Chapter 552 The crisis intensifies
It's a bit hot in the afternoon.
In the trees beside Houhai, birds chirped non-stop.
It is no wonder that people who like to raise birds are mainly old men. If they have a slightly sensitive hearing, sooner or later they will be tortured by the birds' calls from morning to night and suffer from neurasthenia.
Especially some popular parrots, such as macaws, grey parrots, monk parakeets, lovebirds, etc., which have loud and shrill voices, and people often keep them silent. They are really not as lovable as imagined.
The same is true for many breeds of dogs.
Nowadays, the regulations for keeping dogs are not so strict. You can often see a few dogs roaming outside, gathering together and having fun, just like groups of street urchins. Children and some girls are scared away and dare not provoke them.
A business car just drove in from the Financial Street and parked in the indoor garage of the courtyard.
There are no classes this afternoon, so Zhuang Muxi accompanies Fan Wumian to relax.
Both of them are top-tier celebrities with unlimited fame and are destined to not be able to go shopping, date, watch movies, etc. like ordinary people. They can only avoid the sight of outsiders and have fun at home.
When she was in the study, she saw some documents about Dongjing Multimedia Network left over from last time, and said to Fan Wumian:
"Some time ago, this company was acquired by Penguin Group. I happened to read the news. It mentioned that its founder was very inspiring. He came from a poor rural family, but was admitted to a very good university. At that time, his family was too poor to afford his education, and his neighbors raised money for his tuition. Now he has successfully sold the company to you, which is very impressive."
Fan Wumian nodded, smiling:
"The last time I came to Yanjing, I talked with the founder of Jingdong Mall and then went to do other things. I never personally asked about what happened afterwards."
"I thought he would struggle, but after just a few days, they agreed to sell the deal for 5000 million RMB. They also promised to pay him an additional 200 million RMB annual salary, a one-time 5-year contract, and a 1% equity bonus when the company goes public. The other founding team members will also get 1%."
"It can't be said that he doesn't have a long-term vision. It's just that money can make a hero fail. The company hasn't received financing yet, and its working capital is insufficient. If it doesn't accept the acquisition, all its efforts may end up in vain. At least it won't get nothing if it cashes in in time."
"With my current strength, it doesn't matter if I stumble occasionally. It's not a big deal. Its founder is different. Even if he did 100 things right, he might lose everything if he made a mistake once. It's not that easy to win even a little bit. It's normal that he doesn't dare to continue to gamble on the future of Jingdong Mall."
Those who like to gamble on jadeite often stop buying immediately after the price goes up, instead of trying to make every last penny.
The reason why Da Qiangzi chose to sell Jingdong Mall was not because he lacked courage. The fundamental reason was that he had no one to support him and lacked other ways out. Since he had already earned enough money to spend his whole life, he simply decided to retire while the going was good.
Super-rich people like Fan Wumian can withstand many failures, but ordinary people may lose the wealth they have accumulated over the years and suddenly fall back into poverty and be unable to recover after just one failure.
Therefore, from today's perspective, Fan Wumian can understand Da Qiangzi's actions. Alibaba Group has already captured 2% of the CC online shopping market share. It is difficult for other small companies to compete with it and they can collapse at any time.
Zhuang Muxi smiled and continued to say to him:
"Half a step ahead of heaven. You've already done it. Recently, big projects have come one after another. The Hong Kong media has already written that you are the 'new billionaire'. Also, I heard you mention the idea of the Penguin Group Building before. If you think about it carefully, building a sky garden on the roof, does that count as cheating on me?"
"???"
Fan Wumian knocked on her head:
"Your idea is a bit dangerous. The green one is the Penguin Building. What does it have to do with me? It doesn't have to be open-air. It's also good to make it a structure similar to a sun room. It will be very hot in the summer, but fortunately it's warm in the winter."
Six abstract penguin-shaped buildings standing in a row can easily become a new landmark in Yanjing. By then, the commercial housing with 70-year property rights will surely be easy to sell.
He guessed that the official side had already started contacting Yanjing Morgan Real Estate Company, but until now there has been no response, which made Fan Wumian a little worried that something strange would happen again.
Judging from the fact that Yanjing Morgan Real Estate clearly does not have enough strength but still forcibly acquires land to make money, even if the boss is not a troublemaker type of businessman, it should not be that easy to deal with.
