Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 265: : Bulgari Gucci Fendi Prada...

September 19.

The aid group and the study group converged in New York and held a meeting and reception.

The head of the aid mission is Deputy Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The private delegation has three teams, the California consortium led by Hardy.

There are also the Rockefeller Consortium team led by David Rockefeller, and the Citi Consortium team led by Citibank President William Rhodes.

Dean Atchison has a moustache and looks very energetic. He smiled and greeted everyone, "It's an honor to meet you all, the chairman and the president. Since last year, we have implemented the Marshall Plan and have had a relationship with European countries. After many exchanges, part of the assistance has also been distributed."

"President Johnson believes that the assistance can be deepened, so I invite you to join this assistance mission. Today, we will talk about each other and we are going to set off together tomorrow. Our first stop is Italy."

There were fifty or sixty people in the venue, many of whom had known each other before, after all, they were all business leaders, and they started to greet each other and chat.

David Rockefeller saw Hardy, smiled and shook hands with Hardy: "Hello Hardy, this is the first time we meet, I am David Rockefeller."

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. David." Hardy smiled and stretched out his hand.

Hardy knew this David Rockefeller, the third generation of the Rockefeller family. The current Rockefeller family is in the charge of David's father John Rockefeller Jr. David is 33 years old this year and is now the chairman and general manager of the Manhattan Bank Executive Committee. Become the head of the Rockefeller consortium.

The 33-year-old bank president is definitely young and promising.

But David Rockefeller felt more admiration and curiosity for the young man in front of him. Hardy was only 27 years old this year, much younger than him.

More importantly, he relied on his family to manage a multi-billion-dollar bank at such a young age, while Hardy started from scratch, and in just 30 years, he has hundreds of millions of assets.

And not long ago, he became a shareholder of Bank of America and a core member of the California consortium.

Before coming to David Rockefeller, he studied other team members. After all, they are a cooperative relationship and a competitive relationship. Among them, Hardy's resume attracted him the most. From a small company, step by step, he was planning an annexation to become today's group company.

Even he admired it.

The two exchanged a few words, and finally David Rockefeller said: "Hadi, I am very interested in your experience, especially like your business strategy, which can often be surprisingly and get the most benefits. We will be in a team in the future. Have a chance to tell me."

Hardy smiled.

"No problem, I have a chance to have a good chat."

Let Hardy tell the truth, that would definitely not work, he couldn't say that he planned with the help of future insights.

However, there are so many business ideas for later generations, and David thinks it will be enough to come up with some fudges.

Then Hardy got to know William Rhodes, the president of Citibank. William Rhodes was in his sixties and was a Jew, and he exchanged greetings with Hardy for a while.

Afterwards, Hardy got to know the chairman or president of many large companies in the United States.

Depart on September 20.

The first stop is Italy.

The war also caused great trauma to Italy. Many cities were turned into ruins and the economy was dying. However, Italy was also fortunate, because his later divine manipulation allowed him to escape punishment.

In order to win over Italy not to join the Soviet Union, the United States gave Italy great support in the Marshall Plan. Italy is considered the most profitable country in the Marshall Plan.

I can only say that this lazy man is really lucky.

The Italian Prime Minister Archid Gasbelli received the aid delegation. The Marshall Aid Program began in 1947, and each country has a corresponding committee. Prior to this, the United States had already provided 130 million U.S. dollars in aid to Italy.

This time, the aid group brought the second batch of aid plans, as well as private investigation groups. The Italian side knows that these private investigation groups are large consortiums in the United States, and they can provide no less help than the US government.

Now they lack food, machinery, capital, and everything. They are unwilling to let go of any opportunity that can make the country develop.

Italy came up with a long list.

Agip Petroleum, the largest oil company in Italy now, is willing to accept foreign capital injections.

State Grid Corporation.

Fiat Automobile Company.

Zhongli Insurance Company.

United Credit Group.

......

The entire list includes more than 130 companies, including oil, power grid, natural gas, insurance, credit, automobile, shipping, food, precision instrument industry, machine manufacturing, hotel, catering, jewelry, etc. .

The three major consortia that came here are interested in many of the companies on this list. Naturally, Rockefeller is most interested in the oil industry.

Others also have industries that they are fond of. The California Consortium’s Safety Pacific has taken a fancy to Zhongli Insurance Company.

The people in the Citi consortium are more optimistic about the business of the Italian National Grid.

For some businesses, there will be several companies that are interested in them at the same time, what should I do? You can negotiate privately, everyone comes together, and you can sit down and talk about the issue of joint shares.

Of course, there are also people who focus on selling goods, such as Crocker Agricultural Company, which is willing to provide Italy with better and cheaper food and agricultural products.

Hardy also has a fancy. He has fancyed a shipping company, Maldi Shipping Company. According to the introduction, Maldi previously owned several cruise ships and freighters, as well as ferries on Mediterranean routes, as well as from Italy to Spain and Morocco. , Tunisia, and Malta routes.

But in World War II, their ships were all confiscated. The company now has only two ferries, and the company urgently needs to find someone to invest in its development.

Hardy still has many freewheels and victory rounds in his hands, and he can invest a few boats here.

Hardy approached an official from the Ministry of Commerce and said, "Mr. Pierce, can you help me contact the people of Mardi Shipping, I want to talk to them."

