Cisco Headquarters, CEO's Office!

"Chambers, our strongest rival right now is AT&T, what if he dares to buy MCI and sue it for a monopoly?" Henry said.

Chambers smiled and said: "AT&T was originally broken up because of the monopoly, if we carry out public opinion propaganda and say that it wants to monopolize again, AT&T will definitely change its color and retreat without a fight!"

"Well, in that case, you guys just get the AT&T out of the game, and then we'll have a good time with AOL !!," Henry said, laughing.

"Okay, no problem!" laughed John Chambers.

Subsequently, through the Internet and the major media in reality, John Chambers secretly manipulated public opinion and made all kinds of slanders against AT&T, especially emphasizing that AT&T had acquired MCI in disregard of the US monopoly law and monopolized the long-distance telephone business! For a time, public opinion in the United States condemned it, and AT&T was also invited to tea by the police. A week later, AT&T held a press conference to announce that AT&T had decided to withdraw from the MCI acquisition!!

Steve Keys and others knew that AT&T's withdrawal must have been done by Cisco! But instead of stopping it, they added fuel to it. One less competitor, one more hope of victory! Now, it's just a showdown between the alliance formed by Cisco and the Nicholas Group and the AOL alliance!

Although there is no official war between the two sides, the focus of the whole country is already focused here. Major newspapers and television are paying attention to this matter, and many experts and professors have expressed their opinions, and there are also heated discussions on the Internet. A $10 billion acquisition is extremely rare in the United States and even in the world! However, the fame of all the companies participating in this acquisition has increased to a greater or lesser extent!

Cisco and the Nicholas Group are famous!!

"Two to ten, awesome !!!" a netizen praised!

"Support Cisco, support Nicholas!"

The United States has always had the habit of sympathizing with the weak, there are only two companies on Henry's side, and there are more than a dozen companies on AOL's side, and they obviously put on a posture of fighting more and less, frequently appearing in front of the media and making nonsense.

"Cisco and Nicholas are definitely not our opponents!!" says the CEO of Worl!

"Cisco and Nicholas get out of the MCI acquisition!" exclaimed the CEO of ANS, who said that AOL has a strong team and deep pockets, while Nicholas and Cisco are just inflated stock prices, and he even makes a big deal about Cisco's shares, which may plummet one day!!

It didn't take long for Cisco's shares to riot, and there were people selling their shares in large numbers that day!

Many media outlets have also begun to trumpet Cisco's inflated market value, investors' lack of confidence, and so on, and advised shareholders to sell Cisco's shares as soon as possible! At this moment, Cisco's stock price began to fall sharply.

Henry, John Chambers, and others convened an emergency meeting.

John Chambers said in a deep voice: "Judging from the current situation, someone must have maliciously suppressed our Cisco stock price. This guy, no need to guess, must be the AOL!"

Henry said: "Some time ago, someone bought a large number of Cisco shares in the stock market, it seems that this is a long-term plan!"

"That's right!" said John Chambers, "and now it is imperative to stabilize the stock price, and I suggest that no matter how much they sell, we must eat it!"

"How much money do you have on Cisco's books?" asked Henry.

"Only $2.5 billion!"

"Inform Citibank, Morgan Bank, and ask for their help!" Henry said in a deep voice.

"Understood!" John Chambers replied with a nod.

This time, the AOL alliance is menacing, if Cisco can't resist the stock market, the stock price will inevitably plummet, and the AAOL alliance plot succeeds, not only can make a profit from it, but also weaken Cisco's strength!!

Subsequently, Henry called the Nicholas Group and informed them to help Cisco buy Cisco shares on the stock market and keep the stock price stable!

Cisco's stock price is far from reaching its limit, and after Nicholas buys it, it will definitely appreciate!

In the following week, the stock market staged a big drama, hundreds of millions of dollars of Cisco shares were traded every day, one tossed, one bought, and it was thrilling to watch!! but in the end, Cisco's stock price stabilized.

Sequoia Capital Headquarters!

Steve Case, Ford Brook and other company representatives are here.

Steve said: "Ford, now is the time for Sequoia Capital to make a move! Cisco is almost unbearable, as long as Sequoia Capital sells its shares, Cisco's stock price will inevitably form a domino effect, and the plunge will not stop, and then we will sell short, we will definitely make a lot of money!"

Ford Brooke was a little uncertain: "But Cisco has the support of Citibank and Morgan Bank, I'm afraid it's ......"

In fact, Sequoia Capital did not know about the action to suppress Cisco's stock price at the beginning! This was Steve Case's poisonous plan, because Sequoia Capital was a shareholder of Cisco, so it deliberately concealed it from Sequoia Capital, and it was difficult for them to turn back when the raw rice was cooked, and then they were notified of their actions! Now, Sequoia Capital has no way out! It is necessary to support the actions of the AOL Alliance, otherwise, the plan will fail, and AOL and the Alliance will suffer heavy losses. Sequoia Capital, as a major shareholder of AOL and a minority shareholder of Cisco, who will he support, this choice question is not difficult!

But Sequoia Capital is only worried about Citibank, Morgan Bank's support for Cisco, and if Sequoia Capital sells its shares, it will be a loss!!

At this time, Steve Keys smiled mysteriously and said to Ford Brooke, "Ford, look who they are!"

As he spoke, the CEOs of Citibank and Morgan walked out the door!

Ford Brooke was stunned, his face full of doubts: "What's going on? How did the CEOs of Citibank and Morgan come here?"

Everyone immediately greeted the CEOs of the two major banks.

Steve smiled at Ford Brooke and said, "What's wrong?

Ford Brooke nodded.

Steve smiled and said, "Look at the people sitting around!! Citibank and Morgan Bank will fall out with so many telecom companies because of Nicholas and Cisco?"

Citibank CEO Max Rockefeller said with a smile: "We don't help each other in this operation!"

"Oh, that's right!" John Morgan, CEO of JPMorgan Bank, laughed, "We are neutral at JPMorgan Bank and Citibank!"

Steve Keys patted Ford Brooke on the shoulder and said, "Since the two major banks are unwilling to help Cisco, Cisco will definitely not be able to resist our attack after it is finished! Ford, I suggest selling the shares early, and you can cash out more money!"

Ford Brooke and Steve Keys look at each other and smile!

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"What!! Citibank and Morgan Bank refuse to lend us money!" Henry said in disbelief.

"Yes!" John Chambers said with a wry smile, "the AOL has done lobbying work, and Citibank and Morgan Bank don't want to offend them, after all, those telecom companies are also big customers of Citibank and Morgan!"

Henry's face suddenly sank.

It's better to open a bank by yourself, and you can't rely on others after all...... (Please support !!)

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