She got up on time at six o'clock in the morning. Feeling the two soft bodies beside her, Chen Qing stretched out her hand to fumble around, eliciting a burst of murmurs and giggles. She sat up and said with a smile: "I have trained you two to be so sensible. Next time the boss comes over, I don’t know whether he will be overjoyed or furious.”
Sisters Jiang Shanwu and Jiang Yuanchi got up and saw that Chen Qing had quickly gotten out of bed and walked to the bathroom as she spoke. She looked ruthless and had no intention of taking advantage of the early morning time to be gentle. They couldn't help but feel a little resentful, but they also I could only put on my clothes silently, quietly leave the suite in the inner courtyard and return to my room to change clothes and wash up.
Twenty minutes later, Chen Qing left the inner courtyard neatly dressed and came to the second-story library in the garden next door.
This two-story antique library, which was also renovated, contains tens of thousands of classic books with Chinese culture as the core. When purchasing books, Chen Qing hired several university professors to help list the books.
However, Chen Qing now prefers to use this place as an office.
Arriving on the second floor of the library, sisters Jiang Shanwu and the other two waitresses Lily Fawell and Christina Latham have also arrived and are sorting and reviewing some domestic and overseas books, newspapers and magazines that they just received today. Among them are important The content will be made into a briefing and provided to Chen Qing and the others.
Chen Qing had just sat down at the large mahogany desk by the window on the second floor and opened her laptop. Lin Su also walked in, bringing her sister Lin Lan with her.
Noticing Lin Lan's figure, Chen Qing frowned slightly without saying anything. She lowered her head to check today's email.
The first is your own boss.
The information that Chen Qing and the two send to Simon usually go through the assistant office in charge of Girl A. However, the two women also have direct channels to contact Simon. However, neither Chen Qing nor Lin Su will disturb someone too frequently. I usually only write one or two emails a week.
He didn't know what Lin Su would say to him. Although the topics of Chen Qing's emails would involve work, they were not too formal, just like a little girl sending a small note to her sweetheart, as trivial as that.
It's a little trick to maintain a man's feelings for her.
In the last email, in addition to talking about the construction progress of the man's two gardens in Suzhou and Hangzhou, he also talked about helping his boss recruit a group of waitresses in China. They are all the most outstanding graduates from universities across China. girl.
Then there was the fact that she had learned from Mou Zhongzhong some time ago and helped to set up a matchmaking process, exchanging a batch of amber from Ukraine for a ship of TV sets from China.
Great sense of accomplishment.
In addition, she noticed a very popular JJ disco here in Beijing last year, and she was eager to get involved. After constant pursuit and inquiry, she unexpectedly discovered that there were some very powerful brothers behind the disco. Their surname was Tang, and they used the family name to A company called Delong is engaged in capital operations in the wild market of China. She has asked the team of Cersei Capital China Economic Research Institute to follow up on the Tang brothers, which may have investment value.
And one last little thing.
The nightclub here in Beijing called 'Heaven and Earth', after this period of contact, has successfully obtained 30% of the shares through a Hong Kong shell company, costing 1.5 million US dollars, which Chen Qing thinks is a bit expensive. After all, this nightclub has only opened for business not long ago, so it doesn't seem to be anything special.
However, several senior executives selected here have successfully joined the company. Chen Qing plans to meet with the owner of the nightclub this weekend and ask the man if there is anything he needs to convey, such as reserving a special box
Open your inbox and someone has already replied.
Nothing else was said, only a very simple sentence: "This is an era when China can do things seriously, and don't always think about speculation."
Um…
This has been taught.
Chen Qing, who was imitating someone playing with a pencil in her hand, pouted, and then looked at the back. There was another thing, which was a serious matter. She was asked to contact her to make a VCD of past Victoria's Secret shows, and requested that all of them be included. The more sophisticated the Chinese and English name subtitles of Victoria’s Secret Angels, the better.
Then put it on the market.
Chen Qing was confused about this.
Then he couldn't help but chuckle again.
Her boss obviously knows very well why China's VCD industry has grown so rapidly. No, he even personally instructed her to make pirated copies.
This is a big deal.
After thinking about it for a moment, Chen Qing quickly understood that the boss was planning to promote the Victoria's Secret Army in China, and perhaps take advantage of the trend to bring the Victoria's Secret brand into China.
In fact, because of their great reputation, the VCDs of past Victoria's Secret shows are also quite popular in China. However, apparently no one has thought of naming every angel who appears. When the audience sees these CDs, they think To know who is on the runway, you can only get information through some newspapers and magazines.
