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Chapter 682
After spending Christmas in Houston, before Song Yang returned to San Jose, according to the usual practice, he donated a sum of money to many municipal agencies in Houston, as well as schools, hospitals, charitable foundations, etc.

In particular, Adrian's campaign office, the Bruno Family Foundation, undertook all of Adrian's campaign expenses for the governorship of Texas this time. Double Click, ICQ, Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, etc. Waving the flag and shouting, let Adrian's governor's election this time be absolutely huge.

The day before Song Yang left Houston, Adrian pushed Chuck Rhodes, who was running for the new mayor of Houston, to meet Song Yang in a low-key manner.

Chuck Rhodes is still a man of few words, but when facing Song Yang, the boss of the Houston Prosecutor's Office expressed his support for the Bruno family.

In addition, Chuck Rhodes assured Song Yang calmly that Song Yang would complete the acquisition of the Houston Rockets within the year, and would also transfer the largest water plant in Houston, several farms and other companies to Song Yang. Bruno family.

This made Song Yang a little surprised. Chuck Rhodes obviously knew that the Bruno family was buying and buying in Houston. Whether it was farms, land, water plants, power plants, hospitals, etc., the Bruno family would always come to them.

During Adrian's time, he was a bit scrupled about making manipulations. After all, these industries, as long as the managers didn't kill themselves, it was generally impossible to go bankrupt. Adrian couldn't really tear his face, forcing the families that owned these industries to sell them to Bruno. family.

But Chuck Rhodes, the boss of the prosecutor's office, must have some handles on these companies, otherwise he would not be so sure that this matter could be done.

Song Yang did not reject Chuck Rhodes' "nomination certificate". Chuck Rhodes looked cold, but when he saw the ambitious eyes of Chuck Rhodes, Song Yang knew that Chuck Rhodes Si is not willing to stop at his current position, the same eyes also appeared on Adrian, and he also wants Song Yang's support!
Sitting on the plane to San Jose, Song Yang thought of the meeting with Chuck Rhodes, and couldn't help shaking his head. He was not afraid that Chuck Rhodes wanted too much, but he was afraid that he would have nothing. Buy a chance.

In America, you have to pay a price for everything you get. The more Chuck Rhodes gets from Song Yang, the more he will naturally have to pay in the future.

Song Yang wants to build Houston into the headquarters of the Bruno family. For the retreat in America, there must be enough industries in Houston. Farms, water plants, power plants, natural gas companies, etc., with these industries, there will be enough The right to speak can affect more people!

When Song Yang returned to San Jose, there were already people waiting there, being chased by the media, who tried every means to interview the president of American Telecom, Iger and Vice President James Crowe, but they had already arrived in San Jose in advance.

"Song!"

Iger's face was very calm, while Crowe was a little excited. He had the opportunity to witness the birth of a giant worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and he might even get a good salary. For Crowe, his career Career, resume will become a little bit better.

The MFS Group that James Crowe used to belong to, that is, a telecommunications company worth tens of billions of dollars, moved to the Americas after being acquired by WorldCom. It was originally intended to add some trouble to WorldCom. Give his career a second spring.

Song Yang sat the two of them down, and made them a cup of tea made from high-quality tea brought from China by Xie Qing, the president of Feita Antivirus Company.

Xie Qing would go back to China every year during the Spring Festival, bringing some specialties back to San Jose.

In Silicon Valley, the current valuation of Fortinet Antivirus is only a few billion dollars, which is not considered the first echelon of the Internet industry, but in domestic Zhongguancun, Pengcheng and other places, Fortinet can be considered a top Internet giant. As long as Xie Qing goes back, he will basically be a big shot in the domestic Internet industry.

After Panda LCD went on sale, Fortinet TV boxes also began to be sold. There are channels of ICNC TV, plus TV channels authorized by NBC, Comcast TV Network, etc. Many TV channels, plus Symbian operating system, let Fortinet TV boxes are selling pretty well.

