Chapter 2550 This Is Outrageous

The United States is a country with very double standards, and so are many Americans.

Specifically, on the one hand, they think we are very backward. Although most Americans now know that we have not had pigtails for a long time, most Americans still think that our technology is underdeveloped.

At the same time, perhaps because too many people have read Marco Polo’s Travels, or they at least know that we have the largest population in the world, so many Americans think that our market is a very big market.

Coupled with the stubbornness of Americans due to their arrogance, this has led to a situation in the U.S. investment market. That is, as long as an American company announces that it has launched business in China, many Americans will immediately think, oh, this company's stock is worth investing in!

Although a US listed company's announcement to start business in China is not as dramatic as a domestic steel structure company that fabricated a tens of billions of foreign orders, causing its own company's stock to rise more than a dozen times, it is undoubtedly very helpful to the rise in stock prices. .

And in some matters, our country does have double standards.

For example, in the same region, for the same project, with the same investment amount, foreign companies with US dollars are more popular than domestic companies with RMB.

Foreign companies with US dollars can not only enjoy more preferential policies on the same projects, but also easily get the opportunity to participate in some projects that are difficult for domestic capital to invest, such as participating in the restructuring of some large state-owned enterprises.

Therefore, ever since he knew that Feng Yiping had interfered with the $3 billion deal involving China's investment in them, Su Shiming became really angry when he heard the name Feng Yiping.

On the eve of listing, they are indeed very eager for investment from our sovereign funds. The large investment of 3 billion from China will naturally attract the attention of many investors and bring more subscriptions, which will help them successfully list at a high price and Raise more funds.

At the same time, we also know that there will be considerable discounts for subscriptions before listing - some mainland companies go public in Hong Kong and let well-known Hong Kong companies subscribe in order to have a smooth listing.

But Blackstone found that it was probably China's sovereign funds that were too eager to have the opportunity to invest in Wall Street, so they seemed not to be too sensitive on this issue.

Then they won't be polite.

In the draft agreement they had negotiated, the subscription price of US$3 billion was 95.5% of their planned public listing price of US$31. It could be said that it was almost nothing.

It would have been impossible for any other institution to accept such a high price for such a large amount of subscription, which would have meant that they would have made a small profit before going public.

In fact, it is hard to say that it is too small. The subscription of 3 billion is a difference of 5 points, which is 150 million US dollars.

It should also be mentioned that Blackstone is a company with different rights for the same shares. The equity certificates held by their founders and public investors are called "partnership equity units." According to the relevant articles of association, the company's affairs are basically handled by the partners. The founders decide, and general partnership interest holders receive only limited voting rights.

And in that agreement, the 9.9% of our shares that we exchanged for US$3 billion did not have any voting rights!

So, where else can you find such good investors?

Schwarzman and the others have planned a series of uses for the US$3 billion investment that has almost been received: they will use it to invest in some domestic projects in China that they are optimistic about.

With the background of CIC and the use of US dollars, this will surely allow them to get many rare and good projects and opportunities in China.

Therefore, let us subscribe for 3 billion US dollars of their shares at a very high discount to ensure that they can successfully go public at a high price. After that, we will use the 3 billion US dollars we invested to get some of our domestic investment projects that are sure to make money... …

And because of their successful investment in China, their stocks will inevitably be sought after by investors in the United States...

Think about it, can there be any operation more 666 than this?

But all their plans were completely ruined by a report from Feng Yiping. From this, it is not difficult to imagine how much they hate Feng Yiping now.

What makes people even more uncomfortable is that they secretly plotted against Feng Yiping with several Wall Street companies. Unexpectedly, not even a single hair on his face was harmed, and they even asked him to take the opportunity to take advantage of Android. The press conference was so successful and eye-catching.

But now, he is once again eyeing the meat in the bowl that he has already eaten. How can Su Shimin endure this?

He immediately said, "I'll call and ask,"

His 82-year-old old partner Peter advised him, "At this time, it's better not to be too impulsive."

"I know Peter," Schwarzman hurriedly hung up the phone, raised his hand and called Karl, the person in charge of Deutsche Bank in the United States, who was the original leader. "Carl, I heard that you have some other ideas about the loan to us?"

"This is exactly what I want to ask you," Carl said. "I heard that Blackstone has some other plans for our loan?"

"We've all received word that Hilton is planning to restructure its debt given the current operating conditions?"

"That's not a very kind plan in the current situation, is it?"

Karl also has many opinions on this point.

In the middle of last year, everyone was still scrambling for the opportunity to lend money to Blackstone to acquire Hilton. But now, more than half a year later, the situation has completely reversed, and it has become a big pit that cannot be seen to the end.

Not to mention, Blackstone is also planning to restructure its debt at this time. To put it bluntly, it is to reduce its debt. This is completely taking advantage of the situation.

Although everyone has done a lot of robbery, no one will be happy when the person being robbed is themselves.

Schwarzman was stunned for a moment, and then became even more angry, because Carl asked this question at this time, which means that they really have other plans for that loan, "First of all, any plan for Hilton's debt, We will definitely make a decision based on Hilton’s current situation,”

"Secondly, we have not taken any actual action on this. On the contrary, the interest will still be handed over to you on time, right?"

"And the term of our loan has not expired, so why are you thinking of selling our loan at this time?"

"Or is this the attitude a partner should have when it is clear that the party acquiring the loan has thoughts about Hilton?"

Schwarzman became angrier as he talked, "I'll call Ackerman right now,"

The Ackman he was talking about was Joseph Ackman, the president of Deutsche Bank. It was Ackman who decided to form a group to lend money to Blackstone.

After Carl confirmed the relevant news, Schwarzman didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, and just wanted to find out what happened to Ackerman.

"You are welcome to communicate with Ackerman on this issue," Carl said calmly, not worried at all that Schwarzman would find his boss. "I believe that both Blackstone and you are very clear about some things."

"Under the current general situation, whether it is us, all companies on Wall Street, or all financial institutions around the world, they currently have the idea of ​​​​liquidating all assets that can be liquidated,"

"As far as I know, Blackstone is currently taking such action, isn't it?"

Of course Blackstone has taken such action, but it is an action to enhance their ability to deal with the current crisis and will not damage their own interests.

"Karl, you know, if you do this, you may cause huge losses to us?" Su Shimin suppressed his anger and prepared to be gentle.

But Karl didn't give him this chance.

"If we weren't facing the current situation, you also know our general approach. We usually package similar loans into bonds and sell them to external parties, right?"

“But at present, such bonds obviously cannot be sold, and like you, we also hope to hold more cash on hand at present, so yes, we welcome offers from customers for this loan, and we have indeed received them. quote,"

"But given the cooperative relationship between us, if Blackstone can repay the loan early, then all this will not be a problem, and that is what we are happy to see..."

"Bah!" Su Shimin hung up the phone, how could this be unreasonable! How unreasonable!

At this time, how can they still have money to repay the loan in advance?

Karl held the hung up phone and also cursed, "This is unreasonable."

At this time, you can liquidate your debts, but we can’t?

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