Chapter 34: Jiaolong ...... Into the sea
George knew that there were many things that had nothing to do with trading during this time, and it was very against the spirit of the agreement to hand them over to Carlos, after all, when he found Carlos, he just said that he would conduct a trade.
But Carlos didn't bring it up before, but silently accepted it, it's not that Carlos doesn't know how to fight for his own interests, but after a period of contact and running-in, he has gradually regarded himself as a member of the two-person team of George James, and did not consider the issue of agreement or non-agreement at that time.
It's just that now with George's income increasing, and George wants to do more and more, in this case, just a person who studied accounting is a little unable to adapt to the position of temporary secretary, so he can only take this opportunity to remind George.
"Well, for your sake of this not very satisfying apology, I agreed, but only for a few days. ”
Carlos said with a smile as he pointed to the coffee that George had filled for him.
"Thank you very much, Carlos, really much appreciated.
After this incident, I will fund a big vacation for you, so that you can rest very comfortably for a while.
But Carlos, I want you to continue to help me with one thing now, and don't let James know about it, okay?"
George heard that James promised to continue to hold on for him for a few days, a happy smile appeared on his face, Carlos is worthy of graduating from accounting, and the accounts handled are very beautiful, where can I avoid taxes, where can I pay less, where can I use what instead of taxes, etc., so that George really doesn't want to give up like this.
“?”
Hearing George's words, Carlos didn't speak, but stared at him stunned, and a big question mark was almost engraved on his head.
"Carlos don't think about it, I don't have a problem with James, it's just a little bit different about the handling of the new company.
You know, James and I are both from Harvard Business School, but we work together very well on investment.
You have worked on Wall Street and seen the ups and downs of many people, especially those who are worth more than a billion today and call for wind and rain in their respective fields, they may be ruthlessly abandoned and liquidated by the capital market tomorrow and become a poor egg.
There is no one who wins or loses in the capital market, and the Bank of Bahrain, a historically rich and well-known bank, has collapsed, not to mention the banks and investment companies that have failed and are on the verge of failure.
Compared to them, we are more vulnerable in terms of resistance to blows, and I don't want to see that day.
So, what I'm doing now is just to prevent that day from coming, but there are a lot of issues James has no problem, it's just that I have a problem when I'm preparing to build an Amazon-style e-commerce sales site in Southeast Asia.
You know, some time ago, when we were researching Internet issues in the United States, we did a research analysis on Amazon and eBay.
Because of Amazon's infinite losses, as well as some seemingly meaningless issues that are being done but consume a lot of investors' capital, he has a certain prejudice against Amazon and Bezos, and clearly opposes this model.
I've never seen James oppose me so fiercely to do something, so I made a compromise, but as someone who has worked in investment banking, you know why they continue to invest in Amazon when they are losing so much, and the valuation continues to increase again and again.
Although eBay has now begun to make a profit, investment banks do not recognize his evaluation and valuation, or even the market.
This shows that Amazon's model is very desirable to a certain extent, and his current losses are just Bezos's series of layouts to occupy the future.
With the style of those vampires on Wall Street, how can they be so tolerant of a company that is losing money indefinitely?
I guess you should have my back on that.
It's just that James doesn't agree, so I made a compromise choice in desperation, running in the early stage of the eBay model, and slowly transitioning to the Amazon model in the future.
After all, not to mention the expansion of profits in this way, after we really succeeded in Southeast Asia, because of the nature of the company, it also allows us to have a very large voice and influence in this region, I think this is what Pennsylvania Avenue is very happy to see, and to a large extent, it will support us. ”
Saying this, George listened, got up and walked to the window, pushed the window open a small gap, then returned to the desk, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on it, and took a deep breath.
"George, I see what you mean.
It's just that in my opinion, your competition is not a dispute between two e-commerce business models, but a dispute over the uncertainty of the future.
The age of the Internet has arrived, and it's an undisputed topic, and now there are just a lot of arguments in the box of many subdivisions.
It's not just the two of you, Wall Street has also had a dispute over Amazon and eBay, and it's only because Da Mo and Goldman Sachs are optimistic about Amazon's future at the same time that there is a standard of agreement.
It's not that eBay is not optimistic about his future, but although his market share is relatively high, most of the business in the United States is community transactions, and there is no important sales website for the whole country.
