Boss, in three days, 1.4 billion out of 2 billion in initial funds were processed. Of that, 1.1 billion chose to purchase the second round of funds, and the remaining 300 million were redeemed, Swift reported excitedly to Huang He.
This meant that the principal and interest for most of the first round of funds would not need to be paid, and could all be rolled into the second round of funds, which would further ease the Western Mustang Company's capital flow.
"Very good!" Huang He nodded in satisfaction and then smiled, "This time the total management fee is 2.05550 billion U.S. dollars. After tax, the head office will take 1.95 billion, and the remaining 55.5 million U.S. dollars will be your bonus!"
"No, absolutely not!" Swift quickly said, "You already promised me a salary of 10 million U.S. dollars per year. This is an extremely generous return, far exceeding the salaries of executives at other large financial companies. Now you are also giving me a bonus of 55.5 million U.S. dollars. I dare not accept it!" Swift quickly said.
"Hahaha! What is there for you to dare not accept? In the eyes of many, this amount is still too little for you, after all, you are a financial genius who earned the company a huge management fee of 6.1 billion U.S. dollars. Even if you took 1 billion U.S. dollars from it, no one would think you were excessive, because all this money was earned through your operations!" Huang He said with a smile. "In fact, I was a little worried that this 55.5 million U.S. dollars was too little and might cause your dissatisfaction, leading you to leave me!"
"No, I will never leave you, boss!" Swift said, greatly alarmed, and quickly replied, "Boss, if I can't see through myself, I don't understand. What am I, Swift, what kind of financial genius am I? All my investments are executed according to your command. I don't understand finance at all, I'm actually useless!"
"If I were to be deluded by my current achievements and the praise of the world, thinking that all of this is my own merit, and that I have the capital to go independent and dare to leave you, then I would be an absolute fool."
"By then, I would be completely exposed. Let alone a financial genius, even returning to being the small-time rogue I once was might not even be possible!"
"I have no other skills, my only skill is to understand myself. If I follow you wholeheartedly in this life, I will be able to enjoy wealth and prestige forever, be admired by all my Black compatriots, and incidentally help them earn some economic benefits. 10 million U.S. dollars is enough for me to live a life superior to others and enjoy unparalleled happiness. I will never leave the company, nor will I be greedy!"
"So, boss, please keep this 55.5 million U.S. dollars. I dare not accept a single cent!" Swift was so scared that he was almost incoherent.
"I'm telling you to take it. If you don't, you're not listening to me!" Huang He smiled and patted Swift's shoulder. "You don't need to be so timid. Take this money, because only if you accept it will I feel at ease. If you don't, I'll worry that you have some ulterior motives!"
"Yes!" Swift finally said weakly.
"Also, you are by no means useless, nor are you trash. The fact that you can say those words proves that you have surpassed 99% of people in this world," Huang He said with a slight smile. "The two of us are more of a cooperative relationship. As long as I live well, you will live just as well as me."
"Do you understand?"
"I understand, I have understood these principles long ago!" Swift said happily.
"Mm!" Huang He nodded, then said, "By the way, the remaining 10% of Apple stock in the company's hands will remain with the company for now. However, please remember to convert the nature of these stocks to the company's own assets."
"Also, the company's investments in America First Group and Google are also the company's own assets and have nothing to do with the investors. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Swift said, "We have settled all the principal and interest for the first round. All the unredeemed stocks that are in excess naturally have nothing to do with the investors and belong to the company's assets. I have already arranged for people to transfer them."
"Very good, it seems you are indeed worthy of that 55.5 million U.S. dollars!" Huang He nodded with satisfaction.
This was the real reason why Huang He settled the first round of funds in advance, which was to liberate some of Western Mustang Company's investments from the investors.
Although these investments were made using the 2 billion U.S. dollars in funds purchased by investors, theoretically, all future earnings from these investments should belong to the investors.
However, in a rather magical way, because the first round of funds was settled in early July and the principal and interest were returned to all investors, even for those who had not completed the procedures, the company automatically completed the settlement, and investors only needed to come and collect their money.
Therefore, the first round of funds had ended, and all the money had been distributed. Even though 3/4 of the funds had never left Western Mustang Company's books, procedurally, everything was over.
