Regarding employee benefits, as long as the company's business continues to develop positively, and its performance and business scale keep growing, Su Yi will definitely not be stingy.
The 3% stock dividend right he promised Isabella might seem insignificant.
However, considering the growth rate of assets managed by Huayi Capital Hong Kong Branch and its anticipated future development potential, and calculating based on the actual annual profits the company can earn, the dividends from this 3% stock dividend right will definitely not be less than his promised annual salary of one million US dollars.
Of course, Isabella was well aware of this.
Therefore, after Su Yi put forth this condition, she basically accepted it without hesitation: "To be honest, before meeting President Su, I was still somewhat hesitant about joining your company. After all, your company, to my knowledge, hasn't been established for long, and its relevant business development is still in its initial stages.
At the same time, I previously had doubts about President Su's determination to develop global VC business. But now, after formally meeting President Su, especially after witnessing President Su's sincerity, I fully believe in President Su's determination in developing this area of business."
"Excellent!" Su Yi smiled and nodded, saying, "Hearing Ms. Isabella's words, I am very happy. I hope that in the future, we can work together, create a future, and achieve brilliance."
After speaking, Su Yi extended his hand to Isabella again, issuing a sincere invitation.
Isabella shook hands with Su Yi again, indicating that both parties had reached a preliminary agreement and that she had decided to join Huayi Capital.
"However..." Isabella paused, then continued, "Although I have agreed to President Su's conditions and plan to join the Huayi Capital family, I still have some important work to complete on my current project. This might take some time. I hope President Su can allow me to finish this project and complete the work entrusted to me by Aberdeen Asset Group. After a proper handover, I will then officially join Huayi Capital."
"How much time do you need to handle your current work?" Su Yi asked with a smile.
Isabella thought for a moment and said, "It might take about a month."
"No problem," Su Yi said. "Our company's VC-related business is currently in the preparatory stage, so there's no urgency. I also highly appreciate Ms. Isabella's style of seeing things through from start to finish. So, as you said... in a month, we will welcome Ms. Isabella. And no matter when Ms. Isabella wants to join us, the conditions I offered today will not change."
"Thank you, President Su." Isabella was quite touched by Su Yi's generosity.
"Oh, right..." Su Yi thought for a moment and added, "I believe Ms. Isabella has accumulated considerable experience in team management during her years at Aberdeen Asset. If any members of your current team also wish to join Huayi Capital, I can offer you, Ms. Isabella, sufficient negotiation terms, providing them with 150% to 200% of the salary for the same position and industry-standard roles."
"Does President Su want me to bring my entire team to join the company?" Isabella asked with a smile.
Su Yi replied, "If possible, I certainly hope so. Of course... if Ms. Isabella finds this difficult, then never mind."
"I'll do my best," Isabella said, "but overall, I will still respect everyone's wishes."
"Respecting everyone's wishes is a given," Su Yi said. "Work itself is a continuation of life, so everyone certainly needs to follow their inner choices."
"Hmm." Isabella nodded, her gaze involuntarily drifting towards Fang Wanqing, and she smiled, "Wanqing and President Su must have a good relationship, right?"
Su Yi replied, "Ms. Fang and I are indeed very good friends."
"Then why doesn't President Su invite Ms. Fang to join your company?" Isabella asked with some curiosity. "In my team, Wanqing's abilities are quite excellent."
Su Yi said, "I've invited her several times. How about... Ms. Isabella helps me persuade her again?"
"I think... that shouldn't require my persuasion, should it?" Isabella looked at Su Yi with a smile, intuiting that their relationship was more than just a simple friendship.
"Oh, please don't talk about me," Fang Wanqing replied. "I'm just a supporting character today."
"What specific plans does President Su have for the future development of the company's VC business, or which areas does he intend to focus on?" Seeing that Fang Wanqing didn't want to discuss her work arrangements, Isabella immediately changed the subject. "And what strategic objectives need to be achieved in VC business investments?"
Su Yi said, "Currently, I don't have any very specific ideas in this regard. What do you think, Ms. Isabella?"
Isabella thought for a moment and said, "This depends on how you, President Su, position the future development direction of Huayi Capital. Do you want Huayi Capital in the future to become an asset management giant like BlackRock, Blackstone Group, Aberdeen Asset, Vanguard Capital... which primarily focuses on asset management and uses VC investment as a supplementary business?
Or do you want it to become an investment giant like SoftBank Investment, Jinsun Capital, Nikkei United Capital, which primarily focuses on VC business and uses asset management as a supplementary business?
Or do you wish to become a global integrated financial group like BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs Group, UBS International, HSBC Bank, Pacific Capital, Citi Bank... that primarily focuses on investment banking and has balanced development across various investment businesses?"
"Naturally, I hope that Huayi Capital will also become a globally renowned integrated financial group giant in the future," Su Yi said. "Asset management business needs to develop, VC business needs to develop, and investment banking business also needs to develop in the future. It's just that our current capital strength is limited, so we can only start with investment business."
"Okay," Isabella said. "Then I understand President Su's inner thoughts and Huayi Capital's future development direction. After I join Huayi Capital, I will first start with the company's business development direction, trying to invest in projects that have future business intersections with the company or are beneficial to future business."
"Understood." Su Yi smiled and nodded. "In this regard, I fully trust Ms. Isabella."
"Also..." Isabella paused, then continued, "Wanqing told me earlier that you, President Su, want to engage in capital packaging and capital operations, hiding the source of investment capital in many investments?"
Su Yi nodded and said, "Yes. After all, in many parts of the international capital market, there are restrictions on Chinese capital. I don't want future investment projects to be hindered by these restrictions.
