Believe it or not!

This is a question that Wen Boyuan needs to consider now.

Why did Wang Ye ask him to suggest to the board of directors of Estee Lauder to acquire Fuhua Cosmetics Company, there must be a lot of things involved behind this, and it is impossible for Wang Ye to tell him now.

Because he is not Wang Ye's henchman yet!

If you gamble, believe in Wang Ye, and do what he commands, you may be able to gain a lot.

If Wang Ye is treacherous in the end and crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, then there is really no way to counter Wang Ye.

Therefore, the crux of the matter is whether Wang Ye can be trusted!

Wen Bo didn't think about it for too long, and in the past two years, he has also seen how Wang Ye has risen.

He chose to bet on Wang Ye!

This man shouldn't disappoint.

"I believe you!Wang Dong, tell me what to do!" Wen Boyuan said through gritted teeth.

Wang Ye smiled heartily: "That's right! As for you, just follow the normal process and suggest that the headquarters acquire Fuhua Cosmetics Company, and you don't have to worry about the rest, just wait and see what happens." ”

The Estee Lauder company, however, has the genes to acquire.

In other words, all Jahwa giants are "acquisition freaks"!

Like Procter & Gamble, Unilever, L'Oreal, which company does not have dozens or hundreds of brands. Procter & Gamble, in particular, had hundreds of brands at its peak!

Estee Lauder also relied on acquisitions to rise all the way, of course, this company pays attention to the boutique strategy.

In other words, they only buy boutique brands, and ordinary brands are too lazy to engage in them.

However, the floating flower cosmetics company is definitely in line with Estee Lauder's boutique strategy, whether it is the story of flowers or the floating dream, it is what Estee Lauder dreams of!

Flower Story, although the positioning is slightly lower, but the absolute sales trump card! Guanghua is a mainland market, and the annual sales are tens of billions!

Hanging L'Oreal and Estee Lauder, the latter two together can't be compared to Flower Story.

And floating like a dream is something that Estee Lauder dreams of!

At present, Floating Dream is the world's top and most luxurious cosmetics brand, and there is no one.

More than a notch higher than La Mer, Estee Lauder's highest-end brand.

If you can acquire Fuhua Cosmetics, Estee Lauder will really become the absolute leader in the cosmetics industry.

Flower Story, Estee Lauder, which rushed to sales after the next generation.

There is a floating dream and a mystery of the sea blue to maintain the brand image.

At that time, what cosmetics company would dare to compare with it, and it would not be able to find an opponent at all.

In fact, not long after the creation of Flower Story, Estee Lauder had the idea of acquiring it, and Wenbo came to talk about it at that time, and he was directly closed.

Wen Boyuan didn't have to think about it to know that if he revealed to the board of directors that Fuhua Cosmetics wanted to cash out, the board of directors would immediately become unprecedentedly united, and he would immediately send a team over to negotiate without hesitation for a minute.

……

After sending Wen Boyuan away, Wang Ye ushered in another guest.

"Haha, Wang Dong, HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

As soon as Pete entered Wang Ye's office, he said with a hearty laugh.

"Happy New Year, Pete, please be seated. ”

Wang Ye also responded with a smile.

"Old friend, maybe this is the last time I'll come to your office, and I'll meet again later, I don't know when. ”

After sitting down, Pete said with emotion.

Wang Ye immediately understood what he meant, and congratulated him: "Congratulations, Pete, this must be a high promotion." What's the matter, go back to the headquarters or go to Xiangjiang?"

Pete grinned and said, "Headquarters, Senior Vice President of Credit. ”

It's really high, even though it's only the vice president of the department, but it's in the headquarters, and it's a department with real power like the credit department.

It's certainly much better than the head of a private bank in a branch in a foreign country.

It can be said that Pete's leapfrog promotion, Wang Ye has made a lot of efforts.

This is not to say that Wang Ye has connections at Citibank's headquarters, but that Wang Ye has given Citibank a lot of big business through Pete in the past two years!

Especially for the listing of Meigou.com, Citibank became the main contractor and made a lot of money, which is of course a big credit to Pitt.

This time, he was able to be promoted to senior vice president of the credit department of the headquarters, and the big list of Meigou added a lot of points to him.

