The Industrial Giant Reborn

Chapter 153 Financial Giant (bo) - The Morgan Family
Hong Kong, Kai Tak Airport:
In less than ten days, Chen Zhiwen came to the airport to pick up someone again. The last time it was the world-renowned architect Bei Jinming, but this time, in terms of respect, he was far inferior to Master Bei, but the importance was even greater. powerful.

After a while, Chen Zhiwen saw an acquaintance. It was Joey, a professional investment manager who he had cooperated with Citibank before, and there were several white people around him, but anyone could tell at a glance that they were definitely not his colleagues.

The people behind them are tall and strong, their arms are full of muscles, their bodies are strong, and their skin is bronze. The first impression they give people is that they are soldiers. Although they seem to walk casually, they always put a slightly shorter man bag in the middle.

"Hi, Joey." Seeing them approaching, Chen Zhiwen smiled and waved.

"Eric, long time no see." Joey walked in quickly, shook hands with a smile and said, "This is Mr. Henry Morgan I mentioned on the phone, Mr. Morgan, this is Mr. Eric Chen."

"Mr. Morgan, hello." Chen Zhiwen said very formally.

As early as 3 days ago, he got a notice from Joey, saying that a person of high status wanted to come to Hong Kong to discuss possible cooperation with him. Later, in the phone call arranged by Angel, he learned that the person's name was Henry .Morgan.

He is not very famous and has no special property. His honor is his surname: Morgan.

From the follow-up phone call, I learned that Henry Morgan, who went to Hong Kong, is a member of the Morgan family and has a certain status in the American banking industry.

Such a person is exactly the person Chen Zhiwen needs to cooperate with, so naturally he attaches great importance to it, so he came to Qi's airport to pick him up in person.

"Mr. Morgan, this name is too common in my family, please call me Henry." Henry Morgan also shook hands and said with a polite smile: "If you don't mind, is it convenient for me to call you Eric? "

"Of course, Henry." Chen Zhiwen is also very straightforward. Western names and surnames are different from Chinese. In the Chinese world, people who can be named are generally very close people, but there is a gap between Europe and the United States. Many people like to be simple. Just call by name.

"Okay, Eric, I'm very glad to meet a young business talent like you. What our Morgan family likes most is to cooperate with a business genius like you." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"I'm also very happy to be able to cooperate with the Morgan family." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

A hundred years ago, the entire United States was once controlled by several major families. These families respectively controlled oil, finance, steel, trains, rubber, automobiles, mining and other fields in the United States, and almost controlled the entire politics and economy of the United States. The president's efforts have broken up these monopoly giants.

But splitting up and eliminating are two completely different things. Splitting up just dismantled the trust monopoly, and the assets, contacts, and resources of these families did not disappear, but disappeared. Taking this opportunity, these families faded out of the media's field of vision. But it still controls many economic lifelines.

Among the former trust monopoly giants, the only two powerful ones were the Rockefeller family who monopolized oil and the Morgan family who monopolized finance. Other steel, railways, and automobiles were just a foil for the two.

After the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil was dismantled, it became 34 independent oil companies, the seven strongest of which evolved into the Seven Sisters of Oil, which control half of the world's oil.

And the Morgan family at the same level, although they were hit by the economic crisis in 1929, the camels are bigger than the horses. In the United States today, many banks are behind the Morgan family, although they are not all of them. The family, but they all have a certain influence. It is just a direct holding of Morgan Stanley, which is one of the top ten investment banks in the world.

"This is my first time in Hong Kong." Henry Morgan and Chen Zhiwen walked out side by side while looking at the scene in the distance and said: "But it seems to be much better than I imagined."

"Compared with New York, there is still some gap, but compared with the average cities in the United States, it is more than enough." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.Today's Hong Kong has a certain reputation internationally, but it is also because there are not many big cities in Asia, and it belongs to the crowd, and it is far behind New York and London.

"Before this, I only occasionally heard the name of Jardine Group. Their company has a lot of business in Australia and South Asia, some of which have a relationship with my family's business." Henry Morgan said.

"Jardines is one of the largest consortiums in Hong Kong." Chen Zhiwen explained that in Hong Kong, Jardines and HSBC are indeed famous, but in the United States, they are really nothing.

"I also heard that Eric, you also forcibly acquired another large foreign firm in Hong Kong a few months ago, similar to Jardine?" Henry Morgan seemed a little interested.

"It can be said that, but even though they are both one of the four major foreign firms, the Hutchison and Jardine I acquired are quite similar." Chen Zhiwen replied with a smile.

After a few people walked to the VIP parking lot at the airport, an extended version of Lincoln was already parked here waiting.

"Eric, would you like to take my car?" Henry Morgan sent out an invitation and said with a smile.

