New York, "No matter who you are, only guests who are brought by members are allowed to play here." The U.S. National Golf Course has beautiful scenery and, more importantly, a strong private space for members.

Andy stepped out of the helicopter, lowered slightly, his trench coat was blown by the strong wind blowing from the propellers, and walked briskly towards the club's luxurious estate.

In front of the gate of the manor, General Electric's CEO Jeff Immelt stood behind his attendant, looking at Andy Smith, who was walking over with a group of tall and cold-faced bodyguards, with a faint smile on his face, and stretched out his hand to greet him.

"Sorry, Jeff, for keeping you waiting. Andy shook hands unapologetically and smiled.

"No, I've just arrived, please... By the way, what about your gear?" asked Jeff with a smile when he didn't see Andy with golf clubs.

"Hehe, I won't fight today, let's find a place to talk about business directly, to be honest, I'm so busy right now that my feet don't touch the ground, I only have an hour to spare, and there's a meeting to be held in a while... ”

Andy chuckled and shook his head, and said straight to the point, he didn't have time to waste time with the other party here.

The corners of Jeff Immelt's mouth twitched obviously, his expression changed, and finally squeezed out an ugly, strange and helpless smile, and said: "Your recent efforts are not small, and the successive acquisitions of "Miami Herald", "Los Angeles Times and Starbucks" will indeed be very busy." “

"Who's to say no, no, the meeting in a while is to confirm the acquisition of the Yellowstone Club, hey, no way, the financial turmoil caused the dollar to depreciate, and I had to exchange cash for assets as soon as possible. Andy nodded in agreement, and smiled helplessly.

Jeff Immelt's whole face twitched slightly this time, and there was indescribable envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart.

While talking, the two walked into the club side by side, and under the guidance of the waiter, they came to the viewing platform on the second floor, surrounded by flowers, a round table and a few chairs in the middle, and after the two sat down separately, the waiter quickly brought two cups of steaming coffee.

Tsk –

"Good coffee here. Andy took a sip of coffee, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, chuckled and admired, looked at Jeff Immelt who nodded in agreement and continued to smile: "Speaking of which, I'm still a little embarrassed, to be honest, I didn't expect that the termination of negotiations would have such a big impact on your GE, hey, the impact of the financial turmoil is really too great, I don't know how long it will be raging."

However, the good news is that we are now partners, and I am confident that NBCUniversal will come out of the doldrums with our cooperation. ”

"Hehe... Jeff Immelt's left hand hanging low under the table was clenched into a fist and then released, a smile squeezed out of his face with difficulty, and he laughed dryly, looking at Andy Smith with a sincere face, eager to punch this handsome face of hypocrisy and hatefulness.

Suppressing the grievances and anger in his heart, Jeff secretly took a deep breath, restrained the sneer on his face, and said with a serious expression: "Andy, I'll just say it directly, NBCUniversal, are you still interested in acquiring it?"

Andy seemed stunned for a moment, then his eyes met Jeff's, and then the corners of his mouth began to slowly turn up, and a smile appeared on his face, and he chuckled.

"Hehe, of course I'm interested, but I'm afraid I can't do a comprehensive acquisition, I don't have that much money. ”

Andy spread his hands helplessly, and an expression of distress and helplessness and regret appeared on his face.

Jeff Immelt sneered in his heart, his expression did not change in the slightest, his sharp eyes and Andy's eyes met with a smile, and then smiled slightly: "$17 billion, NBCUniversal is yours!"

Andy's pupils shrank slightly, the smile on his face dissipated, and he looked at the smile on Jeff Immelt's face indifferently, and said lightly: "I don't have that much money, if I can, I think mergers and acquisitions are the best plan... ”

"No, no, Andy, our board of directors has decided, GE will listen to the suggestions of investors, start reforms, 80% of NBCUniversal shares will be sold at one time, as a friend, of course, the most important thing is that there is an agreement between us, so we GE would like to ask you about your intentions first.

If you are not interested, we will announce to the public that we are looking for new buyers, as you know, Comcast Group is very interested in acquiring NBCUniversal, not to mention that this price is really very cheap, I believe there will be many people interested. ”

Listening to Jeff Immelt's words, looking at his smiling expression, Andy's brows furrowed slightly, but he quickly relaxed, although the expression on his face did not change much, but he secretly hated it in his heart.

Obviously, the other party has bad intentions, whether it is using Andy's own cash to complete the acquisition, or using a leveraged buyout, it is not what Andy wants.

Using his own cash to acquire, this will undoubtedly disrupt his follow-up acquisition plan, so that his cash flow will be cut in half, and the plan to acquire Qualcomm may have some more risks.

The use of leveraged buyouts, NBCUniversal, which already has a debt of $5.1 billion, will undoubtedly increase the amount of NBCUniversal's liabilities after another debt acquisition, which will not bring benefits to NBCUniversal for a long time.

Jeff Immelt, who squinted his eyes slightly, turned up the corners of his mouth slightly, and sneered in his heart, looked at Andy Smith's tangled gaze, and was in a very comfortable mood, to be honest, he had long been tired of seeing this young man's arrogant appearance.

Aren't you king with cash?

Aren't you ambitious?

Aren't you going around with cash to buy?

Let's see if you'll be so rampant after draining your cash flow!

"Hehe, this deal is too big, to be honest, I need to think about it seriously... ”

"No problem!" The initiative reversed, and the calm Jeff Immelt smiled and said directly, interrupting Andy's words, and then looked at Andy with a little playfulness and continued to smile: "However, you also know that our GE stock price is too low now, investors are complaining, and the board of directors wants to boost the stock price by selling NBCUniversal, so there is not much time left for me, three days, I will give you three days to consider and prepare."

Andy, I very much hope that we can reach this deal, I wait for your good news, then that's it, I won't delay your time, I'll wait for your call... ”

Jeff Immelt had a very happy and bright smile on his face, reached out and shook Andy's hand with an indifferent expression, nodded with a smile, and then stood up and said goodbye without any delay.

Andy's expression changed slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his sharp gaze watched Jeff Immelt's back disappear, and he could clearly hear the other party's hearty chuckle in the corridor.

"Whew-"

Andy took a deep breath, sat down, picked up the coffee on the table, squinted his eyes slightly, and drank coffee while looking at the vast golf course.

The helicopter landed on the tarmac on the top floor of the Gaia Building, and Andy stepped off the plane and walked briskly to the elevator, where he had already made a phone call, and his think tank in the conference room had already begun to discuss and study.

Spending all the cash in hand is absolutely not okay, and the cash flow must not be dried up, which will make all the indebted companies under Andy stretched thin on the road to development in the future.