Chapter 762: The height is unbearable

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“… In contrast, after Tim George joined, Myspace, now has only about 50 million registered users, and its influence is limited to a few English-speaking countries such as the United States, and it has not spread its influence to the world like Ruby. Therefore, even if Tim George leaves with a large number of Ruby's old employees, it can't shake Ruby's position in the Internet, especially in the social field. And the real soul of Ruby Company is Bruce Guo, as long as he is there, the future of Ruby does not need any doubt. ”

Old Morgan nodded, "It seems that you have a lot of faith in rubies." ”

"Of course... The only thing I regret now is that I didn't take some more of the original shares in the first place!"

"Harvey, don't you have a chance now?"

Frederick asked suddenly. Compared with his old-fashioned father, he still has a very high acceptance of high-tech such as the Internet, and is optimistic about its future.

"There's no chance! Both Google and Ruby have already received financing. With their current development, there will not be another round of funding before going public. Moreover, neither Bruce Kuo, nor Blackstone, nor the Carlyle Group want to see their shares diluted again. ”

"Even if we support the 'merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch', is it impossible?"

"Frederick, it looks like you're interested in the internet?" asked Harvey.

"The development of the Internet in recent years, and its impact on the real economy, is obvious to all, and I would like to invest in the water if I have the opportunity!"

Harvey had long since withdrawn from the competition for the head of the Morgan family, so he had a good relationship with Frederick, the eldest brother.

After a brief moment's consideration, Harvey shook his head.

"Bruce Kwok is not someone who will back down easily. Even if we make it a condition to 'support the merger of Merrill Lynch and Phoenix', he will not agree." Moreover, I have met with many top American consortia and family representatives in the past few days. Even without us, the remaining people would be enough to help Bruce Guo complete the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch, as long as he is willing to give up the original shares of the new company!"

"Specifically, what are the invited consortiums?"

Morgan Sr. has little interest in the Internet, and he came this time for the original shares of Phoenix Merrill Lynch.

"In addition to us and the Roosevelt family, there are the Bush family, the Kennedy family, Goldman Sachs, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Carlyle Group, the Blackstone Group, KKR, Da Mo and Bain Capital. ”

"So much, is Bruce Guo going to give up the whole of Phoenix Merrill Lynch?" Frederick was surprised.

Harvey shrugged, "Who knows, maybe he's just trying to make Phoenix Bank bigger." … I can't guess what he was going to do, anyway. ”

Soon, the two of them focused their eyes on old Morgan. Compared with them when they are still young, their father, who has worked hard in a deceitful shopping mall for half his life, is undoubtedly more able to understand human nature.

"Maybe he's really just chasing power!"

Old Morgan was also a little confused about Guo Shouyun's plans. It took so much effort to promote the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch, and to hand over the equity to people is really not the style he showed in the past.

You must know that whether it is Ruby or Unocal, including Matrix and Pacific Energy, there is no one that he does not have absolute control. The only exception is Google, but Google did not have a controlling stake in Guo Shouyun in the first place.

"Knock...!"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

After receiving permission, a young man in a black suit pushed the door open and walked in.

"Hello Mr. Morgan, I'm Paul Ted from Mr. Guo's Secretariat!" the young man said appropriately.

"Hello, do you have any news for your boss?"

"Yes! The boss asked me to inform you that tomorrow morning at nine o'clock he will hold a financing meeting for Phoenix Merrill Lynch in the conference room! ”

"Anything else?"

"No more!"

Nodding his head clearly, Old Morgan groaned slightly, "In addition to us, what other representatives of institutions will attend the meeting tomorrow?"

"I don't know this very well, I'm only responsible for informing Mr. Morgan!"

"Thank you"

After seeing his father's question, Frederick took two hundred dollars and sent Paul Ted away.

"It seems that Bruce Guo is very cautious and does not give us too many opportunities to communicate privately. ”

Old Morgan nodded, "Everything depends on tomorrow's meeting!"

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"Why haven't you come home yet?"

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Guo Shouyun asked after glancing back.

Catherine said she had an emergency meeting in the evening and would go back a little later. Nan Nan is not at home either, it is not interesting for me to go back alone, so I came to look for you. ”

As he spoke, Liu Zhixing sat down on the seat next to him.

The location where the two of them are now is the highest place among the three courtyards of the Hanshan Annex, and sitting here can not only overlook the entire Hanshan Courtyard, but also overlook the dotted San Francisco city in the distance. The scenery is beautiful, but the weather is still a little cold at the end of March. Sitting on the roof of the building, I felt a little shivering from the wind!

Guo Shouyun nodded and did not speak.

"Still worried about tomorrow's meeting?" Liu Zhixing continued.

