The good news came one after another, and Sleipnir was acquired for $150 million. And Corbyster's genetic science -- maybe because of what Jeffrey Lee said, Christopher? Henderson and Gilbert? Gordon persuaded the other minority shareholders to sell the entire group to Lee Kit for $266 million. As for their previous idea of integrating the shares into the new company, Li Jie refused, and the reason why he went to great lengths to find these small companies that could be wholly acquired by himself was to facilitate the overall control of the overall situation, and would not easily let others get involved, not to mention that Gilbert and they had little room for bargaining.

In this way, the three companies were successfully won according to the predetermined plan, and finally spent more than 500 million US dollars in massive funds, but it was still within an acceptable range, and Li Jie's remaining funds were barely enough to make some initial investment and maintain operations. The merger of the three companies and the establishment of a new company involved a series of complex procedures and a large number of personnel changes, even with the assistance of the entire team and the support of the original structure of the three companies, it still took a lot of time and energy to sort out the relationship.

He couldn't help but be a little amazed by the creativity of humans in terms of various documents, rules, and procedures, which was far more annoying than launching a battle in the demon world.

A sudden phone call finally freed Li Jie from these trivial matters. It was a call from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles inviting him to the anniversary celebration three days later. Putting down the phone, Li Jie immediately turned to Citi and Izaki Keil, and asked them to immediately start collecting information from the Los Angeles Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

At this time, Li Jie finally felt that he still had a lot to do, whether it was news channels or people, there was an extreme lack of people. It's easy to fall into the embarrassing situation of having to be on the agenda, and at the moment, you can only continue to rely on Citi's people.

In the afternoon of the same day, the invitation from the Chamber of Commerce was delivered to his office, and it was obviously very efficient. Looking at the red painted dragon and phoenix invitation card in his hand, which is very rich in Chinese characteristics, Li Jie thought about it for a while, and immediately decided to participate. Although he has been in the United States for a short time, he or his predecessors have had equally little contact with the Chinese community here.

I have to admit that Citi's huge channels have amazing efficiency, and the materials were delivered to Li Jie's desk the next day, while Izaki's side was slower, and the information was obviously not as rich as Citi's.

The Los Angeles Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Co. was founded in 1955 by a group of Chinese-American businesses to promote and develop Chinese-owned businesses in the greater Los Angeles area. In addition, cultural activities such as the Golden Dragon Parade, Miss Chinatown beauty pageant, and Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations are also held to introduce traditional Chinese culture to other ethnic groups in the United States. At present, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has more than 600 members and plays an important role in the entire Los Angeles society.

Because the early Chinese merchants were concentrated in Chinatown, the Chamber of Commerce was actually named "Chinatown General Chamber of Commerce" when it was first established, and later moved to the San Gabriel Valley as the number of Chinese increased. Valley) and other places, so the name was changed to "Chinese General Chamber of Commerce". Today, many of the chamber's members are not based in Chinatown, and their industries have expanded from traditional restaurants, laundries, and grocery stores to accounting and consulting firms. In addition to business and cultural promotion, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce has also made great efforts to advocate for the rights and interests of Chinese businessmen.

Generally speaking, it is a group that promotes mutual assistance between Chinese and Chinese investment, providing various services internally, and acting as a gateway, communication and bridge externally.

Three days later, Li Jie attended on time, and the venue of the celebration was in Los Angeles' Chinatown. Although the past weekend was significantly cooler than last week's 100-degree Fahrenheit, it was still hot in the sun during the day. However, Los Angeles' Chinatown is still packed, especially popular attractions such as Broadway and Zhongshan Square, and American tourists almost outnumber Asian faces. It can be seen that many families go out as a family to visit Chinatown with their children. Li Jie also saw a white child standing at the door of the store, looking at the toy knife in the martial arts fight and excited, and had to pull his mother to buy it for him.

The eyes are full of traditional Chinese character signboards, which makes Li Jie a little uncomfortable, big red paint columns, archways, and lanterns can be seen everywhere, even in the current Huaguo, there are few such environments and atmospheres. The day is full of activities, and the streets are bustling with lion and dragon dances, as well as various opera and acrobatic performances.

At the Longfeng Teahouse, which covers an extensive area, Li Jie met Zhuang Siyuan, the current president of the Los Angeles Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who has been immigrating to the United States since the last three generations, but his name is very Chinese, and although his Mandarin has some accents, it is still standard.

"Mr. Li, you are really young and heroic, welcome and welcome." Zhuang Siyuan is an old man in his sixties, wearing a dark purple Tang suit, looking very energetic, it is in Los Angeles to hear such a half-literary greeting that Li Jie is a little unaccustomed.

"President Zhuang, thank you for the invitation, it's a pleasure to meet you." Li Jie didn't show any traces on his face, and naturally shook hands with him.

"Your assistant can stay downstairs, there are all kinds of tea and snacks here, let's go upstairs and sit." Zhuang Siyuan smiled and looked at Gus and another bodyguard who were following Li Jie, and his words were very tactful and polite. Gus glanced at Li Jie, saw him nod, and then sat down next to the waiter on the first floor.

Longfeng Tea House is a four-storey building, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, compared with the first floor that occupies a very wide area, the space on the top floor is not very large, which seems a little unusual, maybe it is special and exquisite. There were quite a few people sitting here, obviously all Chinese faces, Zhuang Siyuan walked in front, and almost all of them greeted him warmly, fully demonstrating his prestige.

He took Li Jie to sit down in a window position, the top floor here was not at all as hot as an ordinary attic, and it was obviously specially insulated. Sitting by the breezy window, the two made tea and sat opposite each other, tasting tea and enjoying the scenery, but they also chatted quite harmoniously.

"Actually, I haven't been in Los Angeles for a long time, and I don't know how President Zhuang got in touch with me." Li Jie looked polite, and asked the other party with a sip of tea in the cup.

"Our Chinese Chamber of Commerce has been in Los Angeles for decades, and we still have some roots. Mr. Li, you spent so much money in Los Angeles to acquire the company, obviously you have a long-term plan. The purpose of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has always been to fight for the rights and interests of the majority of Chinese businessmen, mutual assistance and friendship, I don't know if Mr. Li is interested in joining us, I believe that it will be of some help to your career. Zhuang Siyuan, who was making tea, smiled gently, and picked up the purple sand teapot to add some tea to Li Jie's cup.