Rebirth of the Financial Crisis Sweeping the World

Then Wang Guanxi called Andrew and his daughter and asked, I plan to build Crown Manor and surround all 30,000 acres of land.

After all, such a large ranch requires a lot of animals. Wang Guanxi doesn't want these animals to run around, and he doesn't like others to break into his private estate. He needs a fence, a huge fence.

At the same time, we are building a training base in the wild area. Do you have any good construction companies to recommend?

Andrew Jr. said: In Ohio, just hire some workers to install it. Just use wood and wire, and use the machine to directly form a fence.

As for construction companies, there are many in Ohio, and construction companies can bid for them.

As for the fence, it's very simple. Just surround it with barbed wire. It can be done by hiring a dozen American farmers. There are robotic vehicles specially used to install fences.

But for the Umbrella Company's training base, a specialized construction company is needed.

Wang Guanxi said: Little Andrew, I hope that the fences and umbrella bases will be built by professional builders.

Old Andrew said: Now that the real estate market has collapsed, many construction companies are having a hard time. If we bid for them now, we will definitely save a lot of costs.

In fact, he also knows many executives of construction companies. Life is very difficult now, and the real estate industry in the United States is in dire straits.

Although he also wants to help his friends and give them orders, the person who helps him tide over the difficulties and prevents him from filing for bankruptcy is BOSS Wang Guanxi, so now he wants to save money with BOSS and make BOSS trust him in his heart. Improve some.

After all, their father and daughter were able to become managers of the Crown Ranch, and their salary was higher than his net income from operating the ranch for a year, all because of Jennifer Lawrence. You must know that the boss was not familiar with their father and daughter.

Now is the time to express yourself and do your best.

Then Old Andrew continued: BOSS, I promise to minimize the cost of building the ranch.

Wang Guanxi smiled and said: I don't need a bidding method. This bidding will inevitably cause the builder's profits to be compressed, which will lead to a lack of rigorous quality.

This is my own large ranch, private property. I want to turn it into a huge manor, and some infrastructure must be built in it to facilitate management.

After all, this 121 square kilometers of pasture is extremely vast.

Moreover, the mansion in the ranch still needs to be expanded.

Wang Guanxi needs the most professional and best construction company to contract this project.

Little Andrew then said: BOSS, then we can find the four major construction companies in the United States!

There are four major homebuilders in the United States: Horton Homes, Pulte Homes, Sandax Homes, and Lennar Homes.

These four companies are well-known in the United States, but the real estate collapse and economic crisis caused the four construction companies to suffer heavy losses and their stock prices fell into mud.

Now they should be very happy to accept this big order.

Wang Guanxi asked: Which builder is the best?

Old Andrew quickly said: BOSS, the best construction company in the United States should belong to the American Horton Housing Company. Their quality should be the best, and the houses they sell should also have the highest sales volume.

This construction company is one of the four largest real estate companies in the United States. It was established in 1978 and is headquartered in Texas.

Although the company is the latest to be established among the four major real estate companies in the United States,

But it is the fastest-expanding company. In just over 20 years, it has completed the path that the other three companies have taken in 50 years.

The company currently operates in 74 cities in 25 states in the United States.

The company's founder, Donald Horton, is very strict about quality and extremely demanding, and is well-known in the industry.

BOSS, the Horton family once bought a lot of Angus cattle from my ranch. I know them.

Wang Guanxi said: Then call the Horton family. We want to build a training base with the best overall quality, manor villas, and ranch facilities.

The Umbrella Company's headquarters will be placed in the wild area of ​​the ranch, the manor's villas also need to be expanded, and the ranch's infrastructure also needs to be built. This is a huge order.

Old Andrew felt that the Horton family would definitely be very grateful to him this time, and maybe buy a lot of Angus cattle on the ranch.

He immediately called Donald Horton, the founder of the Horton family.

Although old Andrew was just a small rancher, and Donald Horton was a wealthy man in the United States, there was a huge gap in status between the two, but Donald Horton remembered him.

The two made a deal once and left their phone numbers. Although they have no contact, they still have an impression.

After the call was connected, before Andrew Sr. could speak, Donald Horton on the other end of the phone said, Are you Mr. Andrew, a rancher in Ohio?

I remember when I was in Ohio, I bought 20 Angus cattle from your ranch!

At that time, Horton Housing Company specially bought 20 Angus cattle to celebrate the construction workers in Ohio. They bought them from Andrew's ranch at that time. The memory is still fresh in their minds, and everyone got to know each other.

Then Andrew also specifically bought a house built by Horton Homes in Columbus.

