Whether it's NBC or Universal Pictures, most people are optimistic that Andy Smith could be their new boss, except, of course, a few executives.

The parent company, General Electric, is not very focused on the management of NBCUniversal, but only treats it as one of many subsidiaries, so there is a lot of freedom for the management.

Of course, NBCUniversal's management also knows that GE has long faced investor calls to consider selling NBCUniversal, which has been most vocal at a time when NBCUniversal's earnings are declining.

The parent company, Financial Services, lost more than expected and had to raise capital, and a partial or full sale of its stake in NBCUniversal would definitely help the company avoid raising more money by issuing new shares.

NBCUniversal executives know very well that this deal is almost very likely, and Andy Smith, a young man, who has dealt with him, knows that although he is also a person who is willing to let go of power, this does not mean that his control is low, but more serious.

In short, NBCGlobal's management knows that when that young man takes over, there will be a power shift, the existing power structure will be restructured around Andy Smith, and the competition will become more intense.

You know, this young boss is very famous in the workplace for his ability to make people, and he uses a pending CEO of a media group to help him make profits with a group of professional managers who are almost spurred on.

For example, in May this year, announcing the acquisition of the veteran social networking site Plaxo, by integrating all of the latter's products and services to facilitate cable TV users to access these services through set-top boxes and other devices, Comcast, their next acquisition target was originally intended to be on the social networking site Facebook or media giant Viacom.

When it was learned from the news that NBCUniversal had the intention to sell, Comcast co-founder Ralph Robert called Jeff Immelt to show goodwill and exchange opinions, hoping to conduct an in-depth investigation of NBCUniversal.

However, Andy is not an idiot, he has long prevented this hand, signed an exclusivity agreement, defaulted, not only has to pay $100 million in liquidated damages, but will also face the situation that Andy can be sued in court at any time, and the deal negotiated by General Electric after the termination is simply more than worth the loss.

Of course, this doesn't prevent Jeff Immelt from using the new bidders to increase the bargaining chips, but the idea is good, and the problem is that Andy will have to take the deal as well.

On the morning of October 4, Andy saw this rumor that was intentionally spread from the news that various media outlets were reporting on his acquisition of NBCUniversal, and he couldn't help but sneer.

Shopping malls are like battlefields!

The pursuit of profit maximization is understandable, he naturally knows what is going on with the bidder who suddenly popped up, but he is not worried at all, especially Comcast, the largest cable TV operator in the United States, with just one anti-monopoly, Andy can fix it to death.

Especially after the media reported on the attitude of competitors, including Time Warner and News Corp., who made it clear that they would not interfere in Andy's acquisition of NBCUniversal, this undoubtedly increased Andy's chances of a successful merger.

For Comcast's appearance, Andy did not fight back with the media power in his hands, but logged on to his Facebook account to update a text.

"Do you want to unfairly block any force from entering the expanding online video market and make the 17 million high-speed Internet users only have access to the online content that you control? Don't pretend to be asleep, wake up! This is the United States, and there are antitrust laws!"

"Poof—"

"Gurgle... You're really sharp enough, it looks like Comcast is in trouble. Ivana, who was wearing a bathrobe and wrapped in a bath towel to cover her wet hair, sat next to Andy and couldn't help but laugh when she saw the updated content on Facebook.

Andy tilted his chin slightly, and said with a mocking sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Some people are used to reaching out indiscriminately, since they send their faces to find smoke, I don't mind waking him up!"

Andy's Facebook followers have long exceeded 100 million, and the content of his update has spread quickly throughout the Internet in the morning, and almost everyone has paid attention to the uproar about the acquisition of NBCUniversal, and many people have naturally seen the rumors reported by the media.

For Andy to make such a quick and sharp response, many people were surprised, and at the same time, they also felt a sharp murderous aura.

You know, a series of things that have happened recently have made Andy depressed and angry at the same time, watching prehistoric monsters unscrupulously swallow the strongest and most delicious prey, he can only watch dryly, eat some bones and drink some soup behind him, which is undoubtedly quite unwilling.

When there is nowhere to send xie, someone sends it to the door to find a smoke, how can Andy not cooperate, so as to show off his fangs, don't treat any cats and dogs as if he doesn't exist, and want to snatch food from his mouth.

Badstone was informed of a methodical sell-off of the $3 billion in General Electric stock that arrived just yesterday.

Immediately, at about 10:30 in the morning, he received a call from General Electric CEO Jeff, and after greetings, Jeff pulled the topic to the Comcast consultation call he received last night, listening to Jeff's narration, Andy couldn't help but chuckle and said directly to him.

"The nature of my acquisition of NBCUniversal is different from that of Comcast, even if Comcast really intends to acquire NBCUniversal, and is willing to pay conditions that GE cannot refuse, or even break the contract, this transaction will fall under the antitrust boom of the US government!

Trust me, Jeff, this must be the end!

I believe that the details of the negotiation during this period of time, you should also be very clear, I am really sincere, even in this economic environment, NBCUniversal's performance is declining, I am still willing to talk about mergers and acquisitions at a valuation of $22 billion, Jeff, I believe that GE's investors, the board of directors will also be very satisfied.

We can make things easier, can't we?"

For Comcast's matter, Andy almost came to a firm conclusion with an obvious threatening tone, which made Jeff Immelt's face change slightly, and his heart was naturally quite uncomfortable, but he also understood that if Andy's assumptions were all true and no one made trouble, through lobbying, Comcast might be able to successfully acquire NBCUniversal.

But now that there is such an enemy as Andy, basically, Comcast is out of play. For Andy's lethality, Jeff still recognizes it very much. At that time, not only will there be no drama, but even they General Electric will be slapped in the face, and the last hurdle of the transaction will be forcibly stopped.

"Huh. There were two dry laughs from Jeff on the phone, and then I heard him say: "Andy, after all, this is a transaction of tens of billions of dollars, and the negotiations have just begun, and many details need us to sit down and discuss slowly, and more importantly, the twenty percent of the shares held by Vivendi... ”

"Didn't Bernard Levy, the CEO of Vivendi, say in a previous video conference that their NBCUniversal shares are non-core assets, and they also recognize NBCUniversal's $220 valuation, and I only need 55%-60% of the shares, buy GM alone, or 20% of Vivendi, and the rest can be purchased from GM, is there anything wrong with that?"

Andy asked knowingly, he was naturally very clear about what Jeff Immelt was thinking, the negotiation team would report the details of the negotiations once a day, and Jeff Immelt, who felt that he had survived the difficulties, put forward a very shameless empty glove white wolf proposal two days ago.

It's that General Electric sells 55% of the shares to Andy, and they borrow money from the bank to buy back the 20% from Vivendi, so that Andy holds 55% of the shares and GM 45%, and the two form a new company, and then control NBCUniversal, and the money they borrowed from the bank before will become the debt of the new company...

When Andy heard the idea, he didn't even have any interest in mocking, and only said one sentence, that is, "It's so beautiful to think!"

Hearing Andy's words, Jeff Immelt knew that Andy didn't even want to deal with his proposal, so he didn't mention it boringly, and after a few more greetings, he hung up the phone.

"Don't give face, you're unkind, then don't blame me for falling into the well, hum!" Andy had a mocking sneer on his face, his eyes were cold, his perception of this Jeff Immelt was getting lower and lower, originally he didn't count General Electric in the next slaughter feast, but now it seems that some people don't let them die in pain, they don't know what is at stake.