Chapter 309 The Wharton Company
Zhou Ming drove back to Harvard campus in his Buick sedan. He did not call Du Peng and asked him to ask if the country would help him make $100 million. On the one hand, he did not understand the operation of national foreign affairs, and did not know how long it would take to communicate the news from Cheng Jun to the central government. On the other hand, Zhou Ming himself, even if the country did not help, it would not matter.
It was already dark when Zhou Ming returned to the dormitory. I remember that when Zhou Ming went out today, he had just finished counting the performance of the first day of the dormitory convenience store with his classmates in the finance class yesterday. A lot of things happened on this day.
When he opened the door of the dormitory, the squad leader Chen Shu hurried over to report to Zhou Ming: "Teacher, the performance of our dormitory convenience store today has declined a lot compared to yesterday. It has only been more than 3,000 US dollars from 9 a.m. to now." ... Novel Chen Shu's tone was very depressed, but it was no wonder that the net profit was 30,000 US dollars yesterday, but today it shrank ten times. Such a huge gap must have made him feel very uncomfortable.
Zhou Ming smiled and comforted him, saying, "This is normal. After all, the emotions of our suppressed customers have exploded yesterday. It is impossible for such a hot sales situation every day. Yesterday it started at 6 pm, which was the peak sales of dormitory convenience stores. During the day, most students have to attend classes, and there are cheaper convenience stores outside. It is already very good to have more than 3,000 US dollars."
"I understand this teacher, but it's still very uncomfortable for us to get so few." Chen Shu said, and then he remembered something and said, "By the way, teacher, there is another thing. Today Huang Yi told me that another dormitory convenience store was opened in another Adams building."
"Is there anyone following the trend so soon? It seems that our first day's profits are indeed very deceptive, but the Americans are really powerful in action."
Zhou Ming said this casually. Although he was a little surprised, he didn't take it seriously. He just said to Chen Shu: "Don't care about this for now, you can inform all the students to come to the lobby for a meeting immediately."
"Is it about today's profits? Or is there a problem with competitors?" Chen Shu asked subconsciously.
"Not all, there is something else, so don't guess it, go and notify me." Zhou Ming patted Chen Shu on the shoulder and said.
Chen Shu nodded and informed the meeting. Since the students in the finance class are not very familiar with Harvard, they basically act together when going out, whether they are eating or reading books in the library. In addition, it is time to have dinner at night, so all the students are in the dormitory. Chen Shu goes to inform, and in just a quarter of an hour, all the students are down and sitting in the hall.
Zhou Ming was still very pleased that the students could come down so quickly, which shows that these students still maintained their original intentions and had not changed.
After all the students sat down, Zhou Ming stood up and said, "Students, although our dormitory convenience store achieved a record of 50,000 US dollars yesterday, I still want to say, I am wronged. You are all financial elites selected by the state. But I asked you to work in retail stores, salesmen and porters here. I know that you are very, very wronged and eager to be real financial people!"
Zhou Ming's words made the scene an uproar. Everyone didn't understand why Zhou Ming suddenly said this. Li Yang, who spoke the fastest, said: "Teacher, we are not in any mood. And as you said, we have learned a lot in the dormitory convenience store, such as how to plan, operate, and how to promote it. This is something we must learn no matter what we do in the future, and there is no place to cut it even if we learn it!"
With Li Yang taking the lead, other students followed and said, "Yes, teacher, we don't mean to blame you. On the contrary, we are all very grateful to you. Thank you for giving us such a rare opportunity."
Zhou Ming was very pleased when facing the words and words of the students in the finance class below, but he still signaled everyone to be quiet and said: "I know that the students are all good. You understand me very much. No matter what decision I make, you will support me. But after all, you are here to learn about financial economy, and it is not that true that you always make a dormitory convenience store."
"So I want to tell you good news today," Zhou Ming continued, "that is, I am going to set up a financial investment company, and you all will become employees of the company."
With the announcement of Zhou Ming's news, a warm cheer suddenly broke out in the hall. It felt like the fans heard that the Chinese team won the World Cup championship. Zhou Ming also laughed, and he added: "Of course, unless you don't want to come to work in my company."
Regarding Zhou Ming's words, the students below immediately gave the answer: "Will, we have been waiting for this day!"
