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"Lu Hui?"

Xu Liang waved.

Lu Hui, who has been with him for more than three years and has become more capable after seeing a lot, walked over quickly.

"You and Xiaobo package all the financial data and operational data of Hongmeng North America and send it to Hongyan Fund for their priority review."

"OK."

Lu Hui left quickly.

After the office calmed down, Xu Liang thought about the documents Gates had given him when he left Seattle.

"If it's true, then Ellison really shouldn't be underestimated."

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Dong Dong…….

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

After the secretary opened the door, Lu Hui, wearing a light blue women's professional skirt, with short ear-length hair and a capable temperament, walked in.

"Director Lu, why are you here? Sit down quickly."

Although Lu Hui is only the director of the chairman's office and is not as high as Lu Xiaobo, the president of the subsidiary company, as the saying goes, she is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister. When she is walking outside, everyone must maintain three respects.

"Mr. Lu, you are busy with the acquisition of MGM, so there is no need to be polite. Mr. Xu asked me to pack up all the financial and operational data of Hongmeng North America and hand it over to Hongyan Fund for audit.

You know, this is the rule of Hongmeng's major companies for many years. "

"Of course, this is not the first time that Hongmeng North America has submitted its corporate financial reports to Hongyan for audit."

He turned his head away after speaking.

"Keller, take Director Lu to the finance department and cooperate with her to take away all the company's financial data."

"And operational data."

Lu Hui reminded.

"The operational data is placed in the warehouse of the administration department. Keller will take Director Lu to pick it up."

"Then I have no problem." He half-turned around and said in pure English, "Assistant Keller, shall we go?"

Keller nodded, nodded to Lu Xiaobo, and quickly turned around and left with Lu Hui.

After watching the two people leave, the smile on Lu Xiaobo's face slowly disappeared after the office door closed.

Slowly walked to the heavy office chair and sat down.

Snapped.

He lit the cigar in his hand with a lighter.

Along with the curls of green smoke, Lu Xiaobo's expression became a little more gloomy.

After a long time, he sat up straight and crushed the cigar in the ashtray.

He took out his cell phone and dialed.

It didn't take long before the call was connected.

"Jack, it shouldn't be convenient for you to call me at this time."

A slightly hoarse voice came from the mobile phone.

"You already knew this?"

"Of course, with such a big plane, it's hard not to notice it."

"Since you know, you should also understand my current predicament." Lu Xiaobo said solemnly.

"Dilemma? What dilemma."

"Don't act stupid. If it weren't for me, would you be able to disrupt Hongmeng's acquisition of MGM?"

"Dear Jack, it turns out that you said this. You just revealed some information to me occasionally. As long as we don't tell it, who can doubt you?"

"Don't treat everyone as a fool, especially Xu Liang."

"Don't worry, no one will regard a top ten super-rich man in the world as a fool. But you don't need to be nervous, MGM's acquisition will not doubt you. ... By the way, how was the matter I entrusted you to last time? Already?"

Lu Xiaobo said coldly: "Vivendi Global's assets are too huge, Xu Liang will not let go in a short time."

"As long as we prevent him from acquiring MGM, Vivendi Universal is his only choice, isn't it? So, I have full confidence in you."

The person on the phone smiled.

Lu Xiaobo's heart sank.

He has revealed the bottom line of Hongmeng's acquisition of MGM to the other party, so unless Xu Liang is willing to continue to increase the acquisition price, the possibility of ruining the acquisition is extremely high.

"I have completed what you told me. Is it time to give me what you promised before?"

"NONO, what I promised at the beginning was to completely destroy Hongmeng's acquisition of MGM before giving you the CD. Now that Hongmeng's acquisition is still going on, how can it be considered over?"

The frivolous tone made Lu Xiaobo feel angry.

But his control fell into the opponent's hands, and even if he was angry, he couldn't get angry.

"Jack, don't be angry. As you Chinese people say, we are bugs on the same rope now. We have common interests and should help each other."

Lu Xiaobo automatically ignored the other party's messy Chinese vocabulary.

"I solemnly remind you, first, now I am an American, of Chinese descent.

Second, you keep your commitments, otherwise…. "

"What else do you want?"

The other party interrupted unceremoniously.

"Tell Xu Liang that you revealed Hongmeng's trump card to acquire MGM to me? Or do you mean that you have something in your hands that can make me afraid? Neither of those, right?

Dear Jack, the only thing you can do now is to follow our previous plan, try your best to persuade Hongmeng to acquire Vivendi Global, and then promptly tell me every important plan they have in the United States and even around the world.

