game trailblazer

Chapter 117 Forced Purchase of Konami ([-])

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Lexing still couldn't make a decision. Zhang Lexing decided to ask professionals for help, so he called Yang Xinxin's office, and as expected, he found Mai Jiajun.

"Brother, there is something I want to ask."

"Le Xing, if you have something to say, just say it."

"I want to acquire a game company in RB, and now I have some information on the company, but I can't find a suitable acquisition target..."

"Then what do you ask of the acquired company?"

"With strong game development capabilities, the games launched by the company have a high market share, and it is easy to complete the acquisition..."

"Then what's the problem you're having now?"

"Either the company is too small to be worth acquiring, or the company's financial situation is too good to be easily acquired."

"It's hard for me to give you an opinion right away on the phone. It's best if you can give me a copy of the information so that I can analyze it. If it's necessary, it's best to meet and talk. Let's see..."

"Then I'll just come to San Jose, and we'll study it together." Zhang Lexing doesn't have much to do now, the company's daily management and game development have already been done by someone, so there's no need for Zhang Le to do everything by himself, so he simply makes a trip. The door gave it away.

"I'll see you in San Jose then, remember to bring the materials with you." After Mai Jiajun finished speaking, the phone was hung up...

Three days later, Zhang Lexing arrived in San Jose via San Francisco International Airport, and met Mai Jiajun and Yang Xinxin again.

As soon as they met, Yang Xinxin pulled Zhang Lexing to ask questions: "Brother, are you still used to staying in China? Is your company doing well? Do you know any beautiful girl?..."

A lot of questions flooded in, and Zhang Lexing was a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, Mai Jiajun made a sound and said: "Xiner, Lexing is here this time because he has something important to discuss. Let's discuss this first. , and then there will be plenty of time for you to 'interrogate' slowly."

Temporarily escaping Yang Xinxin's questioning, the three came to sit on the sofa in the office, and Zhang Lexing took out the investigation report on RB Game Company from his briefcase.

Mai Jiajun took the information and looked it over carefully. After a while, he asked: "I think you plan to acquire a game company because you want to enhance the company's competitiveness, so you have to consider a company with certain strength."

Zhang Lexing nodded, and said: "That's true. Although it is easy to acquire a company that is too small, if you want to continue to expand the scale, you will need to invest a lot of money and manpower, so it is better to choose a company with stronger strength. "

Mai Jiajun turned to the sixth page of the information, pointed to a name on it and said, "Since this is the case, I think this company can be chosen."

Zhang Lexing went over and saw that it was Konami, so he couldn't help but asked suspiciously: "But Konami's current economic situation is very stable, and it is a listed company without worrying about the source of funds. The operating performance also looks good. It's too big."

Mai Jiajun waved his ring finger and said, "It's not what you think. The reason for acquiring this company is to consider that Konami's current operating conditions are quite good, and the financial report shows that the economic situation is very good. In this way, after the completion of the acquisition, the company's It will be easier to operate. Acquisition is a bit difficult, but as long as it is a listed company, you can always find weaknesses. Your information is not detailed enough. I will find a friend to learn about Konami, maybe I can find something that can be used. The place."

After speaking, Mai Jiajun came to the desk, picked up the phone and dialed out, muttered a lot of words, then returned to the sofa, made an OK gesture, and said: "It's done, I've gone to help I've looked into it, and I'm sure there will be feedback within three hours."

"Okay, okay, two busy people, come and try the red wine bar, it is said that it is from 82." After a while, Yang Xinxin got a bottle of red wine and three glasses from nowhere. Feel.

"Sister Xin, this is different from your previous style." Zhang Lexing joked, and his eyes deliberately drifted towards Mai Jiajun next to him.

"Okay, brother, now you can even make fun of my sister." Yang Xinxin glanced at Mai Jiajun, and asked with a normal face: "Be honest, have you got a girlfriend?"

Mai Jiajun next to him has a posture of looking at his nose and nose, looking at his heart. He seems to be a bit deaf to what is going on around him and has nothing to do with himself. He can be as honest as he wants. It seems that Zhang Lexing left this time A lot has really happened over time.

Regarding Yang Xinxin's question, Zhang Lexing really didn't know how to answer it. Speaking of which, because of his busy schedule these years, he had never officially had a girlfriend, and he had never met anyone who made his heart beat after returning to China, but this It seems a bit embarrassing to say it directly.He hesitated for a while, but fortunately Yang Xinxin didn't dwell on this question all the time. Seeing that Zhang Lexing seemed unwilling to answer, she asked what happened during the time she returned to China.This topic is easy to talk about, and the two in front of you are not considered outsiders, so Zhang Lexing introduced the situation some time ago in detail.

"Okay, brother, you bought a satellite TV without making any noise, and now you have a stake in Standard Chartered Bank. Your business is really getting better and better." After listening to Zhang Lexing's introduction, Yang Xinxin sighed, and then said : "By the way, brother, the game academy you mentioned needs to work hard on the faculty. I have an idea. You still have some connections in the game industry anyway. Why don't you invite some familiar game designers to do it?" A special lecture or something, although not as helpful as a full-time teacher, but at least it can help your students broaden their design thinking."

