Hassan, having made a fortune in a friendly match in Moscow, naturally wanted to show off to Ivankov on the phone.
Ivankov told Yuri about this, and Yuri soon found a new business opportunity.
Although it is said that opening a casino can make more money, but the cost is not small, just the luxurious decoration in the casino, the money for hiring actors, and the expenses of the staff will swallow up a lot of Yuri's profits every day, if it weren't for the black income behind it, Taj Mahal would have closed down a long time ago.
And more importantly, it is very difficult for large casinos to expand their business, first of all, not all places can open casinos, and secondly, casino licenses are also expensive, plus the salaries of professional dealers and security personnel, it is simply a gold-eating monster.
In the case of Taj Mahal, the casino only makes a lot of money during the annual tourist season, and on weekdays it is mainly for individual customers.
But whether there are guests or not, Taj Mahal has to open the door as usual, so the cost of each day is indispensable.
So in a year, Taj Mahal only has a few months to make a profit on her own.
If Taj Mahal is compared to a high-end department store in the retail industry, a company like William Hill is a roadside convenience store.
Although they are both bookmakers, William Hill's annual revenue is several times that of Taj Mahal.
William Hill's business mainly involves two aspects, one is the cheap hotel, which is the type of cheap chain hotel in later generations, but its scale is not a chain.
The second is the betting business on sports events.
Yuri met with the company's CEO at a gathering of the Atlantic City Association of the Gaming Industry, who appeared to be having financial problems and wanted to seek a partner across the ocean in the United States.
Unfortunately, this is the United States, where people are interested in baseball and rugby, and few people are interested in soccer.
Yuri is different, he came from the Gorky Automobile Factory and has always been a fan of the Gorky Volga club, so he understands very well what kind of business the other party is talking to him.
Yuri soon became interested in William Hill.
Because William Hill's betting shop business and budget hotel business are so well suited to handle money.
However, after that, Yuri was busy with his own affairs, and he did not have time to continue to move forward with the plan to cooperate with William Hill.
It wasn't until the news from Hassan that he remembered the incident again.
"Sounds good, Yuri, I have a big project on hand right now, and I don't have time to go to your side yet.
If you see it, you can settle it, as long as the price is right, we can buy it first," Seryosha said indifferently.
"Seryosha, it's not just the betting shop business that I'm interested in, but also the cheap hotel business, which is so convenient to handle funds, as long as the location is right, the price is cheap, and the cash flow generated every day is enough for us to hide from the world," Yuri explained to Seryosha in a suppressed voice of excitement.
"You're right, Yuri, as long as the hotel is opened, our capital business can be expanded to these places, and from then on, it will no longer be subject to the prohibition of gambling laws" Seryosha woke up, Yuri really fancy not the betting shop, but the cheap hotel business, of course, the betting shop is also a good business.
No one can check the cash and turnover of this kind of company, which is safer than a head account, just like a mafia laundromat.
However, laundries are not as profitable as hotels.
Seryosha thought seriously for a while, and then said: "Yuri, I'll introduce you to an investment bank, let them help you do this, no matter how much money you have, you have to take over this company, and then within two years, I will let William Hill's chain of hotels open all over North America and Western Europe."
"Great, Seryosha, I'm just waiting for your words," Yuri said excitedly.
After Seryosha hung up the phone, he called Karim out and said to him: "You know the Rothschild Bank people very well, don't you?"
"Yes, I almost always ask them for every acquisition," Karim asked curiously, blinking his eyes, if there was something wrong with Rothschild "Contact them, Yuri has a business to do on the British side, the Rothschild Bank on the British side, and they should be very sure," Seryosha explained.
"What company," Karim asked.
"William Hill, have you heard?"
Seryosha asked rhetorically.
"That bookmaker, Yuri, really wants to be a casino tycoon," Karim said with a grin.
"Why, you really know about this company, how do you know, do you also watch the Premier League," Seryosha asked strangely.
"No, a lot of my clients love horse racing.
I didn't tell you how many racehorses I have in the UK, this company is the largest horse racing betting company, and their odds are quite accurate, and I have worked with them a few times, and it is a small profit.
By the way, they also have tennis and greyhound racing, and sometimes they even predict when the prime minister will resign," Karim happily told Seryosha.
It was the first time that Kalim had heard of a racehorse Seryosha, and Seryosha knew that it was an activity that the British aristocracy was keen on, and of course it was collecting.
Karim's disappearance in Europe took the upper route, so it's no wonder that she even went to the United States to do business with British financiers.
Old Amin does have a few brushes at least when it comes to teaching his daughter.
"When will Monsanto's affairs be decided," Seryosha suddenly asked.
"Now we have signed a legally binding letter of intent for mergers and acquisitions, in principle, as long as we do not give up the acquisition, it is impossible for Monsanto to contact other buyers or terminate the merger, otherwise we will be compensated hundreds of millions of liquidated damages.
Of course, if we can't come up with so much money or give up the acquisition, we have to give the other party a certain amount of compensation, and now the progress is all on the Deloitte side, they must liquidate and inventory all the assets of Monsanto as soon as possible, and then we can sign, after all, if we miss an important patent, technology or the other party deliberately hides assets, then we are the ones who suffer, and this kind of thing is in a hurry," Karim replied.
"Well, I'm nominally here to negotiate the grain import business, Canadian wheat is good, how do you want to export American wheat to the Soviet Union," Seryosha asked curiously.
"Quite simply, the buyer of this batch of wheat is the Romanov trading company.
We're a permanently neutral company, and we have the right to do business with any customer in the world, and as long as the grain goes into our warehouse, it's hard to tell whether it's American wheat or Canadian wheat," Karim said confidently. t1706231537: