Chapter 1404 The Drowning Man

"There are only fifty-eight hours left until the Paris Bourse opens on Monday."

After watching the two tycoons leave, Song Ya glanced at the time, "Call Julian." He said to Sloan, "I promised to talk to him before."

"You didn't react much to the old man's last harsh words. It's not like you before." Sloan took out his cell phone and dialed.

"Hehe, it's just madness with red eyes, I can't do it. Uh, let's find another place..."

Already earning 2.4 billion by shorting Vivendi Universal, Song Ya is naturally in a good mood. This is not the 4 billion net worth in the stock market. If you want to throw away all the 4 billion stocks in the short term and return the cash, it is far from selling for 2. The price of 1.4 billion, "Julian..."

The French police had come to this hotel, and the two of them also went out and sat in the back seat of Old Mike's car. Song Ya said succinctly: "I just met with Messier and old Bronfman, and they seem to be planning to sell the hotel. Seagram liquor bailout."

Messier and Bronfman Sr. came to see me, and they didn’t actually talk about anything serious. If they believed that: I really planned to continue smashing the market next week, let me participate in the bid for Seagram Wines through the news, and then give back some The music copyright remaining in Universal Music, this condition is too unattractive.

Seagram Liquor is being sold at auction. Even if you get the news in advance and have more time to raise funds, you can't spend less money to buy it.

Therefore, Song Ya and Sloan judged that the possibility of the two tycoons' trip to alienate the empty side is still greater.

"Did you meet them?" Julian Robertson was a bit out of touch with the news. He probably didn't know anything after talking for less than half an hour just now.

"Yes, privately."

Song Ya replied that Messier and the old Bronfman did not ask for secrecy, and maybe they also wanted to use their own mouths to publicize the fact that Seagram Wine was put on the shelves. Meet this time.

"That's going to lead to APLUS with confused bears next week."

Julian Robertson was a little dissatisfied. As a veteran in the industry, he instantly considered the negative impact, "You don't need to meet APLUS in private at such a sensitive time."

"No way, they took the initiative to come to my dinner party and asked for a private chat under everyone's gaze. I don't want to look too unmannered." Song Ya said.

"Dinner? Messier and old Bronfman? Doesn't that mean they bowed to you?"

Julian Robertson was surprised,

"With so many pairs of eyes, the scene at that time would be very humiliating to them, right?"

"almost."

"Wow, APLUS, you got what you wanted."

Julian Robertson is very clear about the original intention of the Avengers, "Or Messier and the old Bronfman gave you what you want, and as soon as the news spreads tomorrow... no one will have any doubts about your status as a tycoon. Whoa, that's old Bronfman!" he marvels.

"It's nothing but vanity."

Song Ya was a little comfortable with the compliment from the Wall Street tycoon, "I feel a bit like beating the younger ones now, attracting the old ones, which are even more difficult to deal with."

"What are you going to deal with? Anyway, we are cleared." Julian Robertson asked with a smile, "Do you want to fight back next week?"

Song Ya asked back: "What do you think? After all, we now have more information than Lehman and Deutsche Bank."

"Well……"

Julian Robertson deliberated on the phone for a while, "Seagram Wine is not in line with Vivendi's original strategic direction, so there were rumors that they would split it up and sell it before the acquisition of Universal. If you think so, Messier Selling it will not be too much of a surprise to the outside world. However, Seagram Wine is one of the few high-quality assets within Vivendi Universal at the moment. At this point in time, it is eager to sell, which means that Vivendi Universal has admitted that it is suffering a great deal. Difficulties, their stock prices will never return to the 89 euros before the plunge, and the pressure on the short side will be less.”

"Low pressure? This also means that Vivendi Universal can rely on Seagram Wine to withdraw a huge amount of cash in a short period of time, doesn't it?" Song Ya asked.

"Of course, the upper limit of Vivendi Universal's market value has become lower, but the lower limit has become higher, and the profit margin of speculators will be compressed." Julian Robertson is professional.

"So their response is not bad?"

