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Chapter 576: MGM's Dilemma

A typical Italian name, Li Zhiyang shook hands with this Tony with a smile, and thought in his stomach...

"These two are Robert. Kercorion, and Paga. Mr. Kercorion. ”

After Tony shook hands with Li Zhiyang and James, he introduced the two guys next to him to Li Zhiyang and James.

Li Zhiyang also paid special attention to that Robert, this guy was the guy with a fierce face when he came in, a muscular man.

At the beginning, Li Zhiyang didn't pay much attention to it, but when he got closer, he found that although this guy was not tall, he was very strong.

The muscle bumps on his body, he can't wait to burst the Gucci slim men's suit he was wearing, and when Li Zhiyang shook hands with him again, he could also feel the calluses on this guy's palms, it seems that this guy should be the Kercorion family, a guy who specializes in dirty work and tired work.

And this Robert is full of indifference, his appearance looks very fierce, but he doesn't want Greg to exude a murderous aura, it seems that this guy is very material

Li Zhiyang really couldn't understand for a while, what happened to this Robert

After this guy walked in, Li Zhiyang felt very strange, because the temperament he carried on him was very inconsistent with his fierce appearance, how to say it? Li Zhiyang felt that this guy had more scholarly temperament.

And the other Paga is very exposed, this blonde guy, no matter how you look at it, I want to be more Germanic, not too Italian.

However, the temperament on this guy makes Li Zhiyang feel very familiar, because the temperament on this guy was felt by Li Zhiyang on Greg yesterday.

That's a killer temperament

A few people exchanged a few words, and then they sat down, and then James began to talk first

"Haha, Tony, it's been a long time, by the way, how is your dad? He's doing well in the Far East."

Only then did Li Zhiyang know that James and this family had known each other for a long time, but this was not at all what Li Zhiyang expected.

After all, a person like James, who is rolling in the upper class of American society, has been mixed in the United States for so long, and of course he can know a few of the three religions and nine rank characters.

"Thanks to you, he's doing well in the Far East"

Tony replied politely, and while Robert's eyes were rolling and he didn't know what he was thinking, Paga was very calm, and his eyes were fixed on his feet.

Looks like this guy is more like a soy sauce beater

"Hehe, okay, let's get down to business, Tony, at what price are you going to sell this MGM?"

James is no longer verbose at this time, all the greetings are over, and now it's time to cut to the chase

"This issue, our family has actually been discussing recently, in fact, James, you also know that there are people in the family who oppose MGM's move, but now everyone's opinion has been unified, but it really took a lot of effort to convince these people."

Tony began to talk in a daze, Li Zhiyang couldn't help but feel a little strange, what are you doing if you don't want to buy it?

In fact, Li Zhiyang also knows that this is also one of Tony's negotiation skills, which is nothing more than to show the sincerity of which side of his own. At this time, Tony began to introduce the profitability of MGM in recent years, and Li Zhiyang also listened to it roughly, and it is true that MGM Hotel is really making money every day.

Whether the economic situation is good or bad, the United States and the rest of the world are struggling with the financial crisis, but these have not affected the business of MGM Hotels.

Every year, the profit of this hotel is also calculated by 100 million, although Tony, the data reported in recent years, is showing a decreasing trend year by year, but this hotel is indeed still profitable

Li Zhiyang was a little strange, why this Kercorion's home had to sell MGM at this time

But after listening to it for a while, Li Zhiyang felt a little drowsy, after all, these data sounded too boring. And I don't know if what Tony said is true or not, so Li Zhiyang quickly lost interest

James pretended to be interested, and it took a while for Tony to finish the ink on the MGM Hotel before he got to the point.

"In the end, after unanimous discussions among the family members, we decided to sell the hotel at a price of one billion dollars."

To be honest, the price of one billion dollars is not very expensive, but you must know that on Wall Street, the most expensive in the United States, Li Zhiyang just bought the headquarters of Bear Stearns, and it only cost more than one billion, which also includes the bank's more than 1,000 branches in the United States

This MGM hotel is really not worth the price in terms of location and the current performance of the real estate market in the United States, but if you add his continuous profit performance over the years, plus his casino, and his manufacturing, this hotel should indeed be worth the price

But James clearly disagrees

"Billion No"

James said with a smile after listening to Tony's offer, and he also said three words in a row

"Mr. James, what do you mean by that?"

