Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 265: Bulgari Gucci Fendi Prada...

September 19.

The aid group and the study group met in New York and held a reception and reception.

The head of the aid mission is Deputy Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and there are three groups in the civil inspection group, the California consortium led by Hardy.

There are also the Rockefeller Consortium team led by David Rockefeller and the Citi Consortium team led by Citibank President William Rhodes.

Dean Acheson, with a moustache, looked energetic, and greeted everyone with a smile, It's a great honor to meet the chairman and the president. Since last year, we have implemented the Marshall Plan, and we have had cooperation with European countries. After many exchanges, some assistance has been distributed.

President Johnson believes that aid can continue to be deepened, so he invites you to join this aid mission. Today we will talk to all of you, and we are going to leave together tomorrow. Our first stop is Italy.

There were fifty or sixty people in the venue, and many of them had known each other before. After all, they were all business leaders, and they began to greet each other and chat.

David Rockefeller saw Hardy, smiled and stepped forward to shake hands with Hardy: Hello Hardy, this is the first time we meet, I'm David Rockefeller.

It's an honor to meet you, Mr. David. Hardy smiled and held out his hand.

Hardy knew about this David Rockefeller, the third generation of the Rockefeller family. The current Rockefeller family is run by David's father, John Rockefeller Jr. David, 33, is now the chairman and general manager of the Manhattan Bank Executive Committee. Is to become the head of the Rockefeller Foundation.

The 33-year-old bank president is definitely young and promising.

But David Rockefeller was more admired and curious about the young man in front of him. Hardy was only 27 years old this year, much younger than him.

More importantly, he was able to manage a bank with billions of assets at such a young age by relying on his family, but Hadi started from scratch, and in just 30 years, he has hundreds of millions of assets.

And not long ago, it became a shareholder of Bank of America and a core member of the California consortium.

Before he came, David Rockefeller had studied other team members. After all, they were both cooperative and competitive. Among them, Hardy's resume was the most attractive to him. From a small business, it planned to annex it step by step, and it became the current group company.

Even he was impressed.

The two exchanged a few words,

In the end, David Rockefeller said: Hardy, I am very interested in your experience, especially your business strategy, you can often get the most out of your ingenuity, we will be in a team in the future, and we will have the opportunity to tell me about it.

Hardy smiled.

No problem, have a chance to have a good chat.

Let Hardy tell the truth, it's definitely not possible, he can't say that he planned with the help of future knowledge.

However, there are so many business ideas in later generations, and it is estimated that it will be enough to come up with some flickering and flickering David.

Then Hardy met Citibank President William Rhodes, who is in his sixties and a Jew, and had a long chat with Hardy.

Afterwards, Hardy got to know the chairman or president of many large companies in the United States.

Departs on September 20.

First stop Italy.

The war also caused great trauma to Italy, many cities were turned into ruins, and the economy was dying, but Italy was also lucky, because of his divine manipulation in the later period, he escaped punishment.

In order to win over Italy not to join the Soviet Union, in the Marshall Plan, the United States gave great support to Italy, and Italy was regarded as the most profitable country in the Marshall Plan.

I can only say that this lazy man is really lucky.

Italian Prime Minister Archid Gasbelli received the aid delegation. The Marshall Aid Plan began in 1947, and each country has a corresponding committee. Before that, the United States had already provided 130 million U.S. dollars in aid to Italy.

This time, the aid mission brought the second batch of aid plans, as well as a non-governmental study group. The Italian side knew that these non-governmental study groups were large consortiums from the United States, and the help they could provide was no less than that of the US government.

Now they are short of food, machinery, funds, everything, and they are reluctant to let go of any opportunity for national development.

Italy came up with a long list.

Agip Oil, now the largest oil company in Italy, is willing to accept foreign capital injections.

State Grid Corporation.

Fiat Motor Company.

Generali Insurance Company.

United Credit Group.

......

The entire list includes more than 130 companies, including oil, power grids, natural gas, insurance, credit, automobiles, shipping, food, precision instruments, machine manufacturing, hotels, restaurants, jewelry, etc. .

The three major consortiums that came here are interested in many companies in this list, and Rockefeller is naturally most interested in the oil industry.

Others also have their own favorite industries, and the California consortium's Safety Pacific Company has taken a fancy to Generali Insurance Company.

The Citigroup consortium, more optimistic about the Italian National Grid business.

In some businesses, several companies will be interested at the same time, what should I do? You can negotiate in private, everyone comes together, and you can sit down and talk about the issue of joint investment.

Of course, there are also people who focus on selling goods, such as Crocker Agricultural Company, which is willing to provide Italy with better and cheaper food and agricultural products.

Hadi also took a fancy to it. He took a fancy to a shipping company, Mardi Shipping. According to the introduction, Mardi used to own several cruise ships and cargo ships, including ferries on the Mediterranean route, as well as from Italy to Spain and Morocco. , Tunisia, Malta routes.

But during World War II, all their ships were confiscated, and the company now has only two ferries. If the company wants to develop, it urgently needs to find people to invest.

Hardy still has a lot of free rounds and victory rounds in his hands, so he can invest a few boats here.