"It's not bad in terms of solving short-term difficulties." Julian Robertson said: "The traditional industry of the wine industry can be used as a family business and passed on forever. Seagram has a lot of old brands that are more than a century old. If This is not in your interest, in fact, Vivendi Universal still has some good game companies, such as Blizzard Entertainment."

"I don't play games."

Programming games are not as fun as singing and dancing rap women, Song Ya casually touched Sloan who was listening on the back of the phone.

Sloan responded enthusiastically, holding his face in his arms and kissing him for a long time, and then took the initiative to kiss him more and more like Harry...

"Hahaha! What else did Messier and Bronfman say?" Julian Robertson inquired.

"No... basically gone."

"Now the old man came forward to talk to you, but what about the young one? Bronfman Jr. is still the chairman of the board of directors of Seagram Global, and he also holds the main assets of the Bronfman family. The old one actually has no money. Don't be afraid After negotiating with the old one, after they get through the crisis, the young one will turn around and deny it?" Julian Robertson asked again.

"I will keep in touch with the old ones during the two days of the weekend, bargaining, just to see their sincerity."

"OK, we also keep in touch at any time."

A beauty is so rare that she can't let her down. After throwing away her phone, Song Ya immediately locked the back of her head tightly with a pair of iron pliers.

Sloane resisted aggressively for a while, and soon, her hands unconsciously waved in the air like a drowning person, begging for mercy by begging the man's body.

"Should we contact APLUS?"

In London, Deutsche Bank received news faster, mainly because they had abundant resources to keep an eye on Messier's movements. The three tycoons got a tip shortly after they met, and his subordinates immediately called Edison, the boss of the global financial department, "We I don’t know what those three people talked about, whether they bought APLUS or forced them, APLUS is likely to turn back next Monday.”

"Old Bronfman? What about the younger one?" Addison frowned and asked, "What's the use of the old one? No money, no shares."

"Going back to Canada." The subordinate replied: "But it seems that he has united Messier again. Before that, Bronfman Jr. had been excluded from the caucus by Messier."

"Um."

The prestige of the former chairman of the ethnic conference is still there. Edison thought about it and felt that he must be respected, "Keep watching, it's too late, and we will talk about everything tomorrow." He is not a person in the entertainment industry who sings every night, Life is very regular, and I have already gone to bed.

Messier and old Bronfman actually had a healthier schedule than him, but they couldn't sleep now. The two arrived at the old castle of the Bronfman family in the same car.

"That kid is really a character. Just now he acted as if he didn't care about speculative risks at all."

The two really didn't know that Song Ya had already run away. No matter how carefully Messier observed, he couldn't feel how nervous Song Ya was during the meeting. "Think about it, isn't it scary? Americans really Would you like to see a mixed race super rich?"

"It's not our turn to care about that now."

The old Bronfman could hear the great malice towards APLUS in his words, the two actually didn't talk much in detail, and immediately persuaded him to go to see APLUS together after he rushed to Paris.

"Why don't you rest and we can talk tomorrow?"

Messier was very upset about the stares he encountered at the dinner just now, which was also a great humiliation to him, especially in the presence of LVMH's Arnault and PPR's Pinault and his son.

But there is no way, I have to save myself first. Although my status and influence in the French business world seem to be comparable to Arnault and Pino's father and son, I am only a senior manager after all, and there is still a gap between them and those real rich people.

If it wasn't for internal and external troubles, he wouldn't go to the APLUS dinner, and he wouldn't even mess with the old Bronfman, because he used a trick to instigate the young Bronfman to change the form of the merger into a full share swap instead of The cash plus stocks that had been negotiated with the old Bronfman earlier caused the Bronfman family to be deeply locked in Vivendi Universal, and their assets shrank sharply.

It is said that Bronfman Jr. locked him up on the day he signed the contract. If it weren't for the great difficulties encountered by Vivendi Universal, maybe this old man would not have any good looks towards him in the future, right?

"I don't care about that anymore." He recalled the first words that Bronfman said to himself after the old Bronfman arrived, "Now we have to work together to get through this, do you agree with Messier?"

