Chapter 495: Ali's New Shareholder (Three Changes~ For the Alliance Leader's Top Rank)
85 Broadway, Manhattan, New York, USA, a brown office building. There is no corporate logo, no company name, only the house number on the wall at the door. (The real place name, I looked it up for a long time)
The black Cadillac SUV in the square at the entrance of the building stopped at one time, opened the door, and everyone who got out of the car was dressed in black suits, holding black briefcases and BlackBerry mobile phones, and walked quickly into the door under the leadership of Andy.
Contrary to some rumors, there are no $87,000 worth of handmade carpets or $5,000 worth of wastepaper baskets in the office. This is where the headquarters of Goldman Sachs is located.
Chairman and CEO Lloyd Brankffen, dressed in a gray suit, a bicycle-patterned tie and a large cup of herbal coffee, sat in an office on the 30th floor and jokingly said to Peard: "Look, our little genius can't wait." ”
Pierder shrugged and said: "Lloyd, we need his friendship, this is very important, network resources are the killer feature of our long-term prosperity of Goldman Sachs, we are already blessed in this regard, Andy Smith is only 23 years old, at such an age with billions of wealth, and no one can ignore the family background, this financial turmoil, Paulson alone cannot let the company through the difficulties."
Although Paulson became secretary of the Treasury, he not only sold all his shares in Goldman Sachs in order to uphold higher ethical standards, but also said that he would avoid close contact with Goldman Sachs management during his tenure.
The lobby and the people in the White House alone can't get Paulson the moral immunity granted by the White House counsel and the Treasury Department, and then they can't help us formally and freely.
Even if Andy can't help us, we can't make enemies at this time, the political influence of the Smith family is too great, even if the profits from the Ali shares we sold to him this time are not satisfactory to everyone. ”
Lloyd pursed his mouth, got up from the boss's chair, buttoned the placket of his suit, straightened his tie, stroked his sideburns in the mirror, raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go, don't keep our genius rich man waiting." ”
In the conference room, Andy shook hands with Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd with a smile on his face under Pierde's introduction, and the atmosphere was harmonious, but a Chinese American standing on the side looked a little cold.
Rabbit Country Wulin City.
The crisp and rapid ringing of the phone broke the silence of 4 a.m.
"Whose call is it so early?"
"You sleep, call at this time, it seems that something is going on in the city... Jackma said to his wife beside him, quickly got out of bed, found the phone and answered it.
Hearing the report on the phone, Jack Ma's strange look fell silent.
"Immediately send over the information of Andy Smith and that Li Xiaoying, I immediately turned on the computer, immediately... ”
Jackma hung up the phone helplessly, these foreign devils are really arrogant, they didn't even notify them in advance of the equity change, did they carry out a surprise attack?
However, I am still a little grateful for the important role of Goldman Sachs' initial investment in Alibaba, but Goldman Sachs sold its shares in Ali to three groups of people, which made the board of directors very complicated, but fortunately, he Jackma was able to control the situation.
The email was soon received, and Jackma looked at the glowing monitor, took a deep breath, shook the mouse, and clicked on the email.
First of all, Andy Smith's young and handsome appearance is very in line with the oriental aesthetics, and the young man in the photo has very clear and bright eyes, and he can even see the reflection in his eyes, and his expression is indifferent and indifferent.
Then looking down, Jackma couldn't help but gasp, Nima, this is a demon!
Reaching out and taking out a cigar from the wooden box on the table, he lit it, and exhaled a puff of smoke, and in a flash, Jackma's eyes narrowed slightly at the details behind the information, and his gaze became colorful.
When he saw Li Xiaoying's photos and information, Jack Ma couldn't help but shine in his eyes, a genius beauty, a very beautiful resume, and being able to represent a powerful and rich man like Andy Smith as the chief representative and partner of the rabbit country is enough to show how powerful this woman is.
It's really a headache, its board of directors is more lively, Yahoo is considering the interests of Yahoo shareholders, SoftBank is considering the interests of SoftBank's shareholders, only a few of its own founders will consider the future of Alibaba, it seems that they must find a way to buy back some shares from Yahoo.
