Chapter 817: Crazy Buying when You Buy It
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The value of Pebble Beach Golf Course stems from its spectacular natural scenery, long history and unique layout of the course, plus the top social circle that the richest man has given it in recent years.
As for the 1,000 supreme membership cards priced at US$1 million, they have already been sold out, and the demand is still strong, but Tang Huan did not increase the number of membership cards of this level because of this. Gein, scarcity has gold content, not to mention that the Pebble Beach Golf Course at this stage is not a vegetable market. It serves celebrities and dignitaries, so it is natural to ensure the grade-the richest man should not be too ugly after all.
Minoru Kumatori's wishful thinking is also simple to say, that is, to further squeeze the reception capacity of Pebble Beach Golf Course, which is quite a kind of quick success and instant benefit. Or to be more precise, he plans to squeeze in some more Japanese customers with high-end spending power.
Regarding this Mr. Richest Man, who has no doubts about his business, he said in a deep voice with a kind of test: "Before the inauguration ceremony of the President of the United States on January 20 next year, if you can send 1.2 billion US dollars to me, Pebble Beach Golf The course is yours—including the top membership network that has been assembled so far."
Hearing this, Minoru Kumatori lifted his spirits, without any embarrassment on his face, he immediately got up and handed over a document, "This is 570 million US dollars from Mitsubishi Bank, and I am willing to use it as a deposit for the acquisition. "
Tang Huan waved his hand, "No need, I don't need to take advantage of you."
"If you accept this deposit, it is equivalent to listing me as the only buyer of the Pebble Beach Golf Course." Kumatori Tani Minoru said with a smile: "If you feel sorry, then give me a round of the corresponding proportion." Stone Beach Golf Course Equity Ownership Documentation."
"Of course, if you can't send the remaining 630 million US dollars to you within the agreed time limit, this qualification will automatically be invalidated, and one percent of the deposit can be deducted as compensation."
Tang Huan narrowed his eyes as he looked at Minoru Kumatori who spoke eloquently. He would not be fooled by the various benefits promised by the other party, so he asked bluntly: "Do you want to use this capital to further raise funds? Playing the leveraged buyout game?"
"Not long ago, on November 30, Kohlberg-Kravis-Roberts spent a total of 25.07 billion US dollars to acquire the tobacco company Reynolds Nabisco, setting the record for the largest leveraged buyout." Minoru Kumatori shrugged, "So, as long as it works well, why not do it if you can use leveraged buyouts to make a difference?"
"That's as you wish." Tang Huan smiled. Kumagai Minoru went to fool the rb consortium, of course he didn't care about his business, the reason why he pointed it out was because he wanted the other party to understand that he should not rub the sand in his eyes, and stop bluffing around under the banner of the richest man.
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After seeing Minoru Kumatori away, Masako Wada asked suspiciously: "Are you really going to sell Pebble Beach Golf Course to him? I'm worried that such a good leisure resort will be secretly cast, and the hard work concentrated in it will be ruined by the quick success. hand."
"This Kumagai Minoru is courageous and knowledgeable. He is an out-and-out adventurer and speculator. If he can meet by chance, he might really be able to soar into the sky. I'll be a man of beauty, okay?" Tang Huan hugged with a smile Holding the soft waist of the other party, "I am a businessman after all. If I refuse such an excellent opportunity to make a fortune, the outside world may talk about my IQ."
Tang Huan didn't say what was really in his heart. Since the birth of the Forbes 400 Rich List in the United States, he has been sitting at the top of the list, which is unavoidable. Recently, there have been more and more arrogant rb people helping to spread hatred, and I really wish for it.
In addition, it has to be mentioned that Tang Huan's lucrative profits from speculation also required a few large amounts of money to be used as a cover, such as the IPO of Datang Mobile Communications, the sale of shares in Columbia Pictures, and the Kumatori Valley The 1.2 billion U.S. dollars offered by Renmin himself.