"Of course, I agree."

Messier replied, but only with good words. He had deprived little Bronfman of his power before, and now that his father came to kill him...but it was useless, wasn't it? Who told you to entrust all your business to your precious son early on.

In the end, the blame for the slump will still be passed on to Universal, specifically the president of Def Jam Records named Lyle Cohen. This is not a matter of discussion, otherwise his CEO position may not be guaranteed, and Vivendi’s internal rebellion is already very strong. , and French regulators...

"OK, I'm going to see APLUS, will you come with me?"

The old Bronfman didn't have any nonsense, and then immediately suggested: "Those speculators on the short side cannot be monolithic, which creates a little distrust among them."

"It's possible..." Messier thought about it and thought it was a good idea. He still has confidence in the fundamentals of Vivendi Universal, and now it's a matter of market confidence. "But APLUS came to Paris to sign two The acquisition contract of an American company is too arrogant."

"He hates little Edgar," said old Bronfman bitterly.

Is it strange if you don't hate it? Your son caused APLUS to lose at least hundreds of millions of paper wealth. Messier complained in his heart, "Are you going too? I don't know what young people like APLUS will say to you in public. What are you going to do then? "

"Apologize, beg him to stop, whatever..." Bronfman Sr. replied.

Messer couldn't help being moved. The Jewish business leader in front of him who once dominated the United States is now reduced to begging for a mixed-race upstart? Still under the gaze of many people...

He looked at the other party again, his hair and clothes were well-groomed, but he couldn't hide his age. He had an extra civilized stick in his hand than when they met at the beginning of the year, and he didn't see any violent emotional fluctuations when he said the word 'request'.

After all, he still has the true qualities of a hero! Messier thought. "Why didn't you see little Edgar? Didn't he come back to Canada to pick you up?"

"No, don't worry, he is no longer a problem." Old Bronfman shook his head.

"It's no longer a problem..." Messier was startled, it really started as a bootlegger, how cruel!

"Don't get me wrong, I just told him to stay in Montreal and reflect."

The old lion has not yet poisoned the tortellini, and the old Bronfman said: "We need to come up with something to impress APLUS. I know that he is very concerned about the copyright of the song. Others...we will release the Seagram Wine Industry as soon as possible. How are you sleepy?"

Hehe, so you are waiting for me here? Messier immediately became vigilant, "Vivendi Universal had this plan, but now? It will cause market confidence to drop again."

"The auction should fetch a good price, and we can raise seven to nine billion dollars in cash in a short period of time." Bronfman Sr. said: "In this case, speculators won't have much room for short selling for the time being. "

"Short time? What are you going to do?" Messier asked after thinking about it.

"The official documents will be released this weekend, and the auction of Seagram Wine will be held for a period of three months. The highest bidder wins. It's very simple." Old Bronfman replied.

"Wait a minute, even if it's nine billion dollars, Seagram Liquor should not pay more than that." Messier answered after a mental calculation.

"Well, the shares of my cousin and father and son are reserved, and they will go to the new buyer." Old Bronfman replied.

Messier knows what he wants to do. Now the Bronfman family’s funds in Vivendi Universal are divided into three parts, one part belongs to Bronfman Jr., concentrated in the Universal Department, and the other part belongs to Bronfman Jr.’s uncle and cousin, Concentrated in the Seagram Wine Industry, and some are scattered family members, scattered everywhere, and the funds raised by the old Bronfman to replace the loan from Deutsche Bank still exist in the debt model of Seagram Global.

"Little Edgar got into trouble, I won't pursue anything further, but my cousin and father and son can only make wine and sell wine, I don't want to see them follow me and little Edgar into bad luck." Old Bronfman said: " So... let them share it, and the wine business will be theirs from now on."

how? Want to take this opportunity to keep some tinder for your family? Are you really not optimistic about Vivendi Universal? Messier was not very happy, "They went to Seagram Wine, and those bad things in APLUS may not participate in the bidding. After all, everyone knows that your family has a strong control over Seagram Wine."

