Chapter 695
Xu Anhua has been very popular at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards since "Mad Robbery".
The day after Yin Jun asked Zhou Run to talk about "Prison.Prison Storm", Xu Anhua took him, Zhong Chuhong and the crew of "Autumn Fairy Tale" to Taibei to attend the award ceremony of the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.
Not surprisingly, "Autumn Fairy Tale", which received 8 nominations, became a big winner again.
Zhong Zhiwen won the Best Cinematography Award at the Golden Horse Awards for the second time, and Zhou Runfa also won the Best Actor Award, one more award than in his previous life, but it was Yin Jun's Best Screenplay Award.
Yin Jun naturally did not pass away, Xu Anhua received the award and gave a speech on his behalf, which made the organizers and fans of Taiwan Island feel sorry for it.
The Hong Kong Film Awards will try to hold its first session next year.
All Chinese-language films released before December 31 are eligible to participate in the selection of films.
The beginning of January is the time for all the judges to choose to vote. All the nominations will be counted around January 15, and then the selection results and awards will be announced in mid-February.
The difference from the previous life is that the Hong Kong Film Awards, like the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, select all Chinese-language films, not just Hong Kong films.
In the previous Hong Kong Film Awards, it was because it was too narrow, so it ended up being lonely.
But they still feel good about themselves every time, but they don't know that this is the same as the Shidi and Shihou selected by TVB's Wanqian Xingyao, outsiders only seem to laugh.
If not, there is no need for Yin Jun to engage in the Hong Kong Film Awards. Shu Qi and the others are very professional and serious talents, and it is more suitable for them than themselves.
The reason why the boy didn't go to Treasure Island was that the general manager of Lehman Brothers Xiangjiang office, Pleasant, who hadn't answered a while ago, suddenly called yesterday, saying that he would visit Yin Jun at the headquarters of Kirin Group this afternoon.
Foreigners also go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. His sudden arrival made Yin Jun refreshed and felt that there was hope for his affairs.
After being swayed by Niu Bijian, Yin Jun thought about simply taking down the 7-11 brand and letting Landmark also taste the bitter fruit.
At the beginning, Yin Jun wanted to hand over the matter to Goldman Sachs, but when he picked up the phone, Yin Jun put it down again.
The cunning rabbit still has three caves. If you have to rely on Goldman Sachs for everything, it is not a good thing.
Therefore, the boy looked at the investment banks in Xiangjiang and chose Lehman Brothers.
Don't get me wrong.
The Lehman Brothers in 1980 and the Lehman Brothers in 2008 are not a concept company at all.
Since falling into subprime debt, Lehman Brothers has completely failed.
But before that, Lehman Brothers was so aggressive that it overwhelmed Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
Therefore, handing over this deal to Lehman Brothers, as long as they are willing to accept it, is not a problem at all.
Many companies in the United States have an interesting habit in the eyes of Chinese people, that is, they do not refuse to raise funds to sell their shares, or even sell their own companies.
Perhaps they feel that after realizing their life value, they can sell the company and enjoy it.
Or maybe they still have many different ideas, looking forward to creating another success with these rich rewards after one success.
Anyway, most companies in the United States, especially listed companies, as long as the price is right, there is basically no one that will not be sold.
The last time Prison and Yin Jun had dinner together, he heard Yin Jun's desire for the 7-11 convenience store brand under the Southern Company, he said that he would go back and study it carefully, and contacted the US headquarters to have a After the discussion results, I will contact Yin Jun.
But after more than ten days, Prison didn't reply, and it wasn't until today that there was a result.
Seeing Pleasant again, a Swedish-American, puts a smile on his face.
"Congratulations, Mr. Yin." Sitting on the sofa, Presson said to Yin Jun: "We have already contacted the executives of the Southern Company, and they are very happy with your purchase of the 7-11 brand and rights." interested."
"Thank you." Yin Jun sipped his tea and asked calmly, "What are their conditions?"
"The specifics haven't been officially given yet, but we have learned from the side." Pleasant said, "They probably mean that 7-11 sells for 800 million U.S. dollars, but they want to retain the right to operate in the United States, but Will follow the rules of Japan, Mexico and Taiwan to pay for the regional agency rights."
