Chapter 435: Hustle and Bustle
Among the people present, the estimation that he trusted Zhang Bin's ability the most was Ivel, so he was the first to raise his hand to say.
"Goldman Sachs is willing to inject $1.1 billion into Global Investments," Mr. Ivor said.
As soon as this remark came out, others showed surprise on their faces, Goldman Sachs paid 1.1 billion US dollars, and it seems that it is enough confidence in Zhang Bin, and it can even be said to be a big gamble.
Especially Stephen and Johnson, they seemed to be shocked by Goldman Sachs' generosity, and they were silent for a long time, they thought it was a matter of hundreds of millions of dollars at most, but they didn't expect Goldman Sachs to be $1.1 billion as soon as they made a move, which is simply not too fierce.
At this time, when the power of the financial crisis has spread, many companies have begun to collect cash, and Goldman Sachs is no exception.
A week ago, Lehman Brothers announced that it had filed for bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch was acquired by Bank of America, marking the beginning of the global financial crisis.
In the past few days, the only remaining Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley have applied to the US Federal Reserve to transfer to bank holding companies, which the other two companies have received more restrictions, but it has become relatively easier to raise funds.
It is in such an environment that Goldman Sachs can still take out so much money to invest in Zhang Bin, and it can be seen that this is true love.
In fact, Goldman Sachs is also helpless, in this investment environment is already very bad, Goldman Sachs must also find a high-quality investment direction, and Zhang Bin's investment, they think it is absolutely high-quality.
And they don't need to take out another amount of money, Zhang Bin already owes them 1.1 billion US dollars, which is just the amount of investment this time.
Paulson's eyes flickered, breaking the silence.
"I personally said I would invest $200 million and then invest $500 million on behalf of Paulson's hedge fund."
Paulson, though trusting Mr. Zhang, showed some caution.
The financial crisis was not a bad thing for Paulson, it had the opposite effect, and his hedge fund made money from the financial crisis.
That's $1.8 billion.
Everyone present knows that the investment market of the first capital of Zhang Bin's global investment company is futures, that is to say, Zhang Bin will start with the futures market firsthand.
But the futures market is unpredictable, no one knows what will happen in the next second, so much money, make a lot of money, but also lose a lot, as long as one is not careful, maybe there is no point left.
Johnson and Stephen hesitated for a long time because they had a lot to consider.
In the end, after some phone calls with the headquarters, Johnson gave 300 million US dollars, which was the money he lent to Zhang Bin at the beginning, and now it is invested in the global investment company.
Stephen invested $200 million on behalf of Bombardier, and he actively fought for $200 million.
As a result, the total amount raised was $2.3 billion.
"When will the funds arrive?" This is the issue that Zhang Bin is most concerned about.
"Anytime", since it is expressed, there will be no further hesitation.
"Well, I personally invested $1.7 billion to make up for the $4 billion investment," Zhang Bin concluded.
Hearing that Zhang Bin had made up four billion, everyone else except for Ivor showed a look of surprise.
Zhang Bin said lightly that he took out $1.7 billion, how much money did he have?
On the contrary, Stephen became more confident in the previous cooperation with Zhang Bin, since Zhang Bin has so much money, the means and investment direction should be no problem.
The total investment of four billion dollars was not expected by anyone other than Ivor who was somewhat prepared.
The dinner dispersed, Zhang Bin returned to the room and began to think about his next plan.
Of the $4.2 billion in the futures market, the $1.7 billion he invested plus $1.1 billion from Goldman Sachs needs to come up with a total of $2.8 billion, and the remaining $1.4 billion Zhang Bin is ready to disperse and invest in various futures.
As for the $4 billion raised this time, Zhang Bin will focus on investing in crude oil futures, and then diversify to copper, soybeans, rare metals and other futures markets.
His goal is to reach $6 billion in personal assets by the end of this year.
Four billion US dollars invested in futures will inevitably attract the attention of various financial giants, and Zhang Bin is pulling others in to bear the pressure, including Warren Buffett and even Gates.
How can he, a little-known kid, have such a great ability to make so much money, that is, he has received the guidance of a master, or even just a pawn of others.
That's what Zhang Bin wants to achieve.
In the second half of this year, Global Investment has two more tasks, buying a large number of Apple shares, and then taking a stake in FedEx.
With the participation of these people, it will be easier to achieve these goals, although his share is less, but relatively, the pressure is also less, and the road is wider.
The door to Zhang Bin's room rang, and it was Paulson.
"Hey, man, you look bored," Paulson said with a laugh.
"I'm just thinking about how to invest next," Zhang said, pointing to his head.
"I'm leaving tomorrow, you know, it's a bit complicated right now, and I've got to hurry," Paulson said, "Is there anything to say?" ”
Paulson wanted to get some new news from Zhang, who he had benefited from last time, and felt that Zhang Bin must have some unknown hole cards that could make him invincible in various investments.
Zhang Bin thought about it for a while and gave a few suggestions.
Stephen and others are very busy figures, of course, it is impossible to wait for Buffett's answer with Zhang Bin, and everyone left early in the morning of the 24th.
Only Ivor was left yet.
"Aren't you leaving?" When he got up in the morning, Zhang Bin looked at Ivoll and smiled.
Eivor shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "My mission this time is to look at you, where else can I go?" ”
Ivel is telling the truth, Goldman Sachs has invested so much money, so it is natural to keep an eye on Zhang Bin from time to time.
"What do you think will happen if I run away with the money?" Zhang Bin said with a smile.
Ivoll thought about it for a moment, "I guess it will end the same as Merrill Lynch."
Zhang Bin sighed suddenly, this week, the whole world has been fried, all kinds of mergers and acquisitions, various large companies shouting for financing, everywhere, and all of them are some famous large group companies.
A financial crisis has led to the bankruptcy of many companies, and banks like Citibank still have some spare power, even Goldman Sachs also needs to rely on financing to survive the crisis.
The next few days were relatively peaceful, and Zhang Bin stayed in the hotel with nothing to do, exchanging investment experiences with Ivel or chatting about an interesting story about a celebrity.
Ivor is worthy of being an investor for so many years, knows a lot of things, and speaks very interestingly, Zhang Bin often laughs when he listens to it.
From time to time, the two of them took the newspaper of the day to discuss who gave money to whom today, and who refused to give money to whom, anyway, the entire Western world was already in chaos at this time.
At this time, almost all the news was about the financial crisis.
But no matter how messy they are outside, Zhang Bin and them look leisurely, as if they have nothing to do with themselves.
Zhang Bin is not in a hurry, there is no news from Buffett's side.
On the 28th, the British Treasury implemented a bailout plan for Bradford-Bentley Bank, a major mortgage bank in the United Kingdom.
On this day, a lot happened, but Zhang Bin waited for someone at the Hanton Hotel.
Stanley. O'neill.
Former CEO of Merrill Lynch.