"Sir, Mr. Edward is calling again, this is the tenth call in the past two days, won't you answer?"

Michael. Baker asked, standing in the door of the study.

Ji Cheng looked down at the document, "I'll talk about it later." ”

Michael. Baker stopped talking, but finally said, "Okay." ”

With that, he gently closed the door, and the footsteps faded away.

Only then did Ji Cheng raise his head and squint his eyes.

In the past two days, he deliberately filtered out all the phone calls, the purpose of which was not to give Edward and the Boston consortium a chance to play, because what he did was really a bit excessive, and he didn't even notify the Boston consortium of a word, so he found someone to add fuel to the fire, and the two things about Huajin Capital's acquisition of Edward's shares and the possibility of buying a large number of outstanding shares of Boston's First National Bank on the stock market were uproaring.

More importantly, in order to win the trust of the outside world, he also specially put $8 billion in liquidity into his stock market account, and although this money was supposed to be thrown into the stock market in a few days to do big things, he never thought of making a big deal of it, and now he has no choice but to do it.

I don't know if it works.

Ji Cheng's eyes glanced at a new confidential mobile phone next to him, which was specially customized, and would only be with Steve. White contacts to discuss important matters.

In Steve. Before White called him to inform him of the situation, he would not answer the calls of Edward and the Boston consortium, otherwise it would be easy to get into trouble and hurt the peace.

Just as he was pondering, a new phone rang.

Here it comes!

Ji Cheng hurriedly picked up his mobile phone and pressed the connect button and put it to his ear, "What's going on?" ”

There was a call from Steve. White's voice, "Mr. Cheng, I have received a tip that Chase Bank has applied for a loan of $7 billion with the British Barrac Bank, and the Barak Bank is currently preparing to take the lead in uniting many small and medium-sized banks in the UK to raise funds. ”

"Oh, I see."

Ji Cheng didn't talk much about it, and instead asked, "Is there any other movement?" ”

"The Boston consortium approached me several times." Steve. White smiled bitterly, "They're crazy looking for you." ”

"Out of the way, I'll contact them later."

Ji Cheng casually picked up the lit cigar on the desk and took a puff, savored it in his mouth for a while, and then said: "Okay, you have a good night's sleep tonight, you don't have to keep guarding the phone, starting tomorrow, we are going to enter the battle mode, and then it will be when you are busy." ”

"Okay, goodbye, Mr. Cheng."

Steve. White hung up.

Ji Cheng put down the mobile phone casually, then thought about it, put down the cigar again, took out the old mobile phone from the side, dialed a few numbers, and finally hesitated to delete it, and then re-entered other numbers.

He wanted to call Edward back, but he was afraid that he was currently in contact with someone else, so it was safer to wait for the other party to call again.

Both, all both.

The phone rang two or three times and it was connected.

Ji Cheng smiled into the phone and said, "Mr. Adams, I'm Ji ......"

Before he finished speaking, Adams IV on the other side interrupted speechlessly and asked, "Ji, what are you doing?" We've been looking for you for two days, and you're too busy to call back? ”

Ji Cheng didn't seem to hear the question, and he also didn't answer the other party's question, "Hehe, have you contacted Edward recently?" ”

"You kid." There was no joy or displeasure in Adams IV's tone, "Look at the good things you've done. ”

Ji Cheng smiled helplessly: "Okay, I ...... this matter."

The word "no" has not yet been spoken.

Adams IV laughed, half-complimenting, half-burying, and said, "It's so beautiful!" He paused, "Ji, I didn't say you, why don't you discuss with us before implementing this kind of trick?" ”

Ji Cheng blinked and said, "You don't blame me for hiding from you two days ago?" Don't blame me for spreading rumors outside? ”

"Why should I blame you?" Adams IV said with a smile in his voice: "Lawrence. The old thing from Rockefeller was still hesitating whether to buy Edward's shares, and in the past two days, you have been so troubled by you, the old thing couldn't sit still at all, and went to find Edward overnight. ”

Ji Cheng's eyes lit up and said, "Oh? Did he go to Boston? ”

"Well, I won't be able to receive information if he doesn't go to Boston, you know, the Rockefeller family's intelligence network is far bigger than ours, and his usual whereabouts are also very tight, and it is difficult to find out." Speaking of this, Adams IV let out a smug laugh, "But it's different when he enters the Boston area, no matter how good he is at concealing his skills, he will not be able to escape my intelligence network, it is estimated that he will have met with Edward in detail." ”

It's a shame I didn't call just now.

