The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 1178 Media in Hand
So these two options are not what Vivendi wants, but they have no initiative in their own hands, and Vivendi's capital flow does not allow them to continue to wait, so Vivendi can only agree to the second one in the end The plan, that is, the senior assistant of Jiangnan Group will lead the team to conduct related negotiations with Vivendi.

Of course, Vivendi will not suffer. Since you are a senior assistant, then my side is also led by the secretary of the senior president to be in charge of negotiations, so that at least the level is equal.

It's just a signboard for the senior president's secretary. In fact, the entire negotiation process was monitored by the camera, which was transmitted to Errol at the first time, and then Errol gave instructions to his senior secretary through the Bluetooth headset. Directed the entire negotiation process behind the scenes.

At the beginning of the negotiations, the conditions put forward by both parties were very huge.

Not to mention the conditions of Jiangnan Group, which is to buy 100 companies on the list for 86 billion euros.

But Vivendi's starting conditions have become very harsh. First of all, Universal Pictures, Dahe TV, and The Times, the three most important companies in the entire list, are not on the list at all and will not be sold.

After excluding these three companies, the quotation for the entire list is still as high as 150 billion euros.

"Forgive me!" When the senior assistant of Jiangnan Group read the conditions proposed by Vivendi, he said very simply, "We don't need to start negotiations at all. The remaining 83 companies can't reach the peak of their stock prices. To the extent of 150 billion euros, let alone now."

"So if this is the sincerity of the other party, then we should end this negotiation immediately!" The representative of Jiangnan Group said very resolutely, but the attitude of this party was also expected by Vivendi, because they themselves knew that, This quotation by myself is very outrageous.

So the president's secretary, under Errol's command, said with a smile according to the original script, "Sir, you said that the conditions we offered are outrageous, so aren't the conditions offered by your company outrageous?"

"Also, what you need is to fully control these companies, and our company only partially controls many of these companies. We also need to help you persuade other shareholders to let go of your own shares. The work in these areas is also very consuming. In good spirits."

"As for the three companies we eliminated, the main reason is that the transaction is very troublesome. Among them, Universal Pictures has many investors from the United States. We are only the largest shareholder, but the shares do not exceed 50%. It is not an absolute holding. Related Negotiations are very difficult to execute."

"As for the Times Daily, so our company has more shares, but there are also shares of the British government and some shares of British nobles, which are also very difficult to sell."

"The only thing to talk about is the Canal TV station, but as a cable TV station that can broadcast programs throughout Europe, we believe that its quotation should be at least no less than 70 billion euros. If your company is willing to accept a total price of 200 billion euros If there is an offer, then we can add Dahe TV to this list."

It has to be said that, as a company that has mastered acquisitions, Vivendi has excellent means and skills in acquisition-related negotiations.

At least the above series of rhetoric is very complete, even if Boss Huang himself is here, it is very difficult to find some loopholes in this rhetoric.

Fortunately, this time the senior assistant was sent to negotiate, any high-level executive of Jiangnan Group, so the assistant said blankly, "The boss gave me an order that all three companies must be on the acquisition list, otherwise the entire There is no need to continue the negotiation at all!"

Next, no matter how tongue-in-cheek the president secretary of Vivendi is, it is of no use to the senior assistant of Jiangnan Group. The other party just insisted on the command from the headquarters and refused to let go no matter what.

In desperation, the president's secretary could only ask the senior assistant to call the senior management of Jiangnan Group to inquire, but the senior assistant continued to refuse with a cold expression, "It is our bottom line that all 86 companies are on the list. If I can't see When it comes to this bottom line, there is no need for any communication, and I am very sure that my boss will never agree to this condition!"

Well, the negotiations on the first day ended without a problem.

In fact, the negotiations in the next few days are basically the same situation. Both parties seem to bite their own bottom lines and refuse to let go, because everyone knows that whoever lets go at this time will be at a disadvantage in the entire negotiation .

Vivendi's thinking here is very clear, but they are always disturbed by various external news. Today, Jiangnan Group has completed the acquisition of which companies, and tomorrow it will be the Jiangnan Group's senior delegation. The warm welcome of the national government, and the day after tomorrow, they even started to sign the contract directly.

