Chapter 349: Selling Shares
In the stock market, a very important factor driving stock prices up is good news. The so-called good news has visible benefits, which is called good news.
Disney's stock price was in a long-term slow downward trend due to Zhang Fan's comprehensive resistance and many of its own problems. This is also the reason why Zhang Fan was able to easily acquire so many Disney shares. He only raised the price slightly, and some people were willing to sell him their shares. Many people are not optimistic about Disney's trend, so they took the opportunity of Zhang Fan's price increase.
At this time, Zhang Fan announced that he would include Pixar Animation and his own film company and other industries into Disney. It instantly frustrated those who had previously sold the stock.
Needless to say, Pixar is the best animated film company in the world, and it is definitely the strongest in the industry in terms of profitability. And Zhang Fan's film company is even more exaggerated, since the start of filming, every movie has been a big hit, and the profits are shocking.
In addition, the copyrights of these movies, as well as the copyrights of those superhero movies, and the copyrights of Zhang Fan's literary works. All of these things are predictable profits.
With so many good things joining, Disney's performance is bound to skyrocket. If you still have Disney shares in your hand at this time, you really want to make a lot of money.
It's a pity that Disney has now become Zhang Fan's private company. Everything belongs to Zhang Fan, and others can only watch from the sidelines. No matter how envious you are, it's useless. This bad mood can be imagined.
Zhang Fancai didn't care what these people thought, he now had to figure out his financial situation.
Zhang Fan did not have much liquidity in his hand at this time, and he had some pocket money in his hand, but it was of little use to astronomical loans, and he couldn't even pay the interest.
As for the company, there is a lot of liquidity in the company. But the money is used to keep the company running, pay taxes, and pay salaries and benefits to employees. The money cannot be touched for the time being.
It's just that Zhang Fan borrowed tens of billions of dollars from Citibank. Not to mention such a large capital, even the interest is hundreds of millions of dollars every month. Such a large sum of money is like a mountain on the head. Now that he has won Disney and achieved his goal, Zhang Fan's mind is on how to solve this huge loan.
As long as he thinks that it is hundreds of millions of dollars in interest a month, Zhang Fan will have a headache. If this amount of money is not repaid, Citibank will not hesitate to take away its collateral. Banks will not buy the collateral at the market price, and losses are inevitable. Zhang Fan estimated that if this kind of thing really happened, he might lose nearly half!
However, if Zhang Fan wants to get such a large amount of money at this time, the only possibility is to sell the Alibaba shares in his hands. And only these stocks can be worth so much money.
It's just that if such a large amount of shares are released all at once, it will definitely have a very bad impact on Alibaba's stock price. Although he doesn't care about Alibaba's affairs, he is also an important shareholder, and the sale of shares must be discussed with important members of the company.
Just when Zhang Fan had a headache about this matter, Li Ruhui told him that Mr. Ma of Alibaba Company came to him.
"Mr. Ma, long time no see. In the office of the chairman of Disney, Zhang Fan smiled and stretched out his hand to Mr. Ma.
"Mr. Zhang, congratulations on your successful takeover of Disney. Mr. Ma held Zhang Fan's hand and said with a smile: "Now Mr. Zhang is like a fish in water in Hollywood." ”
"Awards, awards. Zhang Fan smiled and invited Mr. Ma to sit down on the sofa. Tea, greetings. After a polite exchange, the two sides began to get to the point.
"I don't know what Mr. Ma is doing this time?" Zhang Fan asked the question first. He really couldn't guess what Mr. Ma was doing when he came to find him.
"That's right. Mr. Ma thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I heard that Mr. Zhang used Alibaba shares as collateral to Citibank to obtain a loan to acquire Disney?"
"Hmm. This is not a secret, and Zhang Fan has no need to deny it, so he just nodded and admitted it. This matter used to be very secretive, but now that it is done, there is nothing to hide. In fact, this time he won Disney with lightning momentum, Zhang Fan definitely did a very beautiful job, and he was also very proud to want more people to know.
The most fundamental reason why Zhang Fan had to go to great lengths to make an agreement with the directors of Disney was that if he did not get the shares in the hands of these people, he would not have been able to obtain the 75% mandatory delisting standard. Even if he had taken out enough loans from Citibank, it would not have been enough to buy all the Disney stock in circulation.
