Rebirth of America, this is my time

What?

Ethan Jones is threatening us?

That evening, New York.

Morgan Stanley CEO Robert Baldwin was about to leave work when he was suddenly stopped by CEOs Komodo and Allen Bradley.

Then, he officially received an ultimatum from Ethan Jones.

When Robert Baldwin learned that Ethan Jones ordered MOS Technology to repurchase his shares in Chuck Paddo Chip Company for $10 million, this guy, one of the Four Kings of Wall Street, immediately jumped up , his eyes suddenly opened, and his voice surged.

This is impossible!

What is the market value of MOS Technology?

More than 20 million!

What's their stake in Chuck Padre Chip Company?

Eighty percent!

When MOS Technology, which owns 80% of the shares of Chuck Paddo Chip Company, has a market value of only more than 20 million! Ethan Jones wants to sell the remaining 20% ​​of the shares for 10 million ???”

Is he crazy or are you sick?

Who does he think he is?

Dare you engage in forced buying and selling business with us?

The sudden spittle sprayed the faces of CEO Komodo and CEO Alan Bradley, but at this moment they did not dare to complain at all.

The two looked at each other, and then CEO Allen Bradley said cautiously: Bob, in addition to 20% of the shares of Chuck Paido Chip Company, we will also get back 6502 The overseas authorization of chips is the authorization to Nintendo Kyoto Chip Company.

That's not worth it!

Robert Baldwin said loudly: How many sales of 6502 in this book?

Did that license earn MOS Technology a million?

“A license that doesn’t even earn a million dollars is worthless!”

And you want to sell these two pieces of junk together for ten million?

dream!

The sudden anger caused him to knock on the table.

With a muffled sound, he made another decision.

Meeting!

Robert Baldwin shouted the name of his secretary and asked them to call all the people responsible for the Komodo acquisition and other vice presidents of the company into the office on the top floor.

As everyone arrived, he also asked the people of Komodo and Alan Bradley to tell their stories. While waiting for everyone to learn that Ethan Jones threatened to disrupt Komodo, After asking them to buy the remaining shares of Chuck Padore Chip Company at a premium of dozens of times...

Everyone present was shocked!

This is not only because Ethan Jones’s idea is too bold, but also because they are Morgan Stanley! One of the four major investment banks on Wall Street! And behind Komodo there are a bunch of giant pension funds!

in this case……

Ethan Jones made them pay?

this……

Is he crazy?

A middle-aged man in his forties said with a smile: He doesn't think that being in the Fortune 500 is great, right? Although a company being on the Fortune 500 means they are the best in the world. One of the companies, but the number of this group alone is as many as five hundred!

If this is his confidence, then I can only say...

remarkably brave.

Hehehe... Such words caused a burst of laughter in the conference room.

Someone else agreed: Although he has a lot of cash in his hand, no one in this world can compare with our money! I used to think that the thing about him not receiving higher education was false. When his sister studied at Stanford , the company is right next to Stanford, and when Fred Terman was still supporting them, he would more or less receive some education in sociology, but now it seems...

He's really a kid who graduated from high school.

Because only children can be full of fantasies about all the wonderful things.

Hahahaha—— Such comments made the laughter in the office even louder.

And just when some guys thought Ethan Jones might be mentally ill, the senior vice president of Morgan Stanley who sat under Robert Baldwin knocked on the table.

The clanging sound attracted everyone's attention and suppressed the laughter in the conference room.

This is really funny.

But it's not worth laughing at.

Because Komodo is indeed facing threats now.

The vice president, who had his silver hair combed meticulously, looked around.

After confirming that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he said: The total market value of the Komodo Group is now only 430 million, and the cash provided by Ethan Jones is 50 million.

If he is willing to pay a high premium, this capital can allow him to sweep out a batch of circulating shares in a short period of time. It may not reach 5%, but 23% is still OK. If he is not in a hurry , choose to smoke slowly, and there will definitely be no problem if you can reach 5% within half a year.

