Shenhao started as a military training anchor

Before leaving Beijing, Holly was invited to attend a family dinner hosted by Robin Li.

The couple received a high standard.

As Li Yanhong was not included in the “hybrid big model”, he felt a sense of crisis.

Right now, the entire Chinese business community is banding together and moving closer to leader Holly.

If he can't get to the dinner table, he might become the sacrificed pawn.

So when he met Holly in Shanghai, he made his attitude clear.

To initiate the privatization of Baidu, buy back the shares held by Wall Street financial capital, and delist from the US stock market.

Doing so will undoubtedly strengthen control over Baidu while avoiding the risk of a hostile takeover.

If Baidu's current equity structure does not change, Baidu will be in a desperate situation the next time Holly and the Jewish consortium fight.

If you stand on Holly's side, you will inevitably be attacked by rivals in the stock market through hostile takeovers.

With the wealth of Li Yanhong and his wife, it is difficult to resist a hostile takeover.

It’s hard to say whether Baidu will still be named Li by then.

Rather than waiting until that day comes and paying a heavy price, it is better to take the initiative to privatize and make a short-term sacrifice of interests to save Baidu.

However, Baidu is still a listed company with a market value of two to three hundred billion yuan. Excluding the shares held by Robin Li's family, if it wants to successfully complete privatization and delisting, it will have to raise at least hundreds of billions of funds.

He and his wife can come up with tens of billions of dollars, and relying on their own connections, they can raise tens of billions of dollars in financing domestically. For the remaining tens of billions of dollars, they can only ask Holly for help.

Holly said frankly in Shanghai that if you need money, just come to him.

That's why the couple prepared this family dinner.

Shunwei Capital, under Holly's control, manages a fund of 3 trillion yuan, so it is too easy for him to play the capital game of Baidu's privatization.

Even without relying on Shunwei Capital and Tianhong Capital, it would only take out tens of billions of dollars for Holly to do so with a simple wave of his hand.

Robin Li corrected his attitude. Holly is now the leader of Chinese entrepreneurs, or to put it simply, the boss.

Now that he needs help from Holly, he must play the role of a good younger brother.

The boss always likes obedient and loyal younger brothers.

Holly sat down at the dinner party at Robin Li's home and clinked glasses with the couple.

Very directly, he asked Robin Li, "Are you mentally prepared?"

“Well, Baidu’s stock price has not performed as expected in recent years. After several public fundraisings, my shares have also been diluted. The current financial environment and international situation are not ideal.

Delisting to gain control of the company is a corporate strategy.”

Li Yanhong analyzed, "There is another most important reason.

To quote Mr. Huo’s words last time, we must always be clear about our position.”

Holly smiled with relief.

The first few sentences are analyzing corporate factors. Indeed, many companies listed in the United States choose to delist because of unsatisfactory performance in the stock market and they feel that their company's stocks are undervalued.

For example, Didi...etc.

After returning to China, we will choose to go public in Hong Kong.

Many domestic companies now go to Hong Kong for listing not only because Hong Kong is an international financial center, but another important reason is that a lot of capital from the United States has been withdrawn from Hong Kong.

It also caused a major shock in the Hong Kong stock market at that time.

The Hong Kong stock index fell by several thousand points and was even overtaken by Singapore.

However, it has become stable in the past two years and is not affected too much by Wall Street capital. It can also raise global capital and has a very large capital base, so it has become a stock market favored by many unicorns.

Li Yanhong is now delisting to gain control and rebuild Baidu's equity structure. When he needs financing or to develop new projects, he will probably go public in Hong Kong again.

Or divest the business and let the subsidiary go public to raise funds.

From the perspective of corporate management, privatization and delisting are beneficial to Baidu now.

Of course, the most important thing is the second half of what Robin Li said, that he needs to sit at the same table with Holly.

Huawei, Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance, JD.com...these are already on the table.

Even if he can't sit at the main table, he can sit at the guest table.

Who would have thought that Mr. Li, who had recruited younger brothers to compete with Ma Huateng and Jack Ma, would now be willing to bow his head and be a younger brother. Seeing his attitude, Holly asked directly, "How much money do you need?"

"30 billion is the minimum guarantee, 50 billion is even safer," Li Yanhong said bluntly.

Holly nodded, "When you're ready, just do it. The money is always available and you can give it to me at any time."

"Thank you, Mr. Huo." Li Yanhong raised his glass, and his wife beside him also raised her glass to thank Holly.

Holly is not that kind-hearted and would lend out billions of dollars at any time.

Previously, Wanda’s Wang Sicong generously lent out tens of billions of dollars, including interest, because of his relationship with his good brother Wang Sicong, and because Wang is a respectable man.

The tens of billions of dollars promised to Baidu today are intended to bring this Chinese artificial intelligence pioneer back into their camp.

The second is to take advantage of the privatization opportunity to invest in Baidu and become a major shareholder.

Baidu is at the forefront of the driverless car trend. If one day it occupies most of the market and causes social panic, Holly will have to fulfill his promise.

All the money from this trend will not flow to Baidu alone, but will be distributed to online car-hailing drivers and taxi drivers.

He needs to have a certain amount of shares to influence the board's decision-making and strategic formulation.

Brother Huo knows that he cannot shoulder the responsibility of distributing wealth among the 1.4 billion people in the country.

However, Brother Huo will still work hard for the wealth distribution of an industry or a group.

Li Yanhong and his wife didn't know what Holly was thinking, but right now the only person who could help them raise all the funds to privatize the company in one go was Holly.

The game of capital involving tens of billions of dollars is a bit tricky for most domestic entrepreneurs.

But for Holly, a world-class Chinese entrepreneur, it is already a piece of cake.

Nine out of ten.

From this perspective, being Holly's younger brother has a certain sense of honor.

After Holly finished his meal, he said goodbye to the couple.

Back at the hotel, Zhong Yiwen was packing for the flight back to Jiangcheng tomorrow morning.

"Sir, Mr. Wu from Deer Jet Services has sent a message," Zhong Yiwen reported after finishing her work.

“Has that Gulfstream G700 been delivered?”

"Yes, it is on its way back home."

Holly nodded and reached out to Zhong Yiwen, who sat on her lap. "Do you feel unbalanced?"

Zhong Yiwen smiled, "Is that how you see me, sir?"

That Gulfstream G700 was a gift from Holly to Zuo Yingying as a reward for giving birth to a son.

After she took over the family business, she traveled frequently and needed a private jet.

more convenient.

It cost more than 7500 million US dollars at the time, which is close to million RMB.

It is more than 650 million more expensive than the Gulfstream er that Holly himself uses.

In terms of the rewards for giving birth to a child alone, Zuo Yingying must have received the highest.

Holly said gently: "If you want, I can buy more."

Zhong Yiwen smiled and shook her head: “These things are only valuable if they are needed.

I don't need it at all.

Besides, I am always with you and I always take your private plane when I go out, so there is no need for that."

Holly smiled and kissed Zhong Yiwen, "Sister Wen, do you have white hair?"

"It seems so." Zhong Yiwen said nonchalantly, "When I followed you, you were only 24 or 25, and now you are 35. It would be strange if I didn't have white hair."

Holly smiled and stroked her, "But your figure hasn't changed. You've maintained it well."

"Money is a woman's beauty salon. I spent so much money on you, and if I don't take better care of myself, I'm being immature."

"Why does it sound like an old couple flirting?"

Zhong Yiwen chuckled, knelt on the sofa, leaned over and kissed Holly passionately... (End of this chapter)