The nationwide panic and mourning have finally passed, and although Ontario International Airport is still deserted, the ubiquitous police and armed National Guard soldiers can make people who are forced to fly feel safer.

Li Jiade, who was wearing a black coat, hugged his wife, watched his parents come out of the passage from a distance, hurriedly loosened his wife's waist and hurriedly greeted him, and complained in a rare whisper: "Yes, Mom, you really shouldn't come, it's not safe now." ”

"What's there to be afraid of?

"I don't have time, the company has something to deal with, and I have to prepare for the thesis defense, okay in the house?"

Li Chuanjian, who came to attend his son's doctoral graduation ceremony, was taken aback and hurriedly said, "What's the matter?"

"Don't worry, Jiaming will still have something that he can't deal with? Why don't you go to the eldest sister first? At most, Jiaming will come over the day after tomorrow." ”

"Wanted".

Qiao Qiao, who was very tall, wanted to help with something, but the eldest brother and second brother who were shorter than her stopped him, and he pouted at the parents in front of him, jokingly: "Brother and sister, don't rob this job, we will be scolded." ”

The two brothers carried everyone's suitcases into the car, put away their luggage, and drove to the eldest sister's house in Marbury Beach, which was a little far from Los Angeles although the house was also large. Parents and brothers have to go to the city for a stroll, go to Hollywood, Beverly to have fun, right? The eldest sister's house is big enough and not far from the city, so it is just convenient for everyone to go shopping.

The scenery of this place is good, the blue sea and blue sky, the beautiful natural scenery, the laid-back seagulls and wild ducks, and the afterglow of the sunset, it is like a scene from a movie. The Li Jiaren brothers, who came for the first time, put away their luggage, stood on the open-air balcony, looked at the beautiful scenery in front of them, and sighed that it is good to have money.

"Fourth, does this house cost 10 million?"

Blood is thicker than water, the filth of the year has long faded, Li Jiade, who took his brothers to visit, smiled, looked at the sister-in-law and second sister-in-law who were picking up shells with their children on the beach, and whispered: "16.4 million, I heard the eldest sister say that if it weren't for this incident, it should be able to sell for 20 million." ”

"Hehe, Jiaming is really generous, more than 100 million. ”

The handsome Li Jiade smiled and did not echo his brother. Although they are compatriots, he and the third brother feel that they are closer to Li Jiaming's cousin than to their two brothers, not to mention the eldest sister who has protected them since childhood.

"Hey, do you want to go back to China after graduation, or do you want to stay in the United States?"

"Stay, there are projects at hand, and Qiao Qiao will not graduate in three or four years. At the very least, she will have to wait until she gets her degree before she can consider returning to China. ”

The four brothers chatted for a few words, and the topic came to Li Jiaming, who didn't come, and the things that could give that guy a headache must be small.

"I don't know the specifics, it should be that the sales of iPod2 are not good, which has affected the market value of Sohu and his company, and he is talking to the bank about additional collateral. ”

Li Jiaren, who was holding hot tea, was startled, and hurriedly said: "How can this be? Sohu Real Estate has so many assets, can't he just mortgage his shares?"

Li Jiayi, who already had a leadership temperament, glanced around and whispered: "Big brother, how can it be so simple? Deng Hao and they are expanding wildly, and it is estimated that the shares will be mortgaged early." In the past few years, they have expanded so fast, I heard that Jiaming has provided more than a billion US dollars, all of which are loans and not shares!"

"I don't owe them two in-laws, and so does Jiaming. ”

The two brothers of Li Jiadao sighed secretly, it is hard to say anything, the eldest sister may not be able to imagine that the eldest sister is a rough line, and the eldest brother-in-law will not be able to think of it? The eldest brother-in-law has never listed the company, what do you think in your heart, even a layman like himself can guess it, Jia Ming will not count it in his heart? That is, the eldest sister is caught in the middle, so that Jia Ming has to stiffen his scalp and carry it.

