decided to drive to Los Angeles and set a meeting time, Xiao Yifei stood up and sat down:

"I'm very sorry that because of the urgency of time, everyone can't spend Thanksgiving with their families. Some of you have worked with me and know that I am not a stingy person, and if this deal is negotiated, I will personally give you another gift to ensure that everyone is satisfied. ”

"Great."

"Shaw, well done."

The applauded ones were all in the acquisition of the winery, and they also gave explanations to the new additions next to them.

After the meeting ended, when the others left, Xiao Yifei said to Catherine:

"Is there a way to find me a stock account?"

Catherine thought for a moment and asked:

"Mr. Xiao means ......"

Xiao Yifei interrupted her and didn't let her say the rest of the words:

"Yes, there is absolutely no account related to me."

"I can transfer you an overseas account."

"Okay, buy me 10 million CBS shares. You will transfer 10 million from my account yourself. ”

"No problem, I'll do it right away."

Xiao Yifei took the Ferrari out of the space, put the navigator away, made a brief preparation, went to Union Square to see the newly bought shop, and drove to the meeting place.

Catherine had arrived, she made an OK gesture to Xiao Yifei, and then gave Xiao Yifei a small note with the stock account number and password. The two nodded tacitly.

After a circle around Xiao Yifei's Ferrari, Catherine said without words:

"It's a nice car, it's perfect for you young people to drive. You're just like a rich man now. ”

Xiao Yifei hurriedly said a few words modestly. Catherine quickly changed the subject:

"It doesn't seem like we're the only ones who can't buy a ticket, Andrew just called. Said they didn't get a ticket for tomorrow, and they came over on the company's charter flight tonight, and we could start negotiations tomorrow. ”

"Are you really so nervous about Thanksgiving tickets?"

Catherine began to relieve Xiao Yifei's suspicions, letting Xiao Yifei know that the United States also has a great migration of people like the Chinese New Year. However, the domestic aviation industry in the United States is well-developed, so they don't have to grab train tickets like we do. Instead of grabbing plane tickets. Unfortunately, airplanes can't be overloaded like trains, so many people who don't have tickets simply drive home or hitchhike home. It is said that because of the free ride on Thanksgiving, unmarried men and women actually met the right one, so they took it home directly.

When it was time to meet, a car drove up. In addition to the head of the car is a steady business sedan. The rest are sports cars, with different brands such as Audi, Cadillac, Lexus, BMW, Lincoln, Ferrari, etc.

Xiao Yifei seems to feel that he is emotionally moved this time, the starting point of these guys should not be to save him the cost of charter flights, and drive a sports car to Los Angeles, a city with many handsome men and beautiful women, after thinking about it carefully, Xiao Yifei will know. They certainly don't stay in the hotel properly, everyone knows what they want to do. Because that's what he thinks, too.

When the personnel arrived, this chaotic convoy rushed along the highway to Los Angeles, the city of angels.

CBS is headquartered in New York, but in Los Angeles, it still has a large team, after all, there is Hollywood, handsome guys and beautiful women. CBS has two important parts in Los Angeles, one is CBS Television City. One is the CBS Performing Arts Center.

CBS Performing Arts Center is located in the San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles, 3 kilometers from Universal Studios. It's not open to the public, it's just a huge studio. Many TV series, such as Eagle Crown Manor, CSI, etc., were filmed here.

Formerly a production hub, CBS Television City in downtown Los Angeles now takes on more broadcast assignments, with only a handful of sitcom productions on the few remaining studios. In addition, the famous talent shows "America's Got Talent" and "American Idol" were also filmed at the studio of CBS TV City.

This is also the place where Xiao Yifei and their negotiations took place.

At 9 a.m. on November 24, a convoy arrived at the gates of Television City. An unusually burly black doorman looked at the convoy outside the iron gate in a daze. They can't be blamed either. They were notified that someone was coming to the business negotiations, but they didn't expect it to be such a mixed fleet.

The big black man hurriedly asked his companion:

"Is this the convoy you're talking about?"

"I don't know. Probably. ”

"Let's ask the above first."

Since the United States launched its war on terror, the domestic situation has slowly deteriorated. Coupled with the economic crisis, the discontent of ordinary people has deepened. A few days ago, the United Nations headquarters in New York received a letter with suspicious white powder, and the United Nations building had to be evacuated urgently. In addition to government agencies, media groups such as television and newspapers are also high-risk targets, so they have stepped up their vigilance during this time. It is estimated that Andrew's agreement to come to Los Angeles to negotiate also has the intention of avoiding the limelight.

Soon a CBS receptionist came to the gate, and he was a little stunned to see these guys driving a team of sports cars to conduct business negotiations.

