Vol 4 Chapter 27: Frightened Bird

This is a trivial matter. Mei Yiliang felt that there was no need to mention it to Feng Yiping. He knew that his nephew had a lot of affairs. If all these odds and pieces were reported to him, he would not have time to do business.

Indeed, if he mentioned this matter, Feng Yiping would probably laugh it off. How can a person like Lu Dahong and a company like Rongcheng be involved? Just kidding, Feng Yiping guessed that even though he thought it was ridiculous, he would be a little admired for the idea of ​​this $2 billion loan. These people will really look for opportunities.

In short, they make their money, do their own business, and don't interact or interfere with each other.

However, the wonder and greatness of destiny is here. Under the influence of one after another, seemingly accidental, seemingly unrelated things, some people and things that you didn't care about at the beginning, or even carelessly, In the near future, it may be tightly intertwined and intertwined with you.

Of course, such a thing is Feng Yiping, who claims to have a God's perspective, and he couldn't guess it at this time.

He was naturally very busy at this time. He just received a call from Buchanan and gave him a very good result. Feng Yiping had to inform Comrade Musk in Los Angeles, "Elon, very Sorry, something is going on, I'm afraid I will go to your company a few days later,"

Musk obviously wanted to make a difference, "It doesn't matter, I know, you just received strong support from the bank, there must be a big plan to implement,"

This is the bad or bad side brought about by globalization. With the rapid improvement of software and hardware performance, through the Internet and other channels, people like Feng Yiping, even if they are acting in China, care about him. , No matter where you are on the earth, you can know immediately.

A partner like Musk must be particularly concerned about him. It is not surprising that he knew the news so soon.

Feng Yiping did not explain, "Sorry, after finishing this matter, I must go to see where you built the rocket right away. Although I don't have the ambition to explore space like you, I have always yearned for these things since I was young."

"Haha, do you want to participate in person?" Musk asked with a smile.

"As long as you are willing, I am willing," Feng Yiping also smiled.

But both he and Musk know that Musk is working on such a sensitive field and the US government supports it. If Feng Yiping, a Chinese, participates, it will definitely be a lot of trouble.

In any case, spacex is located in the United States. The results developed here belong to the United States first. Even multinational cooperation projects such as the International Space Station do not allow China to participate. In such a cutting-edge field, how can they agree to let a Chinese person become a shareholder?

At the same time, a capable team has been formed. The day after receiving Buchanan’s call, Feng Yiping took Huang Jingping and Amanda on the Gulfstream to Seattle, Washington. The team of more than ten people , Then took a commercial flight to Seattle quietly.

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In the United States, apart from all the partners and the Ma Ling family, many people are also paying attention to Feng Yiping. Among them, the most closely watched is Hastings of Netflix.

Since Buchanan privately expressed his willingness to acquire, he has always followed the moves of nextdoor and Feng Yiping.

On the other hand, for a long time since then, he has been reviewing his company's business all the time. What direction is the new space Buchanan said?

However, in the past few months, he has wanted to suffer from insomnia, and he has lost a lot of hair. He still hasn’t been able to see which direction there is. There is a "broader space", so he will naturally not think Buchan lightly. Nan's transfer of Feng Yiping's words was a bluff. If they had the intention to acquire their own company, they would not make such a joke.

After being puzzled, he gave up altogether. Although there might be a new direction and space that is worth investing in, since it is temporarily not found, he simply does not look for it. Fortunately, there are still many things that can be done. Room for improvement.

From the perspective of the entire DVD rental market, its own company still only occupies a small portion of the market, and there is a huge room for growth.

Therefore, although he habitually paid close attention to Feng Yiping and nextdoor's movements, he slowly let go of that vigilance.

Because nextdoor, there was no follow-up.

It is not a simple matter to acquire his Netflix, a company with a market value of more than 2 billion U.S. dollars. At least, if they plan to initiate a tender offer if they do not agree with them and the agreement fails, they need to prepare first. It's funding.

He's on Wall Street and he's well-informed. If nextdoor has such a trend, he will know it right away, but he doesn't.

The news received a few days ago gave him a sigh of relief. The Feng, who actually spent a lot of money, and some people who are not professional, at least not professional in manufacturing cars, set up a company in Silicon Valley to produce pure electric cars. The company, Tesla, also boasted that Tesla will definitely change the pattern of the auto industry, which has attracted a lot of criticism from Detroit.

Therefore, he felt that Feng’s investment seemed to be very casual. Buchanan’s proposal may be the young Feng’s temporary interest, but he has forgotten it now, or he took the initiative to give up after realizing the difficulties. .

Now, I saw the very Chinese news on Jiasheng's official website: in a lobby, under the red banner, the CEO of Jiasheng exchanged the agreement with another bank representative with a smile on her face.

The following text explains that this is the scene where Jiasheng and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China signed a contract.

The two parties have reached a strategic cooperation intention. At the same time, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China will provide Jiasheng with US$2 billion in financial support.

As soon as he saw this, his scalp tightened, and an idea immediately came to his mind, is this a wolf coming? Following him, he immediately concluded that this was for himself and Netflix.

