Giant of the times

Li Zetian is now very ambitious and has invested in Japanese real estate. Now he has acquired 20th Century Fox, Carl Zeiss, and TRUMPF, and he feels very happy.

On this day, he went to Wells Fargo, one of his core businesses.

All major consortiums use banks to operate capital in order to control other companies. Of course Li Zetian must follow suit. He came here this time to borrow money from Sprint to acquire GTE, the largest independent local telephone company in the United States.

After coming out of the Wells Fargo building, I saw a middle-aged man sitting on the steps with a decadent face at the door. He was very well-dressed, wearing a high-end black suit. He had an extraordinary temperament and did not look like an ordinary person.

Originally, Li Zetian didn't intend to meddle in other people's affairs. However, he took one more look at the man and felt that he had some impression, but he couldn't remember clearly.

Li Zetian stopped immediately, thinking that the gringo who could impress him might be a famous figure in the future.

He thought for a while, walked up and asked: "Hello, sir, it's already December and the weather is cold. Why are you sitting on the ground? You can catch a cold easily!"

When the man looked up and saw that the person talking to him was Li Zetian, he looked very surprised, "Oh, hello, Chronos·Li!!!"

"Who are you? Why are you sitting on the ground?" Li Zetian asked again.

The man replied: "My name is Sandy Weir. I was originally an executive at American Express. I was responsible for the merger plan with Bank of America... but it failed. Later, I was forced to resign because I failed to bring the Firefighter Fund out of trouble. !I came to Wells Fargo Bank for an interview today. The interviewer felt that my mental state was not good and I had not recovered from the previous failure. He asked me to go home and rest for a while...but I have been unemployed for six months. In condition!"

Sandy Weill can serve as a senior executive at Express Company, so he is naturally not short of money, but he does not want to spend his life in silence. People cannot live in idleness, they must do meaningful things!

Li Zetian recalled the name "Sandy Weir" in his mind, trying to let himself know who he was.

After thinking for a while, I suddenly startled myself.

Could it be that Sandy Weill is the legendary figure on Wall Street, the founder of Travelers Group, and the super-powerful financial king who later merged with Citibank?

Li Zetian was an orphan in his previous life and suffered from poverty. When he grew up, he longed for wealth. He has read many celebrity biographies, including "The Biography of Bill Gates", "The Biography of Steve Jobs", "Li Jiacheng", "The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie", "Jack Welch", "38 Letters from Rockefeller to His Son", etc., I also read a little bit about Sandy Weill's autobiography. The man in front of me is the founder of the Travelers Group and a capital king. With its iron fist, Citigroup finally dominated the entire financial world in an unprecedented way.

At this time, Li Zetian couldn't help but think of what General Electric CEO Jack Welch said: "Sandy Weir is the kind of person who can make money from air. His experience is as incredible as a myth!"

Talent, talent!

Li Zetian's eyes lit up, "Mr. Will, do you have time to have a cup of coffee together now?"

Sandy Weir felt in disbelief and quickly responded: "I have time!"

"Okay, then let's go sit at a nearby cafe."

"Um."

Not long after, the two came to Starbucks.

On the way, Li Zetian thought, Sandy Weill also has a protégé, Jamie Dimon, who is a genius in the financial world and is no more beautiful than Sandy Wilson. Later, the two parted ways, and Jamie Dimon became the new CEO of the United States and the most feared banker in the world.

As the saying goes, eggs cannot be put in one basket! Each consortium owns multiple banks, and Li Zetian will not only own Wells Fargo Bank. After meeting Sandy Weill today, Li Zetian couldn't help but have a crush on Citibank.

Sitting down in an elegant position by the window, Li Zetian said slowly: "Mr. Sandy Weir, I plan to establish a life and property insurance company. I wonder if you are willing to come and help me?"

In its previous life, Travelers Company was originally a life and property insurance company. Later, it expanded its business scope to investment banking, commercial credit, financing services and other fields by acquiring an American investment bank. Li Zetian also plans to do so step by step.

In addition, the insurance industry is very profitable. There are thirty or forty insurance companies that are among the top 500 companies in the world, and they rank very high. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is a world-famous insurance and diversified investment group in the United States.

Insurance companies play a vital role in financial stability. Strong insurance companies are even too big to fail. Even the government dare not sit idly by and do nothing, and even invest huge sums of money to rescue them to avoid the huge disaster caused by the company's failure. The chain reaction causes more serious harm to society as a whole!

When Sandy Weir heard Li Zetian's invitation, she was extremely excited. Her face turned red. She drank the coffee in one gulp and said, "I am afraid that very few people in the world will refuse your invitation, Mr. Li! I am very willing to serve you." The men are doing their job!!”

Li Zetian had a faint smile on his face, but he was very happy in his heart.

"Sandy Weir, you will rest at home for the next two days. I will send my secretary to contact you later to discuss the specific details of forming an umbrella insurance company. You will be the CEO of the company. By the way, you are also considered an old man in the industry. Okay, is there anyone you would like to recommend?" Li Zetian asked deliberately.

"Yes, his name is Jamie Dimon, and he is a financial genius!"

When Li Zetian heard this, the smile on his face became even stronger, "Very good, then let him come with you!"

"Hmm..." Sandy Weir nodded in response without doubting his presence.

After leaving the coffee shop, Li Zetian called him for his contact information.

In the coffee shop just now, Dongfang Yuqin couldn't speak directly. Now when he came to the car, Dongfang Yuqin frowned and asked: "Mr. Li, Sandy Weir is a loser at Express Company, and he even kicked him out of the company. , are you sure he is qualified to be the CEO of Umbrella Insurance Company?”

Li Zetian smiled, with confidence in his laughter, "What is the saying? 'Failure is the mother of success'. It is precisely because he has failed that he succeeded! I believe he will not let me down." ! From the first time I met him, I felt that this person was extraordinary. There was a stubbornness in his eyes that refused to admit defeat. It was this stubbornness that made me think he could succeed!"

Li Zetian was talking serious nonsense.

Dongfang Yuqin nodded and stopped asking. She actually believed in Li Zetian's vision of people. It could even be said that she trusted Li Zetian blindly.

Li Zetian continued: "In the next period of time, your hard work will be to set up the Umbrella Insurance Company with Sandy Weir."

"OK."

"Driver, go to Sprint."

Finance is Dongfang Yuqin's major. She received an MBA degree. Li Zetian is just a college dropout. Although he has studied finance on his own, he still doesn't understand things that are too professional. There are specialties in the industry, and one person's energy is limited. The superior only needs to learn how to use people!