Chapter 526: The Most 'Expensive' Engagement Gift in History

At the beginning of 2012, the global economy experienced a serious malaise due to two crises that threatened all of humanity.

There are even some countries that have experienced all kinds of turmoil because of these two crises.

This is not the case in the country, let alone the private sector?

Today, the company with the highest market value in the global stock market has become an industrial company like Wal-Mart, with a market value of $310 billion, leading the world. High-tech companies such as Microsoft and Google have seen varying degrees of decline in market capitalization, although they are better than the last global economic crisis, but they have not been able to create their peak of more than $500 billion.

Microsoft's market capitalization is only $180 billion, while Google's is only $160 billion.

The market value of Wal-Mart has become so high just because Wal-Mart's global turnover has exceeded $200 billion in the first quarter of 2012.

This achievement is almost at the level of Walmart's global turnover in the previous two quarters.

According to the normal ratio between market capitalization and turnover, Wal-Mart, which has a quarterly turnover of $200 billion, should have a market value of at least $400 billion, or even $500 billion.

After all, Wal-Mart once created a market value of $320 billion with an annual turnover of $480 billion.

However, because of the global economic downturn, Walmart missed this opportunity to break through the market value of $500 billion.

And their turnover can reach such a level, which is also related to the crazy hoarding behavior of global consumers at the beginning of the year.

Many people think that whether it is a zombie crisis or a Worthington virus crisis, it is good to find a safe place to hide and wait quietly for the crisis to pass. As a result, hoarding has become a mainstream.

This is an abnormal surge in turnover, and only a retail industry like Walmart can create this kind of performance in the face of such adversity. But everyone knows that consumers around the world are hoarding a lot of supplies, and subsequent consumption will definitely be weak.

This is one of the reasons why their market capitalization cannot exceed $500 billion.

"What I want to know is that almost all companies are losing money, and even if there is a breakthrough in sales due to the crisis, it is still overdraft consumption, which is very bad for future development."

In Nokia's headquarters, the new CEO of Nokia said with a serious expression: "Then why, Apple's turnover has made a breakthrough?" ”

This question is actually not difficult to answer, because Wenming's previous behavior of releasing crisis information to the global public through Apple products has made many consumers pay more attention to Apple's products.

SHSD has been officially accepted by the United Nations and the news has been announced to the world.

Everyone knows the founding purpose of this organization, the code of conduct, and the head of this organization is Wen Ming, the founder of Apple.

In this case, if you want to be the first to know about the crisis, so that you can prepare for the crisis, should you buy an Apple product?

"Since the last forced live broadcast of the iPhone, in just half a month, the global shipment of the iPhone has reached 10 million units, which is still because the production capacity of the iPhone is not available. According to the data they released, the pre-orders of the iPhone have exceeded 20 million units, and the sales of Apple's other products have suddenly exploded. ”

Nokia's CEO asked, "What I want to know is, why are the sales of our Nokia phones hitting a new low?" ”

This question is actually easy to answer, because Nokia's mobile phone has no selling point, coupled with the death of the previous three shareholders, which led to the outbreak of the struggle for power and profit, Nokia has long been in turmoil.

"We've fallen below $20 billion in market capitalization, and even though it's because of the impact of those two crises, can any of you tell me when we'll recover, and if we have any chance of recovering?"

To say that it is less than $20 billion is actually a boast, because Nokia's market value today is just over $10 billion.

Nokia's new CEO has just been rebuked by the board, so there is no scruple in speaking at this time.

"If you can't find an effective solution, I think we can all submit our resignation letters."

After saying this, the conference room was still quiet.

No one can find an effective solution, not only in Nokia, but also in other mobile phone manufacturers, digital product manufacturers, including real estate and other traditional profiteering industries, at this time there is no effective way to solve their own company's crisis.

The difference is that some companies still have a chance to wait for the crisis to pass, but Nokia has no chance to wait.

Seeing that no one answered his question, Nokia's new CEO was about to go crazy again, but was suddenly interrupted.

A Nokia shareholder walked directly into the conference room with a group of people, and the shareholder was completely less angry than when he scolded the CEO before, and more like he had been freed from a big constraint, and behaved very relaxed.

"Let me introduce to you that this is Mr. Cage, CEO of Tesla, and he will represent Mr. Wen Ming and will be responsible for managing all the affairs of Nokia in the future."