Speaking of which, Horton Housing Company made more money.

You sell me 20 cows, and I'll sell you a house in the city.

Old Andrew didn't talk too much about Angus cattle and said straight to the point: Mr. Horton, my boss plans to give your company a big order.

When Donald Horton heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. Now the real estate market is collapsing!

Previously announced new home sales fell to an all-time low!

Horton Housing's market value has shrunk a lot again.

The current stock price is nearly US$6 per share, with a market value of US$2.16 billion. He holds 13% of the equity, which is still worth US$280 million. It is a huge loss in value.

You must know that in 2007, the company's market value was US$10.8 billion, and he was worth more than US$1.3 billion at that time.

Now he is confused. Horton Housing Company needs to pay a lot of money every day, and the house cannot be sold. He is anxious.

In particular, the company's shareholders put pressure on him, which annoyed him. Of course, he didn't need to pay attention to it, because although he only held 13% of the equity of Holden Housing Company, due to the dual-class share structure, he had 10 votes per share. He holds 60% of the voting rights in the company and firmly controls the company.

Although he has the final say in the company, the company is currently short of money, orders, and customers to buy houses.

Now there are big orders, can you be unhappy?

Then he asked: Mr. Andrew, who is your boss?

Old Andrew quickly said: Oh, my boss just became the largest rancher in Ohio and bought 30,000 acres of land. If you read the news, you should know this.

When Donald Horton heard this, he was immediately surprised.

He also watched the news, which was a sensation all over the United States for one day!

A mysterious rich man bought a large amount of land for US$75 million!

Don’t you know it’s an economic crisis now?

Real estate is falling, land prices are falling, and he bought 30,000 acres of land at a premium of 40%.

This kind of operation was simply unbelievable to him.

This mysterious rancher owns 30,000 acres of land, a 30-minute drive from Columbus.

He feels Columbus's population may change in the future.

Especially now, these 30,000 acres of pasture require a lot of construction, which is undoubtedly a huge order.

Then he said, Andrew, can I talk to your boss on the phone? I want to talk to him in person.

Okay, my boss Xin Wang Old Andrew said briefly and handed the phone to Wang Guanxi.

Hello, Mr. Wang

Hello, Mr. Holden

Donald Horton was shocked when he heard such a young voice on the phone!

The largest rancher in Ohio is also the new owner of Huntington Bank!

Donald Horton sighed and said: Mr. Wang, I didn't expect you to be so young. It really shocked me. I didn't expect that the boss of Huntington Bank and the largest rancher in Ohio would be so young.

Wang Guanxi smiled and said, Mr. Holden, it's nothing. There are so many young rich people in the world.

Donald Horton smiled and said: Mr. Wang, rich people like you are very rare. The media says you are in finance?

Finance is very profitable.

Well, yes Wang Guanxi smiled and said: It's just to make a little money.

Donald Horton: You must be a financial genius. I'm losing money doing stocks.

Wang Guanxi smiled and said, Mr. Holden, you are also self-made. Everyone has their own strengths.

Haha, that's right. Donald Horton made his fortune from the bottom. He used to sell real estate. With only 3,000 US dollars in principal on hand, he successfully persuaded the bank to lend him 30,000 US dollars, and then established his own company in 1978.

The first house he built sold for $43,500.

With this money, he quickly built two houses. In this way, Donald Horton made the snowball grow bigger and bigger.

During this period, he continued to make mergers and acquisitions and formed alliances, making the company bigger and bigger.

Although his shares continue to be diluted, he holds 60% of the voting rights and firmly controls the company.

At this time, Wang Guanxi said: This time I plan to build a headquarters base like Blackwater Company in my Crown Ranch, expand the manor villa in the ranch, and then improve the infrastructure and make the entire The ranch is fenced to create a truly private property that I don’t want anything to intrude on.”

When Donald Horton heard this, he was immediately excited. This was definitely a big deal, it could be said to be a big project.

Mr. Wang, I am here at the headquarters of Ford Motor Company. I will take the team to Columbus right now. Our company has a special private jet and will be there soon!

Ford Motor Company is headquartered in Michigan, which is also next to Ohio and a short flight away.

good!

Then Donald Horton said goodbye to the current head of the Ford family and caught a plane.

At 8 pm on February 3, Donald Horton, his son Tom Horton, and his team of engineers came to Wang Guanxi’s ranch.

Wang Guanxi specially arranged a sumptuous outdoor barbecue to entertain Horton and his son.

Mr. Holden, please

Okay, Mr. Wang. Donald Horton didn't forget to introduce his son Tom Horton.

