Reborn Capital Empire

Chapter 295 Three Investment Objectives

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"Jingle Bell…!"

Just when Guo Shouyun was about to continue the meeting, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Originally, he wanted to hang up directly, but after looking at the caller ID, he changed his mind.

"Hey?"

"Bruce, don't bother?"

A thick middle-aged male voice came over.

"Don't bother, you say?"

"That's good. I'm making this call just to ask about the agreement we made, do you remember?"

"Of course! My funds have already been prepared. It's just that I haven't heard from you, so I can't do anything. But looking at it now, Mr. O'Neal has accomplished what you expected!"

"With Mr. Guo's ability and connections, I must know the result without me having to say it!"

Guo Shouyun smiled lightly and didn't say much.

"According to the agreement we reached at the beginning, you should appear as a white knight!"

"No problem. But you also know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me right now. Once I do it, I'm afraid the whole of Wall Street will know!"

"What? Mr. Guo still cares what Wall Street thinks?"

"Of course you have to pay attention. After all, it would be bad if people thought I was a hostile takeover!"

The voice on the other side of the phone was silent for a moment, "You... don't really plan to buy Merrill, are you?"

"Yes! Mr. O'Neal, don't you think it would be a very good idea for the two of us to work together?"

Guo Shouyun twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled.

The other party obviously understood that he had this ability, especially when Merrill was in a downturn.

"You're a good friend. But I don't want to work with you at all."

"Oh, why?" Guo Shouyun raised his eyebrows.

"I have worked hard for 30 years for my current status, and I don't want to have another person pressing on my head in the last stage of my life!"

"So there is no hope at all?"

"That's right!"

"Okay! Although I didn't get a good result. But I will abide by the original agreement and be a white knight."

"thanks!"

"You're welcome, if it's okay, I'll hang up first!"

After hanging up the phone, after pondering for a moment, Guo Shouyun looked up at William Zhang across the long table.

"William, what price is Merrill's share price now?"

"$28.7! Merrill Lynch's stock price has dropped by half because of Enron's financial scandal and the impact of 9/11!" said William Zhang.

Guo Shouyun nodded, "In this way, the stock price of Merrill Lynch is less than $26 billion!"

"$25.47 billion to be exact!"

"No wonder Stan O'Neal can't sit still!"

Stan O'Neill has been working to eliminate the company's financial ties to Enron since he took over as chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch. At the same time, use this pretext to attack the opposition within the company and establish its own authority. But what he didn't expect was that when Enron's financial crisis broke out, it happened to meet 9.11, and the two blows immediately knocked the already aging Merrill Lynch to the bottom.

Although Stan O'Neal is not in the crisis this time, he is still to blame as the company's leader. So, less than two weeks after 9/11, he couldn't sit still. Even after Guo Shouyun revealed his ambitions for Merrill, he still did not give up.

Obviously, he is very clear that in the context of the collapse of the US stock market after 9.11, only Guo Shouyun can invest in Merrill Lynch with real money in a short period of time.

My mind twitched for a moment, and countless ideas popped up in an instant. However, after noticing the eyes of everyone around him, Guo Shouyun quickly calmed down. Regardless of Merrill Lynch, the most important thing now is to arrange the issues between Anping and Phoenix Capital.

Of course, Guo Shouyun's task is mainly to arrange the big framework, and the details are still up to Paul Lehman and Rebecca Mark to discuss. But even this framework took Guo Shouyun two days.

By the end of this lengthy meeting, everyone felt exhausted. However, unlike everyone else, Rebecca Mack looks smarter than everyone else. Guo Shouyun also felt that the mental state of this strong woman was somewhat inferior.

After the meeting was announced, he greeted William Zhang and walked to his office.

"How is the company developing recently?"

"Very smooth! The integration of Anshuo has been completed, and I want to start a new M&A plan!"

"Is there a goal?"

"East Coast Fund Management Company, a small company with a value of US$600 million and assets under management of about US$15 billion!" said William Zhang.

"This fits your character!" Guo Shouyun nodded.

William Zhang understood that BOSS meant that he was conservative. However, his prudence is innate, and after seeing the strange Yunbo in the capital market, he never felt that he was wrong in this regard. So, after a wry smile appeared on his face, he didn't say much.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to criticize you. In the capital market, prudent people survive. Also, it is easier to integrate by acquiring smaller companies."

After taking a deep breath in his heart, William Zhang nodded in agreement.

"Our Phoenix company has made a lot of profits this year. As the company's president, you have to think about our financial balance. Especially in terms of debt, this is conducive to our reasonable tax avoidance!"

"clear!"

"Also, starting from tomorrow, I will entrust Phoenix to make an asset management plan in the name of Guo's Charitable Foundation. This plan is expected to invest about 12 billion US dollars. The main content is acquisitions, the acquisition of eBay, Yahoo, and Merrill Lynch. Stocks, as many as you want! Until the money runs out."

With Apple already in the bag, Google already holding the controlling stake, and Amazon getting all the equity he can get, eBay, Yahoo, and Merrill Lynch are the best investment targets he can think of at the moment before Facebook is born.

It doesn't take five years for eBay, which is now worth less than $3 billion, to hit $50 billion. Now that it has fallen to $8.6 in the US stock market, Yahoo, whose market value is swaying at $10 billion, will rise to $80 billion. Merrill Lynch with a market value of about $25 billion will rise to nearly $100 billion before the subprime mortgage crisis!

In any case, he did not intend to miss these. Of course, oil and gold futures are also good options, but at the wrong time.

After explaining, Guo Shouyun looked at the time.

"Okay, you are tired after two consecutive meetings, go back to rest early!"

"Then I'll leave first!"

William Zhang nodded.

After he left ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Guo Shouyun packed up his things and left his office.

"Wendy, go back and organize these documents!"

"What about you?"

"I made an appointment with Catherine to meet at Hilton tonight, and I'll be back later! Oh, yes, give me the invitation letter for Christie's autumn auction!"

Wendy nodded, took the documents in Guo Shouyun's hand, and took out two invitations from her briefcase and handed them over.

"If it's okay, I'll go first!"

"Be careful while driving!"

"Um!"

Looking at Qian Ying who nodded and turned away, an indescribable but clearly felt sense of distance lingered in Guo Shouyun's heart. After sighing silently, he turned around as expected, and got into another car with the bodyguard.

In the end, it was once difficult for the sea!