1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 623: Conditions with the Luo Family!

"Huh? Didn't I tell you to go on vacation in Italy? Why are you back so soon?"

Li Changhe looked at Wei Er Si who hurried back with some curiosity.

Weiss shook his head: "I stayed there for a few days, but it was boring. It was too chaotic over there."

"chaos?"

Li Changhe asked with some curiosity.

Wells nodded: "Yes, the Italian government is cracking down on the Mafia, and some Mafia families are not willing to be outdone. Anyway, it's quite chaotic over there right now."

"By the way, I asked about Lamborghini for you. The new shareholder has taken over. He is a Swiss businessman, but he has no intention of selling it immediately."

"What do you say? Continue the acquisition, or wait a little longer?"

"If we continue to acquire it, we will have to pay a high premium!"

Wells said softly.

"Forget it. The other party has no intention of selling it. Let's talk about it later."

"I can't take care of it now!"

Li Changhe thought about it and was too lazy to continue staring at the Lamborghini.

The current Lamborghini is still a small Karami. If it is convenient, Li Changhe can take it over, but if it is not convenient, there is no need to force it.

Since no one wants to sell at the premium, he is too lazy to continue raising the price and there is no need to rush.

"It's a good opportunity for us to check together these few days and see how many people we can recruit."

In Europe, we have acquired a lot of new companies, and there is a big gap in the management team.

Therefore, the fastest and most direct way is to poach people from other companies.

“Are you going to let these companies run independently?”

Wells asked in surprise at this time.

Li Changhe shook his head: "No, let's set up a group company, integrate several brands into one company, and then let them develop independently and observe for a few years before making a decision."

The global economic situation will not improve in the short term. Li Changhe remembers very clearly that in the early and mid-1980s, the economies of Europe and the United States were very bad. Under such circumstances, the luxury goods industry was not much better.

Therefore, in the past few years, Li Changhe has been prepared for losses, and at the same time plans to use this time to slowly build up a team.

“It’s easy to set up a group company, but it’s hard to find manpower right now!”

“Those who are capable will have no shortage of jobs, but those who are looking for jobs everywhere may not be very capable.”

"We are trying to recruit people here, but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack!"

Wei Er thought about it and shook his head helplessly.

The higher the level of outstanding business elites, the harder it is to find them!
People with real ability are almost always surrounded by people who can recognize their talents. It does exist that there are talented people who are buried for various reasons, but they are indeed a minority.

There are even fewer that you can dig out.

"It's okay. I've found someone to help us recruit people."

Li Changhe said to Wei Er Si with a smile.

"Oh? Which consulting company?"

Wells asked curiously.

"The Rothschild family has a business consulting company that can provide this service."

Li Changhe said with a chuckle.

Although they do not have much influence in Europe, they have local players like Rothschild. They have developed for hundreds of years and are engaged in financial mergers and acquisitions and restructuring, and they happen to have a large number of such personal connections.

So Li Changhe did not hesitate and entrusted Peter to help him find several capable professional managers.

He was not worried about whether the Luo family would interfere. After all, they were all professional managers and they just needed to build up the business. If it was done well, and someone was willing to invest in it, he would not reject it.

"You have established a relationship with the Rothschild family?"

Wei Er Si was a little surprised to hear Li Changhe's answer.

He remembered that before he left, Li Changhe had not yet established contact with the Luo family. But just a few days after he was gone, the other party had established contact with the Luo family?
Li Changhe smiled and said, "To be precise, they took the initiative to find me!"

Afterwards, he briefly talked about the invitation from the Dassault family.

After hearing this, Weiersi couldn't help but secretly shook his head.

Sure enough, this is the charm of finance.

A top financial genius will attract many top families. After all, the financial industry makes money too quickly.

"So you plan to invest with them?"

Wells asked curiously again at this time.

“Since they are willing to invest money, why shouldn’t I take it?”

"It just so happens that I am short of funds right now!"

Li Changhe is indeed short of money now, mainly because he makes money quickly and spends a lot. This wave of investments in Europe has cost him more than 100 million US dollars, and even if long-term investments are included, this amount will have to double.