Although every time a TV box is sold, there is a licensing fee to NBC and Comcast, but the TV box still has the hope of becoming a cash cow in Feita. Xie Qing's little life can be better. How comfortable.

"In the next two days, ICQ will start merger negotiations with America Telecom. Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and other institutions will also participate in the negotiations, providing consultation, fundraising and other assistance for the merger!"

Song Yang looked at Eiger and said, ICQ's merger with American Telecom is the first step. It must be cut quickly and must not be delayed. Only after their merger can they be freed to start subsequent negotiations.

Involving a merger involving tens of billions of dollars, ICQ and America Telecom need to exchange equity, issue new shares, and bonds, all of which require the help of Wall Street institutions such as Goldman Sachs. Otherwise, ICQ alone cannot handle these things. Of course, according to the rules, A "consulting fee" should also be paid to Goldman Sachs and others. According to the scale of ICQ's merger with America Telecom, this consulting fee should be at least [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars.

"I see!"

Iger took a sip of tea and said, "The management of American Telecom will cooperate with President Irene!"

Listening to Eiger's words, Song Yang finally knew why he had been able to live under the hands of Disney Emperor Eisner for so long. It was really easy to use, as long as it was something Song Yang decided, Eiger never objected.

"The acquisition of American Telecom may not be a bad thing!"

Song Yang said to Eiger, Eiger's expression moved, and Crowe looked at Song Yang, not knowing what Song Yang meant.

"America Telecom is currently under heavy debt pressure. The laying of broadband lines, mobile network signal towers, and electronic retail stores all require a lot of funds. Last year, America Telecom's profit was more than a quarter of repaying these debts!"

Last year America Telecom made nearly 80 billion US dollars, but it lost money and made a lot of money. It earned more and spent more, laying broadband lines, base stations, signal towers, mobile phone retail stores, research and development expenses, salary, debt repayment, zero and zero. Come to think of it, there are not many at hand. If there are no other accidents, this situation will continue for a long time.

But this time, Song Yang is going to play a game of "transferring flowers and trees", "After the merger of American Telecom is completed, all the debts can be transferred to ICQ, and ICQ can also be used to issue bonds, funds, new shares, etc. for the projects of America Telecom !"

Iger and James Crow were stunned when they heard Song Yang's words. Of course they understood the meaning of Song Yang's words, that is, to transfer all the debts to ICQ, and then let ICQ's money be used for America Telecom's work .

This, of course, does not require ICQ to spend money, or cut leeks, issue new shares, bonds, etc. to leeks, but ICQ almost bears all the risks, and American Telecom is almost washed out.

Just like this, James Crowe glanced at Song Yang suspiciously. If he didn't know that ICQ was also established by Song Yang, he would have wondered whether ICQ was picked up by Song Yang halfway.

Almost all the risks are borne by ICQ. It’s okay to make a lot of money after the merger, but if it loses, the stock price will collapse one day, coupled with huge debts, ICQ will definitely not be able to afford to go around, but America Telecom can pat its ass. People, separated from ICQ, have no debts, and earn a lot of money.

Eiger was also a little puzzled, but he didn't ask any more questions, and just nodded in agreement with this set of "transferring flowers and trees".

Song Yang took a sip of Tieguanyin, ICQ and American Telecom merged, whoever loses and who takes advantage will not be able to see it until one or two years later.

Not only is it necessary to transfer new ideas to American Telecom, transfer out debts, and make American Telecom a high-quality industry, Song Yang will also slowly start cashing out from now on. He holds a large amount of equity in ICQ and American Telecom, and suddenly It is impossible to cash out all of them. We can only boil the frogs in warm water and cash them out slowly. By next year, most of the ICQ equity in Song Yang's hands can be cashed out and transferred out...

Just after seeing Eiger here, Betts, the president of the Telephone and Telegraph Group over there, called the teacher to inquire about the crime.

"Song, I need a reasonable explanation. The Telephone and Telegraph Group is still the second largest shareholder of American Telecom!"

(End of this chapter)