Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 0971: Nan's Assets Inventory
After spending two hours processing all the emails, Han Zhenhe also lay down on the bamboo lounge chair and drank can tea with Nan Yi.
"Zhenhe, in 1988 I spent $670,000 to buy Russian government bonds with a face value of $3.4 billion. Looking at the current situation, Russia may recognize this debt, but I don't know at what ratio they will buy the bonds."
Han Zhenhe understood the meaning of the song and asked, "President, are you going to take action?"
"Yes, if you don't push for something, it won't move. Possibility doesn't mean it will happen. I don't want to provoke the Kremlin for these Tsarist Russian bonds whose value is unknown. You worry about it. My bottom line is $60 million. If it exceeds this figure, I can sell it without waiting for a higher price."
Nan Yi estimated that the final value of the Russian government bonds in his hands would most likely exceed 100 million US dollars, and the number after the decimal point could be anywhere from 1 to 4. Of course, this was just his speculation, and there was a small probability that the price would be higher. However, because he did not want to be the first to stand out and wanted to quit while he was ahead, he planned to cash in the money as soon as possible.
"Okay, my client is going to the European bond market to inquire about prices."
"Zhenhe, how long has it been since you last had hometown food?"
"Two and a half months."
"It's been a long time. Let's go to Sarabel for lunch. I haven't eaten the barbecue there for a long time."
"Thank you, President."
Han Zhenhe knew that Nan Yi was catering to his taste.
After lying leisurely in the yard until noon, Nan Yi and Han Zhenhe went out to Sarabel.
For several days in a row, Nan Yi lived a very leisurely life. He just dealt with emails every day. The rest of the time he either read some books or went out for a walk.
On the sixth day, Nan Yi saw the soft article he was going to publish in a computer newspaper. The wording was a bit sharp, but the argument was not particularly sharp, and it should be able to achieve the advertising effect.
Another day passed, and Feilong Software's capital verification process was completed. Nan Yi went to the bank in the morning, withdrew 60,000 yuan to return to himself, paid 3,000 yuan for the soft article, and kept the remaining 37,000 yuan in the account for turnover.
Next, I went to Feilong Software.
Only Tang Lai Di was there. Liu Daqiang and Wu Xiaoxiong went to Zhongguancun to distribute flyers. Nan Yi asked about it and found out that the three of them had discussed and decided to start with those people who bought personal computers in Zhongguancun. When they saw someone buying a personal computer, they would go up and distribute flyers. They were flyers for Feilong Internet Cafe, saying what games were there, but they never mentioned Feilong software.
The method is a little bit stupid, but it will definitely be effective. The most difficult parts are the first few orders. Once the situation opens up and the reputation spreads, the subsequent business will be easier.
Nan Yi explained the accounts to Tang Lai Di and then left. Nan Yi positioned himself as an investor and guide of Feilong Software. The hardships of starting a business were left to Liu Daqiang and the other two. The rice bowl had already been placed on the table, and it would be a bit too much to ask him to chase after them to feed them.
In the afternoon, Nan Yi flew to Xiangkeng.
First, I went to the Qian Meizi flagship store to check out the progress of the renovation, and then went to a five-storey private building next to the Li Cheng Uk Estate in Sham Shui Po. It was Nan Ruoyin’s asset. Because it was a notorious haunted building, she bought it at a very low price. It has been idle and no one has rented it out, so she could only hoard it and wait for it to appreciate in value.
Akane Miko rented this building and temporarily housed several hired foot massagers and foot-massage girls recruited from the mainland.
There is a platform on the roof where people can go up, and the masters teach the foot-washing girls there.
Nan Yi went up to the roof and came to Suka who was leaning against the parapet.
"Nansheng."
"Well, how is your study progress? Can you catch up with the opening?"
"No problem. Those recruited from the mainland are very hardworking. Those from Hong Kong are slightly worse."
Nan Yi pointed at a woman with a butterfly tattoo on the back of her neck and asked, "Is that a little gangster girl?"
