On his first day of work after the New Year, Link's presence surprised several employees at Benehans' headquarters. Hearing that Jessica was pregnant and had to have a baby at home, he came to work instead of her. Although he was unimpressed with Link's approach, he was not the president, but the chairman of the company. He said that he would temporarily take over the position of president of the company, who would dare to have an opinion?

On Link's first day at the company, there was basically nothing to do, and no one even called for business.

On the contrary, Claire, who is the president of Ozette Bank, and Neil, who is the president of the newly established Ozette Wealth Management and Investment Company, heard the news.

They took advantage of the holiday season to make a work plan for the new year.

"So, you're here because Jessica is pregnant?" Claire said, whistling. "What a peerless good man!"

The smile on Link's face was immune to his teasing, and he said, "You didn't come because you were curious about my work." ”

"We want to talk to you about work. If you don't come today, we're also going to go to Mora Manor in the afternoon. "Of the two, Neil is the more serious. "This is the work plan of the financial investment company. ”

Link took it and asked him without looking at it, "What are your plans?"

Neil may still be a little uncomfortable with reporting to people. But he knew he had to get used to it. He organized his rhetoric to make himself more like he was talking to his collaborators: "The first plan, I want to put the company's money into the stock market. My target is GE. ”

Link was looking through the information he had given, and when he heard what he said, he suddenly looked up and said incredulously, "You mean GE, aren't you worried that they will make trouble?"

Neil smiled, and Link reacted the same way Claire reacted when she heard about his plan. "GE has been under investigation by the Federal Department of Commerce for more than a year because of a power outage," he said. In the end, it was indeed the quality of the product, coupled with the previous stock market crash, that it almost went bankrupt. However, they made a series of personnel changes and finally accepted financing. Goldman Sachs and other institutions have re-upgraded GE stocks to A++. In the last trading day, its share price has risen from a minimum of $5 to $13. My judgment is that their goal is to revive GE. So their stock will definitely continue to rise. I think their goal this year, at the very least, is to get GE stock back above $40. They can't just give up on that plan just because we bought their stock. ”

If the stock price does not rise, any financing will be at a loss. So GE's stock price is definitely going to rise. At this time, investing in GE stocks will not lose money anyway.

"You're planning to put all your money into GE?"

"We don't necessarily get that much. But I hope to buy it all for $1.5 billion. ”

Link nodded and said, "I have no opinion on this plan." And what about the second plan?"

"Thomas Investments intends to give us $200 million to acquire shares in Springs Pharmaceuticals. We will cooperate with her. Completed the acquisition of Springs Pharmaceuticals. Our company's plan report is very detailed, you can take a look. The plan was largely discussed by Fren, Snapton, and me. ”

Link didn't look through it right away, saying, "Since you've agreed on the plan." I don't have an opinion either. ”

He turned to Claire and said, "Claire, you didn't want to see me for a good show, did you?" ”

"Of course, no. I'm just going to report to you that $1.5 billion has been transferred to the accounts of financial investment companies. Snapton's $2 billion has been transferred out of $400 million, and the financial investment company and Stoll Company have each transferred $200 million. The remaining 1.6 billion is waiting for Snapton to apply for funding. ”

"What else?"

"This is our bank's work plan for this year. Claire also took out a copy of the material, and waited for Link to start reading it before continuing. "To match your farming plan, we have to open branches across the United States. Since the main customers of our bank are enterprises and farmers, we need at least 1,500 outlets. That requires a lot of capital and operating costs. You know that the equipment and labor costs of the branch can be very high. The customer base is only enterprises and farmers, and there is no way to meet the cost of these outlets. He finally added. "Of course, it will take two or three years to complete those outlets. ”

"And what do you think?"

"I would propose to start an agricultural insurance business! If we could start that business, the turnover would increase by hundreds of millions more. However, there are many types of insurance in agricultural security, and the competition is very fierce. And with Link, your relationship with Wall Street, it's going to be very difficult to apply for a full-enzyme business like that. Of course, it was even more difficult to hire me as the president of the bank. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "Since it's difficult to apply in the United States. Then we'll apply state by state. No matter how powerful Wall Street is, it is impossible to control every state. ”

Claire laughed and said, "I think so too." If your farming program is really successful, your impression in the minds of American farmers will become quite good. The creditworthiness of the bank will also increase. In addition, if Benehans' plan is successful, the bank will also have enough funds to provide margin to undertake the new business. However, for the Benehans plan to succeed, it will still take a lot of time to absorb the funds. Therefore, applying on a state-by-state basis is also in line with our reality. Just to get through the application in each state, we may need to set up an insurance company, and the insurance company needs to set up subsidiaries in each state, and the shares of the subsidiaries will also be diluted. ”

