Siheyuan: I am Jia Dongxu's cousin

In 1974, when other Hong Kong companies were mired in the economic crisis and suffering, the Flower Planting Group was extremely busy, especially the acquisition team.

According to information collected by the intelligence department and Zhang Weiguo's memories of his previous life, Zhang Weiguo set his first acquisition target on three companies in America, namely Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Johnson & Johnson.

At the beginning of this year, the share prices of Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Johnson & Johnson all plummeted. Coca-Cola was the worst hit, with its share price halved from $1973 in 78 to $24. McDonald's was not much better, with its valuation halved. Although Johnson & Johnson was better than the other two, it was only slightly better, and its share price also plummeted by 46%.

In fact, as far as Zhang Weiguo can remember, he was not clear about the low points of the stock prices of Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Johnson & Johnson, and he was not even sure whether the stock prices of these three companies would fall further. But Zhang Weiguo was clear about one thing: as long as he held Coca-Cola shares now, the return on investment would definitely be more than 10 times in 10 years.

Moreover, for the wealthy Zhang Weiguo, the current stock prices of these three companies are indeed very low. Based on his memories of his past life and current data, Zhang Weiguo analyzed that if he bought 1 million US dollars of stocks from the three companies now, after 1990, the value of these stocks would be estimated to be at least 66 billion US dollars.

The potential of these three companies is unquestionable.

Needless to say, the earliest appearance of Coca-Cola can be traced back to 1886, when it was accidentally invented by John Pemberton, a pharmacist in America. It was originally intended as a medicinal drink for treating headaches and colds. However, it accidentally became a carbonated drink that swept the world.

Even before Zhang Weiguo traveled through time, although there were already many beverage brands, Coca-Cola still occupied the world's largest carbonated beverage market. And in Zhang Weiguo's memory, Coca-Cola in his previous life was still one of the most valuable brands in the world.

Although McDonald's history is not as long as Coca-Cola, it has an advantage that Coca-Cola does not have: it is an invisible real estate tycoon. McDonald's first official store was opened in 1940, and it was renamed McDonald's in 1960. After listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 1965, it began to expand wildly in the international market. Before Zhang Weiguo traveled through time, McDonald's had already reached million stores worldwide.

Moreover, most of these stores were purchased directly by McDonald's, which shows that McDonald's deserves the title of the invisible real estate tycoon.

Johnson & Johnson, as a company that was founded at the same time as Coca-Cola, not only has a long history, but also has a great say in the fields of medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and health products. Although Johnson & Johnson was full of negative news before Zhang Weiguo traveled through time, it did not have much impact on its stock price.

Moreover, as Johnson & Johnson will be the world's largest healthcare company in the future, it will definitely be worthwhile to invest in it now.

After reading the information provided by the intelligence department, Zhang Weiguo officially made the decision to start acquiring shares of the three companies with a target amount of 2 million US dollars.

These three companies all need to be held for a long time and cannot bring much return on investment to Zhang Weiguo in the short term, so Zhang Weiguo will not invest a large amount of money in them. 2 million US dollars is already a lot.

Soon following Zhang Weiguo's instructions, the acquisition department began to take action.

Tang Hongren said to his men, "Number One, your group is responsible for purchasing Coca-Cola shares on the stock market. Pay attention to stock price fluctuations and don't drive up their stock prices."

"Leave it to us, Don."

After hearing No. 1's reply, Tang Hongren said to No. 7, "No. 7, cooperate with No. 6's team to target McDonald's stock price first. I feel that its stock price still has a lot of room to fall."

"Ok." Number 6 and Number 7 replied concisely.

"Number Five, your team is responsible for monitoring McDonald's stock price at all times. Once the opponent's stock price is hit to the freezing point by Number Six and Number Seven, buy in immediately." Tang Hongren raised the frame of his glasses on his nose and explained calmly.

"Don't worry, Boss Tang. Our team is good at this."

Tang Hongren nodded and continued to assign tasks: "Number 9, you are responsible for Johnson & Johnson's stocks. The other party should fall in the near future. Be careful to seize the opportunity."

Number Nine nodded to show that he understood.

Tang Hongren said to No. 2, "No. 2, you and No. 3 will be responsible for communicating with the intelligence team. Always pay attention to the international situation and the relevant information of these three companies, and always provide intelligence support to the brother teams."

"Leave it to us!" No. 2 and No. 3 replied.

"Number Four and Number Eight, you will lead your respective teams to provide random support. If a team encounters difficulties, provide support immediately."

"understand!"

After Tang Hongren assigned tasks to each team, he took charge personally and kept a close eye on the stock price changes of the three companies.

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Two days later, Group No. 1 was the first to achieve results.

"Boss Tang, we have already bought 5 million US dollars worth of Coca-Cola shares. I suggest you wait for two days, otherwise it may cause fluctuations in the other party's stock price."

"Well, OK. Your team will take a break for two days and wait until the stock price of Coca-Cola stabilizes before buying."

After the acquisition by Group No. 1 in the past two days, the share price of Coca-Cola Company has risen. Tang Hongren asked them to suspend the acquisition for two days in order to buy the most shares with the least money.

Two days later, good news came from No. 6 and No. 7. After their efforts in the stock market, McDonald's stock price dropped by another 8%. However, Tang Hongren believed that there was still room for further decline, so he ordered: "Keep going. If you can reduce McDonald's stock price by another 7%, I will personally go to celebrate with you."

"We'll try our best." Number 6 and Number 7 did not dare to say too much. After all, they had already put in a lot of effort to reduce McDonald's stock price by 8%, and no one could guarantee that it would drop by 7%.

Tang Hongren also knew the situation, so he said again: "It's okay, you guys do your best, and you'll get as much as you can."

At the same time, good news came from Team 9. Just an hour ago, Johnson & Johnson's stock price plummeted again, falling by 21% compared to the previous one. Although Tang Hongren was not sure what happened to Johnson & Johnson, he knew this was an opportunity, and immediately instructed Team 9:

"No more waiting, hurry up and buy in batches, and cause Johnson & Johnson's stock price to rise."

"Don't worry, Don!"

Following Tang Hongren's instructions, Team No. 9 became busy. Everyone was calling members of Team No. 9 across the ocean, purchasing things back and forth and confirming prices back and forth.

A week later, Tang Hongren finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the $2 million that had been spent on the account. After nearly a week and a half of hard work, he finally completed the task assigned to him by his boss. Now he should be able to take a few days off!

However, after Tang Hongren reported the news to Zhang Weiguo, he regretted it. If he had known earlier, he would have wanted to give himself a few days off in advance. He had to have some work to do.