Chapter 225: I'm Sorry
Li Dong's predicament is now clear to Zhou Liwen, but Zhou Liwen doesn't want to pick up this hot potato for Li Dong as he wants. Even if the other party makes it clear that he can open conditions, what conditions can Zhou Liwen offer? TcL Group was listed in Heung Kong in 1999 and raised 1o that year. With a capital of 500 million, the total assets of the entire group are currently nearly 3o billion, and from this point of view, a gap of only a few hundred million does not seem to pose much threat to Li Dong. But the account on the business field is not calculated like this, you must know that in the past two years, TcL Group has developed rapidly, from the initial production of telephones to other electronic fields, and now has a subordinate multimedia company, mainly producing ace TVs and developing the latest color TV technology, and last year, the group established branches in Russia, Vietnam and other places, a series of expansions have exhausted most of its cash flow, and this time the failure of the new mobile phone is a heavy blow, Not only did it fail miserably on a project that was supposed to be a big success, but it even caused a serious crisis for its entire brand due to quality problems.
Thousands of miles of embankment, collapsed in the anthill. That's what I'm talking about. Like the famous Lehman Brothers, this investment bank, founded in 185o, was named the best investment bank in Business Week in 2ooo, and its overall research strength ranked high in the ranking of "Institutional Investor". But in this way, one of the world's four major investment banks, the Big Mac, collapsed in 2oo8 due to the subprime mortgage crisis with a debt of up to 61.3 billion US dollars.
The mall is in crisis step by step, and one carelessness can cause the seemingly unbreakable business empire to collapse. Just like the Titanic that hit an iceberg, no matter how hard it tries, it can't save the tragic fate of finally sinking to the bottom of the sea. Therefore, in such a situation, the best measure that many people take is to stay away from the sinking ship as much as possible, so as not to be buried with the whirlpool.
Cai Mingjie is a successful businessman, but also an entrepreneur with vision and determination. Therefore, he reacted immediately in the first stage of the new question, on the one hand, he put aside his involvement with the quality of the mobile phone of the TcL Group, solved his worries, and on the other hand, he took the decision to flee as much as possible, and even sprinkled salt on the wounds of the other party at this time, so as to take this opportunity to save his own interests to the greatest extent.
Cai Mingjie's approach may seem impersonal, but from a business point of view, it is the perfect response. They were originally just a cooperative relationship, and there was no need for Lianke to accompany each other on adventures, as for personal friendship or something, in terms of big interests, everything could be put aside.
Although Zhou Liwen does not have Cai Mingjie's hard-hearted heart, he can see it clearly as Cai Mingjie. At this time, taking over the other party's troubles will not do Zhou Liwen any benefit, even if Li Dong asks him to make conditions, he Zhou Liwen can't think of any conditions that can impress him, unless he .......
"I'm sorry Li Dong, I can't convince myself that I've disappointed you." In Li Dong's anxious and expectant gaze, Zhou Liwen finally said such words. After hearing this, Li Dong was stunned, and his eyes suddenly lost their original brilliance.
"How is that possible...... This...... How can it be....... Li Dong muttered to himself, suddenly grabbed Zhou Liwen's hand, and pleaded: "Brother Zhou, as long as you put forward conditions, I can agree to any conditions!" Please help me, even if you pity me, help me! ”
Pulling his hand lightly, he didn't expect Li Dong to grasp it too tightly Zhou Liwen didn't tear it away, he frowned and said: "To be honest, Li Dong, if you follow your previous plan, I don't think there is any need for us to talk about it again, because I will definitely not take this risk to push my company into an unpredictable situation." Besides, you have been in the business world for decades, and your friends in the business world, and even local connections and connections are stronger than mine, if it is just because of financial reasons, I think you should still find a way to borrow a sum of money and use a complete recall to keep the brand, in order to make a comeback! ”
Li Dong shook his head gloomily and sighed: "Brother Zhou, do you think I didn't do this? The wall is down and everyone pushes it, now the group has such a big thing, Xiangjiang's stock has been falling for several days, hundreds of millions of funds have been steamed, tell you the truth, the group has received a notice from Xiangjiang, if you can't come up with a way, the stock will be suspended. As for the work of borrowing, it is because of these reasons that he can't borrow money at all. and Cai Mingjie, a bastard, took advantage of the fire to rob me to continue to perform the contract, otherwise I would have to pay high liquidated damages. You say, what else can I do at this time! ”
"But what can you do with me?"