Otherwise, it will affect the discussion between the two.

Ji Cheng secretly rejoiced in his heart and said at the same time: "Oh? Are they negotiating? Shall we add a fire? ”

Adams IV was interested, "How do you add a fire?" ”

Ji Cheng smiled, "I asked the company to urgently hold a simple press conference, and said that the company passed the proposal to acquire 10% of Edward's shares, do you think this will work?" ”

Everything Huajin Capital did before was to let the outside world speculate, and it never officially announced that it would buy a stake in Boston First National Bank, but even so, because Chase Bank was trying to acquire a stake in Boston First National Bank, Huajin Capital's move still caused the stock price to skyrocket.

If Ji Cheng announced that he would acquire 10% of the shares of First National Bank in Boston from Edward at this time, I am afraid that it would completely blow up the outside world.

Naturally, this is no longer as simple as a fire, but a bombshell!

So why didn't Ji Cheng announce it before? Because he is not sure whether Edward has defected, if he directly announces that he wants to buy shares from the other party, and does not say whether he can buy it, and says that the other party has not defected, this kind of behavior will undoubtedly bring great harm to Edward's heart, because it is a show of distrust.

But now Edward is with Lawrence. Rockefeller met and talked in detail, regardless of whether he defected or not, such an announcement would not affect the other party's decision-making, and the only thing that could affect it was Lawrence. Rockefeller's offer.

As soon as Adams IV heard this, he understood what Ji Cheng meant, and immediately clapped his eyes and shouted: "High! This trick is really high! ”

……

Boston, inside the mansion.

Edward and Lawrence. Rockefeller was sitting facing each other.

Lawrence. Rockefeller said surgingly: "Edward, you and I have known each other for decades, I think that your brother can take the throne, I also have a lot of strength, to be a man, you must be grateful!" ”

Lawrence. Rockefeller's aura is too powerful, just a short sentence made Edward feel pressure, after all, this super old man who can affect the fortunes of a beautiful country, Edward is still far from it.

"Lawrence, I've always been grateful to you." Edward's posture was very low, "If it weren't for your kindness, I wouldn't have come to you if I fell out with old Rocky and Adams IV, you know, although Henry and I don't deal with him, if I am willing to cooperate with him, he will gladly accept it, not to mention that little Stillman often calls me." ”

He moved directly out of the Morgan family and the Citi consortium to fight back.

Lawrence. Of course, Rockefeller understood what Edward meant, nothing more than that he held a large number of shares in the First National Bank of Boston, and any consortium he joined would be taken seriously, which was to increase his bargaining chips before preparing to negotiate!

He secretly cursed the old fox in his heart, and still maintained a surging smile on his face, "I just like your character, so I came to Boston, Edward, Mingren doesn't say secret words, let's say, how much do you want to sell all the shares in your hand to me?" ”

Edward picked up the red wine glass and shook it, he didn't rush to answer, he took a sip and tasted it, and when he put the red wine glass down again, he said leisurely and unhurriedly: "Twenty percent premium, plus after the expiration of the non-compete agreement between me and the Boston consortium, I can use the cash from the sale of shares to acquire shares of the same value at a premium of five percent of the stock price of Chase Bank at that time." ”

"I bought your shares at a premium of 20 percent, but when you bought them, you were only willing to buy them at a 5 percent premium?" Lawrence. Rockefeller smiled dumbly and said, "How can there be a free lunch in the world?" ”

Edward explained unhurriedly, "If Chase Bank gets 10 percent of the shares from me, then the probability of annexing First National Bank of Boston will be greatly increased, and once the merger is successful, Chase Bank's stock price and assets will rise significantly, and this 5 percent premium is worth more than your current 20 percent premium." ”

"There's a point in what you're saying." Lawrence. Rockefeller uncharacteristically did not refute his words, "It's just that I still have a question, are you going to give me a 20 percent premium at the current stock price, or are you going to calculate it based on the valuation of First National Bank of Boston?" ”

This is a critical question.

