Chapter 282: $100 million
At the chain of burger restaurants directly opposite the Hilton Hotel, Mohan held a special B2 bomber burger in his hand and munched on it while exclaiming: "I really miss this taste, I used to have a burger joint in Massachusetts, and I used to visit there when Heidenheim and I returned books." ”
Mohan is also the founder of Blizzard, and at the time of media promotion, his title was Blizzard CEO and co-founder.
"If you're choking, it's a big joke." Yu Jun put down the vegetable sandwich in his hand, wiped his mouth and said.
Mohan smiled: "This is much more proficient than me in writing game programs, and it is strange to be able to choke." ”
Yu Jun smiled, choosing to meet Mo Han here was a choice made after studying his experience, and in this kind of small burger chain, the atmosphere is also a little more relaxed, if it is chosen in Hilton, it is probably a little too depressing, and it is not suitable to say the following words, for this reason, he didn't even bring Wu Yu.
"Mr. Miller said you wanted to see me?" Mohan asked as he wiped his mouth a little after killing half of the B2 and put the burger on the plate.
"Well, I'd like to hear Mr. Mohan's opinion on the overall acquisition of Blizzard by Oracle and Westridge Holdings." Yu Jun said and motioned to the waiter to bring two glasses of Coke.
Mo Han didn't speak, and when Coke came up, he sipped his mouth lightly and said: "What I'm talking about is my personal opinion, from the perspective of Blizzard's development prospects, Oracle and Xiling Holdings are suitable targets." ”
Westwood owns Microsoft, if Blizzard doesn't find a backer with strong financial strength, it would be wishful thinking to compete with Westwood, and in fact, there is still a gap between the current Oracle and Microsoft, but it's better than T.
What kind of business is T? It's a hotel chain and the largest travel information service provider in the United States.
But if Heidenheim hadn't been in a hurry to cash out a sum of cash for other purposes, how could he have ceded a controlling stake to a travel chain, which would have been of no use to Blizzard's later development.
And Mo Han also had some estrangement from Heidenheim about this matter, and these news were all sorted out by Qin Haitongtong's investigation company and Yu Ding and Ning Chen's attack at two o'clock in the morning last night.
For this reason, Qin Haitong spent nearly 100,000 US dollars, and the money is a trivial matter, but if Mo Han can be allowed to surrender, 100,000 US dollars can be said to be worth the money.
"It's hard time now." Yu Jun chuckled.
The specific information of t was also found out, this hotel chain group was formed in 1997 by the merger of CUC and HFSCorporation, and the problem lies with CUC.
This company obviously has the problem of falsifying accounts, so much so that at the beginning of the year, it was exposed by the stock exchange agency, and the stock price fell sharply, falling by 80% of the market value.
According to Yu Ding's latest information about the Guò hack, T's problem is not as simple as falsifying accounts, and they also tried to manipulate the stock price in the middle of the year.
It may be because the stock price has fallen sharply, which has made the board of directors a little bit anxious to jump over the wall, so that this kind of thing is done.
Yu Jun didn't expect to get such good news from Yu Ding and Qin Haitong, and now Miller is negotiating with those executives with T, if T does not agree to sell nearly 55% of Blizzard's shares at a low price, then Miller may report to the New York Stock Exchange, and in the end, T's entire stock price may become a junk stock.
At that time, it will be much cheaper to acquire T's assets.
Although it will take an extra step than the direct acquisition of Blizzard, the total price will not exceed $300 million.
Mo Han pondered what Yu Jun said, with a surprised look in his eyes, he knew T's current situation, if T could give Blizzard perfect support, there would be no need to look for investors everywhere.
But I'm afraid that's not what Yu Jun said.
"What do you mean?" Mohan asked.
Yu Jun said slowly: "The mistakes made by T in securities trading are not as simple as they seem. ”
Mo Han's body shook slightly, and his hand holding the Coke paper cup tightened.
Yu Jun saw that he shouldn't know anything about what T did, but now was not the time to tell him, let him guess at will, the more he didn't say it, the more biased his guess might be.
"I want to buy a 10% stake in your hands." Yu Jun said suddenly.
Mohan was stunned for a while, and only said after a while: "This is going through Blizzard's shareholders' meeting, and I don't plan to sell my shares." ”
This is still Yu Jun's temptation, he smiled and said: "That's not important, I also want to ask Mr. Mohan a question, if Blizzard is split into Northern Blizzard and Blizzard Entertainment, or you will be responsible for the overall Blizzard work, do you have the confidence to let Warcraft go to the world within a year?" ”
The news of Warcraft 3 was released at the beginning of the year, and the official launch time was in 2001, it is with Warcraft, especially the global sales of 5 million sets of Frozen Thrones as a confidence, World of Warcraft can be popular with global players as soon as it is listed.
