Chicago 1990

"Yes, I talked to Johnson about BET, no, no quotation was involved. BET is currently too big for Litman Media, Mr. Malone... Hehe, I am of course interested, but unfortunately, if before the stock market crash... Vivendi Universal? Haha, how can I have energy now..."

Unknowingly, another week passed. Song Ya rubbed his face after receiving a call from the telecom tycoon John Malone and moaned, "How come the whole world knows..."

No way, I used to be a shareholder of DefJam Records. Everyone knows the contradiction between the three generations of the rich. It is also one of the first media to question the actual value of Seagram Universal Group. It is indeed easy to doubt myself if you have a comprehensive analysis.

For example, John Malone, as an early investor in BET, even though he called because he wanted to compete with Redstone's Viacom for BET, he was also inquiring about Vivendi Global.

For these private inquiries, I can temporarily deny the past, but in the face of public media inquiries, it is very difficult to deal with. Because Deep Sea Private Equity has opened Vivendi’s short position through Tiger Fund in advance, I am already in the middle of the game. False information can cause legal troubles.

And you can't just publicly admit that you are shorting Vivendi Global. Because of the contact with the media during the announcement of Blade Warrior 2, Song Ya is very nervous now.

This is the first time that I have used high leverage in the securities market and I will probably sell short naked in the future. This is extremely risky. The combination of myself and the Tiger Fund will be a deterrent to the top predators in the capital market at this point in time after the stock market crash. Not enough to see, if someone pays attention to this profit and conducts a long-short match, like the experience that Karl Icahn had to cut the meat and leave the field after being squeezed in the 3DFX battle, then the fun will be great. If you don't go bankrupt, you will have to be stripped of your skin.

Fortunately, I can suspect that the people in my head are all at a higher level, and they are limited to the social circle who knows me better. The relevant news has not yet reached the reporters' ears. At present, the media level is temporarily calm.

And Vivendi Global’s nearly 100 billion euros plate is not comparable to 3DFX. The long-term pull requires a lot of funds, and the possibility of being squeezed is not high.

Song Ya looked at his face on the porthole of the plane, and subconsciously tightened his facial muscles. As that day approached, he became more and more stressed, suffering and losing.

Tomorrow the Federal Court of Appeals will rule on the Microsoft monopoly case. This is a major event that has recently attracted global attention. If the appeal judge makes a ruling in favor of Microsoft, combined with the new Gore polls that lead George Jr., Wall Street will finally welcome it. Come and think about the long-awaited real benefits.

But this is not good for shorting Vivendi Global. The Tiger Fund's short selling report will be quickly forgotten by public opinion.

It’s the day when Vivendi Global officially resumes trading on the Paris Exchange. The Avengers have taken a long time to prepare, but it is impossible to be foolproof. It is like packing everything into a black box and then pushing it in. The darkness beyond the plane’s porthole, which is unknown to us, is given to God...no, all parties involved and the global speculative capital determine.

"No, no need..."

He blocked Hallie's head drilled into the blanket, "Just take a good rest." Then he rubbed this sweet dark chocolate cake lovingly with her short hair, and hugged her in his arms.

The two starring Blade Warriors 2 will still remain third in the box office of the first week this week. It surpassed another black movie Super Fat Mom, but the weekly champion was taken away by Nicholas Cage’s new “speed sixty seconds”. , The soup's Mission Impossible 2 fell to second place.

According to this trend, the final global box office of Blade Warrior 2 should only get around 200 million dollars, which is a very acceptable result in the sequel movie. As one of the 20 million Hollywood club members, Song Ya himself is not satisfied. , But since the Blade Warrior series does not belong to the apocalypse movie, he has guaranteed the pay of himself and Hallie from the global redemption before, and the box office share has been concession. If you earn less, you will earn less money from yourself and A+ Entertainment. He can barely make it. accept.

"Yeah." Halle obediently put her head on his shoulder, yawned comfortably after rubbing a few times, and closed her eyes.

The plane slowly slid to the runway, Song Ya turned off his mobile phone, and the voyage was very long. I also need someone to meet Julian Robertson secretly, and then deal with some official business of 3DFX and Sega.

"APLUS hasn’t acted abnormally. He has basically been following the action of the Blade Warriors crew recently. At this time, he should be rushing to the Pacific Ocean in Tokyo. The Tiger Fund’s Julian Robertson is still in New York. When APLUS went to New York to run the announcement, they seemed There has been no contact."

