Chapter 528: Starry Sky (4)
Chapter 528: Starry Sky (4)
Chapter 528: Starry Sky (4)
"Hello directors, there is only one reason why I invited you to the board meeting this time, and that is that Mr. Buffett called me two days ago and was willing to sell me 5.2% of his shares, so I specially convened this board meeting." Li Keqing said with a smile and sat on the spot.
As soon as Li Keqing's words came out, there was an uproar in the entire board of directors, and there was a feeling of disbelief on everyone's faces, if Li Keqing bought 5.2% of the shares in Buffett's hand, what does it mean, everyone understands, that is to say, when Li Keqing successfully acquires, Apple will be completely reduced to a holding subsidiary of Star Group, and will not be a joint-stock company, that is, in a sense, it will be a private company
You know, now Apple's market value has reached $285.5 billion, and it is about to approach the $300 billion mark, and now Apple has surpassed Microsoft to become the No.1 in the world's IT companies, but now it is going to become a private company?
"If I'm not mistaken, there is a secret agreement signed between Star Group and Apple, which states that Miss Li Keqing is not allowed to buy any shares of Apple before Mr. Jobs leaves the company, including Miss Li Keqing's relatives, and now that 45% of the shares of Star Group are exercised in the hands of Mr. Jobs, may I ask, why did Miss Li Keqing hold this press conference?" An old man sitting on Li Keqing's side said seriously.
The old man was already a little bald, Zhang Yang glanced at him, he represented an investment company, and in addition to Zhang Yang, that is, he was the second largest shareholder, although the shares of this investment company were not particularly large, but there were more than ten percent of the shares.
Li Keqing looked at him slightly, and then said softly: "There is no special reason, I admit that we signed a secret agreement at the beginning, but I want to apply to the board of directors to take the initiative to give up this secret agreement, I don't know if everyone is willing?" Of course, I don't care if you don't want to, 5.2% of the shares are not enough to affect the development of things, Apple is in my pocket, and no one can change this. ”
Li Keqing's words made Zhang Yang a little stunned, Zhang Yang, who was sitting in the back row, looked at Li Keqing a little strangely, the former little girl has grown up, the original Li Keqing just had a trace of the temperament of a strong woman, but these words were full of domineering Although she said it with a smile, but the trace of doubt in the words made everyone suddenly feel frightened, for no other reason, at this time, all the directors suddenly remembered that it was not just a beautiful girl who was sitting opposite, At the same time, he is also the richest man in the world with assets of more than 100 billion US dollars, a super-rich man
None of the people present can compare to each other. "I agree with Miss Li Keqing, this secret agreement is no longer useful, and I agree to abolish it." Suddenly Buffett spoke directly, Zhang Yang glanced at the old man with some surprise, this old man is very strange, he is in a hurry to sell the stock to himself, not to mention, and now he is still supporting himself.
"Thank you, Mr. Buffett, I don't think you need to think too much about it, let me make it clear, if you still don't understand, Miss Tan Yudie and Miss Li Yuxuan, many people should probably know that they are employees of our Star Group, although they are also directors of Apple, but sorry, they are not within the scope of the contract, and they buy your company's shares before signing the contract, if nothing else, I think, they will sell the shares in their hands to me unconditionally, do you still need to hesitate?" Li Keqing nodded lightly at Buffett, and then looked at all the shareholders with a smile and asked.
Zhang Yang sighed with emotion, the experience is really very exercised, Li Keqing's words are no worse than those who have been in the shopping mall for many years, although Li Keqing did not say it clearly, and he has never mentioned Jobs, but everyone knows that although Jobs has the right to exercise 45% of the shares of Star Group, he is not a key figure, to put it bluntly, he can't decide the direction of this matter, so Li Keqing didn't mention it at all, and Li Keqing's meaning has been said very clearly, When I convene this board of directors and apply to you for this resolution, it is actually clear that it is to save face for you, but in fact, I can also achieve this purpose by not convening this board of directors.
Thinking about this, although the faces of the other company directors were a little not good-looking, they also thought clearly, since they couldn't stop it, instead of making a bad look, it was better to sell Li Keqing a face. "I agree with Miss Li Keqing, but I would like to ask, can I exchange Apple's shares for the shares of Star Group?" Another old man with an inexplicable glint in his eyes suddenly asked.
The old man's words immediately made the eyes of all shareholders light up, yes, this is a good choice, since Apple has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Star Group, it is inevitable that Apple will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Star Group, so can it be exchanged for the shares of the Star Group? You must know that the performance of the battery issued by Star Heavy Industry has made the eyes of these capitalists red, which represents living banknotes
The capitalists in Europe and the United States still have different ideas from the Chinese people, they do not have too direct so-called concept of starting a company, for example, the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, only has a few tenths of Apple's stock, they don't care about this, what they care about is that they can make money
Li Keqing was slightly stunned, he didn't expect these old men to actually start the matter of Star Group stocks, although the Star Group is a joint-stock system, but in addition to the shares awarded to several important company leaders, Li Keqing still holds more than 95% of the company's shares, which is no different from private companies at all, saying that it is a joint-stock system, and the influence of other people is minimal.
Li Keqing immediately fell silent, she didn't look back at Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang didn't speak, handed over the position of chairman of the company to Li Keqing, Zhang Yang had completely delegated power, no matter how Li Keqing chosen, Zhang Yang would not interfere. As long as it's not too much of a loss, Zhang Yang can accept it.
People live for a lifetime, so what to do, as long as Zhang Yang can control more than 51% of the shares of the Star Group, this group is still his.