It’s just that the $2 billion figure is too special. Netflix’s current market value has been fluctuating around here. Although if you want to buy a company with a market value of nearly 2 billion, you must pay more than 2 billion. But he believes that those premiums Funds, Feng Yiping's company, are fully capable of raising funds by themselves or paying in other ways.

It's a pity that I forgot a little. In addition to getting financial support from Wall Street, Feng Yiping can also choose their Chinese bank!

He immediately paid attention to the recent stock price movements of his company again. There were still ups and downs. The most important thing was that there was no unreasonable rise, so he didn't see any clues.

He dialed the secretary's phone, "Let the chief financial officer come to my office, right away!"

To his important assistant, Hastings didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, "From the recent transaction data on the market, can you be sure that a company or institution is absorbing our stock?"

The chief financial officer’s answer was exactly the same as he expected, “If the other party deliberately entrusts different trading companies to purchase over a long period of time and in batches, and the total acquisition share is less than 5%, it is difficult for us to confirm.”

Saying this is the same as not saying it.

As in China, when the acquirer absorbs more than 5% of the shares of a listed company, it must file with the target company, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the stock exchange within 10 days. After that, every 1% change in the shareholding ratio must be reported to the above Institutional supplementary filing.

The only difference is that in the United States, neither the US federal securities laws nor the state corporate laws require mandatory acquisitions when ownership reaches a certain percentage.

Hastings walked around the office a few times anxiously, "What I say to you below, please be strictly confidential." He leaned down, straight and habitually with a bit of viciousness to the financial director. Said, "You mobilize some personnel and make a practical anti-takeover plan based on existing conditions."

"Huh?" The chief financial officer was taken aback for a moment and reversed the acquisition. This is a big deal!

"Hastings, is anyone wanting to acquire our company? Did they propose an intention or have already taken action? According to you, they want a hostile acquisition. Why didn't they disclose relevant information to the outside world?"

"This is just my guess. You should treat it as an exercise. In short, you must work out a reverse takeover plan with a big chance of winning and strong operability."

"Hastings, I need more detailed information,"

Unlike Hastings, many shareholders and executives of listed companies in the United States are not opposed to acquisitions and acquisitions.

Because based on past experience, regardless of the ultimate success or not, the acquirer and the target will benefit from this process, and it is an extraordinary benefit.

Regardless of the target’s previous performance, whether it was outstanding, or whether it was successful or unsuccessful in the end, in an acquisition event, the target’s shareholders will receive an extraordinary rate of return of more than 13% on average.

"This is just a guess of mine. If you don't have any information, you should treat it as a drill. In addition, you must keep it confidential and not cause any adverse effects.

Hastings drove away the hesitant financial director, but he still couldn't calm down.

Too careless!

This preparation should be done after the meeting with Buchanan in Napa Valley. If tomorrow, nextdoor will make an offer for its own company. It is too late to make this plan.

So, what you worry about will happen tomorrow?

He immediately dialed another call, "Hello Buchanan, this is Hastings,"

He paid great attention to Buchanan’s reaction over there, and seemed really surprised over there, "Hi, Hastings, hello,"

"I want to ask whether Mr. Feng is in Silicon Valley or not. I have been looking forward to having an interview with him."

"Unfortunately, because Mr. Feng was too busy at work a while ago, he will be on holiday from today. Don't worry, I will pass this information to him."

On vacation? If this is true, it should be considered good news. It is impossible that the chairman of the board can go out on vacation when the tender offer is initiated.

"Thank you Buchanan,"

Knowing Feng Yiping's movements roughly, Hastings used some connections, inquired with some employees of nextdoor, and asked for verification at the airport. Finally, he came to the conclusion that Feng Yiping had really gone out on vacation and had already taken him this morning. Although I can’t find out the destination when my private jet goes out, this is enough.

If you thought that Feng Yiping's vacation might be a guise before, he definitely won't now. It is impossible for him to buy a company in Silicon Valley~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and set up an action center without too much trouble.

Even so, his heart is still there, maybe after Feng Yiping comes back from vacation?

Thinking of the performance of the chief financial officer after hearing his proposal, Hastings was a little discouraged. If this happened, how many shareholders would react like him?

He knows that whether it is individual shareholders or institutional shareholders, including those shareholders on Wall Street who usually like to dictate the management of the company, as long as the offer is appropriate, there will be absolutely no hesitation and they can immediately sell their shares.

Maybe only oneself, now running the company is not for money, but to achieve one's own pursuit.

There is still the credit of Blockbuster in this. Since that time when Blockbuster took the initiative to make a low-price acquisition, they were ridiculed and ridiculed. For Hastings, there was one thing he didn’t want to touch. Tenderness.

And since then, he has made up his mind to make Netflix stronger and bigger. △≧miào△≧bi△≧gé△≧

damn it! Why are you looking at my company? Is our performance too good?

However, he himself has no confidence in such an idea. At least from now on, his Netflix, whether in development or prospects, is really inferior to the nextdoor that Feng Yiping founded not long ago.

Worried Hastings remembered what Buchanan said during the meeting, and once again reviewed his business. Where is the new direction he said?

He scratched his head again.

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Feng Yiping really did not expect that the pressure on Hastings from his own loan would be greater than the pressure on his parents.

However, Hastings was right. His so-called vacation this time was really a cover.