Chapter 59: A Sharp Counterattack
Since the beginning of the new century, international capital groups have generally abandoned the old ways of doing business competition. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After all, making personal threats to competitors at every turn is equivalent to a Pandora's box being opened by one's own hands, and perhaps oneself will eventually be destroyed.
After all, in today's high capital, in most cases, the shareholders of several or more than a dozen funds are operated by the same consortium behind the scenes, and these funds control many affiliated enterprises through investment, and in the face of competition, these affiliated enterprises can more or less help, and they do not need to face too many dangers.
And stability is precisely the perfect equilibrium pursued by the capitalists after the completion of the primitive capital accumulation, and no one will rush to break this equilibrium.
And now, Rio Tinto actually issued a threat to Orange Technology, which has many American technology groups standing behind it, which is provoking the entire American science and technology community, so that all the affiliated companies tied to the chariot of the Orange Technology Technology Licensing Alliance feel the personal threat, if someone can use the threat of eating red fruit fruit today to achieve their goals, then tomorrow, more people will rush to follow suit.
"We have to fight back resolutely against this kind of behavior, and we need to make it clear to them who is in charge of the entire United States." Even Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft's group, who has always kept a low profile, strongly condemned it as a violation of the freedom of the entire United States.
Immediately afterward, Larry Ellison, chairman of the board of directors of Oracle, also said, "We should immediately ask the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to intervene in the investigation, and if we can obtain conclusive evidence that Rio Tinto used some improper means in the competition, then we will work with the White House to put pressure on Rio Tinto to make the most appropriate explanation and apology, and compensate Mr. Lee for all moral damages." ”
"Of course, but I don't think that's enough to express our anger, and we should let all the ill-intentioned peeps know that our alliance is indestructible. Bratt, chairman of the board of directors of Intel Corporation, called out in a video call to express his strong support for Li Mubai and Orange Technology.
In particular, Grubb, chairman of Amex, was most excited, because Rio Tinto was backed by Citigroup Capital, and the reason for this incident was that Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase wanted to squeeze out of Amex to complete the separate cooperation with Orange Technology.
However, as the financial turmoil on Wall Street intensified, JPMorgan Chase was forced to devote most of its energy to the Wall Street market to avoid the collapse of the investment bank from hitting JPMorgan itself, so that the remaining Citigroup shifted almost all of its strength to use against Amex and Orange Technology.
Because Amex is an American company, and most of the major shareholders behind it are powerful old tycoons in the United States and Europe, Citigroup can only squeeze out the normal operation of Amex through covert means for a while, but it does not dare to take action against Amex on the surface.
But Orange Technology is not an American company, and coupled with the influence of federal foreign policy, Citigroup can easily find a lot of ways to deal with such a company that has not completely established itself in the United States.
They even influenced Huaguo for a time, so that the latter took the initiative to exert influence on Orange Technology to force Orange Technology to return to the negotiating table.
Now the Rio Tinto company that has been pulled into the water is in a hurry, originally because of the BHP Billiton alliance, they lost their original status as the world's first, and because of this cooperation, the company's upper echelons were divided and disagreed, and most of the shareholders made great concessions, and finally decided to settle down, but found that Orange Technology was not as they expected, interested in the cooperation between the two sides.
As a result, Rio Tinto was under too much pressure and tied up by Citigroup, so it had to force Orange Technology to fulfill its previous verbal agreement, which was promised by the Chinese side to try to promote cooperation.
"If we were to make a move against Rio Tinto, many of us would have to pay a price, which is not very cost-effective in terms of money and time, especially since many of us have the bonds issued by Rio Tinto to support their acquisition business in Canada, which could be reduced to scrap paper if we go to war. "The fund director behind Qualcomm is a little vague.
After all, starting a company to do business is to make money, and it is not so easy to target a super group with a deep background like Rio Tinto.
"Let's negotiate with Rio Tinto first, see their reaction, and if they are willing to give a reasonable explanation before we act, we are willing to act as an intermediary between the two sides to solve this problem perfectly!"
The problem was finally compromised in the dispute, after all, any company alone in the face of a super industrial company like Rio Tinto Group, there is not much confidence, even if they can unite and work together against Rio Tinto, they will definitely have the absolute upper hand, because most of them are leaders in the field of science and technology, and industry is completely two big industries.
Giving up your strengths to compete with a completely unfamiliar company is a complete disaster.
"Of course, I appreciate any of your opinions, but I want to make it clear that I reserve the right to pursue this incident myself, and that some people will have to pay the price for their reckless actions. "Li Mubai is not a good gentleman, he has an unimaginable hole card in his hand, once he lets go of his hands and feet, I am afraid that the world will not be able to stop any of his behavior.
Barrett looked at Li Mubai, who was sneering in the video, and suddenly felt that he had never seen through this oriental boy, but in order to avoid a full-scale war between Orange Technology and Rio Tinto and Citigroup behind him, he could only try to appease him, "Mr. Li, we know that this time it is indeed Rio Tinto that has done something excessive, but you must know that Orange Technology's foundation in the United States is not very strong at this time, and once we start a war, the capital behind us may not be willing to get involved in the war." ”
"Yes, despite this ridiculous threat, it is impossible for them to ignore the voice of our technology alliance, and if they dare to make a little bit of an out-of-the-ordinary timing, then we guarantee that Rio Tinto will definitely pay the heaviest price. Lest Li Mubai do something out of control, Paul Jacob, chairman of Qualcomm, immediately opened his mouth to stop this impulsive decision.
