Chapter 703

Chapter 703

"Adam, Henry Kravis from KKR has approached me. He wants to raise funds from the Scarlett Fund." Scarlett suddenly pushed Nanyi and said.

"For the Reynolds Nabisco takeover?"

KKR is a company that focuses on leveraged buyouts. Its essence is to provide a small amount of funds by itself, and other companies rely on debt to borrow funds to acquire other companies with larger capital, just like using the principle of leverage to lift heavy objects with less force.

Leveraged buyouts are usually guaranteed by the company to be acquired or the future cash flow, and sometimes the profits are not as expected, which is very risky for investors.

As far as Nanyi knows, KKR is acquiring Reynolds Nabisco.

In 1985, Reynolds Tobacco Company, which produced Camel cigarettes, acquired Nabisco, which mainly produced three brand biscuits of Quduoduo, Oreo and Lezhi, and then formed Reynolds Nabisco.

This is a company with assets valued at more than 30 billion US dollars, and it is not so easy to acquire.

"Yes."

"If the financing is only for this one project, the risk is too great, unless KKR can agree to reduce the management fee and calculate the carried interest [from the profit of the successful transaction to offset the loss of the failed transaction] on the basis of the total profit of their fund, otherwise it will not Investing."

"I think so too. I'm not very optimistic about KKR's acquisition. I plan to wait and see. If their acquisition fails in the end, I will consider investing a little bit and take the opportunity to get more favorable conditions."

"So, are you optimistic about KKR's long-term development?"

"Yes, leveraged buyout is a good model. Investing in KKR should have a good return. The intelligence policy committee also came to the same conclusion as me."

"Well, I'll keep an eye on it."

The sun rises and the moon sets, the sun sets and the moon rises, repeating and repeating. The next day, Nan Yi took Nan Youqiong to the west to participate in a Wargame themed on the Civil War. He became a gunner and had a good time with the Napoleon cannon.

On the third day, I took him to the "big guy/bigguy" club. This is a club formed by military fans who are obsessed with heavy weapons. The members in it have at least two tanks, infantry combat vehicles, fighter jets and so on. big guy.

If not, sorry, the club does not welcome visitors of the same kind.

Nanyi is naturally of the same kind. He not only has T-34, 76 Sherman, but also F-100F Super Saber fighter jet. In fact, he is also a member of the club, but he rarely attends parties.

"Wow, Jacques, Leopard Type A, can the engine still withstand the toss?" Nanyi walked up to a big guy and said enviously.

Jacques is a rich second generation. His father died early, leaving him more than 300 million US dollars in cash, and the value of an office building that can be rented all the time. No one is in charge of his wealth. He is the most stylish member of the club. Whoever makes people rich in money can keep picking good things in their hands.

With a cigar in his mouth, Jacques said proudly: "Of course, as long as you are gentle, you can still toss for several years."

Nan Yi leaned over to Jacques and said softly, "Has the weapon system been dismantled?"

"I hid it secretly, and I still have ten shells, including armor-piercing shells, incendiary bombs, and grenades."

"I have a piece of land in Montana, with a radius of hundreds of miles, it's all my own." Nan Yi said mysteriously.

Jacques' eyes lit up and said, "Adam, when are you free?"

"A few months later, when the time comes, everyone will pull the big guys over and enjoy the game once. If you want to play a second time, the ATF [Administration of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] may come to your door."

"OK, I'll wait for your notice. I want to organize it and see how many tanks and chariots will pass by then. I need to get in touch with the transportation first."

"Hmm, can you sit in the big guy?" Nan Yi pointed to the Leopard Tank Type A and said.

It is necessary to ask for consent in advance. It is impolite to say that these big guys may have a higher status than their wives in the eyes of military fans. It is really easy for the two sides to quarrel if they touch each other without consent.

"Of course, you can do whatever you want."

After agreeing, Nan Yi took Nan Youqiong into the tank, sat in the gunner's seat, and imagined the heroic appearance of the Leopard tank on the battlefield back then.

"Daddy, the Leopard is so handsome, I want to use one too." Nan Youqiong said enviously as he fumbled around in the tank.

"Okay, Daddy will buy it for you, and then buy a Tiger. It's a pity that only one of the King Tiger can be driven. It's not easy to do, otherwise I'll get you one."

"Yeah, thank you Daddy."

"You're welcome."

Nanyi is embarrassed to accept his son's thanks. He didn't want to buy it for his son. He obviously wanted to buy it for himself. Back then, Nanyi only had SD.KFZ.252 armored ammunition transport vehicles and SD.KFZ. The 253 armored command vehicle is not very attractive, he likes the others, and he wants to collect all the ones he can buy.

