Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 242 Starbucks in a precarious situation
On the third day after the money was distributed, Xinghai Investment sent the new requirements of the Rat Fund to every old customer.

"Daisuke, are we still participating?"

Sato Rumi looked at the new requirements of the Rat Fund and asked her husband uncertainly.

Sato Daisuke frowned and said, "The higher the request, the higher the chance of success. Agree to it."

"OK, I see."

Xinghai Investment has already proven itself, so naturally it will not offer loose conditions in the early stages.

5% management fee + 50% profit share is the new distribution ratio of the Rat Fund.

In addition, there are limits on the amount of investment.

Masato Takeshita doesn't want his hedge fund to get too big.

Therefore, the new phase of the Rat Fund only has a share of US$30 billion.

And of this 30 billion share, one third belongs to Japanese elites and one third belongs to American elites.

Only the last third, or US$10 billion, is available for investment.

Of course, if you have a lot of money, you can also choose to put it in the newly established Galaxy Investment Company of Xinghai Investment.

Galaxy Investment does not have so many messy requirements and only requires a 6% management fee.

With such a small profit distribution ratio, there are naturally some investment flaws.

That is the annual profit, which is difficult to exceed 30%.

This is Xinghai Investment’s own “BlackRock Capital”, which invests in almost every company.

Although more accurate than the average person, it is difficult to maintain the high profits of hedge funds.

There is no way, the amount of funds is there.

Galaxy Investment Company currently has over 10 billion US dollars in funds, and the amount is still increasing.

It is expected that in May, after the Ox and Tiger funds expire, the fund size will most likely exceed 5 billion.

If the amount of capital is too large, profitability will naturally be reduced.

Although some people found it difficult to accept the new requirements of the Rat Fund, they finally accepted them.

In less than a week, the new round of Rat Fund was filled.

This time, the background of Zishu Fund is even stronger.

Within Japan,

National pension funds, presidents of large companies and the companies themselves, important economic and political figures...

Bald Eagle,
Teachers, police and other retirement funds, university funds, shareholders of large companies, important economic and political figures...

It can be said that the wealthy and powerful people in the United States and Japan have basically been caught in one fell swoop.

At the same time, after the reallocation of funds such as the Ox and the Tiger, the proportions will be arranged in a similar way.

The main focus is to take into account the interests of all parties.

Because the US dollars were requested in advance, the Rat Fund was quickly spent under the instructions of Masato Takeshita.

Basically, the stocks I bought were high-quality stocks, which easily increased dozens of times in five years.

Yes, the closed period of the Rat Fund has also changed.

The three-year period is too troublesome, so Xinghai Investment extended the closed period to five years.

"It's over. Japan's good days are completely over."

"Ugh!"

In early spring in March, Masato Takeshita looked at the TV in silence, wishing he could beat up Gotitu.

This guy actually acquiesced to Lithuania's unilateral separation from the Soviet Union. He is extremely stupid.

No wonder the entire Soviet Union would collapse in less than two years.

This guy is really not a human being, comparable to Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty.

The more you do, the more bad things you do.

If you don't make such a fuss, it might be better.

Of course, Ge Tudi also has his good side. He will not kill his subordinates indiscriminately because of his mood swings.

"Hey, I have to be more cautious in doing things from now on."

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, America's biggest enemies will become Japan and the European Community.

Among them, Japan and the United States have been in constant conflict in the semiconductor field, and the European Community and the United States have been in constant conflict in the communications field.

In response to Japan, the United States chose to support Taiwan and South Korea.

As for the European Community, the United States chose to intervene directly.

In short, we want to establish the invincible position of our great America.

This is also the biggest reason why the funds under Xinghai Investment are now giving up one-third of their profits.

Together with the American elite capital, we can create a situation where you are in me and I am in you, thus reducing possible troubles.

……

Sunday morning, in the office of the chairman of Costco.

Howard Schultz asked for help: "Jeffrey, I guarantee that Starbucks will be profitable this year."

"I hope you can give me the company's voting rights again."

In 1990, Starbucks was still very small and was in a state of continuous loss.

Howard Schultz, who was very interested in Starbucks and first took the initiative to join and later bought it, was under tremendous pressure.

As one of the few investors in Seattle, Jeffrey had no intention of laughing at Howard.

