giants of the era

Chapter 220 Persecution (big chapter!!!)

Johnson & Johnson was too unlucky, and the sky was full of misfortunes. Of course, Li Zetian had to seize this opportunity.The Johnson & Johnson family dared to tease him before, but now they want revenge.The Johnson & Johnson family didn't even think about who Li Zetian was. At that time, Li's Pharmaceutical Company was just one of his industries.The Johnson & Johnson family doesn't take Li Zetian seriously!

Now that Li Zetian has seized the opportunity, how can he let it go?
Soon, many American media, television and newspapers reported the Johnson & Johnson drug death incident one after another.

For a time, it caused a huge panic among the people!
"Oh my god, I didn't expect Johnson & Johnson's medicine to kill people!!!"

"Really? I bought a lot of Johnson & Johnson's drugs before, but luckily nothing happened!" A woman patted her chest and said luckily.

"There were reports on TV and newspapers, and many people died at once. Anyway, I dare not buy Johnson & Johnson's medicine anymore!"

"Strongly Boycott Johnson & Johnson!"

"..."

The stock of Johnson & Johnson fell again and again. Although Johnson & Johnson also asked the media to clarify that this was not a problem with medicines, Li Zetian invited more "water troopers". He even mercilessly belittled Johnson & Johnson when he was interviewed by reporters.

He said: "I never thought that Johnson & Johnson was such a company. Fortunately, the acquisition was not successful before, otherwise, I would be in big trouble now. Here, I appeal to everyone to be careful when buying medicines. Medicines are no better than Ordinary food is related to human life!!!”

Li Zetian's fall into trouble undoubtedly caused Johnson & Johnson to suffer a heavier blow, which made the situation worse.

At this moment, the shareholders of Johnson & Johnson are like ants on a hot pot. The company's reputation has declined, its performance has declined, and its stock has fallen. Everyone can't help but worry.

"Chronos Li is so hateful, he took the opportunity to retaliate, hired the media to slander and slander Johnson & Johnson, which made our public relations effect very poor! Now, American citizens regard our Johnson & Johnson as poison, and stay away from it! "

"Oh, if this goes on, Johnson & Johnson will become worse day by day!"

"You said, did Chronos Li send someone to do this poisoning incident?"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent suddenly.

Robert Wood Johnson slapped the table angrily and said, "If he really did it, I will not let him go!"

"Mr. Johnson, whether he did it or not, anyway, he is the most suspected! We can sue him, so as to attract the attention of the American people to this lawsuit, and define this cyanide poisoning case as a "terrorist act." ", not Johnson & Johnson's drug is poisonous!!!" Johnson & Johnson CEO James Burke said.

"Wonderful!!!" Robert Wood Johnson couldn't help but patted the table excitedly when he heard the words, and laughed, "In this way, after the public understands the truth, the reputation of Johnson & Johnson can be restored, and the company's problems can be solved. crisis!"

"Yes, Mr. Johnson!" James Burke nodded with a smile.

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In the afternoon of the same day, Li Zetian was sued by Johnson & Johnson, who suspected that he had bought a murderer and poisoned him in revenge for Johnson & Johnson.Soon, the California court will accept the case!

As soon as the news came out, it shocked the world!

"Fuck! Can Johnson & Johnson be more shameless?!" The moment Li Zetian received the court summons, he couldn't help cursing his mother!
At this moment, Johnson & Johnson held a press conference. Company CEO James Burke said to the media reporters: "Media reporters, welcome to the press conference of Johnson & Johnson. I believe everyone already knows that Johnson & Johnson sued Chronos Li. things.

Johnson & Johnson is not aimless and wants to slander him.Everyone knows that some time ago, Chronos Li wanted to acquire Johnson & Johnson, but failed. Therefore, we have to suspect that he has a grudge and bought the murderer to poison him.In addition, we have every reason to suspect that Chronos Li is behind it! "

James Burke paused, glanced at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "Chronos Li spent a lot of money to buy a lot of media to take the opportunity to attack Johnson & Johnson, causing the stock price to plummet, and then secretly bought shares of Johnson & Johnson at a low price, thereby Achieve the goal of acquiring Johnson & Johnson! It can be seen that Chronos Li's ambition to acquire Johnson & Johnson has never stopped, and in order to realize his ambition, he even resorted to extremely disgraceful means!!!" The last sentence At that time, the sound was so loud that the people present couldn't help but shake their hearts!
After hearing the words, everyone felt that what James Burke said was very reasonable.

