Seeing that the highlight of the auction had passed, Roger explained, in order to take care of the cultural differences between the two countries: "Charity auctions and other forms of fundraising are the same process, a party or the government comes forward, a dinner party is held, everyone eats and drinks, and some political transactions are often concluded at this time." As for the auction, if you don't have a special favorite, you can buy it back. ”

"Buy your own? Isn't it boring to go around in circles? ”

Roger smiled: "It's not what you think, even if the auction item is ordinary, it will fetch a high price." ”

An Fengchang saw that the hand played by these rich people was really smooth, and he casually sent some worthless auction items, and then bought them back at a price several times higher or more than ten times higher. The check is sent out, the reputation is returned, and maybe it will have something to do with the organizers.

Roger continued: "You see, the organizer of tonight's auction is a jeweler who is not very famous, but why is there so many people present? ”

"She has a background?" An Feng asked.

"Yes, her brand may not be well-known, but if you look at the list, there is a local councillor with the same surname as her tonight, and a rich man is related to her."

Isn't this selling dog meat on the head of a sheep? An Feng understood: "I see, your main purpose is to build relationships." ”

"It's an open secret that parliamentarians are paid very little and can't support themselves at all, and the government encourages parliamentarians to have their own stable jobs or investments. You see those local and congressmen, even the president, they have a lot of money behind them, either they have their own industries or have the support of consortia. If you don't have a penny, it's hard for a poor person to play politics. The simplest example: if you want to be elected, you have to canvass for votes, if you want to canvass for votes, you need publicity, and if you want to publicize, you need money. If you don't have money, you can't let your supporters know about you, so politics is a money-burning job! ”

After his simple explanation, An Feng understood, the country is secret, and this is just a fair play.

Roger looked around: "The auction is over, while it is still over, I will take you to meet some people." ”

Under Roger's lead, An Feng took Jenny to meet with the politicians present, basically saying hello, chatting a few words, and feeling like queuing up to shake hands with the leader, but American politicians don't pay attention to routines, have no temper with the rich, and occasionally make some good-natured jokes.

They talked to each other for a few words, exchanged pleasantries, and then went to the next person to shake hands. Looking at these busy politicians, it is not easy, if you want to get support in politics, not only must you have a good background, but also have a good eloquence, and you can speak well on any occasion to be pleasing to people.

An Feng also handed each other business cards to a circle of young people and chatted for a few minutes. Basically, all they talk about are sports cars, yachts, airplanes, or red wine, cigars, and other non-nutritious topics. The women were chatting about jewelry, cosmetics, beauty and other things.

Listening to their hobbies, An Feng found that sports cars and mansions are almost all standard, and more people are planning to plan their own private yachts and even private jets. An Feng also calculated that with his current assets, he could barely afford to buy a small and medium-sized yacht, and as for private jets, it was still an ideal. A high-style life is built on a mountain of gold. There is something to say: what level what consumption. Money never seems to be too little.

"I have to find a way to make money!" An Feng sighed. At the moment, he is just an entry-level rich man with a little money, and he is far from "money is just a set of numbers", "millions of dollars a minute", "Besides, Lao Tzu even bought a letter from you?" There is still a gap between the local tyrants.

When the meeting finally ended, Miranda, the female companion brought by Roger, invited them: "If you have time, welcome to the private party held the day after tomorrow, there will be more celebrities and big names, directors, investors will not be less, and the atmosphere is much more relaxed than now." ”

Jenny looked at An Feng, she was really looking forward to this kind of opportunity, he smiled and said, "As long as you want, I will definitely take you there." ”

"You're so good." Jenny kissed him and happily hugged his arm.

Roger smiled at An Feng and said, "I'm also free these days, and we have another drink if we have a chance." ”

"It's good."

After saying goodbye to each other, An Feng took Jenny to the Bentley waiting at the door, it was too late, and it was definitely not suitable to run another 300 kilometers, so he stayed in Los Angeles.

For the next few days, I spent the next few days shopping with Jenny, and by the way, I attended Miranda's private party. Not to mention the surprise Jenny, even An Feng himself was a little surprised - he met a few named guys at the party, and they also clinked glasses and drank together, chatted for a while, and took a group photo on their mobile phones.

In addition, Assistant John is also very fast.

An Feng and he made an appointment to meet at a café in Los Angeles. The two sat down facing each other, and John was dressed very formally, with a black suit and a white shirt, just a tie. He took out a document and handed it to An Feng: "Mr. An, here are several cooperation agreements that I have negotiated with Tailan Company. ”

An Feng flipped through the contents of the document, there were too many projects, and the head was a bit big, and he would be sleepy after watching it for a long time, and he used to be a small staff member in China, and if he wanted to put in his energy, he was often the first to fall. Closing the papers, he looked at John, who was a little apprehensive, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

John said: "The top management of Tylan does not want the controlling stake to be handed over to other people or companies, but I have checked their accounts in recent years, and it is very difficult for a non-listed company to survive in the shadow of giants, and the market will gradually strangle these companies without core competitiveness......"

