Inside the luxury suite at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Zhang Junfeng called Li Xiuman in front of Kim Tae-hee, and before the other party could speak, Zhang Junfeng was the first to scold, "President Li, the safety measures for artists who will debut in the company need to be strengthened! Today, I ran into Kim Tae-hee who was left alone and almost had an accident."
"If something goes wrong, not only will the artist suffer losses, but the entire company will also be humiliated. What will the other artists under the company think?!"
Although it is still unclear what exactly happened, the big boss Zhang Junfeng has already set the tone. If the safety measures on his side are not in place, then it must be a problem on his side.
After hearing what Zhang Junfeng said, Li Xiuman first apologized repeatedly, and then quickly asked about Kim Tae-hee's condition. He was relieved to learn that the other party was currently fine.
As the company president, Li Xiuman naturally knew about Kim Tae-hee's background. If Kim Tae-hee really had an accident and her father came to visit, then he, the president of SM Entertainment, would be in big trouble.
Zhang Junfeng then asked for a week's vacation for Kim Tae-hee to let her have a good rest, and asked Li Xiuman to arrange a female assistant for Kim Tae-hee to avoid similar incidents from happening again.
Li Xiuman readily agreed to such a "small request". It is reasonable to give proper "care" to artists with achievements! As a new model, Kim Tae-hee has successfully advanced from an unknown newcomer to the level of a second- or third-tier actress in the past two years with "Autumn in My Heart" and "Winter Sonata". However, in terms of popularity and popularity, even those first-tier and top-tier actors in China are far inferior to her.
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Kim Tae-hee, who was standing by, felt particularly warm in her heart when she saw Zhang Junfeng contacting the company president to fight for his interests.
She originally thought that she was doomed today, but she didn't expect that President Zhang Junfeng would come down from the sky like a hero and save her.
But everything that happened later was a little unexpected for her. For a moment, she didn't know how to face Zhang Junfeng. After all, he was her first man, but before that, there was not much affection and intersection between the two.
Zhang Junfeng saw that everyone had been arranged, and then he looked at Jin Taixi. Seeing that she was a little depressed, he immediately comforted her, "Today's events are over, take a good rest here. If you need anything, you can call me at any time. As long as it is within my ability, I will do my best to satisfy you~!"
Kim Tae-hee nodded subconsciously, "Thank you, President Zhang..."
"...You should just call me Junfeng Oppa. Given our current relationship, there shouldn't be any need to be so distant, right?" Zhang Junfeng frowned slightly, seeming a little dissatisfied with the title Kim Tae-hee used to address him.
Feeling that she was being teased, Kim Tae-hee blushed. She hesitated for a few seconds and then said softly, "Thank you, Junfeng Oppa..."
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After leaving Kim Tae-hee's room, Zhang Junfeng glanced at the time on his watch and found that it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. He simply wrote a text message and sent it to Wu Xiuying, then walked towards the room where Anne Hathaway-Morgan was.
When the door was opened, Zhang Junfeng stepped forward and squeezed in. Before Anne Hathaway-Morgan could react, Zhang Junfeng kissed her domineeringly, blocking all the words she was about to say.
After a long while, Zhang Junfeng finally let go of the other person. Looking at Anne Hathaway-Morgan, whose body was limp and face was flushed, Zhang Junfeng said proudly, "Didn't someone say that I was no good before? How come this performance looks even worse than mine?"
Hearing Zhang Junfeng's provocative words, Anne Hathaway-Morgan immediately refuted, and her tone of voice unconsciously rose a few degrees, "Humph! It was obviously you who attacked me by surprise, and I was caught off guard, so this happened. You must be the one who failed, not me!"
After saying that, Anne Hathaway -Morgan also became furious. She grabbed Zhang Junfeng by the collar and kissed him back hard, as if she wanted to take revenge for the "humiliation" she had just suffered.
Seeing that this girl was behaving so fiercely and even had signs of turning the situation around, Zhang Junfeng immediately made up his mind and increased the frequency and rhythm of his attacks.