"As long as the bank's stake is not diluted, it's fine. Link didn't care what the bank was doing, he founded Ozette Investment Bank primarily to maintain the stickiness of the farmers. Agricultural insurance is also a good link. "But we'd better keep the holdings. ”

Claire put away her hippie smile and said, "Of course. Actually, I have an idea to make the farmer a shareholder of the subsidiary. When they buy an insurance policy, they get a number of shares at the same time. As long as we can maintain the profitability of the insurance companies, I think they will be willing to participate. ”

"You mean, you want to hand over the money raised through the insurance industry to Neil Investments?"

"Yes. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "That's not necessarily the best way. If your insurance plan is successful, Benehans' plan is likely to be successful. At that time, Neil does not have to worry about not having enough money to invest. If all the company's funds are put into the financial investment company, it is not good. ”

"Then we can also find another team to invest. ”

"I think it's a feasible plan. You come up with a plan first. Let's talk about it in more detail. ”

“OK！”

After Neil and Claire finished talking, they drank another cup of coffee and gossiped for a while before leaving.

As soon as they left, Jessica's secretary, Anne, knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Mr. Hans, there's a fax from Sacramento." ”

Link took a look at it, it was a list of cities, and asked, "What is this?"

"It's a list of place names that Jessica has made plans to open a service site. ”

"I see. You go out first!"

Link only then remembered that he and Jessica hadn't done any work handover at all, and there was no way to connect her work at all. However, he didn't plan to call now. If there is something, call back and ask, what is the difference between her coming to work?

But he was in the office just looking at the papers, talking on the phone, and there was nothing else to do. Before noon, his heart began to grow hair. I always wonder how Jessica is doing at home, and whether the child in her belly has grown up a little more.

As a result, he didn't survive, left the company before noon, and ran home with the directory.

"You're off work?" Jessica was surprised to see Hannah drawing. "Or did you drop something?"

"Nope. I just missed you!" Link said as he walked over to her, smiling. "So I left work early. ”

"And me!" Hannah was still happy to see Daddy. But Daddy just wanted to click, and she couldn't help but protest.

Link picked her up and kissed her, saying, "Of course, I miss Hannah Baby too!"

Jessica saw the fax he had placed on the couch, picked it up, looked at it, and said, "You came back to tell me about this list?"

He put Hannah down, took the papers, and said, "No. I wonder why it's so hard to propose to a woman now! I remember it used to be easy. ”

Jessica blinked and asked, "Have you ever had a successful marriage proposal?"

"Of course. He sat beside her, put one hand around her waist, and the other gently on her lower abdomen, said. "There was a successful experience when I just asked her, 'Will you marry me?' and she immediately said, 'Yes!'

"That ......" Jessica felt sour, wanting to ask if it was Hannah's mother, and worried that she would bring up something that would make him sad. It's just that she looked at his expression carefully, and it didn't seem to be Diane. "Why are you separated?"

For Europeans and Americans, a marriage proposal is actually a contract. So there is the term marriage contract. After the engagement, the man and the woman can basically be regarded as a couple. Dissolution and breakup are two very different concepts. So she's a little curious about Link getting engaged and breaking up.

"I remember when I was six years old and she was five years old......"

Before he could begin to speak, Jessica burst out laughing.

He smiled and waited for her to laugh almost, then put away his smile and said very seriously, "Don't laugh, my dear! I'm telling my true story very seriously." ”

"Good. You go on!"

"We are neighbors and good friends. She was moving that year. I'm reluctant. ”

"So you proposed to her?"

"Yes. Sometimes I wonder, why wasn't it you at that time? If it were you, I wouldn't have to go through the trouble of proposing to get your consent right now. ”

Jessica froze for a moment, finally understanding why he was telling the story that couldn't have been shorter. She pursed her lips slightly, smiled and said, "Maybe it's not too late!"

When Link heard this, he grabbed her hand and grinned, "Jessica, are you willing to marry me?"

Jessica looked at him with sparkling eyes. It wasn't until he couldn't resist asking again that she smiled and said, "NO!"

"I knew it was going to fail!" Link was thinking about proposing today. "Looks like I'm going to find a think tank and have them think of a romantic proposal ceremony to impress you. ”

Jessica gently broke free of his hand, stood up, then leaned down and kissed him, saying, "You stay with Hannah, and I'll lie in the room for a while." Then he walked over to the elevator and said to himself again. "Alas, people nowadays, don't you even need flowers and rings for a marriage proposal!"