Chapter 134 Shareholding in SONY
Li Hualong thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Invest 20 million Hong Kong dollars and get 20% of the shares of Sony Company, I am willing." ”
After Li Hualong accepted the cooperation conditions proposed by Akio Morita, Akio Morita flashed with joy on his face, and then showed an embarrassed expression and proposed additional conditions.
"Li Sang, you injected 20 million Hong Kong dollars into Sony, which cannot fundamentally solve the crisis of Sony, and the research and development of Sony's exclusive color mapping tube requires a large amount of money...... Li Sang, can you guarantee Sony and take out a loan from Hang Seng Bank, I know that Li Sang is the majority shareholder of Hang Seng Bank. ”
"Come prepared." Li Hualong muttered to himself, his brows furrowed, and he fell into deep thought.
Although Li Hualong knew that Sony would become a world-class large enterprise in the future, he felt that it was a certain risk for funds to invest in Sony now, and he was also worried that after investing in Sony, the company's situation would not improve, the stock price would continue to fall, and he would continue to issue additional shares in the future, so his shares would shrink, and if he was allowed to continue to subscribe for new shares, he would be reluctant.
Invest 20 million Hong Kong dollars and obtain 20% of Sony's shares, although there is a risk, but Li Hualong is willing to gamble, he feels that the risk of this gambling is very small, and the rate of return is very large, as long as his head is not funny, he will invest.
As long as Akio Morita and other senior executives of Sony have business ethics, Li Hualong can get enviable and rich returns, but he can let Sony Company guarantee the loan from Hang Seng Bank, he is a little reluctant, after all, this will greatly increase the risk, and he needs to reconsider.
Akio Morita saw that Li Hualong was a little embarrassed, and said: "Li Sang, you only need a loan of 30 million Hong Kong dollars. In addition, Sony will take out a loan from the Development Bank of Japan. ”
Li Hualong glanced at Akio Morita a few times. He smiled and said, "Mr. Morita, how much money do you expect to invest in the development of Sony's exclusive color mapping tube?" ”
"This ...... It's hard to predict. Akio Morita said honestly.
Sony had a rough internal estimate of the project's R&D funding, but Akio Morita knew that this figure was not counted at all, and that it might cost twice or even more than this predicted figure.
"Pretty honest." Li Hualong said secretly, with some smiles on his face. He said in a deep voice: "Mr. Sheng Tian, I first invested 20 million Hong Kong dollars in Sony Company, this money is spent, Sony Company needs more research and development funds, at that time, Sony Company needs to borrow from the bank, I can provide a guaranteed loan, but other major shareholders of Sony Company also want to provide a guaranteed loan for Sony Company, and the loan amount I guarantee is 20% of the total loan amount." Is that okay? ”
Akio Morita listened to the translator. Hurriedly nodded and said, "Of course you can, thank you Li Sang!" He raised his glass and smiled, "Li San." I wish us a happy cooperation. ”
"Happy working together!" Li Hualong smiled and muttered in his heart, "Akio Morita, you are a cow." Don't let me down, invest in Sony for 10 years. I need to get thirty times the profit. Ten years later, in 1975, Sony's market capitalization exceeded HK$3 billion, which was not out of reach. ”
Investing in a Japanese company is not something that can be completed with a few words at the dinner table, and before signing the investment agreement, Li Hualong needs a professional lawyer to serve him.
Hong Kong is now a British colony, and its laws follow the British law, which belongs to the common law system, also known as the common law system, and the civil law system practiced in the mainland, also known as the Roman law system and the statutory law system, belong to two legal systems.
Before World War II, Japan completely copied German law (a typical civil law system), and after World War II, Japan was deeply influenced by the rule of the United States, and there were some characteristic changes in the common law system, but it still belonged to a civil law country. Because in terms of its legislative form, codification, basis of judgment, etc., it does not depart from the tradition of the civil law system.
There is no shortage of lawyers in Hong Kong who are well-versed in both common law and civil law systems, and Li Hualong has found legal help in Hong Kong by investing in a Japanese company.
In addition to finding a lawyer in Hong Kong, Li Hualong also spent money to hire a well-known law firm in Tokyo as a consultant, doing these things in order to avoid the hidden dangers of this investment, he does not want to see Sony company become an international giant in the future, and he has no bamboo basket.
On Aug. 18, Mr. Li flew to Tokyo, and the night before signing an agreement to take a stake in Sony, he and his three wives sat by the pool, chatting over iced drinks while their children played in the pool.
"Aaron, I always feel that investing in a Japanese company is too risky." Xi Chongyi said.
