Chapter 596: Divine Decree Convictions
The concubine is often arrogant: the eldest lady of the poison doctor, (four watches)
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So after coming out of the Mexican restaurant, he didn't waste the afternoon, but got into the car waiting outside and arrived at an underground garage on Wall Street with the bodyguards.
Originally, in a place like Wall Street, where every inch of land is at a premium, there are generally no parking spaces at noon, but as soon as Xiao Qi's three cars entered the garage, there were special people to help guide them, and finally stopped in an open and empty parking space.
Standing next to the parking space were two tall foreign middle-aged men, one was slightly chubby and wearing glasses, and the other was a very handsome middle-aged man, who was also very fashionable.
"Odd few!"
Watching Xiao Qi get out of the car, the two hurriedly greeted him, and the title was still awkward in Chinese.
"Hello two." Xiao Qi shook hands with them and smiled: "Mr. Campbella and Mr. Dagan, I have admired the names of the two for a long time!" β
"Qi Shao, you are polite, what is our false name compared to you?" Canberla, who wore glasses, laughed.
"Let's go upstairs and talk about it!" The handsome middle-aged man Dagan waved his hand and said, "I can't wait to hear about Qi Shao's new investment ideas!" β
"Then please!"
Xiao Qi smiled, and with them, he took a special elevator to the top floor of this building.
Every piece of land on Wall Street is valuable, and even the world's top 500 companies may not be able to have an office building of their own here.
And the investment bank where Canbella and Dagan work naturally has this qualification.
There are five major investment banks on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and Bear Stearns, but they cannot be said to be the world's top five investment banks.
Among them, in addition to Goldman Sachs, which is the rightful No. 1, the top five should at least join UBS Warburg and Credit Suisse First Boston, two giant investment banks from Switzerland.
Canberra and Dagan worked for Credit Suisse First Boston. It is a specialized investment banking arm of Credit Suisse, which is nominally headquartered in Switzerland, but in fact the U.S. headquarters controls everything about it.
Next to Credit Suisse First Boston is the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in New York, the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase, and a little further than Goldman Sachs. Anyway, there are financial predators all around on the left and right.
Xiao Qi has an impression of Credit Suisse First Boston because it is the most active investment bank in 2013 with Alibaba Group.
Even with the acquisition of First National Bank in Boston in the United States, Credit Suisse First Boston still has a strong Swiss vibe. They can take root on Wall Street, a place where Americans talk and count, and can stir up the "largest IPO in history" of the Alibaba Group's IPO, and their strength can be imagined.
Xiao Qi was reincarnated at the end of 2013, when Alibaba Group had not yet been listed, but the whole trend was already obvious. Credit Suisse First Boston is fully committed to the IPO process in the second half of 2014!
With such a powerful investment bank, Xiao Qi can naturally cooperate with them.
For Xiao Qi, the sole purpose of investment banking is to help him acquire all kinds of useful companies.
As for those who often recommend themselves and recommend various financial products, they have never met Xiao Qi.
No matter who it is, even Citibank, which has the best relationship with Xiao Qi. A senior vice president wanted to recommend a financial derivative that was so complicated that the manual alone had 123 pages to Xiao Qi, and swore that it would make money, but Xiao Qi only replied to him with one word on the phone: "Get out!" β
Later it turned out to be. Xiao Qi complained to Citibank in the form of a formal letter, which caused the senior vice president to lose his job.
With so many rumors, no one dares to sell any financial products to Xiao Qi, which can't help but cause countless investment bankers to sigh, which is why Dagan said just now. He was ready to listen to the reason for Xiao Qi's investment ideaβin normal times, many wealthy people go to investment banks. They all want to buy something.
But Xiao Qi doesn't care what outsiders think, he just needs to know what he wants.
Canberra is Swiss. Now the chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, he is honest and steady, and he is the first person to sit in the rear.
Dagan is an American, the executive president of Credit Suisse First Boston, has been very aggressive since his debut, and in his career of more than 20 years, he has been responsible for hundreds of large and small acquisitions, mergers, investments, and restructurings, and is also the first contributor to Credit Suisse First Boston's foothold in the United States.
