Chapter 177 Mansion
Chapter 177 Mansion
"Did you get any inside information?!" Han Meiyan's voice suddenly became sharp on the phone and she asked loudly.
"What insider information did you get?" An Rusong said with a smile. "Didn't I tell you before that DFJ arranged a financial supervisor to come to the company to conduct a prudent investigation? When he talked about the issue of the $5000 million investment, he gave me a private suggestion."
"What suggestions?" Han Meiyan asked impatiently.
"It's hard to explain over the phone," An Rusong turned the steering wheel, avoiding a slow-moving Honda in front of him, and changed lanes, while continuing to talk to Han Meiyan, "I'll talk to you later when I get to your place."
"Then let's go to my place tonight," Han Meiyan set a time directly. This woman has always been so concerned about money.
"Okay, okay, I'll be there tonight around six o'clock," An Rushong said perfunctorily.
"Then six o'clock, it's settled," Han Meiyan emphasized again before hanging up the phone.
Seeing the phone hang up, An Rushong smiled and focused his attention on driving. At this moment, the car had entered Fangbei Cave and was not far from the villa that Wen Qihe mentioned.
He did not lie to Han Mi-yeon during the phone call just now, because in the next six months, the Korean won will face a sharp depreciation, and the depreciation may exceed 30%.
Han Mi-yeon said on the phone that she had a friend who worked at a foreign exchange bank, who suggested that she transfer the U.S. dollars in her overseas account to South Korea and exchange them for Korean won at the foreign exchange bank. The advantage of doing so was that the foreign exchange bank had a special "spot buying price" that could help her make a small profit.
This so-called "spot purchase price" is probably the price used by the exchange bank to absorb US dollar foreign exchange. Currently, the exchange rate of the Korean won to the US dollar is 1049 won to 1 US dollar. If you can get this special "price", the exchange rate may be 1100 won to 1 US dollar. So if Han Mi-yeon uses US dollars to exchange won at the exchange bank, she can earn an extra 1 won for 51 US dollar.
This ratio may not seem like much, but if the amount of US dollars exchanged is large, the difference that can be earned will be quite attractive.
But the problem now is that the Korean won is about to face the risk of devaluation. To be precise, a large amount of capital is fleeing South Korea, and these capital outflows are in the form of US dollars, so they are draining South Korea's US dollar foreign exchange reserves.
Because this capital flight has just begun and is not obvious, the outside world has not felt it deeply. For ordinary people, they can't even feel anything. The exchange rate fluctuations that are truly displayed to the public are also extremely unobvious and can easily be covered up by the complex information.
But unlike ordinary people, those large financial institutions can still feel the changes. For example, the Foreign Exchange Bank introduced this special "spot purchase price" policy in order to absorb more US dollar foreign exchange in order to cope with the risk of US dollar foreign exchange being drained step by step.
In the phone call just now, An Rushong told Han Meiyan that the relevant information was revealed to him by the financial supervisor of Defengjie Company stationed in NGN, which was also not a lie, well, at least not a complete lie.
The financial supervisor of DFJ advised An Rusong to apply for a large loan from a local bank in South Korea to invest in the construction of a data center. As for the US$7500 million that DFJ and Apple had invested in NGN, it should not be used for the time being.
After four or five months, which will be the spring of next year, various construction projects can be carried out. By that time, the exchange rate of the Korean won will have dropped to a low point, and An Rushong can use US dollars to repay the Korean won loan. The difference in price will allow NGN to make a lot of money.
However, such an operation would attract a lot of hatred, especially in a place like South Korea. If someone wanted to discredit An Rushong or NGN, this operation would be a good topic. Once exposed, An Rushong would get into trouble.
Therefore, out of this concern, An Rushong did not accept the financial supervisor's proposal. However, he did plan to deposit the US dollar investments from DFJ and Apple in the company's account and take advantage of the exchange rate difference.
As an international investment bank, DFJ's information is undoubtedly sharp. With the support of this investment bank, An Rusong is able to obtain a lot of financial insider information. This incident is a good example.
On Dongguang Road, at the foot of the mountain near Frost Grass Park, An Rushong parked his car in front of a villa courtyard covered with dead leaves.
He sat in the driver's seat of the car and squinted at the house number on the gray wall. Yes, it was the villa listed on the business card. Judging from the dead leaves piled in front of the villa, no one had lived here for some time.
