Everyone knows that buying the bottom is a good opportunity in times of economic crisis, but how to buy the bottom is a technical job. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are some commonalities that can be confirmed: during the economic crisis, the factory will be shut down because there are no orders, a large number of workers will lose their jobs, the factory is in a state of shutdown, and in order to reduce losses, the factory owner will sell the factory; At the same time, the price of agricultural products has fallen sharply, and even if it falls below cost, no one buys it, and then farmers sell their farms.

If buying the bottom during this period is to wave a check book and buy something, then buying can only go bankrupt in the end.

Think about it, the replacement of machines in the factory is about ten years, it can be said that many machines in the factory are basically out of the state of imminent scrapping, why buy such a factory?

There are also factories that are all made up of new machines, but the factory owners are not stupid, and maybe the factory owners will pack up and sell those factories to prevent the machines from turning into a pile of scrap metal, but if a fool waving a cheque book comes to the door at this time, the factory owner's big knife must have been hungry for a long time.

Simon Allen is not stupid, otherwise he would not have the opportunity to become the helm of the alliance group, as early as half a year ago, Simon Allen set up an evaluation team to evaluate relevant companies in the United States in order to prepare for a big dip.

All American!

This sounds a bit of a big appetite, but in fact, there are not many industries related to the Alliance Group in the United States, and so far, the Alliance Group has only involved in the two fields of biology and automobiles, so Simon Allen's initial scope of investigation was limited to these two fields.

In the biological industry, because penicillin is an exclusive business, and nylon also has patent rights, in the biological industry, only DuPont can pose a threat to the alliance group.

But DuPont doesn't have to think about it, DuPont is still very powerful, before the world war, it began to get involved in non-explosive products, and set up its own laboratory, because it made a lot of profits in the world war, DuPont is not short of cash, and the three bosses of DuPont are paying the same attention as Simon Allen, they also want to buy the bottom during the economic crisis.

The situation in the automotive field is even more desperate, before the advent of the federal car, Ford was the undisputed hegemon of the American market, even with the emergence of the federal car, Ford's market share in the United States is no longer 100%, but still occupies more than 80% of the market.

Ford's pre-World War orders were simply not finished, and the World War stimulated the development of the automobile industry, and Ford was also very profitable during the World War, and they were not short of cash.

So Simon Allen discovered an embarrassing situation, the alliance group does have a lot of cash, but now it can't find a target that is worth buying and can buy, that is, the so-called "money can't be spent", which is really embarrassing for Simon Allen.

As a man who aspires to become a "marquis", Simon Allen must not let this happen.

So the vision of the federal bloc began to spread, like a wolf that had been hungry for three days and had green eyes, and began to look for places to spend money throughout the United States.

The United States in 1920 was an era when capital was gradually declining.

The death of banker John Pierpont Morgan seven years ago marked the end of an era.

Last year, the death of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie marked the end of another era.

At this point, only the oil magnate John D. Rockefeller was left in the big three of the American economic circles.

John D. Rockefeller was not having a good time, his Standard Oil was found to be a monopoly, and it was broken up by the federal government nine years ago, although the stock prices of all the companies were rising after the split, in fact, Rockefeller's wealth was still increasing, but in fact it was not as good as it used to be because of the government's intervention.

Against this backdrop, and with the aftermath of the world war, the intensity of this economic crisis can be imagined.

Although the alliance group after birth has developed rapidly and the speed of accumulating wealth is no less than that of the three giants in the economic circles, it has not yet been treated with the strength in the American economic circles because of the lack of foundation in the short period of time, which is also the reason why the alliance group now has money and no land to spend.

When the employees of the alliance group are dealing with people, some people who are closed to the news will ask "what does the alliance group do?" ”。

And if the alliance group is replaced by Standard Oil, if Rockefeller says that he wants to buy a certain company, then it is estimated that the owner of any American company is willing to pick up soap in front of Rockefeller.

That's the gap.

So when the first secretary, Jane Craigie, reported to Simon Allen, the voice was particularly helpless: "Steve still refuses to let go, he is only willing to grant the right to use, not to sell the patent." ”

Steve, whose full name is Steve Moore, is a professor at Columbia University who holds an important patent in petroleum refining that is important for federal oil, which is about to enter the U.S. market.

