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To be honest, if possible, Andy would definitely not want to do business with Vivendi. This company is not only greedy, but also has a very bad reputation in the industry. A good teammate.

Vivendi is a French multinational media group with businesses in music, television, film, publishing, telecommunications, Internet and video games.

This water company has established a new development and growth strategy. After the acquisition, from the water industry to later TV stations, print media, game companies, etc., it has acquired everything without being picky. And this violent acquisition method has been used to this day.

The reason for their bad reputation is that they are ruthless in dealing with acquired companies, which can basically be summed up by the process of "acquisition, reorganization, value extraction, and sale". Therefore, the companies acquired by Vivendi all end badly.

Previously, the companies that Vivendi has harmed include Universal Cinema, Blizzard, Activision, and Sierra. Xueleshan has been completely played to death, and Activision also merged with Vivendi's game department in December last year to become a brand new subsidiary. I heard that the people from Activision have begun to have serious conflicts with the people from Vivendi. Disagreement.

In fact, to be honest, the relationship between Andy and Vivendi is really constant. You must know that Andy also has an album contract with Universal Music, and Universal Music is a subsidiary of Vivendi. . .

No, the matter of NBCUniversal has not been settled yet, so Leno made his idea on his Mockingjay game company, hoping to acquire or merge.

"Hehe." Andy looked at Renault who made the suggestion with a half-smile, and ignored the other side's stubble at all. Andy knew that Vivendi had obtained huge benefits through Shankoushan, and he had almost the same interest in the promising game industry. Paranoid ambition.

As Andy's cash cow, unless Andy is crazy, he will let people get a share of his own Mockingjay game company, let alone outsiders, even some of the management of Mockingjay game company, Andy will strictly control The equity incentive plan will never exceed the number of shareholders that must be listed.

"Jean, what I bring is the greatest sincerity. I also know that the negotiations between you and General Electric have not stopped. However, General Electric will not be unable to pay you. If the merger and acquisition is not completed, they will not be able to withdraw To put it bluntly, as long as I don’t make concessions, the bank lends money, and this is an endless loop, and everyone can only sit at the negotiating table and waste their saliva.”

Andy raised his hand and drank the champagne in the glass. He looked at the endless stream of car lights on the road outside the window with deep eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a mocking smile.

"There are too many self-righteous people in this world, and GM thought I would be forced to make compromises in order to complete the merger and establish a new media empire.

Hehe, billions of dollars in debt, I don't understand where they got the confidence to think that I have to buy it?

No matter what the outcome of this trip to Paris is, if General Electric continues to procrastinate, I can only give up the acquisition of nbc universal.

My pinnacle and amc are doing well after all, time is not an issue for me and I have patience beyond my years. "

Hearing Andy's almost ultimatum-like words, Lei Nuo's face changed slightly from his originally calm and calm expression, and he looked at Andy's extremely bright eyes with a half-smile, and saw a trace of coldness in the other's eyes.

"Hehe." Let Renault laugh again. Regarding Andy's threat, Vivendi is not in too much danger. Although it will have some impact and cause the stock to fall, General Electric must be completely sad. If it weren't for the support of this M\u0026A negotiation, General Electric's stock price would have fallen below $3.

It has to be said that the young man in front of him had chosen a terrible timing. Looking at Andy's handsome profile with the corners of his mouth upturned, Lei Nuo suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and his pupils shrank slightly.

Nima, this kid wasn't going to cheat General Electric from the very beginning, was he? ?

"Andy,

Don't worry, after all, it is a merger worth tens of billions of assets. The negotiation is to solve each problem one by one. There is no way to reach a consensus all at once. However, I really can't decide the purchase price of 4.2 billion. For the float of 200 million U.S. dollars, a board meeting must be held to vote. "

Let Renault notice that this young man has signs of pitting General Electric to death, and decides to let his company crawl out of the pit first. No matter how you say it, canceling the merger and acquisition plan, their Vivendi company will be implicated and hurt. Now the global financial The market was already shrouded in unimaginable panic. Any disturbance could trigger a tsunami effect and the stock price would plummet.

"I understand that I will stay in Paris for two more days and fly to London on Saturday. No matter what the outcome is next Monday, if the negotiations still do not progress, I will notify the outside world and terminate the M\u0026A negotiations with General Electric!" Andy smiled. But the indifferent gaze in his eyes reminded Renault of all the information he had read about the young man in front of him.

The two most mentioned words in the materials are 'ruthless' and 'resolute'. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. Thinking of his other title of big short, Renault is more sure that this young man has been holding back his big move , Ready to entertain General Electric!

November 17. . .

After attending the reception, Renault's face was serious, and he sat in the car with a frown and recited the date. He really couldn't think of anything special, so he picked up the phone and called his secretary, asking him to check what's special next Monday. matter.

After hanging up the phone, Renault began to think about Andy's offer. He didn't want to accept the price of 4.2 billion US dollars. For Vivendi, extracting the maximum benefit is their usual style. The greedy shareholders who are supported by the huge benefits brought about by violent acquisitions and splits may also find it difficult to accept this offer that is less than 200 million US dollars.

"buzz"

Hearing the phone ringing, Lei Nuo picked it up and connected it. Hearing what the secretary said on the phone, his face became more and more ugly.

"Next Monday, the world's major countries will announce the latest economic data, as well as the rescue effect and future economic outlook after a series of economic stimulus measures have been introduced."

"putain!"

Renault's face turned livid, and he finally understood that Andy Smith had a plan and a premeditated plan to calculate all of this. You know, since November, the most important reason why the global stock market has been falling is the international market. The impact of the financial crisis on the real economy has gradually emerged, and the world's major economies have shifted from focusing on the financial market to saving the real economy, launching a period of thrilling rescue.

Almost most of the world's media are pessimistic about the financial turmoil. Let's talk about Europe. The most frequently reported news in the newspapers is that the euro zone has entered its first recession since its birth.

He can imagine that if the data and content released on Monday are not optimistic, the world will usher in Black Monday again, and if Andy Smith announces the termination of merger negotiations at this time. . .

It made Renault feel bad, and Vivendi's stock price also benefited a lot from the negotiation of this M\u0026A transaction. If it is an ordinary day, there may be some small declines, or there may be no impact at all.

But if it is as Andy Smith expected, after he implements the plan, the impact on Vivendi may not be small! As for General Electric, huh, the stock may be directly suppressed to $1, so Renault can't believe that Andy Smith, a big short, has no plans to entertain General Electric.

"Let the company's investment department take a look at GE stock and go short . . . "

Hanging up the phone, Leno squinted his eyes slightly, frowned, rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought, but in the end he shook his head and sighed softly. Andy Smith was crushing with a big force, and he didn't care about letting them know his plan at all. , because even if you know, Vivendi has no way to get out of the vortex, the initiative is completely in the hands of Andy Smith, maybe he has prepared a plan to short Vivendi, the timing of the choice and the use of market panic, Make the opponent completely powerless to fight back!