"Boss, you want me to be both a player and a referee! Are you really confident in leaving all these things to me?" Mike Aller asked with a smile.
Mike Aller would be lying if he said he was not tempted by the conditions proposed by the mysterious boss. Mike Aller knew very well what level he was at. He had worked as an accountant all his life, and even though he was later in charge of the branch in the Cayman Islands, he was not good enough in management.
However, when it comes to supervision, Mike Aller is as confident as anyone. His previous job as an accountant was not just about accounting, but more about monitoring funds. Having been immersed in this area for a lifetime, Mike Aller is very confident.
As for finding people or identifying people, Mike Ale was confident that he could do it well. He seemed to have a talent for this, and a very high talent. To be honest, sometimes Mike Ale himself thought that if he didn't work as an accountant, it might be better to switch to being a headhunter.
Now, the mysterious boss made full use of his expertise, which made Mike Aller feel no pressure at all, so he made a joke.
"No, Mike, I trust you very much." Yang Jing looked at Mike Aller very seriously and said, "We have known each other for more than six years. I know what kind of person you are. It is precisely because I am very satisfied with you that I will give you such an important job. If it were someone else, I would not trust you."
Mike Aller was stunned for a moment, then he said with some emotion: "Boss, I can't bear what you said."
Yang Jing waved his hand, "Mike, there is no need for us to do those empty things. I trust you, and you have to prove my trust in you with your performance. I know you can do an excellent job in the work I assign to you."
Mike Aller nodded.
"Well, then, I think what Dragon Fund needs most right now is a senior manager who can lead all the work. I need a CEO who is proficient in investment, acquisitions, and mergers. Mike, do you have any good recommendations in this regard?"
Mike Aller lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "Boss, if you need talents in this area of investment and acquisition, I have a very good candidate here, but I don't know if he is willing to serve as the CEO of the Dragon Fund."
"Oh? Pretty good? To get such an evaluation from you, it is enough to prove that this person is very capable. Mike, don't hesitate and tell me what you know."
"Okay, boss." Mike Aller nodded. "This man's name is David Anderson, and he's from Pennsylvania. Before he retired, he had been working on Wall Street. He had done many jobs, including being a basic stockbroker, a trader, and a fund manager. He eventually retired as the head of the investment department at Goldman Sachs."
"Goldman Sachs? And the director of the investment department?" Yang Jing became interested when he heard that this person had served as the director of the investment department of Goldman Sachs.
"Yes, before David retired, he did serve as the director of the investment department of Goldman Sachs. In fact, the business he was responsible for was the core business of the entire investment department. Even the senior executives of Goldman Sachs admired his ability. With David's ability, he would definitely have no problem serving as a senior executive of Goldman Sachs. It's a pity that this person has a bit of a weird personality, which is what we usually call high IQ but low EQ, and he is too old-fashioned in doing things. In the merger case of Standard Oil of California and Gulf Oil in 1984, David, as the person in charge of the merger case, had some ideological conflicts with a senior executive of Goldman Sachs, which led to Goldman Sachs losing to Chase Manhattan Bank Group in that merger case. He became the scapegoat for the failure of Goldman Sachs' investment and was eventually shelved. David couldn't stand this, so he retired early and went home to recuperate."
"Oh? This Mr. David Anderson was actually the person in charge of Standard Oil of California's acquisition of Gulf Oil two years ago?" Yang Jing asked in surprise.
"Well, Boss, what you said is a bit problematic. David was the person in charge of Goldman Sachs' participation in this merger. He had nothing to do with Standard Oil of California. He was related to Arco. It was just that his proposal was too radical and was rejected by the top management of Goldman Sachs. As a result, Goldman Sachs completely failed in that competition."
Yang Jing nodded silently.
Yang Jing is very familiar with the merger case that took place in 1984. He had studied the merger case when he took economics as an elective course in college.
In January 1901, Captain Lucas discovered the "Spindletop" oil field in Beaumont, Texas. In May of the same year, brothers Andrew Mellon and Richard Mellon, heads of the Mellon Group, one of the eight largest conglomerates in the United States, invested $1.5 million to establish the Griffith Oil Company. Later, the Greenpool Oil Field was discovered in Oklahoma, so Richard Mellon's son William Larimore Mellon reorganized Griffith Oil and established Gulf Oil Company.
After World War I, Gulf Oil Company entered Central and South America, but suffered a great blow because the oil fields it discovered in Mexico were later taken back by the Mexican government. Later, Gulf Oil Company obtained an oil concession in Venezuela, but due to the economic crisis in 1931, it was squeezed out by Standard Oil of New Jersey and fell into trouble.
However, Gulf Oil later formed Kuwait Petroleum Company in partnership with the British Anglo-Persian Company in Kuwait, and discovered the Burgant oil field in 1938, starting its journey to prosperity. After World War II, because the Iranian government was dissatisfied with Britain, American oil companies were able to enter Iran, and Gulf Oil obtained 7% of Iran's oil production.
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