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Hearing these words, Bates knew that ICQ was about to engage in a major merger and acquisition again. He looked around and saw Paulson, Addison and others, and they didn't have any objection to Irene's words. It may be impossible to block this acquisition.

In the past, Paulson and Edison, who disliked each other on Wall Street, are now staring closely at Irene, who may only be an intern or a vase in their investment banking company. .

Only children think about right and wrong. For Paulson and the others, as long as they can earn a dollar for them, they are "good people". As for how the dollar is earned, they don't really care that much.

Just like the giants on Wall Street, they jointly control the pricing power of global commodity transactions. Every time they adjust the price of a commodity, countless gamblers may be defeated and jump from high buildings. And it attracted some forces to fight for the merger of the mine, but Wall Street didn't care about these at all, they only cared about how many leeks they could get!

Similarly, Paulson and the others don't care whether ICQ is too young, or its foundation is unstable, or it is moving too fast. Now, Paulson and Addison only know that there will be another big merger The ICQ shares in their hands may double in value. For this reason, no matter how outrageous the transaction proposed by Irene is, how much the price is, and how high the risk is, Wall Street is willing to support it.

Song Yang, who was sitting below, looked at the people in the conference room calmly. Don't look at the present, these people seem to be "supporting" Irene, but when it comes to the ICQ equity in their hands, be sure to The dog's brain can play out!

He spoke in official language and told everyone present the "necessity" of ICQ's large-scale mergers and acquisitions. These words will be recorded by ICQ board assistants and submitted to the Federal Securities Commission, California Federal State Department, New York Federal Municipal Departments, Capitol Hill, etc., to put it bluntly, is to give this merger a "reason".

Taking a deep breath, Irene glanced at Immelt, who was sitting below with a smile on his face, "This merger is a merger negotiation meeting between ICQ, NBC Group, and Comcast Television Network." !"

Without thinking about it, just hearing the names of these companies made Betts dizzy. NBC Group, one of the top media groups in America, although its influence in Hollywood is a bit weak, there are no major records in its hands. Film and Television Group.

But in the media industry, NBC is the largest commercial TV station in America. It has 13 TV stations in all states of America, and owns cable TV, satellite channels, sports TV and other industries.

NBC’s sports channel is not as strong as Disney’s ESPN, which has obtained the rights to broadcast professional baseball, NBA, and professional football in America. The exclusive broadcast rights of the show are all in the hands of NBC Sports Channel.

NBC Sports Channel is a typical four-year closed, open for four years, as a representative of commercial TV stations, NBC is also the most profitable among the old TV stations in America, the absolute cash cow, and the most stable audience users. The ratings of NBC Nightly News have been stable at 1000 million viewers per week for three consecutive years!

An NBC group is enough to make people feel shocked, and it is even more unimaginable to Betts that the Comcast group even took out the TV network that owns more than 200 American TV stations.

ICQ, America's largest social empire, American Telecom, the world's largest broadband and mobile Internet company, and now NBC Group and Comcast Television Network are added together. She was so dry, she couldn't imagine that such a "media monster", who could beat such a "media monster" in America?

When Pellet Greene saw his boss and heard the merger plan proposed by Irene, his mouth opened unconsciously. It is conceivable how much shock this merger brought to Paulson.

For Paulson, who is used to seeing big winds and waves, this is the first time he has encountered such a merger and acquisition case that created America's largest media empire.

Pellet Greene can't imagine what ICQ will look like after the merger is completed, from the Internet to TV stations, radio stations, program recording, Comcast TV network all over America, and then to the infrastructure of the Internet. Broadband, mobile network, and ICQ are all available!
Such a media empire, ten years ago, would have been unthinkable for the American media industry, but after the release of the "New Telecommunications Act", all the impossible has become a reality.

Now, a media empire that has never appeared in the history of America, spanning TV and the Internet, may appear in front of Pellet Greene. In this empire, more than [-]% of the TV station users in America are covered. , nearly one-third, or even more, of Americans will directly or "forced" to watch news, TV dramas, variety shows, and sports programs provided by this media empire.

Nearly [-]% of American netizens are using the social platform provided by this media empire. The broadband users in the top [-] cities in America use the broadband network provided by it, and more than ten million mobile phone users use the mobile phone provided by it. the Internet……

Who is the uncrowned king who can turn black and white in the media world? Now, Pellet Greene has vaguely got the answer. Where does this lineup go? What ABC, Columbia Television, Fox, Disney and others will meet after the merger? ICQ, it is estimated that they only have to stand aside!
"Board of General Electric supports merger of NBC Group and ICQ."

Immelt's opening made Bob Wright, the president of NBC Group sitting next to him, only smile helplessly. He understood that he came here today just as a display, without him at all. room for rejection.

Wright is a loyal servant of General Electric and a die-hard supporter of Welch. He even moved General Electric's management model to NBC Group. Over the years, he has worked diligently to complete various requirements of General Electric headquarters.

This time, when Immelt called here suddenly, Wright didn't hear any news, and then he was stunned when he heard that NBC Group was going to be used as a bargaining chip and sold to ICQ in exchange for benefits for General Electric. .

Wright met Immelt's slightly cold gaze, which gave him a sudden shock. Wright understood that it was time for him to make a choice, whether to continue to follow Welch, who was about to retire, or to choose a new one. Backer, get ready for the Immelt era!
Without much consideration, Wright made a choice and smiled at Immelt, "NBC Group will always support any decision made by President Immelt!"

Hearing this, the smile on Immelt's face immediately became kind. For "old men" like Wright who had been with Welch for so many years, he couldn't drive them all out. It is necessary for this group of people to change their mentality. With him as the saddle, being able to take Wright and others for his own use is also crucial for Immelt to take charge of General Electric.

After Immelt made his statement, Brian Roberts, representing Comcast Group, also said in a deep voice, "Comcast Group, support the merger of ICQ and Comcast Television Network!"

Seeing the statements of the two of them, Paulson and Betts all understood that this merger is basically a "sure deal" and it's just a matter of chip allocation, but this is not an unsolvable problem. In other words, this merger already owes only one agreement!

Paulson and Edison looked at each other and exchanged a wave of information. From each other's eyes, it can be seen that they did not know about this big merger in advance, that is, Song Yang and Immel Te, Brian Roberts and the others don't know how long they have been planning.

Pursing his lips, Paulson showed a smile, like a beast smelling its prey. No matter how long ICQ, General Electric, and Comcast have planned, as the first Goldman Sachs to enter the game, this wave is a gamble. Paulson Sen naturally has to get enough loot!