In short, Mr. Richest Man "appreciates" the arrogance of rb people at this stage. Even when he met Shuichi Aoi, who was eager to see through, he couldn't help but praise, "Toshiba Machinery is brave."
After Aoi Shuyi heard such comments, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed and bewildered, but soon diverted his attention joyfully because of the other party's approval of cooperation,
I have to say that Toshiba really had a few tricks. After poking such a big mess, it forced the rb government to wipe its ass in the front, but it just ruthlessly lost the car this year to protect the handsomeness of two related executives.
Of course, in order to extinguish the wrath of American Dad, the two companies rb Toshiba and Norway's Conkspeluk must hand over fines in real money. Despite the secretiveness, the richest man still learned through his own channels that the figure was as high as 517 million US dollars, and rb people must have accounted for the bulk.
Otherwise, the wave of crusade against Toshiba will not subside quickly, and even those seemingly highly targeted business restrictions before will be gone.
As a result, Tang Huan, who received the news, started a wider cooperation with rb people who would definitely dare to break the ice for the benefit of the future.
Through this period of special understanding, Tang Huan basically understands that the status of IT-related industrial electronic products has surpassed that of traditional heavy-duty electromechanical equipment and home appliances. What kind of strategic innovation is being tossed at the current stage-to sum up: The "i" strategy refers to information—integration—intelligence; now it is preparing to add two other "i", namely image—image and interaction—interactive.
If you have to use a simple sentence to describe Toshiba's specific calculations, that is, it aims at and is optimistic about the coming multimedia era driven by computer technology.
Strategic alliance is a magic weapon for Toshiba to successfully enter the US market. Its products were previously OEM to US retail giant Sears, which is the best example.
It's just that as Toshiba's wings are full, globalization and its own brand are the only way, and it ended this unknown behind-the-scenes supplier experience.
In fact, the strategic alliance of international enterprises is a trend. This can be seen from the high-definition format war in the original time and space more than ten years later. From the technical standard leaders Sony and Toshiba, to the Hollywood forces behind each, and even Wal-Mart, which controls important sales channels, at critical moments, they all started stand in line.
In Aoi Shuichi's view, as long as he can reach a strategic alliance with Tang Huan, it is better than bargaining with IBM, Microsoft, other Hollywood companies and other factions separately.
Obviously, Toshiba, which is in an important stage of strategic transformation, is much more open-minded and pragmatic than most other rb companies. Of course, I believe that Toshiba is also forced to have no other way.
"Toshiba's 'i' strategy suits my taste." Tang Huan clearly affirmed: "I think that in the future, all devices, including computers, game consoles, and home appliances, will be interconnected through digital technology. Of course, this The goal needs to be achieved in stages. Take the TV as an example, a small remote control that combines semiconductors and infrared rays, a game console, a video recorder, a_v terminals for connecting audio and video signals to VCD, and how to accommodate more program channels. A few years have forced it to make a clear change in adopting digital technology."
The discussion of Mr. Richest Man was basically just scratching the surface, at least not mentioning the LCD technology in which Sharp was ahead and Toshiba was obviously behind, but it was a good start, and Aoi Shuyi nodded and agreed.
In the end, the two sides can immediately confirm two cooperation results: one belongs to Toshiba's current strengths, that is, the research and development of next-generation dynamic random access memory 4mb, 16mb, and 64mb capacity chips; the other is digital multimedia including vcd, which Toshiba is optimistic about. .
Aoi Shuichi, who has been running around for many days, can be said to have gotten what he wanted, while Toshiba, who has been hanging around unfavorably, finally has good news that can be sold. This made him, who was very happy, have a posture of talking about everything at the dinner later on.
So Tang Huan casually said, "I heard that His Majesty's health has deteriorated?"
It is not taboo for the richest man to turn to this topic.
In fact, as early as April 29, 1987, the emperor's birthday, Hirohito suddenly felt unwell at the birthday luncheon held at the Imperial Palace Fengmeidian. Worsening, even vomiting blood symptoms.