"You mean to make me regret not cooperating with the Japanese?" Li Hualong asked with a smile.
"Nope. I just think it's too risky, and I want to think about it. Whether you invest or not, you have to make your own decision. Xi Chongyi smiled.
"Mengmeng, Sisi, what do you think?" Li Hualong took a sip of his drink and asked the other two wives.
"I don't know how Sony operates, and since you're going to invest in this company, I think there must be a good reason." Yang Meng smiled, "However, Chongyi is not wrong, you should think about it, after all, 20 million Hong Kong dollars is not a small amount, and you still have to provide a guarantee for Sony Company to take out a loan from Hang Seng Bank." ”
"I believe in my husband's investment vision, and an investment of 20 million will definitely bring tenfold, or even dozens of times, hundreds of times the return on investment." Chen Sisi said with a smile.
"Sisi, you're too optimistic." Yang Meng said with a smile.
"Optimism isn't all bad." Chen Sisi still smiled, "Although I hate Japanese people, Japanese people are still quite serious about doing things." Aaron said that Sony is now in difficulty, and if there are no difficulties, it will not be so easy for Aaron to become a shareholder, and even if he can become a shareholder, the price will be high. Hehe, I remember Aaron said that chasing the rise and killing the fall is not the best way to invest, buy the dip. Sell high and buy low, and the profit will be greater. ”
"Buy on dips, you have to look at what you buy, buy a bunch of useless garbage, even if you don't want money, you will suffer a loss, a loss of transportation costs." Xi Chongyi retorted.
"Are you arguing?" Li Hualong said with a smile.
"No more!" Xi Chongyi and Chen Sisi said in unison, and after finishing speaking, they looked at each other and smiled.
Xi Chongyi said again: "I just casually talked about investing in Sony Company." Just don't change it. If in the future, Sony company will grow rapidly, and I hurt you for not investing in this company, then you still have to blame me? ”
"Am I stingy?" Li Hualong tilted his head and kissed Xi Chongyi's face.
"No, you're the most atmospheric person in the world!" Xi Chongyi smiled and joked, "But then again, your previous investments have all received a good return on investment, and it's good to have an investment project that has lost money." This will prevent you from being arrogant! ”
"Loser's!" Li Hualong rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not afraid of losing money in business, but I can't let the Japanese take advantage of me." Hey. Look, in the near future, the Japanese will regret letting me invest in Sony! ”
"I hope so!" Xi Chongyi said with a smile.
Li Hualong thought of spending the night with Xi Chongyi tonight, and muttered to himself: "Tonight." I'm going to clean up your ......."
The next day, Li Hualong took a plane to Tokyo, and Akio Morita and other senior executives of Sony Company came to the airport to greet Li Hualong.
At Tokyo Airport. After Akio Morita's introduction, Li Hualong shook hands with the senior management of Sony Company one by one, seeing their respectful appearance, he was really a little unaccustomed to it, others bent down to salute him, and he had to return the salute.
Before signing the contract, Akio Morita held a grand welcome event for Li Hualong, invited him to the geisha house to watch the geisha's performance, and asked the geisha to drink with him.
The senior management of Sony Company felt that Li Hualong had married three wives and must be a womanizer, so they specially found a few young and beautiful geisha to accompany him to drink, and prepared to let them sleep with Li Hualong.
The girl who accompanied the wine did not have too thick powder on her face, Li Hualong felt that they were very young, even if they didn't wear makeup, they were very beautiful, and even felt that they were very likely to be virgins, and he also intended to take advantage of Japanese women in order to take revenge for Japan's war of aggression against China, but in the end, he "retreated", and he himself didn't know what the reason was, he might feel that Japanese women were not worthy of him, or they might ......
After less than four days in Japan, Li Hualong returned to Hong Kong.
During his time in Japan, Li Hualong spent most of his time playing except for sleeping, and he admired the ability of the Japanese to play with him.
On the first night back in Hong Kong, Li Hualong spent the night with Yang Meng.
After holding back in Japan for a few days, Li Hualong got enough rest, and in the face of his seductive wife, he naturally didn't have to suppress it anymore and indulged it well.
Li Hualong staged a big drama with two goals, Yang Meng was completely conquered by him, and finally lay on him weakly.
"You went to Japan, didn't you go out and fool around?" Yang Meng said angrily.
"Am I the kind of person who likes to go out and fool around?" Li Hualong smiled bitterly.
"I've heard that there are few Hong Kong people who go to Japan to do business and don't play with Japanese women, and they still say that they are fighting for the Chinese people." Yang Meng smiled.
