King of Capital

Chapter 60 for America
The stock market opened on Monday, July 7, Eastern Time.

Bloomberg exclusively reported that Forsan and WhatsApp formally submitted their merger and acquisition applications to the Overseas Investment Committee and entered the review process.

Facebook's stock price plummeted 8% during the trading session, evaporating tens of billions of dollars in market value in a single day.

The share prices of Google, Microsoft and Apple have all fallen to varying degrees. Financial experts have expressed concerns about this sky-high $235 billion merger and acquisition in the Internet industry. So far this year, the total funding volume of mergers and acquisitions in the Internet industry has not exceeded tens of billions of dollars.

There is reason to believe that the WhatsApp acquisition will trigger a bubble in the Internet industry.

On the other hand, various Internet experts have given extremely pessimistic expectations for the future development of Facebook. Zuckerberg, the former technology giant, has lost his ticket to the mobile Internet era. Where will Facebook go?
Kill Tencent and take back WhatsApp!

——This is the slogan shouted by the extreme conservative media, which is jumping up and down to curse Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple for colluding with foreign capital to erode American companies.

Microsoft will obtain massive amounts of private data information of hundreds of millions of users, and God knows what it will do with this private data information; Apple dominates smartphone hardware and has begun to invade smartphone software products. Sooner or later, it will monopolize the mobile phone industry.

As for Amazon, experts from all sides haven’t figured out what benefits it can gain yet, but in any case, as Kobe said, Shaq did it too!
Foreign capital Tencent has taken the lead in organizing a grand hunt for American Internet giants, and many domestic companies have become the guides, opening their bloody mouths wide and trying to tear Facebook apart and bite off a large piece of flesh.

This is a rebellion. They are all traitors to the United States and should all be split up!
Just like when the oil industry giants were broken up, everyone was able to use better quality and cheaper oil.

At the same time when public opinion across the United States was in a carnival atmosphere, Xie Jingxing and Su He arrived in New York.

"The Overseas Investment Committee said it would strictly review the deal. Some Elephant Party members proposed to hold a parliamentary hearing, but the Overseas Investment Committee has not responded yet."

Tencent President Martin Lau personally met us at the airport, and on the way to the PR agency's office in Manhattan, he discussed the progress in a gentle tone.

Xie Jingxing nodded slightly: "Microsoft and the other three parties are making efforts, which is good for us."

"Our PR consultants also think so, so they suggest not to suppress public opinion. If necessary, we can even promote Tencent to attract attention and create a comfortable PR space for you."

Mr. Liu continued in a negotiating manner, "The review process of the Committee on Overseas Investment in the United States is roughly 30+45+15 days. We will try to shorten the time and complete it within the 45-day in-depth investigation stage. This will reduce the pressure on all parties. If we can't handle it during this period, we would rather go to Congress for a hearing."

“This is more stable.”

Xie Jingxing was not an expert in this area, so he just nodded in approval since he had nothing to say.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has three review stages: routine review, in-depth investigation, and presidential ruling. Passing the review at any stage is considered approval of the transaction.

It's easy to see that given the current public opinion environment, Microsoft and the other three parties cannot deal with the committee during the routine review stage. It would be better for them to just lie down and skip the 30-day review period and go directly into the 45-day in-depth investigation stage.

If the committee cannot be dealt with within these 45 days, entering the congressional hearing stage will be the home turf where the three Microsoft giants are best at. They spend huge amounts of money every year to support a lobbying team that stands at the entrance of Capitol Hill like doormen every day to do just this.

So to sum up, we will not go head-to-head with public opinion and US officials. You fight yours and I fight mine.

It doesn't matter if public opinion is targeting Tencent. The Overseas Investment Committee received a merger and acquisition application from Forsan. Legally, this is an American company, and proactively submitting a merger and acquisition application to the former is already very respectful.

As the saying goes, what does arresting Lu Xun have to do with me, Zhou Shuren...

"It's just that you have worked hard." Xie Jingxing expressed his sincere gratitude to show his respect.

Mr. Liu sighed: "We are all forced to do this, what can we do?"

Xie Jing Xing smiled in tacit understanding. Tencent's low-key style was a role model for the lower ranks. Pony Ma and Mr. Liu were not the kind of people who would show off, but now they had to stand up and help him attract fire and take the blame.

"You've given a lot during this period. Let's find a chance to have a good chat later."

Mr. Liu was very humble and treated Xie Jingxing as an equal.

He was very curious about how this young guy knew clearly what Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon wanted, and he strongly suspected that the other party knew WhatsApp better than Jan Koum, just as he and Pony Ma had never thought that Tencent could cooperate with Amazon in the field of mobile payments.

If you can't do this, even if you know very clearly what the three Microsoft companies want, you won't be able to convince them.

This is definitely not an alliance that can be achieved by relying solely on personal connections and social connections. In his opinion, this is a buggy ability. To put it bluntly, Xie Jingxing painted a big, round pie for Microsoft's three partners, and then all three believed it.

This also includes Tencent. Pony Ma was about to give up, but then Xie Jingxing went back to China and talked to him alone in the hospital for the whole day.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ma Ge's back injury healed instantly through a medical miracle. He jumped off the hospital bed and walked briskly back to the company to take charge of work. Even the surgery was postponed. The whole process seemed very unscientific.

