The Pentium Era - South to North

Xiaoshu and Lao Ju, a group of more than ten people, went to the United States at the invitation of the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Xiaofang also went with them. Xiaofang went, firstly, at the invitation of Zhao Xin. As the team leader this time, Zhao Xin and Xiaofang said, my English is terrible and I am not very familiar with them, so I still need you, a capitalist, to embolden me.

Zhao Xin went to the United States, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York shipped a group of works by American painters to Hangzhou, which needed to be exhibited at the "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery". According to the agreement, the biennales opened at the same time in Hangzhou and New York. Zhao Xin When Xin was away, Zhang Chen asked Tan Shuzhen to borrow Yao Fen and let her temporarily take charge of the work of the "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery".

Yao Fen was a little hesitant, but Zhang Chen asked so, and she had to come. At this time, if she didn't help, who else would help. After all, the other people were not familiar with the business of the exhibition hall.

Yao Fen sat in Zhao Xin's office, looking at everything familiar around her, as if it was a lifetime ago, and she couldn't bear to look back on the days that people always deliberately avoid. After avoiding it for a long time, she forgot about it, thinking that it no longer existed.

Yao Fen couldn't even believe that she had really worked in this office for so many years, and that in the end, she would do such a ridiculous thing. Thinking about it still makes Yao Fen feel ashamed.

Zhang Chen seemed to know that asking Yao Fen to come back would cause a shadow in her heart. On the first day she took over, Zhang Chen went to the "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery". Yao Fen looked at him with a somewhat reserved expression and some panic on her face. , Zhang Chen and Yao Fen said, the past is in the past, if you act boldly, there will be no problem.

Yao Fen nodded "hmm". Zhang Chen also told Yao Fen his vault password. Zhao Xin had already told Yao Fen her password, but Zhao Xin's password was needed to open the vault. Come here and add her password to open it, and Zhang Chen's password can directly open the door to the vault.

Yao Fen knew what Zhang Chen meant by telling her his password. Yao Fen quickly said, "No, no, boss, Zhao Xin has already given me the password. When I need it, just call Zhao Jingjing over."

Zhang Chen smiled and told her, does his home art museum still need you to go to such trouble?

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he walked out.

Yao Fen sat there alone, tears streaming down her face. Zhang Chen's words about her home art museum really made Yao Fen feel warm in her heart.

There is another important reason why Xiaofang wants to go to the United States. First, she wants to introduce her work to customers after returning to China. Second, she wants to go to Virginia to work with the world's largest pig producer and pork supplier. Smithfield Foods Company to discuss cooperation.

Americans don’t like to eat pork. They like to eat beef and chicken. However, Smithfield Foods has 4 pig farms, 850,000 breeding pigs, 40 pork processing plants, and an annual output of 15.8 million pigs. It is supplied to the United States and mainly exported to China, Japan, Mexico and other markets, with annual sales reaching 13 billion US dollars.

President Wan of Shuanghui Group came to Shanghai a few days ago and found Xiaofang. After two days of discussions, the two parties confirmed the framework agreement for cooperation. Xiaofang and President Wan said that if they want to become a multinational enterprise, they must be the world's number one meat supplier. Processing companies must go global and take the road of cooperation and mergers and acquisitions. The first goal is to acquire the Smithfield Food Company in the United States.

Another one is to strive to acquire Spain’s Campofrio, Nongfu Food Group. Nongfu Food Group is the largest meat processing company in Europe. After completing these two acquisitions, Shuanghui Group will firmly occupy the Americas, Europe and The pig markets in three continents in Asia have established an unshakable industry position.

Xiaofang analyzed to Mr. Wan that after acquiring Nongfu Food Group, Shuanghui Group can enter the high-end meat processing products, that is, the fermented meat products market. Fifteen brands under Nongfu Food Group are ranked in the local markets in European countries. First, it is the leading brand of pork products in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands, Romania and other countries.

They have strong technical advantages in world-renowned fermented hams such as Iberian ham, Serrano ham, and Parma ham. In Europe, they are a leading company in the fermented meat products industry.

The advantage of Shuanghui Group is in high- and low-temperature meat products. Although they established Shuanghui Food Co., Ltd. in Jinhua, Zhejiang in 2003, they tried to enter the fermented meat products market.

But after so many years, the results can be said to be lackluster. Almost no one in the market knows about the "Jinhua Ham" of the Shuanghui, and those who know it don't buy it. They think their ham is not authentic. Isn't your Shuanghui from Henan? What "Jinhua ham"? Are you making "Jinhua ham" or is it really "Jinhua ham"?

It can be said that in the field of fermented ham, "Shuanghui" not only did not bring the reputation of the brand, but became a burden. Without the name "Shuanghui", their "Jinhua Ham" would be better sold.

After merging with Spain's Nongfu Food Group, they can achieve complementary advantages. In the future, Shuanghui Group can use Nongfu Food Group's technical advantages in fermented meat products, as well as their brand advantages, to gradually occupy the domestic fermented meat products market.

With the improvement of domestic living standards, fermented meat, which is currently mainly sold in high-end hotels and restaurants, will inevitably enter ordinary household consumption.

