Reborn Capital Empire

Vol 2 Chapter 742: House Of Cards (Middle)

Chapter 742 House of Cards (middle)

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If Guo Shouyun is here, he will be surprised, there are really many acquaintances here. For example, Jon Winkreed, Co-President and Co-COO of Goldman Sachs, Steven Volcker, Vice Chairman of Citigroup, Daniel Trotter, President and COO of ING Group in the Netherlands, and President of Bear Stearns and Chief Operating Officer Charles Prince, and Merrill Lynch Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Stan O’Neill.

Heir to the Schiff family, William Schiff, director of the Schiff family fund; John Watson, president and chief operating officer of Chevron Texaco; Carl Corey, CEO of Comscat; Steven, CEO of Halliburton Energy Vin Liping; General Electric Executive Vice President Gary Schwartz; Maersk Group Chairman Jim Hagerman.

If you add US Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney, and Barclays Capital CEO Jerry Midell. There are 13 people in the whole room, representing the most powerful forces in the financial, industrial and political circles.

“How about it?”

Stan O’Neal asked first.

“The other party does not know that his plan to acquire Merrill has been leaked. At present, as we expected, his energy has been attracted by today’s press release, and the hostile targets are mainly Bear Stearns and the Schiff family fund.”

“We’re really unlucky to be treated like the first bird every time!” Charles Prince laughed.

William Schiff, who was represented, frowned slightly and didn’t say much. In fact, he didn’t want the Schiff family fund to get involved in a showdown that he didn’t think had a good chance of winning. But helplessly, my father was very interested in this, and my mother was also resentful about the fact that Bruce Guo destroyed the Balin family and completely made his mother’s family a historical garbage. Therefore, even if he didn’t want to, he had to rush to Washington to participate in this huge “Kuo movement”.

Stan O’Neal breathed a sigh of relief. He was the most nervous of all, because once Bruce Kwok started, it would be a battle for the management of Merrill Lynch. Despite the support of many allies here, as long as he thinks that Guo Shouyun has been preparing for the acquisition of Merrill for more than three years, his scalp tingles.

What really scares you is not the kind of enemy who stands in the clear and has strength but is reckless; it is the kind of enemy who is forbearing and cautious, and after raising enough chips, sees the opportunity to strike a deadly enemy.

Guo Shouyun obviously belongs to the latter, and he is very powerful!

“We should act now, we can’t wait any longer,” Stan O’Neal said.

“O’Neal, don’t be impatient. As long as Bruce Guo has not acquired Merrill’s shares on a large scale in the secondary market, it means that the Merrill shares he holds are far from meeting the criteria for acquiring Merrill.” Steven Walker Road.

“It’s been more than three years, who knows how many shares of Merrill has been acquired by Bruce Guo secretly in the past three years? In case he intends to be only 2%, 1%, or even less than the absolute controlling stake of 50.1%. When will I start? I’m afraid that when I realize that something is wrong, I won’t be able to return to the sky. ”

After a pause, Stan O’Neal sneered: “I think you are planning to let Bruce Guo spend as much of his liquidity as possible on the acquisition of Merrill Lynch, so that he will not have enough capital to support the market and save himself. . So you can make a lot of money unscrupulously.”

“O’Neal, you know, we won’t allow Bruce Guo to buy Merrill, otherwise, with Merrill’s strength, it will only give him more cash flow.” Daniel Trotter said.

“You better understand that.”

Seeing that there was some silence and rigidity in the atmosphere, Jon Winkreed changed the subject.

“Silicon Valley is ready. Now that the media has heated up the Iraq War and Bruce Guo’s topic, we can do it. In addition, O’Neal’s concerns are also very reasonable. After more than three years of preparation, we don’t know what Bruce Guo is in the hands of. How many shares of Merrill Lynch do you hold, so you can’t wait any longer. Merrill Lynch must issue new shares immediately to dilute Bruce Guo’s equity in Merrill. … The next step is to short LinkedIn, forcing Bruce Guotoshi and tightening him Chain of funds. . . . The matrix is next.”

“Karl, it’s time to throw out the Conscat-Matrix negotiation.”

Cal Gary nodded. “The reason I joined this negotiation was to get the Matrix Company. I hope you all keep that in mind.”

“Of course! Everyone has their own goals! That’s why we can all come together. I’m sure we’ll all abide by the contracts we made with each other!” Jon Winkreed said.

“Then get ready to start!”

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Guo Shouyun didn’t know that he would face a bigger dilemma than he now expected.

