Chapter 2042 Finalized

After a casual glance, Cummins found out that the time on the computer was already past four-thirty in the afternoon. Cummins' heart suddenly became anxious.

After looking at his BlackBerry, which showed no missed calls, he dialed his secretary's phone, "Michelle, do you have my number?"

Michelle felt a little strange. Did you specifically explain that all the calls I made before were answered with you? "Not now, Mr. Cummins,"

After about five seconds of silence, she heard her boss request, "I want to see my schedule for tomorrow,"

Attend Tesla's semi-monthly reporting meeting on the progress of various systems, coordinate the move of the Marvel game department, and listen to NEXTDOOR's work plan for the next quarter... Cummins quickly browsed the above schedule from top to bottom. , and I didn’t find anything related to eBay.

But judging from my feelings in the morning, eBay obviously wants to finalize this matter as soon as possible, or in other words, put an end to it.

Cummins can roughly guess the reason why they behave like this. Obviously everyone knows that if his boss is allowed to operate like this, several companies that are interested in Skype will continue to raise prices on their own initiative.

So why haven't they received any calls so far?

Even if the second round of talks is not held tomorrow, at least the time for the second round of talks must be booked, right?

This made the hidden worry in his heart aggravate a lot.

It should be because I conveyed the boss's somewhat overly strong opinions to eBay in the afternoon.

As a former Wall Street elite, Cummins has never seen such price negotiation. It is not that easy for any company to cancel a gambling agreement that limits the acquisition amount of at least US$1 billion.

Although he believed that the boss had his reasons for making such a decision, to be honest, he himself was still a little unsure.

Maybe this is why eBay didn't call?

But eBay didn't call, which made Cummins vaguely relieved. What he was most worried about was receiving a call from eBay, but the content was something he didn't want to hear. "On behalf of the company, I apologize to inform you and ask you to pass it on." Feng, we had to abandon this proposal because of huge differences on the terms of the acquisition,"

Since I didn't receive this call, it's at least possible that eBay is still holding an emergency meeting to discuss the boss's opinion?

But seeing more and more people getting off work in the park below, Cummins couldn't help but feel more and more anxious. This was a merger worth US$4 billion, and it was unlikely that he would never have the chance to handle it.

If he didn't want to be too impetuous or make Feng Yiping feel that he was not confident in his decision, he would like to call Feng Yiping and ask if he had received a call from Whitman.

At 7:30 in the evening, the lights in eBay's conference room finally went out. Cummins, who was having dinner at home, finally waited for the call. Now, he couldn't hold it in any longer and immediately called Feng Yiping to tell him the good news, "Feng, eBay hopes We will have a second round of talks tomorrow,"

"Oh," Feng Yiping's reaction sounded very plain, which made Cummins couldn't help but admire him. How much confidence does this have?

"Then you may be very busy tomorrow. I also just received a call. A team from News Corporation will also visit tomorrow. The person in charge is Deputy Chief Operating Officer Lachlan Murdoch?"

"Mr. Murdoch's eldest son?" The surprised Cummins couldn't help but confirm.

"Yes, that's him,"

At this time, Cummins truly understood the line that often appears in Stephen Chow's movies, "My admiration for you is like the endless stream of a river."

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At ten o'clock the next morning, eBay's team led by Chief Operating Officer Bob arrived at the same conference room as yesterday. "Hello Cummins," he looked at it, "Mr. Feng?"

"Oh, sorry Bob, Feng has an important meeting now," he looked at his watch. "It started as soon as he got to work in the morning and it's not over yet? It's really long,"

Bob just wanted to know Feng Yiping's attitude towards this meeting, but they had analyzed it before coming. It was precisely because Feng Yiping should attach great importance to this meeting that he was very likely to not Will show up before the meeting like yesterday.

So, he smiled and asked casually, "Oh, who has such an honor?"

Cummins hesitated slightly, "It's Lachlan Murdoch,"

"Ah?" The smile on Bob's face froze for a moment, but it was only for a moment, "Is he Mr. Murdoch's eldest son?"

Although there are many people named Murdoch, the only ones who can get an interview with Feng Yiping are those from the Murdoch family.

Besides, aren't they most worried about News Corporation and Yahoo?

"Bob, we just got the call last night, and this morning, they're here," Cummins said.

"I understand." This must be one of your methods to raise the price. "Cummins, I remember we had a consensus that at this stage our contacts and our conditions will be kept confidential from third parties."

"Come on Bob, do you think we will deliberately leak information to News Corporation?" There was no smile at all on Cummins' face.

