After finishing lunch and resting for a while, Xiao Qi and his two wives were about to take the elevator downstairs when a man suddenly approached from the side.
Seeing that he was heading straight towards Xiao Qi, a bodyguard immediately took action and pinned him against the wall.
"Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong!" The white man in his twenties struggled and said, "I'm not a bad person! I'm Sam's friend, and I have a big business to discuss with Mr. Xiao!"
The other bodyguard didn't care what he said. He stretched out his hand and touched his body. He didn't find any suspicious weapons, and then he loosened his grip a little.
Xiao Qi looked at the name tags on his body, nodded, and then the man was free.
"Hello, Mr. Xiao, my name is Morak Thain, and John Thain from Merrill Lynch is my father." The man came to Xiao Qi and stretched out his hand while arranging his clothes.
After shaking hands with him, Xiao Qi asked: "What business do you want to discuss with me?"
"That's it, Mr. Xiao, can we find a place to talk slowly?" Seeing Xiao Qi's kind attitude, Morak gained a little more confidence and looked at him expectantly.
"First tell me what kind of business it is." Xiao Qi smiled, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that Mr. Thain, if the business is too small, you have no interest in looking for me, right?"
"Definitely not small! Definitely not small!" Thain looked around and found that almost all of them were Chinese, so he whispered knowingly: "Mr. Xiao, I have three big businesses in my hands, which add up to more than 20 billion.
U.S. dollars, you must be interested."
Xiao Qi's heart moved.
It happened that the elevator door opened, and Xiao Qi said to Taylor and Tang Mingxiang: "You go shopping first and take a rest. I will come find you later."
"snort!"
Taylor, who had already put on sunglasses, snorted and entered the elevator, obviously dissatisfied with the sudden appearance of Morak.
Tang Mingxiang was naturally more sensible than her. As she gently nodded, she also entered the elevator with the nanny and several bodyguards.
"Let's go and find a quieter cafe." When the door closed, Xiao Qi turned around and said, "I hope the business is really what you said."
"I won't lie to you!" Morak said with a smile on his face: "Here, please, we go downstairs and there is an authentic Cuban cafe two floors away. The taste is the most authentic."
Ten minutes later, the two of them were sitting in the cafe.
It was already working hours, and there were not many people drinking coffee leisurely. He found a remote corner and several booths around him were occupied by Xiao Qi's bodyguards. Then he carefully drank a few sips of coffee to calm down.
Organize what you want to say.
Xiao Qi was not in a hurry. In fact, he had guessed something. If it was really what he expected, then when Morak came to the door today, he really found the right person!
"Mr. Xiao, do you know what my father said in an interview a few days ago?" Morak knew that Xiao Qi would not listen to his nonsense, so he went straight to the point: "About Merrill Lynch's heavy losses and the upcoming sale of several valuable assets, let's talk about it.
Do you know about making up for the write-down of your own assets?"
It is indeed this!
When Xiao Qi nodded lightly, his heart became excited.
Fairy Company has always focused on the collection of domestic and foreign financial intelligence. Various news agencies, professional newspapers and magazines, and even several professional business intelligence companies provide Xiao Qi with all kinds of information.
After sorting out by the beautiful secretaries, Xiao Qi read on average more than dozens of documents every day, totaling tens of thousands of words.
Although most of them were just a general overview, Xiao Qi had an impression of the important news in general, let alone what happened to the super giant Merrill Lynch.
In his previous life, when he was idle and had nothing to do, Xiao Qi often read some posts on various online forums. Many of these forums had hindsight, so Xiao Qi could also see many major events that had happened before from their post-mortem reviews.
Detailed analysis of children.
The sudden collapse of Merrill Lynch, one of the five major investment banks, was an event that economists were obsessed with. They thought of many scenarios, saying that if so, Merrill Lynch would not have collapsed.
But judging from Xiao Qi's own experience in this life, things are not as simple as these people say. First of all, the confrontation between Wall Street and the US government is an unsolvable problem.
In the end, Wall Street was forced into panic, and several investment banks, insurance companies, financial mortgage companies, etc. that were already in difficulty went bankrupt. This was also a protest against the U.S. government's lack of assistance.
Then the U.S. government really couldn't hold on any longer. They were afraid that more companies would go bankrupt, so they had no choice but to compromise.
To some extent, Wall Street succeeded.
So it can be said that the collapse of Merrill Lynch is absolutely inevitable. It has nothing to do with how many non-performing assets they have or whether the debt is so urgent that it cannot be delayed!
In fact, you see, although these companies went bankrupt, their executives were still prospering and making a lot of US dollars. Aren't these executive positions and salaries provided by the companies and banks that still exist at Goldman Sachs?
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However, whether Merrill Lynch goes bankrupt or not has nothing to do with Xiao Qi.
Oh, no, it should be related.
