Chapter 2549: It Is Impossible to Hide

Jobs, everyone knows that he is the most unique person. He is a genius, so many of his actions are really different from the general public.

Or let's be frank, many of his actions are really hard to agree with.

He has a bad temper and speaks rudely and unreasonably in public... I won't talk about these, because there are many American business tycoons like him.

But after he and his ex-girlfriend's daughter, that is, his illegitimate daughter, had a DNA test and confirmed that she was his daughter, he still refused to accept the result. This is really challenging the bottom line of the public.

In particular, he has a strong heart that most people don't have, or a sense of right and wrong. He doesn't care about all the criticisms against him because of his illegitimate daughter or other things.

You can imagine the feeling when the naughty child at home finally makes you want to fight, and you press him on the chair to spank him, and your hand hurts, but you find that he actually fell asleep.

In other words, he seems to be able to do what those children who have watched too many cartoons often say, "immune to harm and rebound."

More importantly, his fighting power is first-class, which has been certified by the whole United States. Even Bill Gates, who has a weird personality and bad temper, is inferior to him.

Although Dimon thinks highly of himself, he is not arrogant enough to think that he is better and more powerful than Bill Gates.

And now is the time when everyone is calling for a fight against Wall Street.

At such a time, a guy who has excellent fighting power, can be "immune and rebound damage", and was named the most outstanding business leader in the United States at the end of last year, is coming to New York to ask about the fund. How can Dimon not be panicked?

This time is really not the right time.

Their acquisition of Bear Stearns has not been completed yet. He does not want to make any mistakes, and he cannot make any mistakes.

Otherwise, he estimated that if they beg him now and coax his Treasury and the Federal Reserve, they will definitely join forces to clean up their bank. On the one hand, it will calm the public's anger against Wall Street, and on the other hand, it will also be a sacrifice for the next battle...

So, can't you wait until we have implemented it?

So, a few minutes later, John, who had not returned to the office and was still in the car, received a call from Damon.

Damon on the phone was as affectionate as if he had gone to the club with John last night, watched a dance performance in the same private room, and stayed out together, "John, my friend..."

If Brad saw this scene, he would definitely curse behind his back. If he had known this, why did he ask me to offer such unreasonable conditions before?

"Hello Damon,"

"Hehe John, I heard that you were in a hurry to return to the company and didn't even quote the price?"

"Damon, I think you know my offer very well," John said directly.

"But John, you also know that I have no right to agree to such an offer. You also know that for transactions like this, don't both parties have to work together several times before they can find the point that everyone can accept?" Damon said, "We have always known that Feng has always been pursuing a win-win situation, right?"

"Instead of asking you to pay billions of dollars in cash, I will pay you a considerable amount of cash in addition. I think there is no plan that is more win-win than this," John did not give in.

Dimon cursed in his heart, less than $300 million, and you still say it is a lot of cash?

"Dimon, I think you know better than me that at this stage, everyone's time is precious, so do we really need to spend so much time and energy to go through such a formality?"

"If you really have such a plan, then sorry, we don't have time to accompany you,"

"I just told Brad that Bear Stearns is your only one, but Hilton is not our only one,"

"John, I think I can convince the board to accept a 70% offer," Dimon decided to go on his own.

"55%," John was firm.

"68%," Dimon gave in again.

"55%," John remained unchanged.

"65%, this is my bottom line," Dimon said.

"58%, this is our upper limit," John finally raised his voice a little, "If you think it's okay, we will complete all the procedures tomorrow. Your account will have a large amount of debts reduced and there will be more cash,"

"If this is still unacceptable, then Dimon, I have to say that there is no need for us to discuss it again in the future,"

Dimon stood up, breathing a little heavy, this again, this again!

But he looked at the building of Bear Stearns across the street, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed, "Okay!"

The most important thing is to smoothly bring Bear Stearns under his command.

"Huh," John, who hung up the phone, finally relaxed, "Notify the company and prepare the relevant documents immediately,"

He knew that if he really had time to negotiate with Morgan Stanley, or really let Jobs and Brin come together, it would be possible to stick to the 55% level.

But now, their time is really tight, and some work seems to have to be accelerated.

Because, after Bear Stearns was confirmed to be sold, the stock price of Lehman Brothers, another investment bank on Wall Street, also plummeted by more than 50%.

No one can guarantee that Lehman will not soon follow in the footsteps of Bear Stearns and the other three companies.

The greater uncertainty is that no one can guarantee that relevant U.S. agencies will rescue Lehman just like they did with Bear Stearns now.

Once Bear Stearns is dealt with, it will be relatively easy to deal with Lehman, which also signed a credit default swap agreement with them and also provided loans to Blackstone.

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The sun was shining brightly in Silicon Valley, and Feng Yiping was in a bright mood when he received the call. He lay on the lawn outside the office building very inconspicuously, and said happily, "Congratulations to you John, I will pass this on to Steve Jobs and Page." This is great news,"

"Also, happy Easter!"

After John reported back about his meeting with Dimon, Feng Yiping knew that he would be able to negotiate the deal according to his intentions, but he did not expect that John could complete it so efficiently and with high quality.

It seems that, let alone Jobs, there is no need for me to go to New York anymore, as long as I watch the show in Silicon Valley.

I have to say that when the news came out that Morgan Stanley acquired Bear Stearns with the support of the US government, the world was indeed very lively.

Not to mention the domestic opposition in the United States, let's talk about the United States' hardcore allies, Europe, who immediately reacted one by one in a manner that shocked the allies.

The younger brother Britain, who has always followed the lead of the United States, was the first to jump out and asked, "How can you interfere with the market so crudely?"

In other words, although they are allies militarily, in terms of economy and trade, these European countries and the United States have never been as strong as they seem. In fact, they often cannot urinate in the same pot.

Not only Europe, but also the American mazai in Asia did not recognize such a plan. As a result, their stock markets, like those in Europe, experienced a wave of selling, which triggered a plunge in Asian stock markets.

The U.S. dollar fell sharply against the euro and the U.S. dollar against the yen.

This led to another result that made Feng Yiping smile from ear to ear: commodity prices that were correlated with the US dollar experienced violent fluctuations, with crude oil and gold rising sharply.

As a result, Li Ruiyuan, who was in the UK, called Feng Yiping again. Is it too easy to earn this money? “Gold actually exceeded $1,000!”

Feng Yiping could only express helplessly (and in need of a beating), "I'm also helpless. What can I do?"

At this moment, he squinted at the blue sky and the blue sky and white clouds reflected on the glass curtain wall of the office building. He felt that this spring was really beautiful, man.

Just when he was so comfortable that he was about to take a nap, his cell phone rang at an inappropriate time, but he immediately picked it up, "Hi,"

The caller was Jin Ling, "There's something I think I need to tell you. Although they seem to be hiding it from me deliberately, I heard that your roommates are looking for help from other shareholders. Selling their shares in Tianjiaoju,"

Feng Yiping sat up and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

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At this time in New York, there was also a person who sat up in surprise.

During a break in the meeting, Blackstone CEO Schwarzman, who was resting on the sofa in the office, was also awakened by a phone call. The call was also from his old partner and another founder of Blackstone, Peter Peterson. .

After hearing only two sentences, Su Shiming sat up in surprise, "What? Feng Yiping is targeting Hilton?"