Rebus pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket.

Apple's stake distribution is complicated, and with Rebus's amazing memory, it is impossible to remember it completely.

"At present, the institutions with large shareholdings, Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, M Country Investment, and Northern Trust, but their total shareholding does not exceed 15%, and there are also management shares, which have many shareholders, but they do not exceed 15%, and the others are tradable shares. ”

Rebus said this, paused for a moment, and finally made up his mind:

"Yi Dong, I think it will be difficult for Apple to acquire, not to mention how much resistance we have, Lao M will not allow us to acquire it out of technical protection. ”

"I know this, so the one who buys Apple must be from country M, and it must be a company from country M. ”

He really thought about this, and he negotiated with Chen Zhiyuan on this matter a few years ago.

The solution to this matter is very simple, the motherland HK is more special, and dual citizenship is currently recognized.

It's just that this matter makes him worry a lot, so he hasn't done it, thinking that it really can't be done, so he will find a tool man, but with such a big investment, who can make people feel at ease?

Two years ago, my father became a dual citizen.

On the other hand, he didn't expect that Apple's shares would be so dispersed, and he originally thought that he would only need to buy the shares of a few large conglomerates.

"Let's talk about several major consortia, let's buy their shares first, I won't come forward in this matter, Mr. Lin will do it with you." ”

Rengui knows that he knows his ability to negotiate, which is to explain the purpose, wait for the other party to express his position, and then smash it with money.

This trick may be good for ordinary people, but for these consortia, if you want to smash their hearts, it will be a number that they can't accept.

"No problem, what's our reserve price?"

He would like to reply that we have no reserve price, but that would make them more negotiable.

Anyone who has worked part-time and stands alone knows that the clear and clear tasks assigned by the boss are easy to complete, and once given a vague indicator, they will make themselves suspicious and feel that the boss should not be satisfied with what to do.

Unless you buy a building for a dollar.

"What is the current share price?"

He asked about the stock price, not the market capitalization, and he had a general idea of the market capitalization, but he really didn't know how many shares of Apple there were at the moment.

"At present, Apple has issued almost 170 million shares, and the stock price is 4.2M yuan per share. ”

He silently calculated, and the total market value was still higher than he expected.

The memory of the previous life, Apple in 03, is at a record low since its establishment, and the total market value has fallen to 6 billion M yuan, but now there are still more than 7 billion.

"You can pay a premium of up to 50%, is this number difficult?"

He didn't understand any of this, so he had to check with Rebus.

"It should be higher than when they invested, and in this wave of bubble bursting, I believe they also urgently need funds to support their main business, which is not a big problem. ”

He asked Rebus to go out and called Lin Changjun by the way.

"Mr. Lin, give me a premium of 20% and sweep Apple's liquid energy stocks. ”

Lin Changjun thought it was something, but as soon as he came in, he heard the boss's almost idiotic words.

Lin Changjun's face was suffocated as constipation, and after a long time, he still said:

"Yi Dong, why can't you be so brutal, otherwise Apple's shares will be speculated by us to sky-high prices, don't say 20% at that time, no one will sell at a premium of 100%, and the people of Lao M, like us in China, buy up and not buy down. ”

He really didn't understand, and was suddenly stunned by Lin Changjun.

"And what do you think you're going to do?"

"Our general method of operation is to take advantage of the fact that everyone does not react, first sweep a wave, as you buy more, the stock price will definitely rise, and then sell the part at a low price, which is called suppressing the stock price, and then sweeping when the pressure reaches a low point, and so on. ”

He slapped his forehead, and the layman instructed the insider.

But he immediately thought of another question.

"If we buy and sell like this, people with a heart will see it. ”

Lin Changjun continued to give him popular science:

"Yi Dong, in the process of acquisition, it is normal to be sniped, but the sniper is also for money, just concentrate the shares in the hands of a few people, and then buy them at a premium, plus their own acquisition, almost complete the overall acquisition. ”

"What if Apple insiders find out and they don't let go and buy in?"

"That's a contest of funds, to see who has plenty of cash flow, according to my understanding of Apple, as long as several major consortiums don't make a move, Apple has no money to buy. Even if they expand their shares to raise funds, on the one hand, the shares are too spread, and the shareholders do not agree, on the other hand, they must find people who are willing to invest. ”

He nodded, finally figuring out the whole process of the acquisition.

"What do you mean, we still have to deal with a few major consortia first?"

Lin Changjun nodded yes.

Rebus and Lin Changjun found an intermediary broker, there are many people who do this kind of thing, as long as it is an investment bank, they are willing to build bridges, and their commission is about 1%-3% of the total value of the acquisition.

Although Yi Shaofeng felt sorry for this money, he also knew that when he walked in other people's ways, he always had to leave some money to buy roads, after all, there were still many things to deal with them in the future.

The wait was very long, almost a week without news.

He had to wait patiently.

"Yi Dong, Apple already knows that we are acquiring, Steve opened the board of directors and asked all the directors to believe him, he will take Apple out of the quagmire. ”

"How?"

"The effect is still there, and the few companies that were willing to negotiate at the beginning are now starting to waver. ”

After receiving Rebus's call, he kept thinking.

Most of my understanding of Steve in my previous life came from the Internet, but it was groundless, not necessarily without reason, at least one thing is true, that is, Steve is a very controlling person with a strong sense of self-confidence, and his self-confidence can infect many people.

If Steve is allowed to continue lobbying, he may be in vain.

"Give me a high-level appointment with Merrill Lynch, and just say that I have a big business I want to talk to him. ”

He dialed Lin Changjun's phone and arranged.

The next day, he met Merrill Lynch's vice president, Jack Gary.

"Mr. Yi, I don't know what kind of big business you are talking about?"

"If Merrill Lynch can help me buy Apple, I am willing to pay 300 million M as a commission. ”

He put the price up to 5% of the total amount of the purchase at once.

"Mr. Yi, it seems that you are determined to win Apple, but as a native of M, I will not sell my domestic business. ”

He didn't believe even a single punctuation mark when Jack said it.

These investment bank capitalists eat carrion, and it's ridiculous to talk about conscience.

"Tell me, what does Merrill Lynch need?"

"I said, I won't ......"

"500 million M gold. ”

He could visibly hear the other man's breathing become heavy.