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Listening to this, Bates knew that ICQ was going to do another big merger. He looked around and saw Paulson, Edison and others. He didn't have any objection to what Irene said. I know. To stop this merger, I am afraid it is not possible.

In the past, Paulson and Edison, who were disliked by each other on Wall Street, are now staring at each other closely, and on their investment banking company, I am afraid that they can only be an intern or a vase of Irene. .

  Only children can think about right or wrong. For Paulson and the others, as long as they can earn US dollars for them, they are "good people". As for how the US dollars are earned, they don't actually care that much.

Just like the giants of Wall Street, they jointly control the global commodity transaction pricing power. Every time they mobilize the price of a commodity, there may be countless gamblers who will fail and jump from high-rise buildings. And some forces are attracted to compete for the coal mine, but Wall Street doesn't care about these at all, they only care how many leeks they can cut!

Similarly, whether ICQ is too young, has an unstable foundation, or is moving too fast, Paulson and the others don’t care at all. Now, Paulson and Edison only know that if there is another big merger, then The ICQ shares in their hands may double in value. For this reason, no matter how outrageous the transaction proposed by Irene is, how much the price paid, how high the risk, Wall Street is willing to support it.

Song Yang, who was sitting below, calmly looked at the group of people in the conference room. Don't look at it now, these people seem to be very "supportive" for Irene, but when it comes to the ICQ equity in their hands, make sure Dog brains can come out!

After speaking in Mandarin, he told the crowd about the "necessity" of ICQ's major mergers and acquisitions. These words will be recorded by ICQ's board assistant and submitted to the Federal Securities Commission, the federal state department of California, and the federal municipality of New York. Department, Capitol Hill, etc., to put it bluntly, is to give this merger a "reason".

Taking a deep breath, Irene glanced at Immelt, who was sitting below with a smile on his face, "This merger is a merger negotiation meeting between ICQ, NBC Group, and Comcast Television Network. !"

I didn't think about it. Just hearing the names of these companies made Bates dizzy. NBC Group, one of the top media groups in America, although its influence in Hollywood is somewhat weak, it has no big records in its hands. Film Group.

  In the media industry, NBC is the largest commercial TV station in America. It has 13 TV stations in the states of America, and has cable TV stations, satellite channels, sports TV stations and other industries.

NBC's sports channel is not as powerful as Disney's ESPN. It has obtained the broadcasting rights of professional baseball, NBA, and professional football in America, but NBC Sports has the exclusive broadcasting rights of the Olympic Games in the Olympic Games, including the next three Olympic Games in America. The exclusive broadcast rights are all in the hands of NBC Sports.

The NBC sports channel is a typical four-year period that has not been opened for four years. As a representative of commercial TV stations, NBC is also the most profitable one among the old TV stations in America. It is an absolute cash cow and has the most stable audience. The NBC Nightly News ratings have been steady at 10 million viewers per week for the third year in a row!

  An NBC group is enough to make people feel shocked. What makes Bates even more unimaginable is that the Comcast Group even took out its TV network with more than 200 American TV stations.

ICQ, America's largest social empire, Americas Telecom, the world's largest broadband and mobile Internet company, and now the NBC Group and Comcast Television Network, put together such a combination, Bates only feels the mouth Her tongue was dry, she couldn't imagine that such a "media monster", who could beat such a "media monster" in America?

  Pelle Greene opened his mouth involuntarily when he saw his boss and heard the merger plan proposed by Erin. One can imagine how much shock this merger brought Paulson.

  For Paulson, who is used to seeing strong winds and waves, this is the first time he has encountered this kind of merger and acquisition that created America's largest media empire.

Pelle Greene can't imagine what ICQ will look like after the merger, from the Internet to TV stations, radio stations, program recording, the Comcast network across America, to the Internet infrastructure. Broadband, mobile network, ICQ has everything!

   Such a media empire, ten years ago, was probably something that the American media industry would not have dared to imagine, but after the "New Telecommunications Act" was promulgated, everything was impossible and became a reality.

Now, a media empire spanning TV and the Internet that has never appeared in America's history may appear in front of Pelle Greene. In this empire, more than 70% of America's TV users are covered. , nearly one-third, or even more, of the American people directly or "forced" to watch news, TV series, variety shows, and sports programs provided by this media empire.

Nearly 90% of American netizens are using the social platform provided by this media empire. Broadband users in the top 20 cities in America use the broadband network provided by it, and more than 10 million mobile phone users use the mobile phone provided by it. the Internet…

Who is the uncrowned king who can turn black and white in the media industry? Pelle Greene now has a vague answer. Just put this lineup there, what about ABC, Columbia TV, Fox, Disney and the like, when they meet the merged ICQ, it is estimated that they only have to stand aside!

   "General Electric Board of Directors Supports Merger of NBC Group and ICQ."

Immelt's speech made Bob Wright, the president of NBC Group, who was sitting next to him, can only leave a helpless smile, and understand that he came here today to be a decoration, and there is no him at all. room for rejection.

  Wright is a loyal servant of General Electric and a die-hard supporter of Welch. He even moved the management model of General Electric to the NBC Group. Over the years, he has been conscientiously fulfilling various requirements of the General Electric headquarters.

This time suddenly, Immelt was called here. Wright didn't hear any rumors, and then he looked confused when he heard that the NBC Group was going to be used as a bargaining chip and sold to ICQ in exchange for GE's benefits .

Wright met Immelt's slightly gloomy gaze, which made him a sudden shock. Wright understood that now it was time for him to decide whether to continue with Welch, who was about to retire, or choose a new one. Backers, prepare to enter the Immelt era!

   Without thinking much, Wright made a choice and smiled at Immelt, "NBC Group, always support any decision made by President Immelt!"

Hearing this, the smile on Immelt's face immediately became kinder. For Wright, an "old man" who had been with Welch for so many years, he couldn't kill them all and drive them all away. It is necessary for this group of people to change their mentality. With his head as a saddle, it is also crucial for Immelt to take charge of General Electric to be able to take Wright and others for his own use.

   After Immelt's statement, Brian Roberts, who represented Comcast Group, also said solemnly, "Comcast Group, support the merger between ICQ and Comcast TV Network!"

Seeing the statements of the two of them, Paulson and Bates all understand that this merger is basically a "guarantee", it is just a question of chip allocation, but this is not an unsolvable problem, That is to say, this merger is already owed to only one agreement!

Paulson and Edison looked at each other and exchanged a wave of information. From each other's eyes, it could be seen that they were unaware of this big merger, that is, Song Yang and Immel. Special, Brian Roberts, they don't know how long they have been planning.

He pursed his lips, and Paulson showed a smile, like a beast that smells its prey. No matter how long ICQ, GE, and Comcast have been planning, as Goldman Sachs, the first to enter the game, this wave is a bet to win, Paul Sen naturally has to get enough loot!