money trouble

Chapter 730 A Bumpy and Difficult Road

After the directors of Vivendi received the news from the CEO, they immediately started a video conference to discuss the issue of the future of the subsidiary Universal Music.

In fact, as early as a year ago, there was already a voice in Vivendi's board of directors, that is, to refocus the group on the game field and eliminate other industries, including the sale of Universal Music.

But then Vivendi encountered some things in the game industry that were not conducive to the development of the group, so the plan was delayed again and again.

When the music industry was booming, record companies were of course in high demand. The outside world only knew that the island country had been attracted to Universal Music, but they didn’t know that Vivendi had received acquisition invitations from many companies during the same period, and they all wanted to buy Universal Music or its shares. But they were all rejected.

It has to be said that the board of directors of the Vivendi Group is very far-sighted and can always grasp the golden period of an industry very clearly. However, with rounds of growth, the music industry has obviously entered a bottleneck period, and revenues have begun to grow. There is a downward trend.

As Wu Qian knows, Vivendi will not spend time and money on reforming industries that are weakening. As long as the value of use starts to decline, it is time to extract the remaining value.

Therefore, the directors of Vivendi quickly reached a consensus in the video conference and decided to accept the acquisition of Universal Music by the source of happiness investment company. As for the price, the initial price given by the board of directors is the latest round of valuation of Universal Music Value, $360 billion!
After Wu Qian heard the news, there were expected things, but there were also unexpected things.

It is expected that Vivendi is still the same old way, and it is a good thing to sell industries with declining output without mercy, which saves him from using favors to invite Mr. Mark.

What is unexpected is the price. The layman looks at the excitement, while the insider looks at the doorway. The valuation given by Moge Chase to Universal Music is very exciting, but it is only for the outside world to see. The real market value needs to be used separately A set of calculation methods.

Wu Qian is very dissatisfied with the price given by Vivendi. He really needs to acquire the company Universal Music, and he really needs the influence of artists under the name of this record company in the United States, but it does not mean that he will suffer from this boring loss. .

Unsatisfied with the price, of course it needs to be discussed again. In the end, when the two parties agreed, they jointly funded and invited Mohe Chase to restart the financial estimate for Universal Music.

According to Vivendi's board of directors, this kind of professional matter should be handed over to the most professional team, and the financial statistics team appointed by the source of happiness investment company will not be accepted, and they will not send people to interfere with the statistics of Moge Chase.

In the evening of the same day, Wu Qian contacted Jamie Dimon, the CEO of Magic Chase, and asked for a reasonable financial estimate for Universal Music and an accurate market value.

When Jamie Dimon received this business entrustment at the bank, he was in a daze.

Wu Qian already had tens of billions of dollars frozen in the United States in disguise, but the other party also planned to trade with French Vivendi to acquire Universal Music.

In order to make the data look as good as possible, they did magnify some copyright assets of Universal Music as much as possible, but even if they return to rationality, the market value of Universal Music will definitely not be less than 200 billion US dollars!

Wu Qian's wealth shocked Jamie Dimon, and he became more and more dissatisfied when he thought that the bank lost such a big customer because of the actions of some people in the US authorities.

"Mr. Wu, don't worry, our financial review team is very professional, and we will never let you spend any extra money, I assure you."

Jamie Dimon made a promise to Wu Qian.

Wu Qian smiled and said: "Vivendi should think so too, Mr. Dimon, I accept Morgan's fair and just review results, please hurry up."

Wu Qian did not ask Mohe Datong to stand by him, he also knew that it was impossible, there are many members of Vivendi's board of directors, all of them have their own relationships, it is impossible for him to wrestle with so many people, just ask Fairness and justice are enough.

After finishing the call, Kux approached Wu Qian and called up a video from his mobile phone.

Wu Qian took the phone and clicked on the video. In the video, a black woman wearing a cartoon apron with a bright smile was standing next to a cartoon ice cream truck scooping ice cream for the children. This person was Kama Harrison.