He sincerely offered a cup of coffee and said, "I am also an entrepreneur. I understand what you are thinking now."

"Please rest assured that I will not withdraw my investment, nor will I force you to sell Starbucks."

"I think Starbucks has a future only under your management."

Jeffrey's investment in Starbucks was just a superficial one and he didn't care much about success or failure.

I even hope that Starbucks will go out of business sooner.

Because he was optimistic about Howard and hoped that he could become the sales director of his company.

"Thank you, I really appreciate it."

"No, we are friends, there is no need to do this."

Jeffrey waved his hands, then seemed to suddenly remember something.

He pursed his lips and said, "Well, do you mind if someone continues to invest?"

"Investment, do you want to increase the stakes?"

Jeffrey immediately rejected it: "Not me, I want to find a Japanese investor who is also the third largest shareholder of our company."

“Oh, that’s the Japanese investment fund that bought a large amount of Costco shares?”

Seattle is not a big city, and entrepreneurs interact closely with each other.

When Jeffrey was chatting with Howard, he mentioned that his company's shares were purchased in large quantities by the Japanese.

"Yes, it is Xinghai Fund."

"This Japanese fund has recently made a big move into U.S. stocks and has also established a dedicated venture capital fund."

"If you're really short of money, I can help pull the strings."

"Oh, can I?"

Howard put down his coffee cup and looked at Jeffrey with surprise.

"Of course, it's just a small matter."

Jeffrey is keen to help entrepreneurs in Seattle, which will help him to build a stronger foundation.

"Okay, if there is investment from Japan, I would be very willing."

Compared with shares, Howard cares more about control over the company.

In this regard, foreign capital is often a better choice.

Because even if a company is very bad in its own country, it will behave much better abroad.

A typical example is the future giant penguin.

They are the most powerful in China, copying and imitating at pixel level, and then relying on their large size to defeat their competitors.

It’s different in foreign countries. They basically don’t care about anything. They are called white knights and have an extremely good reputation.

Many companies are willing to beg for money in order to sell themselves to Penguin.

Japan's Key Company is a typical example. It was as happy as a child after being acquired by Penguin.

The company's president took the lead in posting a message on Twitter to celebrate.

"OK, wait for my good news." Starbucks' development model is still very good, but it expanded too fast, which led to operational problems.

Jeffrey believed that he could convince Xinghai to invest.

This will not only earn him the gratitude of Howard and Starhai Investment, but also make his shares in Starbucks more valuable.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you fail, you can still win the friendship between the two parties.

Who knows when friendship will turn into benefit.

Jeffrey also envied the Disaster Emergency Radio Company founded by Xinghai Group and George Bush and others.

It’s so profitable.

Especially last year, because of the hurricanes in the south and the earthquake in California, I counted money until my hands cramped.

Having made enough money, Xinghai Group had to take two steps back.

The shares of the joint venture changed from being equally divided to Xinghai Group controlling 25%.

There is no other way. The company's model is simple and its ability to make money is too strong, so it can only choose to cut its losses to win over more powerful groups.

After all, this is America, not Japan.

Fortunately, the joint venture’s disaster relief radios are basically produced by Xinghai Group.

This can generate a certain amount of profit and can also support more workers.

In fact, even in Japan, the disaster emergency radio business cannot be completely monopolized by Xinghai Group.

Panasonic Group, Hitachi Group, Sharp Corporation, and others have all established disaster emergency radio companies.

This money is so easy to make that no one wants to miss it.

Since he had chosen to agree, Jeffrey calculated the time difference and immediately called Xinghai Investment.

"It's me. I'm Kamoto Takamasa."

"Investment project?"

“It’s called Starbucks, right?”

"No problem, I'll help convey it."

Kamoto Takamasa knew that his chairman attached great importance to Costco, so he was very polite in his words.

After he briefly understood the basic situation, he immediately called Masato Takeshita.

"President, the chairman of Costco asked me to tell you that a coffee shop chain called Starbucks is seeking financing."

"Starbucks?"

"Yes."

Masato Takeshita really wanted to agree directly, but he pretended that he knew nothing.

"I will first learn about the basic situation of this startup and tell you the answer within a week at the latest."

"Yes, understand."