But Li Mubai didn't care, "The competition for capital is always very cruel, right? Since they dare to make such a threat, then they have to bear the risk of retaliation, I decided to completely terminate the negotiations with Rio Tinto and Citigroup, if they want to go to war, then let them come, see who can't hold it up in the end." ”
After speaking, he hung up the video call and pressed his landline at the same time, "Jonathan, inform the conference room to suspend all negotiations with Rio Tinto, and bring me a message to them, I hope God bless Rio Tinto." ”
"Okay, okay. Jonathan was thinking about what kind of reply would be given above, and was a little surprised to hear Li Mubai's reply, but he could also understand that after all, any self-made rich man has a tenacious character, and he can't even bear any humiliation.
Now Rio Tinto is openly threatening Orange Tech, which is simply provoking this emerging super tech company.
"Connect me to the San Diego Lawyers Alliance, inform them that they have a job, and I want them to push off all the cases they have and do their best to complete my instructions, and this time I will make Rio Tinto pay the heaviest price. ”
After a moment of silence on the phone, Jonathan's voice came, "Sir, will this affect the normal development of the company?"
"I've got the whole plan, you just have to do it. Li Mubai hung up the phone with a snap, looked out the window and sneered, "It's a pity that you don't know what kind of existence you provoked, this will be the stupidest decision you have made in your life." ”
The news spread quickly, and soon Li Mubai completely stopped the negotiation between Orange Technology and Rio Tinto Group, and it reached Citigroup, and Sandywell smashed his mobile phone as soon as he received the news, and after being silent for a long time, he called Paul George with the landline on the desk.
"Hey, George, do you know?"
"Of course I know, it seems that this Oriental boy is very difficult to deal with, he actually stabbed the matter of Rio Tinto to the surface, just now, I received a lot of calls from the rich people I know, they all mentioned this matter without exception, I am even busier than the president of the United States. Paul George was a little distressed because he had failed the task given by the capital group behind him.
Sandywell also touched his head and sighed, "They have a new choice, I got some definite news from China, they sent two business delegations, one to Peru and one to Australia, but the object of the inspection is BHP Billiton, not the mineral origin area under Rio Tinto." ”
Paul George was stunned for a moment, "So that's the case, Huaguo seems to be very satisfied with this result, I should have thought that the reason why Orange Technology is developing so rapidly is because of the technology in their hands, on the one hand, because of the technology in their hands, on the other hand, Li Mubai's own strength has dispelled most people's minds to snatch the cake, look at the means they showed when dealing with Samsung, I will explain in detail to the shareholders, but now do you have any good way to save the situation?"
"I'm afraid not, the Rio Tinto guys have messed everything up, they don't seem to put the status of the two sides on the same level, they just think that Orange Technology America is a piece of cake that they can take a bite of at any time, not only threaten when the negotiations are deadlocked, but they have actually taken this step, I think we have to immediately make our attitude to Orange Technology, Citigroup is willing to apologize for this. Sandywell was very decisive, because Citi at this time did not need turbulence, but needed stability to restore the market's confidence in them, even without Orange Technology, Sandy was confident that it could complete all this.
But the premise is that Orange Technology does not set its own goals on Citi, otherwise the lessons of Samsung Group are still there.
"I think you're right, because I just got the terrible news from South Korea, Orange Tech's eastern allies are raising a large amount of cash, plus their own hands, this part of the funds will total more than 40 billion US dollars, if you add the mysterious intelligence spy team in the hands of the Eastern Boys, then I think even Citi will suffer huge losses under his blow. Paul George's voice was a little unwilling, but helpless, because on the eve of the financial turmoil.
Citigroup's resilience has fallen from the highest level to the danger level, and once a huge flow of money is targeted everywhere, Citigroup will have to abandon even some of its less important affiliates to avoid an overall collapse.
"Probably not, I have already communicated with Mr. Treasurer, the government will introduce a bailout bill next week, we will get a government support of no less than $8 billion, to complete the redemption of real estate junk bonds, as long as most of the non-performing assets are stripped, I believe the group's finances will improve significantly. "As the actual owner of the company, Sandywell has a very clear understanding of the problems facing Citi.
Such a behemoth, as long as he does not have problems himself, it is almost impossible to break the balance from the outside world, he does not believe that there will be such powerful people and organizations in this world, otherwise Li Mubai does not need to be a technology company, he can set foot in the financial market, wouldn't it be easier to make money.
"Okay, everything will be done according to your wishes, make an appointment with that Mr. Li as soon as possible, explain clearly, I don't want all the news I receive to be bad news, you know, the big boss is already very unhappy with all this happening, he even has the possibility of canceling his vacation plans and returning to the United States early, and you better clean up this mess quickly when the time comes." After Paul finished speaking, he hung up the phone, but before he could take a break, the phone rang again.
"Can't you just let me be quiet for a while? Paul grabbed his own little hair, and said as if he wanted to, if he could, he really wanted to be like Sandywell, just smash his mobile phone, maybe this way he could escape the endless harassment of these people, the key is that he can't dodge, because everyone in this is his partner, or investor.
Once there is a refusal to answer the phone, it will be a very rude thing, and it will also lose a lot of benefits.