Chapter 1207 Let Me Sing a Song for You
At 8:30 in the evening, Cummins finally finished processing all the pending emails. At this time, even the M&A department, which had endless work and meetings to do all day long, had few people.
It seemed that as soon as Feng Yiping returned to China, he immediately became busy.
There was no way. The big boss was away, and Buchanan was in the process of handing over. He was the top person in charge of the huge industry of Forex in the United States.
He stretched his body and felt really tired.
However, the emotion that was more tiring than tiredness was satisfaction.
Being in charge of a company in this comprehensive way - in fact, according to the many industries that Forex was involved in in the United States, this place was already a standard group company. The satisfaction brought to a person with a strong sense of career like him was unparalleled.
It was a completely different feeling from being in charge of a department on Wall Street before.
Just like when he finally bought his first Ferrari in his life, he wished he could stay in the car 24 hours a day. In the past two days, he was able to come to the company before 8 am and leave the company after 8 pm, but he didn't feel tired at all, and his spirit was particularly good.
The people and buildings in front of him, and the people and buildings in other places in the distance, all belong to him and obey his will. This feeling is so good!
Sometimes he hopes that everyone can work longer, so that he will feel more satisfied.
He carried his briefcase and walked towards the parking lot in a hurry. When he left the park, he also greeted the guard on duty and said a few words of concern.
When he was a deputy before, he would not pay attention to the work of the security department, which had nothing to do with his work. Now it is different. He wants to let these people know that he is paying attention to them and caring about them. Their work is very important.
Some scholars who have traveled to the United States criticized some domestic company leaders for being wrong after returning to China because they all hired full-time drivers to drive, while many rich people in the United States do not hire full-time drivers and choose to drive themselves.
This is true to a certain extent, just like Cummins, who now drives himself.
However, if he hired a driver to drive his car, he would definitely be criticized because it is a Ferrari sports car with only two seats.
The inconvenience was that when he just drove out of the park, he saw Feng Yiping calling, so he had to find a side road to park the car, "Hello Yiping,"
"Cummins, I'm calling mainly for the small project you just mentioned,"
At this time, Alibaba can only be said to be small in terms of scale and influence.
After several rounds of financing led by Softbank in 2000, Goldman Sachs' shares were further diluted. From this perspective, this is also a small project.
At the same time, from the perspective of the selling price that Goldman Sachs hopes for, this is also an insignificant matter for Cummins personally and the company.
"I analyzed the data of that company, and it doesn't seem to be too good, but rather a little pessimistic," Cummins said.
Goldman Sachs can't see the future of Alibaba, and so does Cummins, so he doesn't really value the small merger proposed by Goldman Sachs.
Feng Yiping knew it was like this. How could they imagine now that the company they were too lazy to look at at this time would create what kind of miracles in the future?
"But I am optimistic about it,"
Cummins did not ask why and immediately changed his attitude, "Do you want to take over at a reasonable price?"
"Yes, Cummins, I want to remind you that I attach great importance to this transaction of buying out Goldman Sachs' Alibaba shares, and I attach great importance to it at the highest level, so this matter must be done as soon as possible, and we must be very careful during the negotiation," Feng Yiping said.
Cummins' face became serious. Feng actually attached so much importance to this insignificant little deal?
This was the first time that Feng Yiping said such words in front of him, even when he was negotiating with those institutional shareholders and board members of Netflix before.
Why is this so? Could this company called Alibaba perform very well?
Will it be better than eBay or Amazon in the future, Cummins thought.
So, sometimes we may not get the right answer if we think about it seriously, but we may get it right at once if we guess without reason.
"During the negotiation, don't let the other party realize that we really want to make such a deal, so we change the way we treat this part of the equity, such as raising the bid or simply not selling it," Feng Yiping continued to remind.
Such things are not impossible to happen.
Now who doesn't know Feng Yiping's vision? Since even he is so optimistic about this part of Alibaba's equity, it must be a good thing, and the price must not be low, or, otherwise, we simply don't buy it and keep it for ourselves.
If that's the case, Feng Yiping will be angry to death!
"So this degree must be grasped well, it's best to be calm and indifferent, and settle this matter casually at once,"
Although I still don't quite understand why Feng Yiping is so serious, but Feng Yiping said so much, Cummins completely understood what he meant.
"It means that we value it more than ever before, but we can't show it at all, and even act very indifferent, but just take it casually, saying that it doesn't cost much anyway, right," Cummins said.
"Yes, oh, look, when I got nervous, I forgot your identity. You have been working in the investment banking circle on Wall Street for many years, and you are the best at handling such things. Then, I will leave everything to you,"
How could Feng Yiping forget Cummins’ background? Just because this matter was particularly important, he had to express it clearly in this way.
If possible, he would like to handle it himself, but that would reveal the importance he attaches to it. That old fox Paulson might shrink back with a "swish" sound.
"Feng, I promise you, I will definitely handle this matter according to your request,"
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"I'm sorry, everyone," Feng Yiping, who was very bright in his heart and therefore also very bright on his face, immediately apologized to everyone as soon as he entered the cabin.
