"Although in recent years, Americans are not very friendly to foreign investment, but those are in the manufacturing field, the main target is also Japan, you are Chinese, the current Sino-American relationship is still good, and the special situation of Hong Kong does not need me to say more, Costco is retail, itself will create a lot of jobs in the United States, there should not be much problem." Henry Morgan thought for a moment and said.

"Any situation is changing, and 20 years ago, the United States never targeted Japanese companies, but now it is targeted by the whole people, and no one knows what will happen in another decade or two." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "The retail industry will indeed not compete directly for jobs in the United States like the manufacturing industry, but as long as it is foreign capital, it may also be used by competitors for this reason. ”

Today's United States, not yet a few decades later, the era of complete hollowing out of the manufacturing industry, throughout the 80s, although a large number of various types of manufacturing industry fled the United States, but there are still some enterprises and factories in the United States to insist, high profits do not matter, but low profits, it is difficult.

These manufacturing industries have also begun to speak out, which has made the entire public opinion discuss the issue of American manufacturing, putting a lot of pressure on foreign investment.

And the biggest enemy is naturally the Japanese manufacturing industry, the United States steel, automobiles, chips, chemicals and other important industries have been hit by Japanese counterparts, but because Japan is its own ally (dog), the old American government is not easy to directly start, until next year, the Plaza Accord requires the yen to appreciate, indirectly ruining the Japanese manufacturing industry.

However, no matter what is done, it is impossible to change the process of the decline of American industry, but during this period of time, various protective measures have emerged in an endless stream, the most direct of which is the supermarket in the United States, because they can purchase local goods to support the American manufacturing industry.

Although Costco can also operate this kind of routine, after all, Costco is foreign-owned, and it will be very troublesome if public opinion is manipulated by someone with a heart.

Not to mention, in another ten years, Sino-US relations will not be as good as they are today.

"You're right, be on the safe side, you really need to be prepared." Henry Morgan nodded and said: "There are many plutocrats that can influence the US Congress, and there are many who can do this, which aspect do you prefer?" ”

"This should wait until who is willing to invest in Costco, right?" Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "For example, even if I want the military industrial group to invest, will people definitely come?" ”

"Haha, Eric, I'll try it if you want to." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "The military industrial complex, although it is also profitable, but no one will think that there is a lot of money, this kind of business that is almost unprofitable, who will not invest?" If it weren't for the inconvenience of investment banks to participate too much in company investment, I think Morgan Stanley would have wanted to invest in it! ”

There are certain restrictions on what investment banks in the United States invest in, and there are generally the principle that investors do not invest on Wall Street, and the official capital of investment banks basically does not participate in various investments to avoid risks.

Although Costco seems to have a high future value, there are too many companies in this way, and if the Morgan family invests in each of them, it will inevitably be risky for a long time.

"It depends on who is interested, as long as the interested ones are willing to invest, and at the same time they have enough resources and connections, then I will naturally consider it seriously." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile that from beginning to end, this financing is a transaction, exchanging part of the benefits of Costco in the future for other people's network and seeking common development in the future.

For these people with resources and connections, they are actually waiting for such an opportunity, after all, in a normal society under the rule of law, it is too low-level to directly use power for personal gain, only those idiots will directly operate like this, not only will they earn less, but there will also be a bunch of handles falling down, and the exchange of interests is completely unlegal and reasonable.

"Then if I or Morgan Stanley can find someone in this area for Costco, can I hand it over to Morgan Stanley for the subsequent listing of Costco?" Henry Morgan asked again.

"I won't directly promise you this kind of thing, because I don't know it myself, and besides, relying on this alone is not worth the value of Costco's listing." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "One yard is one yard, let's consider financing first." ”

"Okay, Eric, don't worry, we at Morgan Stanley know elites from all walks of life in the United States, and we will definitely find the right person for you." Henry Morgan said.

The listing of a large company will itself be the focus of competition among many investment banks, Costco is fully qualified to win this project too early, it is indeed impossible, especially the person in front of him, or a very successful entrepreneurial businessman, will not be so easy to make any promises.

"Okay, I'll stay in the U.S. during this time, you can contact me if there's any progress." Chen Zhiwen said.

Although he is looking for a partner for Costco, he will not ask for help, because Costco's own excellent value is enough to make a large number of people excited, and it is just an equivalent exchange, even if the other party has resources, the money should still be paid.