After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, Zhang Junfeng finally stopped thinking about continuing the attack. Zhang Junfeng gently stroked the other's white and rosy jade skin, smiled proudly and said, "I have been training a lot during this period, but you don't seem to have made much progress?"
Hearing Zhang Junfeng's teasing, Anne Hathaway-Morgan glared at him unhappily. If looks could kill, this hateful guy Zhang Junfeng would have been chopped into pieces by her now!
Unfortunately, after the battle, he was exhausted and could only watch Zhang Junfeng "show off" in front of him!
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More than half an hour later, Zhang Junfeng finally finished packing, said hello to the other party and left the room.
But just after walking out of the room, Zhang Junfeng, who was still holding on, hurriedly supported his aching waist and complained helplessly, "Hiss! This girl is getting harder to deal with. If I hadn't risked my life today to subdue her even if both of us would get hurt, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold my head up in front of her in the future~!"
"...No, I have to soak some wolfberries to slow down my condition when I get home, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for much longer!" Zhang Junfeng sighed helplessly. Two fierce battles in one day was a bit too much consumption even for a young man like him who came in for training!
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In the following few days, perhaps because she was a little afraid of Zhang Junfeng, Anne Hathaway-Morgan behaved much better, which made Zhang Junfeng less worried.
After she stayed in Goryeo for a few days, she received a call from a representative of Morgan Investment Bank in Dragon Kingdom's Magic City, who asked her to go back to handle some business. Anne Hathaway-Morgan couldn't refuse, so she had to explain the situation to Zhang Junfeng reluctantly, and said that after dealing with the urgent matters over there, he would come to Goryeo to find her again after a while.
Zhang Junfeng comforted her gently on the surface, and even said that he would arrange a suitable fixed residence for her in the future, so that she would not have to come to the hotel every time. Anne Hathaway-Morgan was also very moved to hear Zhang Junfeng say this. In her opinion, Zhang Junfeng did this, obviously treating her as his close person. This feeling of being cared for and taken care of is intoxicating! ...
After seeing Anne Hathaway-Morgan off, I finally had time to calm down and deal with other things.
In particular, a middle-level manager of an advertising company who had previously attempted to harm Kim Tae-hee in the coffee shop revealed an interesting piece of information during interrogation.
Shin Dong-bing, the president of Yuetian Group, who had luckily escaped the private club incident and was not implicated, has sent representatives to contact their company's executives in recent days, attempting to acquire the company's operating rights through negotiations.
When Zhang Junfeng got the news, he also informed Jin Youdao to arrange for the Black Panther Security Company to conduct a comprehensive follow-up investigation on Xin Dongbing and Yuetian Commercial Company. He vaguely felt that Xin Dongbing was a guy who was unwilling to fail. Since he had made some moves in private, he must have a new plan.
The situation was not much different from what he expected. This guy not only sent his subordinates to contact advertising companies, but also modeling companies. What he didn't expect the most was that even a less famous entertainment company in Japan had representatives go to Yuetian Trading.
After piecing together this series of information, Zhang Junfeng soon realized that Xin Dongbing was most likely going to set up a new private club to attract and recruit those political and business figures for his own use. But is this guy really not afraid of being exposed?
Do you really think that if you can get away with it once, you can also get away with it the second and third time? ! Zhang Junfeng did not intend to kill this daring guy in the cradle, but planned to see how far this guy Xin Dongbing could go. If this guy could make this matter bigger and involve more big shots, then it would be very exciting, right? !
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Towards the afternoon, Zhang Junfeng received a call from Leon John.
"Zhang, have you heard the news from Goldman Sachs headquarters? Matto Walls failed to take over! The shareholders all had their own ideas and failed to reach a consensus. In the end, they appointed an acting president to temporarily manage daily tasks."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"The official appointment of the president will not be voted on until half a year later~!" Leon John said with a gloating tone, seeming to be very interested in this "good show".
Zhang Junfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Don't tell this to Mato Walsh! He wants to beat me up now!"