Although there was still 10% of Apple stock on the stock market at this time, and certain shares in unlisted companies, these were no longer related to the investors. These were the company's assets, as they had settled with the investors and paid them in full.
Well, many people are confused and still don't understand what's being said here.
But it doesn't matter, you just need to know that Boss Huang successfully borrowed the chicken to lay the eggs from American investors, not only getting 1.95 billion U.S. dollars in cash but also 10% Apple shares, and 20% equity in America Limited, and 20% equity in Google. These combined represent a management fee profit of 6.1 billion U.S. dollars, which is Boss Huang's own wealth.
"However, Chairman, I estimate that after the company's second round of funds is open for sale, the 20 billion in funds will be sold out in a short period. What should I do with these funds then?" Swift asked curiously.
"It's simple, there's an excellent business to be done right now!" Huang He chuckled. "We've done too much with Apple, now it's time to short a company."
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"Mr. Page, all the data has been transferred!" In Google's brand new server room, a Google executive excitedly reported to Larry Page.
"Excellent!" Larry Page was trembling with excitement. He had been waiting for this day, but he never expected it to come so quickly, only 10 days had passed.
In Larry Page's original plan, this task would have taken at least 18 days.
3 days for server transportation, 7 days for installation and debugging, and 8 days for data transfer. Although these timelines were calculated very clearly and everything seemed to be prepared perfectly, Larry Page knew that these were all extreme deadlines, and everything had to be done perfectly to achieve them.
If calculated according to actual conditions, it would have been difficult to complete even in 28 days, let alone 18.
But Larry Page never expected that it would only take 10 days to complete it.
In just one day, the first batch of all storage servers had been transported to Google's server room. Larry Page almost woke up to find that the equipment had already arrived.
Later, after careful inquiry, he learned that this batch of storage servers had already been stored in a warehouse in California.
Since these storage servers were originally intended for Yahoo, and Yahoo is located in California, it was only natural.
Fortunately, Google is also in California. The trucks, carrying these servers, transported them from one city in California to another. The distance was short, and it was enough for a day.
Of course, an even more important factor was the high efficiency of the Jiangnan team. Upon receiving the order from Huang He, the team, which had been resting in the United States for half a month, quickly assembled. All procedures were handled with utmost speed, without any policy-related issues.
Then, they hired a freight company with extra payment, and three employees accompanied the transport, working through the night. They bypassed busy areas during off-peak traffic hours and finally arrived at their destination by the early morning of the second day.
However, transportation was just a small demonstration of the company's team's capabilities. The real climax was the installation of these devices.
These were a total of 5,000 storage servers. The entire 15-person Jiangnan team was deployed, and with unimaginable speed, they completed the installation of all 5,000 storage servers and laid all the necessary wiring in just two days.
This speed shocked the Google employees, as these Chinese seemed to not understand fatigue, working 24 hours a day without interruption, and working continuously for 48 hours. After the overall installation was completed, these Chinese directly fell asleep in the server room, their snores shaking the room, which deeply impressed Larry Page, who had been watching them.
"The Chinese are invincible!" This sentence suddenly flashed through Larry Page's mind. This was a saying from his grandfather, who participated in a war in his fifties.
His grandfather, who had participated in the war with the beautiful hope of returning home for Christmas, was captured at the Chosin Reservoir. After two years of re-education, his grandfather finally returned to the United States.
Later, whenever he met his grandfather and talked about the stories of those years, his grandfather would hold Larry Page's hand and tell him, "The Chinese are invincible. In the future, either exterminate the Chinese completely, or cooperate with them to the end. Otherwise, America will sooner or later fall from its pedestal."
Initially, Larry Page thought his grandfather's words referred to war, and that his grandfather, terrified by the war at the time, believed the Chinese were invincible.
But now, in a society of commerce and technology, which emphasizes commercial and technological competition, those Chinese could never surpass great America.
However, Larry Page now found that the situation seemed different from what he had imagined. Perhaps in commerce and technology, the Chinese were also invincible, and America would indeed face a huge crisis.
This sent a chill down Larry Page's spine.
"But it doesn't matter, what does it have to do with me?" Larry Page suddenly grinned. "American affairs, what do they have to do with us Jews?"