Chapter 1149: Surprise

Although it is only 600 kilometers away from New York, Montreal, Canada, is already covered with ice and snow.

This city is the second largest city in Canada, with an average annual snowfall of 2.14 meters. If you don't have any idea about this, then just make a comparison, you will be impressed. Its average snowfall is greater than that of Moscow.

The severe cold weather has led people to build a huge underground city in the city center, with an area of ​​4 million square meters. It has all kinds of service facilities and is also known as the second Montreal.

At this time, staying in the warm airport, watching the heavy snow outside, Buchanan, who would have felt a little superior, was a little uncomfortable.

This airport is called Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Pierre Elliott Trudeau is naturally the name of a person.

Canada's former economic capital and the main airport of its second largest city can be named after him, so he is naturally not a simple person.

This person is indeed not simple. Born in Montreal, he ascended the throne of Canadian Prime Minister in April 1968 and stayed there until 1984, a full 16 years!

The presidents of the United States next door must have drooled at the time he was in office.

Later, he was often called Old Trudeau, and this old, like the old Bush.

The son of Old Trudeau, was not a simple person either. It was also the young Trudeau who later overthrew Harper, who Feng Yiping is trying to build a relationship with now, and successfully became the prime minister. He was called the most handsome prime minister in the world.

Of course, it was not this that Buchanan was not used to.

From the name of Old Trudeau, it can be seen that he is of French descent.

So what Buchanan was not used to was that the language in the airport of this fifteenth largest city in North America was actually French.

This is another special place in Montreal. It was the center of "New France" during the French colonial period. To this day, more than 60% of the people in this city use French, so French is the official language of this city.

Therefore, this city with a population of over 3 million is also the second largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris.

Language is a representation of culture. French is spoken here, and French culture is naturally practiced. While romantic, it is mostly a bit casual, so Montreal is currently the place where NEXTDOOR is progressing the slowest.

At around ten o'clock, he finally saw Cummins and Emilia coming out of the passage, "Quick, this way,"

I don't know which link is the problem. In short, the flight is a bit delayed. No matter whether it is romantic or casual, the agreed meeting time can't be missed.

"I did some external research. Imperial Bank of Commerce Asset Management Company doesn't attach much importance to the Netflix shares it holds, which means it is not optimistic about Netflix, but it still has some expectations for it,"

"As long as it doesn't attach much importance to it," Cummings said, "everything else is easy to deal with. Even if our boss Feng, who has a good vision, wants to acquire their shares, their first reaction is that the stocks they hold must be good things,"

In the past two days, they have visited several institutional shareholders of Netflix non-stop, and their reactions are similar to Dudley of the New Jersey Public Pension Fund. As long as the price is right, they have a relatively high chance of making a move. However, because of Feng Yiping's vision, their bids are generally higher.

"Feng probably didn't expect that his good reputation would become an obstacle to our work," Emilia said.

"I think your explanation is great," Buchanan said, "It can dispel many of their doubts."

"By the way, Cummins, after today, I will also return to Silicon Valley, and there may be some things that need your assistance,"

"I heard that too, yes, such things naturally cannot be done without our boss,"

Although the specific itinerary is confidential, the Prime Minister's visit has been reported in the news, and they all know it.

"With Feng's current conditions, does he still need such resources?" Emilia asked.

"Yes, of course," the two said almost in unison, "the more the better,"

Businessmen from the East and the West, without any prior agreement, attach great importance to such things, but the reasons may still be somewhat different.

For domestic businessmen, especially private enterprises, being able to participate in such activities means official attention and a certain degree of recognition.

In addition, there is another very important point. Most of them find it difficult to be received by national leaders. Follow-up is an opportunity. When they go abroad, leaders will generally meet with them, at least shake hands, and some may even get a photo.

In China, a photo with a national leader is a very hard intangible asset.

There is one thing, that is, even if there is no business gain from the follow-up, it is still worthwhile.

American businessmen attending such events are naturally mainly seeking business opportunities, but in addition, they also have other purposes.

It should be said that under the American system, which is mainly a charity system (introduced in the previous article, I will not repeat it here), some wealthy people in the United States really have some ideas and actions to change the world. Attending such events with the US president, there is a chance to instill their ideas into more and more powerful people.

Objectively speaking, in this regard, our domestic rich people are really far behind them.

For example, the Bobby Charity Dinner initiated by Buffett and Gates, although it does not have the conditions for global promotion and has its own considerations, will still have a significant positive impact on the world.

And the rich people in our country still have a long way to go to achieve this step.

"What do you need my help with?" Cummins asked.

"You should be required to contact your Wall Street connections," Buchanan said.

This is what Jin Ling told me. Even if it is not used, you can make a preparation.

This preparation is naturally not for the Prime Minister's visit. Feng Yiping is not in charge of that matter. The key is, haha, he can't worry about it either.

This preparation is for the domestic enterprises that are visiting.

Including the state-owned enterprises that came this time, their influence in the United States cannot be as great as Feng Yiping.

Even those domestic banks that came to the United States a long time ago, due to the limitations of their own business, their influence in related fields cannot be as extensive as Feng Yiping's NEXTDOOR.

If there is enough time, some people from Wall Street can be arranged to meet with the domestic enterprises that are visiting this time, get to know them, and chat for a few minutes.

