Chapter 58 Ask your boss, how much does it cost to buy your company?
Have money in your hands and be calm and relaxed!
Since there is no shortage of funds, Su City has begun to consider finding a time to go to the west coast of the beautiful country to engage in a wave of acquisitions.
Apple, Oracle, Intel, HP, Microsoft, etc., these will all be giant-level companies in later generations.
Although Sioux City will enter these fields in the future, it is impossible to achieve a monopoly.
Businessmen can never go against the government. This is a very real problem.
If you really have a monopoly in these high-tech industries, whether it is Europe or the Americas, if we conduct an anti-monopoly for you, the money you make will not be enough to pay the fine.
So, it is better to secretly acquire some shares of these promising companies, let them develop on their own, wait for these companies to develop, and be the person behind the scenes, isn't that nice?
In fact, Sioux City has long ago let Tianyuan Investment Management Company invest in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Niue Island, Bahamas Islands, Seychelles Islands, Republic of Panama, Republic of Mauritius and Bermuda. Many offshore companies were registered, and the names of these companies were used to secretly absorb stocks from the equity interests of Wharf and Hutchison Whampoa.
These offshore companies also have multiple shareholdings, which are layered on top of each other, making it difficult to find out their details.
This also led to the failure of British consortiums such as Jardine Matheson, Huifeng Bank, and Swire Bank to discover the anomalies in Wharf and Hutchison Whampoa in time.
If Wharf had not broken the news themselves, others would have continued to investigate.
The sole owner of these offshore companies is Tianyuan Investment Management Company, and the only shareholder of Tianyuan Investment Management Company is naturally Su City.
Just as Sioux City was considering acquiring stocks in Silicon Valley companies, the phone rang.
It turned out that the person who called was Mr. Liu from the headhunting company. Last time, Su Cheng asked them to help find a professional manager with rich management experience.
This time, it was actually Mr. Liu who couldn't get through the call to Su City. Later he contacted Zhang Qizheng and got Su City's phone number in London.
"Mr. Su, it's not easy to find you!" Mr. Liu said with emotion the moment the call was connected.
"Mr. Liu called me this time. Could it be that he has good news?" Su Cheng asked with a smile.
"It is indeed good news. Mr. Su asked me to find talents. After a period of search, we learned that Mr. Yang Chaoye, the former vice president of international business of IBM, had disagreements with the president of IBM on many decisions. He formally applied for resignation to the IBM board of directors. If nothing happens, he will leave IBM as early as this week," Mr. Liu said with a smile.
"IBM's vice president? He should look down on our Su Group, right?" Su Cheng asked strangely.
"Normally, he would look down on him, but after we contacted him many times, he became more curious about Mr. Su, so he said that he was willing to meet Mr. Su, if Mr. Su could convince him , he is willing to take up the position of president of Su Group." Mr. Liu explained the reason.
"Mr. Yang Chaoye, is he a Chinese?" Su Cheng asked curiously.
This name was a bit unfamiliar to him. In his previous life, Su City had never heard of this name.
"Mr. Su is right. In fact, Mr. Yang Chaoye has worked in IBM for more than 30 years, from grassroots to IBM executives. It can be said that he has very rich experience in business management. He is currently sixty years old. , has reached retirement age, and working at IBM is not satisfactory, so he has the idea of resigning and returning to his hometown.
But it is naturally not suitable to go back to the mainland, so he chose Xiangjiang or Wanwan. As his destination after leaving the United States, we just happened to come to visit him, so he had the idea of going to Xiangjiang.”
After Mr. Liu said this, Su Cheng finally understood why the famous IBM vice president was willing to join a small group. You know, even in the 1970s, IBM was a very famous large enterprise in the United States and even around the world. Looking at the Su Group, it may be somewhat famous in Hong Kong. Basically everyone knows it after leaving Hong Kong.
"Mr. Liu, in this case, please tell him that if it is convenient, I hope he can come to London, because I will stay here for another week. It just so happens that a branch is being built here. Since he wants to test me, I can also take a look at his abilities." Su Cheng said with a smile.
Chinese people are good, and they are naturally more convenient to use than foreigners.
To be able to work all the way from a grassroots employee to a powerful figure in IBM, it goes without saying that Su Cheng knew that this must be an extraordinary person, but he had to take a look at this old Mr. Yang Chaoye Whether his management philosophy meets Su City's employment standards.
"Okay, Mr. Su, I will tell Mr. Yang Chaoye." Mr. Liu nodded.
“Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Liu.” Su Cheng said with a smile.
"This is what I should do, Mr. Su. If there is nothing else, I will hang up first." Mr. Liu said.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Liu, don't hang up the phone yet. I want to ask Mr. Liu some more questions." Su Cheng stopped him.
"Mr. Su, please tell me." Mr. Liu said curiously.
"It's like this. As the person in charge of your company, I think Mr. Liu has a good relationship with your boss, right?" Su Cheng asked.
“Of course, our boss and I are actually classmates. Their family is relatively wealthy. After graduation, they opened a labor service company. Later, they found that high-end talents are more scarce and easier to make money, so he I turned around and started working in a headhunting company. I happened to have worked in a British headhunting company for several years after graduation. Later, at his invitation, I returned to Xiangjiang, joined his company, and became the general manager of the company. Manager, it has been more than ten years now." Mr. Liu was a little sad when he talked about his experience.
"That's just right. Mr. Liu will go back and ask me how much it will cost to buy your company?" Su Cheng said with a smile.
"Um, Mr. Su, did I hear you right? You want to buy our company?" Mr. Liu was a little confused and asked repeatedly.
Please, Sioux City is just their customer. Then the customer wants to buy their company?
What kind of bloody drama is this?
"Mr. Liu heard wrongly. I do want to buy a headhunting company. Of course, if your company is unwilling to sell, I can't force it and will consider other companies." Su Cheng said with a smile. .
"Okay, I will talk to my boss about it later. As for whether to sell it or not, it is up to him to decide." Mr. Liu said.
"Well, then I won't bother Mr. Liu anymore, bye." Su Cheng smiled and hung up the phone.
Su Cheng has actually thought about this question several times.
As its capital flow grows, more and more companies will be owned by it.
Concomitantly, there is a lack of talent.
So, after consideration, Su Cheng still wanted to buy a headhunting company to search for talents from all over the world for himself.
(End of this chapter)