From this point of view, Chronos Li is indeed the most suspect!
The reporters are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and such sensational news makes them excited!
On the same day, media TV news broadcast the press conference of Johnson & Johnson one after another.

"What James Burke said can't be true? Is Chronos Li really such a person?"

"Among the American consortium, which one is aboveboard and has not used disgraceful means? Chronos Li will not be much better!!"

"Hungry, that makes sense!"

"My idol is not that kind of person, Johnson & Johnson is pure slander!!!"

"..."

People can't help talking!

After watching the press conference, Li Zetian became angry. If the tiger doesn't show his power, he will treat me as a sick cat?
The next day, Li Zetian also held a press conference.

At the press conference, almost all influential media from around the world were present.

Li Zetian said in a deep voice: "Johnson & Johnson held a press conference yesterday, saying that I bought the murderer and poisoned me. In this regard, I will sue Johnson & Johnson for defamation and slander, and I will be compensated for the loss of my reputation by 10 billion dollars!!!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar!

"I'm going, the reputation loss is 10 billion US dollars, I didn't hear it wrong!"

"That's right, what I heard was also $10 billion!"

"..."

At this time, Li Zetian raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "Although I failed to acquire Johnson & Johnson, I will never do something like buying a murderer to poison you!

My wife and I started the LY Foundation and have since been working on philanthropy, we have built a ton of non-profit hospitals and orphanages and helped a lot of people, but there are a lot of sick people and there is nothing we can do!

We can only watch them being tortured by the serious illness little by little, and finally lose their precious lives.

Whenever this happens, I always say to myself in my heart, I must work hard, I must work very hard, and I must develop a drug that can cure patients!
In order to enhance the research and development capabilities of Lee's Pharmaceuticals, I decided to acquire Johnson & Johnson.

Johnson & Johnson is a top company in the world, and it was not easy to acquire it. At that time, Lee's Pharmaceutical Company couldn't afford that much money, so I raised money from other companies under my name, and even borrowed from the bank!

In the end, as you all know, the acquisition of Johnson & Johnson failed.

In this regard, I just feel very sorry that Lee's Pharmaceutical Company failed to strengthen its research and development capabilities, and failed to develop powerful drugs to treat people's diseases as soon as possible!

If it is for the sake of personal gain, it may be reasonable to buy evil and poison.But I don't want to do this at all. Even if the research and development speed of Lee's Pharmaceutical Company is a little slower, I can still find other ways, such as acquiring more small companies, and finally forming a gene technology company.Let me ask, is it necessary for me to do such a despicable act of buying murder and poisoning?

Everyone can go and find out, since my wife bought Roche Pharmaceuticals, have my husband and I received any dividends from it!

I can tell you clearly, no! ! !
It was never our intention to make Roche work for us.

In fact, all the money the company earns is spent on research and development, hoping to develop drugs that can solve human diseases as soon as possible.

Finally, I would like to ask everyone, am I smart? "

Everyone replied in unison: "Smart!"

The sound resounded throughout the press conference.

Li Zetian nodded and said, "Then do you think that if I ordered someone to poison someone, would the person who poisoned him be caught on the spot?"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

"With Chronos Li's ingenuity and strength, how could he instruct someone to poison him, and then he was arrested? This is completely unreasonable! Which of Chronos Li's bodyguards is not a powerful special soldier? Isn't this a trivial matter? Can't do it?"

"Yes, yes, even a fool would know that Chronos Li could not have done this!"

"Chronos Li is really a kind person. Although he has a very profitable pharmaceutical company under his name, he doesn't take any money and uses it all to develop new drugs. Even when he bought Johnson & Johnson, he couldn't bear to see patients suffer. In order to improve research and development capabilities. Like Chronos Li is such a good person, how can he buy a murderer to poison him? Johnson & Johnson is purely slandering!!!”

"Chronos Li is the No.1 charity in the world, and should not be slandered like this! Johnson & Johnson is trash, and I will never buy Johnson & Johnson's medicine again!"