The shareholder looked at the shocked Nokia executives in the conference room and said with a smile: "Mr. Wen Ming has acquired 75% of Nokia's shares, and he hopes to be able to buy the technology shares in the hands of everyone here." ”

Having completed his task, the shareholder left the room with a relaxed face, leaving Cage directly to the position of the current CEO of Nokia.

"Can you give me a moment?"

Cage was very polite and said something very impolite, but the current CEO of Nokia did not have the courage to refuse.

Cage sat down, but he was a little embarrassed, because this was different from the plan he had made with Wen Ming.

Previously, they wanted to buy as many shares of Nokia as possible through offshore companies, after all, it is a listed company, and the shares are not only in the hands of shareholders, but also in the hands of top management, as well as shares held by shareholders.

Even if the acquisition is completed, the news of Wenming's acquisition of Nokia will not be announced for the time being.

But after two crises, Wenming's global reputation has been unmatched, and the skyrocketing sales of Apple's products are very good evidence.

In this case, Wen Ming decided to stop doing things in secret.

He wants to 'monopolize' the mobile phone industry in an open and honest manner.

Cage sighed inwardly and said, "All of you here have a total of 6% of Nokia's shares, and I hereby propose a purchase price of 100% premium to the current market value. Excuse me, does anyone disagree? ”

Of course, some people disagree, seeing that Wen Ming acquired Nokia, isn't the market value rising slowly?

Who would want to sell their equity?

Seeing that almost everyone rejected the acquisition request, Cage was not surprised at all, and continued: "It doesn't matter, on behalf of Mr. Wen Ming, I will inject 40 billion US dollars into Nokia, and according to Nokia's registered capital and current market value, your equity will be reduced proportionally." ”

Someone shouted, "You can't do this, it's against the law." ”

Cage smiled, "Illegal? I'm sorry, but I'm a lawyer, so we can have a good discussion. ”

……

The news that Nokia was wholly acquired by Wenming was learned by the media at the first time, and Apple and other companies affiliated with Wenming also issued announcements at the first time, and Nokia itself also issued an announcement.

Many people don't know why Wen Ming bought Nokia, which is about to go bankrupt, but the impact of this incident has covered the whole world within a few days.

There are many people who believe that the crisis has been completely resolved, so Wen Ming is buying the bottom, and as a result, the global stock market has seen a lot of growth.

The most obvious of these is Nokia, whose market capitalization has fallen below $10 billion, and in five days, it has exceeded $150 billion.

And its upward trend, although slowed down, did not stop.

At the rocket launch site of Canada's umbrella company, Wen Ming heard Gal Gadot, who had just arrived, say: "Congratulations, you have earned 100 billion US dollars in just a few days." This time, no one should question your status as the richest man in the world, after all, Nokia is a listed company. ”

Wen Ming smiled: "Actually, I have not only earned 100 billion US dollars, but this account is a bit complicated, if you calculate carefully, readers will say that my boss has ...... words."

I don't know why Gal Gadot automatically ignored the second half of what Wen Ming said, and Wen Ming himself seemed to not know that he had said the second half of the sentence.

Gal Gadot asked, "Aren't you afraid that the acquisition of Nokia will affect the sales of Apple's mobile phones?" ”

Wen Ming replied: "Nokia and Apple have different product positioning, and there will be no conflict between them. ”

Gal Gadot was a little surprised when he saw Emily not far away, so he wanted to end the conversation with Wen Ming and said, "Okay, I don't know anything about doing business." ”

Wen Ming also noticed the source of Gal Gadot's surprise, and was a little disappointed, couldn't he let this woman set her eyes on herself if he earned 100 billion US dollars?

So Wen Ming said: "When it comes to doing business, you still have to learn more, it's better for me to give you Nokia, you earn it, and you lose it." ”

Gal Gadot was stunned, she thought Wen Ming was joking.

That's a company that just topped $150 billion in market capitalization.

But Wen Ming is really not joking, what is $150 billion? He just wanted Gal Gadot to shift his attention from Emily's body to himself.

Otherwise, how will the relationship between the three of them be determined when they live together in the future?

"Lilith, let Cage prepare the formalities and give all the Nokia shares I hold to Gal Gadot."

Gal Gadot's attention finally shifted from Emily's body to Wen Ming's body.

But the meaning of her eyes when she looked at Wen Ming was very obvious.

"This man is a madman?"

Wen Ming ignored Lilith, who was also stunned, and said to Gal Gadot, "Just take it as my engagement gift for you." ”