In just two weeks, the Jiangnan Group has completely turned into a currency man, spending a huge amount of more than 100 billion euros throughout Europe, and acquiring a large number of media companies.

Among them is the European media "Guardian", which is as well-known as the Times Daily.

Then there is Europe, or the world's largest professional academic multimedia publishing group, which owns internationally renowned professional academic journals such as The Lancet, Tetrahedron, and Cell.

Every year, an unknown number of academic experts in China rack their brains in order to publish a paper of their own in these famous international journals.

The most exciting news is that Jiangnan Group actually won the Italian Radio and Television Station, which is the second largest cable TV station in Europe, second only to Canal TV Station in the hands of Vidiwang, which is German TV 4.

When these news came, everyone in Vivendi was about to go numb, because the "Guardian" and "Radio Italia" were obviously the replacement of the two trump cards in Vivendi's hands.

Now that Jiangnan Group has acquired these two companies, the demand for "The Times" and "Canal TV" is naturally not so huge.

Sure enough, when the news came out, Vivendi found that the delegation of the Jiangnan Group, which had appeared on time every day, had not come today.

Vivendi did not call directly to inquire, but called the hotel where the delegation was located to inquire about the situation of the delegation.

As a result, I was told that the delegation had already entrusted the hotel to order air tickets for them yesterday, and planned to fly to Italy collectively.

Vivendi was shocked, so he immediately called the delegation and asked why they didn't come to negotiate today. As a result, the delegation said that their delegation had been negotiating for many days and was very tired, so they planned to rest for a few days. God will tell.

Good guy, if Vivendi hadn't called the hotel in advance to inquire about the situation, Vivendi would have been deceived by these cunning Chinese people long ago.

So Errol immediately pointed out on the phone that the other party was lying, and even bought a ticket to Italy.

After being exposed, the delegation of the Jiangnan Group stopped pretending, and stated very simply that the acquisition work on the group's side was basically coming to an end, while Vivendi's side was still unwilling to let go of the most basic bottom line. At the same time, the company I also got other replacement media, so there is no need for the media in Vivendi's hands.

Since everyone has been unable to reach a consensus, there is no need to reach a consensus. Everyone is safe, and then the Jiangnan delegation hung up the phone.

Errol, who heard the news, couldn't even wait to discuss with the board of directors. He directly summoned all his staff, drove all the way to the hotel by car, and blocked the Jiangnan Group delegation that was about to leave. Negotiations will take place in the lobby of the hotel.

Vivendi's conditions this time are completely relaxed. Errol said very simply that it can be sold according to the list requested by Jiangnan Group, but the price of 100 billion euros is too low, and it must reach 250 billion euros.

This is not Errol's presumptuous proposition. In fact, the board of directors has already provided Errol with a bottom line, that is, all companies on the list can be sold. The reason why Errol has been unwilling to let go before is just to show his determination That's all.

But when the Jiangnan delegation was about to leave, Errol knew that this opportunity would never come again.

Hearing the conditions given by Errol, the senior assistant shook his head and said, "Mr. President, I might as well tell you the exact figure, that is, the combined value of the Guardian and the Italian TV station is only 40 billion euros. That’s all for the price, your price of 250 billion euros is completely out of the question, we cannot accept it!”

"If you are really willing to cooperate with us, then we can also show our sincerity. We are willing to reach this transaction with a total price of 110 billion euros!"

When the negotiating parties started to negotiate the price, the whole negotiation was half successful. In the end, under the influence of the worsening subprime mortgage crisis, Vivendi finally sold all the companies on the list to Jiangnan at a price of 148 billion euros Group, and Vivendi received a large sum of money to help the company escape the crisis smoothly.

It is worth mentioning that when Vivendi successfully obtained funds, the first thing to do was to go to the market to buy 1 Network stock. After all, all stocks are falling these years, only 00 Network is skyrocketing.

In particular, the second round of tablet sales of 2 million units was faster than the first batch of sales. After they were all sold out in less than 100 hours, 1 Network officially became the first company in the world with a market value of 4 billion. It is only one step away from the world's first trillion-scale enterprise.

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