I earn really hard money

Chapter 340
When seeing the wooden building, He Xia was worried about natural disasters such as earthquake resistance and heavy snowstorms. Later, he thought that there are many wooden structures all over the world, not only left over from ancient times, but also built in recent years, so there should be no problem.

"The building uses groundwater for heating and cooling, and the double-façade structure provides a buffer zone for the outdoor climate, while also allowing for unrivaled views from here, you see..."

When he came to the top floor of the building, Eismarch took He Xia to the best viewing position, and opened his arms towards the distance: "Whenever I look into the distance here after work, my tired soul will be comforted in an instant."

Since most of the buildings in Zurich are not high, even if they are only about 20 meters, they can be seen far away.

"I really envy people who can work in this environment. Unlike me, I don't have much time to sit in the office."

He Xia said very Versailles.

"You are right."

With a polite smile on his face, Eismarch complimented: "Employees who can work here should thank their bosses. If they weren't an excellent boss, how could they have found such an excellent office environment."

He Xia suddenly had a deep understanding of "everyone carries the flowery sedan chair".

"Hahaha, Eismarch, I'm very satisfied with this place, how about the price?"

"Mr. He is just borrowing it for a period of time. He doesn't charge any rent. At most, he only has some daily expenses, ho ho ha."

Eismarch said politely.

The local government attaches great importance to the headquarters of H·E Investment Company in Zurich, and various preferential policies emerge in an endless stream, just to attract the rich and high-level talents.

Just imagine, when the wooden building is used as the temporary headquarters of H·E Investment Company, all employees will live in Zurich or nearby cities. For such a company ranked among the top [-] companies in the world, the employees must be elites. It has a very positive impact on the local area.

Seeing that the other party was so polite, He Xia said honestly: "Thank you for the kindness of the Zurich government, but I don't think it's appropriate to borrow. Thinking about repaying things every day will make employees feel uneasy. How about..."

"Sell this building to H·E Investment Company at a discount."

When He Xia saw the wooden building for the first time, he planned to buy it...

The location is very good, not far from the city center, closer to the living area, beautiful scenery and low population density, definitely a high-quality real estate, even if the building belonging to the company is built in the future, some scattered departments can be set up here.

"Sell, sell?" Eismarch was stunned, never expecting He Xia to be so bold.

He didn't lie, this building was indeed the office of a department planned by the government at first, and even the reason for the relocation was as he said, that was, the employee vote failed.

The real estate planned by the government itself is quite good in terms of location, design, and materials. If it is used by its own people, no one will cheat their own people.

"That's right, Eismarch, think about it for me. If the unscrupulous media finds out that H·E Investment Company even borrows office buildings, it will definitely make a lot of hype. I dare not imagine..."

He Xia clicked his tongue, looking helpless.

"But Mr. He, we have never considered selling the wooden building, which makes me... I can't make a decision."

To put it bluntly, Esmarch is a receptionist for foreign businessmen, but he is actually a receptionist. He eats, drinks, and has fun, and has a pitifully small power. He obeys orders in the department.

"I believe you will be able to handle this matter well!" He Xia patted Esmarch on the shoulder with an encouraging look, took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and said with a smile: "That's it, Esmarch , My housekeeper has come to pick me up, and the rest will be handed over to my lawyer to follow up, you guys know each other."

He Xia winked at Lawyer Zhang at the side, then waved at the embarrassed Esmarch, and swaggered away from the wooden building.

After walking out of the wooden building, He Xia didn't get in the car, but went straight to the building next door, explained to the security personnel his purpose, and then took the elevator to the top floor.

"Mr. He, good morning, your butler Robert is at your service."

After receiving the news in advance, Robert flew over in a helicopter.

"I haven't seen you in a few days, Robert, you seem to have lost weight... It seems that I should give you some subsidies."

He Xia said with a smile.

"Oh, Mr. Ho, it's my pleasure."

Robert accepted the boss's reward very happily. He was really busy during this time.

The refurbishment of Hungerford Castle in the UK is continuing, and he will be present to participate in the supervision. The pier of the Spanish Summer Manor has not yet been completed, and the island of Ania occasionally shows up. As for the horse farm, the helipad, and the side of the Summer Manor Dairy farm, that can only be regarded as a small business.

"Robert, you are indeed tired, why don't you let me drive on the return trip, haha!"

Greg patted Robert's arm with a considerate expression on his face.

