Back to 1995

In the morning, Kalanick got up with his waist supported, got up in a daze, drank a large cup of coffee, and then woke up.

The party last night was very grand, specially prepared by Evan Spiegel for Kalanick, expensive drinks, models and explosive music, Kalanick did not know how much alcohol he drank.

Sitting by the window, the unshaven Kalanick had a desolate look on his body. Looking at the scenery of the club in front of him, Kalanick didn't feel much disturbance in his heart. These days, for him, the ups and downs have come and gone. It's too fast. Many people may not experience things in a lifetime, but he just finished it in a few days...

First, get a unicorn company with a valuation of billions of dollars, and then let it get involved in lawsuits at its most glorious time, and suddenly fall to the ground.

A few days ago, Kalanick was busy with all kinds of aftermath and compensation, and Kalanick didn't have time to think about these things. At this time, a person's heart is tested. Kalanick is still tough enough, and he didn't jump directly from the Golden Gate Bridge. .

If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn’t be able to stand this kind of blow, so they just jumped down, just like the founder of Victoria’s Secret, after selling Victoria’s Secret, another store he opened went bankrupt, divorced, and then Jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, his store is definitely not comparable to Kalanick's Scour company!
This time Kalanick came here, it was Evan Spiegel who called him and told Kalanick that he could come here to relax. He solves it.

I don’t know if it’s true or not, but Kalanick has nowhere to go now. He is bankrupt and owes a lot of debts. The creditors are still waiting for him to pay back the money. When he comes here, at least no one dares to chase him.

After leaving the room and walking in the club, Kalanick also found some clues. He had heard of the name of the Bruno Family Club a long time ago. How many people tried their best to get a membership card of this club.

But walking here today, Kalanick felt empty. Apart from the service staff and security guards, he didn't see a few guests inside. This was a bit different from the rumors he had heard.

"Come with me, Song will see you later!"

Evan Spiegel found Kalanick and took him to the star-rated small hotel in the club.

When he came here, Kalanick clearly felt that there were more people in a hurry, and he could tell at a glance that these people were not on vacation, but looked like busy executives in the workplace.

"President Paulson will definitely come today. The meeting cannot begin until President Paulson arrives!"

Kalanick saw a man in a suit and ties, and snapped loudly at a staff member with a serious expression on his face.

This man, Kalanick knew, or he once brought a research analyst from Goldman Sachs to Scour. He is a department manager of Goldman Sachs and Paulson's hard-core confidant Pellet Greene!

Pellet Greene seemed in a hurry. After speaking, he left in a hurry, as if he wanted to report to someone.

When passing by Kalanick, he didn't even look at Kalanick. Kalanick has become accustomed to this kind of "ignoring" these days.

More than a month ago, when Kalanick was sought after by the media and countless people as a generation of Internet geniuses, no one would "ignore" him like this.

But after Scour declared bankruptcy, everything changed. Those people who greeted Kalanick with a smile in the past now "don't know" Kalanick. thief, liar...

At the beginning, the CAA emperor Ovitz, who held parties for Kalanick and introduced various celebrities to Kalanick, also changed his attitude drastically. Although he did not say that he would recover his investment in Kalanick, he is now interviewed by the media. At the time, in the words, it was more or less dissatisfied with Kalanick.

These days, Kalanick has really experienced the coldness of human feelings and the coldness of the world, so he can face Pellet Greene's ignorance calmly, but he may be a little more helpless.

But this time, Kalanick really thought too much, and Pellet Greene really didn't pay much attention to him at all.

Goldman Sachs suddenly received a call from ICQ, threatening to hold a general meeting of the board of directors and ask Goldman Sachs to send people to attend, but they never told Goldman what they were going to talk about. As a result, Paulson sent Pellet Greene as a representative to come forward. Come.

Under normal circumstances, Pellet Greene can make decisions on behalf of Paulson and Goldman Sachs, he has such authority.

But now, it is obviously a general situation. When he heard that this meeting involved NBC Group, Comcast Group, and General Electric, Pellet Greene knew that something big was going to happen.

When ICQ merged with American Telecom before, Song Yang mentioned at that time that the merger of these two companies was just the beginning. At that time, although Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank had expectations, they didn't think much about it. But looking at it now Come on, Song Yang is serious!

Pellet Greene felt that his brain was in a daze. Even he would never have imagined that ICQ would acquire NBC Group and Comcast Television Network. Thinking of such a scale of mergers and acquisitions, he felt his whole scalp Numb.

Compared with this matter, Scour is nothing at all. Scour's valuation does not seem low, but if the ICQ merger is completed, the market value of 300 billion US dollars may be doubled!
If you fluctuate the stock price casually, you don't know how many US dollars are 50 billion. For Goldman Sachs, which holds a 13% stake in ICQ, which one is more important at this time, do you want to say?
Not to mention that Kalanick was standing in front of him, even if it was a Capitol Hill lord standing in front of Pellet Greene, he didn't have the time to take a second look. Which Capitol Hill lord can be worth 200 billion US dollars knife?

Dare to stop Goldman Sachs from taking this beautiful knife, let alone the master of Capitol Hill, no matter how high the status is, Goldman Sachs will still kill him!
Not only Pellet Greene, after entering the club's star-rated hotel, Kalanick also discovered more people from other companies, such as Deutsche Bank, Telephone and Telegraph, General Electric, Comcast Group and People from ICQ and Enron, no matter how dull they are, can feel an unusual aura.

Kalanick cast a questioning look at Evan Spiegel who was on the side, and the latter coughed when he met the "wronged" look, "ICQ has a new merger and acquisition plan!"

Looking at the group of people in front of him, Kalanick didn't know what kind of plan would bring together so many big groups and investment banks here, and he suddenly felt that maybe Scour's affairs, in the eyes of people here today, maybe , it was nothing at all, which made Kalanick feel even more mixed...

Pushing open a suite, Kalanick followed Evan Spiegel in and saw several people sitting inside. ICQ President Irene Doherty was talking to Song Yang, and Greg was sitting around him. , Marcus, Wesley, Iger, president of American Telecom, and others.

Seeing Kalanick coming in, Irene stopped immediately and looked at him vigilantly. Song Yang put down the document in his hand and said to several people in the suite, "Kalanick, one of my own!"

Hearing the phrase "one of my own people", Irene, Gleick and the others eased their expressions towards Kalanick, but they did not continue to talk about things in front of Kalanick.

A pile of documents on the table were put away. After a few words in a low voice with Song Yang, Greg got up and left with the documents. When he passed by Kalanick, he nodded slightly to him.

During this period of time, it is probably the busiest time for Greck's legal department. Several large groups are squeezed together abruptly, and there are a lot of legal issues. Greck must solve those legal loopholes and must not be caught Little braid, otherwise, a loophole may be a scandal, facing a fine of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.

The rest of the suite left, and Evan Spiegel followed, giving Kalanick a wink as he walked out of the suite, telling him to take the chance.

"sit!"

Song Yang stretched out his hand towards Kalanick, and then rubbed his sour brow. In the past few days, all kinds of meetings and documents kept reading, making Song Yang feel dizzy.