It can be seen from the shooting angle of the video that it is very generous and not a candid shot.

After Wu Qian watched the video, Kux whispered something in his ear.

Wu Qian raised his eyebrows lightly, handed the phone back to Cooks, and said with a smile, "Go and apply for the route."

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The next morning, the smiling A380 that stopped at Kennedy Airport appeared in Missouri, [-] kilometers away from New York, and landed at Lambert St. Louis International Airport.

Unlike the bad weather in New York, Missouri has clear skies and the weather is very good. Although the temperature is only about ten degrees, the warm sun shines on the body, making it very comfortable and warm.

According to Rosalind's survey, Karma Harrison's next speech will be in Kansas City, Missouri, tomorrow morning.

Missouri is the No.20 state in the United States, which is divided into the Midwest region and is the hometown of the famous writer Mark Twain.

Missouri's biotechnology is very advanced, and it is a world leader in animal health and plant science. More than 5 people are devoted to bioscience. St. Louis is the place where the largest number of plant scientists in the world work, live and conduct scientific research.

At the same time, new energy, the automobile industry, and information technology are also very developed. The number of employees in the photovoltaic industry ranks sixth in the United States. Many automobile brands have factories and research institutes in Missouri. Two IT giants, Unisys and IBM, also established in Missouri. the regional center.

The city where Karma Harrison is going to give a speech, Kansas City, is the largest city in Missouri, located at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River, at the junction of Missouri and Kansas, a city spanning two states, with a very geographical location special.

On the plane flying to Missouri, Wu Qian clearly understood the rules of the US general election.

The U.S. general election is determined on the basis of "electoral votes". There are a total of 530 "electoral votes", which is the total number of 430 senators, [-] members of the House of Representatives, and three representatives from Washington, DC.

Senators are allocated by state, with two in each of the 50 states. Representatives are elected according to population, with about 600 people electing one. For example, New York State has more than 31 million people, and there are 33 representatives. With two senators, there are a total of [-] electoral votes.

Because the number of votes is allocated according to the population, the disparity in the number of votes from state to state is very large. The state with the most electoral votes is California with 55 votes, and Texas ranks second with 38 votes. .

Big states like these with a considerable number of votes are what every candidate is eager to conquer. They are often contested places and the competition is extremely fierce.

And some sparsely populated states, such as Alaska, South Dakota, Montana, etc., only have a poor three votes.

All candidate votes in a state can only be voted for one candidate based on the results of popular votes in the state, and if you want to win the general election, you need to win half of the 530 eight electoral votes.

Therefore, the people of a certain state must not be ignored because of the small number of votes. In history, there are many candidates who lost the general election because of the small vote gap!

A recent example is that in 2000, Xiaobu won the victory with a narrow margin of five votes. The loser Xiaoge actually had more popular votes than Xiaobu, but he lost the general election in the end.

The reason is that Xiao Ge cared more about the "big states" with a large number of votes, and gave up those "small states" with only three or five votes, which led to the final failure.

In short, candidates need to win enough supporters in each state to determine the number of votes for this state, and the votes of a state cannot be split, and the system of taking all is adopted, so as to further lead the overall score. win in the end.

However, Karma Harrison hasn't reached that stage yet. The competitor she wants to defeat now is not the opposing faction, but two people from the same faction as her, who have more votes than her.

This link is called the primary election, and it is also a process of competing for "popularity responsibility" within the faction.

Choosing to speak in Kansas City was a desperate decision by Karma Harrison after careful consideration.

Of course, Kama Harrison also wants to get the primary votes in a "big Mac" state like California, but her financial resources are no longer enough to support her to do so, so she can only give her last "hope", That is, campaign funds are placed in Kansas and Missouri.

Missouri has eleven votes and a population of 600 million, while Kansas has six votes and a population of 290 million.

From the perspective of the whole meter, these two states belong to the middle-notch kind. They are not the top ones, and they are definitely not the bottom ones. The existence of such middle-notch states is sometimes worse than those "small states" with only three or five votes. If it is low, it is easy to be ignored by candidates.