"My cousin, father and son, can only hold empty titles, retain some last decency, and no longer intervene in specific operations." Old Bronfman replied.

Surviving with a broken arm is really decisive, but Messier is not a three-year-old child, so he will not easily let an important member of the other family get away, "Let's not disclose your cousin and father to APLUS tonight. Haven't thought about it yet."

"Yes, but I must do this. This is the responsibility and obligation of Edgar and I to our relatives." Old Bronfman nodded, "If you go back on your word, then we will die together."

"Ah!"

Messier looked over with a sneer, and the two kings looked at each other, refusing to give in to each other, and finally they both compromised and decided to put this issue aside.

Messier withdrew his thoughts.

"I can't sleep at all." Old Bronfman said, "APLUS behaved very gracefully today. It's a pity that such an excellent young man has become little Edgar's enemy."

"Okay, APLUS should be the first to release the news that we are trying to sell Seagram Wine, otherwise the short side will not let him go."

This move can play a role in supporting the bottom line, but it cannot solve the short-term crisis next Monday. On the contrary, selling high-quality assets is tantamount to admitting that the company has a major problem in disguise. Messier is still preoccupied, "We have to think of other ways."

"How about going public in Mi?" Old Bronfman said suddenly.

"What!?" Messier exclaimed.

"I will take the rest of the business to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Before I came here, I had heard about Salomon Smith Barney. Salomon Smith Barney should have already attracted a lot of low-priced stocks. They should be willing to hold these shares for a long time. As long as we go to Hired them to assist with financial restructuring and debt reduction when Mi went public."

Old Bronfman finally bared his fangs, "Other banks should also be willing to take on this big business and turn enemies into friends. By the way, we will hire Arthur Andersen to formally take charge of the comprehensive audit of Vivendi Global and endorse your fake accounts. , let’s go through this level first.”

"We at Vivendi do not have the problem of false accounts." Messier did not admit it.

"enough!"

The moment the old Bronfman broke out, he was like a real lion, "Don't lie to me with such words to deceive little Edgar!"

But the lion soon lost his strength, and collapsed on the sofa clutching his heart. The attendant quickly brought him medicine and water to swallow.

Looking at this scene, Messer's thoughts changed. As the manager of a multinational giant with a market value of 100 billion yuan, he was suddenly enlightened by the other party's proposal, and quickly drew inferences. "Going to the NYSE involves too many stakeholders. Banks , investors, the French government...we also need to face American regulators, such as the Wall Street Sheriff..."

"We are now confronted that Spitzer is already investigating Lyle Cohen."

The old Bronfman breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This is the best way I can think of. If you have a better idea, you might as well say it. We are already drowning in water."

"No, no, your idea is very good, but I need to enrich some details and fill in the gaps."

A smile appeared on the corner of Messier's mouth, and he walked silently in the castle hall for a long time.

Old Bronfman didn't bother him anymore.

"I need to go back and hold an emergency meeting!" Messier left quickly after thinking clearly.

"Mr. Paulson?"

Early the next morning, Song Ya was waiting for Edison's call, but unexpectedly received a call from Paulson, the boss of Goldman Sachs.

"APLUS, are you going to accept the summation of Messier and Bronfman Sr.? Use the funds to bid for Seagram Wine?" Paulson asked.

"That's just their suggestion, I'm still thinking about it...you wait, wait..."

Song Ya replied that it felt wrong, "You Goldman Sachs also participated?"

"I can't reveal..."

Full M-FXXK is the mouse hiding behind me! Viper! Song Ya felt very upset, maybe those guys were secretly preparing to wash herself and the Tiger Fund out! "Anyway, I scolded Greenspan for you last time. It's not good to not communicate any news on such a big matter!?"

"Uh, those are two different things." Paulson was a little embarrassed on the other end of the phone, "Anyway, you should inform me as soon as you make a decision."

"Why?" Anyway, the money has been withdrawn, and all the chips in his hands are empty chips. Song Ya is very confident.

"I won't treat you badly, I promise." Paulson patted his chest.