Age of Dreams

Schwarzman is hailed as "the new leader of Wall Street", and he is naturally not that simple.

Although the acquisition worth 4 billion US dollars was rejected, he didn't show any disappointment on the surface, instead he let go of the failure and chatted with Xiao Qi.

"Mr. Xiao, I know that you have acquired shares in some companies through some investment banks, but in my opinion, none of them are as professional as Blackstone Group." Schwarzman is a businessman after all, and he said a few words , and boasted for himself: "My teacher, Mr. Peterson, who is also the chairman of our Blackstone Group, once served as the Secretary of Commerce of the United States. You should know what power a person in this position has. ? If we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, we will definitely not let you pay more, and you will not be slaughtered as a fool!"

Xiao Qi nodded, he believed it.

The Blackstone Group is most famous for their good credit. They never use hostile takeovers to do business, and they never let buyers and sellers suffer. Therefore, they are also among the best in the brokerage industry.

Xiao Qi also felt that it was a good choice to always find a few old acquaintances to buy, some of them were caught by people, and it was a good choice to occasionally change to a new client.

But Xiao Qi would not tell Schwartzman that he actually wanted Freescale from the Blackstone Group.

If you discuss with Schwarzman now, then according to Schwarzman's business skills, Freescale's price will definitely not be lower.

Of course, if the current market price of Freescale is used, Xiao Qi will not be at a loss. Schwartzman’s business is just like what he said before. In terms of acquisitions, he pursues reasonable profits for everyone When he saw Kaizi, he slaughtered him fiercely.

But Xiao Qi also knew that Blackstone Group was inevitably abandoned by investors during the financial crisis, and the stock price of the whole company dropped directly to one-third of the current level. If that time comes, then buy Freescale. Not to mention one-third of the current price, even half the price, you can save billions of dollars!

These billions of dollars are spent on domestic recruitment of strong players, purchase of equipment, and continued development of the Fairy Lab. That can be used for at least seven or eight years!

Why waste when you can save, right?

However, Xiao Qi really had something he wanted to buy, and it just so happened that he could entrust a new company to buy it.

"Since Mr. Schwarzman said so, let's try to cooperate." After pondering, Xiao Qi raised his head and said.

Schwartzman's spirit was refreshed, he was only here to make a good relationship, but he never thought that Xiao Qi would have a business to do so soon.

Of course he would not think that Xiao Qi was only moved by his words. There should be only two reasons for Xiao Qi to say this: first, Xiao Qi has been preparing for this matter recently; second, Blackstone Group has a very good reputation in the industry, and he happened to come here, so Xiao Qi decided to give it a try. try.

Anyway. This is a big deal for the Blackstone Group, and it is even more famous in terms of reputation-who doesn't want to be associated with the richest man in the world?

"Mr. Xiao, please tell me, if there is anything our Blackstone Group can help, I will never say no to you." Schwarzman said seriously.

"Has Mr. Schwartzman ever heard of Skype?" Xiao Qi asked.

"Skype? Is that the free Internet phone company?" Schwarzman had a lot of information in his mind, and quickly found out its information: "It was founded in Luxembourg in 2003, and was sold by eBay in 2005 for 26 In the past two years, it has developed rapidly. It is expected to gain a larger share in the entire free Internet phone market."

"I want to buy it!" Xiao Qi said lightly, "What do you think?"

Schwartzman frowned and began to ponder.

It was not until more than ten minutes later that Schwarzman said slowly: "If you want to let eBay let go, it is not very difficult, because eBay has been severely impacted by Amazon in the past two years. Its own profits are not very big. Big rise. If they can make money on these non-core businesses, then it is still possible.”

Xiao Qi asked again: "Then how much do you estimate it will cost?"

"If you are in a hurry, Mr. Xiao, you can win it within three months, including our operating expenses. The price should be around 3 billion U.S. dollars." Schwartzman said: "If you are not in a hurry, I think you can wait The recent subprime mortgage crisis shows no signs of dissipating, and after a year, when eBay can't stand it anymore, they might agree to the original purchase price of 2.6 billion U.S. dollars."

Xiao Qi smiled.

