Age of Dreams

Swartzman is hailed as the "leading figure of the new generation of Wall Street", naturally not that simple character.

Although the $4 billion acquisition was rejected, he did not show any disappointment on the surface.Instead, he let go of the failure and chatted with Xiao Qi.

\"Mr. Xiao, I know that you have acquired shares in some companies through some investment banks, but in my opinion, they are not as professional as the Blackstone Group.\" Swartzman is a businessman after all. With a few words, I brag for myself: \"My teacher, Mr. Peterson, who is also the chairman of our Blackstone Group, once served as the Secretary of Commerce of the United States. People in this position, what energy do you want to come? Should you know? If we have a chance to cooperate in the future, we will definitely not let you pay more, and will not be taken as a fool!\"

Xiao Qi nodded, but he believed this.

The most famous thing about the Blackstone Group is their good credit.They never use hostile acquisitions to do business, and they never let the buyers and sellers suffer losses.So in the brokerage industry, they are also among the leaders.

Xiao Qi also felt that it was a good choice to always look for those old acquaintances to buy, and some people got their pulses, and occasionally changing to a new client was a good choice.

However, Xiao Qicai will not tell Swarzman that he actually wants Freescale from the Blackstone Group.

If you discuss with Swarzman now, then according to Swarzman's business skills, Freescale's price will definitely not be low.

Of course, if according to the current market price of Freescale, Xiao Qi will not buy a loss. Swarzman's business is just like what I said before. In terms of acquisitions, I will pursue everyone's reasonable profit, and I will not look at it. He took a stab at Kaizi.

But Xiao Qi still knows that the Blackstone Group is in the financial crisis. It is unavoidable to be abandoned by investors. The stock price of the whole child has dropped directly to the current level of one-third. If that time comes to buy Freescale, Not to mention that it is one-third of the current price. Even if it is half the price, it can save billions of dollars!

These billions of dollars are used in the domestic recruitment of fierce fighters, purchasing equipment, and continuing to develop the fairy laboratory. That can be used for at least seven or eight years!

When it can be saved, why waste it, right?

However, Xiao Qi really wants to buy something, and it just so happens that he can entrust a new company to buy it.

\"Since Mr. Swartzman said so, let's try to cooperate.\" After meditation, Xiao Qi raised his head and said.

Swarzman's spirits lifted up.He was only here to make a good relationship, but he never thought that Xiao Qi would have business to do so soon.

Of course he would not think that Xiao Qi was just moved by what he said. Xiao Qi should have only two reasons for saying this: first, Xiao Qi has been preparing for this recently; second, the reputation of the Blackstone Group in the industry is very good. , Plus he happened to be here, so Xiao Qi decided to give it a try.

Anyway, this is a big deal for the Blackstone Group, and it is even more famous in terms of reputation-who doesn't want to be related to the world's richest man?

\"Mr. Xiao, please tell me, if there is anything that our Blackstone Group can help, I will never say no to you.\" Swarzman said seriously.

\"Has Mr. Swarzman heard of Skype?\" Xiao Qi asked.

\"Skype? Is that the free Internet phone company?\" Swarzman had a lot of information in his mind, and he quickly found out its information: \"It was founded in Luxembourg in 2003 and was eBay was acquired for 2.6 billion US dollars. The development has been fairly rapid in the past two years, and it is expected to gain a larger share in the entire free Internet phone market.\"

\"I want to buy it!\" Xiao Qi said lightly:\"What do you think?\"

Swarzman frowned and began to ponder.

It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that Swartzman slowly said: "If you want to let eBay let go, it's not difficult, because eBay has been seriously impacted by Amazon in the past two years, and its own profits are not. A big increase. If they can make money on this star’s main business, then it is still possible.\"

Xiao Qi asked again: "Then how much do you estimate it will cost?"

\"If you are in a hurry, Mr. Xiao, you can take it within three months, including our operating expenses. The price should be around US$3 billion. \"Swartzman said:\"If you are not in a hurry, I think you can Wait a minute. The recent subprime mortgage crisis shows no signs of dissipating. After a year's time, until eBay can't stand it, then they might be able to agree to the original price of 2.6 billion US dollars.\"

Xiao Qi smiled.

