Reborn Capital Empire

Chapter 425 Magic Universal Studios

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Although, Anping's acquisition of Unocal Petroleum has not yet been completed, and the final division of the company's two major power and oil businesses has not yet begun. But the division of Anping Commodity Trading Site has already begun. Apparently, there are now results.

After simply flipping through it, Guo Shouyun's face showed a look of satisfaction.

This trading website inherited from Enron has transformed from an original financial company into a B2B heavy-asset Internet company.

In addition to the commodity trading platform, the company also operates two major businesses of logistics and warehousing. At present, under the banner of the ruby ​​commodity trading website, it has 870,000 tons of cargo ships of various types, more than 5,000 trucks of various types, 17 cargo planes, 47 terminal berths in 21 countries, and 112 warehouses.

In 2003, the company's total assets were US$5.7 billion and liabilities were US$1.84 billion. Total revenue in February was $336 million and net profit was $42 million. There are also 12 kinds of transaction categories on the website, including oil, natural gas, electricity, liquefied petroleum gas, iron ore, pulp, wheat, soybeans, etc., and they have increased to corn, copper ore, coal, paper products, wood, freight , 39 kinds of plastic products. The registered members of the website have also grown from more than 1,000 to 27,000 worldwide.

Because they can ensure fairness as much as possible and avoid exploitation by large companies, small and medium-sized factory owners, miners and farmers are increasingly selling their commodities and looking for raw materials through ruby ​​commodity trading websites. Even the number of registered users of PayPal Business Edition as a third-party payment has grown several times.

Of course, commodity trading definitely involves finance, but this piece has been outsourced to Phoenix. Guo Shouyun hopes that the ruby ​​commodity trading website is just an Internet e-commerce company with heavy assets, not a financial company. He didn't want it to be the second Enron.

After spending a day reading the entire material and writing down his comments, Wang Jue sent it to John Roberts.

"boss!"

"Hmm!...Have you received the fax sent by Wang Jue?"

"I received it! But I haven't had time to read it yet!"

"I know, you can watch it after this call is over. There's still a lot of time."

"Yes!"

"I agree with your proposal to add a legal department under the ruby ​​commodity trading site. It's a very good measure, and you've done a good job."

"The boss won the prize. In fact, many users complained in the comment area that when they sold their products to foreign companies, the big law firms charged too much, and sometimes they were just consulting, and they had to pay a few hours per hour. Hundreds, or even thousands of dollars in legal fees. After investigation, in fact, the problems of many business owners are not complicated, but the cognitive barriers caused by the gap between countries have increased the cost of legal consultation.”

Guo Shouyun nodded in agreement. The popular point of this question is: In Huaxia, even ordinary commercial lawyers are very familiar with Huaxia's commercial laws. However, those who are familiar with American business law in China must be barristers with overseas backgrounds. The same principle applies to other countries as well.

"Our idea is to hire international law students to join our legal service platform on our website. They have no language barriers, and besides inexperience, they are sufficient to deal with ordinary legal consultation issues. The actual contract needs to be resolved, or When holding legal aid for business negotiations, we charge a certain service fee to help them connect with offline law firms. This not only improves our income, but also increases the service level and user stickiness of the website.”

"If people just ask for ordinary consultation, and then bypass us to contact offline law firms, wouldn't we have no income?"

"We can talk to the law firm, and they will give a 10% discount to the clients we provide. I believe this is enough for many users to let us provide intermediary services."

"Looks like you've really thought things through! Yes. But any seemingly perfect strategy will encounter all kinds of unexpected difficulties in its implementation. You need to be mentally prepared."

"clear!"

Guo Shouyun nodded and continued: "I'm calling you today, in addition to the question just now. I have one more thing to explain to you."

"You say?"

"Do you understand the forward contract?"

"learn!"

"In the future, in addition to managing the normal development of various businesses of the ruby ​​commodity trading website, you will also sign forward contracts with various oil and mining companies. The main categories are oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore, Six kinds of copper ore and gold."

Guo Shouyun originally wanted to talk about lead-zinc ore, tungsten ore, rare earth, titanium ore and other rare ores, but after thinking about it, other than gold, forget it. For things that are not originally produced, forward contracts are meaningless.

"The contract period is more than 1 year and less than 5 years; the company should be above the medium scale and try to avoid default."

