Age of Dreams

Acquiring WeWork is the easiest thing, as long as you find the Blackstone Group, you can buy it for a few million dollars in a month at most, including their WeWork company registration name.

It's not that the name WeWork is so important, it's just that they used the name WeWork to become famous in the previous life, and now it's just a few hundred thousand dollars more, and Xiao Qi is willing to let it retain a little more of the track of the previous life.

The acquisition of Chipotle, a burrito company, was not that difficult.

Such acquisitions in the United States happen all day long, and it is estimated that even the Americans themselves are used to this kind of life.

As long as it doesn't wake up, the Coca-Cola company will change its owner, and basically Americans will not bother with these nosy things.

What's more, Chipotle, a fast-food restaurant worth two or three billion U.S. dollars, has 80 if not 100 in the United States. There are so many competitors. Before Chipotle goes all out, not many people can see it. It is such a precious piece of gold.

Others always say that the United States is so good, and the businesses there are so conscientious that they won't harm their own people, but is that really the case?

We don’t need to talk nonsense, just look at Chipotle stepping on McDonald’s and KFC and become one of the most popular healthy fast food restaurants in the United States. In fact, Americans are often hurt by junk food, and they also hope to be able to There are healthier foods.

This is actually the same as our roadside deep-fried dough sticks stall, which insists on changing fresh cooking oil regularly in front of everyone every day, which will make the public feel that he is very conscientious, and thus take care of his business more, except that deep-fried dough sticks It's not as tall as a burrito.

Therefore, it can also be known that the secret of Chipotle's success lies in a healthy diet.

Xiao Qi remembered that because Chipotle did not expect such a rapid development, the meat supply contract they signed with the ranch could not keep up with the consumption caused by the expansion of the store. For example, the shredded pork stuffing was often sold very early. It was all gone, which made the diners complain a lot.

If I want to develop Chipotle more in the future, I also need to prepare in advance in the United States.

In Xiao Qi’s memory, Huaguo’s Shuanghui acquired the world’s largest pork processing company, the American Smithfield Corporation, in 2013, at a cost of more than 7 billion U.S. dollars.

Xiao Qi doesn't like such a processing factory with very simple functions, because it doesn't control the original source of food raw materials, it's just a food processing industry.

Moreover, one of Shuanghui's major shareholders is Goldman Sachs, and Goldman Sachs is also a shareholder of Smithfield. Xiao Qi absolutely does not believe that Goldman Sachs is not involved in the transfer of assets.

Goldman Sachs must have its purpose in doing things. It will never do things for no reason, and it will definitely not do good things.

They are so dark-hearted!

Back to the topic.

To impress the founders of Chipotle and convince them to become Xiao Qi's subordinates, the best way is to directly buy enough land to build their own pastures and raise enough pigs, cattle and sheep for Chipotle to use.

Even if there are more pigs, cattle and sheep produced, it doesn't matter. Americans still welcome high-quality meat.

Even if this is still too much, it can also be made into various processed meat products, such as bacon, sausage, canned food, etc., which can also consume a lot of meat.

Of course, such a situation is generally impossible.

Don’t think that only Chinese people like to eat meat. Americans definitely eat more meat than Chinese people. In fact, people in Europe and the United States eat a lot of meat. Chinese dishes have both meat and vegetables. Eat the big meat directly, um, or use a knife and fork, which is definitely more meat than eating two or three dishes.

Therefore, as long as Xiao Qi doesn't confine half of the United States to raise pigs, cattle and sheep, there is no need to worry about unsalable meat.

What's more, the American economy is so sluggish now, and the ranches are closing down one after another. If Xiao Qi invests, they will be too happy.

As for the base of vegetable ingredients, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. Firstly, there are hundreds of kinds of vegetable ingredients, and the seasons are different, so the required amount is not much. It would be too cumbersome to make it yourself.

It’s better to directly contract to some farmers around where the Chipotle store is located, which can not only solve their own material problems, but also generate income for them and create a good reputation. If anything happens to Chipotle in the future, they will definitely be more nervous than Xiao Qi, because this But it's related to their jobs!