As long as you complete these, you can still be the president of your Hongmeng North American subsidiary.

If you insist on asking for trouble, I guarantee that after the incident is exposed, not only will you be unable to stay in Hongmeng, but you will also be unable to stay in the United States.

Okay, that's all I have to say. Don't call me if you have nothing to do. "

Snapped.

Eric Schmidt hung up the phone.

Looking at Sergey Brin and Larry Page sitting opposite, he smiled.

"This stupid Chinese guy actually wants to threaten us? It's simply ridiculous."

"Haha, Chinese people have always been stupid." Sergey Brin also laughed.

Page did not laugh, "Eric, you shouldn't hit Lu Xiaobo too much, it's not difficult for us to give him some respect.

Only in this way can he serve us more willingly. "

"Page, I understand what you mean. But this Chinese is so arrogant that he dares to threaten us? As an owner, when the dog starts to bite the owner, you have to hit him with a few sticks to make him calm down and see his own clearly. Location." Eric smiled.

"Page, we have evidence in our hands. Unless Lu Xiaobo is willing to lose his reputation, he can only cooperate with us. There is no need to worry about his betrayal." Sergey Brin also said.

Things are already like this, and Larry Page can't say anything more.

As the two said, they hold evidence against Lu Xiaobo and are not afraid that he will not submit.

"Speaking of which, Ellison really has some tricks to get this kind of evidence!" Sergey Brin said.

"Things are not as difficult as you think. This Lu Xiaobo wants to join the upper class of the United States and often participates in various drinking parties. With Ellison's connections in the United States, it is easy for him to fall into the trap of love.

Chinese people generally care about face and are unwilling to commit crimes.

Therefore, as long as he is falsely accused of raping women, our dear Lu will definitely feel scruples.

At this time, I first asked him for some non-critical information within Hongmeng as bait. As long as he gave the information, I would take the bait.

We can proceed step by step in the future, so that the information he reveals becomes more and more critical, and our dear Lu will never look back.

As long as the news is exposed, he will definitely be kicked out of Hongmeng and even have to pick up soap.

Anyone knows how to choose. ” laughed Eric Schmidt.

"Hongmeng has a strong legal team within it. If it were me, if someone falsely accused me of raping a woman, I would definitely have to go to court. After a year and a half of fighting, at most it would be an out-of-court settlement, and it would not enter the criminal stage at all.

I really don’t know why this Lu Xiaobo is so stupid. Sergey Brin shook his head.

"Brin, you are a real white American, not a Chinese, and you don't care about face like they do. Even if we can finally settle out of court, for the sake of corporate image, Lu Xiaobo cannot keep his position as president.

Therefore, he had to submit.

Of course, the most critical point is that this is the United States, and Ellison's connections are far stronger than that of Hongmeng, an outsider, and his chances of winning are also stronger.

However, it is meaningless to say this now.

We have planted a key nail within Hongmeng. Most of Hongmeng’s decisions will be unidirectionally transparent to us.

This MGM acquisition is the best example. "

After Eric finished speaking, the three of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"What a pity. It would be great if I could just take down the damn Xu Liang." Sergey Brin suddenly sighed.

"It's impossible. Xu Liang is too cautious. From the time he made his fortune to now, he has participated in no more than ten wine parties in total. Moreover, every time he participated, he was surrounded by a large number of bodyguards, so there was no way to start." Larry Page He shook his head.

All the dignitaries in the world want to invite Xu Liang to their gatherings, but so far only a handful of them have succeeded.

At such a young age, he is simply more stubborn than many older guys.

"Xu Liang is the founder of Hongmeng. For this kind of thing, let's not talk about whether we can get evidence. Even if we get it, he will definitely fight you to the end.

Regardless of whether you win or lose in the end, it’s still just a matter of spending some money.

No big loss to him.

He will not lose any profits as he holds the absolute controlling stake in Hongmeng.

At most, it has retreated from the stage to behind the scenes, and it is still our biggest competitor. Eric Schmidt said calmly.

At a certain point, the law has no meaning.

This is especially true in the United States. It’s just a matter of spending more money.

The three of them are very aware of the current situation in the United States and no longer dwell on this issue.

"Eric, what do you think is the probability that Hongmeng will abandon MGM and acquire Vivendi Universal instead?"

Sergey Brin asked.

After pondering for a moment, Eric said: "I guess it's only half."

"Half, so little?" Brin was a little unbelievable.

Eric nodded slowly, half of it was because he said more.

"Kirk Kerkorian is a cunning old fox. Many people have bought MGM over the years, but he is the only one who can make money through MGM."