He pushed the door open and got out of the car, then walked to the gate on the outer wall of the villa.
The gate is a remote-controlled sliding door, a fence-style door. The iron pillars on the door should be solid and feel very heavy.
The fence gate was painted light blue, and although the ground in front of the gate was covered with dead leaves, the entire iron gate looked very new, with no signs of paint stains.
An Rushong took a look inside through the fence gate and felt that the courtyard was very large. The key point was that in front of the three-story villa, there was a lawn the size of a basketball court. On the lawn, there was a row of vertical poles with a length of five or six meters. If he was not mistaken, that should be the place to put up parasols. In other words, this lawn could be used as an open-air restaurant or a place for Barbie Q.
Unlike the situation outside the courtyard, the courtyard was very clean, with only a few dead leaves on the lawn. It was estimated that someone usually cleaned it. After just a simple look, An Rusong became very interested in this house. He took out the business card that Wen Qihe gave him and called the phone number on it.
The call was connected quickly. The person on the other end spoke in a deep voice. Judging from his tone, he seemed to be middle-aged.
An Rusong explained his purpose and told the other party that he was already outside the villa. The middle-aged man said that he lived nearby and would come over immediately.
After hanging up the phone, An Rushong lit a cigarette for himself. Before he finished smoking it, he saw a nearly new Hyundai sedan driving over.
The car stopped across the road and a middle-aged man in a suit and with a stubble on his face got out of the car.
The middle-aged man bowed to An Rushong from a distance, and then trotted over. From the way he walked, he was obviously lame, as if his left leg was longer than his right leg.
"Is this Mr. An?" Walking closer to An Rushong, the middle-aged man bowed again and asked.
"It's me," An Rushong looked at the other person and had some doubts about his identity.
Just by looking at the middle-aged man's clothes and appearance, An Rushong couldn't help but suspect whether the other party was a liar. The reason was simple: this guy was too sloppy.
Not to mention his face full of stubble, his hair was also messy and fluffy, and his thin face was greasy, as if he hadn't washed it for ten days or half a month.
The suit he was wearing was also wrinkled, with stains on his chest, as if he had drunk something. And the leather shoes on his feet were covered in dirt, and you could hardly tell their original color.
A person like this obviously cannot be the owner of this villa. Not to mention anything else, even if you take off all the clothes on him and sell them, he probably can't even afford to buy a piece of grass in the yard.
Besides, this person couldn't possibly be an agent or something. Even if those agents couldn't wear branded clothes, they couldn't dress themselves so sloppily. If this middle-aged man in front of him went to apply for a job at an agency, he probably wouldn't even be able to get in the door.
However, even though he had doubts in his heart, An Rushong did not raise them directly. One cannot judge a person by his appearance. Maybe he is just an invisible rich man with special hobbies.
The most important thing is that the middle-aged man had a bunch of keys in his hand. While talking to An Rushong, he had already walked to the side of the iron gate and opened the locked iron gate in front of An Rushong.
"Mr. An, are you planning to rent it or buy it?" The iron gate should have a hydraulic transmission system. When the middle-aged man opened the lock, he saw the extremely heavy door move back to both sides automatically without any sound.
"Why, are you going to sell this house?" An Rushong asked curiously.
"Yes, if someone wants to buy it, we have to sell it," the middle-aged man walked into the courtyard, made a gesture of invitation to An Rusong, and said, "In fact, we mainly put it up for sale, but no one bought it, so we had no choice but to turn it into a short-term rental. If you want to rent it, it will be settled monthly."
"What if we sell it, how much would it be?" An Rushong walked into the yard and asked while looking around.
"The whole house is 1140 square meters in total," the middle-aged man said casually, "and the price is 96 billion won."
Hey!
An Rushong cursed inwardly, he really didn't realize the house was so large. If it was really 1140 square meters, the price was not that high for a house located in Seocho District.
96 billion won, according to the current exchange rate, is less than 960 million US dollars. If converted into RMB, it is more than 7000 million. It is indeed a huge sum of money.
Without saying anything else, An Rushong walked around the lawn and turned to the back of the main building of the villa.
Behind the main building of the villa, there is a garden and a huge swimming pool. The key point is that outside the garden wall is Frost Grass Park. The location of this villa is really unique.
No wonder Wen Qihe was interested in this place. Not only him, but An Rushong also liked it. It was just a bit difficult for him to pay so much money at once.
(End of this chapter)