I have experienced the era when green military uniforms were popular, and I have also experienced the era when military magazines are flying all over the sky. Nan Yi can blurt out various parameters as long as they appear in magazines, ranging from sabers and firearms to aircraft carriers and bombers.

I have been Ye Gong for decades, and now I have the opportunity to have a real guy, how could Nanyi miss it.

Because of the existence of Nan Youqiong, other members were embarrassed to refuse the father and son's request to drill tanks, so Nan Yi had the opportunity to drill all the tanks and assault vehicles, and therefore, in the near future, Nanyi will add a lot of expenses.

After playing with Nan Youqiong for two days, Nan Yi spent four days with a group of adoptive children in Qidian Orphanage.

After that, Nan Yi flew to London and stayed with Catherine for a few days.

Then fly to Paris.

Back then, after the release of "Joan of Arc", which was designed only to make Sophie Marceau a good person regardless of the cost, it did give Sophie Marceau a good reputation in France. At the same time, the Nan family also suffered a mess.

Because it was shot by a French company, the film has a strong taste of Gallic chicken. Except for the filming in France and a few surrounding countries with little consumption power, North America and Japan, such big-ticket warehouses, have no idea of ​​importing at all. .

Who made "Joan of Arc" lack a big selling point of French movies, "show". For French directors, if they don't strip the heroine's clothes, it's not called a movie, let alone art.

Sophie Marceau's character is different from her quiet appearance, she is not a law-abiding master, full of rebellious spirit.

After getting off the plane, Nan Yi rubbed his temples. On the plane just now, he had just read Sophie Marceau's record of causing trouble. It took a lot of contacts and financial resources to suppress each one.

"School beauty, call Ya Zhenni and ask where he is."

After hearing the words, the school beauty picked up the phone and dialed out. After saying a few words, she covered the receiver and said to Nan Yi: "In the old Paris restaurant on Ile de la Cité, three people are together, one director and one actor."

"Oh, what's the director's name?"

The school girl asked the microphone and said, "Ya Zhenni said she was the one who taught me a lesson last time."

"Oh, let Yazheng find a few niggers and deal with them again. It doesn't have to be too hard, just train them for a week. When the training is complete, let him rest for a day, and then beat him again. Eight days a round, he has to pay back. Don't stop if you dare to appear in front of Sophie."

"Nansheng, do you want to do it all at once?"

"No, it's not a life-and-death enmity. There's no need to be too ruthless. Go to the Viscount's Castle."

The matter is too complicated, and Nan Yi can't figure out whether he should be righteous or guilty. Not counting his previous life, he can be righteous, but if it is counted, he seems to be a bit of an unknown teacher, so he is very entangled, and he is too embarrassed to do too much .

"Nansheng, let's go to Neuil Biancourt's apartment. The garden of the castle is open for tourists to visit."

"Okay, listen to you."

In order to develop the tourism industry, the Paris city government discussed with the castle owners in the suburbs near Paris the year before last to open the gardens of the castle for tourists to visit. Although it is not mandatory, other castle owners are willing to cooperate, and even willing to give the interior of the building to the public. "Special guests" are open, and the Viscount Castle, which has special historical significance, cannot remain unique, so it can only open its own garden.

In this way, the castle does not have much privacy and security.

"Although the city government will give some compensation every year, the maintenance cost of the castle has increased a lot. The cost of holding it is too high. It's not a good idea to hold it in your hands. You can consider giving it up."

Stroking his chin, Nan Yi looked out the window. The scenery was still the same, and the buildings were still the same, but the smiles of the passers-by on the road were not as sincere as the previous two years, feeling a little bit of bitterness.

After 1979, the French economy is like Wang Xiaoer's new year. It is not as good as every year. Although it seems to be growing every year, but with inflation, the French economy has been in recession for nearly ten years.

Seeing nothing new, Nanyi turned his gaze away and looked down at the "Le Monde" bought at the airport.

Not long ago, a delegation of writers from Huaguo came to participate in the "Awakening of Huaguo Literature" seminar. Facing more than 300 French cultural figures, sinologists and some domestic students, they talked freely and exposed What they think of Huaguo is not good.

Instead, Xu Guangcun, a professor who traveled to France in Taiwan, countered them with righteous words at the meeting, "In your works, you are exposing, exposing. It has been exposing for more than ten years, and you are still exposing. Huaguo is poor, but The culture of Huaguo is not poor, and our nation should be praised. Don’t forget that you, as writers, should lead the people of Huaguo forward.”