People from the Ministry of Commerce were very happy. This was the first merchant willing to invest in shipping and immediately nodded and agreed, “Of course it’s okay. I’ll let them know that they can come here within a day at most.”

The official of the Ministry of Commerce just wanted to leave, and Hardy stopped him, "Oh, there is one more question. I want to invest in some luxury goods industry, but it is not on this list. Can you contact me alone?"

"Invest in luxury goods?" The official was a little surprised.

At this time, the life of luxury goods companies is not easy, people are struggling to survive, and who else is willing to buy luxury goods.

"Of course you can, but are you sure you want to invest in the luxury goods industry?" the official asked again.

"Yes."

After the officials left, Andy and the president of Wells Fargo came to Hardy. Hardy looked at them and asked, "Do you have any industries that you think are good?"

Andy said: "I think Fiat Automobiles is good, but they are very large. The Italian government intends to let Fiat buy most of the domestic brands to revitalize the domestic auto industry, and there are restrictions on the shares sold externally, and only 30% of the shares will be released. Not only are we fancy, but several companies also fancy him."

Hardy knows that Fiat is developing well in future generations.

"What do you think?"

"My idea is that it is best to acquire 5%, and it will probably require capital of 30 million US dollars." Andy said.

Hardy nodded, "Well, I support your opinion, so go ahead and try to acquire more."

As for the president of Wells Fargo, he took a fancy to a small bank.

This small bank has gone bankrupt. It is headquartered in Rome, Milan, Naples, Florence, Venice, Turin, and Palermo, the capital of Sicily, the home of the Mafia, all have their own branches.

He wants to acquire this bank and become a branch of Wells Fargo Bank in Italy.

"If you think it is feasible, then execute it. You are the president." Hardy smiled.

The next afternoon.

The people from Mardi Shipping rushed to Rome and met Hardy at the hotel. The person who came was Gerry Mardi, the current president of the company, the second-generation heir of the Mardi family.

"Hello, Mr. Hardy, this is Grimaldi." The middle-aged man held Hardy's hand with both hands and smiled in greeting.

The two sat down to talk.

Grimaldi's meaning is very clear. They are willing to accept any form of investment. They have too little funds in their hands and can only barely maintain them. It may take a long time to restore to the original state.

"I have a batch of Liberty Ships and Victory Ships, both of which are bulk carriers. I have two plans. One is to lease it to you, and the other is to take a share in the company with a freighter." Hardy said.

Now the only bargaining chip of Mardi Shipping Company is their operating rights and routes, and Hardy Investment will definitely account for the majority shareholder.

Finally, Mardi came up with his own plan, based on the company’s total assets, and cooperated with Hardy. Hardy invested in three Liberty ships and two Victory vessels, accounting for 66% of the shares, and leased 20 Liberty ships to Mardi Shipping. Round and 10 victory rounds.

Since the company has no money, the lease payment can only be owed first.

I have to say that the owner Grimaldi is very shrewd, so that he can not only keep enough shares, but also get enough ships, and instantly become the largest shipping company in the Mediterranean region.

Hardy saw through his plan, but agreed to it.

You feel like you have earned it.

In fact, Hardy earned more than him.

Although the lease payment is owed first, it is not for nothing. Those freighters can only rust when they stop at the port, and renting out is equivalent to making money.

Hardy again mastered a major shipping company.

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The Ministry of Commerce attaches great importance to Hardy's investment in luxury goods, but they do not have a list now.

How to do?

Finally, please refer to the Minister of Commerce.

The Minister of Commerce thought about an idea a little bit, "Publish a message in the newspaper, saying that the chairman of the American Hardy Group is preparing to inject capital into the Italian luxury goods industry. Those who are interested can call the Ministry of Commerce to sign up, and then leave your Ministry of Commerce's information By phone, the registration time is set within three days."

The officials immediately went to the newspaper to release the news.

As soon as the news came out, ordinary Italian people did not care, but those in the luxury goods industry had their minds.

The strongest post-war is the United States.

The highest level of consumption is also the United States.

Therefore, the luxury goods market is naturally also the country of the United States.

If they can enter the U.S. market, it is definitely an excellent opportunity for these luxury brands, and Hardy Group is a major U.S. group, which will greatly promote their industrial development.

Many luxury brands have called the Ministry of Commerce.

Two days,

The Ministry of Commerce has prepared a list of more than 60 luxury brands, some of which are already well-known brands in Italy, and some are simply unknown. The Ministry of Commerce suspects that these guys are planning to fool the people of state-owned wealth when they sign up.

It really made him guess right. Among the luxury brands that signed up, some really invested in deadlifts.

The list is in front of Hardy.

"Mr. Hardy, this is a list we have compiled. You can see if there are any companies you plan to invest in. If so, we have their contact information. You can call their person in charge to come over, and you can talk with them face-to-face."

Hardy picked up the list and looked.

Some of the names above are very unfamiliar, but there are also some familiar names from later generations~www.readwn.com~ Seeing these names,

Hardy's heart couldn't help beating a few times.

If you invest 10,000 in these brands now, you may gain 100 million in future generations. See what names they have.

Bulgari.

Gucci.

Fendi.

Prada.

Zegna.

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