I think everyone knows what this means, right?

When the old man told the current facts in a calm tone, all the people present frowned.

For an unlisted company, 5% of the shares may not be a big deal, because one financing may be 10%, but for a listed company, especially a listed company with dispersed shares, 5% is nothing. Five shares can already do a lot of things.

Even if the shareholding line for requesting an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders has not been touched, this number can already put the shareholders into the position of major shareholders. Even if it is serious trouble, the shareholders can still make trouble at the annual general meeting of shareholders. , for example, seeking seats on the board of directors, requesting a certain degree of adjustment in the remuneration of directors and supervisors, raising objections to the board of directors' report, and requesting a third-party financial audit.

Under normal circumstances, these things will not have much impact on the company's main operations, but once investors do these things with disgusting ideas...

Just a third-party financial audit would give them a taste of shit.

No, aren't the shareholders of the Komodo Group determined to enter the computer industry now?

If the goals of these shareholders are the same, then the voting rights they control now should be able to keep Ethan Jones out, right? If no one supports all of Ethan Jones's proposals, then even if he proposes them again If it’s too much, it won’t have an impact on Komodo.”

This remark aroused the approval of those present.

Yes, the shares of the founder of Komodo and those of Morgan, Citi, Carnegie, and Ford have exceeded 60%. This number can already vote Ethan Jones away.

Yes! This voting ratio is already under absolute control. No matter how much Ethan Jones receives, it is meaningless! It cannot pose a real threat to the company!

When people looked through the information in their hands and saw the share ratio of Komodo, they breathed a sigh of relief. But at the same time, the vice president who spoke earlier said, But it's Rockefeller who does the work.

Ethan Jones has made it clear that he will entrust the stock sweeps to Rockefeller.

When Lawrence, or rather his brother, appears on the shareholder list, how many people in this group do you think are willing to play with them?

Citigroup, Ford, and Carnegie do want to enter the computer industry, but their most fundamental purpose in entering the computer industry is to make money.

“Once they discover that the company they work for doesn’t seem to be able to help them make money all the time, and that there is an obvious risk of internal strife in this company, do you think they will keep holding it?”

Citi certainly wouldn't, because all they do is financial investment.

Ford most likely won't. Ever since Henry Ford died, their family has lost its passion. They used to dare to fight Westinghouse, but now they only make financial investments.

Not to mention Carnegie. The railroad bubble was burst by Rockefeller. Andrew Carnegie didn't defeat Rockefeller. How could his descendants dare to continue to compete with Rockefeller?

Not to mention……

Among these families, only Rockefeller raised his heirs like wolves.

When a group of guys who are engaged in financial investment meet a real industrial person...

How long do you think these people can last?

What's more, Komodo is not the only company in the world that makes computers.

Right?

When the vice president of Morgan Stanley cast a questioning look at the CEO of Komodo, the guy who heard this immediately nodded awkwardly.

That's why they came!

Although there are a lot of giants behind Komodo, but you want to get these giants to work together and twist the rope? That's just a fool's errand!

Citigroup's shareholding is an institutional behavior. When they feel that the risks of continuing to hold shares are greater than the benefits, they will decisively withdraw their capital; Ford and Carnegie's shareholdings are a family behavior, but the controllers of these family funds are actually part-time workers. People, the greatest significance of their existence is to help these families make money, and once they find that their backers cannot suppress the business in their hands...

They also make smart choices in order to keep their jobs.

So we need to develop a defensive strategy now? someone asked.

We're here to discuss a solution.

The vice president who had communicated with Robert Baldwin before the official meeting nodded.

How about you, Komodo, amend the company's articles of association? Lower the minimum shareholding ratio in information disclosure? Someone suggested, Then modify the conditions for convening the shareholders' meeting, for example, it can only be convened after holding shares for 180 days? Add another proposal restriction, for example, shareholders who submit proposals to the shareholders’ meeting must hold the company’s shares for three hundred and sixty-five days? Lock up Ethan Jones’s funds?”

