Reborn in the Tokyo Bubble Era

Fortunately, everything has been arranged by someone, so he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

After the four of them successfully passed the customs, they took their simple luggage, and Hona Jiang Yangshui was already chatting excitedly with Toshio Ogata.

It's funny that the same flight came over, or at about this time, and I heard a lot of neon people chatting excitedly in the airport.

The discussion is where to go to play first, where to buy things.

Most of them are middle-aged housewives, and the phenomenon of global shopping in the 80s of Neon Dama has already begun.

Tao Zhiming watched all this with interest, bought a local newspaper at the airport, and then saw the headlines on the front page reporting yesterday's earthquake in Los Angeles.

The disaster situation is average, no wonder the flights are normal.

"Chairman, can you understand everything?" Kumina Maehara admired it very much. Although she could understand it, she felt that the president read it very skillfully, chicly, and quickly.

Tao Zhiming laughed and said, "Just scan the titles casually."

He knows very little about the details of the United States in this era, which is also a way to get a feel for the atmosphere.

When I got outside, I saw Hector Thomson standing there, and another young man in a neat suit was holding a sign with handwritten neon characters on it: "Welcome Mr. Tao Dalang."

Hector saw Tao Zhiming from a long distance away, and yelled loudly: "Mr. Tao!"

Tao Zhiming walked over with a smile, shook hands with him and said, "Long time no see, Hector."

"Why do you only stay in Los Angeles for one day?" Hector walked side by side with him and said, "It's the first time I come to the United States, so I should arrange more time and have fun."

"There are a lot of things going on at Neon, next time. Hector, are KPMG people already in your company?"

"Sure enough, you are the neon people who have caused many companies in the United States to suffer. Aren't you tired? Don't you need to take a break first?"

Tao Zhiming laughed and said, "You also hope that this matter will be settled quickly, right? I will come to have a good time when I have more time later."

Walking outside the airport, Tao Zhiming was stunned for a moment when he saw the limousine parked by the side of the road, and then said with a smile, "Isn't this the beginning of experiencing your enthusiasm?"

Chapter 358: Rumi's Doctor

Tao Zhiming knew that Hector was using an extended limousine to show off his strength and ostentation. No matter what, although Tao Zhiming was a buyer on this trip, in the eyes of the rich second generation or even the third richest generation in the United States, Tao Zhiming was just an upstart after all. .

The interior of the carriage was custom-modified. Tao Zhiming and Hector sat in the wide seats at the back, Huona Jiang Yangshui and Ogata Toshio leaned against the front cab, and Maehara Kumina next to him was A female translator who can speak Neon.

The blond hair is fluffy, and the facial features are exquisite.Seeing Tao Zhiming pay attention to her, Hector blinked at him: "Mr. Tao, I heard from Tao, do you still want to buy a private jet from Gulfstream this time?"

The two communicated in English, Tao Zhiming nodded and said, "That's right, does Mr. Hector have any suggestions?"

"I'm not very interested in private jets. Compared with yachts, private jets are still too small. I like things with more space."

Tao Zhiming looked at the car with a smile and said: "Indeed, this car has a lot of space. If it weren't for the relatively narrow streets with neon lights, parking would be difficult, but you can buy one. By the way, I read in the newspaper that there was an earthquake yesterday, isn’t it serious?”

"It's level 6. I heard that a few people died, but overall it's fine." Hector didn't take it seriously, "Mr. Tao lives in Neon, and he is very concerned about earthquakes."

"Yes. But I don't know if there will be aftershocks. I might as well finish the business here today and go directly to New York with the private jet provided by Gulfstream."

Hector froze for a moment: "I invited many friends tonight, how can Mr. Tao not let me give you a good welcome?"

"This trip is in a hurry. Don't you have to go to Yidali later? It's good to meet with the fashion media friend you helped me contact at noon."

Tao Zhiming didn't come out to play, and if the schedule is in a hurry, it doesn't make much sense to know too many people.If you are in a hurry, it is better to concentrate on doing things.

