Chapter 26 Aston Martin
() Found the way home!
"Tell me! If it weren't for your kid's firecracker for me today, how long would you be hiding it?" Chen Hui asked angrily in Chen Hui's office at Wangjiangtai.
In Shen Hui's office, Chen Fang made a cup of tea for Chen Hui, put it on the coffee table, and then sat opposite her, looking at Chen Hui with a serious expression: "Sister, it's not that I want to hide it from you, but that you didn't ask me either. The main reason is that I have invested in many companies in the United States in the past few years. I don't know what you want to know?"
"Let's talk about the 1.2 billion US dollars first." Chen Hui said angrily.
"Oh, I just arrived in the United States in 2008. I wanted to find something for myself, so I opened an angel investment company in San Francisco and invested in a small project. The Groupon project in Chicago has been in a cold spot in Silicon Valley. Because it is a group buying website, many investment companies are not very brave to invest. At the end of 2008, I invested 5 million US dollars, accounting for 40% of the shares. Later, after several rounds of financing, it has been diluted to 10%. It was listed at the end of last year and now the market value is close to 20 billion. My shares were sold to Sequoia Capital for US$1.2 billion before listing. On the surface, I was losing money, but I am not optimistic about the long-term trend of the Groupon website, so it is better to put it into the pocket."
"Well, Internet companies have a big bubble, and their market value is on the numbers, so it's better to cash out first." Chen Hui nodded: "What other investments are there besides it?"
"I also invested in WhatsApp, an instant messaging software for smartphones. At that time, I invested 18 million yuan, accounting for 20% of the shares. I looked at the prestige launched by Tencent and felt that the two software were similar. Now it is almost time to get it. Before I returned to China, Zuckerberg from Facebook contacted me and asked for a price of $2 billion, but he didn't agree. But if I negotiated it next year, my asking price would double."
"2 billion US dollars" Chen Hui was hit and looked at Chen Fang with a little confused. "Forget it, don't say it, I was hit by you." Then he reached out and pinched Shen Fang's face. "Is this my brother? His eyes are so accurate, he easily earned the value that others would never make in their lifetime. You make me feel like a failure, do you know?"
Chen Fang was pinched by Chen Hui a little hurt, and then he rubbed it with his hands, without replying, staring at Chen Hui with resentment.
"Oh, let's do it, I know. You guy has always had a clear vision since you were a child. I don't know who your talent looks like." Chen Hui looked at his little movement and said with her forehead.
"The nephew is like an uncle." Chen Fang said twice, "When I founded Hon Hai Group, wasn't my uncle praised by his peers for his unique vision and accurate attacks?"
"What are you going to do in the afternoon? If you have nothing to do and go to your house for dinner in the evening, the two girls will be muttering in the morning and miss you. The day after tomorrow, I will take them back to Shanghai for the holiday, and at least we will not come back after the 11th."
"Sister, I want to buy a car in the afternoon, so I can't always drive my brother-in-law's car."
"Okay, you are a rich man now. Besides, you just opened a company and you need a few cars to support the storefront. What brand do you want to buy? I'll take you there." Chen Hui still agreed with Chen Fang's buying a car. After all, looking at Chen Fang's attitude of buying an office building, you know that his new company should have a lot of investment and a few cars should also be needed.
"Let's go and check out Mercedes-Benz first. I bought a few business cars. In addition, I booked an Aston Martin at this year's Detroit Auto Show. Last month, I asked to send it to Yanjing, so I'm going to go to their 4S store to confirm the information." Chen Fang thought for a while and decided to buy three cars first, and after the new executives join the company later, they will distribute the cars according to their needs.
After having lunch at noon, Chen Hui contacted the Yanjing agent of Mercedes-Benz Company and brought Chen Fang directly to the door.
There is no plot of buying a car and slapping him in the face. After all, Chen Hui's identity is there, and the person in charge of receiving the reception is Mr. Dai, the general agent of Mercedes-Benz Yanjing.
The plan changed a little. Chen Fang ordered four cars here, one that is close to four million S600. Chen Fang didn't like such a serious vehicle, but Chen Hui still suggested that he buy one. After all, there must be one for the company's high-end business reception in the future; a one-million S350L is a car for Cai Ruiheng, and he likes this more orthodox vehicle; there is also a Mercedes-Benz trot that costs more than one million Mercedes-Benz trot, which was ordered for Lin Na, but she still has to choose the specific model herself; the last one is a 7-seater MVP, used for general business reception.
Chen Fang took out a Yuntong black centurion card, swiped seven million at a time, and left Lin Na's contact information to ask her to handle the subsequent pickup of the car.
