It has to be said that Cowell brought the greed of Wall Street to the fullest. At present, the stock market value of Jingjian Blue Star Network is nearly one billion US dollars, but Cowell only paid 500 million, and he still has the face to say "high price".

Particularly vicious is the locked 5% stake. Don't think that this is Cowell showing kindness, it seems that Jing Jian is allowed to hold a part of the stock. You must know that more than 5% is a major shareholder, and it is illegal for you to hold shares in a rival company. For example, if you are a major shareholder of Coca-Cola and you want to hold shares in Pepsi, what do you want to do?

In other words, once the 5% equity is locked, Jing Jian will not be able to invest in similar enterprises within ten years, which is to drive Jing Jian out of the portal industry in disguise.

Cowell was unimpressed with Jing Jian's attitude: "Bramble, the money you get is real." 500 million is actually not low. The meaning of the words is that Jing Jian's current stock is still in the lock-up period, which is nothing more than a recent surge, and the future stock price does not know what will happen.

Jing Jian quickly stabilized his mood: "I'm sorry, Cowell, I think you should be disappointed. ”

"It's okay, hehe. Cowell said lightly, as if he were talking about a trivial matter, "Actually, the results are all about the same." I'm sure Wang's side is very interested in my 8% stake in the voting rights, right? As soon as the shareholders' meeting is held, you will step down. So I want to save a little bit of trouble and you can make a little more profit in the end. ”

Jing Jian suddenly noticed Cowell's words: "Cowell, when you buy equity, aren't you personally running the Blue Star Network?"

"Of course not, I only invest. Cowell smiled and said, "In my eyes, if you support Wang's side now, you will be able to get more benefits." Bramble, I actually admire you, just your sanity. In fact, there are many things that are easy to talk about, and you don't need to live or die. ”

Jing Jian quickly did the mental arithmetic. Obviously, Cowell doesn't care who he supports, mainly depends on who gives more benefits. However, what he meant in his words was that the potential benefits of supporting Wang Lie were likely to exceed $500 million, unless he could come up with greater benefits.

Here, if anyone still doesn't understand the algorithm here, explain it. If Jing Jian agrees to sell Cowell shares at a low price of $500 million, Cowell can actually support Jing Jian to continue to operate Bluestar.com. It's better to be raw than cooked, and Jing Jian's reputation is always much higher than Wang Lie's, right? However, Colwell didn't do this, so there is only one truth - the benefits given to Wang Lie will definitely exceed 500 million US dollars.

However, in the shopping mall, it is common for me to cheat, maybe this is Cowell's deliberate fraud? Of course, Jing Jian will also bluff: "Cowell, how can I make hundreds of millions of funds around me." I can also use the copyright of Seed Pictures as collateral, and even sell some standard shares for financing, not to mention much, a loan of two or three hundred million dollars is still certain. As for the extraordinary shareholders' meeting, I can still put up procedural obstacles, and it's okay to delay it for two or three weeks, right? I will spend all this money on the acquisition of outstanding shares, and even if the shareholders' meeting is held, you must be completely sure?"

Jing Jian's meaning is very clear, that is, to use that kind of secret game. Until the day of the extraordinary shareholders' meeting, no one knows how many shares the other party has. In order to ensure the simplicity of the majority, you can only grit your teeth and continue to buy. And the U.S. stock market has no price limit, and the stock will definitely rise to the sky at that time. At that time, the cost of Wang Lie and Cowell will definitely be hundreds of millions more, are they willing to spend such a big price?

In addition, Jing Jian also vaguely hinted to Cowell that as long as he supports himself, the standard first round of financing is not difficult to discuss.

"Hahaha!" Colwell must have understood the hint with a burst of laughter, but he still pretended to be confused, "Bramble, it won't take that long." Let me tell you, Congress will hold a hearing soon, and I hope you have the best of luck. Also, if you figured it out, you can always call me before the hearing. ”

Jing Jian was stunned for a moment, to be honest, his concessions were not small, and Colwell tried his best to join the standard financing before, why wasn't he even interested in this bait this time?

And Cowell's final meaning is very clear, this hearing was promoted by Cowell himself, not Wang Lie's side. If Jing Jian continues to resist, then the hearing will be sad, and if Jing Jian is soft, then raise it high and put it down gently.

This made Jing Jian wonder. Although the US Congress says that it is controlled by the capitalists, it is not a place that can be manipulated casually. It is impossible to come to a hearing over trivial matters, and is it necessary to escalate a proposal like this to a hearing? How much does it take for Cowell to use? Or is it worth it?

The other point is quite strange. Regardless of the outcome of the hearings, the blow to Bluestar itself is heavy. In order to restore the reputation in the future, it is necessary to spend a lot of public relations expenses. This is the same for Jing Jian and Wang Lie. So Cowell's approach is very puzzling, is he trying to harm others and himself?

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With doubts, Jing Jian discussed several times with his lawyer and investment consultant, but still couldn't figure out Cowell's intentions. But Cowell didn't lie, and then Jing Jian received a notice from Congress that a joint hearing would be held on August 1.

A day earlier, Jing Jian and his team of lawyers arrived in Washington. On the afternoon of August 1, Jing Jian entered Capitol Hill wearing a suit and tie.

Congressional hearings in the United States are a formal and primary method of collecting and analyzing opinions from all walks of life during the initial development of legislative policy, usually including the oral testimony of witnesses and the questioning of witnesses by members of Congress. Since today's hearing was not complicated and was mainly aimed at Jing Jian, he was the only one who attended.

said that it was a congressional hearing, but in fact, the U.S. Congress has two houses of the Senate and the House of Representatives, so Jing Jian needs to participate in two sessions. And today is the Senate hearing, tomorrow it will be the turn of the House of Representatives. A total of 56 senators came to today's hearing. I have to say that in this not very important proposal, so many senators came, and two hours before the hearing began, the people and reporters who applied to observe the hearing had already lined up, and the auditorium was filled after the start, it can only be said that Jing Jian's celebrity effect is indeed very good.

The hearing began on time. After taking the oath, Jing Jian took out three pages of prepared statements, read them quickly, and then looked at the parliamentarians with a smile on his face: "Gentlemen and ladies, any questions are welcome! Thank you!"