Video Game Empire

Tangning stood at the airport pick-up port and saw passengers pushing suitcases out of him one after another, and immediately held up a piece of cardboard with English (arroar) written on it meticulously. ∑ Xiao, a P of Merrill Lynch's Hong Kong branch, was sent by his boss to the airport to pick up an executive from the New York headquarters.

The full name of p is prsn, which translates into Chinese as vice president and vice president. For example, sap is the vice president of the United States. Tangning was arranged to pick up the plane as a dignified vice president. The person he picked up must be extraordinary?

In fact, if p is in other industries, he must be one of the most powerful executives in the company. But in an investment bank, a p is only a position higher than an assistant and a newcomer, not even a middle-level manager. As long as you have three or four years of qualifications, you can get the title of P. Therefore, in investment banks such as Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, there are as many vice presidents as dogs.

Tangning saw a tall middle-aged man with a beard and a serious face walking towards her, and immediately smiled at him. The other party should be the person he wants to pick up this time, Mr. Carter Friedman, the head of Merrill Lynch's underwriting business.

The stock underwriting and listing business is one of the most important and strongest core businesses of Merrill Lynch. Next to Tangning, Mr. Friedman was the most important executive of Merrill Lynch. Tangning really wanted to have a relationship with him, chat with him, and introduce him to the customs of Hong Kong.

But this Mr. Carter Friedman obviously didn't give Tangning such a chance. As soon as he got into the car, he immediately took out a document from his briefcase and began to read it carefully. He didn't show the tiredness that he should have after a long and long journey of more than ten hours, and he didn't even pay attention to the city scenery of Hong Kong outside the car window.

Investment banking has long been hailed as one of the most stressful industries to work in. Tangning joined Merrill Lynch Hong Kong. I work overtime almost every day, and there are few opportunities for weekends on weekends. But he was compared to the Mr. Friedman in front of him. Had to feel ashamed of myself. It's no wonder that others can achieve the position of director. Friedman's weight in Merrill Lynch is only higher than that of Downing's boss, George Howard, President of Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific.

"Hi, Carter, welcome to the East, and good luck with your trip to Hong Kong!" Howard hugged Friedman warmly. He had a good relationship with each other when he was in New York, and the two often went out for drinks together after get off work.

"In Chinese, I hope to be successful!"

Howard obviously put a lot of effort into this trip to Hong Kong. Although his Chinese language was very sloppy, Tangning still understood the idiom "the horse will succeed".

"Your opponents are very strong this time. Dalmore Morgan's 'Firebird' has arrived in Hong Kong, and Goldman Sachs even sent that old guy from the investment banking department, Beckland!" Howard introduced the information he had obtained to Friedman.

Morgan Stanley is Morgan Stanley. In the 1930s, the United States introduced the Glass-Steagall Act, which prohibited companies from operating commercial banking and investment banking at the same time. Therefore, the investment banking business in P Morgan Bank was independently split. Come out and set up Morgan Stanley.

"Firebird" is the nickname of a well-known Wall Street executive in recent years, whose real name is Lloyd. Because he loves to collect Pontiac Motor Company's Firebird sports car, he gradually got this nickname. Lloyd was originally a senior partner at Goldman Sachs and was successfully poached by Morgan Stanley two years ago. And Beckland is also Goldman Sachs Group. A senior partner in charge of traditional investment banking business, has completed several large-scale businesses in recent years.

The two of them came to Hong Kong, which means that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs attach great importance to the listing business of Computer Park. Howard frowned, it seemed that the competition was more intense than he thought. Investment banks that can stand on Wall Street are not fools. Taste the taste of food, everyone is like hyenas. swarmed up.

Investment bank is the name of the United States, and the United Kingdom refers to these financial companies engaged in securities and other non-commercial banking business as merchant banks. And later generations in the country learned from Japan and called them securities companies, that is, securities companies.

"If you don't feel tired. Tonight, the Oriental Electronics Company will have a celebration reception at the Peninsula Hotel. At that time, Mr. Li, the God of Wealth, will definitely be there! The Oriental Group has just reached a cooperation agreement with Company B, and the blue behemoth will invest in it. 300 million US dollars, acquired a 30% stake in a newly split subsidiary from Dongfang Electronics, Dongfang Operating System Software Company! And the financial advisors of the two parties responsible for this transaction are Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs!" Howard said .

"I guess Goldman Sachs must be the advisor to the Eastern Company, and they are anti-takeover experts!" Friedman and Howard looked at each other, and from the smiles of each other, he was sure that his guess was not wrong.

