Mei Man Sword Fairy

Chapter 9 Phoenix Group
January 1999, 11, early morning.

"Hammer Industries, which has a lot of cooperation with the military, has completed a series of relevant procedures and will voluntarily delist on December 12."

This unexpected news undoubtedly made the headlines of North American news, and it directly continued the "Steel Robbery" that had dominated the list for many consecutive days.

The voluntary delisting had a great impact on Hanmer Industries. Just the premium acquisition of the issued shares almost cut off the entire company's capital chain and severely damaged its vitality.

At this time, maybe Hammer Industries should be thankful that its stock price is not as high as Stark Industries, otherwise Hammer would not be able to get it back.

And Justin Hammer, who led all this, has naturally become a joke in everyone's eyes.

It seems like everyone, whether they own Hammer Industries stock or not, is more than happy to express their mockery of Justin Hammer on various platforms.

Of course, there are also some people who believe that although Justin Hammer's weapons are occasionally unreliable and he is a bit flamboyant, he can stand out from many competitors and make Hammer Industries the second only to Stark Industries. At the same time, he himself has various diversified successful investment cases.Such a successful businessman will never suddenly become a fool or an idiot.

There are quite a few people who hold this kind of thinking. They use various means to investigate from multiple angles, but in the end they find nothing.

Comprehensive information from various sources shows that Hanmer Industries has not made new progress or breakthroughs in weapons research and development projects, nor has it thought of switching to selling product chains, nor has it been swallowed up by any competitors.

After delisting, its main business will not change, its CEO will not change, and its actual controller will not change.

Justin Hammer even sold a lot of high-quality stocks in his hands, and sold many fixed assets under his name to cash back the equity in the hands of other shareholders of Hammer Industry.

The decision to hastily delist has already made many shareholders lose confidence, but Justin Hammer has always had absolute decision-making power. Complete delisting.

Now that Hanmer is still willing to continue to buy at a premium, these people naturally wish for it. Compared with the uncertain future of Hanmer Industry, they are more willing to accept real dollars.

A professional financial institution reported that in order to obtain 100% of the controlling stake in Hammer Industries, Justin Hammer almost invested all his operating and investment profits in the past few years.

Therefore, no matter how bizarre the situation is, the facts are already irrefutable.

For many years, although Hanmer Industries has advertised that Stark Industries is a competitor, everyone knows the actual situation.

Although Hammer Industries is not a small workshop, it does not have enough strength to compete with Stark Industries.

Stark Industries' products are higher end, more expensive, higher quality, and more effective.

Hanmer Industries' products are cheaper, more affordable, and, while occasionally buggy, are better suited for high-volume rigs.

The advantages and disadvantages are very obvious.

But then again, no matter how bad the reputation is, the weapons produced by Hammer Industries can really kill people, and the money earned from the military's large-scale purchase orders is also real.

Now the sudden delisting has caused many difficulties for Hanmer Industries out of thin air, not only the risk of capital cut-off, but also to deal with doubts from partners, and so on.

Decades of profits were posted upside down, assets were sold, and cash flow was almost exhausted.

Is it really worth doing just for 100% control?

Hammer has become the sole controller of the entire group, but can he earn back everything he has paid?

Soon, Hanmer Industries released another message.

Hammer Industries absorbed other 100% holding companies under the name of Justin Hammer, and changed its name to "Phoenix Group" after the merger.

The Phoenix Group, which is absolutely controlled by one person, has not been abandoned by the military.On the basis of maintaining the status quo, it even won another valuable order.

To a certain extent, this news gave Hanmer Industries, that is, the partners of the Phoenix Group, a reassurance.

At least they don't have to worry about the sudden bankruptcy and liquidation of the Phoenix Group, which will cause everyone to lose their money.

But soon everyone knew that in order to keep the order and seek continued cooperation, Justin Hammer had tried every means to lobby wildly in the past period of time, and even took the initiative to cut the price to the point of half-selling and half-free.

How long can it last when profits have been squeezed to almost zero?
Many people took the banknotes exchanged for the shares of Hammer Industries, waiting to see the jokes of the Phoenix Group.

Justin Hammer, who had finished a busy day at work, made a call immediately after returning to the villa.

"Boss, the integration is over, but the group's losses are very serious."

In the bedroom, Ling Ling just smiled, "Don't worry, Hammer, the only thing you have to do now is to remember this loss. In the future, I will make them spit it out ten times and a hundred times over."

"Yes, Boss!"