"It's okay to swap shares, but if you agree to a 1:10 ratio, I don't have any problem." After a pause, Li Keqing raised his head and gave the answer directly. Li Keqing's words made everyone obviously stunned, "Hehe, I don't need to explain how this ratio is converted." Li Keqing smiled slightly.
1 to 10...... Zhang Yang was a little speechless, that is to say, one percent of the shares of the Star Group will be exchanged for ten percent of the shares of Apple, although these people will be exchanged for the shares of the Star Group, because Apple will become a subsidiary of the Star Group, and Apple's shares are held by the Star Group, and they will also continue to own a percentage of Apple's shares, but this ratio is too shocking, and Li Keqing's implication is that the market value of the Star Group will be at least five times that of Apple in the future
In other words, that is to say, in the future, other subsidiaries of Star Group will be worth 9 apples, so that these people will not lose money after the share exchange, this is a big gamble, but there are many subsidiaries of Star Group now, and once they own the shares of Star Group, then it means that they will own the same share of shares of all subsidiaries of Star Group. Whether this is a loss or a value, no one can say clearly.
At least for now, the investment is not worth it. All the shareholders looked at each other, and everyone had a strange look on their faces, not knowing whether they were surprised by Li Keqing's amazing courage or because of Li Keqing's big appetite.
"Miss Li Keqing, are you telling the truth?" Suddenly, Buffett raised his head and squinted at Li Keqing and asked. "I'm telling the truth." Li Keqing glanced at Buffett, nodded slightly, and said.
"Okay, I don't know if I can take back my previous words, and I agree to use the share exchange to complete my share transaction?" Buffett said quickly.
"Uh......?" Li Keqing obviously choked for a while, and after a long time, she said seriously: "Mr. Buffett, I want to tell you before this, first of all, it is impossible for Star Group to be listed, that is to say, no matter what happens in the future, only the subsidiaries of Star Group will be listed, but Star Group will not be listed, if you change shares, if you want to sell it, then it will be a big trouble, at least if you want to continue to sell it to me, I think I can only buy it according to market value." ”
Warren Buffett is a person that many people believe understand, he has hardly made long-term investments in his life, and he will not hold a stock for a long time, he will only invest in the stock market. But once the stock exchange is like this, it means that he will make a long-term investment, and no one knows how long this time is.
"I know that I don't invest a lot in Apple's stock, so I should leave this money to my own pension, at least if I lose money in the stock market in the future, I won't go bankrupt." Warren Buffett shrugged his shoulders and said humorously.
Zhang Yang is completely speechless, this old man is messing with hair? Is he okay with a one-to-ten ratio? Your head is squeezed by the door, right? Apple is now worth 280 billion yuan, and the Star Group is now at best bigger, counting two Apples, his investment will immediately shrink tenfold
Even if Zhang Yang is reborn, he is not sure that the market value of the Star Group will exceed 2.8 trillion US dollars in the future, that number is too terrifying, although Zhang Yang is YY, but he is not crazy, there is a company with a market value of 2.8 trillion US dollars in modern society...... How big is that?
When Li Keqing said that ratio just now, Zhang Yang thought that Li Keqing was unwilling to sell the shares of Star Group, so that these people would retreat, but he didn't expect Buffett to agree.
The world is crazy.
"Mr. Buffett, I admit that the emergence of the Star Group is a miracle, but do you think it will reach a market capitalization of three trillion dollars in the future?" Another shareholder couldn't help but ask Buffett.
Warren Buffett glanced at him, and then said with a humorous face: "Then who knows, the Star Group has taken less than 9 months from its inception to the present, from a market value of 100 million RMB to a market value of about 2 trillion RMB, which has increased 20,000 times in 9 months, and at this rate, it will be a matter of several years to reach 2 trillion US dollars." ”
Warren Buffett's explanation made the shareholder a little dizzy, in fact, Zhang Yang was also a little dizzy, can this matter be counted like this? At the beginning, the Star Group was low, and this multiple growth was fast, but now it is not so fast. However, as soon as Buffett said this, Zhang Yang suddenly felt a little fluttery, converted into RMB, I didn't expect the Star Group to be so valuable.
In the unit of 100 million, it is actually tens of thousands...... It seems that only some state-owned enterprises can do the flamboyant values in the previous life, right? The ending of Apple's board of directors was somewhat unexpected, Zhang Yang achieved his goal, but the only thing that shocked people was Buffett's choice, as for others, they naturally would not be as crazy as Buffett, and they gave up after just probing Li Keqing's tone, after all, the ratio of one to ten, as long as they are not crazy, they will not agree. Even if Zhang Yang was to choose, he might not dare to do so.
Less than three days after the press conference, Apple and Star Group jointly held a press conference again, but this press conference was held in the United States, this time the reporter was even more terrifying, Apple's board of directors has long been reported by the media, the American paparazzi are too terrifying, and the domestic paparazzi are nothing compared with the paparazzi of the American media, which is nothing to mention.
The opening scene is still Li Keqing, since the secret agreement has been invalidated, then Zhang Yang can be regarded as having the opportunity to control Apple, but this opportunity will not be used before Jobs dies. In fact, one of the reasons why Zhang Yang convened this board of directors is also because of Jobs' physical problems, although there is that contract, but who knows what will happen in a few years, or now pinch Apple in his hand, when Jobs has an accident, others can't play tricks if they want to.
"Thank you reporters for coming to the press conference held by Apple and Star Group, this press conference has two main contents to tell reporters and friends, first, Mr. Buffett officially became a shareholder of Star Group, holding 0.5% of the shares of Star Group, becoming the second largest individual shareholder of Star Group." This time, Li Keqing didn't play any suspense, and came up directly to announce an explosive news.