America's Road to Fame

Chapter 172 Tokyo Raiders
After the construction of Trump-Chen Business Management Company was completed, the current headquarters is located in the Trump Headquarters Building. Of course, it is called the headquarters. There are not too many people now, and even a half-floor office building cannot be filled.

Ivanta did not delay too much in New York, and had already led his subordinates to Huaguo Magic City.

Originally, William Chen was planning to go there with her, at least he knew a little bit more about the country. At this time, many American companies knew nothing about the situation in China. I am not used to it. After all, this is a different cultural attribute, and the way of dealing with it will be very different.

It's just that he spent an unexpectedly long time here in California. Of course, he's not just messing around with Miranda, but he's also constantly arranging various things, so he will go to Huaguo later to meet Ivanta.

Now that the acquisitions of MGM and Hermès are almost done, William Chen can finally leave the United States and go to Asia.

At the first stop, he didn't go directly to Shanghai, but took a flight and went to Tokyo, Japan with people from Goldman Sachs.

After learning that William Chen was coming to Tokyo, Nozomi Sasaki almost jumped up on the phone, excitedly asked him when he landed, and wanted to pick him up.

But then, she realized that she is currently a star, and she was a little worried that if she was photographed, it would affect William Chen.William Chen didn't care about this, and told her to do as she wanted.

Therefore, after the flight arrived at Tokyo Chengtian Airport, William Chen saw the fully armed Nozomi Sasaki. Seeing her image, William Chen couldn't help laughing. After getting into the car that Goldman Sachs came to pick them up, William Chen nodded with a smile on the shy Sasaki Nozomi, and said:
"Looking at how tightly you wrap yourself up, even a fool can guess that you are a star."

"Ah, what should we do then, no one will take pictures of us?" Nozomi Sasaki asked with surprise, his eyes widened.

"Don't worry, little idiot, even if you are photographed, you have to be able to recognize you."

Hearing what Chen William said, Nozomi Sasaki felt a little relieved.

Originally, when he came to Tokyo this time, William Chen still planned to stay in the Hilton Hotel, but Nozomi Sasaki blushed and said that he had a house here and lived by himself, so he could go and stay with her, William Chen changed his mind.

As for the bodyguards who came with him, just find a nearby hotel to stay. Anyway, he doesn't need bodyguards at Sasaki Nozomi's house, just let them pick him up when he goes out.

Nozomi Sasaki's home is in Aoyama Park Tower in Shibuya District, Tokyo. This is a high-rise apartment building. It is currently one of the highest-priced apartment buildings in Tokyo. Many celebrities and rich people like to buy real estate here because It is located in the center of Tokyo, and the management here is strict and the supporting facilities are complete.

When I entered her home, I saw that it was very clean and the decoration was very warm.Nozomi Sasaki's apartment is about 150 square meters. After asking her, William Chen found out that the house price here is really not cheap. It costs about 800 million yen per square meter, which is more than 40 square meters when converted into Chinese currency. Sure enough, It is high, comparable to the most expensive locations in New York.

So in conversion, wouldn't her house cost nearly 1000 million US dollars?Is it so profitable to be a star in Japan?Sasaki Nozomi has only debuted for a few years.

William Chen asked in surprise, "Is this the house you bought yourself?"

"How can I? I can't afford such an expensive apartment. This is the apartment that the company just rented for me recently."

Oh, no wonder, it seems that their club has spent enough money to rent such an expensive place for her to live.

"By the way, where is your bodyguard? Does he live nearby?"

"Yes, she lives not far from here, and the club rented an apartment for her."

When Sasaki Nozomi went to New York last time, Chen William hired a female bodyguard for her to accompany her to Tokyo, so thinking of it, Chen William asked.

"William, you have been on the plane for so long, you should take a rest first."

Nozomi Sasaki went to the bathroom to fill William Chen with water, and gave him a massage, looking like a virtuous little wife.

Of course, the final result can be imagined, and the two of them haven't seen each other for a while, so naturally... learning knowledge is more important.

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On the day William Chen arrived in Tokyo, he felt the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on this country.

