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His family knows his own affairs, and Marvel's deal can be said to be a rare failure for Ronald Perelman. At that time, the comic market in the early 90s was ostensibly thriving, because the buying and selling of comics among comic book fans gave a new lease of life to the old comics of the seventies and eighties, and these old comics were sold at a rising price in the market.

Just like the collectible market for limited edition Nike shoes today, the comic book market at the time also showed incredible growth. But the difference is that after seeing this phenomenon, major comic companies have published new comics to enter the collection market in order to get a piece of the pie. In order to trick comic fans into buying, they use various advertising and marketing methods to instill the idea that these new comics will also increase in value in the future.

But in fact, the quality of these new comics is uneven, and most of them have no collection value and no room for appreciation. Eventually, the bubble will grow bigger and bigger, and one day it will burst.

And it was in this context that Ronald Perelman bought Marvel and went public to operate it. Then, with the funds absorbed from the stock market, Marvel made crazy acquisitions and expansions, allowing Marvel to acquire toy companies, card companies and comic distribution companies, and at the same time publish and sell a large number of comics regardless of quality. Eventually, when the comic book collection bubble burst in 1993, they all died together.

While this is true, Torrens will not sit still. They confronted each other, and without backing down, they started a war of words again.

The negotiation of a big project is never done overnight. It requires adequate preparation and trade-offs, and important judgments are made based on subtle information at critical times. A shrewd negotiator will use all available factors to subtly weaken the opponent's strengths and psychology.

Just like Goffman's seemingly arrogant and rude speech and demeanor just now, it was actually to preempt the other party and not let the other party have the slightest advantage. Because compared to financial predators like Ronald Perelman, who is worth billions and has been immersed in the investment world for decades, Sid and the Fire Lion Group can only be regarded as worthless primary school students now.

Therefore, in order to grasp the rhythm of the negotiation and guide the direction of the meeting, Goffman will attack the opponent at all costs, in order to make the other party mess up, so that he can fish in troubled waters.

But it has to be said that Ronald Perelman's team is worthy of the elite team. Although they were caught off guard by Goffman at the beginning, they quickly stabilized their position. Negotiations quickly turned into a tug-of-war, with each side arguing over the purchase price and debt sharing.

A week passed, and the negotiations seemed to be deadlocked. Although the negotiations were still meeting every other day, both sides could clearly feel the exhaustion of the other and the mental tension under high pressure. At this point, the negotiation has not only been about experience and ability, but also about spirit and perseverance.

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"That's the way it is now. Goffman put down the file and said, and Sid on the other side nodded in understanding.

Then seeing his tired look, Sid smiled and said, "You haven't had a good night's sleep lately, Goffman, how is it, can your body still hold up?"

Goffman said energetically, "No problem, Sid, this kind of small scene is not too difficult for me. ”

Sid smiled slightly, "Well, don't stress too much, I think it's almost time for the results to come out recently." ”

Goffman asked suspiciously, "As a result, do you mean the other party will let go?"

At this moment, Sid's mobile phone suddenly rang, and he picked it up and smiled, "It's better to hit the day than to hit it." Then he turned on the phone.

An enthusiastic, but not too flattering, voice came out of the phone, it was Ronald Perelman: "Hey Sid, how are you doing?"

"Yes, yes, I think we have to thank Clinton. Sid laughed playfully,

"Haha, that's a good point. Ronald Perelman laughed a few words and then steered the conversation to the point: "I just found out that I haven't had a private dinner for you as partners, which is rude." ”

"Well, you're a busy man, how can I disturb your time?" said Sid, smiling with a slight upturn.

"No, no, don't say that, to my friends, I will always have time. Ronald Perelman was not at all as enthusiastic as the two had only met once, "So, how about this Sunday at my Hampton villa on Long Island?"

"Sounds good. Sid gladly accepted.

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Ronald Perelman is a professional investor, commonly known as a financier and speculator. In the eyes of ordinary people, these guys who do not produce, use funds to embezzle weak enterprises, package and dismantle, and then sell them at a high price are no different from vultures that revolve around corpses.