"I'm just emphasizing our consensus," Bob said with another laugh.

Over there, their CFO Rajiv Dutta had stood up and walked out, "Sorry, I'll take a call first,"

Everyone knew that he wanted to make a phone call first.

His call was very brief. After he came back, he whispered a few words to Jeff Jordan, the current president of PayPal, who immediately stood up and said, "I'm sorry Cummins, I have to be with you for a moment."

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At half past ten, the door of Feng Yiping's office finally opened. In the conference room of News Corporation, Lachlan Murdoch, who was acting a little unruly in front of Mrs. Murdoch, was acting unruly in front of Feng Yiping. Feng Yiping, who was very decent and nearly ten years younger than himself, showed great respect, "Mr. Feng, thank you for your precious time."

"Where, haha," Feng Yiping smiled and accompanied them towards the elevator, "I also hope to have another chance to hear your opinions on the media industry, and don't forget, next time I go to Los Angeles, you You must arrange for me to visit the filming set of "Modern Family","

"It would be an honor," Lachlan Murdoch said with a smile, "but which actor would you most like to meet?"

Feng Yiping laughed, "You know that," he winked.

Oh, Lachlan Murdoch figured it out right away, man!

"Of course, it would be best to see them all. You know, no matter how busy I am, I have watched every episode of this show."

He had seen it this way, but not now, but before.

"I will definitely convey this rare compliment to all the members of the crew immediately," Lachlan said jokingly.

"Well, goodbye. At noon, I have asked Man Tingfang to make preparations. I hope you will be satisfied. For other questions, Cummins will contact you in detail in the afternoon,"

"Wu Qian," he called, "help me see Lachlan off,"

"Yes Feng," Wu Qian walked over, followed by someone, "Feng, Mr. Jordan has been waiting for you for a long time,"

"Hello Mr. Feng," Jeff Jordan, the current president of PayPal, came over with an eager look.

"Hi Jordan," Feng Yiping shook hands with him, "Why aren't you over there now?"

"I'd love to hear your thoughts on PayPal," said Jeff Jordan.

"But, isn't it too early?" Feng Yiping said.

"Goodbye, Mr. Feng," Lachlan called, having already entered the elevator.

"Goodbye, Lachlan," Feng Yiping waved in that direction.

Jeff Jordan also looked at Lachlan with a smile, and Lachlan looked at Jeff Jordan and nodded.

Feng Yiping took note of their little interaction. He originally didn't plan to have dinner with Old Murdoch's son at noon, but now it seems that attending it might have a good effect?

Looks like we had a good conversation? Jeff Jordan said to himself, "Not too soon Feng, I believe you will become a close partner of eBay and PayPal,"

"Please sit down," Feng Yiping led him into his office. "PayPal is a very excellent product. You know, because of my friend and partner Musk, I am more naturally close to it."

"Actually, I do have some questions right now. Look, can you give me a general introduction to PayPal's current situation?"

"Okay Mr. Feng, since PayPal became a subsidiary of eBay in July 2002..."

It must have been authorized in advance, and Jeff Jordan's introduction lasted nearly half an hour.

After Feng Yiping listened, he thought for a while and said, "I have an idea. Mr. Jordan, do you think that becoming independent again will be more conducive to the development of PayPal?"

"I will certainly convey your comments to Ms. Whitman,"

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Naturally, this was not the only opinion he conveyed to Whitman.

In the afternoon, when Feng Yiping accompanied a group of News Corp. people back to the campus from Mantingfang, Cummins and Lachlan each took their own people and entered the conference room. Feng Yiping received another call from Whitman.

"Feng, I heard that the News Corporation team has arrived today?" Whitman's voice on the call this time was very different from before.

There was no undisguised anger at the beginning, nor the pretentious politeness of the previous times. It sounded a bit like a chat between old friends.

Perhaps, it was mainly because Feng Yiping maintained enough respect for her during yesterday's phone call and vaguely regarded them as the same kind of people.

"Yeah, I have to say, this is quite a coincidence," Feng Yiping said.

"I heard that you and little Murdoch had a good chat?"

"Yes, you also know that now we have reached a number of cooperation with News Corporation, and the executor of some of them is Lachlan,"

"So Feng, can I take the liberty to ask about the conditions at News Corporation?"

"Well, I think you will definitely know it in the future, so I can tell you that their current offer is more than 3 billion US dollars, but it is less than 4 billion US dollars. Of course, they do not have any additional bets,"

"I see," Whitman said after a moment's silence.