Sitting in the spacious and bright office, Xiao Qi drank freshly ground coffee milk, looked at the bright street scene outside, and suddenly smiled: "Mr. Dagan, your secretary is very beautiful, more beautiful than those big stars." β
"Hehe, call me Visen! I knew that Qi Shao was a fellow believer. Dagan smiled proudly, "It took me a lot of effort to get it. But the cost of a woman is really big, raising her is equivalent to raising a small troupe! β
"Women, dress up beautifully, aren't they all convenient for us men?" Xiao Qi shrugged, "A man doesn't even have this ability, how can he hug left and right?" β
"Haha! It's still not easy to hug left and right, in the United States. Dagan joked: "I think the ancient Chinese are the best, and they can marry as many wives as they want!" β
The two were chatting and gossiping here, and Canberra next to him just listened with a smile and didn't speak.
When he felt that it was almost over, Dagan began to get to the point: "Qi Shao, I received a call from Hoffman a few days ago, and I have been excited, I don't know what you are looking for our First Boston?" Do we have the qualifications to enter your field of vision and cooperate with you? β
"Weisen, you are too modest, if Credit Suisse is not capable, who else can say that it is a successful bank?" Xiao Qi smiled: "I have a big deal to find you." β
"Big deal?" Canberla's eyes lit up immediately, "Qi Shao, I don't dare to say anything else, but if you cooperate with us, there will definitely not be the bad behavior of American investment banks, eating buyers and sellers, our Credit Suisse First Boston is definitely your trusted partner!" β
Dagan on the side also asked excitedly: "I don't know what investment you want to make Qi Shao?" Or what company to buy? β
No wonder the two are so excited.
Whether Xiao Qi asked Citi to help buy LinkedIn, Nortel Network, or Goldman Sachs to help buy Infineon, the money was very large, and the commissions given were also very sufficient, so that Citi and Goldman Sachs made enough money.
Helping to lead the buying and selling of companies has always been one of the important businesses of investment banks, and Credit Suisse First Boston is of course looking forward to such fat falling on his head.
The most important thing is that by helping Xiao Qi and successfully getting in touch with Xiao Qi, then if Xiao Qi's company wants to go public or something in the future, wouldn't it also have a share of Credit Suisse First Boston?
"How difficult do you think it is for me to buy Sun?" Xiao Qi did not disappoint them, and directly broke such a fierce news.
"Sun Company?"
Dargan raised his eyebrows, "Sun with ja.va programming language and Solaris operating system? β
"You're right." Xiao Qi nodded slightly, "I'm going to buy it!" Do you have what it takes to do that? β
"Sun has a total of 726.46 million shares, and the current stock price is about $12, and the market value is around $8.7 billion, have you decided to buy it at a premium?" Dagan quickly reported a large amount of data, indicating his terrifying memory.
"How is that possible?" Xiao Qi smiled, "Don't you think its current stock price is too high?" β
"Huh."
Dargan smiled but said nothing.
In fact, of course he knew this, and when he said this, he just wanted to elicit Xiao Qi's real target price.
"I hope you will keep an eye on Sun now, and when the time is right, you can start a formal inquiry with them." Xiao Qi said in a harmonious voice: "The price I give to Credit Suisse First Boston is that as long as Sun can be privatized, then I will give you a commission of 200 million US dollars." β
Listening to the price, both Canberra and Dagan laughed.
$200 million in commissions, which is equivalent to their exclusive. Immediately run Google to get the rewards of going public.
Compared with the cumbersomeness and complexity of IPO, acquiring a company alone is simply a piece of cake - things that do not involve government departments and securities departments will become infinitely simpler.
"So, when is the right time?" Dagan continued to ask.
"When I think their price has fallen into a reasonable range." Xiao Qi said mysteriously, "Believe me, within half a year at most, this cooperation of ours will be completed." β
For Xiao Qi's half-year guarantee, Canberra and Dagan both nodded slightly, if they blindly waited, then the various costs and efforts they paid would continue to increase, which was not a good thing for an investment bank.
As for what price Xiao Qi wanted to buy Sun, they were all a little curious.
However, no matter how they guessed, they could not have imagined that just a few months later, with the outbreak of the financial turmoil, when the U.S. stock market plummeted, Sun's stock price fell to $259 per share, that is, a market value of $1.9 billion, which is 80% lower than now!!
It was at that time that Xiao Qi would really make a move.
There's no reason to buy at a high price, cheap these Yankees, right? To be continued