Farmers in the United States are the most terrifying. This truth has been known to people all over the world during the anti-agricultural dumping investigation in China two years ago.

There are also those farmers employed in the ranch. If they are combined, whoever dares to touch Chipotle will at least usher in a large-scale protest by tens of thousands of farmers. This is something no government wants to see.

Xiao Qi is very familiar with the United States, but he doesn't know much about this specific agricultural and animal husbandry production.

But it doesn't matter, he knows people who understand farming and animal husbandry.

Taking out his mobile phone, Xiao Qi made a call.

"Wade, what are you doing?"

"Hehe, rare, I'm working in the office now, what's the matter?" Wade, the president of the New York branch of Citibank, said with a smile.

"I heard you say before that you are from California, and you have worked for Citibank in California for 10 years? Are you in charge of California's agricultural loans?"

"Yes, my family owns a farm, so I am very familiar with the farm area. After entering the bank credit department, I started to get agricultural loans. I dare not say that there are more than 80,000 farms in California. All the top 1,000 have run more than once, and I know all the top 3,000!" Wade said very proudly.

In fact, it was because of his astonishing memory, the fact that he knew every customer he handled, dealt with them well, and made outstanding achievements in agricultural loans, that he rose all the way to become the vice president of the California branch. Then it was transferred to the asset management department of the New York branch.

Speaking of which, he has a good relationship with Xiao Qi, and it is also because he has always been enthusiastic in dealing with people and likes to help, so he can be appreciated by Xiao Qi, and now he can climb to this position.

He can even curry favor with Xiao Qi, not to mention the group of farmers in western California. They are simple, honest and rough. As long as they have the right appetite, they are all friends. It is not without reason that Wade is like a fish in water.

Xiao Qi first talked about his desire to acquire Chipotle, and then said: "So I want to buy some farms in California, which are specially used to raise pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry to achieve self-sufficiency in raw materials. Maximize, what do you say should be done?"

"This question is very simple!" Although Wade left California and came to work in New York for several years, he would go home for a month of vacation every year, so he is no stranger to there. Investigate the amount of materials used, and then calculate how many livestock to buy based on consumption, and how much land these livestock will occupy.

As for the more demand brought about by future growth, there is also a calculation formula. According to this result, I will select a dozen large farms for you, and then merge some surrounding farms, which is completely enough. Don’t worry about the transportation problem. The fresh slaughter and cold chain transportation in the United States are very complete. It is very common to transport freshly slaughtered livestock meat to various states in the United States within one day.

I actually think you can buy more wheat farms, so that you have the ingredients for the burritos, which will be more convenient. In fact, growing organic wheat is also very simple, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can do it! And those rich people and young people will definitely join in enthusiastically for the sake of healthy eating. "

Hearing that he spoke in such an orderly manner, Xiao Qi unconsciously nodded secretly: "In that case, if I entrust this matter to you, can I guarantee it will be completed?"

"It must be done well!" Wade said solemnly, but the next moment he smiled, "But you see, there is a saying in Huaguo called 'one thing should not bother two masters', which means that one thing does not need to be done by two people. , since Citibank has helped solve the upstream raw materials, can we also entrust Citibank to do the acquisition of Chipotle?"

"Ok!"

Xiao Qi readily agreed.

He understood Wade's thoughts. In fact, when he called Wade to talk about the farm, he had already decided to hand over the acquisition task to Citibank, not the Blackstone Group that he had considered before.

Although the acquisition of Chipotle is only a matter of more than 4 billion U.S. dollars, Citibank can get a commission of about 300 million U.S. dollars at most.

But the acquisition involving more than 4 billion US dollars is not a trivial matter in the United States. Citibank's participation in it proves that they have strong capabilities in the eyes of customers.

Besides, it was Xiao Qi who bought Chipotle. Citibank helped Xiao Qi acquire the company and so many farms. This is telling others that they have a good relationship with Xiao Qi.

Since even the richest man in the world trusts Citibank and entrusts us to do business with Citibank, why are you ordinary people hesitating, come to Citibank to do business! (to be continued ~^~)