Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2389 Messed Quotes
Although Lin Daoqiu had been in contact with people from the other six consortiums during this period, they only gave verbal quotations, not even one actual quotation.

And on this day, the first official quotation was sent to Lin Daoqiu's desk without warning.

"For 35 billion US dollars, it is interesting to acquire [-]% of the shares of "Readers Times" and New Oriental Pictures..."

This offer was jointly sent to Lin Daoqiu by the Mellon Consortium and the Morgan Consortium. Of course, this was only the first offer, and it meant to test Lin Daoqiu to some extent.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Anderson would also come to this muddy water. I thought he was a person who had nothing to do with the world."

Fang Jinsheng had met Anderson Mellon with Lin Daoqiu before, and Fang Jinsheng mistakenly thought that Anderson Mellon hadn't thought about getting involved from the way the other party behaved, but it seemed that he was wrong.

"Twain should have approached him. After all, with the power of the Morgan family, it is impossible to compete with the other two. It is impossible for Tang En to ask for help."

With Twain Morgan's competitive character, and the fact that the Morgan consortium was defeated by the Rothschild consortium when bidding for land, he naturally had to find a way to get back.

If he loses again this time, Twain Morgan will probably be very upset, and it may even affect his position in the Morgan consortium.

Of course, these are just Lin Daoqiu's guesses, but Lin Daoqiu's answer to the offer sent by Anderson Mellon and Twain Morgan is very simple, that is, one word, refuse.

"Readers Times" plus New Oriental Pictures' 35% shares in exchange for [-] billion US dollars, if it is replaced by someone else, it will definitely be seriously considered.

But for Lin Daoqiu, 35 billion just wanted to buy [-]% of the shares of his two companies, which is obviously absolutely impossible to happen, and it is impossible for him to agree to this offer.

The quotation was sent in the morning, and Anderson Mellon received a call from Lin Daoqiu at noon.

"I hope Mr. Lin will think about it again. We are very sincere to cooperate with you. Okay, let's do it first."

After hanging up the phone, Anderson Mellon looked at Dunn Morgan who was sitting opposite and shrugged.

"Lin Daoqiu did not agree. This is exactly the same as our previous prediction."

Twain Morgan didn't care about this, because he and Anderson Mellon had expected that Lin Daoqiu would definitely reject the first offer.

Twain Morgan would be surprised if he agreed directly.

"How high do you think the other two will raise their prices after knowing what we've offered?"

Twain Morgan is now very curious, what kind of offer will the other two offer after their successor?Or how much to add?

Anderson Mellon thought about it carefully, and then he gave a price that he thought was the most reasonable.

"I think they should add up to $40 billion."

Twain Morgan nodded. He also felt that Anderson Mellon's guess should be correct. After all, the bidding had just begun, and adding too much would not be of any benefit to them.

But the problem is that Twain Morgan has already regarded himself as the one with the slimmest chance among the three, so naturally he can't follow the path of that kind of gentle offer.

"Do you want to think about it? If it is really added to that number in the second quotation, I don't think it is very appropriate."

Dunn Morgan shook his head directly at Anderson Mellon's worries. He didn't seem to intend to take that kind of gentle route.

"Our chance is the lowest. If this is the case, we will muddy the water. If Lin Daoqiu really chooses people based on money, then we may still have a chance."

Although Dunn Morgan said so, he himself didn't think he had any chance of success in this bidding. His purpose of doing this was just to disgust the other two competitors.

Sure enough, not long after Anderson Mellon and Twain Morgan made their first offer, the other two also got to know the news one after another.

So they all sent Lin Daoqiu one of their quotations one after another, and in these two quotations, Rockefeller and Fitch DuPont fully raised the quotation to 45 billion US dollars.

But without exception, for this 45 billion offer, Lin Daoqiu rejected it without even thinking about it.

Not long after, Lin Daoqiu received an offer worth 55 billion US dollars, and the bid was the combination of Anderson Mellon and Twain Morgan.

This time, Twain Morgan's offer was a full billion more than the 45 billion offered by Fitch DuPont. No need to guess, he must be here to make trouble.

If you look at it according to the normal routine, they should add one to two hundred million or hundreds of millions, instead of adding one billion directly at once. You must know that this is US dollars.

Lin Daoqiu admired Twain Morgan's trouble-making style, because Lin Daoqiu must have benefited the most, not others.

If it weren't for the Mellon consortium and the Morgan consortium not being of much help to him, Lin Daoqiu would really consider them carefully, but at present, even if they offer the highest amount, Lin Daoqiu would not agree to cooperate with them of.

It's just that Lin Daoqiu's thoughts are unknown to others. After seeing Tang En Morgan's asking price of 55 billion, Fitch DuPont was completely angry.

"Tang En, a mad dog, what is he doing? He's trying to disrupt the situation. He knows that Lin Daoqiu will never choose him, but he is still asking for the price. This guy is here to make trouble."

Fitch Dupont was so angry that he couldn't help but began to wave his fists. It seemed that if Dunn Morgan was present, he seemed to want to beat the other party violently before he was reconciled.

Regarding Fitch Dupont's anger, John D. Rockefeller seemed very calm. He seemed not at all surprised that Dunn Morgan would do such a thing.

"Actually, we have nothing to worry about. What Twain Morgan is doing now is indeed disrupting the situation. Since he wants to disrupt the situation, let's have fun with him."

Twain Morgan's approach not only angered Fitch DuPont and the others, but even Yabs and Charlie Wood were surprised by Twain Morgan's asking price.

However, although they were very angry at Twain Morgan's behavior of disrupting the situation, everyone still gave their second quotation, which was 57 billion US dollars first, and then it was increased to 58 billion US dollars.

After two rounds of quotations from the initial US$35 billion, the current quotation has reached US$58 billion. No one can guess the final transaction price of this transaction.

But no matter how much it is, as long as this bidding continues like this, then I believe that the amount quoted will continue to increase, and Lin Daoqiu will be the happiest person by then.

(End of this chapter)