Chapter 881: The Returns of This Trip!
Downtown New York. Green Brothers Company!
Upon returning to the office, Reggie Green immediately had his assistant give Jiang Xue and the others a tour of the company.
Meanwhile, he and Li Yi returned to the CEO’s office, where he summoned Joyce, the CFO, and asked him to report the profits from this investment to Li Yi, the major shareholder and vice president!
Joyce was a long-time employee of the company and an old acquaintance of Li Yi, so he proceeded to report on the basic details of the investment:“Boss, for this investment, our company deployed a total of 14.42 billion US dollars, including 8.2 billion in company funds, 5.5 billion in bank loans, and 720 million in personal funds from the two of you (500 million from Green and 220 million from Li Yi). Based on the current exchange rate, we’ve made a total profit of 8.94 billion US dollars…”
Although Green Reggie had already known this result, hearing the figure again still stirred his emotions.
Li Yi, on the other hand, remained relatively calm. He looked at Joyce and asked, “What about the returns from the stock market? Have you calculated those yet?”
“We’ve already calculated it. We purchased a total of 41.25 million shares on the stock market at an average price of $21 per share and sold them at an average price of $70 per share, resulting in a profit of $49 per share. After deducting various taxes and fees, the total profit amounts to $1.957 billion.”
The CFO then summarized, “So, from this investment operation, our company has made a total profit of $10.897 billion.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than Green Reggie couldn’t help but exclaim excitedly, “Hahaha, Li, you’re a true investment genius… no, you’re the god of investing… I’m going to hang your photo in my office and worship you every day…”
Hearing Green Reggie’s incoherent ramblings, Li Yi instantly felt a few black lines appear on his forehead.
He’d heard of people hanging photos of national leaders in their offices, and he’d seen people display photos of their wives and children on their desks, but he’d never seen anyone hang a photo of a business partner.
“Alright, Reggie, let’s have Joyce calculate my returns. I’m counting on that money!” Li Yi said, changing the subject.
Green Reggie immediately replied, “No problem. Joyce, go ahead and calculate Li’s returns right now!”
Joyce turned to Reggie Green and said, “That’s no problem, but how should we allocate the stock market returns? Should we still give 50% to Vice President Li as before?”
“Right, 50% after taxes goes to Li…”
Before he could finish, Li Yi interjected, “Green, those stock market profits are part of the company’s regular investments and have little to do with me, so there’s no need to allocate them to me separately. Let’s just calculate the profits from the earlier portion!”
“How can that be? If it weren’t for your strategic planning, we…”
Before Green Reggie could finish, Li Yi cut him off, saying, “No, no, no. I didn’t really help much with the later stock market investments. Getting my share of the shareholder dividends is enough. Taking an additional 50% of the profits on top of that would be a bit excessive!”
Although the returns from those investments amounted to a full ten billion dollars, Li Yi knew full well that even without him, Green Reggie wouldn’t have missed out on those opportunities.
Besides, in those subsequent investments, it was entirely Green Reggie and the company team who handled everything. He hadn’t contributed a thing—how could he possibly have the nerve to ask for that money?
Seeing that Li Yi was insistent, Green nodded immediately and instructed Joyce to simply include the profits from the earlier forex trading.
Joyce finished the calculations in no time!
“Boss, Vice President Li stands to earn a total of 4.38 billion US dollars from this investment. This includes 4.247 billion in profit commissions, 136.4 million in returns on his own capital, plus 220 million in principal—totaling 4.6 billion US dollars!”
After hearing Joyce’s report, Reggie Green exclaimed enviously, “Li, 4.6 billion US dollars! And that doesn’t even include the company’s profit share. I’m truly envious!”
Li Yi smiled and said, “No need to envy me. From this investment, your returns won’t be less than $2 billion!”
“Hahaha, I’ll have to thank you for that…”
After a round of mutual business praise, Li Yi turned to Joyce and asked, “When will these funds be available?”