In stark contrast to this, in January this year, at the 35th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, experts and scholars from various countries and 75 Nobel laureates gathered in Paris, France to discuss the fate of mankind and study the future of the world.

After several days of discussion and research, 75 Nobel laureates reached a consensus that they were not only disappointed with the future of capitalism in the West, but also completely rejected the Soviet-style development method.

So, where is the direction of human development?

Seventy-five Nobel Prize winners jointly issued a manifesto after the meeting, some of whom said: "If human beings want to survive in the 21st century, they must go back 2,500 years and absorb the wisdom of Confucius."

Soaked in the irritability of the report, Nanyi and his party have come to the apartment of Neuil Biancourt.

Going upstairs, Nanyi made a phone call and sat in the living room watching TV while waiting.

After about an hour or so, the people waiting for Nanyi arrived.

Jean Bard, the vice president of Sophie Holdings on the bright side, but he has full control over the affairs of Sophie Holdings, and Sophie Marceau is just a mascot.

"John [Rang is a transliteration, actually means John], do you think it's good or bad to hold Sophie up?"

Jean Budd didn't expect Nanyi to ask such a sharp question when he opened his mouth. This question is not easy to answer from his standpoint. After all, he is involved in it and has interests intertwined.

After thinking about it for a while, Jean Bard said: "Mr. Adam, I think it's still good. President Sophie has a considerable degree of friendship among the people throughout France. Sophie Holdings is implementing some acquisitions. When doing business, it will reduce a lot of resistance from the people.”

"for example?"

"If it weren't for President Sophie's influence, the operation of acquiring the shares of Feneng Group in the fourth quarter of last year would not have been so smooth. We could not have obtained 8.5% of the shares, and we could only get about half of them."

"Maintain the status quo?"

"I don't think it needs to be changed." Jean Bard said cautiously.

"Okay, I respect your decision." Nan Yi nodded and said: "Why did Total only get 4.5% of the shares? As far as I know, during the privatization process of Total, there were no people who were willing to subscribe for the company's shares. not much."

"There are not many people who subscribe for shares, and it is easy to acquire shares in Total, but the board of directors of Total is unwilling to see another super-large shareholder appear.

Therefore, when the shares of Sophie Holdings Investment reached 3.81%, the resistance became very strong. The original shareholders did not want to see our shares increase again. I still used the name of other companies for the remaining 0.69% of the shares. A small shareholder bought it at a premium of 40%. "

"Well, is there any possibility of repurchasing the shares of the utility company?"

"It is not possible for the time being. The shares that the government is willing to release have been bought by everyone. Our shareholding of 0.47% is already the limit. If we want to increase it, it depends on whether the public power company will be further privatized."

"Oh, where's Rona Planck?"

"I haven't heard any news about privatization yet. Mr. Adam, this company was nationalized in 1982. I guess it may never be privatized, and it will only be privatized."

"Regardless of whether it is privatization or privatization, continue to pay attention, as long as there is a possibility of taking shares, you must take shares."

"clear."

"How did it go with Pierre?"

Pierre Veron, the founder of Sodexo, a company that provides high-quality integrated catering services to enterprises, government agencies, schools, hospitals, residential communities, nursing homes and other units.

To put it simply, it is to deliver food to units and individuals or directly contract the kitchen. As long as the customer pays, they don’t need to worry about other things. Sodexo will take care of everything.

Whether it is the agricultural products of Shennong Nanliang, or the "Qifen Love" semi-finished dishes of the two factories of Fenjuhua and Huangjinjia, and high-end ingredients of SGF, Sodexo is an excellent and suitable customer.

"In the middle of the negotiation, but Pierre is not willing to give up too many shares."

Nanyi waved his hand and said, "You don't need many shares, you just need to establish a friendship with Pierre to ensure that our products can be sold to Sodexo smoothly. Not only can we provide him with high-quality products, you can also You can promise him financing channels.

The general situation of the whole world is moving in the direction of peace. In the next few years, the supply of agricultural products in the world will increase steadily, and we will face huge challenges. Price drops and slow sales are all problems we will face. Therefore, Stable shipping channels are very important to us.

Not only Sodexo, but the next step is to establish a good relationship with Carrefour and put our agricultural products into their supermarkets.

