Age of Dreams

If a lobbying company wants to lobby for the passage of a bill, at least it will take several months to prepare.

And if you want to acquire the high-quality assets of a company, it takes at least a month to go up and down slowly.

But the time Xiao Qi gave Carrillo Consulting Company was two weeks at most, which made all their senior executives feel a bit of urgency.

But fortunately, Xiao Qi provided them with detailed information about the preferences of those seven partners and directors, plus Carrillo Consulting’s own intelligence reserves, they were not so rushed.

Of course, Xiao Qi asked a few female bodyguards to copy this information again and give it to them. The reason is naturally not to expose Thain.

In addition, Tong Wencong entered the secret fund account of Carrillo Consulting Company through several secret accounts that night. Under the temptation of huge money, Carrillo Consulting Company specially organized one of the most powerful dozens Ren's lobbying public relations team began to lobby the executives of Merrill Lynch and the board of directors of the Black Rock Group.

It’s not that Xiao Qi is unwilling to give them more time. In the history of the past life, Merrill Lynch had basically sold 20% of Bloomberg’s shares and 37% of the shares of financial data companies in mid-July. There was no end to this, and finally it was acquired and merged, which made the Bank of America cheaper.

During this period, there were reasons for the urgency of time, such as the hole problem of a huge loss of about $5 billion in the second quarter, and the reason why Bloomberg and others did lobbying work.

It is conceivable that with Merrill Lynch’s successive releases, many companies have now begun lobbying work.

It's just that Xiao Qi has a big advantage, that is, he knows what he should buy and what he must get, so his determination and strength are not bad at all. Absolutely much stronger than others.

Everyone is playing a set of lobbying, public relations, and bribery. Naturally, there will be no scandals. Such people who have betrayed the tacit understanding are usually cast aside by the whole circle.

But Xiao Qi was still as cautious as possible. After all, doing so would only benefit, not harm.

In the next few days, Xiao Qi leisurely accompanied Tang Mingxiang and Taylor. Going to the beach for a while, walking in the park, or watching a movie in the manor’s small theater... Although it is very plain, it is very warm, making Taylor reluctant to move away from Tang Mingxiang’s manor and he is reluctant to go back to one. People live.

Xiao Qi was not so naive, and felt that they were totally heart-to-heart.

These two girls are as good as their sisters. An important reason is that both are pregnant with babies and have no meat to eat. And Xiao Qi's other wife who was not pregnant was not with her, so she was able to get along well, otherwise there would be some tricks.

With this experience, after Xiao Qi decides to go back, he must pay more attention and take care of their emotions. Don't make pregnant mothers angry. It's best to be as best as Tang Mingxiang and Taylor are now.

I won't mention this matter a bit. There is still no progress in the acquisition lobbying, and Xiao Qi is the first to usher in bad news.

That is Oracle's board of directors. Once again rejected Xiao Qi's share swap agreement.

There are two reasons.

The first is that Xiao Qi's asking price is too high, and they feel that it is a disadvantage to change it.

The second is that dreampad2 is a new product. It remains to be seen how it will perform. To put it bluntly, they suspect that dreampad2 is not as popular as dreampad.

The last reason is the most important reason for Oracle’s rejection. Even if Ellison’s successful experience is in front, they dare not bet.

Ellison himself did not intend to buy shares in Dreampad. Because he does not have much cash, and the shares of Oracle are the basis for him to control the company, he is reluctant to sell too much.

For this result, Xiao Qi was dumbfounded.

It seems that if Oracle does not have Ellison at the helm, they are just a normal company. Whether it is vision or courage, it is just average.

This also highlights the widespread discrimination and distrust of Orientals in European and American business circles.

Dreampad succeeded, and Dreamstars succeeded, but they still don't believe Dreampad2 can succeed.

It was their loss for them not to buy, and Xiao Qi would not regret it for them.

As for his desire to acquire Oracle shares, there is actually a simple way, that is, taking advantage of the financial crisis, to buy directly in the market.

Now Oracle’s stock price is basically around US$25. Xiao Qi remembers that starting in October, their share price has been hovering below 20 for half a year, and once fell below US$14. It seems that they didn’t buy anything at that time. .

It doesn't need to be too much, it's about 10%. Although it costs about 6.8 billion U.S. dollars plus commission or something, it will grow even higher than Bloomberg in the future, and it is also worth holding.