Now, with the names attached, if promoted a little more, the Victoria’s Secret Legion will definitely become famous in China.
The next step is to start business.
What Chen Qing is confused about is how her boss plans to promote it. This should be a very expensive thing. Moreover, given China's still relatively conservative social atmosphere, the results may not be very good.
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a faint sound of reading coming from the window.
This was Li Youhu and Zhu Momo practicing their lines by a small lake in another part of the garden. Thinking of Zhu Momo's tall stature and the gossip he had gotten from the United States these days, Chen Qing suddenly understood. .
The Victoria's Secret show, known as the 'Super Bowl' of the fashion industry, will definitely attract the attention of the Chinese media if Chinese models appear. Then, through the Chinese media to the Chinese audience, and with the Victoria's Secret Show VCD with their names attached, the Victoria's Secret Army will naturally become more famous in China.
Learned another trick.
This should be called going with the flow, wrong, or taking advantage of the situation.
After thinking about the man's brief email for a moment, Chen Qing hesitated a little and did not reply immediately. Instead, she closed the page and started checking work emails.
From yesterday morning to now, there have been more than thirty letters.
What is more important is the materials sent by the China Telecom IPO team, and the various progress is daily.
There was also a letter from Jared Buckley, president of China operations of Apollo Management, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, who was in Guangdong at this time.
The layout of the Westeros system in China continues.
Jared Buckley, who is still nominally the boss of Chen Qing and Chen Qing, has basically been here since Simon visited China in the first half of the year. Currently, the China business department that Buckley is responsible for has expanded to three teams, with a total of more than 200 people, respectively. Responsible for investments in three major areas: food and beverage, real estate and electronic technology.
With a team of more than 200 people, most of the employees are from China. After training, these people will be decentralized to become senior executives of related investment companies in the future.
In terms of funding, in addition to the US$1 billion in the hands of Buckley, there is also US$1 billion from the family fund behind Charlotte Brenita in Switzerland, totaling 2 billion. Moreover, the money is scattered among many different sub-funds.
Although on the surface it is a crowdfunded investment fund, in the end it is all someone’s money.
Chen Qing also understood that her boss did this mainly because he did not want the Westeros system to become too ubiquitous in China.
Keeping a low profile is the way to go.
The content of Jared Buckley's email mainly discussed the progress of the acquisition of a condiment company in Foshan, Guangzhou, called Haitian Condiment Co., Ltd.
Compared with the grain and oil field, which is strictly controlled by the Chinese government, condiments are a necessity in the lives of the Chinese public, but at the same time they are not subject to too strict supervision. Moreover, the profit margin of condiments is very high, just like the beverage industry. Combining various advantages, Therefore, it has become a recent investment focus of the food and beverage team.
In response to China's current general trend of attracting investment, the local government also responded very positively to the Buckley team's acquisition offer.
The problem now is the acquisition model.
Haitian is a state-owned enterprise, and it is a very famous local company. Buckley's team hopes to acquire it entirely, but the local government and Haitian management do not want to sell it all. The compromise plan currently discussed by the two parties is that Apollo Management Company will inject capital and acquire shares. There are two ways to acquire about 60% of the company's equity. The local government gives up the controlling stake. Apollo promises to keep the current management unchanged, while assisting the company to further expand at home and abroad, and to go public at an appropriate time in the future. operation.
Now that the email has been sent, this is basically the final plan.
In addition, Buckley also talked about two other projects in the email, both in Guangdong.
The first one is an investment in a real estate company headquartered in Shenzhen that was just established this year. The company is called Evergrande. The founder of this company, Boss Xu, made a net profit of RMB 20,000 for the company through a large real estate project in Guangzhou in the past two years. Billion, but when I was discussing money with my former employer, I was talked about my relationship, so I went out to work alone.
Buckley said in the email that the big boss personally decided on the investment and generously spent 20 million yuan to acquire 40% of the shares of the three-month-old company, and also provided $100 million in credit funds. for subsequent real estate development.
The second project is a preliminary survey of a real estate company also located in Foshan.
This company is called Country Garden.
Country Garden is currently living in a corner of Foshan. Buckley accidentally noticed when negotiating with Haitian Company that although the company is currently small, it has a hotel-style development and operation idea that is different from other real estate companies in China and is quite successful.
Jared Buckley also attached details of the two companies in the email attachment.