In order to facilitate your work, in the near future, the industry of Houji Agriculture in France will be transferred to the name of Sophie Holdings. Since you took over, all of our farmland in France will be cultivated in rotation to plant wheat and corn silage. When will the silage end? The plan will be further notified by the group. "

[To explain, the land used for silage is actually planned before planting. The planting density of silage is different from that of general planting. In order to increase the "feed" harvest, the planting density of silage wheat fields will be very high, photosynthesis and nutrients. There is no guarantee, even if it grows to maturity, the "grain" harvest is not guaranteed at all. If you want to swing at both ends, you will fail at both ends. It does not mean that the wheat can be called silage when it is half grown and harvested. ]

"Extreme planting?" asked Jean Bard.

"When did we use the method of extreme planting? It is still mainly to protect the fertility of the land. Corn should not exceed 4,500 plants per mu, and wheat should be increased by 10% on the basis of normal planting. At the end of next year, our land will be re-inspected. The planning of organic fields is about to start.”

Jean Bard had worked in Shennong Nanshi before, and when it came to agriculture, he was completely seamless.

"Mr. Adam, are we going to drive up the price of corn and wheat?"

"I don't have any plans yet, but I just want to try to see how much the adjustment of our planting plan will affect the price of food."

It cannot be said that Shennong Nanliang has the ability to control the trend of grain prices. It can only be said that once Shennong Nanliang adjusts its planting plan, the expected output of a certain grain will drop or increase by a few tenths to 1 percent.

In order to protect the fertility of the land and not push up the price of chemical fertilizers, Shennong Nanliang has always adopted the mode of rotation farming. At the same time, less than half of the land is used for planting, and the remaining half is either abandoned or used to grow alfalfa or other green manure grass.

In fact, it is very difficult to raise food prices. The trend of international food prices is that they are low most of the time, and occasionally due to natural disasters or artificially raising food prices to an unreasonable range.

The impact of the drought in Africa is about to come to an end, and it is about to enter a stage of self-sufficiency from support from other places. Food prices are about to fall. In the next two or three years, there will be no benefit in diversifying staple food. The policy of Shennong Nanliang is to temporarily reduce planting and favor animal husbandry ; and taking advantage of the low food prices and the period when everyone is generally pessimistic about agriculture, annex more land.

Nan Yi paused and continued: "You should be clear about Nan's development policy. Agriculture and technology are the core, and energy is the auxiliary. These three areas operate according to the idea of ​​sustainable development;

Others have finance as their bloodline, and we play the role of capital. If we can eat, we will eat a mouthful. If we don’t give food, we will change places. "

"Understood, go where there is profit, and the execution strategy is between investment and speculation."

"Yes, to maintain high capital flow and high growth rate, the acceleration of rail transit is a topic that many countries are pursuing and researching. In the short term, Alstom will show a rapid upward trend. If possible, eat into this company The company's stock, take a free ride, and when it fights with General Electric, we will exit.

Nuclear power is also one of the major trends of electric energy in the future. Areva has developed very well in the past few years, and has already reached out to China. Daya Bay is built by this company. You can pay attention to it. If you can buy a share, you can buy it. If you can't buy it, you can buy it from the secondary market;

In addition, the auto market should also rise for a long time in the future, which can be properly speculated.

Regarding automobiles, there is one more thing that needs to be noted. Once there are R\u0026D companies engaged in other energy sources in the automotive field, and they can come up with practical and reliable solutions, then we will wait and see what happens. If other companies want to suppress, we will follow superior;

Regardless of whether it is hydrogen energy or electric energy, as long as we do not use diesel and gasoline, it is not in our interests. Suppress and collect technology well. After we decouple from oil on a large scale, we will enter the field of new energy vehicles.

This matter is done quietly without publicity. Our interests are the same as those of the oil giants. "

Jean Bard asked: "So our approach in the oil sector is light fields, heavy refining and chemicals?"

"Yes, as long as any industry continues to develop, the proportion of primary suppliers' interests in the industrial chain is absolutely impossible to be too large, and oil is no exception. From a long-term perspective, the profit of holding oil fields will become lower and lower. , it is not in our interest to be trapped in it.

But in the short term, its production ratio is still very impressive. Within ten years, regarding oil and oil fields, as long as the investment companies are reliable, they can invest heavily. All investments within the French traditional sphere of influence will be managed by Sophy Chen. It is up to you to initiate the investment. "

"Yes, I understand."

"As for your personal dividends, in the middle of next year, the Emotional Policy Committee will evaluate your work. When the evaluation results come out, the dividends in the first half of the year will also be made up for you. The second evaluation will be at the end of each year. conduct.

Your dividend will be divided into two parts, a small part will go directly to your private account, and the other big part belongs to Sophie in name and will also go into a specific account of hers, which you can withdraw at any time. Is this understandable? "

"It is understandable that Sophie Holdings and President Sophie carry out a personal brand bundle. The personal charm of President Sophie can enhance the affinity of Sophy Holdings and carry out brand marketing in a disguised form."