Hardy approached an official from the Commerce Department and said, Mr. Pierce, could you help me get in touch with someone from Mardi Shipping, I'd like to talk to them.

The people from the Ministry of Commerce were very happy. This was the first merchant willing to invest in shipping. They nodded and agreed, Of course there is no problem. I will inform them and they will be here within a day at most.

Just as the official from the Ministry of Commerce was about to leave, Hadi stopped him, Oh, there is another question. I want to invest in some luxury industries, but this list is not on the list. Could you please contact me individually?

Investing in luxury goods? The official was a little surprised.

At this time, the life of luxury goods companies is not easy, people are struggling to survive, and who is willing to buy luxury goods.

Of course, but are you sure you want to invest in the luxury industry? the official asked again.

Yes.

After the officials left, Andy and the president of Wells Fargo came to Hardy. Hardy looked at them and asked, Do you have a good business?

Andy said: I think Fiat is good, but they are very large. The Italian government intends to let Fiat acquire most domestic brands to revitalize the domestic auto industry, and there are also restrictions on external sales of shares, only 30% of the shares are released. Not only we are interested in him, but several companies are also interested in him.

Hardy knew that later Fiat was doing well.

What do you think?

My idea is to be able to acquire 5% of the best, about 30 million US dollars in funding. Andy Road.

Hardy nodded, Well, I support your opinion, so go ahead and try to acquire more.

As for the president of Wells Fargo, a small bank was in his sights.

This small bank has gone bankrupt and is headquartered in Rome, Milan, Naples, Florence, Venice, Turin, and Palermo, the capital of Sicily, the home of the Mafia, and has its own branches.

He wanted to buy the bank and become the Italian division of Wells Fargo.

If you think it's feasible, execute it, you are the president. Hardy said with a smile.

The next afternoon.

The people from the Mardi Shipping Company rushed to Rome and met Hardy at the hotel. The person who came was the current company president, Gerry Mardi, the second generation of the Mardi family.

Hello Mr. Hardy, I'm Grimaldi. The middle-aged man greeted Hardy with a smile on his face.

The two sat down and talked.

Grimaldi's meaning is very clear. They are willing to accept any form of investment. They have too little capital now and can only barely maintain it. It may take a long time to restore to the original state.

I have a batch of Liberty ships and Victory ships in my hands, both of which are bulk cargo ships. I have two plans, one is to lease them to you, and the other is to invest in the company as a cargo ship. Hadi said.

Now the only bargaining chip of Mardi Shipping Company is their management rights and routes, and Hadi Investment will definitely be the major shareholder.

In the end, Mardi came up with his own plan, based on the company's existing total assets as a price, and cooperated with Hadi. Hadi invested three freedom ships and two Victory ships, accounting for 66% of the shares, and leased 20 Liberty ships to Mardi Shipping at the same time. round and 10 victory rounds.

Since the company has no money, the lease payment can only be owed first.

I have to say that the boss Grimaldi is very shrewd, so he can not only keep enough shares, but also get enough ships, and instantly become the largest shipping company in the Mediterranean region.

Hardy sees through his plan, but agrees to it.

You feel like you have earned it.

Actually Hardy earns more than him.

Although the lease payment is owed first, it is not that they will not be paid. Those freighters will only rust when they stop at the port, and renting them out is equivalent to making money.

Hardy has another big shipping company in his hands.

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The Ministry of Commerce attaches great importance to Hardy's investment in luxury goods, but now they do not have a list.

How to do?

Finally, ask the Minister of Commerce for instructions.

The Minister of Commerce thought about an idea, Publish a message in the newspaper, saying that the chairman of the Hardy Group of the United States is going to invest in the Italian luxury goods industry. Those who are interested can call the Ministry of Commerce to register, and then leave your Ministry of Commerce's information. Call, the registration time is set within three days.”

Officials immediately went to the newspapers to release the news.

As soon as this news came out, ordinary Italians did not care, but those practitioners in the luxury goods industry had their thoughts.

The most powerful after the war was the United States.

The highest level of consumption is also in the United States.

Therefore, the luxury market is naturally the United States.

If they can enter the US market, it is definitely an excellent opportunity for these luxury brands, and the Hardy Group is a large group in the United States, which will greatly promote their industrial development.

Many luxury brands have called the Ministry of Commerce.

two days,

The Ministry of Commerce has prepared a list of more than 60 luxury brands in total, some of which are already well-known brands in Italy, and some are simply unknown.

It really made him guess right. Some of these luxury brands that signed up are really investing in deadlifts.

The list is in front of Hardy.

Mr. Hardy, this is the list we have compiled. You can see if there are any companies you plan to invest in. If there are, we have their contact information. You can ask their person in charge to come over, and you can discuss with them face to face.

Hardy picked up the list and looked.

Some of the names above are very unfamiliar, but there are also some names that are familiar to later generations.

see these names,

Hardy's heart couldn't help beating a few times.

If you invest in these brands now and invest 10,000 yuan, future generations may reap 100 million yuan in the future, let's see what names are there.

Bulgari.

Gucci.

fendi.

Prada.

Zegna.

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