However, when he heard that Pete went to the credit department of the headquarters, Wang Ye was overjoyed, originally he asked Pete to come over this time, just to let him take a line.

Now it's just right, and it's time to get Pete to work again.

"What, Wang Dong, is there anything you have to ask me to meet today?" asked Pete with concern.

He was really grateful to Wang Ye, although when the two first met, Pete was keenly aware that Wang Ye, who was still a little young at the time, had great potential.

However, he really didn't expect Wang Ye to have such potential!

It's only been a long time, and before it has been three years, he has gone from being an executive of a small company, not even a gold collar, to now he is the richest man in China, with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars.

"There's really something, I want to borrow some money in the name of the European Emperor Fund. Wang Ye said with a smile.

Pete was stunned for a moment, and then grinned: "What a coincidence, now I have more authority than before for such a thing as a loan!

As he spoke, Pete leisurely cocked Erlang's legs and picked up the coffee cup.

He will soon be the senior vice president of the credit department at the head office, responsible for reviewing and disbursing loans.

Citibank is one of the world's largest commercial banks, with a huge amount of capital, and his authority as a senior vice president is certainly not low.

In the past, when Pete was still the head of the private banking department, he only had the authority to grant a certain amount of credit to Wang Ye.

As for large business loans, he can only contact the credit department for approval and disbursement.

Wang Ye stretched out a finger and smiled without saying a word.

Pete looked at it and asked, "$100 million?"

Wang Ye shook his head.

"A billion dollars? That's nothing. Pete said nonchalantly.

"Ten billion, dollars. Wang Ye said.

"Poof!" the coffee that Pete had just drunk squirted out of his mouth.

He scrambled to pull out a few tissues from the coffee table and wipe the coffee stains from his pants.

Half a day later, it was cleaned up.

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Pete said, "Wang Dong, you have such a big appetite." No bank would dare to put such a large sum of money lightly. ”

Wang Ye said nonchalantly: "Pete, because we are old friends, we gave you this business, do you think I won't be able to borrow money? Don't forget, I just got a loan of 50 billion yuan from China Merchants Bank some time ago, and that's almost 10 billion US dollars!"

Of course, Pete knew about Wang Ye's 50 billion loan from China Merchants Bank, and he also knew that he couldn't interfere in that matter, and he couldn't get involved.

Because it is a policy loan given as a guarantee in Pengcheng City, there is an intricate relationship.

Pete also knew that Wang Ye basically didn't pay anything to win the loan.

Because it was the nine-square-kilometer piece of land that was mortgaged!

And that piece of land, Wang Ye only spent one dollar and bought it!

It is equivalent to getting a loan of 50 billion yuan at the cost of one dollar, who to reason with this kind of thing.

However, if you want to get 10 billion dollars for a pure commercial loan, you need more collateral.

"With what collateral?"

Although 10 billion dollars is a lot, Pitt is not very empty, he represents Citibank of the United States.

As long as there is enough collateral, money is not an issue.

"Use the shares of the United States in the name of the European Emperor Fund, but only 150 million shares can be mortgaged. ”

Wang Ye frowned and said.

To tell the truth, although there are a lot of assets under the European Emperor Fund, what is really valuable is Wang Ye and the shares that have entered those Meigou networks.

Used as collateral, those shares are also the most valuable.

The rest, like Huayou Group, are also very valuable, but no one can say how much it is worth, because it is not listed.

Therefore, it is most acceptable to make a commercial loan or use the shares of listed companies as collateral.

Pete also frowned a little when he heard Wang Ye say this.

Although the market value of 150 million shares of Meigou.com has reached about 16 billion, it does exceed the amount of 10 billion loans.

However, that's not how bank mortgages work.

According to the normal process, these shares can be borrowed at most 8 billion US dollars, and no more.

But if Wang Ye really only needs 8 billion US dollars, then do you still need to look for him, although which commercial bank to find, the other party is rushing to do it.

After thinking for a long time, Pete asked, "What are you going to do with so much money?" ”

Wang Ye can't tell Pete about this matter for the time being.