"I'm sorry." An Feng interrupted him with a smile, "Don't say it so formally, it's simple, I'm more used to colloquial expressions." ”

The boss said whatever he wanted, and John changed his approach: "The performance of the other company has been declining, and there is an urgent need for competitive technology, and the patents in your hands have broad prospects and can save them from decaying." So after a few days of negotiations, they agreed to take a stake in four patents. ”

"Wait, didn't I provide five patents?" An Feng asked.

"Yes, it's five, but the intellectual property rights will exceed the maximum proportion, I reduce it to four patents plus 4 million funds, you will own 70% of the equity of Tailan Company and become the absolute controlling shareholder. Of course, there is also a way to reduce the investment risk: you invest in three patents, but you only have a 45% stake. ”

"Just the first one, I'm confident in myself." An Feng said. If you can't control it, how can you let the company promote its own technology? How else to make money?

John nodded, and suddenly looked at An Feng in surprise, as if recalling what he had just said: "Sir, can I ask a question?" ”

"Excuse me."

"You developed all these super techniques?" John asked with some disbelief, seeing An Feng's style like a rich kid, he couldn't connect with inventors at all. He thought that An Feng had bought these amazing patents from someone else and then transferred them.

"Of course, I developed it, and in addition to these, I also have a lot of patent certificates." An Feng's face was calm, and his heart was triumphant.

"You're amazing!" John sincerely admired, look at An Feng's dress, dressed in casual clothes, completely a rich man with no desires, but people can't be good-looking, the image of a rich son in John's heart has faded, and he has become a technical entrepreneur like Bill Gates and Joe's gang leader.

An Feng continued to talk to him about some details, and finally finalized the first plan. Regarding the timing, he asked: "When will the acquisition of Tylan begin?" ”

"If you don't have other arrangements, you can do it at any time, the other party is ready."

"Then as soon as possible."

An Feng only learned afterwards that the executives of Tailan Company were more anxious than him, two quarters down, product sales fell sharply, and the new products that took a year to launch in the R&D department had not had time to be launched, and they had been completely defeated by the new technology of a giant company in North America, investing a lot of money with zero return, not only wasting time, but also running out of funds.

The appearance of An Feng and his new technique is undoubtedly a ray of hope in the darkness.

A day later, An Feng changed into a suit, brought his lawyer, accountant and assistant, and went to the headquarters of Tailan Company. From the outside, it is just an ordinary three-story building close to the city, and there are not many employees, and a group of people have been laid off recently. His arrival is like a charcoal in the snow, which makes the company's senior management look forward to it, which may change the fate of the future, of course, it is not ruled out that he will be fired without seeing hope.

After talking about the acquisition for so long, the company's CEO, Ray Hawke, is still meeting a partner for the first time, not a bespectacled, crepe scholar as he imagined, nor a middle-aged Asian with a big belly and a nouveau riche face, but a young man with a very temperament.

"I'm Bree Hawke, CEO of Tyran, welcome, Mr. Ann!" Bray stretched out his hand towards An Feng.

"Hello, Mr. Hawke." An Feng smiled and shook hands with him, and Bray led the way in front: "Mr. An, please!" Let's go to the office and talk! ”

The company's shareholders and some of the senior executives were sitting in the office talking, and the lawyers were carefully reading the acquisition contract one by one, but An Feng had nothing to do, listening to Bray introduce some of the history of Tyran, how to make a fortune, how to become famous, and how to encounter a crisis.

An Feng looked at Bree Hawke, with a high forehead, a big nose, a thick beard on his upper lip, and a clean chin, a bit of Mexican characteristics, maybe he was of mixed race, and the pronunciation of some English words used to shake his tongue was probably a habit left over from his native Spanish.

From the conversation, I learned that Bray was the founder of this company, and he was once the largest shareholder, with a professional background, and he also personally developed plant fertilizers back then. His vision in this field is unique, and after seeing the information and samples sent by An Feng, his first reaction was to exaggerate, is there such a powerful thing? However, he kept a heart and studied the samples himself, realizing that this could be a great opportunity.

When chatting with An Feng, he focused on professional skills, and it turned out that An Feng did not disappoint him, and even many concepts he had never heard of, and he suddenly realized after listening to the teachings with an open mind. Later, Hawke was able to reassure shareholders that being bought was not a bad idea.

The six lawyers on both sides spent a morning just reading the contract, and put forward several unsatisfactory points, and the two sides of the negotiation were full of gunpowder, and the Tailan company went to have a small meeting or something. I stopped at noon, had lunch at the restaurant, and continued to fight in the afternoon. In the end, the acquisition contract was signed before the end of the day.

After that, the two sides shook hands and took a picture or something. An Feng has no intention of rectifying the company for the time being, and is still headed by Bree Hawk as CEO, after all, he has good ability, and he can break from an obscure small business to a company with a capital of 30 million US dollars, and luck alone is not enough.

It is worth mentioning that An Feng's behavior of letting go of power because of his hatred of trouble has made the hearts of the employees of the company settle, if the new boss makes drastic rectifications, fires the CEO, and changes to another one, I am afraid that some old employees who have feelings for the company will be very resistant.

The employees are happy, and An Feng is also happy, he thinks that this scale is also a big company, right? In China, enterprises with a registered capital of nearly 200 million RMB are placed in second- and third-tier cities at ordinary points, which are undoubtedly large taxpayers, uncle-like existence, gods block and kill gods, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha......