Chapter 227: The furious Guo Shouyun

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"You may be seated!"

"Thank you!"

After sitting down, Barbe Douglas took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Guo Shouyun.

"What is this?"

"Aren't you planning to buy other utilities, these are the lists!"

"So fast?" Guo Shouyun said in surprise.

"I've been in the energy and utilities industry for most of my life, and I've been connected to major shareholders and managers in most of the companies in the U.S. I don't have accurate data on how much damage the year-long California energy crisis has done to their businesses, but I have an idea of what it is. Also, I can roughly guess how likely those companies are to sell. Therefore, it is not difficult to come up with an M&A catalog. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded in agreement, looked at the information in his hand, and then looked at the gray-haired old man opposite. I couldn't help but sigh secretly: how correct the decision to leave the other party was!

'There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure', no matter where it is, in most cases it is a wise saying!

Flipping through the information in his hand, after reading the brief introduction, Guo Shouyun picked up the pen and scratched it up. After reviewing it and finding that there was no problem, I returned the information.

"I want to buy these companies. ”

"Oregon Electric & Gas, Seattle Power, Legendary Gas...!"

There are a total of seven companies drawn by Guo Shouyun, corresponding to the six states of Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Iota, Utah, and Arizona, two of which are Seattle Electric and Legend Gas, which are also located in Washington State, and are respectively the state's first and second electric and natural gas utilities. The combined population of the seven states is close to 20 million. It's only half the size of California, but it would take at least $3 billion to win the states' largest electric and gas companies.

After reading it, Barbe Douglas nodded, "With the current situation, it is not difficult to acquire them. But you need to be aware that once the acquisition is completed, their debt will be completely overwhelming Pan Pacific, and if the energy crisis in California does not end, it will lose more than $800 million a month. Are you sure you can handle this financial pressure?"

"Don't worry, since I dare to do it, I can naturally bear it!" Guo Shouyun said confidently.

After staring at the young man opposite for a moment with a deep and deep stare at him, but not finding any wavering or hesitation at all, Barbe Douglas nodded and said, "In that case, the matter of the acquisition will be left to me." I promise to complete the acquisition of the seven companies at the most reasonable price. ”

"I believe in your abilities. Plus, I don't mind spending a little more. But it has to be fast. Otherwise, it may not be so easy to wait until the end of California's energy crisis to think about buying utilities on such a large scale. Guo Shouyun emphasized.

Glancing at him, "You're really a little special about getting involved so actively when others are afraid of utilities." ”

Guo Shouyun smiled, "The energy crisis in California is a disaster that others want to escape, but in my opinion, it is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as I seize this opportunity to integrate the same type of companies as much as possible and occupy a broader market, then when the crisis passes, I will get a more brilliant future. ”

Balbe Douglas nodded in agreement, "In general, this line of thinking is correct, but only if you have enough funds. Otherwise, even if you realize the opportunity, you will not be able to grasp it. It will even be dragged down by it. ”

"I've got enough money ready. Also, if you have enough energy. All U.S. utilities can appear on our list of acquisitions. ”

Barbe Douglas's pupils shrank, and it took a long time before he spoke: "Although I know that the next question will involve some secrets, I still can't help but ask: You... How much money does its Thunder Fund make from gold speculation?"

Everyone who knows anything about Guo Shouyun knows that he made a lot of money from gold futures speculation, but everyone doesn't know how much he actually made.

"You'll know when the Thunder Fund has been established for a year and the results are announced. Guo Shouyun smiled.

He would not tell anyone about this kind of confidential matter except those who really trusted him.

Barbe Douglas shrugged after a disappointed sigh. He had expected this to be the outcome.

"By the way, I still have a fund in my hand, can I hand it over to Thunder to operate?"

"Of course. But now we don't accept customers with less than $1 million in funds!"

"It's okay, I'm investing $20 million!"

"That thunder is very honored to be able to cooperate with you!" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

Barbe Douglas nodded, "The money will hit the Thunder's account soon." Now, I'm going to get to work. ”

Raising his hand to signal the document in his hand, after Guo Shouyun answered, he stepped out.

Sending Balbe Douglas away, Guo Shouyun, who was just about to go back to the office, suddenly had a mobile phone ringing in his pocket.

"Hey, Tim, what's wrong?... What?"

The message on the phone made Guo Shouyun suddenly change color, "I know, I'll go over immediately!"

