Buffett did not directly agree, and in the subsequent negotiations, he put forward a harsh condition, that Goodman's majority shareholders should not sell their shares before exercising the conversion right, because this would cause a lack of investor confidence. To be precise, this move of his kidnapped the current management into the same boat.

Goodman's management had no choice but to accept this unequal condition, and there was nothing they could do about it.

However, on the next trading day, affected by Buffett's stake in Goodman, Goodman's stock rose sharply, and many institutions waved checks to buy Goodman's shares. On that day, Goodman raised an additional $5 billion in cash in the market, and its stock price rose more than 6 percent.

Belrankfan and his colleagues finally breathed a long sigh of relief that they knew that the wolves who were staring at them were gone.

……

Huatou is completely out. No, it should be said that they gave up this opportunity, because Stanley's "betrayal" made them voluntarily abandon the acquisition, and soon Stanley felt the pressure from Huaxia and was forced to give up the shares of Huaxia International Financial Corporation, the most profitable company in Huaxia, of course, these are later words.

After "breaking up" with Huatou, Stanley has no more options. Mark personally led the negotiations with the MUFG Financial Group.

Because the people of Huatou did not hide their traces when they left, even Gao Dongfang angrily told the press that he would no longer cooperate with an untrustworthy organization like Stanley. So on Saturday, Stanley once again took the front page of the paper.

"Stanley and Huatou talk collapsed, and the next Bear Stearns will reappear?"

"Heightened market uncertainty, Goodman and Stanley at stake?"

"The United and Goodman negotiate, and the Wall Street Big Five will disappear?"

The sensational headline strongly irritates people's eyes, and at the same time, the confidence of the market is also hit. Because of secrecy, the news that Goodman or Stanley was seeking financial assistance was not widely circulated. In addition to the contact between Stanley and Huatou. All the market knows is that Stanley and Midland are negotiating. But now as soon as the latest news comes out, the market has discovered that it doesn't know when, Midland Bank has long abandoned Stanley and turned to negotiate with Goodman. Stanley, on the other hand, has no potential collaborators.

Stanley has been thrust into the limelight once again since yesterday.

"Hurry up and check, what's going on?"

As a top investor. Soros keenly smelled the unusualness of the whole thing, because the indignation on the face of Gao Dongfang of Huatou when he was about to leave was faithfully captured by reporters, which made him realize that there must be something strange in it.

In the current situation, Stanley has no reason to offend the financiers from China, despite the fact that a certain parliamentarian has declared a boycott of red capital. But Stanley could have taken advantage of the time difference to maneuver instead of just the other party away. Yes, Soros does think that Gao Dongfang and others are angry, rather than simply failing negotiations.

Soros gave an order. Soon the sophisticated machine of the Quantum Fund immediately set in motion, and the world searched for news. Although Stanley kept the news tightly sealed, there were still different views on the deal within MUFG, which was pushed by some well-intentioned people and the news began to circulate in a small area, which happened to be captured by the Quantum Fund deal.

"What?"

Soros, who heard the specific news, was shocked, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead.

For Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Soros is naturally no stranger, this is his old counterparty. Before that. He also heard that Mitsubishi UFJ was interested in cooperating with Stanley, you must know that Stanley is deeply rooted in Japan, and they have maintained good cooperative relations with many Japanese consortia because of their excellent public relations handling. This also made Soros regard Japan as a key target of prevention, but he was relieved to learn that Mitsubishi UFJ had shelved the deal.

And now that Mitsubishi UFJ is actually making a comeback, Stanley even did not hesitate to offend another financier, Huatou, for their sake, how could this not make Soros feel shocked!

If Stanley doesn't think the deal is eight or nine days away. With their shrewdness, they certainly wouldn't do that. As a result, the quantum fund, which has bet heavily on Stanley stock, has almost no way out, knowing that they have pushed the average price of their short positions very low in several raids.

Facing a room full of traders with the same earthy faces, Soros did not show such fear. I saw him say lightly: "You guys are busy with your own business first, and I'll communicate with the Japanese first to see if there is such a thing." We'll talk about what to do later. ”

After everyone left, Soros took a deep breath and dialed Nobuo Panyanagi, "Missymisi, Mr. Panyanagi, I'm George. Soros. In order to curry favor with the Japanese, he even used a Japanese phone greeting.

Although Soros deliberately flattered, Nobuo Banyanagi was a simple person, and he understood the truth of going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and said indifferently at the moment: "It turned out to be Mr. Soros, I haven't seen you for a long time." I don't know what is important about Mr. Soros's call this time? ”

As one of the representatives of Japan's top consortium, Nobuo Banyanagi has undoubtedly complicated feelings for the predators led by Soros. Once upon a time, they brandished a checkbook and wanted to challenge the American consortium, but they were beaten by the American consortium led by the hedge fund.