But in fact, these speculative businessmen, every purchase and sale, every choice they take, have to bear considerable risks, so although they enjoy wealth far beyond ordinary people, they also bear unimaginable risks and pressures.

And when they make wrong judgments, they need to bear the corresponding consequences.

Ronald Perelman, for his part, is a professional investor with a wide range of industries, from Revlon, a well-known cosmetics company, to jewelry, groceries, cigars, licorice, automobiles, photography, television, camping, banking and security.

In terms of investment vision and operational means, Ronald Perelman is also a rare genius. What he is best at is to preemptively find the "ugly duckling" who is not favored by the public, and after acquiring it at a low price, expand production and increase sales with capital operation, and it is best to go to the market first, and then sell it at the high point of the stock price to cash out.

But even he had to admit that in the Marvel Comics deal, he was deceived by the bubble enthusiasm of the market, and he forgot the most important thing as an investor - calm and rational!

So now he's caught in a dilemma, Marvel's problem has never been its own assets, but its liabilities. The sky-high debt of 200 million US dollars has made everyone flee from the wind, and almost no one will be willing to jump into this bottomless pit, even the closest wronged leader, Michael Jackson, is scared away by the financial statements.

So a 17-year-old new billionaire came to say that he was willing to take over the hot potato of Marvel, which simply made Ronald Perelman laugh in his dreams.

When Sid's car arrived at Ronald Perelman's luxury villa in the Hamptons, Long Island, he was greeted with a smile on his face.

"Welcome, welcome, I dreamed yesterday that a white cat jumped on me (a sign of good luck in Western culture), and I knew that there was a distinguished guest coming to my door today. Ronald Perelman smiled heartily and enthusiastically.

"I knew I must have come in white today. Sid quipped.

After the two shook hands "cordially", Ronald Perelman glanced to the side, and several tall and beautiful young women walked up and cordially held Sid's hand, they greeted Sid warmly, and a few bold ones even took the initiative to stick the murderer to Sid's arm.

A soft squeeze immediately made Sid laugh, "Ronald, this is not good. ”

"No, no, don't say no, these are the new models in the New York fashion scene, and they came here entirely because they admired the Hollywood prodigy Mr. Leonhardt. Ronald Perelman said with the smile of an old fox.

"No, Ronald, I'm not talking about me. Sid smiled slyly, and Ronald Perelman had a gut feeling that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.

At this moment, a playful voice interrupted, and the movements of the young models surrounding Sid, "Hey, you goblins, stay away from my Sid brother!"

One in a white jacket & The red-haired little Lori in the plaid suit skirt jumped out of the limousine, grinning her little tiger teeth, and without saying a word, she took out a small water gun filled with paint and sprayed it on the clothes of those young young models.

"Ahhhh

"This, this is ......" Ronald Perelman looked at the little girl who jumped out in surprise, only to see her red hair and blue eyes, she was in her early teens, her face was full of healthy freckles, and her eyes were full of aura. At first glance, she is a smart and energetic little girl.

"I'm sorry, Ronald, and I have to ask you to forgive my sister for her rudeness, she came with me because she wanted to travel to Long Island out of curiosity. Ronald, don't you mind?" said Sid with a fox-like smile.

"No, no, how could it be, Sister Ling is so smart and lively, it's too late for me to welcome it. Ronald Perelman grimaced.

Sid then gave Lindsay a look, she immediately threw away the water gun, and then her expression changed, and she politely bowed to Ronald Perelman, "Hello, Mr. Perelman, I'm Lindsay." Xiao Nizi just changed her expression, and her whole temperament changed, from an aggressive tomboy to a pure and lovely little lady.

Even an old man like Ronald Perelman couldn't help but look at it, "Sid, I didn't hear that you have such a smart and lovely sister." ”

Lindsay naturally stepped forward and grabbed Sid's arm, and said in her pretty and lovely voice, "Whoever made Sid's brother always busy with his business has no time to care about me. ”

"Haha, that's your fault, Sid. How can you be locked up at home all day with such a lovely sister?" quipped Ronald Perelman laughing.