"Nansheng, a girl with a tattoo doesn't necessarily mean she's a bad girl."
"But you have to admit that in the general public's mindset, good girls don't get tattoos. Akane Miko's is positioned as a high-end, clean leisure place. I hope our employees make a living by their skills, rather than by attracting business through ambiguous relationships. Therefore, we must not let customers have bad associations. Do you understand?"
"I let her go."
"Let's talk about it after the people leave. I'll pay her the salary and give her some compensation."
"good."
"Have you ordered the uniforms?"
"Not yet, the styles are still being screened."
"That's right. I have a few requests. First, the uniforms must be as beautiful as possible. It doesn't matter if the budget is a little higher. Second, the tops must not reveal the chest. Third, the pants or skirts must not be tight around the hips. In short, they must be elegant and dignified, without any sexual innuendo. As I said before, you should make a living by your craftsmanship, not other messy things."
Suka hesitated for a moment and said, "Nansheng, men who go into places like this like to take advantage of others verbally and visually. Dressing too conservatively will affect business."
Nan Yi raised his index finger and shook it left and right. "No, no, no, Suka, Qian Meizi can't do business with all male potential customers. We have to screen our customers. First of all, one thing is certain, the male customers who walk into Qian Meizi's house are more or less perverts.
If the foot washer meets their aesthetic standards for women, they will definitely have dirty thoughts in their minds. Those who are shy or a bit gentlemanly will only think about it, while those who are thick-skinned will tease her verbally and touch non-sensitive parts.
This step is absolutely unavoidable and every one of our foot washer girls will encounter it.
Further down the line, there may be touching of sensitive parts, and monetary inducements. I won’t give examples of the language used, but you can probably guess what it is. ”
Suka nodded when he heard this.
"Xia Meizi is positioned at the high end, so the fees will naturally be higher, but that doesn't mean that only high-income people will come to Xia Meizi. People with a monthly income of 3,000 yuan have the freedom and right to eat a meal of 500 yuan, and they can also come to our store to consume.
However, when people with a monthly income of 30,000 yuan and 3,000 yuan come to our store to shop, their expectations and expectations are completely different.
A person with a monthly income of 30,000 yuan has the ability to break down what he expects. He can fully afford to spend 300 yuan to have a foot wash here and another 800 yuan to go to a sauna to enjoy other services.
For someone who earns three thousand dollars a month, the budget for foot massage here may be scraped out from the money for cigarettes, clothes, or even food. The same three hundred dollars means much more to him, and he will want more.
Washing feet, touching a few times, or even having sex, are probably what he wants in his heart, but his reason will tell him what is excessive and will make him stop. However, once our employees give him sexual hints in their clothes, his reason will become very weak and he will do extreme things on impulse. "
Nan Yi raised his hand and pointed at the foot-washing girls who were learning how to massage their feet, clean their ears, and relax their muscles and blood circulation. “In the eyes of many people, being a foot-washing girl is already a disgraceful job. They are willing to do this job because it is unbearable to be poor, and they want to live a better life.
Everyone has the right to yearn for a better life. I don’t want to see that the good life they dream of is exchanged for falling into the abyss. The bottom line is that I don’t want to push them into the abyss with my own hands.
Dress conservatively and stick to the bottom line. She will get through the first wave of customers who don't understand Akaneko's style. Once word of mouth spreads, future customers will naturally know that Akaneko makes a living with her craftsmanship, and what they expect when they come to Akaneko is to enjoy the exquisite craftsmanship and service, nothing else.
Our staff don't have to repeatedly emphasize to customers: We are a regular store and we don't provide the kind of service you think.
The reason why I invited an aromatherapist, a master of incense, a dim sum chef, and a Chinese medicine practitioner, and asked you to invite Master Yuan and Master Lu, is to give Qian Meiko extra points, and also to improve the service in the right way."
Suka: "Nansheng, your idea is great, but how can you guarantee that word of mouth will spread and develop in the direction you want?"