"Okay, this is the first time I've taken such a long car." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

For a person like Henry Morgan to travel, he has already made full preparations and airlifted his car to the destination in advance. This kind of "trench" is worth learning for Chen Zhiwen in the future.

The interior of the Lincoln limousine is very luxurious, with a full-length sofa on one side and a row of wooden tables on the opposite side, with various wines and drinks on it, a small refrigerator on the side, and a 25-inch The color TV, along with these two wires, lead to two microphones.

Inside the car body, there are small lights of various colors, slowly rotating, and various lights are constantly exchanged in the air, making it a small KTV.

"How is it? Is my car modified?" Henry Morgan asked with a smile as he handed over a bottle of red wine.

"Very good." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, which reminded him of the ideal car 50 years later. Except for the technology, the luxury of this car far exceeds the ideal.

"If you like it, I'll introduce you to a specialized modification company that is very good at interior decoration, or if you want to buy cruise ship decoration, you can also find them." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Okay, cruise ships are quite useful." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Along the way, the two casually chatted about their own experience, and did not officially enter the topic of business. Soon, the car arrived at the Prince's Building, the headquarters of the Galaxy Group.

After some introductions, the two came to a reception room in the southeast corner. An Qi also made coffee for the two of them, and then left, leaving only the two of them behind.

"Eric, you should know the purpose of my coming to Hong Kong." Henry Morgan said after taking a sip of coffee: "A month ago, by chance, I went to Los Angeles for a business trip. I was bored that night, so I went to a nearby At the bar, I found that many young people were gathered around a machine, playing non-stop. I watched it for a while, but it took only 10 minutes for me to become interested, that is, Eric’s arcade game Snake.

That night, I bought the arcade machine from the bar and sent it to the hotel. That night, I played until midnight. If it wasn’t for a meeting the next day, I’d probably have to play all night. I have to say, this Games are fun. "

"Indeed, it is very interesting, which is why it can be successful." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

As a soul from 50 years later, for him, games like Snake Eater are good to play when you are bored, but if you really play continuously, it will be too boring.But for others, it seems like an addiction. Many people will play for a long time, can't let go, and even have finger cramps the next day.

"So after the meeting the next day, I immediately arranged for someone to check the information in this area, only to find out that this thing was originally called an arcade, and it was also created by a company called Atari in the United States, so I went to play it too. I played the Atari game, but compared to your Snake, it always feels a lot worse, it’s not just me, the information I collected shows that in bars, a large number of people will also choose Snake.” Henry Morgan said: "Then I sent people to investigate and found out that the gluttonous snake came from Hong Kong. I also knew that there are business geniuses like Eric in this world who have made achievements in the fields of beverages and electronics. Very high grades, to be honest, there are few people in this world that I admire, Eric, you are one of them."

"It's a great honor." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. It felt like he was flattering himself, letting himself be flattered, and then he might follow the other party's wishes when they negotiated.

"After investigation, I also found that the Snake arcade machine has not exerted its due commercial capabilities. It is only found in bars in some medium and large cities. Although these cities have stronger economies, they are also less popular in terms of population It may not be comparable to the large number of small and medium-sized cities, and your sales channel seems to be only bars. In the United States, although there are many people who go to bars, there are not many people who go there often. If you only rely on them, you will miss it. Too many other customers." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Bars are indeed not all, but they are also the best choice. The price of arcade machines is too expensive, so they must be placed in places with a large number of people." Chen Zhiwen said.

The game consoles of the later generations are everywhere, even in a small supermarket and a gas station, but it is absolutely impossible now. The most fundamental reason is that the current chips are too expensive, and at the same time, dozens of chips are needed to be able to execute the game interface. The cost of chips and arcade machines is too high. If it is placed in a small supermarket, it will not be able to pay back for decades.Only a place with a very high traffic flow like a bar is a normal business model.

"But in the United States, there are many places with large crowds." Henry Morgan said calmly: "For example, airports, large shopping malls, subway stations, and schools."

"School?" Chen Zhiwen's heart moved, and he asked, "Can you send the arcade machine to the school?"

In fact, Chen Zhiwen also knows some of the weaknesses of bars, but places like airports, shopping malls, and subway stations are not places he can directly contact as a foreigner. Before he finds a suitable partner, his main goal is still bars. You can't handle any bar with social skills, so how can you do anything else?

As for the school, Chen Zhiwen naturally knew that it was the biggest treasure land. There were a lot of people in the school, and they were stable. It was much better than a bar that came and went. At the same time, this group had the least resistance to games and was the best place to get fat. sheep.

When he was contemplating what kind of partner he needed to find before, his request was to be able to deliver arcade machines to various shopping malls, a small number of airport waiting rooms, etc., but he never thought about schools because it was very difficult.

But if it can be done, it will be a very large market.

(End of this chapter)