If she can win the primary votes of these two states, Kama Harrison will rise to the second place among the Democratic factions, second only to former Vice President Jordan, and her rise in ranking will also give her Hope to raise more campaign funds, and then compete for more supporters!
If Kama Harrison fails to win even within the faction, he will directly lose the competition with the opposing faction, and the road to the general election will come to an end.

There is competition within the faction, and in the end, it is necessary to bear the expectations of the faction, investors, and sponsors to "fight" with equally powerful opponents of the opposing faction.

For all the candidates, this is an extremely cruel and difficult road without gunpowder!

But even if you choose this path, you have to go on anyway.

At the same time that the Smiley A380 landed, a Karma Harrison "show" was happening in Kansas City.

The speech is tomorrow, but Karma Harrison and her campaign arrived in Kansas City yesterday.

The video Wu Qian saw yesterday showed Harrison participating in a kindergarten social gathering. At the social gathering, Harrison showed an extremely friendly side and received a very good response from the local area.

Such an approach is very much in line with the core purpose of the democratic faction.

This morning, Karma Harrison turned into a cashier in a supermarket. She wants to experience the living and working environment of ethnic minorities in the United States, so as to formulate laws, regulations and welfare benefits that are more suitable for this group of people. This has won the favor and support of this part of the voters.

Wu Qian hadn't left the airport yet, and Kux and Ball were trying to persuade him.

"Boss, here is four hundred kilometers away from Kansas City, do you really want to drive there by yourself instead of taking a helicopter?"

Ball scratched his head and said.

Just now, Wu Qian insisted on driving from St. Louis to Kansas City in person, and he must drive his Bugatti La Voiture Noire.

Wu Qian looked at the staff who were operating unloading vehicles and helicopters, and said with a smile, "Why, don't you want me to experience your country's 'Mother's Road'?"

The "mother's road" that Wu Qian mentioned is Route 66 in the United States.

After learning that he was going to Missouri last night, Wu Qian deliberately did some homework. He didn't want this trip to be too boring, so he deliberately studied what fun things to do in Missouri.

And Route 66 is a road worth traveling.

Diagonal Route 66 was built in 1926. It runs from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, with a total length of more than 900 kilometers. It was once the main passage to the west of the United States.

Wu Qian longed for a long time ago in a series of classic American movies such as "Quick Excitement" and "Xiao Jie", where the protagonist drives a classic car on the wide and boundless road under the blue sky and white clouds.

Route 66 is 480 kilometers long in Missouri, running through the entire state. There is a long way from St. Louis to Kansas City. How could Wu Qian not experience such a good opportunity.

"Didn't bring my 'California' convertible, what a pity, what a pity..."

Wu Qian looked at the Bugatti, which was bursting with technology, and his heart was full of regret. There were three cars on his plane, one Bugatti, one Phantom, and one Baoma M8 high-performance version, none of which was a convertible.

Before Baoer and the others chattered any more, Wu Qian stepped onto the Bugatti, started the engine, started the ignition, and drove away from the airport. He planned to find a city and buy one directly.

(Just as there is a formality for getting on the road)

"Quick, quick, follow up."

Kux waved his hand to direct the spade troops to drive the helicopter to keep up with the boss, and he himself jumped on the phantom and followed.

As the saying goes, if you want to eat ice and hail, if you want to sleep, you will get a pillow.

Wu Qian had just driven the Bugatti about five kilometers out of the airport when a scene caught his eye.

On a fence by the side of the road, two young men, a man and a woman, sat leaning against each other. What caught Wu Qian's eyes was not the two, but the car parked beside them!
An impala Impala, what makes Wu Qian even more excited is that this is not a normal version, but a convertible version of the impala. Judging by its shape, it is at least an old guy from the 70s and [-]s!
　Thanks to book friend Su Nian sma for the 500 reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)