On this day, Daiwa Life Insurance submitted an application for bankruptcy to the Tokyo District Court, requesting the application of the "Special Rehabilitation Law" set up for bankruptcy. This is also the first financial institution in Japan to go bankrupt in this crisis.

Affected by this news, the Nikkei stock index fell again and has fallen below 13000 points.

It is reported that as of the end of December last year, Japanese financial institutions had lost more than 12 trillion yen due to subprime mortgages, and this figure is still increasing. It is conservatively estimated that Japanese financial institutions hold 2.5 trillion yen in US subprime-related products. yuan or more.

"How's the house price in Tokyo now?"

After nearly two hours of study, the two hugged each other, Chen William asked.

"I don't know the specifics, but I read reports that it has fallen a lot. In some places, it has dropped by more than 4%. Even where I live, it has fallen by 3%."

On the flight here, William Chen also asked the people from Goldman Sachs about the situation here, and got a general understanding of it.

Japan was affected by the subprime mortgage crisis for many reasons, and their financial institutions purchased related products of subprime mortgage loans in the United States, which was only one of the direct factors.

Another reason is that the withdrawal of foreign capital that has been hotting up Japanese real estate has led to a drop in housing prices, which has affected all levels.

Speaking of Goldman Sachs, they are also one of the foreign capitals entering Japanese real estate. In August 2007, Goldman Sachs Group invested 8 billion yen to acquire the Tiffany Building in Ginza, the most prosperous neighborhood in Tokyo.

These changes can be clearly seen from the proportion of foreign capital in the shares of Japan's three major real estate developers before the subprime mortgage crisis.

从2005年到2009年四年间，三井不动产的外资占比从39%上升到48%；三菱地所的外资占比从22%上升到41%；住友不动产的外资占比从13%上升到40%。

Therefore, as of the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, the top three real estate developers in this country all accounted for more than 40% of foreign investment.

Most of these so-called foreign capitals are American capital, mainly based on investment banks such as Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley and related investment funds.

Do you think they are here to help Japan develop real estate?They just want to take advantage of the real estate boom and come here to make a quick buck.It's just that after the sudden outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, these funds frantically sold real estate in Japan in order to preserve domestic assets, which caused Tokyo's housing prices to plummet.

At that time, American capital even invested more than 3000 billion U.S. dollars to buy the Tokyo Imperial Hotel with the most royal background in Japan. This hotel is a century-old famous restaurant where the Japanese royal family held weddings, and now it no longer belongs to Japan.

What angered the locals the most was that this American investment company had a very indecent name - "Cerberus" (watchdog), which can be said to be a naked beating and humiliation.

But in the face of the native American soldiers, what can they do?Of course I try to forget...

It can be said that the current economic situation in Japan is very bad. In addition to the impact on finance and real estate, their foreign trade has also been fatally hit. Appreciation has affected their export trade, and many related companies have fallen into crisis.

Of course, William Chen cared about these things, not because he sympathized with their experiences, but because he would make a lot of money.Goldman Sachs and the others, in order to recover their losses in the subprime mortgage crisis, this time shorted European and Asian stock markets, half of the funds were invested in Japan and South Korea.

This is the situation in Japan now, and South Korea is not much better. Therefore, the 100 billion US dollars invested by William Chen at that time, up to now, Goldman Sachs happily told him that at least in Japan and South Korea, he has already earned more than 100 billion US dollars. % profit, plus the profit in Europe, it is conservatively estimated that it will eventually exceed 200%.

Financial weapons are really powerful. This is the case in the United States. I have a hard time, and I can’t make it easier for you, especially for my allies.

After all, they are sober themselves, so how can they have permanent allies?The so-called allies are the most unreliable things. Only the most powerful countries can have the most loyal allies. Weak countries are not worthy of having allies, and they will be betrayed by allies at any time.

So as long as the United States continues to be strong, they will have no shortage of allies. Even if they say that the earth is not round, their allies will try their best to prove that this conclusion is correct for him.What?Do you dare to say that the earth is round?You are an evil country, you are not universal, and you are wrong everywhere.

(End of this chapter)