Early the next morning, Gu Chen and Zeng Nanxing, the director of the project department of Tang Dynasty Investment, came to the Marvel Comics Company, and when they stepped out of the elevator, they saw that many people were already waiting at the elevator door, and under Zeng Nanxing's introduction, Gu Chen shook hands with these people one by one.

What Gu Chen didn't expect was that when shaking hands, a few people actually asked him for autographs, some were signed on books, books, some were simply signed directly on clothes, and a woman unbuttoned her coat and asked to sign it on the chest of the T-shirt inside, looking at the deep ditch, it was too fragrant. In addition, there was also a camera that he had prepared in advance and wanted to take a photo with Gu Chen.

"Lads, you've seen the big name of the future boss, I think you can disperse, oh Kate, don't make such an expression, it's very rude, don't you know. Okay, let's go, do you want your future boss to see your lazy side when they meet for the first time, it's too bad, I shouldn't have let you come here. ”

This middle-aged man with broken thoughts is named Bob? Guzman, who is Martin, the founder of Marvel Comics? Guzmán's son, who is also the current president and editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, has finally dispersed his seemingly crazy fans.

"I'm sorry, they're all spoiled by me, but they're all very nice and cute guys, I hope Mr. Gu doesn't mind."

"Hehe, Mr. Guzmán has seen the outside, and I think that people who are engaged in creation should know how to release their emotions, so that their imagination can be more abundant. Contrarily. If it is too conventional, it will only constrain their minds. Gu Chen didn't pay attention to what happened just now, on the contrary, he thought those young people were quite cute. Of course. This lovely guy also includes Bob? Guzmán.

That kind of paternalistic fragmentation makes him feel very heartwarming, and perhaps this is one of the reasons why so many classic superheroes have been created for the amazing comics.

"In Chinese parlance, your views coincide with mine, and it seems that my decision is the right one." Bob? Guzman was very happy, and smiled in the direction of the office: "Let's go to the conference room to talk, please." "After finishing the lunch, lead the way in front of you.

Come to the boardroom, Bob? Guzmán asked the secretary to pour three cups of coffee. Then it moved on to the topic: "The day before yesterday, Director Zeng had already negotiated with me about Mr. Gu's acquisition of Marvel Comics. To be honest, I am very satisfied with Mr. Gu's offer, which is significantly higher than the value of Marvel Comics. So the day before yesterday, I had already verbally agreed. But today, before I officially sign the contract, I have a question for Mr. Gu. ”

"Excuse me." Gu Chen made a gesture of please, in the mood with Bob? Guzmán is just as good. Bob? Guzmán is because the Marvel comics are about to sell for a very desirable price. Gu Chen was able to buy the Marvel Comics at such a cheap price.

The reason for the happiness of the two can be said to be very different, Gu Chen knows very well what kind of glory Marvel Comics will create in the future, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America...... Countless classic superheroes are from Marvel comics. Let's not talk about anything else. The film adaptation alone earned ten times the $450 million at the box office, and he remembers Disney's purchase of the Marvel Comics for more than $4 billion.

Gu Chen was a prescient person, so he felt that buying Marvel Comics for $450 million was a very good deal; Guzmán's idea can't be said to be wrong, for now, Marvel Comics is really not worth 450 million dollars, minus a third is about the same, as for how much it will be worth in the future, no one knows, or Marvel Comics will go downhill. Not everyone has the ability to predict the future.

"Why is Mr. Gu so optimistic about Marvel Comics? Don't tell me it's because there's too much money to spend, I'll be sad if that's the case. ”

Gu Chen can't say that Lao Tzu is reborn. He smiled and said, "If my money is really too much to spend, I think I would prefer to donate it to charity, at least that will give me back my reputation." But if I had to ask why, I think the main reason was intuition, and I've always trusted my instincts, and it helped me a lot at many critical moments. ”

"Secondly, the success of Blade in the Asian region gave me a lot of confidence, and it swept the film market in almost all Asian countries. Now that "Blade" has been promoted in the United States, and will be released simultaneously in North America, Europe and South America tomorrow, I am very optimistic about the box office based on the current reaction. And Marvel Comics also has dozens of major superhero characters, which is definitely a valuable resource. ”

Bob? Guzmán seemed to accept Gu Chen's reason, nodded his head, and said, "I'm sure you won't regret today's decision." ”

Then everything went well, the contract was in duplicate, Gu Chen and Bob? Guzmán signed each of the two contracts, and at this point, Gu Chen wholly acquired Marvel Comics, Bob? Guzmán will continue to serve as president and general manager of the company, and Gu Chen will not be involved in the specific management of the company.