"No, I can do this little thing, Greg, thank you, I don't need to do it for you."

Robert immediately retorted, it is rare to work for the boss, how can others steal the limelight.

"Don't worry, I won't compare!"

Greg rushed directly to the cockpit with a stride.

"I'm sorry, Greck, it's fine for you to fly alone, but if Mr. He is on the helicopter, it's safer to let me do it!"

Gourav motioned for Greg to make way.

"Well, okay..."

Greg's helicopter piloting skills were slightly inferior to those of Elisa and Gourav, and the driving time was far behind. He was very reluctant, but he still had no choice but to give up his seat.

A moment later, the helicopter took off and flew over the depressed receptionist Eismarch.

"Mr. Zhang, why don't you confirm with Mr. He that he really intends to buy the wooden building?"

Lawyer Zhang didn't doubt He Xia's thoughts at all, it was just a small office building, and he needed to double check what he was doing...

He gestured to the reception car: "Mr. Eismarch, why don't we contact the relevant departments as soon as possible, so that you can complete the task."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, He Xia sat at the dining table in Huguang Manor. The billionaire got busy, and his daily work and rest were irregular, and he had to deal with official business while eating.

"Mr. He, this is the information I collected from pharmaceutical companies. There are more than [-] pharmaceutical companies in the world that meet the requirements. You need to consider it yourself..."

Lu Qian put a piece of information on the dining table, there were only so many screening criteria, and the rest were within the scope, and further screening was needed.

He Xia nodded, was busy eating but didn't speak, while flipping through the information for a while.

"They're all companies I've never heard of..."

According to He Xia's plan, at most US$30 billion will be used to acquire a pharmaceutical company. I thought I would see some familiar names, but the actual situation is unexpected. They are all very strange names, and I have never heard of them.

"Those such as Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer, etc., what size are they?"

Based on what He Xia knew about pharmaceutical companies, he also knew about these companies.

A strange smile appeared on Lu Qian's face: "Well, Mr. He, among the four pharmaceutical companies you mentioned just now, Merck has the lowest valuation. Compared with the other three, Merck has a valuation of 300 $[-] billion..."

"300 billion, or US dollars?"

He Xia turned to look at Lu Qian. The answer was unexpected. He thought it would cost 600 to [-] billion, and then asked, "What about the other companies?"

"Hmm... AstraZeneca's 500 billion or so, Pfizer's development has been good in the past two years, it should be almost 3000 billion, Johnson & Johnson's 4000 billion... are all dollars."

When He Xia searched for pharmaceutical companies, Lu Qian learned about the scale of leading companies in the pharmaceutical industry by the way, and all kinds of information came at her fingertips.

"Cough..." He Xia coughed and reconfirmed: "A pharmaceutical company has twice the valuation of Boeing, is that reasonable?"

Obviously Boss He underestimated the strength of pharmaceutical companies, even the entire pharmaceutical field!
The names of health care companies often appear in the top ten global market value rankings. This is a field that can compete with energy and electronic technology. Human life is only once, and the importance of medicine is self-evident.

Lu Qian thought for a while, and said: "Actually, there is a reason why Johnson & Johnson's market value is so high. This company is not only committed to the research and development and production of medicines, but also medical devices and many consumer products. It has business in many markets and industries. They are all in the track leader position, relatively speaking, Boeing’s business is too simple, so naturally it cannot compare..."

"If the pharmaceutical business of Johnson & Johnson is taken out separately, it will be lower than that of Boeing."

He Xia spread his hands and said, "These decent pharmaceutical companies are too expensive, but these small companies seem a little watery..."

Looking at the information in his hand again, with He Xia's current vision, he really doesn't like these pharmaceutical companies with a valuation of 30 billion US dollars. It has a pivotal position and even has important patents in a certain field!

"Well, Mr. He, you can't just judge the pros and cons of a pharmaceutical company based on its market value. I think the most important thing is that it's suitable. It's the best thing that suits you to do, right?"

Lucy didn't know why He Xia bought the pharmaceutical company at all, but she thought her opinion was reasonable.

He Xia pondered for a while after listening, put the materials aside the table, and said, "I'm a little paranoid, you contact Professor Smith, send him the information of these pharmaceutical companies, and let him choose."

As Lu Qian said, the purpose of acquiring a pharmaceutical company is not to join the track to earn profits, but mainly to serve the research and development of the laboratory. The focus should be on the technical counterparts, not the size of the company.

