The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 1176 Friendly Vivendi
"Hey, do you have any news about the company's layoff list this time?" At this moment, the entire Vivendi is in a state of turmoil. With the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, Vivendi's operating conditions can be said to be deteriorating. Serious problems have arisen, and Vivendi has even begun to default on the wages of many employees.

Under such circumstances, layoffs have become imperative. About a month ago, news of large-scale layoffs began to circulate within Vivendi, and now, it seems that it is time to land.

From the morning of October 2008, 10, Vivendi's HR staff began to get busy, calling their goals into the office one by one, and telling him in as gentle a tone as possible.The company's operating conditions are very bad, and the cash flow is about to collapse. In order for the company to survive, I can only ask you to leave the company first. If the company's situation improves in the future, it will give priority to hiring you back to work.

This sounds good, right? Then the dismissed employees asked for severance compensation. As a result, Vivendi’s HR immediately changed their faces, saying that the company has no money, and severance compensation can be provided, but it needs to be reduced. , and then there was a fierce quarrel.

In the past few days, the entire Vivendi has basically been immersed in such an atmosphere, and the entire group has become increasingly desperate.

At this time, some employees of Vivendi suddenly discovered that a group of people wearing strange clothes walked into the company, and then the senior executives of Vivendi personally received the company's president. that layer.

"Are these people from the Middle East? Have they changed their clothes?" a curious person asked.

"Please, this is a Han suit. You don't even know Han suit. How long has it been since you were separated from the fashion circle?" A female employee on the side complained.

"This is Han clothing, the clothes you have saved for several months to buy?" Another employee on the side said in surprise.

"Yeah, you don't know. Last year, Liushang Qushui launched the latest large Han suit co-branded with the Louvre. It was designed by Liushang Qushui's cutting-edge designer and Princess Vivienne, who is also the royal princess. There are 11 pieces of clothing in the whole set, more than 60 different accessories, and it takes two hours just to put it on."

"You don't know, when I see a model walking the catwalk in this suit, I swear to God I'd go to hell for the chance to own it!"

"Then how much does this big suit cost?"

"It's not expensive. A set costs about 8 Euros. It's actually cheaper than other styles of Liushang Qushui. It's definitely the most conscientious set in the past year. If you add a Caiwei bag Bao, then I really didn't live this life in vain!"

"8 euros? Then you have to save at least two or three years?"

"No, I just need to misappropriate the credit card. I planned to get it in only six months. But now the company has become like this. Instead of increasing, my money is getting less and less. Desperate!" The female employee said with a look of despair.

"Then this is even more strange. Is there any company in the world that uses Hanfu as a commercial uniform?" Some employees asked in confusion.

"Of course there are. Huaxia no longer wears suits, and they wear their Han suits. Although there are not many companies wearing Han suits in France, it seems that all companies related to Jiangnan Group are here. They are also wearing Han costumes!"

"You mean, those people just now belonged to the Jiangnan Group? Isn't our company and the Jiangnan Group at odds?" Someone suddenly discovered a terrible secret.

This person's guess was correct. Such a group of guys who suddenly appeared were indeed from the Jiangnan Group.However, it is not the company of Jiangnan Group in France, but from the Huaxia headquarters of Jiangnan Group. The leader of the team is none other than Liu Xiangjiang, the vice president of Jiangnan Group.

At this time, Liu Xiangjiang can basically be regarded as the No. 5 figure of the Jiangnan Group. He appeared in France and naturally had his own purpose.

Soon, Liu Xiangjiang met Errol, the president of Vivendi Group. As for the purpose of the two parties, they had already made it very clear in the previous telephone communication.

"Welcome, a warm welcome to our friends from China!" Errol held Liu Xiangjiang's hand very warmly, and then said with a smile on his face, "We Vivendi Group and Jiangnan Group have always had a long-term friendship, and there was even more before. We have had a very successful cooperation. This time, Jiangnan Group is willing to purchase high-quality assets from our group, and we welcome it very much!"

"I specially prepared a complete information manual for everyone, which lists almost all the high-quality assets of our group. As long as your company is interested, it can be discussed!"