Morgan Stanley is a well-known M&A expert on Wall Street, while Goldman Sachs is a well-known anti-merger expert. Beginning in the 1970s, when mergers and acquisitions between companies were no longer as graceful as before, and various hostile takeovers emerged one after another, these two investment banks, as strategic advisors in the game between the pros and cons, began to rise rapidly on Wall Street.

Even if the company in charge of Goldman Sachs fails to prevent the hostile acquirer from finally completing the merger, it will raise the stock price to a very high price through a series of means, making the shareholders of the acquiree a lot of money. As a result, Goldman's mergers and acquisitions division, known by Wall Street peers as anti-takeover experts, has a great reputation.

"It seems that we are one step behind Goldman Sachs, but compared to their prosperous M&A business, Goldman Sachs' securities business has not been prominent in recent years, and we still have a chance! I am full of energy now, you will meet tonight Participating in a banquet? I need a suitable referrer!" Howard said firmly.

"Sorry, I'm going to fly to Tokyo to deal with some things later! And I don't know Mr. Li Xuan very well! But it doesn't matter, but you don't need to worry, I have arranged for you a close friend of Mr. Li, He will be responsible for introducing you!" Howard gestured to Tangning, who was standing quietly by the side, "George is one of my best friends. He is the investment advisor of Mr. Li Xuan's close friend, Mr. Xu. He I have invited this Mr. Xu to have dinner with you, you can communicate with him first, and then the three of you can go to the cold dinner banquet held at the Peninsula Hotel in seven minutes!"

George is Downing's English name. Howard smiled at him gently. Tangning seemed to have an illusion that the smile on the face of this unsmiling company boss was much more sincere than the formulaic smile at the airport.

"It is said that Li Sheng's previous offer was 600 million US dollars. B thought it was too high to accept. He could only give 500 million US dollars at most, and it was not all paid in cash! So Li Sheng gave a new plan. Divide Dongfang Software Company into two parts, so that the valuation of Dongfang System Company, which b is interested in, is reduced to only half of the original value.

Then Li Sheng finally persuaded Company B to acquire a quarter of the shares of Dongfang System with US$300 million. Before the acquisition was implemented, Li Sheng first let the split Dongfang System and Dongfang Application two new software companies, each Take out a portion of the shares for a one-for-one exchange. In this way, the original total valuation of the two new companies is 2.4 billion US dollars. In fact, compared with Li Sheng's original quotation, there is no concession whatsoever. This is the genius! "

The two people sitting beside Tangning, one was a heavyweight executive in the company, and the other was a well-known wealthy boy in Hong Kong who was also one of Tangning's most important clients. Such an opportunity to perform was very rare for Tangning, so he told what he had heard about the negotiation between Dongfang Electronics and B. It was like telling a story.

Another company valued at US$2.4 billion, which translates to over HK$15 billion at the latest exchange rate. For Li Xuan, making money may be as easy as eating and drinking. Xu Jiankui can already guess that tomorrow's Hong Kong newspapers will definitely be in uproar again. The story of wealth, even if it is re-hyped a hundred times, is still the most attractive subject. Although Xu Jiankui's money is not even a fraction of Li Xuan's, he is one of Li Xuan's few friends in Hong Kong, and he is very honored for this.

Compared with Xu Jiankui's joy with a bit of envy, Howard's mind is more complicated. Although he was shocked by the wealth of the other party~www.readwn.com~, he considered more about the impact of this incident.

Li Xuan has just received a cash of 300 million US dollars, and as far as he knows, the cash flow of the entire Dongfang Electronics Group is very abundant. So Mr. Li, nicknamed "God of Wealth", is not short of money.

The funds in his hands are completely able to support the continued expansion of the computer park company. Then the other party released the news this time, preparing to start the listing plan of the computer garden company, the purpose can never be just to make money! Howard felt as if he had caught something important.

"It's almost time, we should leave!" Tangning glanced at her watch and reminded aloud.

On the other side, Li Xuan is having dinner with John Martin, president of Computer Park. Having learned the lessons of Aikang Company before, Li Xuan has much more control over Computer Garden Company. After John Martin acquired the company from Li Xuan, he was promoted to the company's president. In the past two years, he has completed the expansion plan proposed by Li Xuan very well.

With the continuous capital investment of Dongfang Electronics Company, Computer Garden Company has established a strong retail network around the world. The total number of direct-operated stores and franchisees has increased from about 150 at the beginning to the present in just two years. of 282. (To be continued..)