Although there are all kinds of things on the website, everything is traded within the community, and the farthest is also across several communities.
There is also a very important disadvantage, he does not have his own assets, everything comes from the proportion of the seller's transaction income and the fees paid, so there is a lot of uncertainty, once there is a crisis or a large-scale retreat of the merchants, he will also be hit.
If you say bankruptcy, you can't see that Wheatnet will make such a crazy move, sellers and sellers are an important part of him, and more importantly, the bulk trading market they are now carrying out has formed a certain scale, and is expanding on a large scale in Europe, so as to help small businesses, I heard that the Ministry of Commerce has begun to investigate and prepare to include eBay in the protection of enterprises, and bulk trading has become another profit point for them, and the ability to walk on two legs is stronger than one leg to resist risks.
These advantages are seen by investors, and the shortcomings are not an unforgivable crime on Wall Street, as long as they are corrected, it is not a problem, and the important problem is that Wheatnet's development of eBay may end here, and he has no plan for the future development of eBay.
Let the vampires not see the future, you know ,,,,,,"
It's just that George, who knows the development process of ebay and Amazon, doesn't know what Wall Street says about them, and now he understands why ebay has developed very well in his previous life, and why it has never been recognized by most investors, but Amazon is more popular, and now with the explanation of Carlos, who was born on Wall Street, he understands.
"So you know why I'm hiding it from James. ”
"Okay, then now you can tell me what you need me to do, I have to understand before I can do it, otherwise I might object too, George, you need to know that we are a team now,
There's nothing wrong with being your boss, but you also have to trust and trust the people around you to support you by understanding your intentions. ”
Carlos now knew what George was about to do, but he still couldn't help but remind George that it was better to tell James Ming, otherwise James might make him unhappy when he found out in the future, and might even bury a rift between the two.
"Well, thank you Carlos, I know what to do.
Now all you need to do is transfer 100 million pounds of the proceeds in London to the account of Standard Chartered Bank, and another 200 million pounds in the Bank of China to convert into Huaxia currency, a market in which I am not prepared to back down from competition like the United States and cede to eBay and Amazon.
China is the most important component of the world economy in the future, and I don't think I can give up on it for whatever reason.
Bank of China is a very good partner, now I don't know if they are willing to carry out a series of in-depth cooperation with us, if there is their support, our road in China will be much smoother.
But this matter is not in a hurry, you just need to put the funds in their account to exchange for Huaxia currency, politics is not what we can touch now, what we need to do now is to help them on foreign exchange, especially some people, so that they are our natural allies when we cooperate with them in the future. ”
As a man with the soul of the East, George knows that doing business in the East can not make money, but he can't be ignorant of politics, as long as he understands this, he can't say that he can eat it all, at least it is much more convenient.
For example, he envisioned that the upcoming hotel chain would look for a large company to cooperate with when it showed scale or was about to take shape.
Similarly, his e-commerce also requires constant cooperation and communication with various interest groups when entering Huaxia, South Korea and even RB.
"Okay, I'm going to do it tomorrow, I have a feeling that they have an almost obsessive love for Forex, which is a very good thing for us. ”
Carlos heard George's in-depth explanation, although he didn't fully understand it, but there was a pattern in his heart, George's plan was not small, and the money he earned this time gave him the confidence to do such a thing.
"Carlos, how many shorts do we have in our hands now?"
Just as Carlos was about to get up and leave, George suddenly asked.
"The Singapore index, the Nikkei has a one-month contract, and the Naikei market has a week-long short contract, and we only have three contracts left.
As for Xiangjiang's re-establishment of the position yesterday because of James, it has been completely cleared this afternoon, but the income is still good, 80 million funds in exchange for 170 million Hong Kong dollars,
I've transferred the funds to your HSBC account and you can use them to trade with Yang. ”
Hearing George's words, Carlos didn't stop, and directly reported the number to George, but he was more puzzled, these Georges should know, why do they need to ask once?
"Thank you, Carlos, for making me feel like the money I'm about to spend was actually picked up, and the money in my account hasn't changed at all, which is a very good feeling.
Now we need to focus on the U.S. market, I need a stake in Amazon now, although I don't compete with him for the market, but it's a good thing to be his shareholder and share the dividends of his growth. ”