Nan Yi moved the corner of his mouth and laughed, "Because I am a man, and I am the same type of man as our potential customers. When it comes to this kind of thing, our thinking patterns are very similar. I am happy to share 'good things' with people who share the same interests."
Nan Yi would never tell Suka that practice makes perfect. He has seen at least 700 or 800 foot massage shops, and the peak time was seven hours for a full seven hours of foot massage. If he didn't know enough about foot massage shops, how could he have launched the project without doing market research?
Nan Yi can tell you almost exactly what forces and people a foot massage shop has to deal with, what occupational diseases foot massage girls have, and what they talk about with customers. He can even write a novel of tens of millions of words with no repetitive plot on "Foot Massage Girls".
Nan Yi then asked about the foot-washing girls’ accommodation conditions and arrangements for going out shopping. He reminded everyone to pay attention to their safety and then left the private building.
After going to Wong Tai Sin and enjoying the sea breeze for half an hour, Nan Yi went to Ruan Mei.
Ruan Mei was not at home, and Nan Yi did not call to ask about her whereabouts. Coming here today was a random act on his part, and he did not notify anyone in advance because he did not want to bring something that was a combination of superstition and science to his precious daughter.
Nan Yi sat in the study until ten o'clock when he heard the sound of dense footsteps running towards him. Suddenly, a gust of fragrant wind blew into his arms.
"Why are you here today? When did you come?"
"We went to the haunted house in Sham Shui Po. We were afraid of scaring the children, so we arrived in the afternoon. We finished your macaroni for dinner."
Perhaps because of the posthumous child, Ruan Mei was a little resistant to giving birth. She had never thought about having children. When it came to the topic of children, Nan Yi could talk openly in front of her without any taboos.
"oh."
"What about you? Where are you coming back from?"
"I had dinner with Wang Xiaoqian, and then went to the bar. She will bring another 10 million tomorrow."
"How much is she worth now?"
"Five hundred and seventy million."
"Rich woman."
Wang Xiaoqian is a model worker among female stars. She debuted in 1985 and has taken on seven or eight dramas every year. With film pay, advertisements, and things like dinners and drinking parties that cannot be discussed in public, she earns a lot of money every year. In 1991, she put 50 million into the Artist Care Fund, and later on put in more than 40 million.
As the largest client of the Artist Care Fund, her funds are naturally given special attention. Whether it is real estate or stock and financial investments, her funds are allocated to the best options. Naturally, her assets have grown rapidly over the years.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Wang Xiaoqian was used as an advertising sign by the Artist Care Fund.
"Young man, I want to raise the investment threshold of the fund. Those little actors and models are too troublesome. They invest money today, and then they take some of it away after a while. It goes back and forth, which adds a lot of work to the financial staff."
Nan Yi pinched Ruan Mei's nose and said, "I told you a long time ago that the threshold for investment cannot be too low. It was you who said that every investment counts. Do you regret it now?"
"Yes, I regret it. She is too difficult to please. And that Gao Zhilin came to me last time to question me. She compared her investment with Wang Xiaoqian's and asked why her return was so low. I threw the records of fund transactions in her face. This woman took the profits as soon as she made them. The principal did not increase but decreased instead. She still had the nerve to ask me."
"Why did she take the money away? Is she just being on guard because she doesn't trust him?"
"Spend money, buy jewelry, famous brands, and high-end restaurants." Ruan Mei sneered, "According to her living standard and the speed at which she spends money, even when she is fifty, she will continue to look for rich men to flirt with."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "Now the fund doesn't need you to take the initiative to raise funds, right?"
"Very rarely, they all come here on their own."
"In this case, the threshold should be raised as high as possible. Don't accept any offer below 5 million in the future. There should also be a lock-up period of at least three years. If the funds are returned within three years, not only will the profits not be settled, but a 5% management fee will also be deducted."
Ruan Mei hesitated for a moment, "That would leave only a few customers."
"It doesn't matter if there are fewer clients. It's time for the Artist Care Fund to go abroad, first to Japan, then to Hollywood. Once you have a firm foothold in Hollywood, then to the NBA. Those black basketball stars spend their money like a drunkard once they have it, and when they retire and stop making money, they may even have to collect relief."
