Wu Ruide sighed slightly and said, "We originally planned to issue 6 billion 5-year bonds to promote a plan that Mr. Zhang and I have been planning for several years, but now we can only put it on hold temporarily. Next, the most important job is to pull the valuation back, here I have a suggestion, as the company's valuation plummets, there will definitely be a lot of people selling their shares and bonds, if you have idle funds to absorb some of it, when the valuation comes back, you can make a lot of money. ”

Zhang Ran added: "As the company's valuation falls sharply, Goldman Sachs will eat the sold shares and bonds at a low price, and if we do go bankrupt, then Goldman Sachs, which holds a large number of bonds, is a big creditor and can restructure the company; if we carry it, Goldman Sachs will also make a lot of money because of the low price, and Goldman Sachs will be the winner, no matter what the outcome." If you can use your own funds to absorb shares and bonds in the market, it will not only be a blockade to Goldman Sachs, but also a delay in the decline in the valuation of Company G, and strive for conditions for us to win the final victory!"

Gao Jun and Qiu Yuanxu didn't say anything, they knew that the little money in their hands was a drop in the bucket for this war and would not play any role, Zhang Ran's words were actually said to several other shareholders, they were either the bosses of listed companies, or the super-rich worth billions.

Li Junwei was originally developed by Zhang Ran's creativity, and Zhang Ran held shares in Li Junwei's company; after the establishment of the Century Peak, Li Junwei also subscribed for 5% of the shares, of course, due to continuous dilution, his shares are already very small. The economic crisis that began in 2008 led to a weakening of the real economy, and last year Mr. Li's company posted a net loss of $208.8 million. Now Li Junwei is also having a headache for the company's business problems, but after knowing the predicament that the peak of the century is now facing, he is the first to stand up: "I don't have much money in my hand, so let's take 200 million US dollars!"

Zhang Chaoyang thought for a while and said, "I'll give 100 million!"

After Echo Permatt sold Marvel's shares to Century Peak, he had a lot of money in his hands, so he said: "I'll give 500 million!"

Pagio Bethel's situation is similar to that of Echo Permat: "I'll also give 500 million!"

Zhang Ran clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "The main ones who sell stocks and bonds should be banks and companies in Europe, these companies have more cooperation with Rothschild Bank, if they want to sell, Rothschild Bank will contact you." Gentlemen, we will win, and your strong support has laid a good foundation for us to win this war. ”

After the board of directors ended, several directors had a meal together and dispersed. However, I found a place with Wu Ruide to discuss the next work. In the end, it was agreed that Zhang Ran would be responsible for negotiating with China Investment Corporation, China Development Bank, and Poly Investment about the shareholding, and Wu Ruide would be responsible for negotiating with several radio and television groups, and three of them would be selected to take a stake in the film of the pinnacle of the century.

After the matter was finalized, Wu Ruide said very angrily: "The plan we have been brewing for two years has been mixed up by Goldman Sachs, this is the last link in our entire chain, if it succeeds, neither Disney nor Time Warner will be our opponents." Now that Goldman Sachs is so stirred up, the whole thing has a lot more variables!"

Zhang Ran also sighed slightly and said, "Yes, the risk is already very high, and now the risk is even greater if it is so troubled." But no matter what, we have to do it, this event cannot be delayed, it must continue to move forward. ”

Wu Ruide nodded and said: "Let Ye Lin be in charge of this matter, he has done a good job in acquiring Prada." ”

Zhang Ran also felt that Ye Lin was the right person: "You must do a good job of confidentiality, and you must not leak the news!"

No. 18 Fuxingmennei Street, China Development Bank Headquarters.

Zhang Ran was taking a group photo with the reception room and a few bank staff who sneaked over. When Zhang Ran came, Chen Yuan was still meeting guests and was taken to the reception room by the secretary. CDB is a very young bank, and most of its staff are young. After they knew that Zhang Ran was coming, they sneaked over and asked Zhang Ran to sign an autograph and take a group photo.

At this moment, the secretary came over to inform Zhang Ran that Chen Yuan had finished meeting the guests and invited him to come over to meet. Zhang Ran hurriedly said hello to a few bank employees who took a group photo, and followed the secretary to Chen Yuan's office.

"Zhang Ran, you're welcome, sit down!" Chen Yuan greeted with a smile.

In 06, Chen Yuan attended the Cleon Celebrity Ball with his daughter, met Zhang Ran, and chatted for a while. At that time, he felt that this young man was not simple, but he never expected that in just a few years, this young man would be able to grow to such an extent.

Zhang Ran didn't like to be too winding, sat down and exchanged a few words, and then got to the point: "Mr. Cheng, I'll just say it bluntly, I came here this time to seek cooperation." ”

Chen Yuan didn't respond to Zhang Ran's words, but asked, "I heard that your company has been in trouble recently?"

Zhang Ran knew that the other party meant to say, your company is in big trouble now, why should I cooperate with you, so he said: "I did encounter a little trouble, but it is a small trouble, we have the ability to solve it!"

Chen Yuan thought to himself, if you really have the ability to solve it, why do you come to me to talk about cooperation, and said with a smile: "I want to hear how you solve it." ”

Zhang Ran took out Wu Ruide's words on the board of directors and said them all over again, and when it came to taking the group into shares, he paused and said: "15 billion debts, excluding the 2 billion shares of the three radio and television companies, the debts we need to repay are about 13 billion, and I can personally take out this money." During the subprime mortgage crisis, the fund I invested in skyrocketed, making a profit of nearly 10 billion, of which 4.5 billion was lent to Century Peak. The remaining 5.5 billion smashed into the stock market again, bought a few American companies, and now almost doubled. I can sell those shares if I need to pay off my debts. In addition, I am the majority shareholder of Fly, holding 25.9% of the shares, which are also worth 7.5 billion. So, it's really not that hard for me to settle these debts!"

