One hundred and one unexpected surprise
Su Zhen looked at the bustling neighborhood of Manhattan through the car window, this was his second time in New York, as the first stop in the United States, he still had a good impression of the largest city in the United States.
By the time Su Zhen arrived at the Citigroup headquarters building, Sandy had already greeted him downstairs, although Sandy was the president of Citibank, but he was just a senior worker, if Su Zhen's negotiations went smoothly and he got 0.1% of Citigroup's equity, then Su Zhen would be one of his bosses.
Su Zhen also had some understanding of the president before he came, speaking of which this Sandyville is not a simple person, last year Citibank and Traveler Group successfully merged to become the new Citigroup, Traveler Group is also a large credit company with a market value of tens of billions, but ten years ago this credit company was facing the verge of bankruptcy, it was this Sandyville who rebuilt such a promising company into a financial giant on Wall Street, It was he who successfully promoted the merger of Citigroup and Travelers Group, propelled Citigroup to its peak, and successfully served as the CEO of the new Citigroup.
Led by Sandy, the group arrived at the conference room of the group's headquarters, where the members of the board of directors had been waiting for a long time.
For some small companies, one thousandth of the shares can be said to be nothing, but for a behemoth like Citigroup, it is already a relatively big change, you must know that the entire Citigroup major brands (including Citibank, Traveler, Milbar, Citigroup Finance, Citigroup Life Insurance, Primmarica) all shareholders are as many as 1,000 people, you can imagine how much the shares have been diluted, especially Su Zhen replaced not the shares of a certain brand, but the group shares, So it has to go through the board.
AFTER SOME BARGAINING, SU ZHEN FINALLY SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED ONE-THOUSANDTH OF CITIGROUP'S TOTAL SHARE CAPITAL AND ANOTHER THING WITH EBAY, 16% OF THE SHARES, AND SINCE THEN CITIGROUP HAS OFFICIALLY BECOME THE SECOND LARGEST SHAREHOLDER OF EBAY, AND SU ZHEN IS THE THIRD LARGEST SHAREHOLDER.
THE NEXT DAY, THE NEWS APPEARED IN THE MAJOR BUSINESS MEDIA IN THE UNITED STATES, AND EBAY'S STOCK ROSE BY MORE THAN 10% ON THE SAME DAY, AND CITIBANK'S STOCK ALSO ROSE A LOT. AS A RESULT, BEFORE THE NEWS PASSED, A FEW DAYS LATER, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE JPMORGAN GROUP HAD SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED A 10% STAKE FROM EBAY FOUNDER OMICIA FOR $1.8 BILLION, BECOMING THE FOURTH LARGEST SHAREHOLDER OF EBAY.
AT THIS MOMENT, EBAY, WHOSE STOCK PRICE HAS SKYROCKETED BECAUSE OF THE HOT INTERNET MARKET, HAS SET OFF A SURGE OF FRENZY, AND IN LESS THAN A WEEK, ITS MARKET VALUE HAS EXCEEDED 20 BILLION, CREATING A HISTORICAL RECORD.
Although Su Zhen paid a lot of money in the share exchange with Citigroup, he also won the favor of Citigroup shareholders, so Su Zhen paid an extra 1% of the shares to get a huge piece of land.
This is a huge piece of land in Wyoming, with an area of more than 200,000 acres, this land includes a large area of pasture farms and forests, which was once mortgaged to Citibank by a wealthy man as a loan a few years ago, but because of the failure of the investment, this land naturally belongs to Citigroup, but Citigroup got this land, but set up a hot potato, run it yourself, Citigroup has no agricultural projects, sell? People who want to eat such a large piece of land can't eat, and people who can eat don't want to eat, divide and sell it, then it will cost more manpower and material resources, and it is better to operate it yourself, but there is no unanimous opinion, and this land thing will drag down and become a burden, so Citibank has to pay a large amount of land tax for this land every year, but at this time, Citigroup is bad at everything, just not bad money, and gradually the members of the board of directors have basically forgotten about this stubble.
When he was on the board of directors before, if it wasn't for one of the directors who mentioned it, others wouldn't have remembered it at all, Su Zhen learned about this land and immediately became interested, Wyoming! Yellowstone! Hot springs, Wyoming because of the existence of the Yellowstone volcano, hot spring resources are very rich, and Wyoming is also famous for its vast and sparsely populated area, most of the area is grassland-based, and it is also very suitable for the development of animal husbandry.
OF COURSE, THE PRICE OF THIS LAND IS ALSO VERY HIGH, THE PRICE OF 150 MILLION IS STILL DISCOUNTED, SU ZHEN OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, BUT HE IS EXTREMELY EAGER FOR THIS LAND, AND FINALLY REACHED A 1% STAKE IN EBAY TO REPLACE THIS VAST LAND, BUT THIS 1% STAKE IS USED AS A SUPPLEMENTARY CLAUSE, AND SU ZHEN WILL NOT OFFICIALLY TAKE EFFECT AFTER A FIELD VISIT, BUT CITI IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE ALL THE INFORMATION SHOWS THAT IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY HIGH-QUALITY LAND.
So after signing the agreement, Su Zhen couldn't wait to rush to Wyoming with people.
On the plane, Su Zhen carefully looked at the detailed information of the land provided by Citigroup.
Wyoming is located in the western Rocky Mountains region of the United States, the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, and the mountains are rolling in the west, where the famous active volcano park, Yellowstone National Park, is located, and this land of Su Zhen is located in the eastern prairie region.
In fact, this land is not as fertile as his land in Illinois, because Wyoming itself is a relatively dry area, but this is not a big problem, in fact, this is the case in many animal husbandry continents in the United States, as long as a perfect irrigation system is established at that time, there will generally be no large-scale drought, and Su Zhen's area has several small lakes and a few rivers passing through, and it is also one of the few high-quality lands in the whole of Wyoming. The price is worth it, after all, this area is there, and more importantly, the land is completely connected.
You must know that although there are many pastures in the United States, it is rare to connect a large area like this, so just looking at the information, Su Zhen has basically decided to go down this land, and it is interesting to see from the information that not far from this land, there is a huge pasture with a larger area of 800,000 acres, and its owner is the famous sports tycoon, the owner of the British Arsenal club, Stan. Kroenke.
In his previous life, he was an unattainable existence, and now he is his neighbor, and it seems that his current net worth is not much lower than that of the other party, when can he get a team or something.
It's not too early to get to the place, Su Zhen and his team composed of Rachel and others are going to stay in the town for one night, and directly rent a helicopter tomorrow to see the ranch, more than 200,000 acres of pasture is too huge, that is equivalent to 800 square kilometers of land, driving is obviously too time-consuming, and the field of vision cannot be as vast as on the plane.