What he wanted to deepen his impression was the accounting firm known as KPMG after the merger just this year.

Since the leader of the United States that initiated the "Star Wars" came to power, many policies in the United States have begun to loosen.One of the manifestations is that the power of finance continues to increase.And investment and mergers and acquisitions are one of the best means under the leadership of capital. Now the wave of mergers and acquisitions in the United States is gradually booming.

Tao Zhiming will work in the United States in the future, at least for the first ten years or so, and he will be able to use KPMG's services.

When I arrived at Hector's group company, I looked up and there were nearly 20 floors, with the name of his family company hanging on the top, which reminded Tao Zhiming of another top leader who likes to name buildings with his own name.

It seems that the guy is quite famous now.

After entering the elevator, Tao Zhiming said again: "The petrochemical industry has been greatly affected by the oil crisis, right?"

Hector is a bit embarrassed, which is why he wants to get rid of the foundation of the family business laid by his father.

"Yeah, the cost is getting higher and higher now."

"But your corporate tax has been lowered a lot."

Hector shook his head: "Where is that enough? I'm thinking about how to transform."

Tao Zhiming recalled his previous thoughts and asked with a smile: "If you want to transform, can you still spend so much money for financial investment?"

"That's also an attempt at transformation." Hector laughed, and then said seriously, "If you really have such strong financial investment capabilities, you should go to New York. How about it? How about we set up a business in New York together?" fund company?"

"I haven't considered it yet." Tao Zhiming shook his head calmly.

"...Tao said, you want to build a yacht home port in Tokyo." Hector felt that it would be a pity if he relied on finance to make so much money and not focus on this direction. "Are you really so optimistic about the yacht industry?"

"You won't go back on your word, will you?" Tao Zhiming didn't want to talk too much about other topics, so he joked along with his question.

"How could it be?" Hector thought to himself that, regardless of the loan debt, 5000 million yuan is simply beyond expectations, so there is no way to regret it.

When he arrived at his president's floor, Tao Zhiming met Baron Berger, a senior account manager from KPMG.

"Mr. Tao, I have been looking forward to meeting you formally." Baron Berger was very enthusiastic, and then introduced a girl next to him, "Alyssa Mason, she has been in contact with Mr. Zhao before."

Tao Zhiming nodded, shook hands with this petite girl, and said with a smile: "It was hard work for you to help us handle a lot of business back then."

"It's my honor, and I'm happy to serve you." Alyssa then chatted with Kumina Maehara skillfully, and they matched up after they had only been in contact on the phone before.

Barron raised his spirits. Although the other party contacted them at first and asked them to help register a company called BRAVO PEACH, at that time Alisa said that the structure requested by the other party was very professional, and it might be a very powerful company. .

This time it came true, and the deal was a merger and acquisition with a price of 5000 million yuan, and it is said that there are other businesses this time.

Baron was looking forward to it, so he took the initiative to say: "We have finished the financial audit of RIVA yachts. Mr. Tao, here are the details of RIVA."

Tao Zhiming nodded, sat there and flipped through the thick booklet, saw that the left page was the English version, and the right page was the corresponding neon version, he said with a smile: "Mr. Barron put his heart into it."

"This is what we should do." Barron smiled professionally, and said, "We, KPMG, serve global clients and attach great importance to clients' needs."

Tao Zhiming looked at it seriously.

RIVA's yacht factories are all located in Yidali, while there is only one office in the United States, which is responsible for sales and publicity in the American market.

KPMG also attached in detail the current team composition of the US office, each person's resume and salary in the information.

The core team consisted of four people, and Tao Zhiming also saw a Xia Guoren named Xu Guoping.Looking at his resume, he is now 33 years old and graduated from Stanford with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 83.Before that, I came to study abroad from China in 80. It seems that I stayed outside and did not go back.

He is the manager of the after-sales department in RIVA's Mizhou office. He has a doctorate in mechanical engineering. Maybe he came to the chemical group of the Hector family at first, but he was sent to the yacht department to take care of after-sales maintenance?

