The next day, in the conference room of the Star Sky Hotel.
With the help of Wang Peng, Lu Zhou met the executives who were sent by the AIIB to Tiangong City to carry out the bankruptcy liquidation of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation. However, to his surprise, the person who came was actually his acquaintance, Zhong Ziyu, the former managing director of East Asia Power.
Last year, he was transferred from the board of East Asia Power to the headquarters of the AIIB. The last time Lu Zhou saw him, he had already become the president of the branch.
Lu Zhou did not expect that he was the person in charge of the bankruptcy liquidation of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation.
Is this a promotion or a demotion?
"Hello, Academician Lu." Looking at Lu Zhou standing in the conference room, this seemingly elegant and easy-going man showed a smile on his face. He took the initiative to extend his right hand and said, "We meet again."
"Nice to meet you, what a coincidence …" After shaking hands with him, Lu Zhou asked curiously, "Why were you sent here?"
Zhong Ziyu shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "It can't be helped. This matter is of great importance. It involves tens of billions of bad debts. If my level is too low, I can't handle it well. If my level is too high, I'm afraid I can't handle it well, so I was sent here."
Lu Zhou: "Then aren't you the scapegoat?"
"I'm not the scapegoat, but if I don't handle it well, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to get promoted in the future." Zhong Ziyu smiled and continued, "But from another perspective, if I can handle this matter well, it might be an opportunity for me. For example, this time the headquarters sent me here and directly promoted me from the manager of the district branch to the manager of the Tiangong City branch, which is equivalent to directly jumping two levels. "
Lu Zhou: "I always thought that practitioners in the financial industry would consider risks more."
"Risk and opportunity coexist." Zhong Ziyu smiled and continued, "Speaking of which, I heard about the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Fund. Do you have something to talk to me about?"
"I do have something to discuss with you." Lu Zhou gestured for her to sit. He smiled and said, "Let's sit down and talk."
Zhong Ziyu raised his eyebrows and curiously sat down at the conference table. He crossed his fingers on his knees and quietly waited for Lu Zhou to speak.
To be honest, he still didn't have a clear and feasible idea on how to solve the mess of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation. After all, there were too many things involved in this matter. It was not as simple as 10 billion Credits on the surface.
At present, the opinion of the acting mayor appointed by the Pan-Asian Cooperation to take over the Tiangong City Hall was that Tiangong City needed to be rebuilt, so the five billion funds that had been transferred to the city hall account could not be returned. At most, they could only be returned in the form of bonds.
However, the credit of Tiangong City had gone bankrupt with the failure of the civil war. The bonds issued were no different from pieces of paper. When the acting mayor left, the next mayor might not recognize the debt.
Unless there was a guarantee from the Pan-Asian Cooperation.
But the Pan-Asian Cooperation was not stupid. How could they make such a guarantee without any benefits!
Therefore, Zhong Ziyu obviously wouldn't agree to such a proposal.
In addition to the five billion credits of bad debts, there was also the money that had been invested in the "Noah's Ark" project. Now that Gladstone had been arrested, the normal operation of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation had come to a standstill, and the entire project had been completely halted. According to the contract, they had to pay a dismantling fee for the "scrap iron" in the shipyard.
Unless there was a sucker willing to take over …
But this was more unrealistic than the Pan-Asian Cooperation officials stepping forward to cover the finances of Tiangong City. Therefore, Zhong Ziyu only fantasized about it in his mind. He didn't have any hope in this regard at all.
However …
The first sentence that Lu Zhou said after sitting down stunned him.
The man who was known as the pinnacle of human intelligence took a sip of tea and slowly threw out a proposal that he couldn't believe.
"I want to buy the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation."
After sitting there for a long time, Zhong Ziyu immediately sat up straight from the chair and looked at Lu Zhou.
"You mean … You plan to take over the project of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation?"
If someone else said this to him, he would probably think it was a joke. But since it was Lu Zhou who said this, he couldn't think of it as a joke.
After all, this guy was really rich. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was as rich as a country.
Looking at this guy with a speechless expression, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and spoke.
"What do you mean by taking over? Can't you change it to something nicer?"
"Sorry, ahem … speaking of this," Zhong Ziyu smiled awkwardly and quickly continued, "Of course, that's not a problem. We roughly estimated their assets. You only need to spend less than 500 million credits to buy the entire company. It's just … "
Lu Zhou: "It's just?"
"It's just that I really don't recommend you to do this." Zhong Ziyu smiled bitterly and continued, "After all, we can't scam you … In addition to a large colonial ship that has not yet been completed, there are only a lot of bad debts left on the account of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation. Remember the 10 billion corporate bonds they issued before? More than half of it has been used up, and the rest is not enough to pay for it. "
"I see …" Hearing these words, Lu Zhou showed a regretful expression on his face. "That's a pity, I planned to buy that starship and continue to build it."
Zhong Ziyu was taken aback at first, then he suddenly recovered and stood up with his hands on the conference table.
"Wait, you mean … You plan to continue the Noah's Ark project?"
"Yeah." Lu Zhou gave him a strange look and continued, "Otherwise, why would I buy that company?"
He had seen the starship design plan of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation. Just looking at the concept map, there were many commendable points.
After all, this thing was the masterpiece of Academician Yang Chongping, a leading engineer in the academic and industrial circles of Mars. Looking at Gladstone's attitude, it seemed that he didn't intend to just fool around. It would be a pity to just leave it there and wait for it to rust.
"I thought you wanted to pick up the scraps." Zhong Ziyu smiled embarrassedly. Seeing Lu Zhou's speechless expression, he quickly continued, "If you are really optimistic about the 'Noah's Ark' project and plan to finish it … I can think of a way for you to save a lot of money."
"Oh?" Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows and said with interest, "Tell me about it."
Although he wasn't very interested in money, he was still very interested in spending less money.
Looking at the interested expression on Lu Zhou's face, Zhong Ziyu smiled mysteriously, leaned closer, and whispered a few words in his ear.
After listening to this guy's whisper, Lu Zhou was silent for a while, then sighed.
"You people in the banking industry are really talented at harvesting leeks."
"How can you say that?" Zhong Ziyu leaned back on the chair and said in an unhappy mood, "This is just a reasonable use of rules and efficient allocation of social resources."
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