Happy Tycoon

When Yang Jing returned to the headquarters of KY Investment Fund in New York, Mike Aller was on the phone with a happy face. When he saw Yang Jing coming, he quickly said a few words and hung up the phone.

Looking at your look, things went well this time. Yang Jing sat on the sofa and asked with a smile.

Mike Al went to the sofa opposite Yang Jing and sat down, Boss, tea or coffee?

Yang Jing waved his hand and pointed to the bottle of mineral water he brought. Mike Alle smiled, poured hot water into his teacup, and said, The main reason for calling you back this time is There are three things I want to report to you, especially the first one, which requires your decision.

Putting down the kettle, Mike Aller covered the teacup. In the past two years, under the leadership of Yang Jing, Mike Aller has almost given up the coffee that he could not do without before, and started drinking green tea instead. Now he is as inseparable from coffee as he was in the past, and he can no longer do without green tea. up.

This is a good thing, anyway, drinking tea is better than coffee, caffeine is not a good thing.

Mike, tell me.

Well, the first thing is that under the close cooperation of Henry and David, Atlantic Capital, a subsidiary of KY Investment Fund, has completed the complete acquisition of Hartford National and Arlington Trust. The three banks cost us $17 billion, of which Hartford National cost us $11 billion and Arlington Trust $6 billion.

This is really good news. In Yang Jing's plan, the future consortium of his own will be centered on the bank. If a consortium cannot control a large enough bank, it cannot become a real consortium. Therefore, the acquisition of banks is the most important task of KY investment funds in the next period of time, and its importance even surpasses that in the financial market. speculate.

The current dollar is very valuable, but it also depreciates very quickly. Twenty years later, mergers and acquisitions of tens of billions of dollars are nothing, and mergers and acquisitions of hundreds of billions of dollars have occurred from time to time, but in the 1980s, the world's largest merger and acquisition was only 25 billion Dollar.

KY Investment Fund is really rich now, and similarly, the current global stock market can’t accommodate KY Investment Fund’s current large capital, and because of the damn tax system in the United States, KY Investment Fund has a lot of money Now they are all floating abroad, and even if the capital currently owned by KY investment funds in the United States is not invested quickly, it will be a very heavy burden for KY investment funds.

Therefore, Yang Jing, who is familiar with this era, decided to invest huge sums of money to acquire some small-scale banks in the United States from now on.

Originally, Yang Jing had no clue about the acquisition of small banks in the United States, but the Boston consortium jumped out to find fault, so Yang Jing directly set his sights on the Boston consortium.

Hartford National and Arlington Trust were originally to be acquired by the Shawmut Company under the name of the Boston Consortium at the end of this year, and eventually formed the core bank of the Boston Consortium-Boston National Shawmut Bank. But because the Boston Consortium provoked Yang Jing, Yang Jing directly decided to intercept the Boston Consortium.

Although the Boston Consortium is one of the eight oldest consortiums in the United States, this consortium is not formed with blood as the core like Rockefeller, Morgan, DuPont, and Mellon. The Boston Consortium and the newly emerging Dirk after World War II Like the Sass consortium and the California consortium, they belong to the kind of patchwork consortium, that is, a group of second-rate businessmen led by a few first-rate businessmen form a group, and finally form a super giant.

Such a consortium is actually not so peaceful inside. After all, there are only so many resources, and the families or companies within the consortium will also compete in some key interests. Therefore, after World War II, the decline of the Boston consortium can be said to be the worst among the eight old consortiums. fast one.

If the people from the Boston Consortium hadn't provoked Yang Jing at the charity auction held by the Mellon family that day, maybe Yang Jing would not have attacked the Boston Consortium, but since he has already done so, he must completely scare the Boston Consortium Even shot to death!

Therefore, under Yang Jing's order, KY Investment Fund established Atlantic Capital, and completed the wholly-owned acquisition of Hartford National and Arlington Trust in just four months.

Even though the board shareholders of Hartford National and Arlington Trust opposed the acquisition by Atlantic Capital, after Atlantic Capital failed to negotiate with the shareholders of the two banks, with huge financial support, Atlantic Capital brazenly opposed the acquisition. Two banks launched a hostile takeover. Now that you have decided to cut off the beard, who the hell cares if you take over maliciously or not, first get it and then talk!

This is why the acquisition of these two banks has cost as much as US$17 billion. Based on the market value of these two banks, if it is a real acquisition, even US$13 billion will not be used.

You have to sell the things I like, and you have to sell them if you don’t sell them!

Isn't it just money? We Atlantic Capital has nothing but sufficient funds!

Atlantic Capital first acquired Hartford National. Because it was a hostile takeover, Hartford National, which had a market value of less than $7 billion, actually spent a full $11 billion, a premium close to 100%.

