Yuhua, "Let's go! Let's go! The splash broke on the pavement.

Xiao Tang, who was sitting under the canopy of the bus stop in a daze, suddenly heard someone next to him say something in English: "Young man, you seem to need a chance." ”

Looking up, Xiao Tang couldn't help but be stunned, he had seen this person in front of him, and just now when Xiao Tang was casting spells on Sandas, the old man in front of him was on the scene.

It's just that the other party has been watching him perform and has never interjected, and Xiao Tang himself has focused all his attention on Sang Dashi and doesn't care about this old man.

It's just that to his surprise, after he left HSBC, this old man actually followed.

"Would you have the pleasure of going across the street for a cup of coffee? Youngster! Seeing Tang staring at the stunned old man, he couldn't help but remind.

"What does this old man want to do?" This was the biggest confusion in his heart when the other party invited Xiao Tang, but after thinking about it, Xiao Tang's mood immediately became hot, and he faintly felt something.

Looking at the old man, Xiao Tang immediately stood up and said, "It's an honor!" Mr! ”，

Then he followed the other party's footsteps into a small tea restaurant opposite the bus stop and found a place to sit down.

The old man first ordered a cup of coffee for each of them,

After that, without waiting for Xiao Tang to ask, the old man opposite took the initiative to hand over a business card and said: "Let me introduce myself, my name is George Russell Lerner, and I am the president of Morgan Stanley Asia, maybe you haven't heard of it before, but I still want to tell you that we are a global investment bank, and investing entrepreneurs is one of our main businesses!" ”

"Young man, I just listened to your speech at HSBC, and you seem to want to do a debt financing to buy a newspaper?"

The white old man talked eloquently, perhaps because he was worried that Xiao Tang didn't understand what Morgan Stanley did, and the other party introduced it very carefully.

In fact, Xiao Tang wants to say that there is no need to introduce this at all, the big investment banks that have not been overturned by the subprime mortgage crisis, Xiao Tang was like thunder in his previous life.

The Lehman Brothers building collapsed, Bear Stearns sold out, and Da Mo and Goldman Sachs, who really survived the 08 crisis, don't know anyone in the world.

It's just that Xiao Tang was a little surprised, he has transferred many financial institutions on Hong Kong Island these days, and he didn't find out where Da Mo's headquarters is?

I don't know if the other party has mind reading skills, when Xiao Tang was doubting, the white man named George Russell Lerner directly opened his mouth to relieve the doubts in Xiao Tang's heart.

"We at Morgan Stanley have just established our headquarters in Asia, and the headquarters building is still in the final stage of commissioning."

"Now, can the young man show me your plan? I'm interested in your plans! ”

"Yes!" As soon as Xiao Tang heard that he was interested in his plan, he hurriedly took out an English version of the plan from his briefcase.

Because of the special environment of Xiangjiang, all the documents and materials in Xiao Tang's initial preparation were in Chinese and English, in case of emergency.

When watching the old man on the other side carefully flip through his plan, even if Xiao Tang and Tang were still nervous.

Seeing the time pass minute by minute, the old white man could be said to have flipped through it word for word.

It's just that what surprised Xiao Tang was that the other party didn't rush to express his opinion when he read the plan.

Instead, he gently picked up the coffee cup and drank it slowly, and the atmosphere around him became silent and tense.

In this case, how could Xiao Tang, who had experienced countless winds and waves in his previous life, not understand that negotiators are always used to creating a tense negotiation atmosphere, and the old man is obviously interested in his plan and is ready to talk to himself.

As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Tang's hanging heart was half of it.

Sure enough, after the old man took a few sips of coffee, he spoke, "Young man, your plan is very meticulous, but there is a question I want to ask you,

I saw in your plan that you wrote a lot about the development plan of the newspaper, the scope of the next reinforcement, the profit method and the core selling point of the newspaper.

These are all areas of interest to ordinary investors, and even some of your whimsical ideas are something I have never seen in a beautiful country, but I have another question for you,

Do you want the ultimate development goal of the newspaper, such as the largest Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong, or a newspaper company with influence in Southeast Asia and Asia, or a global Chinese newspaper? ”

So, what's your ultimate goal? In addition to debt financing, have you ever thought of a safer way to raise equity?"

At this time, Xiao Tang had gradually narrowed his eyes, and the person in front of him should really be thinking about himself,

It was not for nothing that he went to various banks to engage in debt financing, and a bank in Xiangjiang even felt that it was too risky to give him a mortgage, let alone give him equity financing.

And for Xiao Tang, in fact, he is also more inclined to do debt, after all, this is conducive to maximizing his own interests.

But the premise of all this is that he can successfully acquire the "Star Daily", otherwise everything will not be discussed.

So when he found out that Russell was interested in making an equity investment in the new newspaper, Xiao Tang made up his mind,

Although the equity investment will take away part of Xiao Tang's interests, if Xiao Tang does not agree and misses this opportunity,

His acquisition plan is about to go bankrupt, not to mention the profits, and he estimates that he will have to call back Jingling to move bricks to support his family.

The person in front of him may be his only chance.

Thinking about the key point, Xiao Tang didn't procrastinate and asked directly: "Mr. Russell, are you planning to invest in "Star Daily" in equity?" ”

"Yes!" Russell did not object, but said half-jokingly: "I plan to buy two-thirds of the shares of "Star Daily" for 400,000 US dollars, I don't know what Mr. Xiao thinks?" ”

Xiao Tang was also stunned after hearing this, and said a little stunned: "Then what else do you want me to do?"

"Wouldn't it be better for Mr. Russell to take my plan and run it himself, and still need to ask me what to do?"

Xiao Tang didn't expect the other party to have such a big appetite, and he asked for two-thirds of the shares when he opened his mouth, which made him a little annoyed, and he almost slapped the table and left.

"No, no, no, young man, I said you need a chance, a chance to prove yours!" We Morgan Stanley invested $400,000 in the purchase of the newspaper company, and the remaining $200,000 can be lent to you in the form of a loan, so that we can win the Star Daily

As long as you run the business well, the value of the enterprise increases, which is good for your personal reputation in many ways! ”

The old white man smiled and said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, and I believe that as long as you can succeed, the future will be limitless." ”

Xiao Tang didn't listen to the other party's words at all, and even when the other party asked for two-thirds of the equity, he didn't want to listen to it anymore.

A little sneered, in his previous life, he had heard of Wall Street capital predators, what the wolf of Wall Street, he still had no idea, but now he understands a little, this is a group of guys who eat people and don't spit out bones

If you can't do the company holding, the other party can kick you out, so what's the point of not doing it yourself.

At this time, Xiao Tang's expression was also indifferent, he didn't smile, and said: "Mr. Russell, you should know that my goal for this financing is four million Hong Kong dollars, if I agree to Mr.'s equity structure, after the company's acquisition is successful, we still need to do a financing to raise the next development funds, I don't even have 25% of the company's equity after two rounds of dilution, I have no interest in working for others, thank you Mr. Russell for coffee!" ”

Saying that, Xiao Tang got up directly, debt financing could not be obtained, but equity financing made it difficult for him to accept.

Unless Xiao Tang has absolute control, even if the minimum is fifty for each side, Xiao Tang will be kicked out by these capitalists at any time, in this case, why should he bother to do things so hard?

Seeing Xiao Tang get up and leave, Russell didn't stop him until Xiao Tang had already walked to the door of the restaurant and was about to open the door.

Russell, who was on the other side, spoke again and said from afar: "Young man, are you interested in signing a gambling agreement?"