Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

Starting from October 1997.

The two capitals competed for the bids of Zip2, a hot Internet company.

Wang Lei made the first bid of 500 million US dollars.

This was a humiliating offer for other shareholders of the company, including Sorkin.

Guy had Sorkin as an insider, so he naturally knew Wang Lei's offer.

He tacitly offered 550 million US dollars.

This made those shareholders feel very bad.

This price was far from their psychological expectations.

At this time, the Internet was extremely hot and Zip2 was thriving. How could they sell it at a low price?

They called Sorkin and Master and asked them to talk to the two parties and give a sincere price.

This time Wang Lei offered 900 million US dollars.

Guy offered 1 billion US dollars.

This was infinitely close to the valuation of Zip2 by the capital market.

But the shareholders felt that the price was still a bit low. Although their investment had doubled many times, they still felt that the offer could be higher.

Master told Wang Lei what the shareholders were thinking.

"Haha, we are just cooperating to act out a play. According to this transaction price, the combined shares of you two brothers can be cashed out for hundreds of millions of dollars."

Master nodded. At this point, it would be a lie for him to say that he was not excited.

Wang Lei was also very satisfied with his return on investment.

If it dragged on for another two years, the valuation of Zip2, which was caught in an office struggle, would be greatly reduced. Someone was willing to spend 300 million US dollars to take over, which made the board of directors feel that it was a windfall, and immediately passed the deal unanimously.

At this time, selling Zip2 was the best time to cash out.

"Since you are very satisfied with the price, then I will withdraw the offer. Guy likes to steal my things, doesn't he? Just give it to him."

Master nodded and reported Wang Lei's decision to give up the offer to the company's board of directors.

Zip2's shareholders heard this as if they had lost their parents.

Wasn't Wang Lei determined to get Zip2? Why did he give up just when the valuation price was reached?

They didn't dare to question Wang Lei, so they could only point the finger at Mats.

"Did you say something to him that made him unwilling to continue to bid?"

"How dare you mention it? Mr. Wang Lei is not a fool. Don't think he doesn't know that you want to raise the price. His valuation of the company is 900 million. If it exceeds this price, he can only withdraw from the acquisition of the company!"

The shareholders whose thoughts were exposed were a little embarrassed.

They found that Mats, who used to be timid, spoke more and more tough.

In the past, Master was quite honest in front of them.

It seems that Master has more confidence after getting along with the big boss more.

"Master, don't think that you can teach us a lesson just because you are close to Wang Lei. You are still young..."

Master was too lazy to listen to these people's preaching and slammed the door and left.

"Hmph, he has grown wings and mistakenly regarded Wang Lei's influence as his own power. Sooner or later, he will regret it."

"Let's not talk about him. Let's call Sorkin. One billion is one billion. It's important to cash out our investment as soon as possible and put it in the pocket."

Their appetite has been hung for so long, and it's a lie to say that they don't want to sell.

If it is reported at this time that the acquisition failed, it will also be a scandal in disguise.

Sorkin, who was the last to get the news, was also surprised.

But he thought about it carefully, for him, this is a good thing.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief, so that he no longer has to worry about losing his job.

"Sorkin, what are you thinking about? Hurry up and call Guy to complete the acquisition. Tell him not to delay. Maybe we don't plan to sell it in a few days."

At this time, the valuation of Internet companies is one day, which is not an exaggeration.

Sorkin naturally dare not slack off.

After hearing that Wang Lei gave up the new round of bids, Guy always felt that something was wrong.

He wanted to join the game just because Wang Lei was optimistic about Zip2. Now the price has just reached the valuation, and the other party has given up on the offer. Is there something fishy here?

Wang Lei is not a guy who gives up so easily.

He rarely gives up halfway when he sees something he likes.

Unless there is a trap waiting for him.

Guy, who is about to suffer from victim paranoia, began to be suspicious.

But after he asked financial experts and professional teams to study Zip2's various accounts, they couldn't find out where the problem was.

His reluctance to sign the acquisition contract has aroused the displeasure of the board of directors, who think Guy is trying to lower the price in this way.

"Sorkin, reply to Guy. If he doesn't make a decision within three days, our board of directors will put him on the blacklist.We will not discuss any more deals with him!"

Sorkin was in a dilemma, not knowing where the problem was.

Guy wanted to buy Zip2 and the shareholders wanted to sell their shares, but the deal was delayed.

This made him, the man who acted as a middleman, extremely embarrassed.

Guy, who received the notice, just frowned and said;

"Don't worry, Sorkin, we can wait and see, I need to continue my research. "

He was trying to guess what Wang Lei was thinking. What was the key point that made Wang Lei decide to give up the offer?

Guy was a child of destiny, but unfortunately he did not have Wang Lei's God's perspective. How could he think that the core of Zip2 was the founder, Master.

In his eyes, Sorkin was a management talent, and Master was just a doctoral student who dropped out with some technical luck.

Sorkin did not know the thoughts of the big shots, so he could only bury all his doubts in his heart.

Just when the negotiations were about to break down, an exciting news came from the stock market.

Microsoft's market value soared to 300 billion US dollars!

Just because Wang Lei appeared in Microsoft's latest shareholder details!

Investors who blindly followed Wang Lei began to buy Microsoft's stocks crazily.

This made many investors excited. They had financial amnesia and were looking for investable targets in technology stocks everywhere.

Some Internet companies that were about to go public naturally became their primary targets.

Guy clearly felt that Sorkin's frequency of urging him began to decrease.

Realizing this, Guy had to bring people to the door again.

He finally decided to buy Zip2 for $1 billion.

At the trading table, he rarely ran into Wang Lei.

When he thought that the other party took nearly 100 million US dollars from him, his wonderful mood became bad.

However, Guy claimed to be Wang Lei's equal opponent, so he pretended to be calm and pushed the check with the amount written in front of Wang Lei.

The number was even rounded off for Wang Lei.

It was like a winner showing off his power.

Just when Wang Lei put away the check and planned to leave with the Master brothers.

Guy stopped Wang Lei and asked:

"Wang Lei, there is a question that has troubled me for a long time. Can you give me an answer? ”

Wang Lei smiled indifferently:

“If it is a question about investment technology, I’m sorry, my consultation price is not cheap.”