For Lila Gavich.
Perhaps ten million dollars really wasn't much.
It was the same for Chen Zhao. Perhaps he could spend more than that once.
But if it was in the business world, they would fight for every cent.
Two teams of lawyers might argue for a few months just for 0.1% of profit.
This was very common in the business world.
So Lila Gavich couldn't be as indifferent as he seemed.
Chen Zhao was the same. For example, the movies he, Steven, and Rasfa invested in.
The three of them could give each other millions or even tens of millions of dollars in gifts.
But they couldn't be short of the share of the box office, even if it was just a cent.
That was the bottom line of business investment. A cent less today might mean a zero tomorrow.
Of course, the reason why Lila Gavich let Chen Zhao deal with him was mainly because he wanted to do Chen Zhao a favor.
He wanted to do Chen Zhao a favor.
Or rather, he wanted to return the favor.
The two of them had been through life and death together.
After all, he'd fallen into Hell back then.
Chen Zhao had killed his way into Hell.
From then on, he understood how terrifying Chen Zhao was.
He also knew that having an ally and friend like Chen Zhao was something to be grateful for.
Of course, the ten million dollar debt was another matter.
If he had the chance, he wouldn't give up on the debt from the New Society Research Institute.
Just because he wanted to do Chen Zhao a favor didn't mean he would give up on the ten million.
"Should we go to the research institute? Maybe we can find some clues. "
"Is it far from here?"
"Not really. Actually, I've never been there before." Saying that, Lila Gavich turned to the servant beside him. "Call Merlin here."
"Merlin? Who is it? "
"Oh, one of my lawyers," Lila Gavich said. "Because the New Society Research Institute can't pay up and they're suspected of maliciously defaulting, they're planning to use the research institute to pay off the debt. She's also responsible for this."
Chen Zhao had thought that Merlin was a beautiful lawyer like Alex.
But when Merlin came, Chen Zhao was greatly disappointed.
Merlin was already more than fifty years old. Although he was dressed simply and professionally, Merlin was already in his fifties.
However, he didn't have the feeling Chen Zhao had expected.
Merlin didn't know Chen Zhao, so he only greeted Lila Gavich.
"Boss."
"Well, how's the situation at the Shinsha Research Institute?"
"At present, because the court can't find the legal person, it ruled that the Shinsha Research Institute has seriously breached the contract and maliciously defaulted on the payment. The court has agreed to our request. Now the Shinsha Research Institute and the surrounding land are ours."
"You've done well. Take us to the Xin Sha Research Institute. I want to see my new territory."
Chen Zhao and Lila Gavich sat in the backseat, chatting casually.
Although Merlin was driving, she could be said to be observant and attentive. She had been listening to their conversation.
She was curious about who Chen Zhao was.
"Have you had any use for your Hydra recently?" asked Lila Gavich.
"What? Are you going to sea? "
"Yeah, I'm taking a few foreign partners out to play, so I'm going to borrow your Hydra."
"You don't have a yacht?"
Lila Gavich was much richer than Chen Zhao.
Therefore, Chen Zhao didn't believe that Lila Gavich didn't have a yacht.
"Yes, I have two yachts, but they're both more than twenty years old. Most of the equipment can't keep up with the times. It's fine if it's a normal trip, but I'm using it to entertain a few super rich people. The two yachts aren't very presentable."
"Oh, then send someone to my house to get them," Chen Zhao said.
Chen Zhao didn't have any plans to go out to sea, so he generously lent the Hydra to Lila Gavich.
Merlin's heart jumped. This Asian man was also rich.
She'd boarded Lila Gavich's yacht before. Just "luxurious" wasn't enough to describe the two super yachts.
But even those extravagant super yachts weren't enough?
Then how luxurious would the yacht that Lila Gavich borrowed from Chen Zhao be?
"Do you have any large investments recently?" Lila Gavich asked again.
"Huh? Why do you ask that? "
"Your friends have recently been selling some second and third tier assets to cash out, and they have also made large loans with the bank. This situation is either they are in urgent need of money, or there is a financial shock. If it is a financial shock, it is impossible for me to not know about it, so I can only guess that they are in urgent need of money and are making some kind of investment."
The so-called second tier assets were those whose annual profits didn't exceed one to two percent of the investment. Basically, after deducting the interest from the debt, the second tier assets would at most not lose money. It was far from a profit.
Nevertheless, even the second tier assets were still very popular in the financial market.
For example, the big shots on Wall Street didn't lack money. What they lacked was how to turn their cash into assets that wouldn't depreciate.
On the other hand, the third tier assets were those that were below the profit line. They might lose a little this year and make a little profit next year. They could barely break even and survive.
If the third tier assets could be sold at a break-even price, the second tier assets could be sold at a premium of more than twenty percent.
The bank would classify and evaluate the assets. For example, the first tier assets were considered high-quality assets.
The second tier assets were assets with more than five percent profit. These assets were hard to come by.
There were also super and excellent assets. It was normal for them to be sold at a premium of 200 or 300 percent.
For example, Chen Zhao's Marina Restaurant was an excellent asset. The bank's valuation was only eighty million, but it had considerable profit. Even if someone offered five times that, there would still be people fighting for it.
As for Chen Zhao's Mountain Brewery and brand, they were priceless treasures.
Perhaps Mountain Brewery's market valuation couldn't even enter the world's top 500, but its profit could enter the world's top 100.
"Those people are all your friends. At present, the total amount of funds they have raised should be more than three billion USD, and you have a lot of cash on hand. Based on my estimation, the cash on hand should be more than 1.5 billion USD, so I have to suspect that their intention to borrow cash and loans is to have some kind of investment project."
Hearing their conversation, Merlin felt his heart skip a beat.
Wasn't this man too rich?
What did 1.5 billion in cash mean?
Even the richest man in the world didn't have 1.5 billion in cash.
It would even be difficult for them to take out a hundred million on the spot.
But this man actually had 1.5 billion US dollars.
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