"Boycott Johnson & Johnson!!!"

"..."

Many viewers at the scene were filled with righteous indignation and hated Johnson & Johnson.

The next morning, the police found out that the person who poisoned had a history of mental illness and suffered from very severe depression. Poisoning was a personal act and had nothing to do with others.

As soon as the news came out, Li Zetian was completely innocent, and the court ordered Johnson & Johnson to compensate Li Zetian 100 million reputation damages. 10 billion US dollars is naturally impossible.

Johnson & Johnson's public relations efforts can be said to be successful, but they can also be said to have failed.

The reason why it is said to be successful is that American citizens learned through the lawsuit that it was not that there was a problem with Johnson & Johnson's medicine, but that someone poisoned it.

The reason why it is said to have failed is that Johnson & Johnson has used base methods to slander Li Zetian, which has aroused people's resentment.And Li Zetian's sincere speech at the press conference won the favor of people all over the world.

Johnson & Johnson failed to steal chickens and lost rice. Not only did the market share not recover, but it was gradually eroded. The performance in the stock market fully reflects the current situation of Johnson & Johnson.Since the death of the first patient, the stock price has been avalanche so far, and the market value has fallen below $100 billion.

James Burke, CEO of Johnson & Johnson, was right in saying that Li Zetian was indeed crazily grabbing shares in the stock market.At the same time, it also contacted major shareholders other than the Johnson & Johnson family, hoping to acquire their shares.

At this very moment, Li Zetian is competing with the Johnson & Johnson family for the controlling stake in Johnson & Johnson!
The Johnson & Johnson family wooed those big shareholders, and at the same time competed with Li Zetian for the negotiable shares in the stock market. The struggle between the two sides was very fierce.

"In any case, Chronos Li can no longer get more shares. Once the other party is allowed to take control, Johnson & Johnson will change its surname!" Robert Wood Johnson looked at the important members of the family from left to right with a serious tone. Said.

"Understood, we will definitely not let Chronos Li succeed!" A young talent from the Johnson & Johnson family said firmly.

"..."

Right now, Johnson & Johnson's performance is not good, and its image has plummeted. Its future development is facing huge challenges, and its future is uncertain.Some major shareholders decided to sell their shares, and Li Zetian was generous, many major shareholders sold their shares to Li Zetian one after another.

Li Zetian has more and more shares, and the Johnson & Johnson family is getting more and more uneasy.

By November 11th, Li Zetian's shares reached 30%, and the Johnson & Johnson family's shares reached 41.5%. The gap between the two is getting smaller and smaller.

In the end, the key to the competition between the two parties lies in an investment bank.At this time, Goldman Sachs Group holds 8.6% of the shares of Johnson & Johnson, which can control the pattern of this war!Whoever can win the support of Goldman Sachs will win!
Many people are paying attention to the equity war of Johnson & Johnson. The most exciting moment has come. Will Chronos Li win or the Johnson & Johnson family win?
"Dongfang Yuqin, will Goldman Sachs CEO Neil Wallace agree to have dinner with me?" In fact, Li Zetian had already asked him out once, but he found an excuse and politely refused.Now, this is the second time Li Zetian has asked him out.

Dongfang Yuqin was calling Neil Wallace just now, when she hung up, Li Zetian asked.

"Mr. Li, he agreed!" Dongfang Yuqin said with a smile.

Li Zetian nodded, and said lightly: "This is within my expectation. Goldman Sachs Group stayed at the end, just because they want to sell for a price! At this moment, it is time to make a move!"

That night, Li Zetian met with Goldman Sachs CEO Neil Wallace at the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I happened to be on a business trip abroad, so I couldn't meet you." Neil Wallace apologized as soon as he arrived.

Li Zetian smiled, without revealing that he deliberately avoided seeing him, and said, "It's okay, aren't we seeing each other now? Please sit down, Mr. Wallace."

The two sat down, Li Zetian snapped his fingers and asked the waiter to serve the food.

"Mr. Wallace, you must be very clear about the purpose of my appointment with you. I wonder if Goldman Sachs is willing to sell its shares in Johnson & Johnson?" Li Zetian asked in a deep voice.

