"Good morning, James, I think you're bringing me even more exciting news this time. ”

After answering the phone, George glanced back at Qiao Tao and Shu Qi on the other side of the observation deck not far away, and walked towards the remote place.

"George, my dear friend, I want to tell you that you may have to change your plans and get back to the United States quickly, and Warburg Pincus has agreed to our offer to sell about ninety million shares of Amazon stock and twelve percent of PayPal shares to us for a total of nine billion dollars.

However, when it comes to signing a contract, they put forward the condition that they want you to be there, and I think that with your love for Amazon and PayPal, you should not refuse this condition. ”

"James, Warburg Pincus didn't sell all of his shares this time, right? I checked, he should have 130 million Amazon shares and 18 percent PayPal shares. ”

Hearing James's tone, George didn't have a too excited expression, but frowned unconsciously, wondering why Warburg Pincus suddenly reduced the share of the sale so much.

This is not the style of Warburg Pincus, as long as there is a possibility that they will not keep a little more stake in their hands, what is going on in this view?

"George, I think you're probably going to be disappointed, Chris the CEO of Warburg Pincus somewhere heard about our successful sniping success in the midst of the blindness of the vampires on Wall Street in the midst of the crisis, and made an astonishing profit.

For a person who used to make a living in the capital market, Chris is very impressed with your successful operation, but because of this, he persuaded the board of directors to keep a part of the shares as a long-term investment, and only sell a part to alleviate the thirst for funds. ”

After listening to James's words, George suddenly felt a terrible toothache, what is this, a person who has no record in venture capital can be valued by a venture capitalist, this is not what he wants.

Profits can be shared, but they must be low-key until the profits are obtained, and only low-key can successfully dodge in front of those analysts and researchers who are holding a magnifying glass and observing everyone.

Who is this Chris, George doesn't know, he has a very deep study of many members of fund companies, but now this Chris popped up there, why hasn't he heard of this person before, why did he have such a decision, what he wants to see himself for, this is what George must think clearly.

When facing Huo Lao, he had already suffered a loss, and he must not make the same mistake this time, he must first figure out what his purpose is.

"James, I would like to know more about Chris, and the purpose of his meeting with me.

You must know that this is a very small deal for them, and our current achievements are just a fluke in their eyes, and intelligence is worthy of entering their sights, and for a little shrimp like us, they will not be able to observe us with all their might. ”

After thinking about it for a while, George told James what he thought, hoping that James would give him an accurate answer.

"Chris is our senior, graduated from Harvard School of Management and Economics in 1985, and after graduation, he worked as a trader in Damo for three years before joining Citigroup's investment department and leading the investment of Saudi Kingdom Holdings as an investor in Citigroup.

After Kingdom Holdings took a stake in Citigroup, he left Citibank to join Warburg pincus as Executive Vice President, where he was elected CEO by the Board of Directors prior to the crisis.

As for why he wants to see you, I don't know very well, but Uncle Jack has a very good relationship with him, and you can tell that the two of you have been friends for many years, and I think you can get some news from Uncle Jack.

The negotiations were able to be so quick and unanimous that Uncle Jack played a lot of a role in driving the deal, and without Uncle Jack, we would probably have to pay a much greater price to get this share. ”

James had the same question about George, but he didn't say it, but thinking of George's father, Watt Smith, he felt that everything made sense, politics and business are integrated in the United States, politicians need businessmen's funds, businessmen need political tasks to shout for their interests, there may be such a situation in this transaction, but he didn't say it for some reasons.

"Senior Chris and Uncle Jack are very familiar with each other?"

George unconsciously repeated the news he had just gotten, at this time he probably had a certain guess, but not a guess about Watt Smith, but a guess about the Watt family, although Warburg pincus has always been in the top ten venture capital funds in the United States, but he is much more low-key than funds such as Sequoia Capital, which is in the limelight, and the scope of investment is also broader.

"James, I don't think I can change my itinerary.

There is a little problem here in Xiangjiang, Liu and Lin and I jointly merge and acquire a company, and now we are at a critical moment, and we can't leave for a while, so please talk to Senior Chris.

Of course, I'll get in touch with him when I get back to Los Angeles and hope he will forgive me. ”

After thinking about it, George felt that it was better to go on according to the established plan, after all, the transaction on the American side was about to be completed, and he needed more information to understand this senior Chris, and more importantly, many things on the Xiangjiang side had not been completely completed, and he needed to complete some of the layouts here.

"Well, I'll relay your words to Chris, and I hope he doesn't mind that. ”

James didn't say anything about George's decision, but he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, this transaction negotiation was a little too smooth, this is James's thoughts, as a student of Harvard, he can be exposed to a lot of cases, in the face of such a quick and unusual negotiation, he can clearly feel that there is a problem here, especially when negotiating, it only took less than an hour, this is still the result of the other party putting some information in front of him, and the time and communication of reading these materials are the result of the combination.

It's just that it's impossible to explain these things on the phone, and he can only wait for George to tell him when he returns to the United States, as for what Chris has to say, he can't see through it, and he can only wait for George to come back and everything will be obvious.

Then the two talked a little bit, then hung up the phone, after hanging up the phone, George's mood was very happy, as for that doubt in the bottom of his heart first, when he returned to the United States, everything will have a clear answer.