In the previous life in September next year, eBay just couldn't stand it anymore. I felt that Skype was too far away from their expectations, the development was very slow, and the cost was too much. Therefore, it directly sold 65 shares for a few investments for 2 billion US dollars. The joint company estimates that the value of Skype is 2.75 billion U.S. dollars, which is about the same as when they bought it a few years ago.

But no one wanted it. Just over a year later, Microsoft announced the largest acquisition in its history-the acquisition of skype with $8.5 billion in cash and stock!

If eBay can endure more than a year, and because Skype is profitable, it doesn't even need to lose money, it can directly make a profit of 226!

I don't know how sorry eBay is to this result!

Of course, the price of 8.5 billion US dollars is also not very normal, and Microsoft has no way. At that time, there were k, and they competed with them for. [,! To allow itself to go further in the era of electronic intelligence, Microsoft can only raise the price of acquisitions all-in-one.

Coincidentally, when eBay acquired skype, it was also because of the competition with News Corp. They also gave a higher than the market price of 2.6 billion US dollars!

Unexpectedly, a few years later, the fate of skype ushered in a reincarnation again.

Swarzman's suggestion is very stable.If Xiao Qi is not a reincarnated person, he will definitely agree to his second plan - that is, wait for a year or so and start when eBay is weakest.

But now that Microsoft knows that Microsoft will start negotiations in 2001 and will acquire skype at a sky-high price of US$8.5 billion in May 2011, then Xiao Qi will not compete with others to spend time, otherwise Microsoft will grab skype directly from eBay. Qi can't make any money anymore.

\"I hope to see the entire transaction process completed before March 2009, and the price I can accept is around 3 billion US dollars. \" Xiao Qi said one word: \"If you are willing to accept the challenge, then I will give 2.8 billion US dollars. How much money does the Blackstone Group spend to buy and how much money you make. I don’t even ask. As long as the skype is brought to me in the end.

Swarzman thought for a moment and nodded: \"I personally agree with Mr. Xiao's idea. But I have to go back and discuss this matter. We will give you a reply within a week, do you think it is okay? \"

\"No problem.\" Xiao Qi smiled and said: \"The Blackstone Group is a very powerful group, I believe you will not let me down. And in the future. We will have more opportunities for cooperation!\"

\"I hope so too!\" Swartzman smiled slightly,\"I don’t know if you can tell me, Mr. Xiao, why do you think skype has such a great investment value?\"

\"how you said that?\"

\"It’s very simple. A company that allows you to take a shot in person will definitely bring you a lot of profits.\" Swartzman said:\" I think a profit of less than 500 million yuan should not be enough to impress you, but I don’t think so. Unexpectedly, Skype can earn more than 1 billion U.S. dollars...If Skype has such great potential, how could eBay fail to discover it?\"

\"I have a special feeling for the Internet age. Therefore, I think that only eBay can't shine on Skype, maybe it can get better development in my hands.\" Xiao Qi replied half-truth.

Xiao Qi would not tell him. The fact is that eBay and Skype are not at all in harmony, because eBay is an online platform. And Skype is a representative of free online products. The user groups of the two are fundamentally different and cannot produce chemical effects.

However, if Skype is combined with Internet companies such as Microsoft and K, it will play a good brand extension phenomenon, contribute positive forces to the expansion of several major companies, and expand more users to join their own brands.

Swartzman said in his jaw: \"According to my understanding, Skype is very similar to your girlfriend’s WeChat. However, WeChat’s entertainment and communication methods are more common, and Skype is more effective in communication. If the people are combined with each other, then I am also looking forward to the mutual promotion inside!\"

When Xiao Qi smiled, he was also a little surprised.

Swarzman is worthy of being the world's top investor. He has even analyzed WeChat, Skype, and said that it is eight. Nine is not far from ten, which can be called unique insight.

If WeChat and Skype are combined, there will indeed be such a rapid development.

In fact, after Microsoft bought skype in the previous life, it added many of the functions of whatsapp, the originator of WeChat, to skype, which promoted the rapid development of skype in their hands.

It is a pity that Xiao Qi’s home game is in China. Skype, a completely unregulated Internet phone, will encounter too many troubles-the previous skype failed to enter the Chinese market until the end of 2013. Good proof.

And if you accept the supervision of the mainland government, how can you face the local government abroad?

Xiao Qi is not Zuckerberg.

In order not to cause more trouble for himself, his choice is to sell skype at a high position and leave at a profit.

ps:

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