This made Fan Wumian start thinking ahead and come up with a plan B to see if there was any chance to acquire land at a low price around the China World Trade Center.
With the high-paying jobs and tax revenues brought by the Penguin Group, it is believed that there should not be too many problems in continuing to bypass land auctions and go through the land transfer agreement channel. While Ma is in high spirits, he hopes to finalize it in one go, so as not to miss the opportunity to buy at a low price.
Come to the study room.
Fan Wumian turned on his computer and prepared to send a few emails to explain some things.
I just found out that at around 5 a.m., Zoven Rogers, the head of WM-Rogers Hedge Fund, sent me an email saying
——"The crisis has intensified! I have seen key signs that are very favorable to us! Some subprime mortgage institutions have begun to go bankrupt, investors have become concerned about the value of subprime mortgage-backed securities, and market liquidity has begun to tighten! Within a few hours, our company has received hundreds of consultation calls!!!"
After reading it, Fan Wumian replied: "Well done!"
Then I started searching for relevant information and found that there were only some signs, but many financial media began to pay attention to the unusual movements in the subprime mortgage market.
This is undoubtedly great news for WM Rogers Hedge Fund and Paulson Hedge Fund. Even if only a small number of people are willing to believe that there will be problems in the subprime mortgage market, it can attract countless speculators for these two companies.
Seeing that there were reporters digging out the news of his investments in these two companies, Fan Wumian pretended not to see it.
Through Penguin Weibo, he reposted an article from the Omiya newspaper that commented on his promotion to a billionaire family, with the title "A noble son is born from a poor family, and there is a promising future ahead of him."
He only wrote in the caption: "No one helps me to reach the sky, but I will climb to the top of the mountain by myself through the snow."
Then he forwarded a hot topic about the Olympics and continued to write
——"Come on Yanjing! Come on Olympics! Zhang Liangying, come quickly and help you write a new song to cheer for the Olympics @张靓颖."
In his impression, the Yanjing Olympics was a long time ago. Fan Wumian had seen the Big Foot Fireworks heading towards the Bird's Nest, and he also knew that Niu Xiang would not start the race, which caused countless controversies.
Because he knew too much, he lacked anticipation for the Olympics themselves. He made public statements on the Internet mainly to avoid attracting hatred from certain people for being too rich.
Even though he tried his best to keep a low profile, there were still hot news about Fan Wumian one after another, such as the establishment of the Bandit King Fund and the use of "The Black Wind Village of the investment world! Born to make money, only robbing the best potential stocks!" as the company slogan.
Also, a few days ago, she went to Formosa Arena to hold a solo concert, and chatted with Sister Zhiling who was there to support her, and was photographed by the media and hyped up as gossip.
"Dao Ming Si" from F4 was also involved, saying that Sister Zhiling turned a disaster into a blessing, that she would forget her old love when she met her new love, that she would have the opportunity to marry young grass, and that she would marry into a wealthy family in Hong Kong and so on.
The entertainment industry seems very interesting to outsiders, but when you get involved in it for a long time, it is actually quite boring. The domestic entertainment industry these days is relatively boring. Recently, it has been busy with business, which makes Fan Wumian feel more exciting.
A little after 2pm.
Xiao Ma called him and asked:
"I'm organizing a dinner party tonight. I'm inviting Mr. Liu from Jingdong Mall and several department heads in charge of business to have dinner at your Wanghailou. Will you come too?"
"I was just being grilled about the fact that Penguin Group has a lower tax rate than other Internet companies. I had to use you as a shield to change the subject. I said that you mentioned that you wanted to invest in a winery in the Northwest, and the higher-ups immediately took it seriously."
"I've gotten away with this, but I'm afraid you'll have to show some appreciation. You can make more wine and sell it through Jingdong Mall. It shouldn't be a loss, right?"
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This concerns the Penguin Group, and Fan Wumian is the major shareholder, so it doesn't seem like he was sold out by Pony Ma.
Across the phone, he replied helplessly:
"Okay, it's the end of the year, and the task of attracting investment is heavy. You have to give up something to gain something. Others go to European wineries for vacation, and it's not bad for me to go to the Northwest. I heard that the scenery is more beautiful than Switzerland." (End of this chapter)