out to buy it, and there were quite a few people who were optimistic about Starbucks. It's just that it has just been listed for more than a year, and the stock price has not risen as expected, and many shareholders are still waiting.
The initial acquisition was too fast, and the market value of the acquisition had risen a lot, and with the 10% of Schultz's acquisition, we had lost at least $4 million. ”
"Even if it's a small loss, it's good to hold its shares in your hands, don't worry, I won't deduct your salary......"
I vaguely smelled the smell of coffee, opened the window and smelled it, it was really.
Looking ahead, a factory covering an area of about ten acres appeared in front of Han Xuan.
A huge billboard with a green circle on the outside that says "Starbucks-Coffee" in English, and a black shading on the inside, highlighting the white mermaid.
The whole work is also painted dark green, and white smoke comes out of the chimney, and the aroma of coffee wafts from there, thinking that it is roasting coffee beans.
Trucks are constantly coming out, and the body logo is the same as the logo, a rare color that makes people remember it at a glance without feeling annoying.
It's no wonder that this café is not selling coffee, but selling itself, and the packaging design alone is a lot higher than its rivals, and the role is the same as the cartoon dragon on the SOS Group transport truck, all of which are promoting themselves.
Come to the door.
The doorman received the news, simply checked them in and let them in, the factory was very clean, and the aroma of the coffee was fascinating.
Glimpsing out the car window, a middle-aged man in his forties in a suit was talking to the worker, Han Xuan remembered that Schultz was also like this on the data, asked the driver to stop, stretched out his head and asked tentatively: "Mr. Howard Schultz?"?
"Yes. ”
The middle-aged man turned around, saw these cars, paused and continued, "Boy, who are you?"
"I'm the chairman of that company. Han Xuan got out of the car and smiled, stretched out his hand like an adult, and said: "Hello, Mr. Schultz, the scenery of this factory is really beautiful, especially its fragrance, I drink a caramel macchiato every day at Brown University." ”
"Brown University, we just opened in Rhode Island, but is it appropriate for you to drink coffee at such a young age?"
Schultz stretched out his hand and saw that the staff were all standing behind the boy, and while curious, he understood that he might not be joking, and maybe it was really the chairman.
Considering the news about the Snow Mountain Investment Company that was circulating abroad, he directly asked, "Mr. Han, the president of SOS Group, is it yours?"
"Grandpa, he's my grandfather, the clerk only gave me a little coffee, and the rest was milk, if it weren't for the good taste, I'd better complain to you now." ”
"Well, then I'll praise the clerk.
Would you like to see how the coffee is made? You can try it freshly ground, it tastes different from fermented coffee beans, my second son is about the same age as you, and occasionally drinks a little Frappuccino.
So you come to talk about business at such a young age, and your family can rest assured?"
"I'm sure you won't lie to me, look at these people behind me, they're not vegetarians. ”
"Haha, I'm going to have to be careful, Mr. Anthony, hello" (To be continued.) )