"Well..." Neil Wallace shook his red wine glass, as if thinking.

Li Zetian was most annoyed by this kind of old fox who pretended to be deep, and said, "10 billion dollars!" This price was much higher than the price of shares Li Zetian bought from other people.

Neil Wallace said with a smile: "A billion dollars is indeed a lot, but Mr. Robert Wood Johnson of the Johnson & Johnson family has an appointment with me tomorrow, so..."

Li Zetian picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and said calmly: "Microsoft, Flamingo, Oracle, Intel, Galaxy Network, Sun Computer Systems, Panda Catering, Apple and many other companies will soon prepare to launch listing plans. I haven't decided which company to find yet..."

Hearing this, Neil Wallace was stunned!

"Mr. Li, Goldman Sachs is definitely the best choice!" Neil Wallace assured.

Li Zetian pretended not to hear, and continued drinking on his own.

Neil Wallace couldn't help but wryly smiled. Chronos Li was obviously taking Joe, but who made the opponent have this strength.

"Mr. Li, I don't think it is necessary to meet with Robert Wood Johnson. The Johnson family has already spent most of the money in order to snatch the shares from you. Now they must not be able to pay 10 billion US dollars! Therefore, Goldman Sachs Group The shares listed above belong to you! If it is convenient for you, after dinner, we will go to the company to sign the share transfer contract?"

"Okay, I'm very convenient!" Li Zetian said with a smile.

That night, Li Zetian bought another 8.6% of the shares of Johnson & Johnson, holding a total of 50.1% of the shares, while the Johnson & Johnson family only had 45.2% of the shares.At this time, Li Zetian only spent 42.7 billion US dollars to successfully complete the absolute holding of Johnson & Johnson.

The next day, as soon as the news came out, it caused a sensation in the United States, and Johnson & Johnson completely changed hands! ! !

Li Zetian's actions did not stop, and then merged Johnson & Johnson into Gene Technology, and then injected capital to dilute Johnson & Johnson's shares to less than 10%, meeting the requirements for delisting.After the company delisted, Li Zetian asked Robert Wood Johnson out.

Robert Wood Johnson's complexion was very ugly, and the white hair on his head increased a lot overnight.

Li Zetian didn't show any mercy, and said lightly: "Mr. Robert Wood Johnson, I want to buy the shares held by the Johnson family!"

Robert Wood Johnson didn't give Li Zetian a good face, and said coldly: "Chronos Li, don't push yourself too hard!!"

"Hehe, making an inch? No, no, you misunderstood me. I'm doing it for the sake of the Johnson & Johnson family!" Li Zetian laughed.

"Hmph, for the sake of the Johnson & Johnson family?! It's almost enough to deceive a three-year-old child with your words like this!"

Li Zetian said: "Mr. Robert Wood Johnson, are you sure you don't want to sell your shares? What if Gene Technology doesn't pay dividends for 10, 20, or even all the time?"

Robert Wood Johnson was stunned when he heard the words, "All the funds of the Johnson & Johnson family have been used to buy shares. If there is no dividend, the family members will become poor! At that time, the shares will be a piece of waste paper! If others Knowing that there will be no dividends, no one will buy the shares, except for Chronos Li, maybe he won't buy either..."

The more he thought about it, the more horrified Robert Wood Johnson became.

"Chronos Li, you are trying to force me into the Johnson family!!" Robert Wood Johnson stared at Li Zetian and said viciously.

"Well, you can also say that!" Li Zetian said with a faint smile.

Robert Wood Johnson wanted to hit Li Zetian in the face, but he held back and thought about it seriously. Right now, the only thing the Johnson family can do is to sell their shares.

He couldn't help but took a deep breath and had to admit defeat.

"How much are you going to pay?"

"A billion dollars."

"How many???"

"$30 billion, didn't you hear clearly?" Li Zetian repeated.

"You want to buy the shares of the Johnson & Johnson family for $30 billion? Chronos Li, why don't you grab it..."

"It's up to you, you can sell it or not! However, I'll put my ugly words first, if you want to sell it in the future, I will only bid lower!" After finishing speaking, Li Zetian stood up, "Waiter, pay the bill!"

(End of this chapter)