Earlier the time for the launch of Warcraft 3 and not letting Blizzard jump tickets is something that Yu Jun should consider now.
"This ......" Mohan had a look of embarrassment on his face, although the game development process has a detailed schedule, but this is a creative work, if there is any creativity in the middle, it is possible to postpone the development process.
Mohan doesn't dare to guarantee that Warcraft 3 will be available within a year.
"Well, this question, I don't need to hear your answer." Yu Jun knew that this was also a little embarrassing, so he smiled: "But what I want to know is, if there is no Heidenheim, can you keep the company running normally?" ”
Mo Han's heart jumped, as if he felt something, he looked at Yu Jun in disbelief, just saw him shrug his shoulders, hinting that Mo Han's guess might be right.
"No problem." Mohan hesitated for a long time before answering.
"Then I'll be relieved." Yu Jun showed a bright smile, raised his Coke glass and shouted.
The news came from Miller, and T compromised that they would trade Heidenheim's 35% stake in Blizzard for 100% of Northern Blizzard, which would mean that Heidenheim's stake in Blizzard Entertainment would be cleaned up.
And T will bring Miller and Yu Jun's bid plan to the board of directors for discussion, and it is impossible for the board of directors not to understand Guò on the premise that there is a handle in their hands.
Blizzard's shareholder meeting will have no say in the fact that Heidenheim's shares were liquidated to Northern Blizzard, and Blizzard Entertainment will be sold.
Miller's offer under Jun's offer was $100 million, which was only $10 million more than what T spent when he bought Blizzard, which made T's CEO have a tooth ache.
In order to acquire Blizzard, Oracle and Xiling Holdings formed a company called Blizzard Software to operate, of which Xiling Holdings holds 51% of the shares, while Oracle holds the remaining 49%, and investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and IDGVC will invest in the shares after the completion of the acquisition.
Now, in the case of Blizzard Entertainment alone, the stake has become 90% owned by T, and Mohan owns 10%, and there are no obstacles to the acquisition.
It will take at least a week for everything to wait until the dust settles, and all Yu Jun has to do now is to be patient.
"You didn't go back to the hotel yesterday, did you?" Yu Jun sat in the lobby wearing beach pants and watched Wang Bing, who had two more panda eyes, walk in.
"I went back, and I ran out again in the middle of the night." Wang Bing sighed and sat down, took the cigarette out, looked at the non-smoking sign again, and pointed to the smoking area around the corner: "Talking over there?" ”
When I came to the smoking area, there were a few young people with punk hair, dressed in thick gothic suits, holding something that I don't know if it was marijuana or cigarettes.
"Yesterday, you and Yuhao left first, and I asked for a VIP in the nightclub." Wang Bing didn't blush at all when he said this.
The VIP of the topless nightclub is a separate room, and the one-on-one performance from the ** dance lady to the inside, often can't do too much, but if you can come up with enough money to come out, the nightclub will only turn a blind eye.
"Okay, the VIPs have learned, isn't your English terrible?" Yu Jun smoked a cigarette and laughed playfully.
Although Wang Bing is trying his best to study university courses on his own, mainly in economics and financial theories and English, his English is still rotten at home, and if he doesn't take Yi Mingyao with him when he passes through customs, he can almost throw it directly into the small black room.
"Hey, wouldn't it be missing those key words?" Wang Bing patted his leg and said, then sighed, "Actually, I didn't do anything last night, I found two young ladies to go inside to watch them dance, and I was really excited, and then I shot a hand cannon there, and the fire was gone." After returning to the hotel, I didn't expect that, alas! ”
"What do you do with your constant sighs? Say, what's the matter? Yu Jun guessed that it might be that this kid didn't have enough money.
Needless to say, Wang Bing's income can only be exchanged for 2,000 US dollars when he goes abroad, and he has not changed money when he arrives in the United States.
"It's not about money, I borrowed a thousand dollars from Luo Yuan when I went yesterday," he was not ashamed, and asked Luo Yuan to borrow money, "It was Kexin who came suddenly." ”
"What?" Yu Jun didn't understand, so he watched Tang Kexin walk towards the smoking area, and obviously saw Wang Bing shivering.
"Follow me upstairs." Tang Kexin directly twisted Wang Bing's ears and pulled away, looking at Yu Jun's eyes and glaring.
The young people next to him, who were still smoking marijuana and looked happy, whistled one after another.
Yu Jun knew that it was going to be bad, so he buried his head between his legs, and sure enough, there was a crackling sound and shouting pain in his ears, but as for the national scolding of the United States, he didn't hear a word.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw that those punk young people had their jaws dislocated, and they sat there with a sad face, looking at Wang Bing who was pulled away by Tang Kexin in horror.
Who would have thought that Tang Kexin would suddenly fly from Shanghai to San Francisco to check his attendance, Wang Bing was determined to be bitter this time.