American Fortune Life

In Seoul, the country of Bangzi, the blue-black sky gradually reveals fish-belly, and the morning sun gradually deepens, gradually dyeing the sky red.

In the dark and smoky study room, the light of the desk lamp elongated the figure of Li Zaixian nestled in the boss's chair. After hanging up the phone, Li Zaixian sighed helplessly.

Picking up the glasses on the desk and putting them on, bloodshot eyes flashed with resentment, and Li Zaixian, who looked very tired both in his face and spirit, recalled the call with Andy Smith before, and the expression on his face also changed. something easy.

For the so-called second uncle, Li Xianxian had no respect, but only hatred. Since his mother exchanged shares and won the power struggle of CheilJedang, and he successfully sat on the throne of the CJ Group President, he said that The second uncle who controls the four-star group has never stopped suppressing the cj group.

Even if he is charged with "full responsibility" for tax evasion and breach of trust this time, including legal responsibility and moral responsibility, he resigns and loses the throne of the four-star chairman. His ruthless third uncle Li Jianxi and his equally vicious son I also didn't forget to pour dirty water on him to prevent a very important merger and acquisition of CJ Group.

In fact, for Li Jianxi, everyone knows that even if these charges are convicted, they will not pose a threat to him. Even if they are convicted, they will not really go to jail, unless the South Korean government is really crazy.

But Li was investigated first, that's another matter, it is easy to be tampered with by the four-star Li family, even if he is the president of CJ Group.

This time he was under investigation and the possible collapse of the Korean Express merger caused the stock price of CJ Group to plummet, and all signs indicated that someone was shorting the stock price of CJ.

Li Zaixian has already made a counterattack, but under the shadow of the global financial crisis, South Korea's stock market has been deeply affected, and the general trend is falling. Even if he carried out a large number of buybacks, he could not alleviate the continuous downward trend.

Continuing to use a large amount of cash will lead to a shortage of funds for the acquisition of Korea Express, and now that bastard Lee Jae-jung has also released news that he will join the acquisition bid for Korea Express, which will undoubtedly make the acquisition of CJ more difficult.

Li Zaixian needs good news to boost the stock price of CJ Group, and needs funds to complete the acquisition of Daehan Express. He has no confidence in his country’s ability to become a chaebol of CJ Group, because most chaebols are inextricably linked with Four Star. Maybe it is not a friend that is introduced, but an enemy.

Li Zaixian first thought of Andy Smith, who has a strong background and abundant funds. Although Andy's reputation is indeed a bit criticized and defensive, Li Zaixian is not afraid of it at all.

Because he has absolute control over CJ Group, with more than 58% of the shares, he hardly has to worry about losing control of the group. The American investment circles say that Andy Smith is a greedy and hungry dog ​​that can never be fed. Wolves, but for Li Xianxian, he doesn't have these concerns.

Andy Smith became an independent director of CJ Group. For Li Zaixian, there were only advantages and no disadvantages. He needed a strong and reliable ally who only appealed for interests to help him resist the hostility and suppression of the Four Star Group.

Of course, he needs to pay certain prices, such as cheap preferred stock and equity, board seats. . .

However, these are all worthwhile in Li Xianxian's opinion. Thinking about his second uncle's son who committed suicide and his cousin Li Zaican, he had to prepare for the battle. . .

In the South Bay area of ​​San Francisco, USA, the lush and invincible mountain and sea views are covered with a layer of gold by the setting sun.

Andy called the think tank in New York, and asked them to sort out the information of CJ Group immediately, washed it in the bathroom, changed into a T-shirt and shorts, walked into the study, turned on the computer, and waited for the video connection for a while .

In the previous phone call, Li Zaixian made no secret of the predicament he was facing now and the advantages he hoped to obtain from introducing him as an independent director, Andy Smith, very frankly.

And Andy listened to what Li Zaixian said,

The only thing I regret is that CJ Group has been completely separated from the four-star group system and has become an independent company. Otherwise, this time is undoubtedly a good opportunity to join the four-star group system.