The fact that Kirk Kerkorian sold and bought MGM three times is well known in the American business community, but it is also well-known.

He settled down in a broken house and was suddenly played out by him.

This ability is indeed admirable.

Eric continued: "He may not know much about the Internet, but he knows very well how much money Google can offer. So, even if we quoted a higher price for MGM.

However, once he feels that our offer exceeds our ability to bear, or Hongmeng's offer reaches his psychological price, he will leave us behind and sign a contract with Xu Liang without hesitation.

After all, the whole world knows that Hongmeng has raised a lot of money and can spend real money. "

"If you put it this way, don't we not even have half a chance?" Sergey Brin couldn't help but said.

"Of course we can't do it on our own. Ellison needs to be added at the critical moment. Only Oracle has enough financial resources to convince Kirk Kerkorian that we are indeed acquiring MGM." Eric Schmidt Te said solemnly.

Looking at Larry Page who was silent, and Sergey Brin whose eyes widened as if he was dissatisfied.

"Page and Brin, I know you are both proud people and do not want Google to become a vassal of Oracle, but now Google cannot deal with Hongmeng alone.

So, we need Oracle, at least until we beat Yahoo and become the largest search engine in the English language. "

The usually silent Larry Page took a deep breath.

"Schmidt, Brin and I both understand that joining forces with Oracle is the most ideal choice for Google.

However, neither we nor Oracle had any intention to acquire MGM, so the negotiation time was extended. When Hongmeng began to contact Vivendi Universal, Kirk Kerkorian may not have been unaware of our purpose.

When the time comes, he will probably go directly to Hongmeng.

Our plan to let Hongmeng acquire Vivendi Global and consume their funds may eventually come to nothing. "

Hongmeng’s Series B financing of US$10.7 billion, plus US$5 billion in corporate loans, and a huge cash flow of US$15.7 billion put too much pressure on Google.

Once all this money is spent,

Hongmeng Bing’s market in the global search field will definitely expand rapidly.

Even if they defeat Yahoo and win the entire English market, they will lose the chance to compete with Hongmeng.

Therefore, consuming Hongmeng’s funds has become Google’s most ardent idea.

But Hongmeng is not run by Google, and it is not up to them to decide how to use the money.

At this time, Larry Ellison came to the door.

I talked about Hongmeng’s acquisition of MGM and Hongmeng’s thoughts on Vivendi Universal.

Finally, the insider Lu Xiaobo was thrown out.

One had a grudge against Xu Liang, the other wanted to develop Google, and the two hit it off.

Of course, Ellison’s help is not in vain. If Hongmeng really acquires Vivendi Global, Google’s Series C financing will give Ellison 10% of the original shares.

If it fails in the end, Google will also give Ellison at least 5% of the original stock.

As the development prospects of the Internet become more and more clear, and shares in star companies like Google become more and more attractive, Ellison, as a successful businessman, will not, let alone turn a blind eye.

"Page, the Chinese have a saying: 'Do your best and listen to fate.' As long as we do what we can to the best, success or failure will be acceptable." Eric Schmidt said .

In line with the belief that if you want to defeat the enemy, you must first understand the enemy's ideas. Eric Schmidt has been studying Chinese and Chinese books.

"Furthermore, based on my understanding of Ellison, it is impossible for him to only look for us. Google is not the only company in the United States that is increasingly wary of the rapidly growing Hongmeng." Eric smiled.

A gleam flashed in Larry Page's eyes, "You mean he will still go to Yang Zhiyuan?"

"We all know that in addition to Internet search and pan-entertainment, Hongmeng is also the largest portal in China and Southeast Asia. And the portal happens to be the foundation of Yahoo. If you were Yang Zhiyuan, would you be indifferent?"

"Of course not, definitely not, absolutely not!" Sergey Brin shouted excitedly.

"So, we're not alone."

Eric took this opportunity to strengthen their determination and confidence in fighting Hongmeng.

"If you put it like this, wouldn't it be possible to bring Bezos in?" Larry Page couldn't help but said.

Hongmeng, which has a valuation of more than 50 billion US dollars and is still growing rapidly, is already the real Internet giant. Facing it, Google is under great pressure and it is eager to obtain more manpower and resources.

Eric Schmidt shook his head, "Bezos is a proud man, and Amazon is the world's largest B2C Internet company and occupies the best market in the world.

In contrast, Hongmeng’s No. 1 store only has some influence in China and Southeast Asia, and is not a competitor of Amazon at all.

If the world's B2C companies were ranked, Yihaodian might not even be in the top ten.

As long as Bezos is not stupid, he will not offend Xu Liang and Hongmeng because of this. "