It’s like God said to Moses: Young man, go and lead my people out of Egypt, and you will eventually reach the promised land... What, you said there are poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, mountains, rivers, and seas ahead, and each one is terrible.

It’s okay, just go forward bravely and I will give you strength.

Then Moses didn't even have time to put on his pants and slippers, he just started on his way...

“Because I know the future.”

Xie Jingxing gave the answer quietly. What convinced Bill Gates, Cook and Bezos was not him, but the miracle of the "prophet", a straight and flat road leading to Rome.

A small group of the smartest and greatest scientists in the world began to study theology in their later years, and entrepreneurs were conquered by miracles. Isn't it reasonable?

Arriving at the PR company's office in Manhattan, Xie Jingxing and Su He received some training on what to look out for when speaking in media interviews. It was already evening.

He had no time to rest and immediately said goodbye and headed for Columbia University in Morningside Heights.

"I'll drive you."

Su He was too embarrassed to take the initiative to do the work, so CEO Chen gave her a death order to keep an eye on this troublesome rich second generation at all costs, especially at night. The leaders of Juntai are all old, and they put small pills on their bedside tables these days, and their blood pressure rises when the phone rings.

Xie Jing Xing smiled and said, "It's not very convenient. It's a private party."

"You've been working too hard recently. Don't drive while you're tired." Su He insisted.

Xie Jingxing shrugged: "Okay, go to the bathroom and change your clothes. Don't be too formal."

He made an appointment to have dinner with his university mentor, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, and invited him to serve as a strategic development consultant for Forsan, in order to bring more people on board in addition to Microsoft.

His fiancée was also present. His unmarried wife will represent Grapefruit Capital (USA) as a member of the board of directors of Forsan. It would be impolite to bring a colleague to such a party.

After Su He changed his clothes, the two drove off.

There are many universities near Morningside Heights, which is considered a relatively prosperous area.

"Are you okay? Otherwise, let me drive." Xie Jingxing said worriedly while holding the handrail.

Su He was not familiar with the road conditions. He couldn't help sweating when he saw the motorcycle gangs passing by on the lane from time to time. He said in a strong-willed way, "You should have a good rest. I'm still fine."

"Come on, you stop by the roadside and I'll drive."

Xie Jingxing was so panicked that if he shouted any louder his heart would jump out. How could a good person get a good rest?

Another road racing car carrying two or three screaming and howling monsters flew past the car. Su He weighed the pros and cons seriously and no longer insisted on slowing down the car: "Look, is there a car behind you?"

"There is one, don't be anxious... step on the accelerator and speed up!" Xie Jingxing's pupils constricted and he shouted loudly.

Su He turned back subconsciously, his eyes blurred, and he was roughly pushed down and his upper body crashed into the center console. Then he heard the roar of the engine, the sound of glass breaking, screams mixed with gunshots...

“For America!”

A white man wearing an explosion-proof helmet sat in the back seat of a road racing car, holding a semi-automatic rifle in his hand, and flames spewed from the muzzle across the night.

"Bang bang bang!"

Another burst of gunfire rang out, and the speeding road racing car skidded and fell, and the gunman and his driving companion fell in a pool of blood.

"How are you, are you okay?"

Xie Jingxing asked, holding a pistol that was still smoking.

Su He propped up his upper body with his arms and touched his body randomly: "I'm fine."

"That's good. You call the police. I'll inform Mr. Liu and Yan Wenhua that someone has gone crazy. They want to extend the merger review time. It could be the person who leaked our merger case in the first place... No, it's not a delay. As long as I'm gone, it's hard to say whether Microsoft and Tencent can trust each other and cooperate... My fiancée, I have to call her first..."

Xie Jingxing fumbled for his phone and felt a little dizzy. It was so sudden that he couldn't react.

The screen of his phone seemed to be blurred by something, and it was slippery and hard to wipe clean. He tilted his head and said, "Get me some paper... My fiancée has to go directly to Silicon Valley. Her name is on my will, but it hasn't been updated in half a year. I don't know if I can legally transfer the shares of Grapefruit to her..."

"Why didn't you call?"

He looked at Su He motionlessly and asked curiously.

"You seem to be bleeding." Su He said stupidly.

"Oh, is it so."

Xie Jingxing lowered his head to look at his abdomen, it was too dark to see clearly, he wiped his nose: "It's okay, get me some paper so I can plug it, we still have to hold on here for a while, I shot, we will be in big trouble if we leave now."

"It's a good time to take a break. I've been a little tired and sleepy lately."

Su He said in a crying voice: "You are going to die."

"No, I'm just a little sleepy. I'll close my eyes for a while."

Xie Jing Xing's voice gradually became lower, and the phone he held tightly in his hand fell to his feet. The screen lit up, and a pleasant and cold female voice came from the microphone: "Hey, where are you?"

"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock."

Xie Jingxing curled up in the seat with his head down, blood dripping from the tip of his nose to his wrist, winding and flowing to the ground and staining his phone.

Su He gritted his teeth and used all his strength, fingers turning white, to force his palm open and hold the heavy pistol in his hand.

"boom!"

The engine was powerful, the tires were hissing and producing smoke, Su He wiped away her tears and stepped on the accelerator.

The car radio squeaked, and intermittent singing came out: [I was born for America, it flows in my blood and bones]

[In the morning light, all I know is true - we will reap what we sow... for America...]

(End of this chapter)