But at the same time, the ferocity of Atlantic Capital also made the shareholders of Arlington Trust a little scared. Therefore, when acquiring Arlington Trust, Atlantic Capital did not pay much. The acquisition by Atlantic Capital only cost $6 billion.

BOSS, now that these two banks have been acquired, what should we do next? Should we reorganize these two banks into a new larger bank or

Yang Jing shook his head with a smile and said: Mike, you can discuss this kind of thing. I said that in the future, except for some major investment actions, I will not care about the whole Dragon Fund. I won't ask too much. You are all professional managers, do you still need me to teach you how to do this kind of thing?

Yang Jing consulted the holy ring, if he wants to form a consortium, it is not impossible, but don't affect the history too much, otherwise the sword of Damocles will fall on Yang Jing's head at any time. Therefore, Yang Jing is not prepared to get involved in these matters.

Hearing what Yang Jing said, Mike Alle said with a look of embarrassment: Boss, I need you to give us a direction now. You don't need to ask, but at least you have to give us directions.

Yang Jing looked at Mike Aller, and finally shook his head helplessly and said: Continue to acquire banks, and then reorganize into several medium-sized banks. Don't rush to reorganize into a large bank for now. In addition, pay more attention to Brazil's Danshui River Valley, and some mining groups in Australia.

Vale, the world's largest iron ore company in later generations, is not small now, but its main equity is controlled by the Brazilian government and Japan's Mitsui \u0026 Co. Yang Jing has nothing to do with the shares held by the Brazilian government, but for the shares held by Mitsui \u0026 Co., Yang Jing feels that he can take advantage of the upcoming Japanese stock market crash to see if there is a way to sell those Vale shares held by Mitsui \u0026 Co., Ltd. Get over the shares.

And those mining companies in Australia. Now Australia's mining companies are headed by Rio Tinto, and BHP Billiton, which is even bigger in later generations, has not yet merged and emerged. The climax of mergers of Australian mining companies mostly occurred in the 1990s and early 2000s, so before the integration of Australian mining companies has begun, they can step in and enter the Australian mining industry in advance.

Because Huaxia lacks high-grade iron ore, later generations of Huaxia have been bullied by a group of iron ore suppliers headed by Australia. If you can solve the shackles that have been imposed on Huaxia's neck after taking over the Dragon Fund , Presumably it also has a great guarantee for your own safety.

So Yang Jing is now ready to attack Australian mining companies and Vale!

Mike Aller wrote down what Yang Jing said in his notebook, and didn't ask any more questions.

I have known this mysterious boss for nine years, so Mike Aller is very clear about this boss's style of doing things. Especially in recent years, the boss has spoken less and less, which makes Mike Aller feel that the burden on him is even heavier.

However, the three things the boss said today have made Mike Aller very happy. At least he now knows which direction his work focus should be in the next few years.

Don't care about the investment side, but the acquisition of banks, Australian mines, and Brazil's Vale, these three jobs alone are enough for Mike Aller to be busy for several years.

Closing the notebook, Mike Aller said again: Boss, the second thing is about next year's presidential election. I have set up several consulting companies in the Federation according to your suggestion, and have used these consulting companies to cooperate with Mr. Bush got in touch. Mr. Bush is very grateful for our support, so Mr. Bush would like to treat you to a meal, what time would you like to see?

Since a consortium is to be established in the United States, whether it is now or in the future, it cannot do without the support of the American political circles. Why are the Koch brothers so awesome in later generations? Isn't it because the brothers rely on huge funds to train a large number of congressmen belonging to their brothers in Congress? Moreover, the two brothers are on two boats, regardless of whether it is the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, they are all-in-one, so the two brothers can dominate the business and political circles of the United States.

At present, the two brothers have not yet started to develop their own power in the political world, which is undoubtedly a good opportunity for Yang Jing.

In terms of capital, the current Koch Brothers are far from being able to compare with the Dragon Fund, and it is actually not that difficult to develop their own power in the American political circle. Nothing else, just spend money hard. To paraphrase a catchphrase on the Internet in later generations, if there is anything in American politics that cannot be solved with $100 million, then $200 million!

Isn't it just money? The Dragon Fund lacks everything else, except money!

And Chaha is now catching up with the US presidential election. How could Yang Jing, who is familiar with the future direction of the United States, not put his treasure on the Republican presidential candidate Bush Sr.?

Sponsoring Bush Sr. is only the first step for the Dragon Fund to enter the American political arena, so this step must be a hit, so as to attract more congressmen to serve the Dragon Fund.

So Yang Jing thought for a while and said: You can look at the arrangements for this matter. I have nothing to do in the past few days. Even if I go to Texas, there is no problem!

PS: Bow and thank Very Lazy Fish for the 100 tip.