After hanging up the phone, Guo Shouyun turned around and went out with anger in his eyes.

"Boss...?"

"Go, follow me to LinkedIn!"

After noticing the heaviness on Guo Shouyun's face, Wendy felt a 'chuckle' in her heart and hurriedly followed.

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The Shears Tower in Silicon Valley, where LinkedIn is headquartered. When Guo Shouyun walked in, he had already felt the subtle atmosphere in the company.

After striding into the elevator to the large conference room on the top floor, LinkedIn CEO Tim George, CFO David Verne, Chief Human Resources Officer Frank Arnell, Chief Risk Officer John Belden, Chief Technology Officer, and his partner Martin Alexander. As well as the heads of various departments such as LinkedIn News, LinkedIn Agency, LinkedIn Wealth Network, LinkedIn Business Unit, etc., are all waiting for his arrival here.

"Boss!"

“BOSS！”

Looking at Guo Shouyun, whose expression was gloomy and powerful, the tone of the senior officials on LinkedIn was full of respect. Although the big boss who founded LinkedIn doesn't come to the company often, he has long guided LinkedIn's rapid development through a visionary development strategy. In a year and a half, LinkedIn has become the world's largest professional networking site involving thirteen countries around the world, with more than 25 million registrations.

"Where's the thing?"

Guo Shouyun, who walked to the center of the conference room, did not sit down, and asked directly.

Tim George turned on the projector in the middle, and soon the front page of Yahoo News appeared on the screen.

"LinkedIn massive data breach, website security is questionable!"

The bold and enlarged font is so dazzling in Guo Shouyun's opinion. No one knows better than him how bad the impact of user data leakage can have on Internet companies, look at Facebook's hundreds of billions of assets in later generations, after the user data leak was exposed, Zach Berg, as the chairman and CEO, had to personally apologize. Not to mention now. If this incident is not handled well and the trust of users is lost, LinkedIn will end up going out of business.

At this moment, looking at these news, Guo Shouyun's heart was full of anger. But he also knows that anger is useless at times like these, the key is to figure out a solution to the problem.

"Can anyone tell me how the customer information in the LinkedIn database got online?" After taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Guo Shouyun said coldly.

At this time, Tim George knew that as a CEO, he had a responsibility at this time.

"The boss is Su Li Wendero, she is the deputy head of the data management department! She took advantage of her position to steal the chat records of 127 users, as well as email addresses, phone numbers, and other information from the company's database. ”

"Su Li... Wenderow?"

"Yes!"

Looking at Guo Shouyun's eyes as cold as a knife and full of anger, Tim George's scalp was numb. He never knew that the big boss could put so much pressure on people when he got angry.

"Bang...!"

As soon as Tim George's thoughts fell, a huge voice suddenly sounded around him, making his heart beat loudly, as if he heard the sound of the table falling apart.

Not only him, but everyone else around him was startled by the sudden sound. But looking at Guo Shouyun's fist smashed on the table, everyone was silent.

"I once repeatedly ordered that the company was not allowed to fall in love. Don't bring your girlfriend or significant other into the company. You're all taking my words on deaf ears, aren't you?" After a quick glance at a dejected Martin Alexander, "Frank, as the company's chief human resources officer, should you give me an explanation?"

Looking at Guo Shouyun's gloomy expression and oppressive eyes, Frank Arnell knew in his heart that if he couldn't come up with an answer that satisfied the other party, then his fate would definitely not be good.

"Boss, it was Martin who approached me in the first place, hoping to let Sully Wendelo into the company. Considering that he is the founder and patriarch of the company, I agreed!"

"You agree? What about your principles and limits?"

"I...!"

After waving his hand to interrupt his words, "Joe Johnson, Minister of Security!"

"Boss!"

A large black man in uniform whispered with a shrunken head.

"I spend millions of dollars a year in your security department, giving you a high salary, giving you the best equipment, and now you give me such an answer sheet?"

"Boss, we're sorry!"

"I'm sorry, if it's useful, what else do you want the police and the army to do!" After a cold sarcastic sentence, Guo Shouyun said directly: "Now I announce three appointments: remove Frank Arnell from the post of chief human resources officer of LinkedIn, remove Martin Alexander from the post of chief technology officer of LinkedIn, and remove Joe Johnson from the post of head of the security department." For the time being, the above three positions will be held by the deputy positions of the three departments. In addition, Tim George's poor supervision as the company's CEO deducted half of the company's options. ”