Yang Xinxin's words suddenly opened up a new world for Zhang Lexing. Yes, why bother to insist on having someone else be a full-time teacher? Holding some special lectures can also give those students more experience. Mel, Will White, John Carmack, Richard Garriott and others went to his game academy to give speeches, and Zhang Lexing couldn't help but feel excited. One can imagine what a spectacular scene it will be. Believe in the game The source of students for the college is no longer a problem.

While the three of them were chatting, the special fax machine in Yang Xinxin's office rang, and soon the thermal paper in the fax machine began to be sent out slowly, it seemed that a fax had arrived.Mai Jiajun got up and walked over to have a look, and then made an OK gesture to Zhang Lexing. Unexpectedly, Mai Jiajun was quite capable. After talking for three hours, he actually had information passed on within three hours. return.After creaking and creaking for a while, the fax was finally transmitted. Mai Jiajun folded the pile of fax papers, then cut them into page by page with the paper cutter on the desk, and then stapled them together. , and then took it and threw it in front of Zhang Lexing.

"That's all. It's more detailed information. You can read it first." Mai Jiajun returned to the sofa and sat down, picked up his glass of red wine and sipped it slowly.

Zhang Lexing took it over and took a look. It was really much more detailed than his own. Not only the company's basic information and financial statements, but also the latest list of shareholders and recent financial conditions could be seen.Looking at the detailed information on shareholder holdings, shareholder details, shareholding company equity distribution and other information above, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but asked in surprise: "It's so detailed, will it be..."

Mai Jiajun waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's absolutely true and reliable."

"Then do you think there is a possibility of acquiring this company?" Zhang Lexing asked humbly.

"There is a certain difficulty. You can see that Konami is a listed company. There are ten shareholding institutions mentioned in this document. These last month's holdings, last month's investment, and last month's xx foundation are obviously the founders of Konami. People Shangyue Jingzheng and others converted the shares held by relevant institutions to Shangyue Jingzheng, which is equivalent to owning 28.12% of Konami’s shares (6,034,046 shares), and Nakama Yoshinobu’s 11.32% of Konami’s shares (2,429,068 shares). Longxiong owns 9.08% of Konami’s shares (1,948,404 shares), and the three together own 48.52% of the shares. According to the data, 230 million shares were issued to raise funds for technological innovation this year, and the shares owned by the three were Diluted to 43.71%. According to this situation, unless one of the three people agrees to transfer, otherwise even if we buy all the remaining shares, we will not reach the 60% threshold. However, it is still possible to achieve a controlling stake of more than 50% of."

Zhang Lexing thought about it for a while, and it was true. It seemed that it was not easy to acquire Konami.It's a pity that the people under him are good at speculating and investing, but they are not so good at mergers and acquisitions. Zhang Lexing couldn't help but think of the miraculous performance of Mai Jiajun's acquisition of Yiqiao Group back then, and his eyes slowly shifted to him .

"What are you looking at me, you don't think..." Mai Jiajun noticed Zhang Lexing's expression of begging, shrank back, and waved his hands again and again: "I'm very busy, there are still many in the office recently. Business needs to be dealt with!"

Yang Xinxin scowled, and said angrily: "What are you talking about, my brother needs your help with something, and you still push back. Well, do you want to..."

Mai Jiajun became honest again, lowered his head and muttered to himself: "I didn't say I wouldn't help, the office really has something to do..."

Unexpectedly, things would turn out like this, Zhang Lexing couldn't help laughing, but of course he said very politely: "Actually, I want to entrust Mr. Mai's firm to help me acquire Konami, and the commission will certainly not be small, you see... ..."

Mai Jiajun raised his head immediately, and immediately leaned over and said, "No problem, I'm so familiar, I can still give you a discount, how about a [-]% discount on the commission, I guarantee that you can get it without any effort." Own this gaming company."

Zhang Lexing doesn't care about discounts or not, as long as he can win Konami: "By the way, according to the situation of this company, how much capital do I need to prepare if I want to complete the acquisition?"

Mai Jiajun touched his shaved chin, thought for a while, and said: "The current market value of Konami is about 2.286 million US dollars (285.8 billion yen). We need to prepare 4.572 million US dollars, including commissions and other miscellaneous expenses, 5 million US dollars is definitely enough, at least to ensure the realization of the goal of acquiring more than 50% of the equity.”

US$5 million is not too much. Orient Holdings, which has replenished funds, still has US$26 billion in cash on its books after deducting the funds for acquiring shares in Standard Chartered Bank, which is more than enough to acquire Konami.The next step was the business-like signing of the contract and payment of the down payment. Mai Jiajun also set up his own team to operate the acquisition, a total of six people.Originally, Mai Jiajun didn't intend to let Zhang Lexing go with him, because he felt that since this kind of acquisition was handed over to his firm, of course it would be done properly for the client, let alone a relationship with Zhang Lexing. .But Zhang Lexing was very curious about this kind of forced acquisition. He had already missed the Yiqiao Group back then, and now he had another chance. Naturally, he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to observe. Yes, I still had no choice but to take Zhang Lexing, the oil bottle.

(End of this chapter)