Chapter 36 Japanese Guest
The Plaza Hotel is located on Fifty-ninth Street in New York, USA. It faces Central Park across the street and faces General Plaza to the east. ?Eight??One?Chinese website====≤==≤≈≥≥≤≥This is also the origin of the name of the Plaza Hotel. Since its opening in 1907, it has been a residence of celebrities and dignitaries, and is famous all over the world for its attentive service. The hotel now belongs to the Hilton Hotel Group and is the jewel in the crown of the hotel industry.
Seryozha's current status is not only a high-profile economic expert, but also a senior official of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Naturally, the organizers of the meeting did not dare to neglect. Seryozha was arranged in the VIP suite of the hotel, which allowed Seryozha to fully experience the meticulous service during the meal. Seryozha originally thought that the Plaza Hotel was a Japanese hotel, because in his impression the "Plaza Agreement" should have been signed in Japan, but now it seems that the place where it was signed was in New York, but Seryozha did not remember the exact time of the signing . In order to ensure the smooth progress of the Japanese plan, Seryozha felt that he should find a way to buy this hotel.
The economic forum lasted for five days, and experts, scholars, and government officials from major western economies and some emerging economies were invited to participate. Seryozha was not very interested in this. He planned to just read the speech prepared for him by the staff of Glencore at the meeting according to the script. The most critical issue is how to facilitate a meeting with US officials. This is the biggest task of Seryozha's trip. Because of the current relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, even if Seryozha took the initiative to greet American officials, they might not pay him any attention. Therefore, in the past few days, Seryozha should not plan to stay in the hotel and have a good rest. He must participate in as many public activities as possible to attract the attention of the media so that the US government cannot ignore his identity.
This year is not only an election year in the United States, but also an Olympic year, and the Los Angeles Olympic Games will start in a few months. But in retaliation for the United States' boycott of the Moscow Olympics, the Soviet Union also refused to send a delegation to attend the Los Angeles Olympics. The tense atmosphere between the United States and the Soviet Union is now the most worrying thing in the world. Due to the existence of a large number of medium-range missiles, people living in European countries are most worried. Now that the Soviet Union has put down its arrogance and started doing business with Europe, the United States still has not expressed anything about the changes made by the Soviet Union. In order to seek re-election, the incumbent President Reagan has to use the Soviet Union as an example from time to time. Under the influence of this series of unfavorable factors, the situation is very unfavorable for Sergei Shale to complete the task.
Seryozha took a bath in the suite to wash away his exhaustion. He originally planned to go out for a walk to relax, but when he opened the door, he saw a few Asians standing outside the door. About to knock on the door. Seryozha hurriedly asked: "Gentlemen, what can you do?"
"Are you Mr. Ulyanov? I am a representative of Nomura Securities, and we are going to greet you!" The other party handed over his business card politely, and introduced himself to Seryozha in fluent Russian.
"I'm about to go out and find a place to have a few drinks, if you don't mind, come with me!" Seryozha kindly invited the other party.
"Oh! Is it really possible? Then we will take the liberty to bother you!" The visitor immediately followed Sergey's footsteps. Sergey changed his mind and didn't plan to go outside the hotel, so he just had a drink in the hotel bar. Just a few cups. So a group of people came to the most famous Palm Hall in the hotel together, found a seat and sat down. After the waiter served a bottle of whiskey, Sergey started communicating with these Japanese people who had just met. They seemed to come to ask Sergey some questions about subprime mortgage products, so the content of the conversation mainly focused on In the actual effect of subprime mortgage products, as well as the future prospects.
Seryozha had already prepared for this. In order to make his speech more convincing, Seryozha took the example of Moscow Workers' New City as a specific example of subprime mortgage products in real estate. Strictly speaking, the bonds that Seryozha asked the National Housing Bank to issue are also a kind of subprime loan.
Because the income of ordinary people in the Soviet Union was generally not high, the credit guarantee ability for bonds was naturally not strong. However, Seryozha deliberately concealed an important factor, that is, Soviet workers were not allowed to be unemployed, so Soviet workers' solvency is actually very strong. Seriosha handed over photos of the workers' new city project before and after the opening to the other party, and let them pass it on to each other.
Workers' New City is the most modern residential living area in Moscow, adopting the most popular international urban planning scheme. Coupled with the unique beauty of Soviet architecture and the shock of scale, it still looks very convincing. Seryozha also brought a videotape about the construction of the Workers' New City project in his luggage, using fast editing to show the speed of modernization of the Workers' New City. These materials were provided by a photographer of the Workers’ New City project of the Moscow Youth League Committee. He takes photos of sunrise and sunset on the roof of the tallest building in the Workers’ New City every day. Over the past few years, he has almost never changed this habit. . This time, Seryozat deliberately turned the film of these photos into a film, stored it in a video tape, and brought it to New York together.
"Mr. Ulyanov, this is simply too shocking. The construction speed of your country is so amazing! Is this all due to the power of subprime mortgages?" the Japanese asked in amazement.
"Yes, gentlemen! Subprime mortgage products are not created out of thin air. We use financial innovation to solve practical problems in social life. As long as the debts of people with different repayment abilities are combined, we can create It is through this method that we have obtained a large amount of funds to start this project without using a penny of the state." Serezha said half-truthfully. Anyway, most people in non-socialist countries don't know how the Soviet Union's banking system works, and Sergey can use it to his heart's content.
"Ulyanov, our domestic Mr. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi highly admires the concept of the subprime mortgage product you created, and it was under the guidance of Mr. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi that we at Nomura Securities introduced the authorization of this product from London. .Today, I saw the great capability and broad prospects of subprime mortgage products from you, and we firmly believe that your invention will definitely bring more funds to the housing loan market..." Japanese guests complimented endlessly.
"Has Mr. Yoshiaki Tsutomi come to the United States?" Seryozha asked curiously.
"Yes, he heard that you will attend this forum and has come to New York on a connecting plane. One of the purposes of our visit to you this time is to invite you to have a talk with Mr. Tsutsumi Yoshiaki!" the Japanese guest replied.
"Please be sure to tell Mr. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi that if you don't mind, I would like to arrange a gathering for business representatives who are here to attend this conference, and invite Mr. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi to attend!" Seryozha announced with a smile .