Don't underestimate these few minutes. As long as you can leave your contact information, you can maintain this relationship in the future.

Doing so can be regarded as a good sale of Forex to domestic enterprises, and by the way, it also shows its strength.

For people like Feng Yiping who are particularly afraid of trouble, such things that reveal their strength should be done more in the future.

It is better to make people feel the gap and put out some unnecessary thoughts than to have conflicts in the future.

"No problem," Cummins agreed very readily, and did not say why Feng Yiping was not allowed to contact.

Feng Yiping's relationship with some bigwigs on Wall Street is indeed quite good, but you can't let the boss do everything. If he can't make an appointment, Feng Yiping will call again, which is the most appropriate.

"Here we are," Buchanan pointed to the office building in front and said, "I hope we can have a good result this time,"

"It's a good result if we don't explicitly refuse the first contact," Cummins said.

However, the situation seems to be more optimistic than they thought. Mr. Luke, whom they want to meet, actually came downstairs to greet them in person. "Welcome to the three of you," Luke enthusiastically greeted them upstairs.

"We have known your company and Mr. Feng for a long time,"

"Thank you," said Cummins.

"Although this proposal is a bit abrupt, I still want to ask for your opinions,"

Luke suddenly said after entering the office and exchanging a few pleasantries.

It seems that the reason for his enthusiasm is mostly due to this proposal.

"I believe that Mr. Luke's proposal will definitely be very helpful to us," Cummins said softly.

"I think so," Luke naturally understood what he meant, and he didn't say any unhelpful proposals.

"After this meeting, our colleagues in the bank hope to have a chance to meet with the three of you,"

Colleagues in the bank? It seems that there is nothing wrong with this.

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Asset Management Company is naturally backed by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a bank that has been established for nearly 140 years.

At present, it has developed into one of the largest commercial banks in North America. In the 1990s, it was already one of the world's top 50 banks, and it has long been involved in securities, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, insurance and other businesses.

Even if they can't use it in the future, it's naturally beneficial to establish a relationship with such a powerful bank.

Cummins thinks further, so, is it possible to use their bank's money to buy the Netflix shares they hold?

It doesn't seem to be impossible to work. At least they took the initiative to extend an olive branch, so they should have considered cooperation.

"We are very happy," said Cummins.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was good. If they were interested in selling the Netflix shares they held, they might not be opposed to such an approach.

They can make money once by selling stocks, and if the funds for buying stocks are loans, they can make money again. If a business can make money twice, and can also get in touch with a very promising company like NEXTDOOR, in fact, it can also get in touch with other companies that Feng Yiping has a stake in, such as Google, which is also a good thing to kill three birds with one stone.

For Cummins and others, this is also a good thing. With such considerations, they have reason to be more optimistic about the negotiation of this stock purchase. Maybe the other party wants to make such a business more.

On the other hand, before such a big acquisition, the more funds are prepared, the better.

This is really a pleasant surprise.

So, the smiles on both sides' faces became more real, "Mr. Luke, I believe you also know why I came this time, about Netflix..."

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In a western restaurant in San Francisco, nine reporters who will return to China tomorrow gathered at a long table, excitedly discussing what they have seen and gained in the past few days. At this time, including the six newspaper reporters, they have long been free of anxiety.

Although the previous interview did not cause any response, it doesn't matter. The manuscripts they wrote in the past few days are definitely the highest quality among their domestic peers in reporting on Silicon Valley, and it is easy for latecomers to do better than them.

"Here it comes," Li Zhixiong whispered.

Several cars stopped outside the restaurant. Feng Yiping got off the yellow Hummer in the middle and waited for a while at the door. A large group of people gathered around him.

Reporter Yao saw Feng Yiping walking in surrounded by a group of people and couldn't help saying, "It's Feng Yiping. He made such a big noise even when he was having a meal."

Li Zhixiong identified them and said, "They are all senior executives of his company. This should be a dinner party."

Reporter Yao looked at Feng Yiping and the people around him. They seemed to be still talking about work at this time. He said, "It's Feng Yiping. He still talks about work when he is having a meal."

"You are worthy of being a famous reporter," Li Zhixiong said again.

Li Zhixiong guessed correctly. Because he wanted to see them off, Feng Yiping came to a dinner party and also brought the Tesla people over.

Cummins and Buchanan, who had just arrived, reported to him the results of this morning's talks. Although it was not finalized, it was the best one among the institutional major shareholders he had contacted in the past few days.

As for the olive branch from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, "Is this bank very strong?"

"Very strong, it is one of the six largest banks in Canada, and it has been the bank with the best dividend rate in Canada this year."

A high dividend rate naturally means that it is well managed.

"That's fine with me," but he was thinking about another question at this time, whether it is possible to consider letting these Canadian banks participate in Google's listing.

Canada is also a long-established rich country. It is definitely a good thing to let Canadian institutions and people participate in Google's subscription. It turned out that the main reason why Google's IPO almost failed was that the subscription was insufficient, and the issue price had to be lowered again and again.

Feng Yiping naturally didn't want this to happen again, because if Google's issue price was one cent higher, his net worth would be much higher.

PS: At the end of the month, I sincerely ask for votes!