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Chapter 237

Double-click the company to form a luxury lawyer team. In Houston, Texas, they forcibly countersued that David Almeda refused to talk to KBK Law Firm, and even sent bounty hunters to David Almeda's residence. The posture of forcibly taking it to Houston.

This means that you don’t want Bilian, you come directly to the martial arts, and you are going to physically kill the opponent. Although it is just a warning, the double-click company’s posture of not wanting Bilian and not talking about martial arts still scares away many people who are ready to fish in troubled waters , Those who want to take the opportunity to hurt Double-Click Company!
David Almeda is getting a lot of attention now. Blackwater and the bounty hunters are not very good at attacking her. Take it to Texas, what about playing hide-and-seek in a Houston prison, accidentally falling to death in the bathroom, or accidentally crashing a car on the highway, or even more outrageous, shooting yourself in the back six times, etc., say It may happen!

The key point is that the police station and inspection agency of the Houston Municipal Department dare to issue operating permits to Blackwater and bounty hunters, which means that the current mayor of Houston, Adrian, is determined to protect Double-Click. At all costs, even such outrageous orders can be issued.

Even if it was just a show and a warning to David Almeda, after the news came out, it still caused an uproar, and many media launched criticisms against Adrian.

But Adrian was unmoved, and just said in front of the media, "This is part of maintaining law and order in Houston. I promised during the campaign that I would improve the law and order in Houston. For this, I am willing to give everything, including positions, honors and even life!"

Looking at the awe-inspiring justice in front of the media in Houston, Adrian, who wanted to sacrifice his life to launch the security war in Houston, and Adrian, who wanted to do everything possible to get more jobs and benefits for Houstonians, was in Houston Not only did the approval rate not drop, but it soared a lot!

As for allowing the bounty hunters to trouble David Almeda, that is not a problem in the eyes of the Houston Cowboys. Instead, they regard Adrian as one of their own even more!
And as long as the Houstonians don't oppose Adrian, no matter how angry they are at Adrian, whether it's Texas or Capitol Hill, they can't do anything to Adrian, not to mention this time, many people are poking at him secretly. Poke's support for Adrian.

The tougher Adrian behaves, the more satisfied Enron, Koch Industries, and the natural gas and oil companies will be. This time Adrian can help the Double-click company, and the next time they are in trouble, Adrian can also do the same. Therefore, the tougher Adrian is, the happier Enron and other companies will be, and the more members of their camp and the media will speak for Adrian.

In addition to warning David Almeda and those who want to fish in troubled waters, the double-click legal team, also in the Tennessee court, formally responded to the class action against the double-click company.

Later, the media also photographed that at a banquet in New York, Kaiwei Lehman, one of the co-presidents of Double-click, met with the president of Nasdaq, accompanied by people from Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank Investment Bank, Merrill Lynch and other investment banks. .

It is not known what the two parties discussed, but then Kaiwei Lehman met with two members of the American Federal Securities Commission one after another.

The news that followed surprised Silicon Valley and the entire technology industry. On the cusp of this crisis, facing lawsuits, class action lawsuits, and huge fines, Double-Click Company is going to risk its stock price breaking or even delisting. Risk, forcibly log on to Nasdaq!
Song Yang and Double-click Company are actually preparing for Bawang to force their bows. Instead of letting Double-click Company wait, they will go public as usual according to the original plan. For this reason, they may face huge losses, and they will not hesitate.

According to the original plan to go public, the investors must vote with their feet in the face of the double-click company that may be at risk. At that time, the stock price will definitely not be able to soar like Yahoo.

Song Yang and Double-Click, facing the tough attitude of Ella Cherry and the Trade Commission, are now resolutely continuing to go public, which is beyond many people's expectations.

But what is unexpected is that after Double-click was reported to be listed as usual, several major shareholders behind Double-click, including Song Yang's American Global Investment Foundation, WPP Group, and RICK, announced that they would increase their stake in Double-click.

Even Yahoo announced in a high-profile way that it would increase its stake in Double-Click, obviously to show its favor to Double-Click. Yahoo contacted Song Yang in private, and the intention was to buy back Yahoo from Song Yang. stock!
Since Yahoo went public, its performance has been so strong that it has soared all the way, hitting record highs every three to five times, and it is much more vigorous than Netscape. The institutions and investment banks that sold Yahoo stock before are now somewhat regretful.

Naturally, some people started to think about Song Yang's shareholding in Yahoo. You must know that Song Yang and Double-Click Company hold 9% of Yahoo's shares. Song Yang gave up his Yahoo shares, so of course it's out of the question!

In addition to Double-Click’s shareholder’s announcement to increase their shareholding in Double-Click, Double-Click signed an agreement with Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Merrill Lynch that if the share price of Double-Click falls below the issue price within one year, Double-Click will initiate a repurchase The news was also spread, which made many companies that had previously applied for the shares of the Double-click company finally let go of their worries.