After hanging up the phone, Masato Takeshita finally showed a surprised smile.

"Starbucks actually approached me for financing. It's really cool."

Although he feels that the taste of Starbucks is just average and far inferior to milk tea, this does not prevent him from making money in this area.

"Well, that's a very good start."

"Once Xinghai Investment becomes a major shareholder of Cisco, more entrepreneurs will probably follow suit."

Cisco's stock is a bit difficult to buy now. Xinghai Investment went to great lengths to buy 12% of it in a scattered manner.

But this is enough for now.

Half a year later, the Cisco founding couple would be kicked out and choose to sell their shares.

With the help of Goldman Sachs, Xinghai Investment can easily get half of it.

As for all of them, he wouldn't want them even if they were given to him for free.

If he owns too many shares, what if the Americans become unhappy with him and transfer the company's patents out, then his investment will be wasted.

After a week of pretentious review, Masato Takeshita called Takamasa Yoshimoto.

"President Kamoto, I'll leave the investment matters to you."

“I think Starbucks’ development model is very good and worth investing in.”

"Yes, President."

When investing in a company, it is best for the founder to do it personally.

For example, Masayoshi Son of SoftBank uses his fame to invest everywhere.

But young people are not short of money, and they have the vision to find good projects, so they are naturally not interested in playing the game of courtesy and condescension.

Flying around is exhausting, even on a private jet.

The investment went smoothly and Xinghai Investment easily obtained a 20% stake.

"Not bad, it only cost $1000 million."

In fact, a 20% stake can be acquired with a few million dollars.

But considering the development of Starbucks, Xinghai Investment did not choose to lower the price.

The success of a project is far more important than a few hundred dollars.

The reason why Masayoshi Son is so popular among entrepreneurs is because he is willing to spend money.

The stock market continued to fall in March, further highlighting the success of Xinghai Investment.

Many people do not have the opportunity to enter private equity hedge funds, so they simply put their money in Galaxy Investment Company.

Although the announcement says that the profit will be less, it is better to make some profit than to lose money.

Soon, Galaxy Investment Company's funds soared to more than 3 trillion yen like a bubble.

"President, how do we invest in this?"

Kamoto Takashi was looking at Takeshita Masato with an embarrassed look on his face.

The company has not yet exchanged all of its existing Japanese yen assets, and now there are so many more. Does it mean it will take a year to exchange them into US dollars?
“It’s simple. Invest in the hidden champions in the country.”

"For example, Keyence and YKK."

“These companies not only have good performance, but are also very stable.”

"Once the Tokyo stock market stops panicking, we'll officially start."

The so-called hidden champions are companies that specialize in one track.

Take YKK as an example. This company focuses on the zipper industry and the zippers it produces are of very good quality.

Not only popular brands such as Nike and Adidas like to use it, but luxury brands such as Chanel and Hermes also use it.

In the vertical track of zippers, it has a king-like status.

By choosing these companies, Galaxy Investment can not only make profits through stock price increases, but also obtain stable dividends, which means making money without doing anything.

“In addition, pharmaceutical companies can also choose to take stakes.”

"Japan's population is aging rapidly, and the demand for medical resources is increasing."

"We can definitely make a lot of money by investing in the medical industry."

Xinghai Investment seldom enters these long-chain stable companies, so it is just right to leave them to its subsidiaries.

On the one hand, it can improve the status of Xinghai Group in Japan, and on the other hand, it can make more money.

“I understand the hidden champions and medical companies.”

Kamoto Takamasa immediately understood the young man's intention.

These companies are all very stable and are indeed beneficial to the development of Galaxy Investment.

"Well, it's good to understand."

Masato Takeshita moistened his throat and continued,
"Tomorrow you can ask the consulting company to help you search for information and find the top two in each industry."

"Then we will analyze together and choose the right investment target."

Even champion enterprises have a small number of non-performing assets.

For example, the film industry will soon be replaced by digital cameras.

No matter how good you are or how high your market monopoly is, it is not worth investing in.

The floppy disk industry is in a similar situation and will soon be replaced by optical disks and flash memory.

But before that, you can make a small investment.

Wait until the USB flash drive is about to come out, and then sell the floppy disk company stock.

This way you can eat more and maximize your benefits.

(End of this chapter)