There were a lot of people ‘following’ him outside. Ten hours later, in Paris, the young Bronfman’s face was uncertain after hearing the report from his subordinates. At this time, the phone rang.

"Just now the Court of Appeal overturned the judgment of the California Federal Court!"

Doug Morris's tone was very excited, "Microsoft is temporarily exempted from spin-off! The public opinion in the US has exploded!"

"So as planned?"

What's so happy about this? The big gains in technology stocks will cause the New York stock market to rebound, and APLUS's net worth will start to rise again, the little Bronfman asked quietly.

"Well! I have told Lyle Cohen to dispel the rumors and started to deal with the short-selling report in a low-key manner. All public relations methods that can be used are used. Barry Diller and I ask the media to remain absolutely silent! Recently, this side has spoken to Vivendi Global. There won’t be much talk about it!” Doug Morris continued to take credit.

"The media... this is not a record release! Those investment institutions don't care about public opinion!"

After so many things, the senior manager of Bronfman's intuition is trying to fool himself, "We need to be positive now, and it is better to have an organization to help eliminate Julian Robertson's pesky! Did you fight for it? Merrill Lynch? What do people say?"

"I'm working hard, didn't the people from Merrill Lynch go to Paris to see you?" Doug Morris asked rhetorically.

"Of course I know!"

Young Bronfman hung up the phone unhappy. The banquet hall he was in was used by Vivendi CEO Messier to entertain the bigwigs of the Omi Securities industry. He used to ask for these details and personally participated in advance in advance. The arrangement is designed to temporarily provide Vivendi Global’s strong strength and confidence in front of friends in the securities industry.

The evil consequences of completely accepting Vivendi’s share swaps and mergers and acquisitions before not asking for cash have emerged, that is, he does not have enough'spare money' on hand to fight short-selling capital. Both he and Messier have to rely on outsiders to ask for help... I also recalled the past when I was looking for financing in the banking industry and hit a wall in order to acquire Polygram.

The live band preparing for the banquet was tuning the instrument. A violinist repeatedly played a long note. He was getting more and more irritated by the squeaking of the strings. "Don't pull it!" Suddenly, he shouted over there. With a sound, the banquet hall suddenly quieted down.

He allocated it to Barry Diller again, and Doug Morris's waste could not be reassuring. He needs a more trusted Barry Diller to take over some key affairs in his home in the United States.

‘The Federal Court of Appeals overturned the verdict and Microsoft was temporarily exempted from the spin-off. ’

The plane landed in Tokyo, Song Ya turned on his mobile phone, and a series of similar text messages flooded in.

His eyelids jumped involuntarily, picking Sloan to call back.

"Tomorrow Nasdaq and Dow Jones should both respond in response..."

Litman's listed company should be able to take advantage of it. Sloan is naturally very happy. "But this is actually only the first pass for Microsoft. At least 19 state courts across the country are also launching lawsuits against Microsoft, as well as the European Union and other countries. But... it has nothing to do with us, hoo! Since April, there is finally real good news!"

"How much will it rebound?" Song Ya asked.

"I don't know, if the U.S. Federal Reserve can announce a rate cut later, the disaster may be over!" Sloan said hopefully: "Everyone is putting pressure on Greenspan."

"That dead old man..."

"However, Microsoft's good news will dilute public opinion and the market's attention to Vivendi Global, and most of the funds may stay here to fight a rebound." Sloan reminded.

"Well, I know, that's actually good."

The ever-changing capital market is difficult to predict. In fact, Song Ya said it was bad whether the news was good or bad, and no one would say it was bad.

‘Are you still on the plane? We need to protest APLUS against the decision of the Court of Appeal. Call me back. ’Jim Clark’s text message style is like this.

"Uh, I won't talk for now, I'm going to be busy here."

Song Ya was too lazy to return, and after confessing to Sloan, he shut down again. After the trip to Tokyo, it is estimated that Jim Clark and the others would never ask themselves to do this again.

"Ahhhh! APLUS!"

I am very popular on this side of the book, the pick-up fans and movie fans are crowded with black people, the girls are screaming crazy, it's time to show professionalism.

Smiling, shaking hands and signing signatures, Song Ya got into the car tiredly with the Blade Warrior crew after a fuss, and the group rushed to the hotel where they stayed.

"Look!"

Halle pointed excitedly to the side of the road.

Song Yaxunsheng looked over, and Coca-Cola also spread its own advertising posters in Tokyo, and played against Pepsi’s spokesperson and the nation’s favorite football star Nakata from Europe.