"You need to purchase common metals and alloys as soon as possible. The stronger the performance, the better. Let me know when they arrive."

"clear."

Hammer didn't ask much, and responded directly.

Before the call ended, Ling Ling asked again: "Hammer, where is the headquarters of the group?"

"The core of Manhattan, adjacent to Wall Street, excellent location."

What a shit!
Ling Ling immediately ordered: "Sell the current headquarters! Go to the suburbs and buy a bigger place to rebuild!"

"Okay." Hanmo said obediently, and even asked intimately: "Do you need to participate in the design of the new headquarters?"

Ling Ling thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, I'm not good at it, but I have some ideas and I'll send them to you later."

"Ok."

After hanging up the phone, Ling Ling let out a sigh of relief.

The soul control technique performed on Hammer was very successful. Although the process was very hard and reluctant, the result was undoubtedly surprising.

Justin Hammer has not become an idiot, he still retains a complete sense of autonomy, but he will obey Ling Ling's orders without any doubts, which is the effect that can only be achieved by perfect soul control.

With Ling Ling's current strength, this kind of situation is rare.

Money is really important.

With the Phoenix Group, many things are no longer a problem for Ling Ling, at least the steel robbery that was popular some time ago should not happen again.

As for why he insists on 100% holding, Ling Ling certainly has his own ideas. He doesn't like people telling him what to do, and he doesn't want to share the results of his future efforts with outsiders, especially since he doesn't need to use these outsiders to obtain without working capital or other support.

Now it is the best of humanity to politely send them out, otherwise let Hammer send them away in another way, I don't know how many people will queue up and jump off the building.

The reason for not personally controlling the company is also very simple. He still needs some time to improve his strength. Besides, such a large group is suddenly handed over to a child. Everyone knows that there is a problem, and the military is unlikely to give any more orders.

Ling Ling needs time, and the Phoenix Group has to survive during this period.

After sending some ideas for the new headquarters to Hammer, Ling Ling returned to the living room on the first floor, where Ms. Pegg was sitting on the sofa with Catherine watching TV.

Seeing Ling Ling coming down, Pegg patted the empty seat on his right and said, "Zero, come and sit."

Ling Ling, who was in a good mood, nodded and sat up, without even pushing away Ms. Pegg's approaching arm.

"Dear brother, did you study hard?" Catherine blinked at him, her eyes full of teasing.

Before Ling Ling could speak, Ms. Pegg said first: "Of course, I asked the teacher, and Zero is the one who listens the most seriously. Catherine, he is different from you!"

This is close to saying that she is a bad child who doesn't like to study.

Catherine was a little unconvinced, and her eyes became more suspicious.

Ling Ling raised his chin towards her, full of provocation.

But with Ms. Pegg watching, Catherine could only stare.

Long Island, in a luxurious villa.

"Mr. Stark, I think you should pay more attention to Hammer Industries." Pepper held the folder with a bitter tone.

However, Mr. Stark didn't care about this. While fiddling with the design drawings projected in the air in front of him, he said casually: "Why?"

Pepper quickly said: "Hammer Industries... No, it is now called the Phoenix Group. After the company's professional analysis, the Phoenix Group will definitely make big moves next. Justin Hammer is a successful businessman, and his actions are definitely not It would be aimless. The truth behind making him willing to pay decades of profits to obtain 100% controlling interest deserves attention, and the implication of the phoenix is ​​also obvious, he..."

With a wave of Tony's hand, the projection in front of him quickly shrank until it disappeared.

"Phoenix? You mean reborn from the ashes?"

Pepper nodded.

"No! It has no chance." Tony shook his head decisively.

"I mean, maybe he might have gotten what he thought was enough to get him back from the ashes, but there has to be a premise."

Pepper looked at him puzzled.

Tony pointed to himself.

"I, Tony Stark! If there is no Tony Stark in this world, maybe he has a hundred... no, one in ten thousand chance of success, or even lower, but the facts are obviously contrary to this."

Listening to his arrogant words, Pepper couldn't laugh or cry.

Unexpectedly, Tony said again: "Sorry, what I said just now was not rigorous enough. In fact, everyone understands that without me, that clown-like imitator would not even be able to establish that poor Hammer Industries."

After all, he turned his head and reopened the design drawing to get busy, apparently not paying attention to the Phoenix Group at all.

Pepper wanted to say something more, but Tony said first: "By the way, ask Happy to call me, he knows who to call."

"Okay." Pepper turned around with a sigh.

That night, the genius playboy continued to gallop.

　Who do you think Happy called?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)