In fact, I have been too worried, although Li Jiaming likes to gamble, although the sales of d2 have declined sharply, and the valuation of HH company has also fallen all the way, but after all, the potential is there. As long as the impact of the terrorist attacks fades, the company's valuation will rise again, and even Sohu's market value will rebound.

However, it is true that as the Li Jiadao brothers feared, Li Jiaming also began to be a little disappointed in his eldest brother-in-law.

People will change, and in the face of huge interests, the eldest brother-in-law has also changed, and he is no longer the eldest brother-in-law who can pay unconditionally for his family.

The investment of the research institute is so large, all supported by Hanhua's profits, as a businessman, he does not know how to leave some room for expansion, but forcibly expands? Even, even when the right time is right, you can continue to borrow more.

However, Li Jiaming, who had just finished talking to Citibank about increasing the collateral, hesitated for a long time and once again rejected Kyle's proposal to mortgage the Sohu real estate debt documents.

In the domestic real estate industry, he knows what's going on, he is taking other people's money, and the real estate has swelled so much, in addition to his own billion, he has also borrowed more than 70 billion from banks and private individuals. If you mortgage the creditor's rights documents, it is easy to have a chain reaction, which makes people have an opportunity.

"Boss, this is unwise! If we can't rebound next year's sales, the institute's projects will have to stop!"

Alas, it is not good for the financial industry to be too developed, and as soon as the stock market falls, even the valuations of unlisted companies will fall, forcing themselves to keep mortgaging.

"I know, but I think it can bounce back!"

The two have been friends for five years, and Kyle has spent several years in China to learn about Chinese culture. Seeing Li Jiaming's explanation, and then comparing with the crazy expansion of Sohu Real Estate, he also guessed something, and couldn't help but remind: "Ming, Hao is gambling, as long as there is a little storm, the capital chain will be broken." ”

It is indeed gambling, and it is gambling with other people's money, but the risk is not big, and the domestic real estate industry will usher in great development. If something goes wrong, then you can only let it go, anyway, the eldest sister and the child will still live a rich life. No one is a saint, the love in the previous life is over, and he can only protect his blood relatives.

"I know, I've told him that I can't afford to inject any more money from my side. ”

Ok, Kyle saw that Li Jiaming knew the severity, so he stopped persuading. As long as the pledged shares are kept within a safe range, everything is still under control.

"Kyle, when will the talk with the record company be over?"

This is another trouble, we have been talking about it for almost half a year, but we still can't talk about the commission ratio.

"They insisted on 19.5 percent and were reluctant to add more. ”

Almost, traditional records have a 40% share, that is because the cost of manpower and material resources is too large, and there is not such a high proportion that it cannot be profitable. Online sales are different, the cost is greatly reduced, and naturally the other party also requires a lower share ratio.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Jiaming didn't want to delay it any longer, so he signed an agreement a long time ago, and the more than 300 million yuan that was frozen could be used. Now is the time when cash is king, and if you let it sit still, you may lose even more.

"20%, our company needs good news. ”

“Ming?”

Such negotiations,Fight for one percentage point,It's the interest of tens of millions of dollars a year,D2Although the performance is excellent,But iPod3There will be no big breakthrough,Before the LCD touch screen can not be put into use,There is also a possibility that Apple、Sony and other competitors catch up。

"Kyle, as long as we can monopolize this market, it is more advantageous than fighting for a few more percentage points. If it drags on any longer, I'm worried that the record company will look for or support our competitors. What we need now is steady, not profit-maximizing. ”

The unwilling Kyle was conflicted for a while, and finally agreed with Li Jiaming's worries. The current technology is developing too fast, and in just ten months, the performance of Sony's and Apple's second-generation digital players is almost the same as that of the iPod2. If it weren't for the forced release of the improved version of the iPod2, which gave customers some surprises, maybe life would have been even more difficult.

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