"Understood. . . But, boss. Didn't you say the company doesn't get involved in the financial sector?"

"Of course. So, this time you just sign the contract. The signed forward contract will be resold to the Guo Family Wealth Trust. For each contract, the ruby ​​commodity trading website can get 5% of the profit after the expiration. reward."

"Boss, can you be taller?"

"Taller?" Guo Shouyun smiled, "Are you so sure that I can make money from it?"

"The boss's past achievements have explained a lot of problems, I can't help but believe it!" John Roberts flattered.

"Okay. If each contract can make more than 25% profit, I will give you a 3% net profit share!"

"Thank you boss. . . . How many forward contracts do you need for six commodities?"

"Unlimited! The more the better!" Guo Shouyun said without hesitation.

Anyway, in the next five years, whether it is oil, natural gas, iron ore, or coal, the prices are all going up. In addition, the forward contract does not require a deposit, and it is only necessary to deliver the money according to the contract after the contract expires.

In a seller's market situation, Guo Shouyun would not worry about running out of money to pay the bill as long as he listed the expired goods on the Ruby website.

"Boss, are you sure you're not joking?"

"When did you see me joking about serious business?" After a pause, Guo Shouyun pondered for a moment, "If you don't give you a specific number, you don't know what the goal of your efforts is. Well, $100 billion, You will sign me a forward contract with a total value of 100 billion US dollars. If you can complete this goal within one year, I will reward you with 5 million US dollars. If it is completed within two years, the reward will be halved, and it will be 500,000 within three years! Later, believe me, you will understand without saying anything."

John Roberts certainly understands that beyond three years there are no rewards, and even implicit penalties. For example: his ability will be doubted by Guo Shouyun, thus losing the possibility of continuing to move up.

"Boss, I must complete your task in the shortest time possible!"

"I believe in you. But you have to remember that your first responsibility is the CEO of the ruby ​​commodity trading website. The future development of the company is the first, and the forward contract is just an additional task. If you are delayed because of the latter The development of the company, even if you do well in this matter, you will lose points for me, do you understand?"

"Yes!"

John Roberts was bitter, the big boss was trying to squeeze every remaining value out of him. But there is no way, who made him a worker, and he is the boss. Besides, the rewards given by Guo Shouyun are also very generous. Enough to make him work for it.

After handing over the matter of the forward contract to John Roberts, and the two chatted for a while about the next development of the ruby ​​commodity trading website, Guo Shouyun hung up the phone.

After a night of silence, Guo Shouyun went out with his assistant and bodyguard after exercising, eating breakfast, and watching TV to learn about the current hot events in China.

The landmark of Magic Capital, the 37th floor of Jinmao International Building, is the temporary headquarters of Universal Studios in Huaxia. However, when Universal Studios is completed, it will be at least four years, or even five years later. As a company headquarters that will work here for at least four or five years, it naturally took a lot of effort to decorate it. At the very least, if you let people come in and take a look, it has the style of a big international company.

"The decoration is good, is this entire floor ours?" Guo Shouyun asked.

"The usable area of ​​a whole floor is 2,500 square meters, and we can't use that much. So we only rented half." Chris McLean said.

"What about the other half?"

"The other half was rented by Chanel!"

"Chanel?" Guo Shouyun said with great interest.

"Yes. They are planning to tap into the fast-growing Chinese market."

After Guo Shouyun nodded, he didn't ask any more questions and entered the office under the leadership of McClain.

"Boss, sit down!"

After he nodded and sat down, McClain turned on the projector next to him. Following his operation, a huge bird's-eye view appeared on the projector screen.

"This is Universal Studios Magic City?" Guo Shouyun asked curiously.

"Yes! This is an aerial view of Universal Studios."

While Guo Shouyun was examining, McClain manipulated the computer and explained the details of the entire project to the big boss through different expansion pieces.

"Magic City Universal Studios is located in Tang Town, Pu-Dong New Area. The project covers an area of ​​450 hectares, of which 250 hectares will be used for later expansion of new projects, and 200 hectares will be used for the construction of this Magic City Universal Studios. The total investment of the project is 5.8 billion. USD, the construction period is 5 years. The partners are the Magic City Government, China Youth Travel Service and Hong Kong Li Family. Among them, the Magic City Government, with land investment, accounts for 27% of the entire Magic City Universal Studios; China Youth Travel Group invested 8 billion Chinese yuan, 15.6% of the shares; the Li family invested 350 million US dollars, accounting for 7.4% of the shares; we invested 2.365 billion US dollars, accounting for 50% of the shares. At the same time, we have the management rights of the entire Magic City Universal Studios, and the remaining three have the right to supervise and advise ."