According to Errol, Vivendi and Jiangnan Group have been close friends for many years, but in fact, as the employee wondered, even a few months ago, Vivendi and Jiangnan Group were in a state of mutual hostility .

Although there is no direct business conflict between Vivendi and Jiangnan Group due to the relationship in the business field, resulting in no direct confrontation between the two parties, Vivendi has given Jiangnan Group a good face, and whenever there is a chance to disgust the other party, Weivendi Wendi never let it go.

The reason why the hatred between the two sides is so deep is naturally the credit of Blizzard.In the future, the group only spent 1.5 million to buy Blizzard, which is called a cash cow, from itself. Vivendi Group has always regarded it as a huge stain in the group's career. If possible, even if Jiangnan Group gave them 15 billion US dollars, That Vivendi will never waver and sell Blizzard.

But now, the situation is different. Everyone in the world knows that Vivendi is short of money, and now Jiangnan Group is probably the company with the least money in the world. The listing of 0O Network has given Jiangnan Group a lot of money. With a huge amount of hundreds of billions of dollars, this money is enough to buy almost the entire Vivendi Group.

So when Vivendi learned that Jiangnan Group intends to acquire some of its subsidiaries, Vivendi, which lacked cash flow, immediately changed its attitude and showed 12 points of sincerity to welcome the representatives of Jiangnan Group .

And Liu Xiangjiang's attitude is naturally very good. After the two sides complimented each other for a while, Liu Xiangjiang picked up the booklet provided by Vivendi.

The book I read is carefully prepared, and it contains detailed information on more than 40 companies.Including the business scope of these companies, the company's various performances, a simple asset list, and a large number of future planning forecasts.

Well, just looking at Vivendi's forecasts for these companies, there are at least 20 of them will be the world's top 500 companies in the future.

At the same time, these companies are all related to electronic products, the Internet, luxury goods, etc., and the main business of Jiangnan Group. Vivendi has really put its heart into it.

It's just that Liu Xiangjiang glanced through the entire brochure, then put it on the table very simply, shook his head and said to Errol, "Dear Mr. President, although it may be rude to say this, but we have no regrets for this brochure." None of the companies on this list have the slightest interest!"

Errol was shocked by Liu Xiangjiang's words. It took him and his team three days and nights to sort out this booklet. He thought that every company in it should be able to attract the attention of Jiangnan Group. .

Then he also listed a very reasonable price for each company, which is at most about five times more expensive than the original acquisition cost of these companies... This is very reasonable, after all, Vivendi also wants to make money no.

As a result, with one word from Liu Xiangjiang, all the preparations Errol made were useless.

The atmosphere was a little bad. It took Errol about 10 minutes to get himself back to normal, and then he frowned and asked, "I don't know which companies your company is interested in?"

"Actually, we also drew up a document before we came here, which listed the companies we are interested in in detail. As long as the price is right, we are willing to buy all the companies on this list!" After Liu Xiangjiang finished speaking, an assistant would A piece of information was placed on the desktop, and Errol curiously opened the purchase list. The number of companies on it was even larger than the list Errol had drawn up before, with 86 names of companies. According to what Liu Xiangjiang said just now, as long as the price is right, all of these companies will be bought.

Such a number made Errol a little excited, but after he read the entire list, his expression became a little dignified, because all the companies on this list are media companies.

Among them is Universal Pictures, which is currently the second largest film company in Hollywood.

In addition, there is Europe's largest cable TV station - Canal+
Havas Publishing Group, which includes more than 60 publishing houses, a variety of newspapers and magazines, and a large number of game businesses such as Ubisoft, etc.

These three companies are the most important companies in this list, and the market value of each company exceeds 80 billion US dollars.In addition, the remaining more than [-] companies are mainly various media companies distributed throughout Europe.

Among them, there are very small media that only serve a small town, and there are also huge ones, such as the world's top newspaper publishers such as The Times.

All of these media are actually on this list.

"Does your company want to form a media group?" Errol couldn't help asking when he saw the list.

"There is such a plan!" Liu Xiangjiang nodded with a smile and said, "We do have plans to form an international media group, and hope to reach an all-round cooperation with Vivendi in this regard!"

(End of this chapter)