Therefore, I hope that when necessary, capital originating from our company can legitimately and compliantly change its identity and background, and be accurately invested in the most critical areas we desire.
I know Ms. Isabella had professional knowledge and practical experience in this area when she worked at Citi Bank, so I hope you can help us with this work."
"Indeed, many places and countries have restrictions on Chinese capital," Isabella mused for a moment, then said, "If it's purely for the convenience of investment projects and to reduce many unnecessary troubles, I can certainly help. But if President Su harbors thoughts of money laundering or other illegal activities, then I might have to decline."
Su Yi smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Ms. Isabella, every penny of profit our company earns is compliant and legal."
With his advantage as a reborn person, and based on the substantial capital he has already accumulated.
He can't even finish earning money in the legitimate market; there's no need to take risks, let alone earn money illegally.
"That's good," Isabella nodded, paused, and then added, "To my knowledge, there's currently a suitable project investment opportunity that would aid Huayi Capital's future development path, as President Su just mentioned. I wonder if President Su is interested in this?"
"Ms. Isabella is referring to..." Su Yi was a bit puzzled.
Isabella smiled faintly and said, "Due to the extreme volatility in the British pound exchange rate market this time, the renowned forex market maker FXCM International almost overnight suffered passive losses of over 1 billion US dollars because too many investors' long position accounts were abandoned after margin calls.
A similar situation occurred last year during the 'Swiss Franc Black Swan' event. This means that FXCM International, this market maker, after suffering such a huge loss, is now on the verge of bankruptcy.
To my knowledge, they will likely have to seek external investment and sell themselves off. If Huayi Capital, under President Su's leadership, aims to continue making a big impact and achieve long-term development in the global financial trading market in the future, now is the time, while FXCM International, a leading forex market maker, is in crisis.
When they are forced to seek external investment capital, acquiring them should be a good opportunity, and you would also get relatively favorable acquisition terms."
"FXCM International?" Su Yi's eyes instantly narrowed upon hearing the name of this institution. He indeed sensed that this was a huge acquisition opportunity and couldn't help but say, "Thank you, Ms. Isabella, for informing me. However, our institution's currently available capital is very limited. With our company's size, we might not be able to acquire FXCM International, this leading global forex market maker."
In Su Yi's estimation, considering FXCM International's customer base, disclosed annual revenue, profit scale, and net asset value, acquiring such an enterprise would require at least approximately 3 to 4 billion US dollars.
However, currently, their institution's total capital is only five to six billion US dollars.
If they forcibly acquire this company, the company's subsequent investment operations would be impossible to carry out.
"For FXCM International, which is already on the brink of collapse, the cost of acquisition won't be very high," Isabella said. "If I can take on this project, I estimate that for a maximum of 1.5 billion US dollars, we could acquire all of the company's equity."
"1.5 billion US dollars?" Su Yi was greatly astonished upon hearing this figure.
Similarly, Fang Wanqing was also deeply shocked when she heard this figure, as Isabella's valuation was significantly lower than the fair value estimates previously provided by various institutions for FXCM International.
"Of course, the earliest I can formally get involved in this project is after I resign from Aberdeen Asset," Isabella said. "But before that, I think President Su, you can send a team of negotiators to express your intention to acquire, and through negotiations, tie up FXCM International.
As long as you can stall them and prevent other competitors from entering, then the longer it's delayed, the worse FXCM International's situation will become, the fewer bargaining chips they'll have, and the lower your acquisition cost will be."
Su Yi had given her extremely generous salary and stock dividend rights for changing jobs.
So, she also chose to reciprocate.
Originally, she had intended to complete the proposed acquisition of FXCM International at Aberdeen Asset, but now that she had a new employer, she no longer planned to pursue this project at Aberdeen Asset.
Moreover, if she could help Huayi Capital acquire this investment project at a low cost at the beginning of her tenure, she believed that she and her team would be able to establish themselves quickly within Huayi Capital.
"Good." Su Yi's eyes instantly lit up after hearing Isabella's words.
If they could truly acquire all of FXCM International's equity for 1.5 billion US dollars, or even less, and acquire this company,
then his envisioned global financial layout would have taken its most crucial first step.
What's more, given the reputation FXCM International, as a market maker, has built in the hearts of global investors over more than two decades of operation, if it can weather its current difficulties after being acquired at a low cost, then... even if he doesn't want to deeply intervene in the company's management later,
reselling the company's equity would also likely result in significant profit.
It could be said that the 'welcome gift' Isabella provided was definitely worth the job-changing conditions he offered her.
"President Su, leave this matter to me," Wang Huaijin thought for a moment and said. "After the news of FXCM International's deep financial trouble spreads, it's estimated that various capital entities worldwide, especially other capable and well-capitalized forex investment banking institutions and market makers, will surely be interested. If we want to acquire this project, our direct competitors will probably be numerous.
Therefore... we must not hesitate. We must contact FXCM International's shareholders first, before others propose their terms, and quickly present our conditions to stabilize them."
"Alright," Su Yi said, "Tomorrow, you'll set off with your team. I'll delay my return to Modu for a few days."
Wang Huaijin nodded, already having a preliminary plan in mind for this matter.
As time went on...
With aligned interests and converging ideas, the few people became increasingly speculative in their conversation.
Finally, it was 3 PM after dinner.
Isabella and Fang Wanqing left to return to Aberdeen Asset Hong Kong Branch, while Su Yi and Wang Huaijin returned to Huayi Capital.
They immediately called an internal meeting with the company's department heads to finalize the subsequent work content and business development plans.
(End of chapter)