waited until half past 12, Xiao Yifei received a call to the door of the hotel. What Lei Shidong sent to pick him up was just an ordinary black Mercedes-Benz.

It's just that he actually sent a driver over. Seeing Xiao Yifei with the entire negotiation team, the driver hurriedly called Lei Shidong, and then came to Xiao Yifei:

"Mr. Xiao, what Summers said is just an ordinary chat, not a negotiation."

No wonder only the driver picks people up. Xiao Yifei knew what he meant, turned to Catherine and said:

"Okay, then you guys go back first, I'll go chat with Mr. Lei Shidong."

Waiting for the car, the driver started the car, Xiao Yifei didn't know the road at all, only saw villas on both sides, first Beverly held rows of villas, and then a lot of mansions, and finally climbed up the hillside, and then turned to the top of the mountain. After passing the manned guard box, Xiao Yifei finally entered Beverly Park.

Those villas located in flat areas, such as Xiao Yifei's 704, generally occupy only about 0.5 acres. The mansions in Mid-Levels north of Sunset Boulevard, such as those of David Beckham and Madonna, generally occupy about 1 acre. But when you get here, it's basically 2 acres of land, and there are even 6 to 7 acres of land. In addition to the main house, tennis court and swimming pool, there are also large areas of lawn and green trees, which look very tall.

Xiao Yifei was surprised to find. There is also a small golf course in the community. The car drove for a few more minutes and finally came to a side road. Turning into the branch road, he saw the same as his Danville's house, a circular ring road with a broken head, he looked at the map and knew that Lei Shidong's home had arrived.

After the driver stops. Get out of the car to help him open the car door, Xiao Yifei got out of the car slowly, and took advantage of the time to sort out his clothes to look at Lei Shidong's mansion.

The house in Lei Shidong is only two floors, with a milky white appearance, a light sky blue roof, and a surrounding green tree, which looks very peaceful.

The maid opened the door and greeted Xiao Yifei. A professional smile. An old lady with short light brown hair greeted her. Lei Shidong divorced his second wife last year, and this should be his daughter Sally Lei Shidong. The old lady, who is also 55 years old, has moved in with Lei Shidong, who is getting older, since divorcing her husband, who was the Khalid Pai rabbi in Boston.

"Hello, Mr. Xiao."

"Lady Sally, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Xiao Yifei handed over his gift, and the gift he chose was a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon of Château Monterena '01. 2001 wasn't just 911, for Napa. 2001 was the best year ever for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The famous sommelier Parker gave it a rating of 96 for the year. Currently, 96 is the highest year score in Napa Valley. And the Monterena '01 estate Cabernet Sauvignon also scored 96 points from Parker. It is a rare wine.

Taking the wine and handing it to the maid next to her, Sally said:

"Thank you for the gift, let's go, Somer is waiting for you upstairs."

There were not many words, and Xiao Yifei couldn't tell her opinion on the deal from her tone and face. Xiao Yifei is not good at visiting all the way. I could only follow the old lady to the second floor.

Walking through a room, there is a sudden opening in front of me. This is an open terrace, the elderly Lei Shidong is sitting on a chair basking in the sun, and when he sees Xiao Yifei coming, he wants to stand up. Xiao Yifei hurriedly took two steps forward. Gave him a lift.

When everyone was seated, the maid brought coffee.

Xiao Yifei took the initiative to find a topic:

"Mr. Summer's really good eye picked such a good house."

Lei Shidong's plot is located on the edge of this large flat land, the whole plot is surrounded by green trees in a circle, the main house is in front of the cement parking pad, the main house is on the side of the open garage. Behind the main house is a lawn of more than 500 square meters, a tennis court and a huge arc swimming pool. Outside the pool is the green trees and outside is the steep slope.

This topic really attracted Lei Shidong's favor.

"Yes, I am very satisfied with this house, when I bought this house, I also took advantage of Stallone's 1.5 million."

After speaking, he also pointed to the house on the southwest side proudly.

"That's Stallone's house."

Xiao Yifei looked at it, through the towering and dense green trees, Stallone's mansion could only see the corner of the tan house. He glanced at it, Lei Shidong's house had a good view, through the trees, he could see the vista of Los Angeles City, and even a little shadow of the sea. Presumably it is better to watch Los Angeles in the lights on the terrace at night.

"Is Mr. Xiao Chinese?"

"Yes, I just arrived in the United States."

"I've been to China, and Viacom has a presence in China as well."

"I know that the MTV that can be received in many places is Mr. Summer."