"Now that 7-Eleven's regional agency rights in Japan have been sold, and the largest base is in the United States, they have taken it away. What else do I want? I can't just let me operate in Xiangjiang, right? Yin Jun spread his hands and said, "Didn't I tell you last time? The price is not a problem, but I must have the most complete brand and rights."
"I know that too." Prison laughed. "So during this period of time, we Lehman Brothers have had good communication with them, but they are still a little reluctant to change the conditions."
"But as far as I know, Southern Company, like other American companies, is trying to diversify their investments recently, such as real estate, oil, food factories, large department stores, etc... They continue to use money to expand. " Yin Jun said lightly.
"Hey, Mr. Yin, I didn't expect you to know this." Prison changed his point of view without even changing his expression, "In fact, after our continuous efforts, the Southern Company has finally changed its attitude. Loose. They are going to sell you the 7-Eleven brand for $3 billion."
Yin Jun looked at him speechlessly, "Pleasant, you have worked in Xiangjiang for 10 years, do you think the richest man in Xiangjiang has personal assets worth 3 billion US dollars? Do I have that much money?"
"It doesn't matter if you don't have money." Pleasant shrugged, "Lehman Brothers can take the lead and help you borrow 3 billion U.S. dollars from major banks, as long as you use 7-11 and Kirin Group's properties as collateral. gone."
Good guy.
I was plotting against others, but I didn't expect that there were still people plotting against my own assets.
Yin Jun could imagine that according to the character of Lehman Brothers, they would definitely have tampered with the loan contract, and it was fine if their own business conditions were good, but if there was any mistake, even the Qilin Group would lose everything.
Having seen so many cunning and insidious cases of investment banks in later generations, Yin Jun will not take it lightly.
But he's not that stupid, he just talks straight, sometimes pretending to be stupid, but it will have a good effect at the critical moment.
"Forget it." Yin Jun shook his head, "I still can't afford it at this price, it seems that I am too radical... Thank you for your hard work, Presson, you can bring the bill for the previous consultation fee."
Prison already knew that Yin Jun would say that.
After all, he carefully studied Yin Jun's development history, and knew that although this young man's career was very smooth, he did things step by step, very practical, and did not take any risky moves at all.
At most, his asset-liability ratio was only 37%, not even half of it.
Now it is even more exaggerated, there is no arrears, all the money used is his own, and there is no loan even for the more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars for the acquisition of Jiashi.
In this way, Qilin Group is advancing steadily step by step, which makes Yin Jun have to admire Yin Jun's outstanding ability.
"Don't do that." Presson grinned, "Southern Company is actually just a lion's mouth. In our opinion, Mr. Yin, you don't need to buy assets in the United States at all. Because of the operation and development in the United States, You need to be very focused. Your company is in Xiangjiang, and the cultural atmosphere is only radiated in Asia. If you remove the part of the United States, it is equivalent to 800 million US dollars to package the rest of the global business. What's wrong?
Among other things, I think places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France have great potential for development! Not to mention the terrifying development prospects that the Huaguo market will have if it opens up in the future. If you make them all, the return you will get in a year may not be less than 800 million US dollars, right? "
In the view of Presson and Lehman Brothers, 800 million US dollars should be the limit that Yin Jun can bear, so they want to make this business happen.
In addition to at least 20 million US dollars in consulting and operating expenses, the best thing is to get involved with Yin Jun, keep up with his development pace, and get a share of his business empire in the future.
Although it is not certain that Yin Jun will succeed, investment banks also cast a wide net to accumulate resources. If one out of ten succeeds, they have already made money.
"It's easy to say, but these countries and regions don't have the slightest foundation at all. If I want to develop, I need to spend at least several 800 million U.S. dollars to lay out the outlets. I don't know that it will take years to complete." Yin Jun continued He shook his head and said, "The price of 800 million is too expensive. If I can add Japan, a market that has already done well, it will be about the same."
"Japan?" Pleasant said with a smile, "Japan has obtained regional agency rights at a high price in 1973, and every year 7-11 just collects a small amount of agency royalties from them, which is not much different from the US headquarters. Relationship. In January of this year, Treasure Island’s Uni-President also followed their example and bought the agency rights of 7-11 in Treasure Island.