"Nope! Brother Zhou, of course you have a way! Now only you can save me! Save this clique of mine! Li Dong said urgently: "You know, at present, there are only two companies in China that put mobile phone licenses and licenses, and from the current situation, even if I recall all the problems, I can no longer gain consumer confidence, so I can only rely on you to pull me." ”
Zhou Liwen couldn't cry or laugh, of course he understood this truth, but as he just said, he accompanied Li Dong on the big ship that was about to sink like this. There is another important reason, and that is Lianke. If he helps, doesn't it mean that he has helped Lianke in disguise? Relying on TcL Group's chip system order, Lianke will become more powerful, and at what point, how will Zhou Liwen compete with the other party? You must know that Cai Mingjie of Lianke is not an ordinary person, and to this day, Zhou Liwen is still careful to guard against the counterattack of this real opponent.
Seeing that Zhou Liwen still didn't nod, Li Dong almost despaired in his heart. He knew very well that as long as he walked out of this room, no one knew what the future would be, and there was even a high possibility that his life's work would be completely ruined.
"As long as Brother Zhou can help, I am willing to cooperate by exchanging shares!"
In the end, Li Dongxin played his last hole card like a knife. Hearing this, Zhou Liwen was stunned for a moment, exchange shares? What shares to exchange? Could it be that Li Dong is ready to use shares to obtain the conditions for his cooperation?
Under the inquiring eyes of Zhou Liwen, Chairman Li proposed to exchange 2o% of the shares of TcL Group for the equal equity of Zhou Liwen's oRZ mobile phone, so as to obtain the strategic comprehensive cooperation status of the two parties, and let Zhou Liwen become the vice chairman of TcL Group. Judging from this share ratio, it is equivalent to Li Dong taking out more than 600 million group shares for share exchange, it seems that Zhou Liwen has taken a big advantage in value, but Zhou Liwen laughed dumbly after hearing this, and refused this request without thinking about it.
It's just a joke, a company whose stock price has plummeted and is facing a suspension, and consumers in the market have lost confidence, can the 2o% stake be exchanged for the same equity of a company that is thriving and has a tendency to become the leader of the domestic mobile phone industry? When is it, this Li Dong is still calculating with himself, besides, what's the use of him taking this 2o% share? Is it just to occupy a position on the other party's board of directors as a vice chairman? But the result of bearing all the subsequent risks for the other party? Zhou Liwen is not a fool, can he do this?
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested." Zhou Liwen shook his head bluntly.
"22% of the shares! How about 22%! I'll take one more step and just exchange your 18% stake! How about Brother Zhou? Li Dong still didn't give up.
Zhou Liwen continued to shake his head.
Li Dong finally thought about it and said: "24%!" I'm willing to pay 24% of your shares for only 16% of your shares, Brother Zhou, this is my greatest sincerity! ”
"Hehe, Li Dong, don't say it's this ratio, even if it's higher, I can't do it. Of course, unless you're willing to hand over a controlling stake to me, maybe I'll consider it. At this point, Zhou Liwen couldn't raise any spirit to continue talking with the other party, so he simply threw out a request that Li Dong couldn't accept at all.
Sure enough, when Zhou Liwen said this, Li Dong's face changed greatly, and the whole person was not good.
TcL Group is listed in Heung Kong, with 18% of the total share capital outstanding, which means that the remaining 82% is in the hands of shareholders. As the founder of the company, Li Dong has an absolute controlling 75% stake, and even if he gives Zhou Liwen 24% in a share exchange, he still has a controlling stake of 51%. But now, Zhou Liwen wants his controlling stake in one bite, which is equivalent to ousting him from the chairman's throne, which is absolutely unacceptable to Chairman Li. It is impossible for him to watch the business he built with his own hands become someone else's thing, just like the child he raised becomes someone else's child overnight, which is tantamount to his death!
Letting go of the hand he was holding, Li Dong stood up without saying a word, and walked towards the door with heavy steps under Zhou Liwen's gaze. After a while, there was a soft sound, the door opened and closed, and Li Dong's figure finally disappeared from Zhou Liwen's sight.
"Hey......."
I don't know why, at this moment, Zhou Liwen has a kind of sadness of a hero's end. At the moment when Li Dong stepped out of the door, a voice in his heart kept shouting, "Forget it, help him!" It's not easy for him! But there is also another voice retorting: "What help!" He's to blame for getting to this point! The mall is like this, either you die or I live! Soft-hearted, his today is your tomorrow! ”
was so entangled, Zhou Liwen didn't stop him in the end, and watched him leave. Although he knew that he had made the right choice in the end, today's incident made Zhou Liwen very uncomfortable, and he felt that he had a sense of guilt, and even more of a sense of loss and irritability.
"I'm sorry, Brother Li......." Zhou Liwen said in a voice that he could only hear, lit a cigarette and sat quietly on the sand and didn't want to move, until a long time later, he got up and left.
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