Once this matter is exposed, these shareholders will either frantically raise the price and sell to Zhang Fan. Either that or join forces to fight against takeovers. That's going to be protracted. If the predators who have long been interested in Disney reach out, Zhang Fan doesn't believe that he can snatch Disney.
Therefore, Zhang Fan used this way to hide from the world and use the agreed method to take down all the stocks that could hinder the acquisition process in one fell swoop. After that, a portion of the market will be acquired to reach the standard of 75 percent. All this was completed in a very short period of time, and Zhang Fan also hid his true thoughts very well before. That's where the success comes in. Those predators who have long been eyeing Disney have even been completely cut off by Zhang Fan at this time!
"Disney is worth a lot of money, and it's estimated that it will take at least a few tens of billions of dollars to borrow. Mr. Ma's words made Zhang Fan frown slightly, not knowing what he meant.
"Loans of $40 billion. Zhang Fan thought about it and decided to talk about it, "The interest every month is hundreds of millions." ”
"Haha~~" Mr. Ma smiled and waved his hand, "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else." I mean, if all your mind is on Disney right now, are you interested in selling all the Alibaba shares in your hands?"
Zhang Fan raised his chin slightly, and instantly understood. It turned out to be for Alibaba's stock.
By this time, Alibaba's market capitalization had broken through the $400 billion mark, making it a high-quality blue-chip stock in the stock market. For such a high-quality company, there are naturally many people who covet it. In a joint-stock company, the only thing that determines the ownership of a company is the number of shares. It's like Zhang Fan won Disney.
Although Zhang Fan has always said that all his shares in Alibaba are entrusted to Mr. Ma. And that's what he's been doing all the time. But after all, this belongs to Zhang Fan, and if one day Zhang Fan sells his shares to someone who is very ambitious and powerful to Alibaba, it is not a good thing for him.
This time, after learning that Zhang Fan had acquired Disney with a stock loan from Alibaba, Mr. Ma had an idea in his heart. He knew that Zhang Fan must be very short of money at this time, and he did not show much interest in Alibaba for a while before, it was more like a successful investment.
Therefore, Mr. Ma decided to find Zhang Fan and take all the stocks in his hand!
"It's not impossible. Zhang Fan's words made Mr. Ma's eyes light up: "To be honest, I actually invested in Alibaba shares to make money. Now that it has doubled its profits, it is not impossible to make a move at this time. ”
Zhang Fan knows that Alibaba's market value will rise in the future, and it is only a matter of time before it exceeds the market value of $500 billion. It is indeed a bit of a loss to sell at this time, but since it is to take the initiative to ask for the acquisition, the price will definitely rise a lot higher than the current market price. If you count both sides, it's not that bad.
"Good. Mr. Ma smiled and nodded, "I don't like to beat around the bush when I do things, I will buy back your shares in the name of the company." As for the price, it is 30% higher than the market price. ”
People who really do big business don't bother at such times. Because they all know that not only will they not gain any benefits from this time, but they may make things worse. Therefore, Mr. Ma directly reported his bottom line.
At this time, the market value of Alibaba's shares in Zhang Fan's hand has exceeded 60 billion US dollars, and if it rises by 30 percent, it will make Zhang Fan earn more than 10 billion US dollars for nothing!
It's a dollar, not a Korean won or a yen. It is the world's common hard currency!
If Zhang Fan hadn't refused the invitation of Forbes magazine, he would have become the richest man in the world as long as he agreed!
Of course, Forbes magazine's selection of the world's richest people does not include the real predators. The real families will not be counted. For example, the major consortia in the United States, many ancient families in Europe, and so on. Even the top oil tycoons could easily win the championship if they were counted in Forbes magazine.
This condition is definitely fair. You know, even if Alibaba's market capitalization can reach the $500 billion mark in the future, it will take time. And what Zhang Fan lacks most at this time is time. He has to repay hundreds of millions of interest every month, and there are tens of billions of principal on his head.
Since he is not interested in the management rights of Alibaba, he can simply cash in and concentrate on running Disney. Once this company is well run, it will be able to have hundreds of billions of assets in a few years. If it is listed, one or two hundred billion dollars will not be a problem.
After figuring out these things, Zhang Fan got up with a smile and stretched out his hand to Mr. Ma, "Okay, I agree." ”