According to the valuation, the total assets of the First National Bank of Boston are about $50 billion, and the real value of 10 percent of the shares is 5 billion dollars, even if the premium is 20 percent. Rockefeller doesn't need to spend a billion dollars more.

But if according to the stock price, it is incredible, the market value of the general listed company will be greater than the net asset value, about twice as much, before the market value of the First National Bank of Boston was about $70 billion, but that was when a single share was $85.72, and now the price of a single share of the First National Bank of Boston has reached a terrifying $375.29, that is, the 10 percent of the shares held by Edward are worth about $32.3 billion according to the stock price, and the premium of 20 percent is less than $6.5 billion.

Part of the funds at the premium alone are comparable to Lawrence. Rockefeller had previously prepared the funds.

Normally, the equity transfer can be based on the stock price of the day, or you can negotiate the transfer price by yourself, and even some companies can negotiate the equity transfer price at the time of establishment, of course, there are the most traditional ones, which are transferred according to the asset appraisal price, which is negotiated by the parties.

Edward blinked and said, "If I say ...... according to the current stock price"

Lawrence. Rockefeller's face changed drastically, "Impossible! ”

"You're going to say no." Edward smiled and said, "But according to the asset appraisal......"

Lawrence. Rockefeller had a happy expression on his face, "Personally, I think it's better." ”

Edward slowly completed the second half of the sentence, "It seems like too much for me. ”

Lawrence. Rockefeller was almost half-breathed and vomited blood when he said something, rolled his eyes and said, "You can't finish the words in one breath?" ”

Edward shrugged his shoulders and said, "I've always been slow to do things, and it's definitely impossible to sell at the appraised price of the asset anyway." ”

"And how much do you want to pay?" Lawrence. Rockefeller stared at him.

Edward Lion opened his mouth and said, "Otherwise, take half of the current stock price as the floor price, and then you will have a premium of 20%?" ”

That's $18.5 billion!

Far more than 10% of the real value of Boston's First National Bank's equity!

Lawrence. Surely Rockefeller could not have agreed, "It's too high, Edward, can we negotiate with some sincerity?" ”

Edward asked rhetorically, "Then how much are you willing to pay for the acquisition?" ”

Lawrence. Rockefeller already had a psychological price point before he came, and he said without hesitation, "My psychological price point is a $100 per share acquisition, so you can get about $8.2 billion in cash." ”

In fact, he was not prepared to contribute so much money at all, and before the stock price of First National Bank of Boston skyrocketed, Lawrence . Rockefeller wanted to buy at a premium of 20 percent of the appraised price of the asset, that is, he was only going to take out 6 billion.

But now the situation is different, Ji Cheng seems to have joined the war for equity, the stock price of First National Bank of Boston has risen so terrifyingly, if you don't give some sweetness Edward to taste, Lawrence. Rockefeller knew it would be hard to get a stake.

But Edward was obviously not very satisfied with such a little sweetness, he shook his head and said: "It's too low, it's not more than 20% of the price premium before the stock price rises, Lawrence, since you want to talk sincerely, I won't play with you, just talk about the actual price, if you can accept it, we can sign the contract now, if you don't agree, then let's talk about it at another date." ”

Lawrence. Rockefeller frowned and said, "Okay, let's talk about it." ”

Edward gestured to one with one hand and two with the other, "One hundred and twenty dollars per share, is that acceptable?" ”

Lawrence. Rockefeller did not immediately reply to Edward's words, but carefully calculated, according to Edward's offer, he would probably have to pay a price of $9.8 billion to get the shares, which was far beyond his psychological bottom line.

If it was before, he would definitely refuse without saying a word.

But now Joaquin Capital's unusual move has made Lawrence. Rockefeller was under pressure, for fear that if he did not agree to Edward, the ten percent of the shares would be snatched away by Ji Cheng.

"Why don't I go back and think about it again?" Lawrence. Rockefeller couldn't make up his mind for the time being.

Although Edward was anxious, he knew that he couldn't show his flaws, so he said calmly: "It's okay, you think about it carefully, let's talk about this matter later, well, I still have something to do later, so I won't send you out." ”

In fact, he won't have anything to do later, and the reason why he said this is entirely for Lawrence. Rockefeller exerted pressure, acting as if if if you didn't negotiate with me finally, I might find the Morgan family or the Citigroup to negotiate.