Chen Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this, if what Zhang Ran said was true, he would already be worth more than Li Ka-shing, and even be ranked in the top five in the world. However, he did not show his surprise, and said with a faint smile: "Goldman Sachs is an expert in investment banking, and they must know this, if there is no chance of winning, how can they tear up their faces with you?"

Zhang Ran did not hide it and said the key to the problem: "Based on two points, first, I have very little cash in my hand, I originally had more than one billion, and I bought NetEase's shares last year, and now I only have a few hundred million in my hand." My investments in the stock market are mainly concentrated in a few stocks, and the proportion of holdings is relatively high. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has particularly serious regulations on the stock market, and there are strict regulations on the reduction of major shareholders' shareholdings, and if the stock price falls by more than 10 percent within 60 days of a major shareholder selling stocks, it constitutes the crime of insider trading. Therefore, it is impossible for me to sell the stock in my hand at once, otherwise once the stock plummets, there will be big trouble, so I can only slowly reduce my holdings. Goldman Sachs just wants to make a time difference. The second point is that Fly is planning to go public, and at this time, I can't sell Fly's shares, I can only use Fly's shares as collateral for financing, which also takes time, so they feel that there is an opportunity!"

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "In this way, in fact, they don't have a chance!"

Zhang Ran said categorically: "I will not hesitate to sell Fly's shares as long as it is necessary, for me the peak of the century is the most important!" Zhang Ran took out a document from his bag and put it in front of Chen Yuan: "This is the financial report of the peak of the century last year, as well as this year's revenue plan, please take a look!"

Chen Yuan glanced at Zhang Ran, picked up the document in front of him and slowly flipped through it. Last year, the peak of the century developed extremely rapidly, and the business situation was also quite good, among which the performance of films and derivatives was particularly bright. In this year, the total revenue of the entire Century Summit Group was 8.9 billion and the profit was 1.55 billion. At the peak of this century, two blockbusters "Captain America" and "Iron Man 2" were released, which can bring at least 300 million in revenue, plus Prada's revenue of more than 300 million, the profit of the peak of the century will inevitably exceed 2 billion, and may even reach 2.5 billion.

Century Summit is indeed a very promising company with a very complete system. The only problem is that the company's expansion is too aggressive, resulting in excessive debt, and this crisis is actually a chain reaction triggered by the crisis of the capital chain. However, there are pros and cons to many things, and if the expansion of Century Summit had not been aggressive, it would not have grown to the size it has today in just a few years.

Chen Yuan put the information on the table, knocked it lightly, and said with a little embarrassment: "The China Banking Regulatory Commission has issued a notice requesting an investigation of the credit and risks of the Century Peak.

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "The CBRC is asking for a thorough investigation of the peak of the century and investigating possible risks, but it has not made a risk judgment, let alone said that it will not allow shares. Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Last month, the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions" on films, proposing 10 major measures to accelerate the prosperity and development of the film industry, including supporting film enterprises to expand financing channels. It is a national strategy to develop the film industry and let Chinese films go global. Century Peak's large-scale overseas expansion is to pave channels and prepare for Chinese films to go global, and now we already have relatively complete distribution channels. It's not me bragging, only we have the ability to do this!"

Chen Yuan was really impressed by Zhang Ran, and when he brought out the "Guiding Opinions" of the State Council, he was actually saying that taking a stake in Century Summit not only did not have a policy risk, but was responding to the national strategy; while some people in the China Banking Regulatory Commission were openly contradicting the national strategy by suppressing Century Peak, and could not help asking: "I don't know how you want to cooperate?"

Zhang Ran said: "We are ready to invite two or three companies to invest in Century Peak, a total of 5% of the shares!"

Chen Yuan heard that Zhang Ran was going to pull two or three companies into the shares, and asked, "In addition to us, which other companies do you plan to pull in?"

Zhang Ran said: "At present, we are considering CIC and Poly Investment. ”

Chen Yuan thought that Zhang Ran wanted to solve the capital problem by pulling CDB to take a stake in the peak of the century, but when he heard about CIC and Poly, he realized that he still underestimated Zhang Ran, and CIC, Poly, like CDB, are all central enterprises under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and Zhang Ran wanted to pull the national team into the shares, so as to try to resolve political risks.

You can't be ignorant of the law when doing business in the United States, and you can't be ignorant of politics when doing business in China!

Zhang Ran is a smart person, really a smart person!

In the hands of such smart people, the pinnacle of the century will become stronger and stronger!

A company like this is definitely worth the investment!

Chen Yuan smiled and said: "I promise you, CDB will take a stake in the pinnacle of the century!"

Once the intention was finalized, things were simple, and the China Development Bank and Century Summit soon began negotiations on the issue of taking a stake. At the same time, Zhang Ran began to make contact with CIC and Poly Investment, which had already had business cooperation with Century Peak, and now that CDB had agreed to take shares, he immediately nodded; as for Poly Investment, CIC and CDB had already taken shares, so what did they have to worry about, and they readily agreed to take shares.

It was already the afternoon of the 9th to finalize the cooperation intention with Poly, and it was only 5 days before the Spring Festival. However, Zhang Ran couldn't go home, and the Berlin Film Festival was about to open, and he had to take the crew of "One Man with Lights" to Berlin. 9.