What really surprised investors and Silicon Valley was that Adrian actually approved the use of the Houston Firefighters' Retirement Fund and the Houston Teachers' Retirement Fund, declaring that the investment would not be less than 300 million after the double-click company went public. Wanmeidao's stock!
This is not about how much money is enough to buy Double-Click’s stock, but to tell the outside world that Houston is very optimistic about this Houston-based company and is willing to invest in Double-Click with the pension fund that is Houston’s lifeblood. Pension funds in other states and cities have set an example!
After Houston, several pension funds in Texas also released words that they were very optimistic about Double-Click Company. Although they made rumors, this is still good news for Double-Click Company.

"Mr. Adrian, thank you for your support this time!"

In the golf club restaurant where Song Yang met Adrian for the first time, Song Yang raised his glass to Adrian.

This is Song Yang, who met Adrian for the first time after becoming the mayor of Houston. Adrian, who became the boss of Houston, has really entered the ranks of power in America, and his aura is even stronger.

Adrian, who was dealing with a piece of steak, also raised his glass and looked at Song Yang, "This is what I should do, let those people know that Texas is not so easy to deal with!"

Hearing this, Song Yang frowned slightly, "Adrian, did you hear something?!"

Adrian looked at Song Yang, then shook his head and laughed, "I just heard some rumors."

Regarding the identity of Edward Winslow, Adrian still doesn't know, but this time against the means of Double-click Company, Adrian smelled a bit familiar, and could vaguely guess which group of people was on the other side, but he didn't dare Sure.

This time Adrian is so aggressive to help Song Yang, it also means to warn Winslow and his gang not to stretch their hands so long. Adrian, who was born in Texas, is not in the same gang as Winslow. people!

Swallowing a large piece of steak, Adrian looked at Song Yang and said, "That Ella Cherry is about to arrive in Houston. She is not so easy to deal with when she comes this time."

Adrian has learned from some sources that Ella Cherry not only brought people from the Trade Commission this time, but also called the Federal Taxation Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Anti-Monopoly Agency, and the Special Investigation Team for Corporate Fraud. The latter two are special investigation teams established by the Federal Ministry of Justice.

Ella Cherry's visit this time is obviously to fight against the Double-click company, and to investigate the bottom of the sky, and Ella Cherry can make the Federal Department of Justice cooperate so well, Adrian is too aware of the tricks behind it, Clearly someone is rooting for Ella Cherry.

Song Yang leaned back on the chair and said, "Soldiers come to cover the water and earth. As long as Ella Cherry can't let Double-Click go down before Double-Click goes public, then Double-Click wins!"

Time is the most unfavorable for Ella Cherry. In a short period of time, if you can't kill the double-click, Song Yang can continue to use the knife to mobilize public opinion and public relations, and win over more opponents of Ella Cherry. Putting pressure on her, in any place, there are always more people who are holding back than doing things, and America is no exception.

Song Yang raised his head and said to Adrian, "Thank Congressman Tom Delay for me. If I have the opportunity, I would like to visit Congressman Tom Delay."

This Party Whip Member who has just become a prominent member of the Elephant Party, whether it is for show or really cares about Texas this time, can express his support for Double-click Company, Song Yang naturally needs to "express".

Donating money to Tom Delay's campaign office, family foundation, and Mrs. Tom Delay's environmental protection and charitable funds are definitely necessary. If you don't donate this time, you will want Tom Delay next time. It is basically impossible for people of this level to speak out. This group of people has always attached great importance to rewards, and they will definitely not do things without rewards.

"I can arrange it for you. I think Senator Tom Delay should be very happy to hear the news." Adrian said, knocking on the fork in his hand.

As soon as a plane landed at the Houston airport, a large group of TV and newspaper reporters carrying cameras and microphones rushed up.

When Ella Cherry and a group of investigators just stepped out of the hatch, they were immediately surrounded by a large group of reporters.

Many reporters have taken pictures of this "Iron Lady of the Internet". Now Ella Cherry's reputation can be described as mixed. Some think she is a maintainer of Internet order, and some think she is a disruptor of the Internet industry.

"Ms. Ella Cherry, may I ask if you came to Houston this time just to double-click the company?"

"What do you think of Bruno Song's remarks to you?"

"Ms. Ella Cherry, is everything you've done to DoubleClick really fair?"

"Ms. Ella Cherry, do you really know nothing about the Internet?"

Most of the reporters present were locals from Houston and Texas, so they naturally tended to Song Yang's side. The questions they asked made Ella Cherry frown. After hearing a reporter ask her, what do you think of Greg's sentence, Ella Cherry finally couldn't help it when she was better than her at putting a wild boar.

(End of this chapter)