This does not include nuclear power.

Then there will also need to be at least 200 million US dollars of investment in the country.

In addition, a portion of the money must be reserved as a base for capital operations and cannot be spent all.

Therefore, the funds in Li Changhe's hands are still tight overall, mainly because too much money is invested in Japan.

All in all, Li Changhe himself has invested more than 1 billion US dollars in advance.

Li Changhe initially transferred 300 million U.S. dollars from the gold market to Japan through Bao Yugang. Later, his 2.4 billion U.S. dollars worth of oil was taken up by Japan, of which nearly 500 million U.S. dollars were converted into Japanese yen and remained in Japan.

Later, he helped those idiots at Bank of America and Wells Fargo take over their Japanese yen shares, which amounted to more than 300 million US dollars.

So overall, Li Changhe has already transferred nearly 1.2 billion US dollars into Japan.

This money may flow out tenfold in the future, but it will take too long. For now, they have occupied a large amount of Li Changhe's working capital.

Therefore, Li Changhe has decided that if the Luo family invests, he doesn't mind giving them a portion of the Japanese yen investment share to ease his own pressure.

Anyway, it’s just a matter of making arrangements early. In two years, when Japan’s financial sector is liberalized, a large amount of funds will still be able to flow in.

"As expected, finance is still the most exciting!"

"I think I'll have to deposit some of my wife's money with you later. I feel that the income from your investment will be higher than my salary in the future."

Wells couldn't help but say with emotion at this time.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, when the HuiGuo Group is back on track, you will definitely have shares. I promise that in the future you will be worth at least 10 billion US dollars!"

"I don't need 10 billion, just give me a zero!"

Wells doesn't even dare to think about a fortune of hundreds of billions of dollars. After all, it's hard to say whether Li Changhe himself has a fortune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Ten billion US dollars is more likely.

"Okay, remember this, you said it yourself, don't blame me in the future!" Li Changhe couldn't help but laugh and joked when he heard that Weiers had subtracted zero from his intention.

He was the one who said to subtract zero, he will regret it later!

Soon, a week passed.

Li Changhe met with Peter again, but this time, both of them were no longer alone, but each brought a team.

"Vic, this is proof of funds of $4.5 million. It is now in Rothschild Bank. As long as we sign the contract, the money can be transferred to the bank you specify."

"Peter, are you the only representative this time? The Dassault family won't send a representative?"

Li Changhe asked curiously.

Peter shook his head: "No, their money has been integrated into ours. By then, we will be one. I will be the full representative. We will distribute the specific profits later."

After hearing what Peter said, Li Changhe stopped worrying about it and told them to divide it however they wanted.

"Peter, this is the investment agreement I drafted. It's the same as the investment agreement of the California consortium. Of course, the investment company is not that company."

"I have set up a new investment company in Europe. This money can be put into this new venture capital company. However, the operation mode is the same as that in the United States."

Li Changhe pushed the investment agreement prepared by his lawyer in front of Peter and said with a smile.

The lawyer from Rothschild Bank behind him immediately took the agreement and examined it carefully.

"Vic, at this point, I think you should tell us the direction of investment!"

Peter said softly at this time.

Li Changhe nodded: "Let's go, let's talk somewhere else and let them communicate with each other first!"

Afterwards, Li Changhe and Peter came to a separate room.

"Let me guess, your investment direction should be Japan, right?"

As soon as he entered the room and sat down, Peter spoke seriously to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe looked at him in surprise, then nodded calmly: "Not bad!"

"My goal is Japan!"

Afterwards, Li Changhe told Peter his subsequent analysis of Japan, and after listening to it, Peter's eyes lit up with surprise.

That’s right, it’s this operation, betting on a country’s destiny!

The ancestor of their Luo family bet on the victory of the anti-French coalition in the anti-French war, thus establishing the glory of the Luo family.

Now, Li Changhe’s model is actually similar to the operations of the Luo family’s ancestors back then.

What they were betting on was the destiny of a country, but the Luo family was betting on a military war, while Li Changhe was obviously betting on a financial war.