After signing the contract, Gu Chen proposed to take a look around the company, Bob? Guzman naturally had no reason to object, and personally took Gu Chen around the company, the company is not big, but the layout is completely different from ordinary companies, according to Bob? Guzman introduced that the company has 13 editors, each of whom has its own office space, in which the editor has full control, can arrange the space according to his preferences and style, and you can even put a bed in it, and absolutely no one will have an opinion.

Gu Chen soon realized that the success of Marvel Comics was not accidental, and that humanized and free-range management were very important reasons.

Back in the conference room, as soon as he sat down, Gu Chen put forward some of his own opinions on the future development of the amazed comics, as a reborn, his opinions may not be so professional in every sentence, but there is no doubt that he is forward-looking, just a few sentences to make Bob? Guzmán was inspired by a lot.

The interest of the two became stronger and stronger, and they talked for more than an hour unconsciously, seeing that it was already noon, Gu Chen declined Bob? Guzmán offered to have lunch with him, and got up to leave Marvel Comics. On the car back to the hotel, Gu Chen asked lightly: "Is it going well on the British side?" ”

Zeng Nanxing hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's not going well, Eaton Group still refuses to let go, insists on selling only Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, according to my estimation, it is not necessarily that Eaton Group does not agree, there should be resistance from the British government, Rolls-Royce Engine Company is currently the largest and most important aircraft engine manufacturer in the United Kingdom, which is related to Britain's national defense security." Boss, although you are a Hong Kong citizen and a British citizen, Hong Kong will return to China in a few days, and the British government will inevitably be wary of you. ”

Zeng Nanxing made sense, but Gu Chen didn't want to give up like this, now Rolls-Royce Engine Company is still at a low ebb, far less prominent and powerful than in his previous life, but it is precisely because he knows how strong the Rolls-Royce engine will be in the future that he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to take it.

"These Brits say that Hong Kong people are also people of the British Empire, and Her Majesty the Queen treats us equally, but in fact they still treat us as outsiders."

Gu Chen snorted coldly, and then said: "You continue to raise the offer, and at the same time release the news, just say that I plan to invest at least $10 billion in the UK in the next two years." Now that the UK is mired in a stock market crash, I would like to see how the UK government will react to the news. ”

Zeng Nanxing's eyes lit up when he heard this, this trick 'lured by profit' was used beautifully, due to the impact of the US stock market crash, the British stock market fell by 26.4% in a month, resulting in a large number of companies going bankrupt, unemployment increased, and the economy was sluggish.

"I know what to do. In addition, Standard Chartered Group has explicitly rejected my request to acquire Standard Chartered Bank, but now that you have acquired 13.5% of the Standard Chartered shares from Qiu Depua, as long as you can acquire 14.5% of the shares held by Bao Yugang and Robert? With a 9% stake in Humms, we will be able to launch a strong takeover of Standard Chartered Bank, which will have enough shares in the market for us to control Standard Chartered Bank. ”

Before coming to the United States, Gu Chen first went to Singapore, just to buy the shares of Standard Chartered Bank in the hands of Qiu Depu, in fact, he did not know Qiu Depuat before this, or Qiu De followed as a middleman, plus his bid was high enough, and Qiu Deba agreed to sell the shares of Standard Chartered to Gu Chen later.

It's interesting to say, Qiu Depua and Qiu Dehe's names are only one word apart, I don't know if the people of Lu Dao still think that the two are brothers, in fact, the two do not have any blood relationship, but maybe because the names are too similar, the personal relationship between the two has always been very good, and the business contacts are also very close, this time Qiu Depua will sell the shares of Standard Chartered Bank to Gu Chen, largely for the sake of Qiu Dehe's face.

"Since the senior management of Standard Chartered is so ignorant, then we don't need to be polite, just do as you say. Let John start to slowly absorb the Standard Chartered stocks in the market these days, after returning to Hong Kong from the UK, you go to Australia, be sure to take Robert? The acquisition of Standard Chartered shares in the hands of Humes, as for Bao Yugang, I will personally discuss. Wait until everything is ready before striking the strongest blow at Standard Chartered. ”

Originally, if Standard Chartered Group was interested in selling Standard Chartered Bank, he planned to talk to the senior management of Standard Chartered in person when he went to the UK, but now it seems that it is not necessary. (To be continued......)