Zhang Junfeng received this news last week and he was quite surprised by the result.
He originally thought that Comet Capital plus Mato Walls would hold at least one-third of the shares, so it shouldn't be a big problem to get half of the support.
But the result was so unexpected! Just when they thought the situation was settled, several shareholders who had been recruited suddenly turned against them and voted for other candidates.
The final result was a very interesting picture. None of the three candidates, including Matto Walls, succeeded in taking office. Instead, an unrelated vice president took advantage of the situation and became acting president.
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"Hehe, then I guess that this guy Mato Walls should call you one of these days. Most likely, he hopes that you can help him come up with some ideas so that he can set up a few high-yield investment projects to severely slap the faces of those shareholders who don't support him!"
Hearing what Leon John said, Zhang Junfeng smiled and asked, "That should be the case, but... are you sure that only Mato Walsh would ask such a question, not you?"
Leon John, whose thoughts were ruthlessly exposed by Zhang Junfeng, smiled awkwardly and continued shamelessly, "Ahem, of course I hope you can give me some advice. The Internet industry has collapsed now. If there is no suitable investment project next, the revenue of the branch company may decline significantly. I am afraid those guys at the headquarters will cause trouble for me!"
"Of course there are new investment projects, but it's useless to tell you now. Let's just wait a few days. When Mato Walls contacts me, we can have a remote video conference to discuss new investment directions together!"
Hearing that Zhang Junfeng had already made plans, Leon John immediately relaxed a lot and didn't intend to urge him anymore. Anyway, the benefits he gained from working with Zhang Junfeng over the past few years far exceeded his previous expectations, so waiting for a few days wouldn't delay anything! ...
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Junfeng laughed and complained, "It seems that these guys are getting a little impatient. Well, let's just let them go to the real estate industry to stir up trouble during the next video conference!"
Zhang Junfeng, who has the memory of his past life, naturally knows very clearly the direction of the future, especially after the bursting of the Internet industry bubble, the American economy fell into a full-scale recession.
The bankruptcy of a large number of technology and Internet companies has caused many investors to give up the so-called "value investment". They are all holding their pockets tightly, fearing that the money in their pockets will be defrauded by some guys again. In order to promote domestic economic recovery and growth as soon as possible, the US government at that time launched the "Home Ownership Plan", paying special attention to middle- and low-income groups, and stimulating real estate market demand through subprime loans.
In addition, loose monetary policies were adopted to assist. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates 13 times in a row, and the federal funds rate dropped from 6.5% to 1%. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage contract rate also dropped from 8.52% to 5.45%. These loose monetary policies greatly reduced the cost of buying a house and stimulated the prosperity of the real estate market.
In order to increase the number of home buyers, the U.S. government even passed legislation requiring financial institutions to lend to low-income groups, which further promoted the expansion of the subprime mortgage market.
The "combination punch" formed by these three special policies quickly stimulated the real estate industry in the United States. Before the outbreak of a new round of financial crisis in 2008, the real estate industry entered a period of rapid growth that lasted for many years.
Among the financial institutions that benefited the most from this investment opportunity, Lehman Brothers was undoubtedly the most eye-catching one!
In order to further expand the profits it could obtain in the real estate industry, Lehman Brothers invested a large amount of funds in the synthetic CDO (collateralized debt obligation) and CDS (credit default swap) markets.
At that time, the CDS market was 48 times larger than the subprime mortgage market, equivalent to 4 times the US GDP! (Note: CDS is a contract, which means credit default swap contract. CDS contract is a fairly common financial derivative instrument in the United States, first created in 1995.) The emergence of CDS products has given lenders the illusion that they can lend as much as they want to make a profit without knowing whether the loans can be recovered. This is also the driving force behind the Lehman crisis.
However, one year after the subprime mortgage crisis broke out, the credit compliance rate of the society dropped significantly and widely. The risks borne by those businesses that used to provide credit insurance for the whole society in the CDS market were so great that they could bring down the entire business of Lehman Brothers, a century-old company! (End of this chapter)