As the black sedan drove through Firefly Studios' busy studio area, Ron Perelman absentmindedly looked out the window at the crowd, wondering what might happen next. The car stopped under the office building in the administrative area of the studio, the driver opened the door, and Ron Perelman just got out of the car when he saw three people standing not far away, and the young man in white shirt surrounded by men and women in suits and professional suits in the center was particularly conspicuous.

"We've finally met, Mr. Perelman," Eric smiled as he shook hands with Ron Perelman, who walked by, before introducing, "This is Mr. Frank Wells, President of the Firefly Group, and this lady is my personal assistant, Miss Kelly Haynes. ”

Ron Perelman almost immediately realized a familiar 'good cop and bad cop' joke from Eric's just right demeanor, and Jeffrey Katzenberg was undoubtedly the 'bad cop' before, but even if he realized this little trick, it made Ron Perelman feel much better compared to the contrast he had encountered in the previous week.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Williams," said Ron Perelman, shaking hands with Eric, Frank, and Kelly in a tone that barely touched the heat with a hint of warmth.

After introducing each other, Eric said, "I think you must not have had time to have lunch yet, there happens to be a small restaurant here." ”

Of course, Ron Perelman did not refuse, and took his assistant and Eric to the restaurant inside the studio where Eric often dined.

After all, the two sides have just experienced a conflict, and a simple lunch has only eliminated the embarrassment between them, and it is impossible to really warm up after all.

Instructing the waiter to remove the dishes and replace them with coffee, Eric finally got down to business and said, "Ron." Since you want to talk to me personally, I think you must have your own solution to the Marvel thing, right?"

A hint of bitterness appeared in his heart again, but Ron Perelman still nodded: "Yes." Eric," after saying this, Ron Perelman still hesitated for a moment unwillingly, but finally continued with some dejection: "I basically agree with the debt-to-equity swap strategy of the Firefly Group, however, there is one article, regarding the compensation for the shareholders of Marvel's outstanding shares, the Firefly Group needs to bear it alone, and my bottom line is only to take out the Marvel shares in my hand." ”

Eric had no quick temper like Katzenberg. Still calmly said: "But this is too unfair to the Firefly, we are a creditor who is weaker than Marvel shareholders, and if this loss is borne by the Firefly, our loss will expand again." ”

While there is nothing logically wrong with Eric's words, Ron Perelman feels that linking the words 'firefly' and 'vulnerable' seems a bit ridiculous in any way: "Eric, I know you absolutely value Marvel. Its value will be far beyond all expectations. Since I lost completely this time, I don't plan to continue to hold on to anything now. The condition just now is my final bottom line. ”

Eric groaned and looked at Kelly beside him: "How much does it cost to redeem all the outstanding Marvel shares in the market?"

Kelly almost wanted to give the pretending Eric a roll of the eyes, but she still replied crisply: "Marvel's stock price has fluctuated a lot recently, but according to the average of the stock price in the last seven days, I want to recover all the outstanding Marvel shares in the market." It takes about $72 million. ”

"$72 million, that's not a lot of money," Eric turned to look at Ron Perelman, ignoring the dark joy that flashed in the other's eyes, and changed the subject. said: "According to Marvel's current situation, if there is no Firefly intervention, at most another year, Marvel will have to take the initiative to file for bankruptcy protection in the federal court, I guess at that time, Andrews Holdings wants to solve this trouble, it is definitely not something that can be done with 72 million US dollars." ”

Ron Perelman, from Eric's tone, thought he was going to bear the expense, and he was a little glad. Hearing Eric's next words, he was disappointed and tried to play tricks: "Eric, my company doesn't have any funds anymore, I don't think you want this matter to drag on, do you?"

Eric shook his head and said, "No, you have the funds in your hand, and everyone knows that you bought four hundred million dollars in firefly bonds." I guess the strategy of holding for a long time is not in line with your investment creed, then, Firefly can get back the bonds in your hand in advance, all or part of it, of course, Firefly will never lower the price like Wall Street investors, we can redeem it at the same price at face value. ”

Ron Perelman didn't expect Eric to even know that he was taken advantage of by his peers to lower the price, although there was no change on the surface, he still cursed a few times in his heart. Eric was right, he had no intention of holding the Firefly bonds for a long time, and originally planned to keep only a part of the bonds to maintain his creditor status after getting the Firefly board seat, and sell all the rest.

With the popularity of Firefly Group's long-term bonds, even if they are only held for a few months, they can make millions of dollars in price difference between changing hands, and even if they fail to sell for a while, the $400 million bond can still bring a stable interest dividend of $22 million a year.

Eric's seemingly very generous redemption plan at the original price would still cost him at least a few million dollars.

Noticing Ron Perelman's tangled look, Eric didn't urge, as if he remembered something, and whispered to Frank Wells beside him.

Ron Perelman was indeed very entangled at this time, and he suddenly found that after going around and around, he still had to accept the first solution proposed by Katzenberg more than a week ago. The only difference may be that Eric is very gentle in his approach to the matter, without the slightest hint of Katzenberg's aggressiveness.

But what is it, if you can make a lot of dollars, Ron Perelman himself will not mind smiling at the person he hates the most.

Feeling what Eric and Frank Wells were talking about, looking at himself again, Ron Perelman knew that he had no other choice, so he had to say: "Eric, it's only $72 million, and if Marvel's stock price rises next, I won't pay another penny." ”

Eric nodded, not bothering about the small details, he was sure that Ron Perelman would not be stupid enough to continue tossing anything, and said, "No problem. ”

Ron Perelman thought for a moment and immediately added, "Also, I hope that Firefly will have someone else in charge of this." ”

"That's what I meant by bringing Frank here," Eric smiled and pointed to Frank Wells beside him, "Frank will be in charge of this matter next, then, you two can talk about it first, I still have work to do, and I'm out of company." ”

After saying goodbye to Frank Wells and Ron Perelman, Eric who took Kelly to the Victoria's Secret studio noticed the female assistant's eyes frequently looking at him, and said with a smile: "Just say what you want to say?"

"No, I just feel that your way of dealing with this matter is completely like a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, and it's ......not right" Kelly shook her head and said, "You seem to have been like this all along, it's so strange that I rarely see your young and vigorous side." ”

Eric looked around, got closer to the female assistant, and whispered, "How about you work an extra night shift tonight, so that you can see my 'young and vigorous' side." ”

Kelly blushed and pushed Eric away, saying, "I promised Nina to have dinner with me, you go and provoke those little models in the studio, they will definitely be 12 percent willing." ”

Eric shook his head, "I don't usually have anything to do with my heroine," seeing Kelly's disdainful look, Eric awkwardly explained, "At least not during the filming, it's true." ”

"I didn't think you'd be quite professional," Kelly teased with a laugh.

"It's not about the profession," Eric shook his head: "You know, I'm generally a very considerate sunny person, if the heroine slept next to me last night, and if she didn't perform well on the set the next day, it would be difficult for me to scold it without any scruples, and this feeling of wanting to have a seizure but not being able to is actually very uncomfortable." ”

Kelly gave Eric a charming look, with a bit of coquettishness in her tone: "Okay, I take back what I just said, you're a little bastard with violent tendencies." ”

……

*(To be continued.) )