"It's not enough to worry! The decisions have been made in advance, and all that remains is to implement them. Moreover, with the help of these people, there is a high probability that the merger of Phoenix and Merrill will not be difficult again. ”

"In that case, what are you still sitting here for, how nice it would be to go home early with Wendy and the kids?"

"I'll sit for a while and then I'll go back. But now I'd rather be here for a bit of a bit and give myself a space to relax!"

Liu Zhixing nodded knowingly, and sighed: "It's cold in high places!"

"Whenever it's like this, I wonder if it's worth it for me to go to so much trouble to grow so many large companies, even at the expense of spending time with my family. Guo Shouyun said suddenly.

"There's nothing worth it, when you first embarked on this path, you couldn't help yourself!"

Guo Shouyun smiled bitterly and nodded.

"The future of hundreds of thousands of people is on my shoulders, and hundreds of billions of dollars in funds are in my hands, even if I want to retreat, there is no way back. But the most tiring thing is that even if you are tired, you still have to pretend to be strong in front of outsiders and even your own wife!"

"Who can say clearly what is between gain and loss. Billionaires have the suffering of billionaires, the middle class has the suffering of the middle class, ordinary people have the suffering of different people, and no matter which class has its own difficulties. That's why the Buddha said: All sentient beings are suffering, and the only way to overcome them is to overcome them! Sometimes letting go of attachment will make one's heart much better!"

Guo Shouyun nodded slowly, then turned his head and smiled: "When did you start studying Buddhism?"

"Before you met me, I watched for a while in the darkest, lowest point of my life. ”

Guo Shouyun understood.

"Bruce, the classics of the sages contain countless wisdoms, and sometimes reading more can help you reduce the stress after burnout!"

"Lend me my kind words, and I will read more in the future!"

After the words fell, he stood up, "Okay, after talking to you about this, my negative emotions are almost cathartic." Let's go, there is a 'big war' waiting for us tomorrow!"

Liu Zhixing nodded and said with a smile: "It's rare to see that this guy of yours is also depressed, and he is going to watch it for a while, but I didn't expect it to end so soon." ”

"You guy is really a bad friend, you actually look at my jokes!"

"Who made you the famous Bruce Guo!"

The two laughed and left the roof!

Separate from each other, and life after returning home is different!

The night grew darker, accompanied by a north wind, which was dispersed by the rising sun. Guo Shouyun had breakfast, looked at a few children, said goodbye to Wendy, and returned to the Hanshan Courtyard again.

"Boss, all the materials you want are ready!" Wang Jue said.

Guo Shouyun nodded and looked at the time!

"Almost, let's go!"

"Yes!"

……

Hanshan Villa Front Yard Meeting Room!

Around the oval-shaped conference table, it was filled with representatives of various consortia!

"The Morgans, the Roosevelt family, the Bush family, the Kennedy family, Goldman Sachs, the Royal Bank of Scotland, KKR, Da Mo, Bain Capital, Bear Stearns, plus our Blackstone and you Carlyle, tsk, Bruce has put together an amazing lineup!"

Blackstone CEO Steve Schwartzman laughed.

"I'm more curious than that, how did Bruce bring Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns in? ”

David Rubenstein, CEO of The Carlyle Group, asked after his eyes wandered over the faces of Goldman Sachs CEO Blank Fein and Charles Prince, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bear Stearns.

"Of course, it is the rich interests represented by the original shares of the new company after the merger of Phoenix and Merrill Lynch! Compared with the profits that are not sure whether they can get it after the big fight with Bruce, of course, the Phoenix Merrill Lynch that can be touched and seen in front of you is more moving. If it were me, I would have made the same choice as them. ”

David Rubinstein nodded.

"When the news is made public, I'm afraid that Schiff, Citigroup, and ING Group will have wonderful faces!"

"Of course!, it's a pity that I didn't have a chance to see it!" Steve Schwartzman nodded in agreement.

"How much are you Blackstone going to take this time?" said David Rubinstein, changing the subject.

Glancing at him, "What about you Carlyle, how many of Phoenix Merrill Lynch's original shares are you going to swallow?"

"The combined market value of Phoenix Merrill Lynch is more than 120 billion US dollars, and 1% is 1.2 billion! With Carlyle's capital, we can't take much!"

"It's the same with our Black Stone! Phoenix Merrill Lynch's value is too high. Moreover, I don't know what conditions Bruce Guo has!"

"I think it must be one of the conditions to help Phoenix Merrill Lynch merge smoothly!"

"Of course!"

As soon as Steve Schwartzman nodded, the door was pushed open from the outside by Guo Shouyun. His arrival instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the room.