"Used to acquire a company, as for the bottom of the bid, you know, you can't say it for the time being. He laughs.

Pete nodded in understanding.

This kind of large-scale acquisition, which involves tens of billions of dollars, must of course be kept strictly confidential in the early stage to prevent news leakage.

Because there are many kinds of acquisitions, if Wang Ye belongs to the kind of hostile acquisition, he will suffer a big loss if he leaks the news.

"I'll take care of this for you as soon as I get back to headquarters, I guess...... It shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Pete has been in China for a few years, and he has also learned not to talk too much.

Even if he was nine percent sure of this, he still didn't dare to promise that it would be done, after all, it was a huge amount of money worth tens of billions of dollars, which was beyond his authority.

Wang Ye nodded, expressed understanding, and said: "There is another news that can tell you, I took the remaining 150 million US dollars of US shares, found another bank, and also borrowed 10 billion US dollars, which has been approved." ”

Pete was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Which bank? Since you need $20 billion in funds, why don't you find me all of them?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Pete reacted to himself and smiled awkwardly.

Of course, he knew why Wang Ye didn't ask himself for a loan, because the amount of 20 billion was too big!

For just 10 billion US dollars, he didn't dare to pack tickets, wouldn't 20 billion be scared to pee.

Moreover, with two banks involved, the risk is much smaller.

For the huge loans of some companies, there are often multiple banks forming groups to lend, which is also an unspoken rule in the industry.

Wang Ye didn't hide it, and told him: "It's HSBC." ”

Thinking of Wang Ye's status as Prince Bourne, Pitt suddenly realized that HSBC is the largest bank in Great Britain, Wang Ye's status in Great Britain is so noble, and Prince William is also one of the directors of the European Emperor Fund.

It is conceivable that Prince William must have helped pull the line and find the money from HSBC.

But with such a reference, Pete is more confident that he can do it.

……

For this "elephant swallowing plan", Wang Ye raised 20 billion US dollars!

And that's just a loan, and the fund itself has two or three billion dollars in cash.

In other words, the funds prepared by Wang Ye are as high as 23 billion US dollars!

With so much money, you can almost buy half of the Estee Lauder company.

Of course, whether the other party is willing to sell or not, whether they can buy enough shares, is still too early to say.

Companies like Estee Lauder have very few outstanding shares in the market, and the vast majority of shares are held by the Lauder family and major asset management companies or funds.

It's not easy to get enough of the shares.

Moreover, even if it has acquired enough shares from which asset management companies or funds, it is still wishful thinking to be on the board of directors.

Because of the shares in the hands of the Lauder family, the voting rights are as high as 87%!

This is obviously a desperate situation, a dead end.

However, Wang Ye has already made up his mind, and he has long been prepared for how to solve this dead end.

Just when Wang Ye was still preparing funds, Wen Boyuan had already gone to the headquarters of Estee Lauder and reported to the board of directors.

……

Estée Lauder Headquarters Building, New York, USA.

The large conference room on the top floor, which is the fixed meeting place of the company's board of directors.

The Lauder family, as well as representatives of several investment institutions, gathered here because of an application from Wen Boyuan.

It's also a tradition at The Estée Lauder Companies that the board of directors holds a meeting to discuss every time a suitable acquisition target is available.

It's not up to the CEO to dictate it.

At the long conference table, sitting in the chairman's position is William, the current chairman of the company. Of course, this is William Lauder, not Prince William of Great Britain.

On his left hand side is his father Leonard, and on his right hand side is his uncle Ronald.

Although the two old men sat facing each other, they did not look at each other, but turned their nostrils to the sky, showing contempt for each other.

In the corner, sitting is Fu Yide, the current CEO of the company and a professional manager hired by Chairman William.

The gray-haired man was sitting there in silence, because he didn't have much say on the board.

In this room, the only people who really have a say are the descendants of the Lauder family.

Including major investment institutions, in fact, it is just a role of observers.

Wen Boyuan stood calmly at the other end of the conference table and said eloquently: "Because of business relations, I have a lot of contacts with the senior executives of Meigou and Fuhua Cosmetics Company. Two days ago, I learned an important news, that is, Wang Ye is ready to sell the floating flower company and cash out!"