America's Road to Fame

Chapter 190 I Want Dior
"Rick, what riddle are you playing with me, who is it?"

"Don't you know? It's the daughter of the LVMH Group, Delphine Arnault, and her father is Bernard Arnault, the boss of the LVMH Group."

Hearing Rick Walton's words, William Chen finally remembered that he seemed to have seen reports about the lady of the luxury goods group in his previous life, but he didn't have much impression.

Thinking of what she mentioned on the phone, she wanted to talk to herself about the Hermes company. Could it be that this young lady wants to buy Hermes company from her?

Hehe, I really hope that she will not be so naive. She has spent so much effort to complete the holding, how could she give it up to the LVMH group so easily.

Although her father in the previous life had been the richest man in the world for three consecutive years, but according to his current net worth, he was no weaker than him. How could he have such a naive idea?

It seems that the lady of the LVMH Group was not far from here at the time, but within 10 minutes, William Chen's phone rang again. Seeing that it was the same number as before, he pulled Rick Walton while preparing to connect. , Said to him: "Come on, follow me to meet this eldest lady."

"They are here to look for you, why are you dragging me there?"

"Rick, are we brothers?"

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"She came to me because she wanted to buy my shares in Hermès. As for me, I definitely wouldn't sell them to her. But you know, it's a headache when a woman is difficult, so when the time comes, you help me hold her back, and I will directly Back to New York."

"??"

Rick Walton looked at William Chen speechlessly, there is such an operation, why don't you just refuse?

At this time, Chen William had already connected the phone, and said to the mobile phone: "Okay, Miss Delphine, I'll go down right away, it's the coffee shop next door."

"Uh, no, William, I don't think it's appropriate for me to go..."

Seeing William Chen hang up the phone, Rick Walton said to him quickly.

"Rick, it's time to test our friendship. At this time, you can't be cowardly. What are you afraid of? Isn't it a woman?"

"..."

After William Chen and Rick Walton arrived at the coffee shop downstairs, they saw Miss Delphine Arnault. Before going to her side, William Chen noticed that there were two people examining her at the next table. He glanced at himself and Rick.

It seems that this young lady brought her bodyguards and assistants, and she really looks like a rich young lady.

"Hi, Mr. William, nice to meet you."

Delfina saw the two, got up and said.

She has blond hair and looks very temperamental. As for her appearance, it's a matter of opinion. Anyway, she is not the type that William Chen likes.

"Who is this?"

"This is my friend, Rick Walton, we just happened to be discussing things together." Chen William saw that Rick also shook hands with Delphine, and sat down and asked, "I don't know Delphine?" What is Miss Na looking for from me?"

"Simply put, we at LVMH want to buy Mr. William's shares in Hermès..."

Sure enough, William Chen thought so and said, "Sorry, I have no intention of selling these shares."

After spending so much effort to hold Hermès, those shares have not yet been warmed up. You just want to pick peaches, and you want to fart.

"Mr. William, you can listen to our quotation first. Now the share price of Hermes International Group is around 90 euros. According to this price, the value of the shares you hold is around 48.5 billion euros. We can pay a premium of 55 billion euros." price, buy all your shares."

Delphine didn't feel embarrassed about William Chen's rejection at all, and said calmly.

Uh, 55 billion euros is really a very attractive price, which is close to 75 billion US dollars.William Chen's entire acquisition process only cost US$50.5 billion, and he made a net profit of nearly US$25 billion.

"I also have an offer for Miss Delphine to listen to. I can buy the shares of LVMH Group and Dior from your family at the same premium."

"Don't make this kind of joke, Mr. William, Dior is the core brand of our group, and it is impossible to sell it."

Delphine said disapprovingly.

At present, in the hands of the LVMH group and the Arnault family, they respectively hold all the shares of Dior's fragrance and makeup department, and about 74% of the shares of the fashion department.

Of course, Chen William is not joking. If the other party really dares to sell, he will buy Dior even if he sells it.It's just that as a core brand, they will definitely not sell these businesses.

"My answer is the same. Miss Delphine, Hermes is also my core asset, and it is impossible to sell it."

William Chen imitated her tone and said.

"Our situation is different, so we can't talk about it together. Mr. William, Hermès is a top brand in the fashion industry. Our LVMH Group is the largest fashion group in the world. We bought Hermès, which is a strong alliance."

Well, what does this have to do with me?William Chen understood what she meant. On the premise that he owns the Hermès Group, let alone Dior, it is impossible for the other party to sell to his competitors, even the less important brands.But William Chen is different. His main business is in film and television media and the Internet, and selling Hermès does not seem to have that much influence on him.

"Miss Delphine, I don't think you need to waste time, I won't sell Hermes." After saying this, William Chen raised his hand to look at the time and said, "Sorry, it's time, I'm going to take a plane ,Nice to meet you."

"Mr. William, in terms of price, we can..."

"It's not a matter of price. There is one thing you may not have considered, that is, if it is your LVMH company that buys Hermes, then I am afraid that the Hermes family has already concentrated more than 51% of the shares, and they will not agree to sell themselves to you. of."

After saying this, William Chen gave Rick Walton a look, and left here with the bodyguards.

"William..."

"Miss Delphine, I know William, I'm afraid you won't be able to convince him of what he decides."

Rick Walton stopped the young lady in a timely manner and said.

……

When Chen William had just returned to New York, he heard a piece of news:
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve said they were seeking to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two "government-sponsored" companies whose combined losses were said to be close to $700 billion in the crisis.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are two government-sponsored, privately owned businesses that insure a combined more than $5 trillion in mortgage loans, or mortgage-backed assets.

Founded in 1938, Fannie Mae is the largest "American government-sponsored enterprise". Freddie Mac was approved by Congress in 1970 and is the second largest "American government-sponsored enterprise", second only to Fannie Mae in business scale.

However, in the subprime mortgage crisis, the two companies are now on the verge of bankruptcy. In just one month from mid-December last year to mid-January this year, the stock prices of the two companies have plummeted by more than 12%. It is still falling, and it is about to reach the point where there is no way to fall.

In order to keep these two companies, the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Reserve are now studying to maintain the liquidity of the two companies through capital injection, and even do not rule out directly taking over the two companies and nationalizing them.

In the No. 2 and No. 3 funds of the Meta Investment Fund, the share of shorting the stocks of these two companies is not low, mainly because these two companies are iconic companies in the real estate industry, and the companies are large in scale, so short The capacity is sufficient.

However, William Chen also knows that when these two companies are truly nationalized and taken over by the state, the first phase of the subprime mortgage crisis will be officially over. , will be further expanded, spreading from the real estate and financial markets to most industries in the whole society.

At that time, whether it is Fund No. 2 or Fund No. 3, it will cash in the profits from short-selling the stocks of financial institutions such as real estate and banks in the early stage, and invest in short-selling a wider range of stocks again.

After returning to Meta Investment Company, Chen William learned from John Paulson that the CDS premium payment of No. 1 Fund has been completed. According to statistics, at that time, No. 1 Fund invested a total of 10 in the subprime mortgage bond market. 20 million U.S. dollars, and obtained more than [-] times the income, which is the result of their careful selection of the maximum possible repayment.

The redemption profit of the No. 1 fund was previously allocated 100 billion US dollars to the equity investment department for investment, and the remaining 120 billion US dollars was reinvested in the No. 2 fund, which has been used to short the American stock market.

This period of investment will continue until the end of the second phase of the subprime mortgage crisis.

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(End of this chapter)