Bank of Montreal is willing to increase its shares again mainly because it sees profitability.
Don’t the investors who have flocked to the market these days illustrate this point?
Three hundred million US dollars is not too much, and it will not affect Zhang Bin's shares too much.
Because he received George's invitation, Zhang Bin was planning to go to Toronto before the 15th.
Before that, he needs to identify the first investors.
Of course, the others can be left to Ivor and Johnson will be responsible, but Zhang Bin, a guy with a big background like J Morgan, needs to get in touch with him personally before handing it over to Ivor and the others.
At nine o'clock in the morning on the 13th, Zhang Bin met Harry Frances, a white man about thirty years old, who looked very smart, in the hotel's reception room.
"Zhang, nice to meet you."
Harry gave Zhang Bin a warm hug as soon as he saw him.
Zhang Bin has become accustomed to this kind of enthusiasm.
He hugs everyone he knows or doesn't know each other during this time, just like old friends who have known each other for several years.
"Harry" Zhang Bin confirmed.
"That's right, Harry Florence," Harry introduced himself with a smile.
The two then took their seats, with a tea set placed on the table.
"Drink coffee?"
Zhang Bin asked casually while enjoying the process of making tea.
"Well, it would be an honor for me to taste Zhang's craftsmanship," Harry said with a smile.
"Okay", Zhang Bin motioned for him to do it himself.
On the table, there are six small purple sand cups, which look small and exquisite.
The tea inside is green, which looks good.
Harry picked up a glass, took a decent sip, and then gave a thumbs up, looking very good.
Zhang Bin smiled and didn't take it seriously.
"I heard that Morgan wants to invest in Global Investments," Zhang Bin said straightforwardly.
"Yes, I have already been in contact with other shareholders of your company.
They hope that we can cooperate.
Now it depends on what you want," Harry said with a smile.
"How do you want to cooperate?"
Zhang Bin asked.
There is nothing we can do about agreeing to Morgan's investment.
Morgan's investment has advantages and disadvantages.
The good thing is of course that it strengthens the company and increases capital, and at the same time they can also increase their income.
But the downside is that the power of the board of directors will become more complicated, which will make future investments less effective, or not as convenient as it is now.
For an investment now, maybe four people can agree, but in the future, five people will need to agree, and Morgan is definitely not investing a small amount.
"It is currently rumored that the value of Global Investment may have exceeded 8 billion US dollars.
However, according to our bank's estimation, your company's capital should be around 6 billion US dollars, and it will not exceed 7 billion US dollars at most."
Harry looked at Zhang Bin said.
Zhang Bin drank a cup of tea and looked at Harry, "What next?"
"We are willing to invest two billion US dollars and account for 30% of the shares, what do you think?"
Harry said.
"Impossible", Zhang Bin didn't hesitate at all, looking at Harry blankly, "Unless you make another global investment, this is simply impossible."
Harry frowned slightly, and Zhang Bin's reaction made him a little surprised.
Could it be that his prediction was wrong or that this was just Zhang Bin's deliberate attempt to make things difficult.
"How are Zhang prepared?"
Harry asked tentatively.
Zhang Bin shook his head, "First, I don't necessarily need your investment.
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Second, you decide how much money to pay, but we decide how many shares to hold."
"Since it's a negotiation, we can talk slowly, and Zhang doesn't have to be so decisive," Harry said with a smile.
Zhang Bin said: "I made my request.
You can discuss it with Ivor for details.
I will leave Washington for a while.
First, the funds we will accept will not exceed three billion US dollars.
Second, we will invest in shares."
The proportion will not exceed 30.
If your family takes it, what will I give to other investors?"
"Sorry, I'll let Ivor talk to you in detail next," Zhang Bin said and walked away.
Harry's face was still a little embarrassed, as if he didn't expect Zhang Bin to be so straightforward and leave as soon as he said it.
Zhang Bin naturally wanted to express his attitude by doing this.
We are not asking you to invest.
It is you who want to invest now.
Don't come with a pity attitude.
Zhang Bin didn't have much time to spend here, and the first batch of investments would be finalized at least after Christmas.
For investments involving billions of dollars, Zhang Bin still leaves it to professionals like Ivor and Johnson to be responsible for the negotiations.
He can only be responsible for the direction of the investment, and negotiation is not his strength in the first place.
After separating from Harry, Zhang Bin called Ivor and asked him to be responsible for contacting Harry, and told him the two conditions he had just made.
In terms of shares, Zhang Bin can allow Morgan to hold no more than 20 shares, because once this number is exceeded, his control over global investments will be severely weakened.
Although Zhang Bin deliberately did not accept Morgan, it seemed that he was a little afraid.
In this case, it is better to be more generous, but the shares must be controlled.
In the afternoon, Zhang Bin took Zhou Jingyu to visit the Haran family again.
Before leaving, Harlan said he would stay here until he returns to Napa Valley after Christmas, and would welcome Zhang Bin to visit then.
He also said he wanted to talk to Zhang Bin about red wine.
Harlan is not too old, at least not as old as Buffett, so his investment level has naturally not decreased.
He rarely talked to Zhang Bin about investment in the past because there was no need, but at this time, Zhang Bin is already worthy of his attention. .
Zhang Bin and the others had dinner at Gates' house in the evening.
For Gates, Zhang Bin felt somewhat apologetic.
Because in the case of Global Investment Company, Zhang Bin felt that he owed Gates a lot.
Therefore, after talking about work matters, Zhang Bin will try his best to tell Gates some of the things he knows, such as some problems that Microsoft may face in the future, and system problems.
Zhang Bin will try his best to be as tactful as possible.
I reminded Gates, hoping to attract his attention, which would also reduce his apology.
"Zhang, there is something I want to tell you."
Melinda pulled Zhang Bin and said as he was about to leave.
"Dear, tell me," Zhang Bin said.
"I don't know much about some of your domestic issues, but the Drug Research Center is more responsible for local health conditions and research on drugs for related diseases.
It was originally a research institute, but the recent situation seems a bit complicated." , Melinda seemed very helpless when she said this.
After Melinda's explanation, Zhang Bin understood the general outline of the matter.
It turns out that after the last disaster, the branch of the research center naturally had a group of loyal fans.
These people like to go directly to the research center after getting sick.
However, the research center is not a hospital, but the doctors are kind and sometimes help.
Simply handle it, and of course you won’t charge any money.
As for the name, the research center is in the name of studying local health conditions and collecting some materials.
The government will not care about a small number of such cases.
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Another reason is that there were many survivors who were treated at the research center, and there were also some after surgery. in the name of treatment.
The treatment at the research center is effective, and the staff are very considerate, free of charge, and comprehensive.
It feels much better than in the hospital.
But in this way, everyone thinks that the research center is a charity medical institution that provides free treatment.
More and more people come, and they don't pay any money.
After half a month of this, seeing that the situation was obviously out of control, the research center decisively stopped all external assistance.
As soon as the door was closed, those people quit, and they all said that the research center was a liar.
Some people even came forward and said that the research center used inferior drugs, which now caused his condition to worsen, and they wanted an explanation from the research center.
Not only that, several local hospitals also jointly sued the research center, saying that they had no right to practice medicine at all, but they used drugs and admitted patients without authorization, completely disregarding international medical rules and violating the original intention of establishing a branch of the research center
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