"Hmm, so, don't waste resources in vain, operate a mass brand of women's products, fast-moving consumer goods, and food, and let Sophie take charge of the platform, ah, when designing brand positioning, combine Sophie's personality, bold and lively One point, it should be difficult for her to suppress her nature and play the character we need."

"Mr. Adam, I think President Sophie's personality is very French, which is in line with the preferences of the French. We don't need to deliberately create a false personality."

"Well." Nan Yi nodded, "That's because I thought wrong before, and I didn't understand the temper of the French people enough. At the end of the year, the Emotional Policy Committee once again evaluated the return on investment of "Joan of Arc". The result is not ideal, and I will personally bear part of the loss."

When Nan Yi said that, Jean Bard didn't know how to respond, so he could only keep silent.

"John, that's all for today. I'll go to the company to read the report tomorrow, and I'll invite you to dinner tonight."

"I already have plans for dinner tomorrow. I'm going to a white party."

"What kind of party?"

"It's not easy to describe. It's an invitation-only party, usually held in complete secrecy. The venue will remain secret until a few hours before the party. Participants must dress in pure white and bring their own food, drinks and tableware."

"What about the theme?"

"There is no theme."

"Oh, French romance. OK, then change it to the day after tomorrow. It's not outside, it's here."

"OK."

After the two chatted, Jean Bard took his leave and left, and Nan Yi continued to watch TV.

Slipped away in a hurry in the afternoon, and for dinner, Nanyi casually ate a few baguettes and found two packs of potato chips. While eating the potato chips, he continued to watch TV.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is currently broadcasting on TV, co-produced by France and the Soviet Union. There are only 3 episodes in total, and each episode is more than 230 minutes long. It is completely a series of movies.

The TV content is very exciting, and Nanyi has already sunk into it.

After watching an episode of TV series, Nan Yi found Sophie Marceau's videotape and watched "The Last Emperor".

After reading it, it was already midnight, and Nan Yi, who didn't wait for the person back, didn't wait anymore, washed up and went to bed to rest.

At some point, Nan Yi, who was sleeping soundly, felt a heavy weight on his body, and then a cold, moist feeling ran over his cheeks, and then down his neck.

Nan Yi, who was awakened, pulled his hand out of the thin quilt, groped up, and found a strand of hair and a small brain. With a push of luck, the small brain was pushed under the bed, making an "ouch".

"School flower, school flower."

Nan Yi yelled twice outside the bedroom.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and a ray of light shone on Nan Yi's face.

"How do you know?"

"Know."

"Take the person to the guest room, gag your mouth, and don't disturb me to sleep."

"yes."

"Adam, you... woo woo..."

Xiao Hua stepped forward to cover Sophie Marceau's mouth, wrapped her arms around her neck and dragged her out. When she dragged her out of the bedroom, she didn't forget to close the door.

The croaking noise disappeared, and Nanyi had a good night's sleep.

...

French breakfast, people can't expect much. For Nanyi, the only function is to fill the stomach without frowning.

After the morning exercise, Nanyi ordered a "Petit Dejeuner" in a roadside cafe, which can be translated as a small lunch. To put it more simply, the French breakfast is an appetizer for lunch.

For the French, lunch is an extremely important meal. During the period from going to bed at 12 o'clock in the morning to 12 o'clock at noon the next day, they eat something casually to transition to lunch time. So it's not uncommon for the French to have a cup of coffee, a piece of fruit or a croissant for breakfast.

How can a meal that is not taken seriously be expected.

Nan Yi was eating bread and reading the newspaper when a woman with an oriental appearance walked up to him and said hello, "Bonjour."

"Bonjour." Nan Yi replied subconsciously, looked up at the woman who blocked his light, and after identifying it, said in Cantonese: "Miss Hui, ask for directions or meet fellow villagers?"

The person who came was Hui Yingzi, a female star in Hong Kong, who had an Academy Award winner, but she was not very famous, and she had few scenes.

"Coincidentally, you are also from Xiangxi?" The visitor was overjoyed.

"No, I'm an old cousin from the mainland, please sit down."

Hui Yingzi sat down across from Nanyi, "I want to ask for directions, and I want to see if I can meet fellow villagers. I don't know French, so I can't communicate with anyone if I want to ask for directions."

"Go to the edge?"

"Go to this place." Hui Yingzi took out a notebook, flipped through it and pointed to a line of words.

Nan Yi looked at it and said, "The experimental art gallery area is on the side of the Bastille. Are you going to see the art exhibition?"