At this time, Hong Kong was a British colony, and the Chinese were second-class citizens in Hong Kong, and the vast majority of the Chinese in Hong Kong regarded themselves as Chinese, and these people were divided into two factions, one faction was pro-G, and the other was pro-T.
Sometimes, Li Hualong would also look through pro-G leftist newspapers such as Wen Wei Po, as well as pro-T newspapers such as Industrial and Commercial Daily, and after reading the articles published in these newspapers, he would laugh, thinking that if these articles were posted on the Internet decades from now, they would definitely cause unexpected controversy.
Li Hualong knew what Yang Meng said, in fact, he didn't comment, gently stroked the skin of Yang Meng's back, and smiled: "Mengmeng, you see that you have left so much sweat, let's go take a bath." ”
"Lie down for a while, people were tossed to death by you just now." Yang Meng said coquettishly.
"Huh!" Li Hualong smiled proudly, "I want to do it again." ”
"I can't do it anymore." Yang Meng rolled his eyes and said, "If you still want it, go find Sisi or Chongyi." ”
"Just kidding, I'm already content." Li Hualong smiled and kissed Yang Meng on the cheek, "These days, I'm not at home, do you miss me?" ”
"I don't want to." Yang Meng pursed his lips and smiled.
"I don't believe it, I remember someone begging me just now, husband, I want more." Li Hualong sneered.
"You're necrotic." Yang Meng stretched out his hand and pressed it on Li Hualong's waist, grabbed a piece of meat, pinched it, and saw Li Hualong grinning hoarsely, and laughed, "Do you miss me?" ”
"Of course I think about it, I was the best proof of that just now."
"You can't talk seriously, can you?" Yang Meng said angrily.
"Huh!" Li Hualong smiled, was silent for a moment, and asked with a smile, "Are the children obedient?" ”
"Obedient." Yang Meng smiled, a happy expression bloomed on his face, "Lin Qi and Sheng Ren, this pair of sisters and brothers have set a good example, sometimes, adults lecture, children don't listen, they come forward to say younger brothers and sisters, they learn to be obedient." ”
"Lin Qi and Sheng Ren are really good, they look like sisters and brothers." Li Hualong was pleased, thought for a moment, and sighed, "Time flies so fast, in less than half a year, they will be ten years old." ”
"More than half a year ago, they both passed their tenth birthday."
"I'm talking about ten."
"In the past year, I've heard you sigh that time flies." Yang Meng quipped, "Do you think you're old?" ”
"Old?" Li Hualong laughed, smiled and kissed Yang Meng's cheek, "I'm not old, with such a beautiful wife like you by my side, how can I be willing to be old." ”
"Aging is a natural phenomenon, and no one can escape death from aging."
Li Hualong smiled slightly, did not answer, and said secretly in his heart: "I don't want to live forever, but I want to live a few more years and play a few more years." ”
"Do you remember whose birthday it was in September?"
For his children's birthdays, Li Hualong remembers that if it is not the first or tenth birthday, guests are generally not invited to celebrate, but only buy a cake and simply celebrate it at home.
Li Hualong thought briefly for a while, none of his children had a "big birthday" to celebrate in September this year, and instead thought about some of the people closest to him, and asked with a smile: "You mean, Sheng Hai (Li Huahu's eldest son) is on his tenth birthday, right?" ”
"You have a pretty good memory."
"It's so-so." Li Hualong smiled faintly, "Sheng Hai's age is younger than Sheng Ren, older than Sheng Ke, and it is not difficult to remember that he is born in September." ”
"If it hadn't been mentioned by Cui Ping (Li Huahu's wife) a few days ago, I would have really forgotten Sheng Hai's birthday."
"You don't remember Sheng Hai's tenth birthday?"
"I know he's 10 years old, but I don't know when...... I don't pay much attention to this matter, and it's easy to forget about it. ”
"Normal." Li Hualong kissed Yang Meng on the cheek, "You have to go out to work and take care of four children, it's very hard." ”
"Don't dissuade me to stay home, I like to go out and work." Yang Meng said seriously.
"I'll satisfy you with your little wish." Li Hualong said with a smile.
"Now I want to take a bath, you can carry me to the bathroom." Yang Meng said with a smile.
"Not going to the pool?"
"It's too much trouble, just soak in the bathtub for a while."
"Yes, wife."
Li Hualong hugged Yang Meng and sat up, he got out of bed first, hugged Yang Meng horizontally, and then went into the bathroom to take a bath. (To be continued......)