Merrill Lynch's superficial reason is that there were too many asset write-downs. The main item of the asset write-down was the loss of tens of billions of dollars in subprime debt financial products.
Among these tens of billions, Xiao Qi also earned a share. When Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, etc. went bankrupt at the end of the year, Xiao Qi's income in one month could be equal to more than half of the previous year!
What the teenager is now concerned about is the high-quality assets that Merrill Lynch will sell next and those that it will not sell.
Just in early June, Merrill Lynch's CEO John Thain, Morak's father, said in an interview that because Merrill Lynch's pre-losses in the second quarter were serious, Merrill Lynch wanted
Selling some assets, such as a 20% stake in Bloomberg News worth $5 billion, a 37% stake in a financial data services company worth $4 billion, and a 49.8% stake in Black Rock Group worth $12 billion.
All three companies are considered high-quality assets with good profitability.
Among them, financial data companies mainly focus on services in the banking industry. The company is small but very professional. 30% of banks in the world use their service terminals and equipment.
Bloomberg News is even more powerful. Its founder, Michael Bloomberg, is now being re-elected as mayor of New York City. From 2001 to 2013, he served as mayor for 12 years in a row and received a salary of 100,000 yuan from New York every year.
It's 1 US dollar, the same as what Gang Leader Qiao got at Apple.
And the difference between him and Gang Leader Qiao is that Gang Leader Qiao also has some equity incentives and other rewards. Bloomberg not only does not have these, but also donates hundreds of millions of dollars every year to improve the living environment in New York, which is deeply loved by the people of New York.
If it weren't for the fact that officials can only serve three consecutive terms, the people of New York would like him to stay in office forever.
The biggest support for him to do this is his Bloomberg News, the world's largest financial information service provider, with a market value of more than 25 billion U.S. dollars, and he owns 62% of the shares, which is 15.5 billion U.S. dollars. Ranking
Top 50 richest people in the world.
In April 2013, according to the rich list released by Forbes, he ranked 13th in the world with a net worth of more than 27 billion U.S. dollars. Naturally, his soaring net worth was because Bloomberg became more and more prosperous. From this, it can be seen that Bloomberg’s stock will
What a great investment value!
Needless to say, the last Black Rock Group, its English name blackrock, does it look familiar? Does it look like blackstone of the world's largest private equity fund Blackstone Group?
In fact, Blackrock Group is a spin-off of the asset management department of Blackstone Group. It has now become the world's largest listed asset management company, with a market value of more than 24 billion US dollars.
Being able to become the world's largest asset management company has proven how good it is!
Thoughts passed by in a flash.
Seeing Xiao Qi indicating that he knew, Morak lowered his voice again: "You also know that my father was appointed in critical condition in December last year, but now Merrill Lynch's mess is too serious, and it has reached the point where he has to sell high-quality assets to live! You see
Bloomberg, a financial data services company, or shares in Black Rock Group, which one are you interested in? I can help you promote the acquisition!"
Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows. He looked at him for a while, until Morak felt a little uncomfortable, and then said: "Mr. Thain, Mayor Bloomberg once had an appointment with Merrill Lynch, if he wanted to sell 20% of the shares of Bloomberg News.
He has the right of first refusal. The same is Black Rock Group. 49.8% of its shares are strategic investments. If it is sold, it must be approved by the Black Rock Group’s board of directors. The last financial data service company is originally owned by the Kuwait Investment Authority and is managed by the Royal Family of Qatar.
Funds and other Middle Eastern capital enter, so they are bound to get the 37% of the shares and have the upper hand, right?"
He originally wanted to bring Xiao Qi and Merrill Lynch together. Even if the acquisition failed in the end, as a broker, he could still make some money for use.
But I didn't expect Xiao Qi to understand it so deeply, so his little cleverness was naturally of no use.
Just when he was thinking about how to say goodbye, Xiao Qi suddenly asked: "Other than Sam, who else knows about our meeting today?"
"Sam? He doesn't know." Morak shook his head. "He just bragged to me that you were also eating in the restaurant. After that, we went downstairs and I came back up. No one knew that I came to see you."
Xiao Qi nodded and signaled to a bodyguard next to him. He immediately took out a large, thick envelope from his briefcase, walked over and placed it on the table.
At Xiao Qi's suggestion, Morak picked it up and took a look, and was surprised to find that it was all U.S. bearer treasury bonds, all with a face value of 5,000 US dollars each. There were at least two or three hundred thousand dollars here!
Morak's breathing quickened: "Mr. Xiao..."
"I have never seen you, and you have not seen me." Xiao Qi said lightly: "At nine o'clock tonight, in Room 903, Apartment 11, Broadway, Manhattan, I have prepared a bottle of champagne. If Mr. Thain goes wrong,
If you have a room, you can come over and have a drink.”
Morak suddenly understood!
Putting the envelope into his bag, he walked out of the room without saying a word. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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