Chen Qing read all the work emails efficiently, opened the two attachments of real estate company information sent by Buckley, turned on printing, listened to the buzzing sound of the printer next to her, stretched her hands, and looked at her watch. , it was already seven o'clock, so I turned off the computer and went downstairs to have breakfast.
Sister Jiang Shanwu skillfully bound Chen Qing's printed materials, divided them into two folders together with the sorted newspaper clippings, and followed them downstairs.
Lin Lan, who had been staying next to her sister for the past half hour to read the Zhejiang Province investment project information she brought last night, couldn't help but sneer at her sister when she saw Chen Qing stand up and leave without saying a word.
Lin Su was also helpless.
Although she didn't want to admit it, in fact, she felt more and more that she couldn't keep up with Chen Qing's pace.
In fact, I don't want to argue with her too much.
They are all women, or they are all his women, so what is there to argue about
However, this time, the father's matter still needs to be discussed with Chen Qing, and even a little argument is required.
Following them back to the restaurant in the inner courtyard next door, and waiting for the waitress to serve breakfast, Lin Su looked at Chen Qing, who wasted no time in eating and looking at the materials, and finally said: "Xiao Qing, regarding the film and television city project, I hope What do you think about it being placed in Hangzhou?"
Chen Qing raised her head, glanced at Lin Lan, and then asked Lin Su, "Do you know Simon's layout idea?"
Lin Su nodded, of course she knew.
That man planned to create a 'Jin Shu' system based on the ideas of the Hollywood blockbuster era. Lin Su also studied what the Hollywood blockbuster era was like. The most typical one was undoubtedly MGM in its heyday. Using the simplest To describe it in one sentence, the business model in the era of large studios is vertical integration.
The main film production and distribution, the upstream film and television base, entertainment stars, terminal cinema lines and peripheral operations are all taken care of.
For China's entertainment industry, which is basically not an industry at this stage, vertical integration is undoubtedly the most effective operating idea, because the current Chinese film and television industry lacks everything, including Hollywood-type brokerage companies, production companies, and theater chains. A clear division of labor in the company is simply impossible.
If you want to make a difference without being constrained, you can only deploy the entire industry chain.
Seeing Lin Su nodding, Chen Qing also said: "I have already contacted the Suzhou Municipal Government. Since you understand Simon's thinking, you should know that in order to achieve vertical integration, tax incentives and policy support at the government level are essential. Less. You also know my connections in Suzhou. In the next month or so, I will be able to negotiate a rough preferential plan for the film and television industry with the Suzhou Municipal Government. On your side..." Chen Qing said this and shrugged slightly: "In the same month, we will compare the two plans and hand them over to Simon to decide which one is better. Simon will definitely use that one."
Before Lin Su could speak, Lin Lan couldn't help but said: "One month is not enough time."
Chen Qing looked at her and curled her lips: "So, it depends on the sincerity of the local government. If they really want to cooperate, a month will be more than enough, and we don't have much time to waste here. We have to fight for it." Day and night, Xiaolan."
Lin Lan did not give up: "Suzhou is different from Hangzhou. Hangzhou is the provincial capital, and Suzhou is just a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu. The difficulty of making decisions is very different. And as you just said, you have started working in advance. This unfair."
"It's unfair. In fact, Asu could have done the work in advance, but she didn't do it. It's not my fault."
“…”
Lin Lan was speechless for a moment, and then looked at her unsatisfied sister with an expression like "What are you doing every day?"
Lin Su felt her sister's eyes and felt a little guilty for no reason.
On weekdays, she actually does whatever Chen Qing does, and she does it no less. Mainly because of the man's arrangement, the two were a couple and had no secrets from each other. However, because of Chen Qing's strength, Lin Su unknowingly gave up a lot of decision-making power to the other party.
Thinking of this, Lin Su suddenly felt aggrieved.
So he handed the thick document that he had started reading last night to Chen Qing opposite, and said angrily: "Here, you take the time to read it today, and I will give a reply to my father and the others tomorrow. If you don't get the result, I'll just... I'll take out all my money."
"you dare!"
Chen Qing blurted out, and then saw Lin Su glaring at her. She realized that although the other party usually did not fight or fight, but if he really had a stubborn temper, she might not be able to control it, so she had to soften her attitude: "Okay, okay, but , I’m very busy today, I only have one day to finish it.”
Lin Lan felt that her elder sister had finally regained some initiative, and quickly helped: "There will always be time to squeeze in, Sister Qing, seize the day and night."
Chen Qing: "..."