As for whether he will offend the four-star Li family, Andy has never cared about this issue. To be honest, if he wants to complete the last largest harvest in this financial crisis, it is already a certainty that he and four-star will become rivals .

Regarding the grievances and grievances of the Four Star Group family, he is not interested in exploring at all. He readily accepts the olive branch that Li Zaixian throws at him, and sells him 8% of the shares and the board seat at a low price.

Ding--

Andy shook the mouse, clicked to accept the video connection request, the video window on the black screen flickered, and the image of Alvetrie appeared.

"how?"

"The general information has been sorted out. CJ Group is the largest food company in South Korea. At present, it mainly consists of CJ CheilJedang, CJ Home Shopping, CJ Investment Securities, CJ;amp;amp;Media... 13 companies. It consists of owned subsidiaries and listed subsidiaries.

Four major business groups have been formed, including food and catering business group, biological and pharmaceutical business group, new circulation business group, entertainment and media business group, and the infrastructure business group that is currently being established.

In 1997, it officially broke away from the Four Star Group. In 2006, it began to develop global business, and accelerated its expansion in order to become a global enterprise.

Last year, the group's total sales were US$5.4 billion, with a profit of US$140 million. The group's total assets were US$4.96 billion, and its current market value is US$3 billion.

At present, there are three main shareholders of CJ Group. The president of the group, Li Zaixian, holds 58% of the shares, the other two share 15%, and the secondary market holds 20% of the shares. . . . . .

Ranked 1861 among the world's leading companies, the group is in the period of global expansion. The think tank concluded that cj group is a high-quality industrial asset and is in favor of buying. "

Hearing Al's report, Andy's eyes became brighter, and the corners of his mouth became more curved, "Hehe, it seems that Jen is really pushed this time. Since he is so generous, I can only reciprocate. Al, you form a team, go to Bangzi Country first, and start contacting CJ Group, I will arrive later, I hope that by then, I only need to sign and pay."

"Good boss. At present, the stock prices of listed companies under CJ's company continue to fall, and they have been severely undervalued. There are signs that they are suspected of being suppressed by short-selling, and there is room for manipulation. You can buy bottoms to cooperate with the boss's joining and choose to go long." Al lost no time. suggestion arrives.

"It's a good idea. Let the foot basin team move to Seoul. Be more discreet. I don't want to be targeted by the Securities Regulatory Commission of Bangziguo." Andy touched his chin, nodded and said, not forgetting to ask.

"Okay, I'll notify them now..."

In the viewpoint video, Andy was smiling, his eyes were squinted, and he tapped his fingers on the table quickly, wondering what he was thinking about.

"Ding dong—"

Andy reached out and shook the mouse, clicked on the e-mail icon that popped up, roughly browsed the materials sent by Li Zaixian, laughed twice, picked up the phone and dialed out.

"Jon, has the weekly branch in Seoul tracked and collected the news about Li Jianxi of the Four Star Group?" Andy asked, while quickly checking some of the black material exposed by the leader of the legal team of the Four Star Group this time. And some black materials that Li had mastered first.

"...Well, how good is it? In this way, I will send you some materials in a while, and you will be the editor in person. Based on the materials, you will make a headline on the cover of "News Weekly", highlighting Mr. Li Zairong's assistance in transferring assets, and four There is a lack of transparency within the Star Group, with a high-powered strategic planning office."

After Andy conveyed his meaning to Jon Meacham, he emailed the checked materials to the other party.

Thinking of Li Xianxian's helpless smile before, Andy also had an intuitive understanding of the status and influence of the Four Stars in Bangzi Country. Even though this scandal caused an uproar in the domestic public opinion of Bangzi, in Bangzi Country, Four Stars has long been in control In the media industry, the mainstream domestic media in Bangzi are avoiding important reports in order to guide public opinion.

However, since Li sent a big gift package to Andy first, Andy will naturally not say nothing. Since the son of the stick is afraid to report, let the American dad do the report.

Andy once again used the "Newsweek", which has a global circulation of more than five million copies, as a gift to Li Zaixian, a "good friend"!