This won't work. Komodo's CEO said: If we suddenly change these regulations and Rockefeller takes over Ethan Jones's sweeping project, then Rockefeller probably won't sweep the goods and will directly use his power. Just let the SEC investigate us.

After all, these regulations we have are actually detrimental to the interests of shareholders.

It may be troublesome for ordinary people to question, but for them...

It's very simple.

How about a golden parachute? another person said.

However, before he finished speaking, the vice president of Morgan Stanley denied: This will not work. The golden parachute prevents acquisitions, but Ethan Jones does not want to acquire Komodo.

His main purpose is to disgust Komodor and prevent them from operating normally.

The so-called golden parachute is actually one of the anti-takeover poison pill plans.

Companies will sign a series of generous compensation clauses with executives after they are fired, including but not limited to a large severance pay, stock options, and additional allowances. When the attacker wants to interfere in the internal affairs of the target company, the executives will be The huge compensation brought by dismissal will directly harm their interests.

When the attacker's goal is acquisition, the golden parachute will provide the target company with an anti-takeover barrier protection.

But when Ethan Jones doesn't care about money and just wants them to get on their knees and eat shit...

Using this method is equivalent to actively performing the acrobatics of urinating on one's head and eating one's own feces for Ethan Jones. That would excite Ethan Jones even more than eating feces directly.

And when the golden parachute cannot be made...

What a puffy tactic that reduces the value of the company, a counter-offensive approach to besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.

There's no use for that anymore.

When I thought of this, the atmosphere in the conference room that had been filled with laughter suddenly became solemn.

At this moment, they suddenly realized a problem. If a hostile takeover is an act of a barbarian, then Ethan Jones's current lose-lose style of play is an act of a lunatic!

What's wrong with 50 million in cash? You'd rather make them eat shit than buy anything else?

This is totally not in line with the style of a capitalist!

and--

If Ethan Jones is such a vengeful person, then why did Apple Computer accept Rockefeller's investment before? Someone noticed something was wrong.

This question suddenly woke up everyone present. The next second, Morgan Stanley CEO Robert Baldwin, who had been silent in the front seat, tilted his head and motioned to the secretary next to him to go out and ask.

Not long after, the secretary came back. Even though the matter had nothing to do with him, his face looked ugly.

I asked around and found that Wenlock's investment team has changed.

Right before they invested in Apple.

The person in charge now was Lawrence Rockefeller's personal assistant.

“Although they don’t understand investing and are not in the company.”

Besides, Wenlock seemed to have gone to Palo Alto three days ago.

Co-invested in a Washington startup with Destiny Games.

Oh! Sxxt! This news made everyone at the scene stare instantly!

Has Wenlock’s investment team changed?

And this was before investing in Apple?

If they had learned about this before today, they would have definitely thought it was a coincidence, but now... Laurence Rockefeller has also been criticized by Ethan Jones, right?

A young man sitting at the end of the conference table said with a horrified look: Then...he won the argument? More importantly, Lawrence Rockefeller not only didn't get angry, but actually reached a cooperation with him?

MFxxk!...What kind of sci-fi plot is this?

George Lucas couldn't even make it!

Although many people present wanted to say that George Lucas was also on Ethan Jones's side, in this situation... being clever would get you killed.

After a long silence with frightened expressions on their faces, everyone invariably turned their attention to the positions of the two CEOs, Komodor and Alan Bradley.

Do you, Komodo, insist on acquiring MOS Technology? someone asked.

Well... this acquisition will be very helpful to our business layout in Komodo.

Are you referring to the 6502 chip patent? If it is just its patent, then MOS Technology is not the only one that holds the patent rights. Someone suggested.

As soon as these words came out, CEO Allen Bradley's face suddenly trembled.

He turned his head slightly and observed the Komodo CEO beside him with the corner of his eye.