Ruan Mei said in disbelief: "How is that possible? I know the NBA has a pension."
"What can they do with that little pension? Besides, they will spend all the money before they reach pension age. Anyway, after sweeping the film and television industry, we will move on to the sports industry. The incomes of basketball, football, and rugby stars are not low. If you can get one-fifth or even one-tenth of the stars to the Artist Care Fund, it will be a huge sum."
"Oh, so far away. Let me tell you, Wang Xiaoqian wants to open her inner canthus..."
Nan Yi frowned and scolded, "Shut up, keep the secret of the client's plastic surgery to yourself and don't tell me. If I want to know, I will go and look for the information."
"I know, so fierce." Ruan Mei pouted, then her eyes lit up, "Tonight you play the perverted killer, and I play the school girl. You rush into the school and kill everyone in the school, leaving only the lovely and charming me. Among the corpses on the ground, you pull the trembling me and dance the waltz."
Nan Yi chuckled, "Your scripts are getting more and more weird, I like it."
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The next day.
Nan Yi went to see his baby daughter first, and then went to the Information and Strategy Committee to attend the third reserve fund meeting, which could also be said to be an inventory meeting for Nan’s assets.
The Nan family did not have too many red tapes. When Nan Yi arrived at the meeting room, the leaders of each group of the Information and Strategy Committee attending the meeting were already there. Nan Yi walked to the first seat and sat down, then extended his hand to signal Sandeep Masarani, the leader of the accounting group, to start.
Sandeep walked to the projector. Without any opening remarks or any talk about looking back on the past or looking forward to the future, he went straight to the point.
“In 1987, BOSS proposed a reserve plan, with the goal of removing 1,500 tons of gold and $50 billion in cash from South’s liquidity within four years. In May 1991, this goal was achieved;
Therefore, in the same month, the second phase of the reserve fund plan was launched. It also took four years to increase the amount of gold to 1,600 tons and the amount of funds to US$70 billion. Now that the four-year deadline has expired, I have an exciting news to tell you: the second phase goal has also been achieved.
Now, after calculations by the accounting team, the target for the third phase of the reserve fund has been raised to 1,650 tons of gold and $120 billion in funds.
Eugene Diesel , the president of the grain group and Shennong Nanliang, asked: "Sandep, why is there only 50 tons of gold and 50 billion US dollars in funds? Are you sure we can draw out 50 billion US dollars of idle funds in the next four years?"
"Let me answer this question." Scarlett's voice came from the intercom in the empty seat next to Nan Yi. "The small amount of gold is because several major gold producing countries have begun to restrict the outflow of gold, and it is very difficult to purchase a large amount of gold; the capital figure is relatively large because the world economy will undergo major changes, and the Nan family will have the opportunity for the third major asset expansion."
Ma Shimin said: "It is almost ten years since 1987. Every ten years or so, global capital undergoes a reshuffle. This is due to both economic laws and human factors. First there are laws, and then they are exploited by humans."
Nan Yi smiled and said, “In 1984, Nan entered the big casino of the world economy. I started as a cleaner and was promoted to a bunny girl in three years. As long as the gamblers are happy, we can get some tips.
Now, we have become a small gambler. I hope that by 2008, we will become big gamblers. By 2038, we will sit in the dealer's meeting room and be qualified to make our own voice in this game, even if the voice is very small.
The world is an elevator running downwards. If we don’t work hard to climb up, we will go down with it. If we don’t move forward, we will fall behind. Nan’s development path will never end.
Everyone, please always maintain your passion. Nan's is either starting a business or on the way to starting a business.
Sandeep, go on."
"Everyone, next, I will take inventory of Nan's assets." Sandeep pressed the remote control and the slides switched. "As of today, Nan's controlled investment account has liquid funds of 17.1503 billion US dollars, 209.34 tons of gold, and other precious metals, diamonds and jewelry worth a total of about 20 billion US dollars. It is expected that there will be a lot of room for appreciation in the future.