Although it is said to be a small leader, it is a bit outrageous.

Tao Zhiming didn't know this person well yet, and didn't have too many thoughts in his heart.

He continued to look at RIVA's asset status, the personnel at the factory in Yidali, the annual expenditure, and the total sales revenue, and then said meaningfully: "Mr. Hector, for such a company, you actually offered me a price 1.2 million yuan?"

Hector was very thick-skinned, and laughed and said: "I didn't know Mr. Tao well at that time, and I wanted to see your strength. Besides, that was the price for me to bear all the debts. But you see, I just didn't If you are interested in managing this company, its foundation and strength are still very strong.”

Tao Zhiming shook his head helplessly, and after reading all the materials, he said: "Since we have agreed, I will not discuss the price with you again. For the income of about 1000 million yuan, I will give it to you as a friend. So Say Mr. Hector, what will happen in the United States later, I will not speak to you politely."

"Mr. Tao is so refreshing!" Hector was very happy, "As long as I can help, I will definitely not refuse."

"Then sign the agreement of intent first, and start the formal procedures." Tao Zhiming looked at Barron, "Mr. Barron has to work hard, and in addition, you need to go to Yidali with us to carry out the factory. investigation of the actual situation."

"Mr. Tao, please rest assured that KPMG will definitely complete this acquisition case beautifully." Seeing that he was determined to advance this acquisition case, Baron was only happy.After all, if the project is successful, the final service reward is completely different.

Tao Zhiming looked at his watch and said, "The core personnel of RIVA in the US are also here, right?"

"Of course, I have specially recalled them, if you need to know anything from them."

"Then I would like to see you. There is still some time before the luncheon."

After changing to a conference room, Tao Zhiming and Huona Jiangyangshui passed together.

Not long after, Hector led four people in.Their faces were rather disturbed, obviously they already knew the boss's decision, and they didn't know where their future would go.However, if the boss is changed, people in their position are the most likely to be replaced. After all, others need to use their own people to control the company.

If you suddenly lose your job, the bill pressure will suddenly increase.

The only one with an oriental face among the four was stunned when he saw Tao Zhiming and Huona Jiangyangshui, and then realized something, with a calm expression.

"This is the new owner of RIVA, Chairman Tao." Hector introduced it, and then said to them, "As for the company's situation, please tell Mr. Tao truthfully. This should be an important interview, too. gentlemen?"

"more or less."

After Hector left the meeting room, Tao Zhiming took a look at the four people one by one.Seeing unavoidable apprehension and tension in their eyes, Tao Zhiming smiled and said, "Don't worry, the work will continue."

The four breathed a sigh of relief. The director of the Mizhou office was Daniel Riley, a white man in his 40s. He said, "Chairman, what do you need to know? I can answer it."

"Let's start with the personal situation first. It is more important to understand the abilities of the four of you."

Tao Zhiming has already begun to bury some clues on the American side, and people are actually needed in the future.Although these four people failed to help Hector fully open up the US market, they at least have personal ability to be able to hold the leadership position now.

As if getting to know the four of them, he chatted about their age, background, experience, and hobbies, making the atmosphere a little more relaxed.

Daniel Riley has always been doing sales. He has a lot of experience in the United States. Before joining Hector's group, he also sold insurance. backbone.

In addition, the person in charge of brand marketing is a person who jumped from an advertising company. It is said that he likes surfing, diving and other water-related sports very much, so he was recruited by Hector.

When it was Xu Guoping's turn, I only listened to his introduction: "I am in charge of the after-sales technology on the Mizhou side. I am mainly responsible for solving the yacht technical problems encountered by customers. R & D and manufacturing departments to provide advice, participate in some research work."

Tao Zhiming smiled and asked, "Are you an overseas student from Xia Guo? Have you got your green card yet?"