This is Lei Shidong's proud work, and the MTV landing is much ahead of his old rival Merck. Next, Xiao Yifei turned into a comical cross talk actor, which made Lei Shidong tell some interesting stories about himself in China with great interest.

These chats of gossip made Sally finally unable to hold back:

"What does Mr. Xiao think of CBS?"

"I really like CBS TV series, especially NCIS and its spin-offs, and of course I also like other crime detective TV series. Sitcoms like "The Big Bang Theory" I think are okay too. ”

Xiao Yifei This is purely troublemaking, Sally's original intention is to ask her views on CBS management and operation. But this topic is not easy to follow, because the information collected by Wells Fargo shows that Sally has been asking for an increase in the number of independent directors in CBS and Viacom, and to divide the rights in the hands of Lei Shidong. And Lei Shidong definitely doesn't want to do that, but there is only one successor to Sally, and he is indeed too old, so now the father and daughter have wisely shelved some controversies, so it is easy to offend Sally if they say that the business is good, but if you want to say that the current management is not good, it will offend Lei Shidong again. So Xiao Yifei simply misinterpreted Sally's meaning as his opinion on the CBS TV series, so as to avoid offending either of the father and daughter and adding twists and turns to the acquisition of stocks.

But Sally didn't let him get his way, and she continued to ask:

"I'm asking you what you think about CBS management."

Xiao Yifei had some opinions about this aggressive old lady in his heart, but he didn't express it, but responded carefully according to the negotiated wording.

"I'm too young and I'm not familiar with how to run a company. My focus was on the Monterena winery that I bought. ”

"Then why do you have to have A shares?"

"I'm a Chinese, just arrived in the U.S., and I run a winery with a very important reputation. The stake in CBS is my talisman to avoid a lot of slander and distractions. In addition, I think the CBS management is doing okay, but it is now affected by the economic environment. ”

There is no way, even if Xiao Yifei really has an opinion on the management of CBS, Xiao Yifei can only choose to answer in favor of Lei Shidong, after all, the shares are now controlled by Lei Shidong rather than Sally's hands.

Next, they talked about some topics, and Xiao Yifei responded one by one according to the wording discussed, expressing his attitude that he would not meddle in CBS operations casually.

Maybe the two of them know each other about the same, and the topic shifts to the small talk stage. Sally left, and the maid brought afternoon tea, and the two chatted while eating. Xiao Yifei said some interesting things about him in China and answered some of Lei Shidong's questions about China. The topic quickly turned to Xiao Yifei himself.

Maybe it was because Xiao Yifei was pleasing to the eye, Lei Shidong asked:

"By the way, are you free for the night?"

"What's wrong?"

"Come with me to a drinking party."

Xiao Yifei remembered that when Sherman first said the repurchase conditions, he said that Lei Shidong would introduce some people to help him speed up the naturalization process, could it start now?

"No problem, I'm fine at night."

"Do you have a female companion?"

Xiao Yifei thought for a while, it was impossible to take Tina, isn't Concubine Yue here, let her be his temporary female companion.

Lei Shidong saw that he didn't speak for a long time:

"No, it doesn't matter, it's easy to find a female companion here, or you don't know who to choose."

Xiao Yifei looked at the smiling Lei Shidong with black lines on his head, Mr. Somer, don't be too naughty.

"Don't worry, it's just a regular reception. Tomorrow the Los Angeles Auto Show will begin, and every year Rolls-Royce hosts a private reception the night before the show. Just don't dress too casually. ”

"Okay, I'll be on time."

When he walked out of Lei Shidong's No. 31 mansion, Xiao Yifei felt that this matter should be done. Now he's really starting to think about the possibility of buying a home in Beverly Park.

If Xiao Yifei can really get his hands on CBS's shares, Xiao Yifei will definitely not just be satisfied with CBA's A-share shares, which are less than 5%. If he wants to get CBA's A shares, it is inevitable to befriend Lei Shidong, otherwise he will definitely not sell more A shares to himself, so as not to affect his control.

And if you want to make friends with someone, it will definitely be a lot more convenient to become his neighbor. Especially an old man like Lei Shidong, who rarely stays in New York, and has a lot of different views with his daughter, it can be seen from today's chat that he and his daughter usually don't communicate much, and it is impossible for him to open his body every day at that age, so on the whole, Lei Shidong is a lonely old man.

If you can communicate with him more, you will have a better chance of getting more shares in the future.

When I returned to the hotel, I briefly communicated with them about the meeting with Lei Shidong, and everyone became optimistic, and it seemed that the next negotiations should be much less difficult. (To be continued......)