My 1999

He had experienced so much in his previous life, and he had accumulated so much in this life.

He knew the nature of Westerners.

The strong prey on the weak, social Darwinism.

If you are strong, he will respect you. If you are weak, he will not pity you, but will bully you even more.

Unless you completely give up your self-esteem and become a slave, they will come up to pat your head with a smile and praise you.

Good dog!

Xu Liang didn't want to be a dog.

"What if..."

Xu Liang interrupted her, "If I lose, I will only lose the shares of Amazon, Apple, Sina, Netcom, Google, Hermes, and about 10 billion US dollars in cash.

Although it will hurt, most of the assets can be saved.

It is better to die gloriously than to live in shame."

He didn't want to be arbitrarily assigned a name of tax evasion by the Americans and take away his hard-earned property in the name of a fine.

"Isn't the price too high?" Jiang Xiaoyang said in a serious tone.

Amazon and Apple each hold 15% of the shares, which together are worth 14 billion euros.

Sina's current market value is close to 26 billion US dollars. Under the AB share system, as long as 6% of the shares are guaranteed, Hongmeng's control over Sina can be guaranteed.

Now Hongmeng happens to hold 33.69% of Sina's shares. With a 28% mortgage loan, it can borrow nearly 7 billion US dollars.

After Netcom expanded its Internet cafe business in China and Japan in an all-round way, its market value has stabilized at 67 billion Hong Kong dollars.

When it went public, Netcom, whose main business was Internet cafes, relied on the gimmick of Internet concept stocks and was touted by Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Its market value once reached hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars.

But investment institutions are not fools, and they quickly came to their senses.

Netcom is a service company in the skin of the Internet.

So once the six-month lock-up period was up, the market value quickly fell.

However, Internet cafes are currently in a period of explosive growth, and coupled with high profit margins, this has maintained a relatively high market value.

Hongmeng holds nearly half of NetEase's shares (originally nearly 60%, sold part of it this year), worth about $4.5 billion.

Hongyan holds 10.3% of Google's shares, which is worth $5 billion based on Google's current market value of nearly $50 billion.

Add to that Hermès shares worth 1.5 billion euros, nearly $1.9 billion.

All these assets together are worth $35.72 billion.

Including the loan discount factor, he can get almost $32 billion.

Add to that Hongyan's cash assets raised by Xu Liang, which is $42 billion.

That's not all.

Vivendi's investment department also has a fund of 5 billion euros.

Hanhua Pacific II Fund invested $5 billion in oil.

If these two are included, the funds used by Xu Liang will exceed $53 billion.

This is an astonishingly large sum.

If leverage is used, it will become even larger.

Whether in the oil or gold futures market, it can stir up a shocking wave that shakes the world.

Xu Liang planned to use this money to fight those guys hiding in the dark.

"I have a feeling that we will have many enemies this time. If we can't gather as many assets as possible, it will be difficult for us to defeat them."

"Let Hanhua participate. Hanhua can at least withdraw $30 billion in cash and short-term bonds. If you give me a month, you can withdraw $50 billion."

Feeling the worry and concern of the beauty, Xu Liang was quite moved.

"No, Hanhua can't participate this time.

We are not at the end of our rope yet, so we don't need to gamble everything."

"But..."

"Xiaoyang." Xu Liang interrupted and continued, "I know what you mean, but we have to leave ourselves a way out. And you don't have to worry too much, what I have prepared is enough."

Feeling his determination, Jiang Xiaoyang was silent for a moment.

"What are your chances of winning?"

"70%. The amount of funds is only one aspect, what's more important is that we are on the side of the general trend.

International energy prices are closely related to demand.

China's economy is booming, the United States is booming due to subprime loans, and Europe is also prosperous. This is the main reason why global energy and raw material prices can rise rapidly.

Even if people in the dark want to take action, it is impossible to keep prices down for a long time and go against the general trend.

So the time is on my side." Xu Liang said confidently.

"What about the location and people? Whether it is oil or gold, they are mainly operated through the platforms of major investment banks. Compared with us, they are definitely more inclined to help their own people in Europe and the United States.

And this time, knowing that we have strong funds, they still come to take action. The entangled interest groups must be huge, and their potential power is far greater than ours." Jiang Xiaoyang said.

"Haha, things are not as bad as you think.

In order to cover up the traces of our actions as much as possible, this time we mainly use the many shadow fund accounts under Hanhua to operate. In addition, there are some shadow funds controlled by Hongyan.

It will take some time for them to investigate clearly.

And don't think Wall Street is so noble.

They never pay attention to race or bloodline. Capitalists always believe in only interests.

As for the people you mentioned.

There are many people against us, but there are also many people who hope we can win.