Because Edward started with Lawrence. Rockefeller had said that the Morgan family and the Citi consortium were very likely to accept him, so he was not afraid that the other party would not be able to guess the intention of his last sentence.

Sure enough, Lawrence. Rockefeller frowned inadvertently, and asked, "Do you still have something to deal with at such a late hour?" It's busy. ”

Edward deliberately said vaguely, "It's not a big deal, just talk to a few friends." ”

Lawrence. Rockefeller couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, saying that Edward should not really go to the Morgan family or the Citigroup to surrender, right?

It's just that he didn't worry too much about this, after all, now that the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family have joined forces, and they have reached a private agreement with the Citi consortium, so even if Edward really sells his shares to these two consortiums, he has a way to get it back.

"Okay, you're busy, we'll get back in touch tomorrow."

Lawrence. Rockefeller got up.

Edward was really entangled in his heart when he saw that he didn't scare the other party, they didn't have a few days left, if he didn't let Lawrence. Rockefeller made the decision to buy his shares, and there was a real chance that the plan would fail.

But now Edward must not be able to keep the other party to continue to negotiate, otherwise he will expose his hole cards and may be severely depressed by the other party.

……

In the car.

It's been about ten minutes since it was gone.

Suddenly, Lawrence, who was sitting in the back row. Rockefeller received a phone call, his face changed drastically, and he immediately yelled at the driver: "Go back!" Drive back! ”

He received a terrifying news that Ji Cheng really made a move!

Thinking back to what Edward said before he left that he was going to entertain other guests, Lawrence. Rockefeller thought it was someone from the Morgan family or the Citigroup consortium, but after hearing the news, he was very sure that the person Edward was going to see was Ji Cheng!

Fack!

Ji Cheng, this bastard!

Lawrence. Rockefeller had the heart to kill Ji Cheng, and he originally wanted to carefully consider whether to buy Edward's shares at an ultra-high price of one hundred and twenty dollars per share, but now that the news has been transmitted, he understands one thing in his heart, and he has no time to think about it, if he can't buy the shares in Edward's hands tonight, I'm afraid that this ten percent of the shares will fall into the hands of Ji Cheng's Joaquin Capital!

"Yes sir."

The driver didn't understand what was going on, but still according to Lawrence. Rockefeller said that the return trip was towards the Edward mansion.

Maybe it was too shocking to hear the news along the way Lawrence. Rockefeller was impatient and kept urging.

"Shet, hurry up!"

"Sir, it's been ...... soon"

"Then hurry up again!"

In Lawrence. Rockefeller was anxious and urging, and it took only eight minutes to arrive at the original ten-minute drive.

As soon as the car stopped, Lawrence. Rockefeller hurriedly rushed down, he obviously had old arms and legs that were not very sharp, but this would make the speed of running into the villa no less than that of ordinary young men!

Edward was depressed with Lawrence at the time. Why didn't Rockefeller make a quick decision and drink red wine?

The next moment, the door was slammed open, and Lawrence with a panicked face. Rockefeller appeared right in front of him, still panting.

Edward was stunned, and quickly stood up and asked, "Lawrence, you ......?"

I'm not done, Lawrence. Rockefeller took a deep breath and said in a categorical tone: "I agreed to the purchase of the $120 per share you just said!" ”

Yes?

Aren't you all gone?

Why did you come back and say yes?

Edward was stunned, but his first reaction was that it was estimated that Ji Cheng's guy was making a moth outside, and he was happy in his heart, Ji Cheng, this little guy really knew how to play tactics, and he actually broke Lawrence layer by layer. Rockefeller's psychological defense line has finally been determined to spend a huge amount of money to buy his shares in Boston's First National Bank!

The whole plan is alive!

Next is Ji Cheng leading the Boston consortium to blow the horn of the counteroffensive!

Edward looked at Lawrence, who was slightly embarrassed in front of him. Rockefeller, as if witnessing the imminent fall of a legend.

At the same time, he glanced in the direction of New York again, and said silently in his heart, Ji Cheng's era is coming!