After hanging up the phone, Li Zixuan left the Umbrella Laboratory without even signing the financial documents.
Speaking of which, the reason why he told JC about the acquisition of the shares of Fu Guo Company was also to thank them for their help over the past few years.
After leaving the Umbrella Laboratory, Li Zixuan drove the Li Type T and headed towards Buffalo with Lawyer Bob.
Along the way, when they saw the Li Model T speeding past, the pedestrians on the road looked over.
A gentleman who had just bought a handmade car from Europe could not help but curse when he saw his snail-like car.
"Trash car, trash European car. God, can someone tell me what kind of car it is and where you bought it?？”
However, no one could answer this gentleman because no one had seen the exquisite car just now.
After more than ten hours, Li Zixuan finally arrived at Buffalo.
Buffalo City was also known as Buffalo City. It was a port city on the eastern shore of Lake Erie in the western part of New York. It was located at the southern mouth of the Niagara River, facing Fort Erie, Canada, across the Niagara River. It was the second largest city in New York State, with a developed industrial and commercial industry.
In ancient times, there were bison. At that time, it was still a place where the Indians hunted, so it was named Buffalo. After Colombus discovered the New World, a large number of European immigrants flocked to North America. As early as the early 19th century, there were French merchants in Buffalo who ran the fur business here.
In 1825, the Erie Canal was opened, and Buffalo became the junction of the lake area and the Erie Canal. The goods that came and went gradually increased, and the population of the city also increased rapidly.
Buffalo was a city that thrived because of its convenient transportation. After nearly a century of development,
Heavy industries such as steel, smelting, and machinery gradually developed here.
In this aspect, it was somewhat similar to the future cities such as Orlando and Seattle.
In fact, this was not the first time Li Zixuan had come here.
About three years ago, he visited the Wales family in New York's secluded valley park.
They exchanged Lee Smith Oil shares for Henry Welles '13% stake in the company.
One had to know that there were only two founders of the rich country company that operated the transportation mail service in the midwest of the United States.
They were Henry Wills and William Riches.
However, after half a century, the shares of the company were actually quite scattered.
The first two founders didn't keep much.
In New York's secluded valley park, Li Zixuan had a chat with Henry Wills, who had retired from the rich country company.
Soon, the two reached a deal. They exchanged 10% of Lee Smith Oil's shares for 13% of the company's shares.
At the time, the deal did seem to be a bit of a loss for Henry Wales, because 10% of Lee Smith Oil's shares were not worth 13% of the company's shares.
However, Henry Wales was indeed one of the founders of the rich country company. His vision was indeed sharp.
In recent years, as Lee Smith Oil found a few more oil fields in Texas and Oklahoma,
And with the emergence of the internal combustion engine, the trend of the invention of the car.
The value of Lee Smith Oil Company could be said to have risen with the tide. The Li family, which owned 50% of the shares,
The value of these shares alone exceeded 60 million USD.
And 13% of the shares of the rich country company, even now, was only worth between 7 to 8 million US dollars.
However, Li Zixuan did not care too much about this. He did not think there was anything wrong with letting others take advantage of him.
After all, even if they lost 10% of the oil company's shares, the Li family still had 40% of the shares, plus 20% of the Smith family's shares.
It was still an absolute holding.
After obtaining 13% of the shares of the company, Li Zixuan was already thinking of ways to get involved in the banking business.
For this reason, he had been to Buffalo several times and visited the largest mansion in Buffalo, the Fuguo Mansion.
He had met several times with Mrs. Anna, the widow of William Riches, who was already in her sixties.
This was because the other party held 15% of the shares of the rich country company given by William.
Unfortunately, no matter what Li Zixuan said, Mrs. Anna refused to sell her shares.
Li Zixuan had been planning this for a long time, so he naturally couldn't give up.
He had been sending his private lawyer, Bob, to contact the other party, and it was only now that there was a result.
Mrs. Anna agreed to sell her shares, but she asked for ten million dollars in cash.
Although the stock price was much higher than the market price, Li Zixuan agreed to the premium purchase without any hesitation.
This was because this was something that could only be obtained by luck. Once he obtained these shares, his shares in the company would surpass JC's shares and become the largest shareholder.
They had a certain amount of authority.
Later on, when he heard that JC Rich Country was willing to split up the banking industry, Li Zixuan was naturally even happier.
It was not until dawn the next day that Li Zixuan arrived at Buffalo City. After finding a hotel to stay in, he said,
When it was almost noon, he and his lawyer, Bob, knocked on the door of the Fuguo Mansion on Jersey-Fuguo Street.
An old butler welcomed them.
He seemed to have already known the purpose of their visit. He directly led the two of them through the courtyard of the mansion and arrived at a room on the third floor of the main building.
Opening the door, Li Zixuan saw Mrs. Anna again.
It was an old lady with a kind face and white hair.
However, compared to a few years ago, Mrs. Anna had aged a lot and seemed to be unable to walk.
The old butler could only push the wheelchair forward.
"Hello, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Bob!”
Mrs. Anna said in a hoarse voice.
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Anna!" said Li Zixuan.
"Joe, prepare some desserts and coffee for the guests!”Mrs. Anna ordered the old butler behind her.
Hearing this, the old butler nodded and quickly brought over a stack of snacks and two cups of coffee.
Li Zixuan sat on the sofa and took a sip of coffee. Then, he said,"
"Mrs. Anna is preparing to sell her shares!？”
"Yes, I've already talked to Lawyer Bob. You might not know that William and I have a total of eight children, but not all of them are outstanding!”
Mrs. Anna sighed.
At this time, the old butler Joe took a blanket and covered Mrs. Anna's knees.
Mrs. Anna panted and said,"
"My private doctor told me that my physical condition is very bad. I'm worried that once I return to God's embrace, these shares will be a big problem!”
Li Zixuan nodded. He knew that the problem of inheritance had always been a headache.
Mrs. Anna had eight children, and there might be a scene of siblings fighting for the inheritance at the same time.
"So, I consulted the relevant people and decided to sell these shares and set up a family foundation. At the very least, it can protect the children's food and clothing!”
Li Zixuan nodded. He was quite in favor of this.
Even if ten million dollars was an astronomical amount of wealth in this era,
However, if the wealth was entrusted to the wrong person, it could be lost very quickly.
In the future, wasn't there a very famous rich second-generation heir who lost 12.5 billion in a short period of time?
Never underestimate the speed of some people's squandering!
"I understand. Then, Mrs. Anna, let's begin!”Li Zixuan didn't waste any more words.
Lawyer Bob, who had been silent all this while, took out a sales contract from his briefcase.
"This is the contract I drafted. Mrs. Anna, you can find a professional lawyer to check it!”
The old butler went out for a while. About ten minutes later, a young lawyer came.
"Hello, I'm Joseph, a lawyer hired by the rich woman!”
After the young lawyer finished speaking, he picked up the contract and read it carefully. After about five minutes, he nodded at Mrs. Anna.
"There's no problem with the contract. Ten million USD will be transferred to Fu Guo's account. It will be transferred in a day at most!”
Mrs. Anna heaved a sigh of relief and nodded. It was not that she did not trust Li Zixuan and the others.
It was just that the value of this deal was too great, and it was related to the future livelihood of her children. She had no choice but to be careful.
Therefore, after Li Zixuan and she signed the same two documents, both parties kept one as proof.
The deal was considered complete.
Li Zixuan heaved a sigh of relief.
He knew that the future of the Fargo Bank was his.
However, before that, it would take some time for the company to split up its business and do accounting.
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