Mr. Wang, this is my son Tom Horton, who is currently working as a senior construction engineer at Horton Housing Company

Wang Guanxi: Hello, Mr. Holden

Hello, Mr. Wang. Tom Horton was very polite.

Then everyone sat down, and wine and food were served one after another.

I had Angus beef.

Many people must be very familiar with Angus cattle. It doesn’t matter if they are not familiar. Many people must know the marbled muscles.

Angus cattle are relatively famous in the world. They are an ancient small beef cattle breed and a black hornless cattle breed. The earliest Angus cattle came from the counties of Aberdeen, Angus and Kincardine in the United Kingdom, and because of this The place got its name.

The first person to breed Angus cattle in the world was Scotsman Hugh Watson. Watson lived in Angus, Scotland, and was a very good at choosing black hornless cattle, so later this kind of cattle was called Called Angus.

Watson has two famous cows, one male is called Old Jock, his original English name is Old Jock, and he was born in 1842. The other female was called Old Granny, whose original English name was Old Granny. She was born in 1824 and lived to be 35 years old and gave birth to 29 calves.

The vast majority of registered Angus cattle in the world are descendants of these two cattle.

In the world, most of the major cattle-raising countries raise Angus cattle, which is one of the main cattle breeds in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Argentina.

Angus cattle account for 13% of the total beef cattle population in the United States.

Wang Guanxi's ranch mainly raises Angus cattle.

Holden and his son were full of praise for what they ate. Even if Old Holden ate an undercooked piece, he swallowed it forcefully.

Then drink heavily!

The same goes for little Holden.

Both father and son are very generous.

Wang Guanxi, Luo Baowen, Zhang Xiaolei, Jennifer Lawrence, and little Andrew also ate deliciously. This Angus beef is so delicious.

The meat is juicy, tender, full of meaty aroma, rich in taste, mellow and chewy, enough to kill other ordinary beef in an instant.

At this time, little Holden, who was eating meat, asked: Mr. Wang, does your umbrella company plan to build a training base like Blackwater Company?

Wang Guanxi nodded: Well, yes, I plan to build the Umbrella Company's headquarters based on the base of Blackwater Company's headquarters, and there will also be a base underground.

The manor's villas also need to be expanded, and facilities need to be built underground.

The entire ranch also needs good infrastructure and fences... Wang Guanxi said a lot.

Little Holden was a senior engineer, and while chatting with Wang Guanxi, a blueprint was formed in his mind.

You guys eat first, I'll take people to draw the blueprint first.

Wang Guanxi and others were stunned.

It's okay, Mr. Holden, there's no rush to do it tomorrow.

Now that I've finished drinking, I'm rich in inspiration. I'm afraid I'll forget it when I wake up.

After saying that, he took the team to get busy.

Old Holden smiled and said: Mr. Wang, he has such a temper. When doing engineering design, he doesn't care about anything and devotes himself wholeheartedly.

Wang Guanxi smiled and said: Mr. Holden is an outstanding talent.

Old Holden smiled and said: I plan to train him well so that he can take over in the future!

Wang Guanxi added: This time I plan to invest 50 million US dollars to build everything in the ranch. I hope you can build my private property well!

Old Horton promised: Mr. Wang, don't worry, we will do our best for you!

Time passed quickly.

The next day, February 4, Little Horton and his team worked out the rough blueprint design model overnight.

Wang Guanxi was very satisfied and transferred US$50 million directly from Fund No. 1 to the Crown Trust Fund. Adding the previous US$11 million, the total amount was US$61 million.

Wang Guanxi said: You build another airstrip, a helipad, and the lower base is deeper. I am adding an additional US$10 million, for a total of US$60 million!

Holden and his son suddenly became even more excited!

Call Horton Housing Company's engineering and construction team in Columbus that day, and construction will start that day!

The remaining US$1 million of the Crown Trust Fund is the operating capital of the ranch. Originally, there were many cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens and ducks on the ranch, and many other agricultural products were also grown. .

These were all present in the ranch when the ranch was originally purchased!

A large amount of agricultural products will be sold soon, and the entire ranch will have a lot of income.

Of course it won't be much. The cost of maintaining the ranch is still ok. Basically, Wang Guanxi doesn't need to worry about the operation of the ranch.

And this 1 million US dollars will be used to buy some wild animals to raise.

At this time, Old Holden's phone rang. It was Bill Ford, the head of the Ford family.

The Ford Family Foundation owns stock in Horton Homes and plans to sell it.

Holden Lao asked Bill Ford not to sell it for the time being. If he sold it now, the stock price would fall a lot, which would be detrimental to his loans as pledged equity.