After all, no matter how good Costco's future is, in the non-Internet era, only some people will know about the company, and even fewer will know that the company is ready to raise funds.

Only various investment banks, law firms and other intermediaries have mastered many channels for large funds and large investors, and through them they can quickly spread the news.

In this process, Chen Zhiwen will also give them a little benefit, the most direct is the introduction fee, but it is still not worth exchanging for other benefits, in the case of the same value, when the money is enough, the money itself is the cheapest goods.

“OK。” Henry Morgan paused and asked again: "Eric, I want to ask you one thing privately, do your Midea and Red Bull have any plans to go public?" ”

"Not yet, I'll let you know if there is, but not necessarily in the US." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and replied.

Red Bull, Chen Zhiwen is impossible to be listed in the United States, although the United States itself is also the largest market, but this is not an absolute dependence, and a mere beverage industry, it is not worth breaking the golden title of "free trade" in the United States.

If you are beautiful, if you go public, choosing NASDAQ is definitely the most suitable, and here it is the most sought after for Internet and technology companies, especially in the late 90s, during the Internet technology bubble, it is simply crazy to describe it.

But if it is listed in the United States, the entire company will be regulated by the U.S. government, and the price is a bit big, so Chen Zhiwen has not decided on this matter yet, and he is not in a hurry anyway.

The scale of Midea will indeed expand rapidly in the next ten years, but there are also many companies in the United States that are the same, and it is not an industry that affects national defense, such as control chips and operating systems, so there will be no big risks.

"Well, well, anyway, if you want to go public in the United States, you have to consider us Morgan." Henry said with a smile.

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded, just thinking about it, or giving it a chance, and agreeing now is just a pure face-saving experience.

"One more thing, I've heard that Eric has been more optimistic about the Japanese market lately?" Henry Morgan asked with a smile again.

"You know a lot, you do." Chen Zhiwen said.

There are too many funds spent on investing in Japan, and it is impossible to hide them at all, even if they continue to hide their identities through some legal means from the source of funds, but when they invest in Japan, they can't still hide it, right?

The Japanese market is free and free, but it is impossible to ignore everything, otherwise it will not be a joke for illegal funds to run into it and launder money, although it is not impossible, but at least it is difficult to have large amounts of money.

In addition, investing in real estate is not simply buying a house to buy a property directly, it is necessary to cooperate with local banks to use leverage, otherwise the income of real estate itself is not much higher at all, and the basic premise of high returns on real estate is to use financial means, otherwise it is not as good as many other investments.

If you cooperate with a bank and borrow billions of dollars, you can't still think about hiding it from each other, right? Banks are not fools.

"I have to say, Eric, you are really powerful, as far as I know, the US government is ready to force the Japanese government to raise the exchange rate, and I am also ready to invest in it." Henry Morgan laughed.

"That's going to have to be early." Chen Zhiwen didn't care, and said with a smile.

He didn't intend to keep his investment in the Japanese market a secret, because there were too many people involved to hide it, and others, especially a large amount of American capital, would only make more money if they were involved.

Although the "Plaza Accord" is a matter of strict secrecy at the top level of the White House, it is only absolutely secret in terms of content and the time of its implementation, but the movements of the White House cannot be concealed from those who have a good heart, especially many people with strong vision, who can also judge what may happen in the future according to the trend of various economic data in the United States and Japan.

Let's say the subprime mortgage crisis in 08, there are many people who have been short subprime mortgages since 06, and finally make a lot of money, but the risk is also large, but now invest in Japan, the risk is much smaller, no matter what, Japan is also a developed country with a rapid economic development, and in the end, even if the judgment is wrong, that is, the difference between earning more and earning less.

"Well, after knowing about this, I have been hesitant, after all, I don't have much money, and then I learned that you also invested a large amount of money, so I put my mind at ease." Henry smiled and said, "I've never seen your investment fail." ”

"Don't brag so much." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "But there is one more small thing, I need your help, I want to buy this company." ”

Looking at the paper handkerchief handed over by Chen Zhiwen, Henry saw that there were three English capital letters written on it: k F C.

"You want to buy KFC?" Henry Morgan apparently knew about the company as well.

"Yes, it's KFC, since you know the situation of this company, then I don't need to say more." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

Although KFC is not as large as McDonald's, it has developed for decades and is still a little well-known in the United States, and it is estimated that even a super-rich person like Henry Morgan may have eaten it. Speaking of taste, it's good to eat any food once in a while.

(End of chapter)