After calculating the time, it has been almost ten days since Chen Yulian came out. Although she didn't say anything, Xiao Qi knew that her mother missed her dad. The first time she came out for so long, she was always worried that Xiao Xu was alone. The family can't take care of themselves.

Chen Yulian had nothing to do here anyway, so Xiao Qi mentioned it to Tang Mingxiang and Taylor, and the two daughter-in-laws ran up to Chen Yulian, talking left and right, and quickly moved Chen Yulian, leaving her alone. Go back first.

Cough.

To speak of unfilial piety, both Tang Mingxiang and Little Taylor felt that it didn't matter if the mother-in-law went back, as long as the husband stayed here.

After all, the age difference is so big, and there is a generation gap in thought and behavior. Tang Mingxiang was originally born in Chinese culture, so I don’t think it, but little Taylor feels that he is often controlled by others. It’s not allowed to be like this or that. A kind of pain.

So when he sent Chen Yulian back from the airport, Taylor made an exception by pouring himself a glass of beer and sipped it with joyful sips.

You know, this behavior of drinking is absolutely unacceptable to Chen Yulian, so even Taylor doesn’t drink beer on weekdays.

Early the next morning, Xiao Qi, who was sleeping between the two wives, was very proud.

When Chen Yulian was here, Xiao Qi didn't have the opportunity to sleep with them, even if he didn't do anything, so last night Xiao Qi put the two wives into the bed and came to sleep together.

Facts have proved that as long as there is love in the heart, even if you don't do anything, you can sleep sweetly and warmly-not only Xiao Qi has a smile on his face, but the two expectant mothers in their sleep also have a shallow smile.

Since Tang Mingxiang and Taylor became pregnant, although it has only been more than a month now, they are obviously a lot of lethargy, and they must sleep more than 12 hours a day. This is completely different from their previous living habits.

After exercising, eating steamed buns and soy milk made by the female bodyguards, and facing the early morning sunlight, Xiao Qi felt that such a day was no different from that in China.

Of course, there are still differences.

At least in China, it is impossible for Xiao Qi to have such enthusiastic neighbors.

"Hi, Xiao Qi, are your wives here?" The teenager who was sitting in the garden reading the newspaper heard such a grinning greeting.

Looking up, Xiao Qi saw a girl in a simple T-shirt and jeans walking over in strides.

She is Larry Ellison’s youngest daughter Megan. Since Xiao Qi mentioned it to her that day, she has really come to Xiao Qi’s house and can talk to Tang Mingxiang and Taylor quite well. During this period, I came to report almost every day.

Xiao Qi also hopes that the two wives can have more good friends, so she welcomes her very much.

"They are still sleeping." Xiao Qi smiled, "Would you like to sit down and drink a glass of juice first?"

"The juice is not good, let's have a cup of coffee!" Megan sat down opposite Xiao Qi unceremoniously, "I said that apart from the shortcoming of having a lot of wives, you are actually pretty good. You don't drink or smoke, no Go to nightclubs, don’t go to parties, eat and drink and don’t pay attention to...Among the rich people I know, you have the best character."

"That is, I thought so too." Xiao Qi was never polite in front of foreigners, "but Miss Megan, I have to criticize you. Look at what movies you choose! It's all weird. , Didn't you make my wives lose money?"

"Cut! That's because you don't understand art!" Megan doesn't think that he is the richest man in the world who is stronger than her father. "Art does not exist to please others. We should appreciate the meaning of deep expression. Instead of a simple popcorn movie and ketchup movie."

The popcorn movie refers to the popular special effects blockbuster ~www.readwn.com~, which is the movie her brother likes to invest in.

Ketchup movies specifically refer to horror film series, and they have countless fans in the United States.

, That is, countless directors have made movies with very strong personal styles according to their own ideas. The famous "two big smoke guns" is one of them.

It’s okay for her to like it, but somehow, she actually touched Tang Mingxiang and Taylor, and then the three of them each contributed 20 million US dollars to set up a "Hope Pictures" company, specifically to invest in A talented director and film, and this Hope Pictures is the 22-year-old girl sitting in front of Xiao Qi.

Seeing her inciting his wives to make money-losing transactions, Xiao Qi only ridiculed, and did not stop.

Firstly, because Tang Mingxiang and Taylor both had their own ideas, Xiao Qi was usually unwilling to interfere with them, as long as they thought they could do it.

, But Xiao Qi has not forgotten the dozens or even hundreds of Oscar nominations in the hands of Megan in the future. With this halo, it is also a good thing for two wives to improve their reputation! (To be continued