The Ford Family Foundation is very short of money and needs to sell stocks. Now everyone is unhappy.

After ending the phone call, Old Holden complained: The Ford family is short of money, so they might as well sell control of the Ford company that is facing bankruptcy.

The Ford Family Foundation currently holds 3.3% of Ford Motor Company's shares. Because of Ford's dual-class stock design, the Ford family holds B shares, each of which has a very large number of voting rights and holds 3.3% of the shares. However, Controls 40% of Ford's voting rights.

Other public shareholders hold A shares, which together hold up to 60% of the voting rights.

The Ford company has always been firmly in the hands of the Ford family.

The Ford family would also make a lot of money if they sold control of Ford.

The Ford Foundation is planning to sell off my company's shares. I hope they will consider it again.

Wang Guanxi became interested and said: Old Mr. Holden, I plan to invest in your Holden Housing Company. How many shares of Holden Housing Company does the Ford Family Fund intend to sell?

The share price of Horton Housing Company is US$7 per share. The total share capital is 360 million shares. The market value is now US$2.52 billion. In the future, its market value will exceed US$36 billion.

It is the largest construction company in the United States by market value.

It’s not a bad investment now.

A tenfold increase would be great. When real estate recovers, there will be a lot of dividends every day. By then, this dividend will be able to cover the expenses of the foundation.

Old Horton suddenly said excitedly: Mr. Wang, your Ford Family Foundation owns 20 million shares of Horton Housing Company. If you want to buy it, you may need to buy it at the market price, which will cost US$140 million!

Wang Guanxi smiled and said: No problem, you can inform the Ford Family Foundation.

Then Holden Sr. called Bill Ford, the head of the Ford family.

The other party also agreed to sell 20 million shares of Horton Housing Company for $140 million.

So Wang Guanxi personally chatted with Bill Ford, the head of the Ford family. Wang Guanxi asked tentatively: Mr. Ford, are you interested in selling control of Ford? I am willing to buy your 3.3% Ford shares at a high price. Car company Class B shares!”

The Ford family only holds 3.3% of the equity of Ford Motor Company, but has 40% of the voting rights and firmly controls the company. Wang Guanxi wants to build a consortium and is interested in Ford Motor Company. After all, it is a Fortune 500 company!

Although the purchase and holding ratio is very small, Wang Guanxi controls a Fortune 500 company.

But Ford Motor Company is the glory of the Ford family, and Bill Ford immediately rejected Wang Guanxi's acquisition request.

Wang Guanxi said: I will offer three times the price!

Today, Ford's stock price has fallen to shit, with a market value of 8 billion U.S. dollars, and a 3.3% stake, based on the market price, is worth 264 million U.S. dollars. If Wang Guanxi spends three times the price, that is 792 million U.S. dollars.

However, Bill Ford still refused: Mr. Wang, Ford Motor Company is the glory of our Ford family, and I will not sell it!

Last year, when the market value of Ford Motor Company was US$32 billion, his sister told him that she suggested selling control of the company, but he did not choose to sell.

Now that the market value has shrunk to US$8 billion, it is even more impossible to sell control of Ford Motor Company.

Wang Guanxi said regretfully, Okay then, I will buy the shares of Holden Housing Company from your Ford Family Foundation!

Then Wang Guanxi transferred US$40 million from Fund No. 1 to the Crown Charitable Foundation. Including the previous US$100 million, the total was US$140 million.

At night, the Ford family came to the Crown Manor!

Bill Ford didn't come, but his daughter, Alexandra Ford Ingrid.

Just call it Ford Ingrid!

Then everyone signed an agreement, and the Crown Charitable Foundation purchased 20 million shares of Holden Housing Company stock held by the Ford Foundation for US$140 million.

At this moment, Wang Guanxi’s Crown Charitable Foundation became a shareholder of the largest construction company in the United States, holding 5.5% of the shares!

Horton Housing's future market value will be as high as US$36 billion, and it has already locked in a return of US$1.85 billion, not counting future dividends.

Ms. Ford, we enjoy working together.

Ford Ingrid was shocked by Wang Guanxi's age, especially because he was so handsome, which really shocked her, who had not yet graduated from college.

She is a girl with both beauty and intelligence. She has a good background, studies well, looks pretty, and has a sense of superiority. But now her sense of superiority has been directly crushed by this person of the same age, and she can no longer be superior.

This is the first time I have seen such a boy, he is so amazing.

Then she asked: Are you the boss of Huntington Bank?

“The largest rancher in Ohio?”