Don’t forget, it is Hanhua who is in charge of taking action this time, and Hanhua has many investors with huge energy, and they are our biggest “people and people”. "

Jiang Xiaoyang didn't say anything more. She understood that Xu Liang had really made up his mind and couldn't be persuaded anymore.

And just like he said.

When others are ready to attack, compromising and evading will only make the enemy more arrogant.

Only a war is the best way to solve the problem.

"I'll have someone contact Hongyan right away."

"Um."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Liang turned his head.

"Lu Hui, what's the date today?"

"Number 8."

"On the 8th, there are only four days left before the seven-day deadline."

Xu Liang said.

"Contact Yang Zhiyuan for me, I want to see him."

Lu Hui nodded and turned to make a phone call.

——

"Xu Liang's invitation?"

Yang Zhiyuan was a little surprised by the secretary's report.

"What happened?"

"No, but it's most likely related to our deal with Alibaba." The secretary said.

During this period, Yahoo has been negotiating with Alibaba to use Yahoo China plus some cash in exchange for Alibaba's shares.

But so far, neither side has been able to reach an agreement.

Aside from some management disagreements, the biggest problem is Hongyan.

Hongyan is unwilling to dilute his equity, and Alibaba management, including Jack Ma, is afraid that if his equity is excessively diluted, it will affect the control of his company.

Also, Hongyan does not recognize Yahoo China’s valuation.

As per Yahoo terms.

It paid US$1 billion in cash, including US$360 million to purchase some of the Taobao shares held by Hongyan and SoftBank.

US$390 million was exchanged from Alibaba for a total of US$60 million in shares.

The remaining US$250 million and all the Taobao equity and Yahoo China assets obtained in the transaction were exchanged for 201.6 million new shares issued by Alibaba to it.

After the transaction was completed, Yahoo held 30% of Alibaba's equity (because of Hongyan's investment, Alibaba defeated eBay in advance and developed better).

We started talking about it in May this year.

Now, Yahoo's conditions have been cut in half.

US$250 million plus Yahoo China in exchange for 15% of Alibaba's shares.

Even so, it still failed.

Because Hongyan felt that Yahoo China, which was declining, was not worth US$250 million.

"You call me to reply and say that I agree. You communicate with the other party about the time and place."

"OK."

——

The autumn sunset looks increasingly dimmer, like a red-hot round iron hanging on the line between the water and the sky.

The crimson light spread down, making the rough sea seem like leaping flames, which was extremely beautiful.

Xu Liang stood by the window, quietly admiring this beautiful scene.

Dong Dong...

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Yang is here." Lu Hui said.

Xu Liang turned around, and Yang Zhiyuan, wearing a white lapel T-shirt and gray sweatpants, walked in casually.

He smiled and opened his arms to greet her.

"Lao Yang, long time no see, you are getting more and more handsome."

After a brief hug, Yang Zhiyuan smiled.

"I'm almost forty, so I can't compare to your youth."

"As the old saying goes, a man has a forty-one flower, and the more he settles, the more flavorful he becomes. I'm talking about you right now."

"Haha, I accept your good advice. But I'm already married, so I don't need to be handsome..."

After joking for a while, the two sat down on the sofa in the reception area next to them.

Lu Hui personally brought the tea.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xu Liang went straight to the topic.

"Lao Yang, Alibaba's investment has been delayed for long enough, and it's time to end."

Yang Zhiyuan put down the tea cup and said seriously: "Of course. If you hadn't always been demanding conditions with every penny, the negotiations between Yahoo and Alibaba would have ended as early as June."

Xu Liang smiled and said: "Although I did not participate in this negotiation, we all know the state of Yahoo China."

"Xu Liang..."

After interrupting Yang Zhiyuan with his hand, Xu Liang continued.

"I originally didn't plan to get involved in this matter and let Xia Changsheng and the others discuss it, but considering our long-term good cooperative relationship and the fact that we are friends, I can agree to your terms.

But I also have a condition. "

Yang Zhiyuan made a 'continue' gesture.

"This condition does not require you to take any money, nor does it require Yahoo to provide much assets. It is just that when I need it, Yahoo's homepage can publish some reports written by Hongyan."

Xu Liang smiled.

Yang Zhiyuan was surprised. He didn't expect Xu Liang to propose such a condition?

"Yahoo is the world's largest portal with huge influence. The content reported on the homepage has been strictly reviewed."

Xu Liang smiled and said: "Don't worry, the documents I took out do not involve political issues, they are just some business and financial reports."

"Business and finance?"

Yang Zhiyuan smiled after a few thoughts quickly passed through his mind.

"You just acquired Vivendi Group, and you are now interested in other companies?"

Xu Liang smiled and said, "As a company gets bigger, it always has different needs. But this time it's not about acquiring a company, but the investment needs of Pacific Fund?"