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Chapter four hundred and eighty-ninth warm water boiled frog

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Looking at the man with a hint of panic in his expression, Stan O'Neal changed the subject with a faint smile.

"Bruce, I heard that LinkedIn is also preparing to go public?"

"In preparation. Rest assured, with our relationship, there must be Merrill Lynch as the underwriter."

"Since that's the case, why not hand over the listing of LinkedIn to Merrill Lynch? I think it's the best choice for Merrill Lynch's ability and your interests. And, as far as I know, you After poaching Stephen Bryan from Goldman Sachs, your relationship with Goldman Sachs is much cooler."

"O'Neal, you know that I'm not one to go back on my word. Even if there are some changes in the middle of what I promised before, I won't go back!"

Stan O'Neal smiled lightly, "Okay, I respect your choice. ... Google, what are you going to do? Almost all investors now don't accept your $24 billion valuation!"

"It doesn't matter." Guo Shouyun shrugged, "I'm not in a hurry about Google's listing. Maybe they will accept it after a while."

"You're always so confident!"

"Because I believe in my choices, and I believe in the future of the Internet."

"The future of the Internet is indeed exciting. But you are not the only one who sees it. Yahoo is developing her search business, and Microsoft is also strengthening its investment in the Internet. Dozens or hundreds of new Internet companies are established in Silicon Valley every day. Can you... guarantee that in the future, in the face of more intense business competition, Google and Ruby will still be as successful as they are now?"

"This question should not be asked of me. But do you believe that Google and Ruby will continue to be brilliant? If you doubt, I say no more. If you believe, even if I don't explain, you will always believe!"

After the two looked at each other for a moment, Stan O'Neal nodded slightly.

"Looks like I'm superfluous! ... Come on, try these dishes, they taste very good!"

"Really, I happen to be hungry too!"

During the meal, the two did not continue to talk about work, but simply said some gossip. Later, until the end of this meeting, Stan O'Neal did not mention the matter of Merrill Lynch's equity.

"Boss, is this the end?"

Stan O'Neal glanced at the figure outside the car window who was about to leave in the car, smiled and said, "He is a smart man and understands what I mean. And in the future, everyone will cooperate and talk about it, to him, me and Merrill. It's no good."

The assistant subconsciously glanced at the black Mercedes-Benz next to him and nodded clearly.

"Let's go, it's getting late, we should go back too!"

"Yes!"

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When Stan O'Neal was talking about Guo Shouyun, the latter was also talking about him.

"Boss, I feel that you are giving in a little in front of Stan O'Neal?" Wang Jue asked after hesitating for a while.

"He is an old guy who is very proud. In front of him, it is easier to solve problems by showing weakness than hitting hard." Guo Shouyun smiled.

"Solving the problem? Merrill Lynch's equity?" Wang Jue asked cautiously.

Glancing at her, Guo Shouyun said indifferently: "You are very smart and your observation skills are strong enough. But if you shouldn't ask some questions, don't ask them, and don't say them if you shouldn't!"

"Yes!"

Looking at Wang Jue who was stunned, Guo Shouyun briefly thought about it, "There is a word called 'showing the enemy to be weak'!"

Wang Jue was stunned.

"The boss is wise!"

Guo Shouyun didn't say anything more, closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the car's back seat.

In fact, from the very beginning, whether it was the acquisition of the Herman Fund or the plan to buy the Merrill Lynch shares in the New York State Retired Teachers Foundation, he just made it for Stan O'Neal to see.

In the case that both sides are very clear about each other's purpose, in order to cover up Liu Zhixing's actions, and also to make Stan O'Neal "reassured".

The reason is very simple. If you know that a guy who doesn't deal with you is always by your side, but is always quiet, then you will definitely think that he must be plotting something big, and your vigilance will be higher than ever.

But on the other hand, if the enemy makes some hostile actions that in your opinion can be controlled or defeated by yourself, then your vigilance will be relaxed. When there are enough "little actions" that can be controlled, you will naturally think that you can control everything, and your vigilance will remain at an average value. This is the same as boiling a frog in warm water.

Guo Shouyun is very sure that as long as his use value is still there, as long as his small moves in the acquisition of Merrill Lynch's equity are within his control in Stan O'Neill's view, then this balance will always be maintained. Until Liu Zhixing completed the final blow and completely achieved his goal.

Of course, it is not easy to test Stan O'Neal's bottom line. It took him half a year to carefully select the Herman Fund and the New York Retired Teachers Fund.

They are both two of the top five mutual funds that publicly hold Merrill Lynch stock. The reason why they were selected by Guo Shouyun. The Herman Fund is because her CEO, Paul Cruz, is known on Wall Street as an "old stubborn." In the fourteen years he has been at the helm of Herman Fund, the size of Herman Fund has grown steadily, and it has faced more than a dozen acquisitions, many of which were rejected by large institutions such as Northern Trust and Wells Fargo.

As for the New York Foundation for Retired Teachers, its CEO, Pierce Markle, is a veiled McCarthyist with an aversion to nonwhites.

There is no doubt that with such two people, Guo Shouyun would never get his favorite Merrill Lynch shares from them.

Guo Shouyun knows this, and Stan O'Neal knows this even more! That's why he behaved so calmly when he got the news of Guo Shouyun's contact with these two companies.

As for whether Guo Shouyun did this on purpose? Alas, young people are always frizzy, aren't they? And successful young people are always proud that they have no problems they can't solve. Therefore, it became normal for the young and vigorous Guo Shouyun to contact these two "difficult households".

"After a while ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ make some small moves. Always keep Stan O'Neal's attention on me." Guo Shouyun said to himself.

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Everything in the world is linked by cause and effect. When you are discussing others, others are also discussing you.

"You really decided?"

"Yes!"

Frederick Peabody Morgan nodded slightly at his determined son.

"5% of ConocoPhillips stock, I'll help you get it together. But Harvey, you know the rules. Each Morgan family member can only have one chance to seek family help. If you don't succeed this time, Then you don't get any financial support other than $500,000 a year to live on."

"I understand, Father. But I want you to help me raise as much equity in ConocoPhillips as possible."

"why?"

"I want to get more shares of Google and Ruby!"

Frederick raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you really so optimistic about their future?"

"Yes! The future of the world is the future of the Internet. And half of the best Internet companies are in the hands of Bruce Guo. I can't miss it." Harvey Morgan affirmed.

"Dad doesn't know as much about the Internet as you do. But since you've decided, I'll help you too!"

"Thank you father!"

"Well!...If you have time, invite Bruce Guo over to the house. I really want to meet this guy!" Frederick said with great interest.

"Don't worry, when the cooperation agreement is signed, I will invite him to be a guest at home!"

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