"Okay, since everyone has decided to join my company, then you all have to listen to me as the boss," said Zhou Ming. "Although we have a new business, the project of the dormitory convenience store cannot be put on. However, you can gradually withdraw from this matter and recruit others to do it again. You can be people in society or people on the Harvard campus."
Finally, Zhou Ming called Li Yang's name: "You are the person in charge of this project, so I will leave it to you."
"Teacher, don't worry, I will definitely do the best!" Li Yang said confidently.
"I have great confidence in you," said Zhou Ming.
This matter was finalized. Although class leaders like Chen Shu and Ye Ning were still a little confused about Zhou Ming's sudden decision, out of their almost blind confidence in Zhou Ming, they still temporarily put these doubts behind them.
The next day, Zhou Ming drove along the Charles River to the south of downtown Brighton, and accompanied Zhou Ming was also Danny, the chairman of the Harvard Student Union.
"This Walton company is in the Ladder Building in Fenway District." Danny said, pointing to Zhou Ming ahead. Zhou Ming looked in his direction and there was a very tall office building there.
"Wharton is a new company that has been registered and established for a short time. The reason why it is now in a hurry to sell is due to the temporary withdrawal of the first director of the company. Since the business has not yet been launched, there is no debt problem." Danny thought for a while and said, "Of course, if you still have doubts, you can also bring a lawyer to inspect the company's accounts and all other documents."
"And this company is not a subsidiary of my father or a company with other relationships. It's just that my father met the boss of this company and happened to know the news, that's all." Danny added at the end.
Zhou Ming understood why Danny added this sentence, and he smiled and said, "I don't doubt Danny, you, my friend."
Danny also smiled and continued: "In addition, according to our Massachusetts law, no company has defined its business scope. In other words, as long as a company is legally registered in Massachusetts, it can engage in all legal business activities. As long as you are willing, there are many fruit companies engaged in finance, and financial companies can also sell fruits. This is all permitted by law."
Danny continued: "Of course, if you want to make your business smoother and make people understand your business scope at a glance, you can also change the company name at any time, as long as it is approved by the relevant departments."
"If you don't have the approval of the relevant departments, no letter of the company's name is allowed to be changed because it involves tax payment and other legal issues." Danny said. "You may not understand it yet. In the United States, taxation is a department that is more powerful than the military; if you want to evade taxes, they will come to the door the next day and wear legal boots to kick your ass."
In Danny's American introduction, Zhou Ming's car had already parked in the parking lot of the Ladder Building, and then Zhou Ming and his bodyguard Zhang Lin got off together.
"Wharton is on the 12th floor of the Ladder Building. This is a very good floor. At that time, Wharton chose this place because he had money. But no one knew that someone would suddenly withdraw his investment later. Now the lawsuit is still being fought."
While explaining to Zhou Ming, they took the elevator to the stairs, and the room opposite the elevator was Wharton.
At the company's door, a white American man about 30 years old was standing at the door. Through Danny's introduction, Zhou Ming knew that he was Walton, chairman and operation officer of Walton.
When Walton saw Danny coming, he stepped forward and gave Danny a warm hug and said, "Hey Danny, my brother, it's so happy to see you!"
"I am also Walton, but I will talk about our affairs later. I will introduce you to my friend, Mr. Zhou Ming."
Danny pushed Zhou Ming out at the right time, and Zhou Ming also stepped forward to shake hands with Walton, but Walton was stunned. He stared at Zhou Ming in surprise and looked at him carefully for a few seconds, then turned to Danny and said in an incredible tone: "Brother Danny, have you made a mistake? You actually brought a Chinese? Don't you know that these guys are all liars and villains, and poor people like those niggers?"
Zhou Ming immediately frowned: "Mr. Walton, please pay attention to your words."
Danny also said: "Brother Walton, China Week is my friend, and I hope you put away your ethnic argument."
Walton shrugged indifferently and said, "I'm sorry I said something very inappropriate, but this is also true. What kind of Chinese week is right? I don't mean to offend you, but it's true that among the Chinese I met, it's true."
"So Mr. Walton, have you lived in a slum in the past?" Zhou Ming asked back.
Zhou Ming's words were astonishing, which made Walton's brows stand up and glar at Zhou Ming, but he couldn't say anything. Zhou Ming said at this time: "Mr. Walton, I'm here to discuss acquisition today, and I don't want to bother with these issues. If Mr. Walton wants to give me a warning, try to anger me with these words and make me make an impulsive decision, then I don't have to waste your time."
Chapter completed!