Guo Shouyun understands, "50% equity is very interesting."

"This is also something that can't be helped. Now, 50% of Huaxia's joint venture is the limit we can get. Unless there is a change in policy, it will be difficult for us to increase our shares."

Guo Shouyun, who was a Chinese in his last life, naturally understood that what McClain said was reality. But want to change the policy. At least ten years to wait.

"continue!"

After McLean nodded, "There are 13 different projects in Universal Studios, Hollywood 4D Theater, Water World, Jurassic World Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Jaws, Universal Wonderland. , The Mummy’s Revenge, Fast and Furious Adventures, as well as shopping at Diagon Alley, Shipwreck Island Food World, and Hogwarts Resort.”

Looking at the carefully designed and beautiful 3D renderings, Guo Shouyun nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, when will work start?"

"We still have to wait for the approval from the Huaxia Government Council. Once we get the approval, we will start work immediately."

"How about the capital and Singapore?"

"Singapore has already started construction. We have invested US$2.5 billion, accounting for 51% of the shares of Universal Studios Singapore. Temasek Holdings represents the Singapore government with land and US$900 million in cash, accounting for 49% of the shares, and the management rights are ours."

Guo Shouyun nodded, "It's a pity that it's too small."

"Singapore only has so much land, and it is their greatest ability to provide 48 hectares for us to build Universal Studios. Moreover, only part of the sea will be filled for these 48 hectares."

"What about the side of the capital?"

"The capital is still in the investigation stage."

"Is there a goal?"

"Yes! Shahe Town in Changping in the north, and Yizhuang in the south." After taking a look at Guo Shouyun, "When discussing within the company, I prefer Yizhuang. Because it is close to the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway, it is convenient for tourists from Tianjin to visit."

"Don't look at me. You can build it wherever you think is suitable. But one thing is that Universal Studios has a huge investment and a long construction period, so any decision must be made carefully."

"Yes!"

"There is one more point. For the two Universal Studios in Huaxia, it seems that the construction of the 200-hectare park is enough, and about 6 billion US dollars is enough. But don't forget, Huaxia's economy is developing rapidly, and labor costs , and material costs are constantly rising. Maybe after two or three years, the originally abundant funds will become tight or even insufficient. Therefore, it is necessary to explain the financing under special conditions at the beginning.

"Don't worry, we have already thought of this. It was also specifically noted when the contract was signed. There will be no problem."

"That's good! ... Has the expansion of Universal Studios Osaka started?"

"The construction has already started! It is very smooth, and it is expected that the expansion of the two new projects "Harry Potter" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be completed by the end of next year!"

After Guo Shouyun nodded, he stood up.

"Give a copy of the information about Universal Studios to Wang Jue."

"Yes!"

"Come on, take me to Tang Town!"

In his last life, Guo Shouyun worked and lived in Modu for nearly five years, and he had never been to Tangzhen. However, there is really nothing to see here. Similar to all the suburban towns in China in the early 21st century~www.wuxiaspot.com~ rapidly changing buildings, continuously widening streets, more and more people flow, and of course more and more serious pollution.

"After the project starts, we will build an eight-lane highway that leads directly to the urban area. It does not pass through the center of Tang Town."

Guo Shouyun nodded, the messy urban villages really affected the travel experience too much.

"Boss, here we are!"

Following McClain to get out of the car, Guo Shouyun saw a barren land with only a few weeds growing and most of it glowing white. Without McClain's introduction, Guo Shouyun also knew that this was a saline-alkali land. But it is also understandable. Universal Studios covers such a large area, if all the cultivated land is occupied, it would be too wasteful, and it would be troublesome to approve it. Moreover, the land transfer fee will also exceed Universal Studios' budget.

Standing here for a brief look, and then driving around the entire plot to check it out, Guo Shouyun left after he knew what to do.

"By the way, the officials of the magic city have vaguely revealed that they want to meet you. Do you think you will see them again?"

"When did I tell you?" Guo Shouyun asked after pondering for a while.

"last week!"

"Who is he?"

McClain confided a name that impressed him. ...

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