The difference is that the Luo family took greater risks and received higher returns back then, while Li Changhe's current bet involves less risk. After all, even if Japan really does not liberalize its financial sector, their losses will not be too great.

Of course, the corresponding returns will be smaller, but overall, the return on this kind of investment, once successful, is still amazing.

"Vic, I knew that such an investment must be of national size."

"By the way, I want to ask, if things really go as you said, can our family invest alone at that time?"

At this time, Peter suppressed his excitement and asked Li Changhe seriously.

Li Changhe smiled after listening to this: "Of course, I think that if Japan really liberalizes its finance and exchange rates, not only us, but also bank speculators all over the world will probably head for the Japanese market."

[I’m afraid that by then, you won’t be willing to give it up! ]

Li Changhe added another sentence silently in his heart.

Because he knew very well that the Plaza Accord was not only aimed at Japan. It should be said that in addition to the Japanese yen, currencies such as the pound sterling, franc, mark, and lira all simultaneously appreciated against the US dollar.

By that time, it will be a carnival in the global financial community, and the US dollar will depreciate simultaneously against major global currencies. At that time, the focus of the Luo family may remain in Europe. After all, Europe is their base camp.

"Yes, if that time really comes, global capital will probably flow into Japan in large quantities, and at that time, they will be the best promoter of the appreciation of our assets."

Peter also said with a smile at this moment.

What matters in finance is the initiative. Li Changhe has made arrangements in advance and has a large amount of assets. When Japan's financial system is liberalized and global capital flows in, he will be the one to take over.

Of course, in this kind of financial war, the final buyers will definitely be the people and government of Japan, there is no doubt about that.

"Peter, it will take some time for them to review the agreement. I think we can discuss some other areas of cooperation. How about that?"

"Oh? Vic, do you have other cooperation?"

Peter asked curiously when he heard it.

Perhaps, this is Li Changhe’s condition?

"Yes, two small collaborations."

"First, I want to cooperate with the jewelry group under the Luo family. I want to build a jewelry brand in Asia. I need suppliers of diamonds and some African gemstones. The Luo Xier family has been deeply involved in this field for a hundred years. I think we can cooperate."

Minerals have always been one of the Rothschild family's basic bases. Before oil energy, steel, minerals, and electricity were the world's most core industrial resources at the time, and the Rothschild family's core is also in these areas.

Just like the famous Rio Tinto and De Beers in the future world, it is said that they are all related to the Luo family behind the scenes.

Li Changhe is not very interested in iron ore for the time being. Even if there is huge domestic demand in the future, that will be the job of the major steel mills and he cannot interfere.

What he values ​​is the Luo family's wealth in jewelry and minerals. In addition to diamonds, there are also various rubies and sapphires from Africa. It seems that the Luo family has resources in all of them.

And it is impossible for Li Changhe to rely solely on jade to build his jewelry group. Things like gold and diamonds are also necessary. After all, the Western jewelry market will be far ahead of the traditional jewelry market for a long time to come.

"Oh? A jewelry group? Vic, are you planning to build a jewelry group in Asia?"

Peter asked curiously.

Li Changhe nodded: "Yes, if the subsequent cooperation is good, I can also include the jewelry raw materials of brands like Dior and Cartier, and purchase them in a unified manner at that time."

"I see. The Rothschild family does have some resources in the mining industry. How about I go back and help you coordinate and give you an answer when the time comes?"

Peter is mainly responsible for the family's financial business. As for the mining aspect, he has to coordinate and let the family come forward.

"No problem at all."

"Then I wonder what other cooperation intentions you have?"

Peter continued to ask at this time.

Since Li Changhe mentioned the first one, it is obvious that there are other collaborations.

"The second cooperation is to cooperate with your family's art company."

"I want to work with the Rothschild family's art company to make a global TV show!"

Li Changhe said softly at this time.

After hearing this, Peter looked at Li Changhe in surprise.

"Work with an art company to make a global TV show?"

This combination sounds a bit weird?

(End of this chapter)