As when he left, Gu Chen quietly returned to Hong Kong with four bodyguards, and before he had time to reverse the jet lag, he immediately made an appointment with a guest from the United States, or the title of guest was a little inappropriate, because soon this guest would become his work partner.

John Barroman, a senior financial analyst at Wall Street financial giant Goldman Sachs, has led several successful acquisitions.

Through the headhunting company, Gu Chen had an in-depth exchange with this experienced professional manager in New York, and reached a relevant agreement - John Barroman will become the general manager of the upcoming Tang Dynasty Investment Company, yes, Tang Dynasty Investment Company.

Although some of the 8 billion Hong Kong dollars he earned from gambling were used, most of them were still in the bank, so much money in the bank is undoubtedly a waste, and now there is a ready-made, very hyped market - the yen, since the signing of the Plaza Accord at the end of 1985, the yen has continued to appreciate, and this situation has continued until the end of 1989, when the Japanese economic bubble bursts and the economic crisis breaks out.

In the past, he had no money, so he could only stare dryly, but now that he has money, how can he let go of such a big piece of fat. It's just that the big situation is because he had speculated in stocks in his previous life, and he remembers it more clearly, but the specific operation is not what he, a layman who is not a financial professional, is good at.

Therefore, before going to Hawaii for a vacation, he hired an American headhunter to look for a senior professional manager in the financial field, what he didn't expect was that the American headhunter was so efficient, and it only took a few days to find someone who met his requirements.

"Gu, oh, maybe I should call you the boss in the future, what I want to say is that maybe your previous prediction is correct, I just got the news that the United States and Japan reached an agreement yesterday, according to the agreement, Japan will open a larger financial market to American financial institutions, if this agreement is really implemented, coupled with the continuous decline in Japan's bank interest rates, it will not be long before hot money will pour into the Japanese market, driven by the power of the market, the yen will continue to appreciate, this will be a good opportunity for us to make a fortune."

John Barroman is not very old, according to the information provided by the headhunter, he is not yet 40 years old, he is in the prime of life, he is a German-American, adhering to the German rigorous style, even in the heat of summer, the collar of the shirt is still meticulously fastened. However, no matter how rigorous the style is, it can't stop the natural reaction of physiology, even though there is air conditioning in the café, his forehead is also covered with beads of sweat unconsciously, and he has to say sorry to Gu Chen, and take out a tissue to wipe the sweat on his head.

Gu Chen glanced at the black suit placed next to John Barroman, and couldn't help but be a little speechless about the rigidity of the Germans, made helpless movements, and reminded kindly: "Maybe you can unbutton the collar and sleeves of your shirt, you know, Hong Kong is closer to the equator than New York, sometimes it's hot beyond your imagination, if you continue like this, I think you will suffer from heat stroke due to dehydration." ”

John Barroman turned his head to look inside the café and found that none of them wore long-sleeved shirts, and even those who wore shirts were short-sleeved shirts, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Maybe your advice is right, I don't want to be admitted to the hospital before I start working." ”

As he spoke, John Barroman unbuttoned his collar, unbuttoned his sleeves, and rolled up his sleeves, and then returned to the topic: "With the continuous reduction of bank interest rates and the influx of international hot money, there will inevitably be a serious bubble in the Japanese economy, and if the Japanese government cannot take effective measures to stop the formation of the bubble, then in a few years, a serious economic crisis will inevitably break out in Japan." ”

John Barroman predicted that an economic crisis would break out in Japan based on the information he had and some imagination that the Japanese economy was now showing, which made Gu Chen have to admire him as a senior financial analyst from Goldman Sachs Group. You must know that the current Japanese economy is prosperous, the Nikkei index is rising wildly every day, and even ordinary old ladies take out their pension money to invest in the stock market.

Gu Chen smiled and said, "Isn't this great?" As long as the results are as you predicted, I think you'll be happy to push the Japanese in the back then. ”

John Barroman said noncommittally, "Perhaps." Then he asked a question: "The company will start business soon, I wonder how much capital you plan to inject into the company, boss Lu Dao?" ”

Gu Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "6 billion Hong Kong dollars, what do you think?" ”

Hearing this, John Barroman's eyes suddenly lit up, although he had some doubts in his heart that Gu Chen could actually come up with so much money, to know that Lu Dao had done some understanding of Gu Chen before he agreed to change jobs, knowing that Lu Dao Gu Chen was not from a famous family, but he was very wise not to ask more.

Instead, he happily said, "A very impressive number, and I don't think I'll let you down." ”

……

Two days later, Tang Dynasty Financial Investment Co., Ltd. was established in the newly completed new HSBC head office building, because Gu Chen did not announce it to the public, let alone any ceremony, except for a few close people, even some of his close friends did not know, so there was no report on this matter in the media. But another incident has become the focus of attention of Hong Kong citizens and media in the past few days.