Simon Allen wants to buy out this technology, which can provide support from Federal Oil on the one hand, and give Standard Oil a blow on the other.

If you say it from the whole world, Federal Oil and United Oil do occupy half of the country, but if it is limited to the United States, Standard Oil is the boss, and there is no one.

At present, all the cars in the world outside the United States are not as many as the United States alone, so you can imagine how eager Federal Oil and United Oil are for the American market.

"These professors are really annoying, they just need to do research, why do they want so much money?" Simon Allen vented his frustration.

Jane Craigie looked helpless, closed the folder in his hand, and subconsciously rolled her eyes.

Simon Allen had a failed marriage and is currently a bachelor, but he still has physical needs, and Jane Craigie and Simon Allen have a close relationship, so although Jane Craigie is Simon Allen's secretary, she is also a little less in awe of Simon Allen.

Strictly speaking, Simon Allen is not right, Steve Moore owns the patent, and as long as the patent does not expire and there is no replacement technology, Steve Moore can continue to charge royalties for the patent, which is much more cost-effective than a one-time buyout.

The United States attaches great importance to intellectual property rights, and patents as the core part of intellectual property rights, is the key object of protection, in the United States, if a company involves someone's patent in production, but does not pay the corresponding fees, then once the East Window incident, it will have to pay a certain amount of punitive damages, which is unbearable for all enterprises.

The so-called "punitive damages" are not paid proportionally, nor are they confiscated profits, but everything.

In other words, if the market value of the company that violated the Patent Law is US$100 million, then the company will have to pay about US$100 million in punitive damages, regardless of the company's patent-related turnover.

That's right, it's going to break the bank.

In this way, the consequences of violating the Patent Law are really prohibitive.

By the way, after the establishment of Lanfang, similar laws were implemented, so although Lanfang's economic development is rapid, there has not been a single case involving intellectual property rights since the founding of the country.

It's the same with Simon Allen, even Standard Oil has to pay the patent fees honestly, and Simon Allen has to follow the rules.

"What about little Morgan? What does he think of my suggestion? Simon Allen threw the damn patent behind him and tried to think of something pleasant.

"Mr. Morgan is not interested in your proposal." Jane Curregien.

In order to better copy the bottom, Simon Allen found Morgan Jr., the president of the Morgan consortium who had just taken office, some time ago, and wanted to set up a bank with Morgan Jr. to better carry out capital operation.

In modern financial activities, the position of banks is becoming more and more important, it can be said that mastering the bank, it is the lifeblood of finance, Simon Allen is very optimistic about the future prospects of the banking industry, so when Simon Allen wants to set up a bank, Simon Allen first thought of Morgan Jr.

In the United States, it is impossible to mention the banking industry without mentioning the Morgan consortium.

From the first day of its establishment in 1871, Morgan began to engage in investment and credit business, and in 1895, after Drexel-Morgan changed its name to Morgan Company, Morgan began to expand into steel, railroad, public utilities and other fields, and Morgan Company was gradually upgraded to the Morgan Consortium, and John Pierpont Morgan, the head of the consortium, thus became one of the three giants of the American economy.

Such a consortium is vigilant against such a new force as the alliance group, and the banking industry, as the core department of the Morgan consortium, is even more impossible to introduce foreign capital to intervene, and the Morgan consortium has enough financial resources, to be honest, they do not attach importance to the alliance group, and if it is necessary to set up another bank, the Morgan consortium itself has sufficient funds.

"Not interested? Well, let them not be interested, sooner or later these high-ranking Wall Street bigwigs will regret their decision today. Simon Allen did feel humiliated inside, but it wasn't time to explode.

If you want to break out, you can only wait until the economic crisis, when the stocks of many companies will plummet, Simon Allen can easily get control of many companies, and even if Simon Allen wants a bank, there is no need to worry now, when it comes to the economic crisis, there are banks for Simon Allen to choose.

"Mr. Andrew William Mellon has invited you to a banquet." Jane Craigie continued.

"There's good news." Simon Allen finally had a smile on his face.

Andrew William Mellon, another of America's financial oligarchs, has a friend Warren Gameliel Harding, who is running for president of the United States.

Presidential campaign!

Simon Allen suddenly remembered that there was such a thing.

(To be continued.) )