At this time, Robert, who had not spoken much, suddenly spoke, and his mouth was menacing

James wasn't flustered, he glanced at the Robert, then turned his gaze back to Tony, and said with a smile.

"Tony, let's not lie in front of real people, as far as I know, MGM's business in the past few years doesn't seem to be as good as you say, right? If this hotel can really make so much profit every year, I guess even if it were me, I would be reluctant to sell it."

James's words made Tony laugh awkwardly, and Li Zhiyang only then understood why James and that Greg disappeared last night and didn't come back until midnight.

At that time, I was still very dirty thinking, did my old father-in-law have a lover in Las Vegas, but now it seems that this is not the case, it turns out that he is preparing for his homework

It seems that James has really taken great pains to assist himself

"Uh, indeed... This one... ”

As soon as Tony saw James, he was not deceived by what he just said, and he knew that it seemed that this old fox already knew some of MGM's inside stories.

"Okay Tony, I wonder if you guys are serious about this business?"

At this time, Li Zhiyang, who had not spoken much, suddenly asked.

"This... Of course I want to."

Tony turned his gaze and stared at Li Zhiyang and saw that he had long heard that the Rockefeller family had a son-in-law of the Celestial Empire, and this guy had been in the limelight recently.

However, when James's daughter got engaged, he didn't send them an invitation, after all, their family's reputation in the United States can be said to be a mess, and it is not suitable to appear on the occasion of other people's ceremonies

Today, Tony saw the true god, but at the beginning, Li Zhiyang had been observing them and didn't talk much, so they really ignored Li Zhiyang, they thought that this Li Zhiyang was just a guy with a false appearance and a reputation

Now that Li Zhiyang suddenly asked, they really felt a little sudden

"Okay, then you have to tell me honestly, why, in recent years, your business has been so bad, and it is still in a state of deterioration?"

After Li Zhiyang listened to Tony's answer, he asked again.

He knew that he was asking like this, it was a little risky and easy to provoke the other party, but as the person who was going to take over this hotel, he had to figure out why such a luxurious world-famous hotel, a big casino, was getting worse?

Although James didn't say it explicitly just now, Li Zhiyang is a smart person, and he heard the meaning of James's words just now.

This Tony just now, but he was living a big deal, saying that MGM is making more than hundreds of millions of dollars a year, but James said that not only are they not profitable, but they have been losing money in recent years.

And Tony didn't deny it, so Li Zhiyang had to come out and ask why this happened, because he was going to take over this big hotel.

While using this hotel to launder money, he doesn't want this hotel to lose money himself

"This...

As soon as Tony heard Li Zhiyang ask this, he suddenly became melancholy, and the Paga who had been staring at his feet suddenly began to raise his head to look at Li Zhiyang, and his gaze made Li Zhiyang feel very uncomfortable.

The same is true of that Robert, they looked at Li Zhiyang as if this Li Zhiyang was like an undercover agent sent by F.

"Hehe, Tony, you still have to be honest, you know, my son-in-law is the real buyer of your MGM Hotel, if your answer is not satisfactory to him, then this deal, I guess it will be ruined"

James was on the side at this time, and suddenly said with a smile, his explanation made the atmosphere in the room a little tense just now, become relaxed.

At this time, this Tony looked at Li Zhiyang carefully, you must know that at the beginning, they really didn't take Li Zhiyang very seriously

But now James's words have made them look at Li Zhiyang with admiration, in the current world, money is king, as long as you have money, you are Satan, and they will also treat you as God, especially Italian gangsters like them, who have no faith at all

Tony hesitated for a moment, then exchanged glances with Robert before speaking to Li Zhiyang and James.

"That's the way it is, James, you know, Italians like us don't have a good time in the United States. Both Bushes came to power, and neither had a very friendly attitude towards the Italians. And they have also stepped up their crackdown on our friends in South America, so many of our business routes with South America have been cut off. And now the Mexicans, especially Guadalajara, Juárez, Culijacan, they are connected to their friends in South America, so now a lot of business, and the market are being seized by them, and we have a hard time"

Tony began to explain to Li Zhiyang and James, although Tony didn't say it explicitly, Li Zhiyang also knew what this guy was talking about.