Of course, this does not mean that the relationship between Nobuo and Soros is also the same. You must know that Nobuo Banyanagi is in charge of one of the largest conglomerates in Japan, while Soros only manages a fund of tens of billions of dollars, and the difference in status between the two sides determines that Nobuo Panyanagi does not need to be respectful to Soros.

Soros also knew that he didn't have much deep friendship with Nobuo Banyanagi, so he could only ask straight to the point: "President Panyanagi, I heard that your company intervened in the acquisition of Stanley Company, is this matter true?" ”

His wishful thinking was that whether Nobuo Banyanagi admitted it or denied it, he continued to ask questions. As long as the other party reveals the slightest bit of wrongness, he can determine the truth of the information he has obtained.

"How did you get this news?" To Soros's surprise, Nobuo Banyanagi didn't hide it at all. directly revealed the truth of the facts, "Regarding this matter, we are in the stage of strict secrecy. Mr. Soros is really powerful, and he actually learned about it at the first time, admire, admire! ”

"This ......" Soros decisively ignored Nobuo's cynicism and only hesitated for a moment. I found an excellent scapegoat," the Huaxia people told me. You know they're out......"

He did not continue, but the implication was obvious, that is, the Chinese who were disgruntled after the exit took the opportunity to stumble the Japanese and revealed the news to some institutions.

"I see!" Nobuo Banyanagi didn't say anything more, just said lightly, "I know." For this transaction, we ......"

Again, he did not continue, because it involved a complex internal struggle. Of course. For an outsider like Soros, it is impossible for him to say it anyway.

"What are you?" Soros was naturally unwilling to get such a little information, and hurriedly asked, "Also, President Banyanagi, Mitsubishi UFJ had given up cooperation with Stanley before, why did he find Stanley again this time, is there any insider in it?" ”

"Mr. Soros called. I want to ask about the possibility of this transaction, right? "Nobuo Banyanagi is not stupid, Soros's several temptations have made him aware of it." I have no comment on that. What I can tell you, though, is that this deal is very important for the entire MUFG. ”

"How determined do you have that?" Soros was shocked again, and he heard the determination in the words of Nobuo Benyanagi, according to the character of the Japanese, as long as the relevant decisions are made, the rest is a matter of implementation. And in terms of execution, the Japanese will hardly have any problems. This means that this transaction is inevitable, "Mr. Panliu, don't you know that there is a major situation at Stanley Corporation. If you invest at this time, you may lose your money. IMHO, there is no difference between Stanley and the Kaminari brothers now, and the collapse is only a matter of time. ”

"Really?" A strange feeling suddenly rose in Nobuo's heart, which made him realize that he and the other party might have the possibility of cooperation, "I'm sorry, Mr. Soros, I haven't understood it so far, what do you mean by calling?" Wait, you're not going to short Stanley, you're going to ruin this deal now, are you? ”

Soros gritted his teeth secretly, regretting it in his heart. He couldn't control his emotions for a while, exposed himself prematurely, and now he can only be at the mercy of the other party, "Yes, I am planning to ruin this deal." But not just for myself, but for MUFG, knowing that the global market is volatile now, and I don't want another big consortium to fall into a crisis and thus destroy my investment layout in Japan. ”

"There's some truth to what you're saying!" Nobuo Banyanagi was noncommittal, so he would not easily believe what Soros said. But since the other party said so, he naturally wanted to get benefits from it, "If I promise you to make this deal, what kind of benefits can I get?" ”

"What?" Soros was taken aback again, and then fell into a deep ecstasy, he didn't expect that the other party would also have the intention of sabotaging the deal, so that the two had the possibility of cooperation, "10 million US dollars, I can only provide so much." If you are able to break the deal, I will pay you $10 million in my private name, and the money will be transferred from the offshore company to your Swiss account, and no one will find out. ”

Originally, the acquisition of Stanley's shares was part of Mitsubishi UFJ, but Nobuo Banyanagi tolerated Yongyi Kedian's move in order not to go wrong at a critical time. Now, if he can use this matter to hit Yongyi Kedian, he will naturally not let go of such an opportunity. And if he has a strong reinforcement like Soros, he is confident that he can get twice the result with half the effort.

However, he didn't want to cheapen Soros like this, so he bluntly offered his own conditions at the moment, "50 million US dollars, not a penny less." If you don't agree to this condition, I'll treat you as if you've never made the call! ”

"Deal!" Soros said without hesitation.

Now it was Nobuo Hiro's turn to be taken aback, he never expected that his lion's opening would be allowed so easily, which made him realize that the Quantum Fund may have bet heavily on Stanley, most likely an unimaginable number.

But so what, everything has nothing to do with him.

After Soros hung up the phone, he let out a long breath, and he was terrified. If he hadn't been keenly aware of the problems on Stanley's side, if he hadn't called Nobuo Banyanagi, if he hadn't agreed to cooperate, he would have suffered a huge loss at the opening on Monday, and now all of this has been stopped in time.

While he was apprehensive, he ignored the most important question, why Nobuo Hayanagi would agree to ruin the deal. (To be continued......)

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