Although the reports fueled by the newspapers made him entangled in the whirlpool of war and anti-war, he was in a good mood when he had already succeeded in the competition for Merrill.

“The global economy is improving, and many lines of gold are blocked!”

“Bear gold, the big trend on Wall Street.”

“OPEC’s production expansion was successful, and oil prices fell below $42 per barrel.”

“Wall Street analysts are bearish on oil!”

Major U.S. financial media such as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Barron’s are full of long-term bearish reports on gold and oil futures. And analysts at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs are promoting these claims. Despite positive signals on gold and oil futures issued by Forbes, Ruby’s LinkedIn News and Global Fortune, and Phoenix Bank, the price of gold and oil futures is still unavoidable. fell.

Of course, the decline is not too big. Far from touching the warning line set by Guo Shouyun on gold and oil futures.

So, after just paying attention to these financial news, I turned my attention to other aspects.

It is already the fifth day since he returned to San Francisco from Washington, and he is not in a hurry when he is sure to take absolute control of Merrill Lynch. Ready to wait for a week to spend the 2005 Chinese New Year of the Rooster. With the importance he attaches to the Chinese New Year in his bones, he plans to go home first to pass the Spring Festival, and then go to New York to let Stan O’Neal get out of the way!

But there are always things that he didn’t expect.

“Boss, Conscart has rejected our conditions. They want to get 51% of the equity in the new company, as well as the CEO seat.” Buddy Morris said angrily on the phone.

Guo Shouyun frowned, “I remember last time, didn’t they agree to share the controlling stake and CEO seat of the new company with us? Why did they suddenly change their minds?”

“They replied that it was the decision of the Constadt board because they felt that the assets and future of Matrix were not worth the high price they paid.”

Guo Shouyun thought for a while, “Since their asking price is too high, let’s reject it. It’s not like we can’t do it without Conscart!”

“Yes!” After replying, “Boss, I always feel that this time is a bit strange. In the three months we negotiated with Don Scarter, they have suddenly raised the offer three times when the two sides were about to reach an agreement. It seems to be dragging us on purpose!”

“What do you think Conscart’s purpose is?” Guo Shouyun asked.

“I don’t know. I can’t think of a reason for them to do this! But normal business negotiations don’t do this.” Buddy Morris said.

Guo Shouyun nodded in agreement. After thinking for a moment, “No matter what the purpose behind Comscat is, as long as we ensure that our business develops normally and has sufficient cash flow, the Matrix will not suffer any crisis.”

“Um!”

“Is the Gary Barber lawsuit now settled?”

“It’s still deadlocked!”

This is the case with commercial litigation in the United States. It is normal for a lawsuit to last five or six years. Similar to the patent battle between Apple and Microsoft for the graphical interface of the operating system, it took nearly a decade before the two sides reached a settlement under the pressure of Jobs. However, the lengthy legal proceedings are too time-consuming~www.readwn.com~ and consume the energy of enterprise managers. If it is not necessary, Guo Shouyun is willing to spend some money to reach an out-of-court settlement.

“Gary Barber’s conditions are still the same?”

“Yes. He’s still asking us to pay him $70 million in retirement money!”

“It’s just wishful thinking. If he wants to fight a lawsuit, then satisfy him!”

“Yes! … Boss, there is one more thing.”

“what?”

“Robert Cohen refused to direct ‘The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’, and Rachel Weisz also turned down the female lead.”

“Why? Didn’t we all talk about it at the beginning?”

“He… they said they don’t want to cooperate with a company that supports the war!” Buddy Morris said in a timid tone.

Guo Shouyun’s brows furrowed instantly, and the anger in his heart soared. However, the calm skills he had practiced for a long time made him calm down again after taking a few deep breaths.

“Since they don’t want to, we don’t have to force it. Hollywood has directors and actors who are willing to cooperate.”

“Yes!”

“Also, I don’t want to see them in the Matrix Company’s movie production list in the future!” Guo Shouyun said coldly.

Openly tearing up the signed contract means that almost all the preparatory work for “The Mummy 3” has to be completely overturned. This at least cost Matrix millions of dollars, and it’s good not to sue them.

“…In addition, when the company signs another contract in the future, the liquidated damages will be doubled!”

“clear!”

Guo Shouyun hung up after Buddy Morris said there was nothing else to do. But he just hung up when a new call came in.

“Boss, just received the news. Richard Grubman will replace West Martin as Maersk Group’s Trusted CEO!” Will Harrington said.

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