Another advantage is that through the merger, Shuanghui Group can control high-quality European pig varieties and resources, and obtain high-end pig varieties such as Mediterranean wild black pigs used to produce Iberian ham and Serrano ham.

No need for Xiaofang to remind Mr. Wan that the wild black pig breed is as precious as wild rice. It took Yuan Longping many years to find a male sterile wild rice plant in Hainan and then breed it. Three male-sterile seeds came out, making it a breakthrough for hybrid rice.

Mr. Wan laughed after listening to Xiaofang's words. He said, the prospects you mentioned are indeed very good, but the reality is a bit cruel. If I want to acquire such two major enterprise groups, where can I get so much money?

Xiaofang said, money is not a problem. Mr. Wan, your biggest advantage is the domestic market. You also know that Americans and Europeans don’t eat pork very much. They usually use it to make fermented meats, such as ham, Bacon, etc., and chilled pork are rarely eaten. The largest consumer market for pork in the world is China.

In China, your Shuanghui Group is a leading enterprise. This is your biggest capital and the prerequisite for others to negotiate cooperation with us. As for money, it is not a problem. We can use Wall Street and American money to acquire it. For American companies, as long as the control of the company is in our hands, we are the controlling shareholders of the company. Are you right?

Mr. Wan nodded. He felt that what Xiaofang said made sense. Mr. Wan asked how it would work.

Xiaofang introduced her entire plan to Mr. Wan in detail. She felt that she could not directly use Shuanghui Group in mainland China to acquire these two companies. This would encounter many policy barriers. The way to consider is to establish a company in Hong Kong. An international company, namely Shuanghui International Holdings Co., Ltd.

The composition of the shareholders of this company is as follows. Domestic Shuanghui Group and affiliated companies, as well as Mr. Wan and related key employees, will use all their assets to establish a wholly-owned company in the British Virgin Islands through a trust. In the name of this company, the company invested in Shuanghui International Holdings Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong and became the absolute majority shareholder, holding more than 30% of the shares.

For other parts, we can absorb Wall Street companies, funds in my hands, and my funds are also American funds, as well as local companies in Hong Kong, Temasek in Singapore, etc., to become a truly international company, and then use Shuanghui International Holdings Co., Ltd. went to acquire Smithfield Foods in the United States and Farmers Food Group in Spain.

Only in this way can many obstacles be bypassed.

Mr. Wan agreed with Xiaofang's plan, and the two parties signed a cooperation agreement.

Xiaofang thought of Mr. Qiao in Shenzhen. She felt that Mr. Qiao's trust company was, after all, a formal financial company in China. She asked Mr. Wan and others to handle the establishment of a wholly-owned company in the British Virgin Islands through Mr. Qiao. Wan They will always be reassured and a guarantee for them.

Xiaofang introduced Mr. Qiao’s Shenzhen Anxin Trust Co., Ltd. to Mr. Wan. Sure enough, Mr. Wan heard that Mr. Qiao’s company was a subsidiary of Shenzhen Development Bank and immediately agreed to Xiaofang’s proposal. Xiaofang asked Zhang Chen to help , called Mr. Qiao. After receiving the call, Mr. Qiao flew to Shanghai that day and signed a cooperation agreement with Mr. Wan.

Xiaofang and Mr. Wan said that including the establishment of a company in Hong Kong and subsequent listing in Hong Kong, they can entrust Mr. Qiao to it. Mr. Qiao has experience in this area. Mr. Qiao helped Splendid China go public.

Mr. Wan was even more happy when he heard this.

Xiaofang's trip to the United States this time was to visit the shareholders of Smithfield Food Company one by one and persuade them to agree to cooperate with Shuanghui Group and sell their shares.

At the same time, she will also use the power of the Yale Skull and Bones Society to persuade the U.S. government. Xiaofang estimates that the amount of this acquisition should be between 70 and 8 billion U.S. dollars. Such a large acquisition cannot go through the U.S. fiscal system. It is impossible to obtain approval from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce. It is precisely for this reason that the domestic Shuanghui Group cannot be used to directly conduct acquisitions.

As long as the hard nut of Smithfield Foods can be broken off, Shuanghui International Holdings Co., Ltd. will become a giant company. In comparison, it will be much easier to acquire Farmers Food Group.

Xiaofang went to the United States, but Zhang Chen came to Shanghai from Hangzhou. He received a call from Xiaomi. Xiaomi said that we have a member. His husband is a good friend of the French Consul General in Shanghai, and the Consul General has a French friend. , there are many paintings painted by Chinese people at home, and I asked him to look for them to see if any Chinese would be willing to buy them.

"What painting, Chinese painting or oil painting?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It is said that they are all oil paintings."

"when?"

"Before liberation," Xiaomi said. Zhang Chen couldn't help but laugh. Xiaomi quickly said, "I don't know very well, anyway, it was from a long time ago."

Zhang Chen asked: "Where is this person now?"

"He seems to have a lot of paintings in Shanghai and wants to find a strong buyer to sell them all at once."

Zhang Chen said okay, then I'll come over in the evening, and you can ask him to come to the company for an interview tomorrow.

Xiaomi said yes.

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