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Chapter 66 Locke's Goal

As big figures appeared next to Locke one after another, his circle soon became the most eye-catching place in the entire reception hall.

Locke chatted with them one by one and exchanged business cards, but after a while, there was a stack of business cards in his hand.

It is only a preliminary contact with these people now, and there may be cooperation or competition in the future. With future development, Locke's network will continue to expand.

This is also the biggest purpose of this type of reception.

"Mr. Carrington's insights on the energy industry opened my eyes." Locke smiled and chatted with the middle-aged man in front of him, and the other party's information quickly flashed in his mind.

His super brain is enough for him to write down the information of these people before attending the banquet, and match them to their liking.

The Carrington family has great influence in the energy and power industry, but what attracted Locke's attention the most is that he owns the shares of America Online.

America Online mainly provides Internet services, and it is currently the largest Internet service provider in the United States, and it is also Locke's goal.

This company is not very eye-catching now, but with the development of the Internet, it will soon emerge on Nasdaq, and by around 2000, it will become an Internet company with a market value of [-] billion.

The reason Locke paid attention to this company and had thoughts about Mr. Carrington's AOL shares in front of him was not only because of its rapidly appreciating stock price.

Because at that time, it will merge with Time Warner Group, the largest entertainment and media company.

It is a pity that AOL did not find the right direction for the future development of the Internet. After being hit hard by the Nasdaq stock market crash in 2000, it fell into a slump and its stock price fell all the way.

AOL's operating problems seriously dragged down Time Warner Group, and also caused Time Warner's stock price to plummet. In the end, AOL and Time Warner separated.

But Locke can take advantage of the opportunity of the merger of the two in exchange for enough shares in Time Warner, and at the same time, when the stock price of Time Warner Group falls, he can take the opportunity to acquire more shares.

With the continuous expansion of mergers and acquisitions, the size of Time Warner Group is getting bigger and bigger.

This also brought some problems. Its shareholding has become extremely complicated, internal strife is serious, and its development has gradually fallen behind. Time Warner, which was originally the leader of the media group, was eventually surpassed by smiling Mickey Mouse.

Compared with Disney, which has only gradually started to achieve glory 20 years later, Locke feels that this is a good opportunity to control a media group faster.

As long as they control enough equity at that time and make internal adjustments, they can completely seal the development path of Disney and replace Di Baobao's future glory.

At that time, with the help of the media group, they can also vigorously promote "Arcane Throne" and the upcoming "Lord of the Mysteries", so as to improve their reputation as a writer and gain potential points.

So Locke now shows enough enthusiasm for Carrington: "I am more optimistic about the computer industry, so I have invested in companies such as Intel, Apple, Microsoft, and IBM."

"It seems that you young people like new things." Mr. Carrington said with a smile, "It's not like me."

"Mr. Carrington's statement is a bit exaggerated. As far as I know, you also invested in America Online last year."

"This is my investment advisor's suggestion, and it doesn't cost much money at all." Carrington said: "I don't know much about this type of company."

"The Internet is a nascent industry, which is closely related to the computer industry. I am very interested in it, but there is no chance at present..."

Hearing this, Carrington understood Locke's meaning: "You want the shares of America Online in my hands?"

"If there is this opportunity." Locke has no intention of hiding his thoughts. The current AOL is not very eye-catching. Maybe he offered to let the other party raise the price, but he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

"Then what conditions are you going to use to impress me?" Lao Mei prefers to be straightforward when talking about business. He doesn't care much about AOL's shares, but since Locke wants to buy them, he must take the opportunity to offer a good price.

"I own some shares in oil and gas companies, not many, but worth enough to compare with your AOL shares."

Locke took out his own chips. The Carrington family mainly operates in energy-related industries, and of course they have ideas about oil and gas shares.

If you simply use money to buy AOL shares in the hands of Mr. Carrington, you will inevitably have to pay a premium, but if it is a share exchange, there are more places to discuss, which is equivalent to taking what you need, from a buyer's market to mutual benefit .

Sure enough, after Locke said this, Mr. Carrington's interest obviously increased a lot: "Sounds good, how about it, let's have a private talk another day."

"Of course." Locke agreed with a smile.

That's the end of this topic. The two chatted a few more casually. Mr. Carrington suddenly waved and pulled an extremely young girl over:
"Fallon, haven't you always wanted to know Mr. Rock Lee? He is here now, don't miss the opportunity.

Lee, this is my daughter Fallon. "Mr. Carrington introduced the two to each other with a smile.

Locke looked at the blond girl who kept a decent smile in front of her. Her appearance and figure were not bad, and she also had some immature faces. She should be under 20 years old.

But it can be seen from the eyes that it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, which is different from most rich N generations in New York of this age.

Most of the wealthy N generations at this age have a good foundation because of good family education, but usually they are more concerned about what sports car to drive, where there is a lively party, or where to travel.

Farren Carrington in front of him seemed to be more scheming. After Mr. Carrington introduced him, the smile on his face became more enthusiastic:

"Hello, I've heard a lot of rumors about you. My father also said that if my brother and I can have the same skills as you, he will be more at ease."

"Mr. Carrington has won the award. To have such a beautiful and intelligent daughter, I don't know how many people will envy him."

The next two people chatted very speculatively, which made Ashley feel threatened, and couldn't help pinching Locke's arm.

Fallon seemed to have noticed Ashley's little movement, but she didn't take it too seriously.

Although Ashley is wearing a custom-made dress and the latest Tiffany jewelry, but from her behavior, Fallon can tell that Ashley is not from a wealthy family.

Combined with Locke's age, she judged that Ashley was at most a "little toy" for Locke to entertain, even if her appearance and figure were slightly better than hers, it didn't matter.

Being in a wealthy family, she understood some truths earlier than her peers in many circles.

A member of a family like her enjoys everything now, including material goods, fame, etc., the most important of which is money.

The Locke in front of him has an astonishing record in the past, that is, he has the ability to make more money, so unless he fails one day after another, everyone wants him to help him manage money.

Just like Martin Channing, Peter Lynch, and Buffett, who are already very famous in the circle.

The reason why everyone hasn't invested in Sky Fund right now is because Locke is too young and appeared too suddenly, and everyone needs a period of time to observe.

When my father introduced himself to Locke, he also had some vague plans. After all, he was about the same age as Locke in front of him, both.

Starting from the 26 families in the founding of the United States, the upper class of this country has never broken the marriage.

The top ten consortiums in the United States have become daunting interest groups through complex means such as marriage and cross-shareholding.

This is also a common method used by the wealthy class. Of course it is good to succeed, but it doesn't matter if you fail, as long as you maintain a good friendship.

(End of this chapter)