Under his gaze, Komodo's CEO said: Actually... we don't just want the 6502 chip patent, we also want the 16-bit chip that is being developed.

It seemed that he felt that the financial people in front of him might not understand, so he explained: Chuck Paido, the inventor of 6502, is inventing a new chip. According to our expectations, this chip will change the current situation after it comes out. The pattern of the chip industry.

If nothing else happens, that chip will allow us to dominate the entire chip industry.

The words made CEO Allen Bradley purse his lips.

After he withdrew his attention, he immediately found that those present were focusing on him, so... he nodded with difficulty.

Uh-yeah-

We're working on a sixteen-bit chip.

Then pay the money. As the words of affirmation appeared, Morgan Stanley CEO Robert Baldwin, who was sitting in the first seat, said: It's only ten million, a small amount of money.

Although he was angrily scolding Ethan Jones for his whims, if Lawrence Rockefeller had been laid off by Ethan Jones at the beginning of this year, then they would have no choice but to admit defeat.

After all, they also work for money, and the most annoying thing is that they would rather spend money than work hard.

It’s true that he is the CEO of Morgan Stanley, but he is not a shareholder. He has his own performance requirements. Under such circumstances, is he going to have a head-on with a rich generation who is just trying to argue for words?

Isn't that a brain disease?

What's more, Ethan Jones even defeated Rockefeller!

‘MFxxk! That guy Lawrence is spreading random information! ’

‘This guy definitely wants to embarrass us all! ’

At this moment, Robert Baldwin only felt that he had been fooled!

What bullshit Fortune 500?

Why did Wenlock take over Apple?

all fake!

Fake!

Ten million in cash in three days is difficult for MOS Technology, but it shouldn't be a big problem for you, Allen Bradley, right?

He moved his eyes to the CEO of Allen Bradley and said in a gloomy voice: You paid out the money, and then Komodo shared 30% during the acquisition. Things will not be the same. Is it over?

This decision darkened both sides.

Because they are simply not willing to pay for it!

More importantly, 10 million is just a talk!

Ethan Jones is also asking us to bear his capital gains taxes.

Allen Bradley's CEO said cautiously: The shares held by Ethan Jones for one year are subject to long-term capital gains tax of thirty-three point five, which means that we What really needs to be paid is US$13,385,000...

So what?

Robert Baldwin tilted his head and said, Unless you don't merge.

Otherwise you have to pay.

Allen Bradley's CEO's face suddenly stiffened after hearing these words!

The CEO of Komodo also opened his mouth and wanted to speak!

But before they could speak, Robert Baldwin said: Of course, if you really don't want to pay, then I have another way.

Now you go back to the company and jump off the top floor so that the shareholders can declare that the previous acquisition has nothing to do with them and is a private transaction between you.

After that, we can choose a new CEO, let them come forward, apologize to Ethan Jones, say it was a misunderstanding, and terminate the acquisition. This matter will probably be resolved.

Don't worry, you saved us 14 million, and we won't treat you badly.

Your family will receive a condolence payment.

Robert Baldwin smiled at the two men.

And this suggestion made the pupils of the two CEOs suddenly shrink!

‘Fxxk you! ’

They roared in their hearts!

They came to ask for help, but this help really chilled them!

They forced out a stiff smile and turned to look at each other. At this moment, they both regretted it!

If Komodo had not relied on the people behind them, they would not have thought of acquiring MOS Technology!

If Allen Bradley hadn't been unwilling to hand over the chip to the people at HP, then they wouldn't have manipulated MOS Technology to contact Komodo!

They thought these guys could keep them!

To this end, they even went one step further and placed an order for Morgan Stanley!

But now——

Special code!

Why do they think capitalists have good intentions?

This is really strange!

Oh no!

Why did they mess with Ethan Jones?

They clearly knew that this guy dared to confront Warner Communications and Philips when he debuted!

This special code is really annoying! ! !