Thank God, we at Nan’s encountered several speculative opportunities and obtained good returns, otherwise our financial situation would not have been so ideal.
This is the fund flow of the consortium headquarters. In addition, the consortium has a dark account with about 5 billion US dollars in funds, which cannot be used for the time being. "
Sandeep pressed the remote control again. "The Southland Bank system has a total of $7.215 billion in own funds, $540.974 billion in funds available for six months, $190.336 billion in funds available for one year, $110.794 billion in funds available for two years, and $67.271 billion in funds available for three years. Four years is too long and there are too many uncontrollable factors, so no statistics have been made."
Available funds are the part of customer deposits that can be temporarily diverted. The most basic business of a bank is to earn the interest rate difference, absorbing deposits at a low interest rate and lending them out at a high interest rate. Southland Bank is an investment bank, and only a small part of the deposits it absorbs are used for loans, and most of them will be used for investment.
It invests both externally and internally in Nan Group. Just like now, with the support of Southland Bank, Nan Group is fully capable of executing a project worth hundreds of billions of dollars. After all, a project worth hundreds of billions of dollars does not require all the funds to be invested all at once. If the time is extended, Nan Group can completely turn it around.
However, such a large-scale project would also bring great risks. If things went wrong, the capital chain would be broken and Nan's would go bankrupt. Even if the project went smoothly, the interest generated by the misappropriation of funds and the missed investment opportunities due to the large amount of funds being occupied would add up bit by bit and make Nan's progress stop.
Besides, there are no pure commercial projects in this world that require hundreds of billions of dollars of investment and have considerable returns. Projects worth hundreds of billions of dollars are definitely led by politics, and capital can only play the role of victim.
"Next, I will introduce the situation of Shennong Nanliang, starting with Houji Agriculture..." Sandeep paused and said, "Houji Agriculture involves too many assets to be displayed on the slides. After the meeting, if you want to know more, please email the accounting team. I will only give a brief introduction here.
Houji Agriculture currently owns 94 million acres of land, with an estimated value of between $7.8 billion and $10.7 billion. Goddamn, Eugene, I need clear data. The current data simply cannot sort out the asset relationship between various companies. "
Eugene Diesel shrugged. "I can't help it. When you asked me for the data, Shennong Nanliang was adjusting its internal structure. The data changes every day. Give me a month and you will get the accurate data after the adjustment."
Nan Yi waved his hand and said, "Since the asset data is not clear yet, let's do a rough inventory first and add the precise data later."
The Nan family’s land has been labeled as a non-realizable asset, and Nan Yi has no intention of selling it. There are only two exceptions: political force majeure; the land has lost its planting value and cannot grow crops.
Therefore, the value of the land owned by Shennong Nanliang has no statistical significance at all.
Sandeep nodded. "Houji Agriculture's industries include Yunxiao Tobacco Group, and its assets include Luhansk branch, Noginsk branch, Novosibirsk branch, Mong Cai branch in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, a 7-story office building in Bagui, Guangxi Province, China, and a cigar factory in Pinar del Rio, west of Havana, Cuba. The tangible assets are valued at 23 million US dollars, the sales channels are valued at 850 million US dollars, and the working capital..."
Sandeep looked at the others and said awkwardly: "The exchange rates of several currencies fluctuate too much. What I say in one second may change in the next second. I can only give a rough figure, which is about 437 million US dollars, of which about 92 million US dollars need to be paid to stakeholders.
There is another expenditure whose exact figure is not yet known. According to conservative estimates, our Nan Group's own liquid funds are no less than US$237 million.
Russian Agricultural Development Corporation, whose assets include Lenin State Farm, Zharay State Farm, Shatul State Farm, Volovsky Farm, and the greenhouse market in the western suburbs of Moscow, has tangible assets valued at 570 billion rubles, sales channels valued at 3 trillion rubles, working capital of 76.582 billion rubles, liabilities of 175 million US dollars, and its creditor is Vasily Bank.