“It’ll take at least two days. The exchange’s settlement process has to follow a specific procedure, so two days is the absolute fastest we can do!” Joyce replied.
“Alright, then I’ll wait a couple more days!”
Then, Li Yi turned to Green Reggie and said, “Green, could you help me find a reliable real estate agent?”
“What, are you planning to buy a house?” Green Reggie asked curiously.
“Yeah, I’ll be coming here a lot in the future. I can’t just keep staying at your place, so I want to buy a place of my own!” Li Yi said.
“Li, what kind of house are you looking for? Or rather, what are your requirements?” Green Reggie asked.
“I don’t really have any specific requirements—something similar to your estate would be fine!” Li Yi said.
“Alright, I understand. I’ll have my lawyer get in touch with you tomorrow!” Green Reggie said with a smile.
Although Li Yi wasn’t quite sure why a lawyer had contacted him instead of a real estate agent, he wasn’t very familiar with the local home-buying process either, so he didn’t ask any further questions.
Just as Li Yi was about to tell Reggie Green that he had to leave, the office door suddenly swung open. Green’s assistant walked in to report that the hotel for the celebratory banquet had been arranged and they could head over!
Hearing this, Li Yi said no more. He then went out to the reception area to meet up with Jiang Xue and the others, and the group set off in a large procession for the hotel hosting the celebratory banquet…
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Manhattan Island. Green Manor!
Late at night, the young couple—who had just finished playing some icebreaker games—lay nestled together, panting slightly.
After a long while, Jiang Xue finally ran her hand over Li Yi’s rock-hard abs and asked, “During dinner, that Mr. Green said the company made over ten billion dollars. Is that true?”
“Of course it’s true!”
“So how much will we get?” Jiang Xue asked curiously.
“Not counting the 1.7 million dollars you settled from the exchange, we can walk away with 4.6 billion—and that’s after taxes!” Li Yi said.
“How much… 4.6 billion?”
Jiang Xue looked utterly stunned. Although she had expected Li Yi to have made a substantial profit this time, she never imagined it would be this much.
That’s 4.6 billion!
More importantly, she knew they’d only brought 57 million USD with them when they arrived. In such a short time, it had multiplied by a full 80 times—you couldn’t even rob a bank that fast…
“With this money, does that mean you won’t have to travel for the rest of the year?” Jiang Xue asked, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at Li Yi.
“Yeah, I’ll be home with you and the kids for the rest of the year!” Li Yi said with a look of pure adoration.
Although there was still one more opportunity to make money in the second half of the year, the return on investment wasn’t particularly high, and he couldn’t be bothered to make the trip again.
He’d just remind Green to handle it then, and all he’d have to do was wait for the company’s dividends.
“So when are we going back? I’m starting to miss the kids,” Jiang Xue asked again.
“Soon. The funds will be settled in two days. As soon as the money comes through, we’ll head back!” Li Yi replied.
“Okay, I’ll leave it up to you!”
Just then, Li Yi suddenly said, “Xiao Xue, I’m thinking of buying a house here. That way, when we come back in the future, we won’t have to stay at other people’s homes anymore. What do you think?”
“Go for it. I support you!”
If this had been earlier, Jiang Xue might not have agreed.
But once she realized just how big her husband’s business had become here, she knew they’d be coming back often, and that it really made sense to buy a place of their own.
“Great, then let’s go look at some houses together tomorrow!”
“Mm-hmm…”
Just as they were talking, Jiang Xue suddenly felt her husband’s hands getting a little too forward again. She immediately teased him, “What are you doing?”
“Do it!”
As he spoke, while Jiang Xue was still dazed, Li Yi rolled over and began telling his wife a story about a monkey:
“You know, the Jade Emperor really didn’t treat monkeys as human. He knew full well that the Great Sage was a monkey, yet he still put him in charge of the Peach Garden…”
“Those peaches truly lived up to their reputation as divine fruits—big, white, fragrant, and soft. Monkeys love peaches the most. Eating them was one thing,
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