"...Now it's a work visa." After Xu Guoping said this, he added earnestly, "Chairman, I don't think we should put too much energy on small yachts for middle-class families now. Now we should focus on the design of luxury yachts." , performance and new technology to catch up with the pace, high-end yachts are the source of profit."

Tao Zhiming was noncommittal, and looked at him meaningfully.

He only holds a work visa and has not yet received a green card.For international students like him, who want to apply for a green card in the United States, they need the help of the company to apply.If he gets laid off a lot, he has to start all over again.

Therefore, he is expressing his own opinions here, and if he wants to make a breakthrough in the direction of luxury yachts, technical investment is naturally indispensable.In this case, the importance of him, a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford, is greatly enhanced.

Tao Zhiming asked, "Are you married?"

Xu Guoping paused for a moment before saying, "I have a girlfriend."

"Where are you from?"

"In New Jersey."

Tao Zhiming continued to ask casually to understand his current situation.I found a local girl who was unemployed and 10 years younger than him.

The 33-year-old Xu Guoping now earns less than 6 yuan a year. In fact, according to the standards of the United States, he has properly entered the threshold of the middle class.With his income, there is no pressure to raise a little girl.

Tao Zhiming didn't show that he took him too seriously, and then asked the last girl who was the sales manager.This woman was pretty, and she seemed very enthusiastic and unrestrained. After a few words, she said that everyone invited the new boss to dinner at night.

"There are other arrangements today." Tao Zhiming calmly refused, and then said, "It will take some time for the acquisition of RIVA. Before that, everyone can continue with the current work with peace of mind. You have to report to Yangshui first."

I agreed with Tao Yaren that after the acquisition of RIVA, he will be in charge of the management. Tao Zhiming just wanted to see if there are any available people in RIVA's current team.

Later, he found out that the available person was actually himself, because Huona Jiangyangshui's English was bad, and Tao Zhiming needed to translate how to communicate with these people.

"How about this, Xu Guoping, as an alumnus of Stanford, you should be able to find a suitable person through the alumni organization? Responsible for finding a neon language translator for the US office first, and pay according to the market price."

When Xu Guoping heard Tao Zhiming say this, he was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Okay!"

The other three could not help but look at him.

The company has changed, the boss is an oriental, and Xu Guoping from Xiaguo seems to be the first to get attention.

Chapter 359: The Neon Man Waving Money

It soon proved that the new boss really looked at Xu Guoping differently.

Because after meeting with them, the new boss told him to wait here in the afternoon, and then he planned to go to New York with the new boss.

"Xu, congratulations." Daniel was a little sour, "Did I say that a long time ago? You are a Ph.D. student from Stanford, and you will definitely be taken seriously."

Although Xu Guoping was very happy in his heart, he still said modestly and low-key as usual: "Didn't the boss say it? Now everyone doesn't have to worry about being laid off directly."

"What do you think you're going to do in New York?"

"I don't know." Xu Guoping was telling the truth, but he didn't want to guess first.

It is necessary to work hard in front of the new boss, but now I can't figure out what he means. It is not good to show your sharpness to colleagues, especially the former boss.

Having experienced the Xia Kingdom in the 70s to the top universities in the United States, and experiencing many difficulties in foreign countries after leaving school, he is no longer young.

Moreover, the age of 33 does not allow him to be young and arrogant.

"Let's go to the nearby Yidali restaurant for lunch to celebrate that we have temporarily saved our jobs." Daniel suggested, "Xu, you made such a suggestion today, do you see the purpose of the boss's acquisition of RIVA? We have to Talk more!"

It was rare for Xu Guoping to feel that his colleagues were more enthusiastic about him than before. After thinking about it, he said, "Actually, I think our crisis is not over yet. Director Daniel, maybe we need to work hard during this time, so that 10 There will be a more beautiful answer sheet this month, which proves our efforts."

Four people worried about the future prepare for a serious meeting in a restaurant.

And Xu Guoping first took the time to make a phone call with his girlfriend, and said, "Jenny, are you okay?"