No matter how big the body is, the direction of scientific research has nothing to do with genetics, and it won't help if you buy it...

Thinking of this, He Xia simply left this task to Professor Smith, and left professional matters to professional people. The professor should be very clear about what kind of pharmaceutical company is needed to cooperate.

"Okay." Lu Qian took the information from the pharmaceutical company, changed a copy and put it on the dining table, and said, "This is the information of advanced private hospitals in Europe that I collected through a professional intermediary. Take a look."

He Xia was about to look through the pages when the phone in his pocket rang.

"Ok?"

Seeing the words "Zhou Gangdan" on the caller ID, He Xia was a little puzzled: "Isn't there supposed to be class at this time? You skipped class..."

It was past two o'clock in the afternoon in Switzerland, and it was past eight in the morning in New York.

After answering the phone, He Xia said: "Xiao Zhou, if you don't study hard and just skip classes, this is your college life, right?"

Zhou Shiliu was sitting on a bench in the garden, and the air around her was somewhat bleak in autumn. The first class had just started, and those who were due to attend the class had already sat in the classroom. The students who were waiting for the next class hadn’t arrived yet, and there were not many people in the garden. .

After hearing He Xia's words, Zhou Shiliu raised the corners of his mouth and said, "Comrade Xiao He is talking freely now, and he will thank me soon!"

"Listen to this, the quota is down?"

He Xia asked as a matter of course, and recently asked Zhou Gangdan to do this little favor.

"Tch!" Zhou Shiliu let out a disdainful voice, and said, "A quota is worthy of your gratitude to me?"

"It's not worth it, haha!" He Xia was honest and blunt: "Then what are you going to say, it's not your character to be moaning, I'm busy, let the fart go!"

"Xiao He, be more polite, I advise you to stop busy, this call is to save you!" Zhou Shiliu put on a show.

"Save, hehe..."

He Xia wanted to laugh, chose to compromise, and said, "Alright, Miss Zhou, what can I do for you?"

"That's about the same! Let me ask you, do you hold Boeing shares, not a lot?"

Zhou Shiliu changed his tone and asked.

"Is it strange?"

He Xia froze for a moment. This is not a secret. The list of major shareholders of Boeing can be found everywhere. The fourth place is H·E Investment Company. After the two mysterious people and Berkshire Hathaway, it is There is no specific equity share, but in this position, it will not be low!
"Don't be weird... Don't you feel that there have been several aviation accidents this year?" Zhou Shiliu continued.

"What's so strange about this? There are [-] aircraft taking off and landing around the world every day. Even if the probability of accidents is one in ten million, there will be three or four accidents in a year. Is it worth paying attention to?"

He Xia asked puzzledly.

Zhou Shiliu shook his head and said: "It seems that you really don't care about the news, then you listen to me, the planes that have been involved in a series of accidents recently are all of the same model, once is a coincidence, and twice is suspicious, let alone the third time!"

"About a month ago, due to the recent frequent accidents that attracted widespread attention from the public, Boeing executives and many media unanimously pointed the finger at the airline's pilots, and the various operations of the public relations department stabilized the stock price!"

"But the airlines are not vegetarians. They have united and asked all departments to conduct dismantling investigations and technical analysis on the newly launched [-] models. After a small month, there are results!"

"You wait!"

He Xia felt that something was unusual, took a sip of table wine, wiped his mouth, walked to the terrace, and closed the glass door smoothly.

After hearing He Xia's call, Lu Qian thought about it. Although she heard only a few words, it didn't affect her judgment. It seemed that something happened to the Boeing company invested by the investment company?
He Xia leaned on the guardrail, and said softly: "From what you said, the results of the investigation and analysis are not optimistic?"

"Hehe... It's more than not optimistic. I went to school this morning to ask my tutor about this year's Nobel Prize in Economics. Another professor hurried past me and was stopped by my tutor. Do you know who that person is? ?”

Zhou Shiliu asked mysteriously.

"I don't know where I'm going, you think I can pinch it!"

He Xia was speechless, he had been a prophet in the Titanic world for a while, but the real world couldn't do it...

"A professor who won the Nobel Prize in Physics more than ten years ago participated in the investigation and analysis of problematic models. According to the latest data, many researchers found that there are many problems with the new models, such as aerodynamics, mechanics, Electrical engineering blah blah blah..."

"Anyway, there are many loopholes, and it's not the driver's fault at all!"

(End of this chapter)