Chapter 124: Nameplate
"I don't think we have a grudge that will be difficult to reconcile." Hall was calm.
"Smack."
Johnson threw down half of the taco, leaned back in the chair to examine him, "You're the one who provoked me, and you're the one who pretends to make peace, isn't it too shameless?" Boy, do all the nobles of England have such flexible discipline?"
"My lawyer took a flight back to New York two hours ago to deal with a possible compliance review. You're here to help." Hall shook his glass, "And Kravis, who used his connections to influence the cooperation between Goldman Sachs and me."
"Your actions were successful and caused me a lot of trouble, so I never thought of suing for peace. It's just that what you are in and what you do. This business is now over for me. We are not in direct competition, and no matter how much you retaliate against me, you will not get any real benefit except to vent your emotions."
Johnson's brow furrowed, "What the hell are you trying to say?"
"Let's talk calmly, as an advisor to the shareholders, are you sure about the next bid?" Hall asked repeatedly.
"No comment." Johnson spread his hands, "I'm still saying the same thing: Little cub, I'm waiting for you to come and acquire."
Hall took a sip of the wine glass, wiped his mouth clean, and said in a calm tone, "I don't think you have any chance of winning, and I hope you can cooperate with the acquirer and shareholders to complete the transaction smoothly."
"With that, I can accuse you of manipulating the bidding." Johnson remains tough.
Hall didn't care, and continued to himself, "Even if you fail, you always have to end up with dignity and leave with dollars and reputation. If you don't do what I say, I'll get you out of Reynolds and get a penny out of it."
「…… Don't bluff this, no one will believe you if you bluff too many times!" Johnson's hole instantly tightened.
Hall breathed a sigh of relief: "Now promise me that your parachute plan can be realized in a low-key manner. I'll help reassure the shareholders, after all, you've worked for Reynolds for many years, and I'm sure the shareholders are willing to talk about friendship. But if it gets bigger, you might have to retire and end your career completely."
"Another violation, the placement of commercial espionage on the target of the merger and acquisition, stealing management secrets." Johnson suddenly got up and turned straight away.
Hall looked at his departing back and unconsciously hooked the corners of his mouth.
As the saying goes, in order to appease the current management and cooperate with the transaction, in order to appease the current management and cooperate with the transaction, the company will often give some benefits, namely, the parachute plan.
Johnson concealed his shareholders and created a record amount of parachute plan on his own, and if he failed to succeed in the merger, he would personally receive more than $50 million in "severance pay" to leave Reynolds.
In the original history, this parachute plan was brought forward, causing huge negative public opinion.
None of Wall Street, or even the entire business world, could tolerate such a greedy professional manager. It's fair to say that Johnson's management ended up going against KKR's bid, largely because of the collective rejection of the plan.
Hall wasn't sure if things had changed because of his involvement, so he asked the other party over for dinner as an interviewer. ….
It turns out that the greedy nature of human beings is difficult to be swayed by the situation, and Johnson still came up with a plan that broke the rules of the industry.
But it was because of Johnson's greed that he had the opportunity to take advantage of the information gap and maneuver between shareholders and management to control the situation: Johnson wanted severance pay, and shareholders wanted to complete the merger smoothly......
"Let the giant companies give me 30 million for a meal."
Hall was secretly refreshed, this was much more expensive than Mr. Stock's meal.
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The next day, Holjoclaves was denied lunch with him, and he disrupted the informant's must-win blow, eager to eat him.
According to William Anderson, Kravis almost flipped the table in a fit of rage, and it took a lot of effort for the shareholders to appease him.
Hall gloated over this, spending two days in Atlanta to socialize with his newfound friends, and then leaving the family office team behind
, returning to New York alone.
He didn't fool Johnson, and he really didn't plan to continue to be involved in the business.
Predictably, the next round of bidding will be at least $110 or more, which is roughly the same as the actual value of Reynolds, and Kravis's slogan is loud, but he is a successful financier and cannot trade at a loss.
There is no room for further instigation, and Hall naturally doesn't want to waste time, just sit back and wait for the dust to settle and take profits.
At the end of August, the AEC quantitative trading team is getting better, Leeds United is getting better and better, and Margaret's magical school uniform is about to hit the shelves...... He had to go back to London before school started.
"Here, dear, how about we install it here?"
In New York's Central Park, Connery stood under a large tree on the side of the lake road with a small toolbox in his hand.
Hall carried a large cardboard box on his shoulder, "Are you sure?" I can't go back. I don't want to tear it down halfway and be mistaken for a thief."
"It was just an accident, who knew that someone would bury the ashes in the park casually, and bury them so shallowly." Connery grumbled.
Hall is also speechless, Central Park has a variety of critters everywhere throughout the summer, and squirrels who are not afraid of people are very cute to run around, and are popular with couples on dates.
Yesterday he accompanied Connelly to camp here, and learned that the park has held an event in the past two years, donating a rest bench to get a custom nameplate.
Connery then rushed to donate a chair, engraved their names on the nameplate, and pasted it on the bench as a souvenir. So that they can go on a date in the park all the time.
As a result, not only do the young couples feel that the scenery here is beautiful, but the dead also feel that this is a treasure of feng shui and wish to sleep here forever......
"Honey, how about burying our ashes here when we both die?"
"Waiting to be dug up?"
"Nasty, don't you think it's romantic. I've heard from the staff that tens of millions of people come to Central Park every year, and they're all witnessing our love." The brain circuits of a girl in love are abnormally clear.
Hall spliced the bench and dug a pit to bury the legs of the chair: "Maybe in the future, you will use a tool to remove the nameplate from this chair and throw it into the river."
"Unless I don't love you anymore." Connery wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Hall smiled, "Why isn't it because I don't love you anymore?"
"Because that's my own business, and if you don't love me, it doesn't matter if I love you or not." Connery said rightly.
Hall was stunned for a moment.
"Can I go back to London with you this time?" She changed the subject.
"No, you said that you want to join the group to film and work hard, I don't want to be complained by your agent. Also, during filming, don't think that you can eat casually without being around me, keep in good shape, don't just eat vegetarian, and practice British speaking......
Hall makes a lot of demands, and his little American sweetheart is now plump and fleshy, which requires a lot of skin condition. If you lose a little collagen, your skin will become fat, so he hates the vegetarian tendencies that Sweetheart occasionally exhibits.
Connery pursed his lips, his face full of unhappiness.
"There's a surprise." Hall pulled a small box out of his pocket.
Connally's eyes lit up, he took the box and opened it on the spot, took out the key inside, and said disappointedly, "What, I can't use the car for filming."
"Is that so? I heard that the environment on the filming set is very hard, and it is best for actors to have an RV for makeup and rest...... Looks like I'm mistaken." Hall touched his chin and pretended.
"Hey...... Hahaha, I love you to death!".
I'm mortal