Because of this phone call, he stayed alone in the VIP room for more than ten minutes.
"What bad thing are you doing behind our backs?" Fu Yunning said with a smile, "Jingping, you have to keep a close eye on him. Look, he was able to attract those girls when we dressed up like that that day. , there are more people like this at the airport, from staff to passengers,”
"Thank you, but Yun Ning, you really overestimated his charm. The three girls that day came to him because he was holding Amanda. People with children tend to make people feel safe." Huang Jingping said with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to analyze the reasons in such a formal way," Feng Yiping said to his daughter in a flash, "Amanda, daddy will often take you out to play alone from now on, okay?"
"Look, this is useful," several girls laughed.
"No, something must have happened. Ever since dinner today, something seems wrong with you," Xiang Xiaofang said, "Tell me, have you accomplished something big again?"
Then she realized that Huang Jingping was also present. Tsk, it's true that too much words are spoken.
"Jingping, is he usually like this? He often hides many things from you?" She quickly went back to make up for it.
Fu Yunning glanced at Xiang Xiaofang and said that you sometimes show your weaknesses, but he immediately followed up and said with admiration, "Yes, if you really accomplish something, just tell us and let us learn from it." ,"
"I saw it the day before yesterday. After what you said, the employees of Tongcheng.com were very different. Before, they were still as nervous, solemn and dull as before the war, or they were using busyness to cover up. I was not confident, but after listening to your words, the situation immediately changed. The whole company is still permeated with a relaxed and lively atmosphere, which is the result of full confidence."
"Am I that powerful?" Feng Yiping habitually pretended to be stupid.
Sometimes, it's best to just play dumb.
"He usually knows that I am not very interested in business matters and can't help much, so he rarely mentions this in front of me, but Yiping, there are so many people here today, and they are all better than me. If you really have something going on, tell us and let everyone help you come up with ideas," Huang Jingping glanced at Feng Yiping and said with a smile.
Feng Yiping said in his heart that he finally understood why three women were asked to perform a drama, because this woman was born to act.
The night before yesterday, he gave me a succinct analysis, and now he is here pretending not to understand anything.
"Well, it's really nothing." How can we say now about the proposed acquisition of Alibaba shares held by Goldman Sachs?
Moreover, it now seems that the core of the problem has actually changed.
"Let's put it this way, as we know, there are things that are known knowns, things that we know that we know. We also know that there are known unknowns, that is, we know that there are things that we don't know. But there are also unknowns The unknown—the things we don’t know we don’t know,”
In order to change the subject, he talked a lot in a very awkward manner.
This was a very famous statement made by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, whom he had just met not long ago, and without any suspense won the "Long Mouth" Award established by the British "Plain English Movement" organization.
"What are you talking about!"
"Haha," their efforts were not in vain. The three finally seemed not to be obsessed with what just happened and laughed.
"We think we know what he means, but we don't know if we really know," Jin Ling, who had been sitting quietly at the back after boarding the plane, finally spoke.
"Haha," the people in front changed their laughter, and even Amanda started laughing too.
Sister, you have helped me a lot!
"Haha," Xiang Xiaofang smiled as loudly as she hit her waist with her hands, "Then you may not know what the other person said,"
"'I think same-sex marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman,' that's what your California governor, Schwarzenegger, said,"
"Tsk," Fu Yunning grinned slightly and couldn't help but give her a gentle kick below, "You're still here?" Can't you care less about him and things related to him?
Feng Yiping didn't wait for everyone's reaction to her words, and immediately said, "Let me sing a song. It's a spoiler. This is one of the songs we will sing at this annual meeting."
"In the years of youth, we can't help ourselves, just because of the burning dreams in our chests..." The singing is pretty good, but it just doesn't have the bright energy amidst the vicissitudes of life unique to Xu Wei.
This is a song that he likes very much. At this annual meeting, Xu Wei was also invited to sing this song live.
"Wow, he sang really well. Will he come too? He's my favorite rock star," Fu Yunning said in a very cooperative way, "Mr. Feng, Mr. Feng, can you give me a ticket with a better seat?"
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The villa in the capital finally became lively again because of the arrival of Huang Jingping and her child.
"I see you haven't cleaned the house yourself for many years," Huang Jingping still felt that the cleaning staff arranged by Zhou Xinyu didn't clean it well enough, so she took the vacuum cleaner and cleaned the places that were not cleaned. While doing it, she couldn't help nagging.
"Hehe, don't I have to thank you?" Feng Yiping smiled and hugged her waist shamelessly.
As a man, sometimes you have to do more and talk less.
Huang Jingping twisted a few times reluctantly, but how could she twist away? In the end, he could only say, "Don't be hypocritical,"
Although she said so, the expression on her face showed that she was actually very happy now.
Amanda dropped the doll Xiang Xiaofang gave her and ran over, hugging one leg of her parents respectively, "I want a hug too,"
"Amanda, let's sing a song for mom together, okay? Follow me, there's only mom in the world..."
The children's silver bell-like laughter, the women's sour complaints, the men's flattering songs, and the dogs' barking, made this cold and dull winter day immediately warm and lively.
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