There is also a headache of third-party payment, now Ali has completely become a foreign-funded holding company, the company has been "one by one with the central bank to verify" after the clarification, the only reliable way to obtain a license is from foreign capital to domestic capital. But how could a few of the board's major shareholders agree to harm their own interests? It seems that it is time to plan ahead.
In the morning, when the representatives of the major shareholders walked into the conference room, they saw a folder in front of everyone's desk, and Jack Ma, who was sitting in the first seat, stretched out his hand to signal everyone to take a seat.
"I got the news from the United States in the early hours of this morning that Goldman Sachs sold its last 13% shares, and in another 48 or 72 hours, we will have a new shareholder in Ali. ”
Ma Yun's words didn't seem to cause much reaction, all the representatives sitting here were representatives with large company backgrounds, and the level of well-informed information was not bad, especially the representative of Yahoo, although he did not express surprise, but his face was not very good-looking, he knew better than anyone who was coming, and the big boss behind him was known for his decisiveness and ruthlessness, and the matter of the dove occupying the magpie's nest could be done with confidence, what else did not dare to do, it seems that Ali's board of directors is going to become more lively.
"The documents on the table are the details of the equity owner Andy Smith and his representative Li Xiaoying, you can take a look, I still have the same sentence, the sentence from the beginning when you invested in Ali - you can be a shareholder, but don't care about the company!"
Jackma looked around with an extremely serious expression, and said in a cold voice, both warning and relief.
Because he saw the wry smile on the face of the Yahoo representative and the helpless shaking of the head as he looked at the information.
"Hehe, Jack, we all know that you don't need to reiterate that Ali's weak board of directors and strong management pattern are agreed upon by everyone at the beginning, and this is also the best plan for Ali's rapid growth. But, Jack, and all of you here, this Andy Smith ... How to say it, very young, very legendary, and very difficult to do! He completed an acquisition of the dove in the United States, from the second shareholder of the individual, through cannibalization, all three founders were kicked out, and 100% of the holdings were completed, of course, although the acquired company is not big, but everyone, this is only 23 years old... ”
Yahoo's words made everyone look at each other, and Jackma had also read the information about this matter, but now after hearing about the process, his pupils couldn't help shrinking, not because of the means, but because he was worried that he could do this kind of means at this age.
"Everyone, just a few days ago, this Mr. Smith successfully negotiated with Morgan Stanley, and took the initiative to give up the $7.2 billion profit that could eventually be obtained, and chose a preferred stock compensation plan of 4 billion cash and $700 million, and now Wall Street is crazy, in addition to not understanding his approach, he is crazy about pursuing him as a new wealth myth, even Warren Buffett frequently asks him to play golf, Andy Smith is not as written in this information is a young man with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars who makes money by writing!"
The representative of SoftBank pushed his glasses and agreed with a solemn face: "The Smith family is one of the few political families in the United States that is as famous as Kennedy, Bush and other families, and has a huge influence in Washington, and is a century-old family... ”
Everyone in the conference room is not worried about one more shareholder, but worried about whether this shareholder will make trouble, the rabbit country is not the United States, and if such a monster is put in, Ali's board of directors will hardly be calm in the future.
Manhattan, New York.
"Emily, have a nice trip... ”
"Ivana, thank you for coming to see me off, you have time to go to the rabbit country to find me, I will take you to visit the only ancient civilization in the world, I think you will fall in love with the rabbit country. ”
Ivana smiled and hugged Li Xiaoying, nodded and agreed.
"Go to Wulin first, go and meet Jack Ma, and tell him that I, as an investor, can be regarded as a purely financial investor, and we will support him without doubt on the board. Andy said with a serious expression.
"I understand, I'll relay your words to Jackma, don't worry, boss, then I'm leaving. ”
Li Xiaoying's face was a little unnaturally flushed, and after withdrawing back the small hand that was held by Andy, she waved goodbye to Ivana, turned around heroically and led the team of five to quickly pass through the security check.