"Forget about Baodao, I think Japan is pretty good." Yin Jun murmured, "Can't you do some work from the legal level?"
"How is it possible? This is a breach of contract, and you have to pay a lot of liquidated damages!" Pleasant said in astonishment, "Mr. Yin, you can't be serious, are you?"
"Can you check for me, how much is the liquidated damages?" Yin Jun asked him.
"We do have their contract documents in our hands..." Prison hesitated for a moment, "I'll call and ask someone from the company."
As he spoke, he got up, picked up the phone from his desk, and called the Xiangjiang office of Lehman Brothers. After explaining the situation, he got the answer within five minutes.
"The buyout fee in Japan is 100 million U.S. dollars. If the contract is to be breached, it will be 5 times the amount, which is exactly 500 million U.S. dollars." Pleasant said to Yin Jun in this way, "Treasure Island is less, only 30 million U.S. dollars , the liquidated damages are only 150 million.”
After a pause, Pleasant said again, "I don't know why you think the Japanese market is good. Up to now, although there are more than 1,200 7-11 stores in Japan, they are still at a loss, and the Japanese are even more They are willing to take care of their neighbors' expensive shops instead of the more modern and convenient 7-11. From my point of view, with the stubborn mentality of the Japanese, 7-11 may not develop very well."
"I just think that Japan has a population of 150 million and a developed economy, so there should be opportunities for development." Yin Jun said with a smile, "Since it's so expensive, forget it. But the development of these countries and regions you told me just now I am actually quite optimistic about the potential, but this is a long-term development process, and I need to spend a lot of money and energy for it.
So if Lehman Brothers can help me get the price down below $700 million, I'm willing to pay $40 million. If you can keep the price below $600 million, I'm willing to pay $70 million. If the price is only 500 million US dollars, then I will give you 100 million US dollars as a reward. "
Presn swallowed.
Now is not 2020, when the purchasing power of the dollar has dropped significantly.
Today is 1980, and the US dollar is still very valuable, and you can buy a lot of good things, let alone a full 100 million US dollars.
But he can only think about it.
It is possible to suppress Southern Company's US$800 million, but it is absolutely impossible to reduce it to as low as US$500 million.
But this method of motivation worked very well for Lehman Brothers.
After pondering for a while, Prison nodded, "Then, please leave this matter to us! The negotiated price will definitely satisfy you, Mr. Yin!"
Lehman Brothers is very powerful in the United States. Southern Company is just an ordinary group company with less than 5 billion US dollars in assets, and it is not an opponent of Lehman Brothers at all.
Moreover, Southern Company is a diversified company.
They have many large supermarkets, their own ice cream factory, and some farms.
7-Eleven occupies a very important share in Southern Company's asset sequence, with a value of about 2 billion US dollars, and its annual profit is about 200 million US dollars. The profit is not meager, but it is not too much.
The most important asset value and profit are naturally their more than 2,000 stores in the United States, and the regional authorization fees for Japan, Mexico and other places are only a relatively small part.
Yin Jun wanted to buy 7-11 with full capital, but Southern Company would not do it, so he quoted a sky-high price of 3 billion U.S. dollars, trying to scare Yin Jun away.
But they are still more interested in Yin Jun's purchase of 7-11 rights outside the United States. After all, their focus is only in the United States, and they don't care much about foreign development. The regional agency rights have been sold.
Anyway, Southern Company now wants to develop substantially, to make its own department stores bigger, to make its own 7-11 bigger, and they also want to participate in those very profitable industries.
If Yin Jun can spend 800 million US dollars to buy 7-11 and leave the 7-11 in the United States to them, that would be great.
In their view, it was nothing but a white wolf who got such a large amount of cash for nothing.
Prison knew their thoughts a long time ago.
Now when he told Yin Jun about the difficulties, he was deliberately exaggerating the difficulties, so as to gain more benefits for Lehman Brothers.
But Prison did not expect that Yin Jun's attitude towards 7-11 was so firm that he was willing to pay so much intermediary fees to help him negotiate the price.
At this moment, Prison is extremely serious.
If he could earn 70 million US dollars for the company, that would be a great achievement. His own promotion is just around the corner! !
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(Guys, can you guess Yin Jun's layout?)