In my previous life, in September next year, eBay couldn’t stand it anymore. They felt that Skype was too far away from their expectations, the development was very slow, and the cost was too much. Therefore, they sold 65% of the shares to several companies for $2 billion. Investing in the joint company, the estimated value of skype is 2.75 billion US dollars, which is about the same as when they bought it a few years ago.

But no one expected that just over a year later, Microsoft announced the largest acquisition in its history-acquisition of Skype with 8.5 billion US dollars in cash and stock!

If eBay can endure for more than a year, and because skype is making money, it doesn't even need to lose money, it can directly make a 226% profit!

I don't know how much regret this result makes ebay!

Of course, the price of 8.5 billion US dollars is not very normal, and Microsoft has no choice. At that time, K and Google competed with them. In order to make itself go further in the era of electronic intelligence, Microsoft could only raise the price desperately. acquisition.

Coincidentally, when eBay acquired Skype, it was also because of the competition between Google and News Corporation that they offered a price of 2.6 billion U.S. dollars higher than the market price!

Unexpectedly, a few years later, the fate of skype ushered in reincarnation again.

Schwartzman's suggestion is very stable. If Xiao Qi is not a reincarnated person, he must have agreed to his second plan - that is, to wait for about a year and attack eBay when it is weakest.

But now that he knows that Microsoft will start negotiations in 2001 and acquire Skype at a sky-high price of 8.5 billion U.S. dollars in May 2011, then Xiao Qi will not spend time competing with others, otherwise Microsoft will directly snatch Skype from eBay. Qi can't make much money.

"I hope to see the entire transaction process completed before March 2009. I can accept the price at around US$3 billion." Xiao Qi said word by word: "If you are willing to accept the challenge, then I will give you US$2.8 billion I don’t even ask how much money you Blackstone Group spent on buying and how much money you made, as long as you bring me the complete Skype at the end.”

Swarzman thought for a moment, then nodded: "I personally agree with Mr. Xiao's idea. But I have to go back and discuss this matter. We will give you an answer within a week. Do you think it's okay?"

"No problem." Xiao Qi said with a smile: "The Blackstone Group is a very powerful group, I believe you will not let me down. In the future, we will have more opportunities to cooperate!"

"I hope so too!" Schwartzman smiled slightly, "I don't know if you can tell me, Mr. Xiao, why do you think Skype has such great investment value?"

"how you said that?"

"It's very simple. A company that allows you to sell it yourself will definitely bring you a lot of profits." Schwarzman said, "I don't think a profit of less than 500 million should not be enough to impress you, but I never thought that Skype could Earning more than 1 billion US dollars... If skype has such a big potential, how could ebay not find it?"

"I have a special feeling for the Internet age, so I think Skype, which can't shine on eBay, might be able to develop better in my hands." Xiao Qi replied half-truthfully.

Xiao Qi would not tell him that the fact is that eBay and Skype do not match at all, because eBay is an online c2c platform. Skype is a representative of free products on the Internet. The user groups of the two are completely different, and they cannot produce chemical effects.

However, if Skype is combined with Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, and K, it will give full play to the phenomenon of brand extension, contribute positive power to the expansion of several major companies, and expand more users to join their own brands.

Schwartzman nodded and said: "According to my understanding, Skype is very similar to your girlfriend's WeChat. However, WeChat is more for entertainment and communication. Skype is more important for communication. The two If they are combined with each other, then I am also looking forward to the mutual promotion in it!"

When Xiao Qi smiled and nodded, he was also a little stunned.

Schwartzman deserves to be the top investor in the world. He actually even analyzed WeChat and Skype, and he was very accurate. It can be called a unique vision.

If WeChat and Skype are combined, there will indeed be such a rapid development.

In fact, after Microsoft bought Skype in the previous life, they added many functions of whatsapp, the originator of WeChat, to Skype, thus promoting the rapid development of Skype in their hands.

Unfortunately. Xiao Qi's home field is in Huaguo, and skype, a completely unregulated Internet phone, will encounter too many troubles - in his previous life, Skype failed to enter the Huaguo market until the end of 2013, which is a good proof .

And if you accept the supervision of the mainland government, how should you face the local government abroad?

Xiao Qi is not Zuckerberg, and he will not fight hard.

In order not to cause more trouble for himself, he still chose to sell Skype at a high price and leave with a profit.

PS:

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