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After carefully looking at the information of this Sky Fund company, I found that its operating conditions are ordinary and its scale is small. It is just one of the many micro-fund companies on Wall Street.

But compared to other companies that are in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy, if they are managed well, they can still barely survive. They have all kinds of licenses and even managed funds of more than 80 million US dollars.

The financial industry as a whole was in bad shape due to the stock market crash a few years ago, but with the fall of the polar bear, the United States has become the only superpower in the world and has begun to harvest wealth around the world.

It can be said that the U.S. financial industry is at a turning point. Many people in the industry can see this, so they will not sell their own companies unless they can no longer operate.

There are many fund companies on Wall Street, especially many that meet Locke's conditions. The information on the three companies given to Locke by the salesman Mr. Robert was screened many times. When Locke asked the question, he said:

“This company is really good and has been doing well in the past few years. The founder, Mr. Andrew, also served as a professor of finance at Columbia University.

Later, Mr. Andrew resigned and founded Sky Fund Company. At that time, the market was good and he made a lot of money. However, later there was a stock market crash and the fund managed by Mr. Andrew lost a lot of money.

Forget it, after all, the money lost by the fund was not his own, and he still made millions of dollars.

But Mr Andrew's new wife and son are very fond of spending money, especially when his son was involved in a murder last year.

In order to exonerate his son and pay a huge bail, Mr. Andrew spent a lot of money. At this time, his third model wife wanted to divorce him, and she also divided a large amount of money from him.

Mr. Andrew had to dispose of most of his assets. Now except for the house where he lives, he only has this company left, but he still has various expenses to pay..."

"OK, I think I understand."

Locke nodded. Mr. Andrew obviously had family problems that worsened his financial situation. This is not uncommon in the United States.

The company does meet Locke's requirements. It is not large in scale, but relatively complete. It is not a pheasant company with only one or two people.

With such a ready-made framework, Locke can integrate the company faster, and this ready-made platform will save him a lot of time.

After taking a closer look at Sky Fund's financial report, I found that after the stock market crash a few years ago, major clients began to withdraw their capital. After many efforts, Mr. Andrew managed to keep more than 20 million US dollars.

But the situation did not improve in the following years. It became increasingly difficult to find people willing to invest, and more and more investors chose to withdraw their capital after the investment expired.

Of the US$7 million in the current account, more than US$4 million will be liquidated and transferred to investors' accounts.

The rest belongs to the same investor, and his funds are only half a year away from liquidation, especially since last year, when the company has barely attracted a single dollar of investment.

Obviously, after major family problems occurred, Mr. Andrew no longer had the time and energy to seriously run his own company, which also accelerated the company's decline.

Before this, Locke had a lot of exposure to financial information. With just one glance at these financial reports, he could quickly find out whether there were any problems.

As a boss, you may not need to personally manage specific matters, but if you cannot read financial reports, understand the company's situation, or discover problems, the final result will definitely be to become a victim.

It can be said that this Sky Fund company is about to run out of money. More than 700 US dollars in funds belong to investors, and it has no money itself. Fortunately, it has no debts, and only about 100,000 US dollars in employee wages have not been paid.

After reading all the information about this company, Locke shook his head and sighed:

"It's a pity. If we can continue to hold on for a while and obtain new funds, there is still hope of a comeback. Obviously Mr. Andrew doesn't have the thought and energy now."

“This company is indeed very good, with little debt, employees, licenses, office space, etc., and it will be able to operate normally after completing the procedures.

I just contacted and confirmed that the office leased by the company will expire in three months. The building is less than ten minutes' walk from here. Why don't we go and take a look.

We can call Mr. Andrew right now, and last week he dropped the asking price to the asking price of $1 million. "

"Indeed, it is not easy to run a fund company that has lost credibility in the eyes of investors." Locke looked at the information and responded casually.

Mr. Robert, the salesman, listened to what Locke said and agreed casually, but in his heart he thought that he was another rich kid with a high heart.

There are many such ignorant people every year, and almost all of them have to go home in despair and endure the 'pain' of 'inheriting' family property.

After reading the information, Locke did not make an immediate decision, but began to pick and choose: "Is the figure of one million US dollars a little higher? The information said that the company account has less than two thousand US dollars left."

Robert explained: "That's true, but it also includes office supplies, such as computers, desks, printers, etc., as well as the lease of the office.

In addition, Mr. Andrew himself holds a portion of Time Warner shares through funds, which are currently worth about US$700,000. "

"But they still owe $100,000 in employee wages, and if I'm not happy with them, I'll have to spend another amount to fire them."

"Perhaps we can talk to Mr. Andrew in the afternoon. Believe me, one million is definitely not his bottom line."

"Well, this may seem like a matter of only a few hundred thousand dollars, but I don't want to be taken advantage of." Locke said:

"You know, when you look at my age, guys on Wall Street think this guy seems easy to trick."

After hearing what Locke said, the salesman Robert maintained a professional smile and a respectful attitude. It was impossible to tell that he was one of the people Locke said wanted to deceive him.

During the entire conversation, Tang Weiwei sat by and drank black tea, listening patiently, as if he wanted to learn something from it.

With Locke's permission, Mr. Robert contacted Sky Fund Company. Locke stayed in his office chatting for another 20 minutes before leaving and heading to the building where Sky Fund Company was located.

The office space of Sky Fund Company is not large, covering an area of ​​about 150 square meters. Mr. Andrew and the company's employees are waiting here.

Mr. Andrew looked to be in his fifties and was dressed meticulously, but he could still see that he was tired. It seemed that he was overwhelmed by his family situation.

After the two parties greeted each other, Robert took the initiative to show up with Andrew to bargain.

The content is nothing more than that assets such as desks and computers are not valuable at all. The lease of office space is wasted and will shrink over time. Then there are the owed employee wages.

In the end, he said that including stocks, he could only give an offer of US$850,000, and Mr. Andrew was required to cooperate with the transfer procedures.

Perhaps he was eager to sell the company, so after a brief negotiation, Mr. Andrew agreed to the price.

The purchase price was paid in three installments, with the first installment of 100,000, and another 200,000 paid after the transfer of ownership. The remaining 550,000 will not be paid until one month after the transfer of the company.

Taking advantage of this time, it needs to be audited by an accounting company to ensure that the company has no liabilities or other problems beyond the information provided by Andrew.