Everyone followed the receptionist into a conference room. Xiao Yifei There are many of them, and there are also many people on the other side. After introduction, there were Andrew and others from Sherman Law Firm, people sent by CBS headquarters to understand the situation, and CBS personnel from Los Angeles.

After some introduction, Andrew and others learned that Xiao Yifei had not yet become a naturalized citizen, and Andrew immediately said:

"In light of this new situation, we need to contact us before we can proceed with the next step of negotiations."

Before leaving in the morning, Catherine told Xiao Yifei that they had discussed and did not tell each other the news that Xiao Yifei had not yet become a naturalized citizen. Xiao Yifei was taken aback at the time, but after Gauld and Catherine briefly analyzed him, he felt that it seemed to make sense, and Ryan next to him also nodded.

Everyone knows that only if the cooperation is successful, the rich country will have a commission, and Catherine and Gauld will have a bonus, and in this case, I believe that they will not mess around. From now on, it is true, as they say, that the first contact will soon be over.

At this time, taking advantage of women, Catherine interjected:

"Yes, we would like to add three more points."

"First, Mr. Xiao definitely wants to become a naturalized American, but there is not enough time now, so he is still Chinese. Mr. Xiao only came to the United States in June, and we have tried our best to speed up, obtained residency, and submitted an application for naturalization, but it will take one year for the USCIS to approve the naturalization at the earliest. ”

Second, Mr. Xiao has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in Napa to acquire Château Monterrey, and he also has a estate in France, but he does not have any property in China. We are stating this to prove what we just said, that he is definitely going to become a naturalized American. ”

"Third, Mr. Xiao has registered a company, and the subject of this negotiation is also a domestic company. Once USCIS approves naturalization, it's entirely an American, U.S. company that buys the shares. ”

"I hope you will convey these three points together when you explain to Mr. Lei Shidong."

It's not just Wells Fargo that has to get a commission, it's also the people at Sherman Law Firm, and only when this deal is completed can the firm get the commission, and Andrew lawyers will have performance and bonuses. If they were to be divided into many small packages to negotiate separately, no one was sure that they would be able to meet the deadline.

"Okay, we'll report all of this, and that's all for today."

Sure enough, the time was very short, it was only half an hour, and Xiao Yifei and they went out of the TV City again.

Although Xiao Yifei had already bought No. 704 Elm Street, this acquisition was too significant, bigger than any transaction Xiao Yifei had ever made, and it was also meaningful, so Xiao Yifei did not live at home alone, but chose to live at the Four Seasons Hotel with everyone. It is only 3 km away from CBS TV City, so you don't have to miss out on negotiations due to traffic problems.

Back at the hotel, the three leaders plus Xiao Yifei had a small meeting, and their subordinates released ducks.

Since Xiao Yifei knew that the other party was willing to sell A shares, he once again weighed and thought about his development plan, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was more beneficial for him to have CBS shares. He was still a little skeptical of Catherine's plan to use her identity to catch the other party off guard, compress the other party's time, and gain an advantageous position in the negotiations.

"Will they terminate the negotiations?"

Catherine smiled and comforted him:

"You can rest assured, the proportion of your acquisition is too small, and CBS is not known for its news, and now CBS has some audiences in terms of news, except for the weekly "60 Minutes" and some audiences, the others can be said to be completely suppressed by other TV stations, and have little influence on the people and public opinion."

Ryan added:

"Plus you are indeed going to be naturalized, you can rest assured, it doesn't matter."

"Yes, maybe we can ask for the CBS Board of Directors to urge USCIS to approve your naturalization application as soon as possible."

A few more people chatted a few more words and then broke up.

Ryan said: "Xiao, I'm going back to see my father, you play slowly by yourself, call me if you're caught, don't bother my father this time." ”

Xiao Yifei wanted to give him a middle finger, he knew that the negotiation was like this, so he would live in a 704 hotel or not.

"By the way, when you go back, thank your father for me. Although I met him a few days ago, he seemed to have a lot of things to do, and he didn't have time to talk about them in detail. Here's a bottle of Monterena wine, help me give it to him, thank him for his help last time, otherwise I'd have been spending the night at the police station that day? ”

"You're so angry. It's okay, as long as he has a lawyer's fee to pay, he has absolutely no complaints. ”

"I still want to thank him, I'm sorry to get him up and go to the police station in the middle of the night."

"Lawyers are like this, they are almost on call 24x7, and no one knows when the client will be in trouble."

"It seems that you can't make any money in this business."

"That is, it is hard to get a lawyer's certificate, and it is also hard after the exam." (To be continued)