What he meant was nothing more than that the current US government does not allow it, and these Italian mafias have dealt a great blow to them during the period when the United States was the dominant party, especially the Bush party and government, which represents the Skull and Bones Association.

Many of them have cut off the routes they have with South American drug lords, as well as the routes they use to transport drugs, so it is difficult for them to do business.

You must know that these Italian gangsters, especially the five major families in the United States, have a major way of making a living in the United States, which is drugs and money laundering business.

It's no secret that they buy from the South American drug lords, sell them in the United States, and then launder the money through the casinos.

Now that they have a problem with their purchase channels, and their market is being seized by those newly rising Mexicans, of course they are having a hard time.

"The reason why we opened a casino in the Far East is actually the meaning of the headquarters, after all, where is closer to the source of goods."

Robert added that this is not a secret, they opened the casino to Macau, where is a very convenient place to deliver.

And most importantly, it's not only close to the Golden Triangle, but also to Afghanistan

Those two places are good places to produce No. 4 white powder

It seems that these Italian gangsters in the United States are not stupid, they plan to open another route, but I don't know how they coordinate with the local gangsters.

But so far, it seems that they have coordinated quite well, otherwise it is estimated that a bloody war would have been triggered in Macau

"In recent years, we've been staring at us, and we've had a lot of big new casinos in Las Vegas, so it's very competitive, and it's been a hard time. But fortunately, we also have a lot of eyeliner in the government, so we didn't get caught, but you must know that the cost of raising such a group of people is also very high. Nevada, as well as New York, Washington, D.C., there are a lot of congressmen, and we are regular visitors here, and we don't care if business is good, but now you know the general environment, they all owe a lot of debts here, but those are going to be wasted, and they come here often, and we can't afford that."

Tony told a lot of secrets in one breath, but fortunately, Li Zhiyang was mentally prepared and didn't feel surprised at all.

This guy is telling the truth, you know, but it's not a good man or a woman, they're staring at the Kercorion family, and it's not been a day or two.

If it weren't for someone in the government covering them, it is estimated that they would have been cleared long ago, and the whole family would have squatted in the prison together to eat prison food, which is also uncertain.

And now what Tony said is very clear, the competition is fierce now, and they have suffered heavy losses in the white powder market.

But they still have to support those officials, otherwise their whole family will have to go in, but now the world is not good, their gray cost is too high, and they can't afford it.

Tony's words made Li Zhiyang understand why these guys, this hotel business is doing well, why they suddenly don't do it.

It turned out that they couldn't make ends meet, and they couldn't afford it.

"Well, now to answer my last question, is that does this hotel have any foreign debts? If I buy the hotel, will these debts be counted on my head? ”

Li Zhiyang asked the question he was most concerned about.

This question is what he is most concerned about, you must know that these Italians have a very close relationship with those guys in South America.

At that time, they didn't help those South American drug lords to engage in money laundering business, in case they didn't deal with some tricks, when the time came to take over the hotel, those South Americans would find themselves.

I don't have time to deal with those South American madmen, you must know that the drug lords in Colombia and those drug dealers in Mexico have always had a bad reputation.

Those guys are known for their madness, killing the whole family, it's basically those guys' forte, although I'm not afraid of them, but I don't want to cause such trouble

"Uh... This one... ”

Robert suddenly hesitated, it turned out that in the beginning, they really had the idea.

A few years ago, they bought a lot of goods from Colombia, but before the goods arrived, they were copied by the coast guard.

They still have tens of millions of money that have not been given to those people, those people are not good men and women, if it weren't for the Colombian government a few years ago, and the U.S. government cracked down on those guys, they have been fighting against the government army, it is estimated that those guys would have come to the door a long time ago.

Pablo is quite a bad guy to mess with, this guy in South America is known as the number one drug lord, and the so-called boss of other things is just a stinky fish and rotten shrimp compared to him.

It's not a good thing to owe him money

"Tony, do business, be honest, okay I won't bargain too much, a billion, a billion dollars, but I have one condition, that is, you have to make it clear to your friends in that world. The debt you owe has nothing to do with us."

Li Zhiyang didn't want to be verbose, a billion dollars, he had long been out of sight, but he didn't want to get involved in any trouble

But his boldness made Tony and them overjoyed, you must know that when they quoted a billion dollars for MGM Hotels, they actually overreported a lot of shocks, originally they thought that it would be good to sell 600 million to 800 million US dollars

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