Uzbekistan Agricultural Development Company, whose assets include vegetable growing areas and cotton growing areas, has tangible assets valued at US$34 million. It has no separate sales channels, working capital of 270 million soms (29.7:1 US dollar), liabilities of US$12 million, and its creditor is Vasily Bank.
Ukrainian Agricultural Development Company, assets include three black soil farms along the Dnieper River, tangible assets valued at $210 million, no separate sales channels, working capital of 82 million hryvnias (1.473:1 USD), liabilities of $7 million, creditor First International Bank.
Sandeep then took stock of Houji Agriculture's farm land assets in Poland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Brazil, Australia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Lijiaopo, Japan, the Philippines, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places.
Houji Agriculture, a subsidiary of Shennong Nanliang, is very large in scale, and its assets are spread all over the world. Although most of them are not worth mentioning when measured by valuation, when a food crisis or war breaks out, the value of Houji Agriculture will immediately increase by hundreds of thousands or millions of times. At the same time, it will also become a magic mirror, revealing the hypocrisy in the hearts of many people and the deeply hidden brutal personalities.
“Enterprises in which Houji Agriculture has absolute control or shares include: Western Desert Phosphate Mine in Morocco, Saudi Arabian Phosphate Mine, Shiva Group in India, Saskatchewan Potash Alliance in Canada, and Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Company, Global Vegetable (Software) Company, Montana Crete Group, and CDT (Tomorrow’s Cow Dung) in Texas in the United States;
SGF, Saturnus Group, Nanniwan Seed Company, Zhengnan Holdings, Pink Chrysanthemum & Golden Armor, Bada Company (palm oil), Master Fan, Wenchang Food and Beverage Research Institute, EASYBOY! (pet food).
Most of the above-mentioned enterprises were established by Houji Agriculture, and a small part are industry monopoly interest alliances. Our Nan family has a certain voice in them, especially in phosphate fertilizers and potash fertilizers. Since the global fertilizer prices skyrocketed at the end of 1991, it has brought Houji Agriculture US$1.65 billion in direct benefits, US$2.4 billion in indirect benefits, and huge long-term benefits.
The following are the companies invested by Houji Agriculture: Israel Netafim, which mainly deals with drip irrigation technology; Israel DSW, which mainly deals with seawater desalination technology for agricultural irrigation; Israel Hazera, a supplier of vegetable and crop seeds; France Remaglan, an agricultural cooperative that is engaged in both crop seed research and development and crop sales...
According to our internal calculation method of Nanshi, Houji Agriculture is valued at US$19.7 billion. According to the mainstream valuation method of the outside world, its valuation will not be less than US$45 billion.
If all the companies with the "listable" label were listed, it is conservatively estimated that as long as the price does not fall below the issue price, Houji Agriculture's valuation will not be less than US$80 billion. If the market is manipulated, it is possible to reach US$100 billion or US$130 billion. "
Sandeep's words made other people in the conference room smile knowingly. The stock price of agricultural companies is not so easy to manipulate. There is relatively little false element, and it is difficult to hype it up. Moreover, the current financial market is not very receptive to the "future value" concept.
Perhaps only when Internet companies become popular and capital wants to find buyers, will it vigorously promote future value, and perhaps the "maybe" can be erased. If no one takes the initiative to promote it, Nan Yi will also step in to promote it. Without inflating the market value, it will be difficult for Nan's investment in the Internet industry to be realized.
After everyone had a good time, Sandeep continued, "The next is Queen Mother Fruit Industry, which owns Chilean cherry plantations, blueberry plantations, fresh pear plantations, and apple plantations; Thai dragon fruit, sugar apple, mangosteen, wax apple, papaya, mango, guava, pineapple, sapodilla, rambutan, longan, pitaya, durian, banana plantations, and the '105 men and 3 women' plantation..."
"Sandep, this is not funny. You can say 'Water Margins' or simply say 'Water Margin' in Chinese, or use the more professional term 'Qi Pa Guo'." Nan Yi said with a smile.