Mr. Dai personally sent Chen Fang and the others out of the door, and then watched them get in the car and leave. "Mr. Dai, Mr. Chen from 'Wangjiangtai' is so proud. He bought four cars at a time, more than 7 million, and he didn't blink his eyes." The manager of the business hall stood beside the boss and said enviously.
"What do you know? Shen Shao is the real person to pay for the order with her. He is planning to open a company in Yanjing. There are many opportunities for cooperation in the future. When the person he arranged to come to pick up the car tomorrow, please notify me and I will receive it in person." Mr. Dai arranged it.
"Isn't Mercedes-Benz's sports car good? Why do you have to buy Aston Martin?" Chen Hui asked in confusion on the way to Jinbao Building. Jinbao Building is located on Jinbao Street on the Second Ring Road of Yanjing. The Yanjing flagship store of Aston Martin, Maserati and other famous cars is here.
"I have been driving this brand of sports cars in the United States for a few years and it's easy."
Chen Hui is not familiar with Aston Martin's agents. After all, Yanjing City is so big, different business groups have their own circles. When Chen Hui was about to call a friend to introduce him, Chen Fang stopped him and bought a car, which is not worthy of favor.
Aston Martin’s exhibition area is not big. After all, as a professional sports car manufacturer, there are only a few sports cars to display, and more of the Aston Martin’s cultural exhibition area and business negotiation area. Unlike Mercedes-Benz and BMW, they require a exhibition hall of thousands of square meters to be fully displayed.
Chen Fang and the others entered the door and saw a huge poster of "007: The Skybreaker". Below is a retro Aston Martin DB5. This is James Bond's car in the movie "007: Goldfinger". He has a DB9 in the United States, which is a sports car he likes more.
A shopping guide saw the Shen Fang and the other two standing under the poster and greeted him, "Hello, sir, ma'am! This car is Aston Martin DB5, James Bond's car in 1964 "Golden Finger". We are just showing it here and have no right to sell it. If you want to see a sports car, please come here. We have Aston Martin DB9, which is the second generation upgraded version of DB5, and the previous generation is DB7..."
"Is your manager here?" Chen Fang asked after he finished introducing the shopping guide.
"Please wait, I'll inform the manager immediately."
Chen Fang and the other two stood in front of a royal blue VANQUISH convertible sports car to appreciate the car. VANQUISH means "conquer" in English. The bold and smooth line design all highlights the elegance and wildness of this British sports car.
"Hello, gentleman, I am Wang Xinyue, the store manager of this store. What can I do to help you?" A beautiful woman about 30 years old wearing a professional suit came over under the guidance of the shopping guide.
Chen Fang took out his black centurion card and said, "I ordered a VANQUISH from your company at the Detroit Auto Show in the United States a month ago. I have arranged to transfer it to Yanjing. I don't know when I will be able to pick up the goods." Yuntong Centurion Black Gold Card is not only a symbol of identity, but also many membership services. Members can hold him to enjoy some company VIP treatment services. The bank card number is the membership card number of their major consumer companies. Yuntong Centurion Black Gold Card does not accept voluntary applications. It will only invite applications, with assets of over 100 million and annual income of over 10 million US dollars to apply. Not to mention the hard requirement of depositing this VIP2 level card. This card requires annual consumption of more than 10 million yuan and annual revenue will also discourage many people, but the corresponding cardholders can enjoy the world's top exclusive gifts, rights and services.
The beautiful store manager can directly get the information about Shen's purchase of the vehicle by entering the card number through the system: "Mr. Shen, the order information has been found for you. The vehicle you ordered is a 2013 6.0L Selene bronze VANQUISH. The company modified the audio, wheels, seats and other configurations according to your needs. The vehicle was shipped from London on September 8 and is expected to be declared at Tianjin Customs on October 2. The approval procedures for imported vehicles are relatively cumbersome. You can mention the new car around the 8th after the National Day holiday. In addition, this car needs to be charged a 120% tariff in China, so the cost of picking up the car in Yanjing is 6.2 million yuan, and Yuntong has already paid it. If you have a vehicle demand during this period, our store will provide you with a DB9 for transportation."
"The price of buying sports cars in China is high. I booked it at the time and it was only more than 500,000 US dollars, but now it has basically doubled." Chen Fang couldn't help but complain.
Chen Hui did not express his opinion throughout the whole process, but he couldn't help feeling a little sad about the car that Chen Fang bought. Every time Chen Lei bought a car and put it in her house, she would scold him for making money, but she was reluctant to blame Chen Fang. Let him do it, anyway, this younger brother can make money and spend money, and today I spent nearly 200 million yuan a day.
Chen Fang left his contact information to Manager Wang, so that she could tell him when she could pick up the car, and then left with Chen Hui.
Chapter completed!