On September 22 of the same year, Hirohito underwent pancreatic surgery after suffering digestive system problems for several months, becoming the first emperor to undergo laparotomy.
By December of the same year, Hirohito's physical condition had improved to a certain extent, and he was able to return to official duties, but his weight had dropped rapidly.
On August 13 this year, Hirohito took a government helicopter to the Akasaka Guest House in Tokyo, and went to the RB Budokan two days later to attend the national memorial ceremony for the war dead. This was his last public appearance.
After Hirohito underwent surgery the year before last, major media outlets in rb began to prepare for the major event of the emperor's death. The relevant manuscripts, printed drafts, and plans for TV reports were all being carried out in secret, for fear of not grabbing the headlines.
Although Hirohito has not passed away yet, rb media has privately referred to that day as "X-Day" - derived from the military term "D-Day", that is, the day when an event that does not know when will happen but will inevitably happen . For example, the day when the Battle of Normandy started-June 6, 1944, was called "D-Day" by relevant people at the time. By analogy, the day Hirohito died. It was referred to as "x day" by rb media.
From the late night of September 19th to the early morning of September 20th this year, Hirohito vomited a lot of blood in the imperial palace, and his physical condition deteriorated again, requiring continuous blood transfusions. The rb media then entered a state of intense preparations.
For example, the rb Broadcasting Association broadcasts this all night, and special reports will be made when the condition changes. The emperor's blood pressure, pulse and other data are also displayed in the form of subtitles at regular intervals like the stock market index. program.
That is to say, from this moment, nearly a thousand reporters were stationed outside the Imperial Palace, and at the same time, several TV broadcast vehicles and motor generators were parked in the courtyard to cope with this so-called "X Day". However, there is not much news revealed by the Imperial Palace.
At the same time, in response to the death of the emperor, the rb cabinet also discussed the issue of the new name, which was reported informally by some media.
As of December now, Hirohito is the emperor with the longest reign in Japan, and the longest reigning monarch in the world-Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej is not yet ranked, and he is also the last surviving One of the leaders of World War II.
It is conceivable that rb will definitely handle this trivial matter in a big way, in order to show its status as a rising so-called "superpower" to the world.
The reason why Tang Huan pays attention to this development is because the World Pop Music Festival organized by Yamaha has been suspended this year, and it is almost impossible to resume it even next year.
You know, the Yamaha World Pop Music Festival and the San Francisco Music Festival are the two major music events under the command of the richest man, and it is from here that the young queen Celine Dion stepped onto the world stage.
From this, Tang Huancai learned that rb society has entered a state of "self-sustainment" - the upcoming Christmas and New Year's Day are important holidays in rb, but the atmosphere is relatively solemn now.
This will definitely have a significant impact on the sales plan of the three generations of Xiaobawang game consoles in the Christmas season. Rb will not be so pedantic that it will suspend work and stop the market, but the marketing plan must be more careful to avoid taboos.
Aoi Shuyi really gave Tang Huan his own advice, "In the recent period, it is better for everyone to keep a low profile and simplicity in public."
Tang Huan nodded slightly. His position in rb is not small, and he really needs to gain more experience so that he can treat this unprecedented "off-season" cautiously. However, according to the actual performance of Baodao’s ban on entertainment after the death of Mr. Xiao Jiang, the market’s demand for home entertainment methods such as VCRs, VCDs, and game consoles will also increase sharply. and unconventional opportunities for vcd.
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After Tang Huan left the increasingly oppressive rb and arrived in the United States, he finally experienced the excitement of Christmas.
And similar to the attitude of "buy you and earn" that rb people go to the United States to "sweep goods", the third-generation Xiaobawang game console with luxurious configuration, powerful functions, and rich matching games at the same time, but the price is affordable, is taking advantage of the situation to trigger There was a frenzy of buying.
If you buy one, you earn one, and if I sell one, you lose one.
In order to increase the market share as quickly as possible, Mr. Richest Man's EA is just so capricious!