In two days, through Qiu Degen, chairman of the board of directors of ATV, Gu Chen successively purchased 6.5% of ATV's shares held by Jardine Matheson Group for 40.7 million, 9.6% ATV shares held by Standard Chartered Bank for 56.2 million, and 8.7% ATV shares held by Yongan Guo's for 51 million, and the acquisition was completed, Gu Chen held a total of 24.7% ATV shares, becoming ATV's second largest shareholder after Qiu Degen.

On the third day, ATV held a general meeting of shareholders, and a large number of reporters gathered outside the Asia Television Building at 81 Broadcasting Road in the morning.

They only had one purpose, and that was to get some latest news from Gu Chen's mouth, even if it was just a sentence. Compared with the establishment of a film company, a special effects company, etc., the significance of becoming a major shareholder of ATV is obviously extraordinary. It is important to know that ATV and TVB are one of the two major TV stations in Hong Kong, and although their influence on Hong Kong society cannot be compared with TVB, it cannot be underestimated (the biggest and most common entertainment for people in this era is to watch TV), which is also the fundamental reason why so many rich people have become owners of ATV in its decades-long history.

At nine o'clock, two black BMW 7 Series sedans stopped outside the ATV Building, and all the reporters immediately rushed up to surround the BMW behind them:

"Chen Shao, it is said that your personal relationship with Uncle Sixth has always been good, why did you suddenly buy ATV's shares on a large scale, is there any reason for this?"

"In the past six months, you have established four companies, including a record company, and now you have entered the board of directors of ATV, is this expansion too fast?"

“……”

Through the glass, Gu Chen, the voice of the reporter outside, could be vaguely heard, but he didn't mean to lower the glass at all. At this time, two bodyguards got down from the BMW car in front of them to block the reporter who was blocking in front of Gu Chen's BMW, and then the two BMW cars drove in through the open gate.

The car stopped in front of the ATV Building, the bodyguard opened the door on the left, Gu Chen got out of the car and shook hands with the people who came to greet him, and walked into the building together after a few words of greeting, and when he came to the conference room, there were already several people waiting inside, and Qiu Degen was among them.

Seeing Qiu Degen get up from his seat, Gu Chen hurriedly stepped forward to hold the other party's hand, and said with a smile: "Old Qiu, I shouldn't be late." ”

"Hehe, no, no, everyone has just come here for a while, let me introduce you to you, this is Zhao Dekuan, executive director and senior vice president of ATV."

"Hello Mr. Gu, the ATV Board of Directors welcomes you." Zhao Dekuan was a middle-aged man with glasses, with a smile on his face, and shook Gu Chen's hand very politely.

"I heard that Mr. Zhao is a general that Mr. Qiu relies on, and Mr. Zhao will need more advice in the future."

"Mr. Gu is polite."

Pointing to a man in his 30s who looked like a typical Jew, Khoo said, "This is Ross Kadoorie, Mr. Kadoorie is from the Kadoorie family. ”

Ross Kadoorie held Gu Chen's hand and smiled: "It's nice to meet you, I'm your fan." ”

Gu Chen reciprocated with the same smile: "I'm also very happy to meet you, it's my honor to have a fan like you." ”

The last one was a young man with glasses: "This is Mr. Xu Jinhu, who represents the Xu family as a director of ATV. ”

As early as when Qiu Degen began to introduce, Gu Chen found that this glasses brother looked at him very badly, and sure enough, when the two shook hands, the glasses brother said in a rather yin and yang tone: "I have heard of a big name for a long time, but Mr. Gu himself doesn't seem to be as handsome as on TV." ”

Gu Chen was a little puzzled at first, why this unknown glasses brother was hostile to him, but after thinking about it a little, he immediately reacted, isn't this Xu Jinhum the husband of the great beauty Li Jiaxin in his previous life, and Xu Jinhum's ex-wife is He Chaoqiong, Gu Chen guessed that Xu Jinhum would be hostile to him, mostly because of He Chaoqiong.

couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "Handsome or not is just a pair of skins, the most important thing for a man is his career, what does Mr. Xu think?" ”

When it comes to his career, Gu Chen started from scratch at a young age, and he created a career in less than a year. And Xu Jinhum relied on his family to serve as the director of ATV, in comparison, Gu Chen naturally won a lot, so his words were not ironic to Xu Jinhum.

Xu Jin hummed and didn't know if he heard it, so he snorted lightly and didn't speak again, and sat back on the chair.