He grinned contentedly to himself on the poster.

"What's the matter with you? These days, when you leave the public eye, you always seem to have a big deal?" He couldn't hide his emotions from those around him, Hallie asked.

"Nothing, oh yes, Microsoft's lawsuit was won." Song Yajiang also told her the good news.

"Then the stock market will rebound tomorrow?! Do you want to buy bottoms? Do you want to buy bottoms?!" Halle started again in an instant.

"APLUS, how does it feel to be here again?"

"I like it here, Tokyo has left a very deep and beautiful impression on me, I love Tokyo, I love you..."

The schedule is very tight. In the evening, a group of Blade Warriors crew appeared in the local theater and sat in front of the screen to participate in an interview before the screening.

"Harry, as an actress who has worked with APLUS many times, what do you think of him?"

The book media in the first row kept raising questions.

"He's a gentleman..." Halle smiled and took the microphone that Song Ya handed over, and started blowing rainbow farts.

At the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, the heads and brains who had just participated in the low-key internal celebrations returned to the conference room, "Don't be happy too early, there are still foreign and state lawsuits to be dealt with." CEO Ballmer slapped his hands and gave his men again. We wind up the clockwork.

"I don't want to let go of the California federal judge who was talking nonsense. He must be fired."

Only the richest man Bill Gates has no smile on his face. Although he has resigned as CEO, he is still the only king here who retains the chairman and chief software architect. Now he and the technological hero and pure-eyed genius program shown to the outside world The image of the staff is very different, saying very coldly: "We must show our strength to our enemies, and find new themes and support points for the company's stock price."

Everyone began to solemnly listen to the boss's words.

"We must combat the alliance between Netscape, AOL, Time Warner and SUN. It's time. I announced: Microsoft's NET strategy is officially launched. Windows will be used to compete against SUN's ONE framework platform and enter their superior battlefield. "

Gates said: "At the same time, we will also build our own game console platform XBOX. Sega is too incompetent. It was beaten by the late-starting Sony PS2 console. They failed the CE operating system we customized for its DC console. We want to become elegant. After Dali, the new leader in the game industry in the United States, regained the market that was gradually monopolized by the company after the failure of Atari!"

The two decisions have been psychologically prepared within the company. Needless to say, Sun has put a lot of pressure on the software and hardware industry, and Microsoft is in the throat. In the game industry, Microsoft has also invested a long time, bought some well-known game studios, and begged for EA. Ballmer himself went to Japan to try to acquire companies such as Nintendo and Square. The two sides had a series of contacts, but In the end they all failed.

It is finally about to be announced to the public, "Just like when we destroyed Netscape?" someone asked.

"Learn a lesson, this time we're going to be cleaner and more beautiful." Ballmer replied with a smile.

No matter how the litigation in other states and abroad develops, at least the spin-off crisis has been temporarily passed. Although this is due to the sudden stock market crash, Wall Street, the Donkey Party government, and Gore, who is in the general election, cannot afford the technology industry again. A big bad news.

When Microsoft went out to fight for nothing, everyone in the conference room burst into laughter with confidence.

"Hahaha!"

In Tokyo, Song Ya’s humor also caused laughter from time to time during the interview. “APLUS, the U.S. stock market bubble burst and drove the global capital market turmoil. As a participant who experienced all this, what do you think?” A reporter suddenly asked Issues that have nothing to do with the movie.

"That's too unbearable to look back, and today we'd better just talk about movies." Song Ya smiled bitterly and waved his hand to refuse.

The whole world knows that they have accompanied four billion, and the media and movie fans on the scene laughed friendly.

"I'm very sorry." The reporter bowed, "Uh, I heard that your 3DFX and Microsoft will no longer support Sega’s subsequent hosting plans, right? Sega’s accomplice Mr. Shoichiro strongly protested against you. In one act, he said that 3DFX and Microsoft were completely perfidy and disloyal to business partners..."

"Which media do you have?" Song Ya asked rhetorically.

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"The broken Hitachi CPU on their DC host seriously wasted the performance of our VOODOO3 chip. Is there anything to protest against Shoichiro? Sega's channel strategy in Beimi is also very problematic!"

This was discussed before 3DFX and Microsoft, if Microsoft is not split, the two will join hands to abandon Sega. Yes, they are absolutely influential. Song Ya stopped Zach Schneider who wanted to take the microphone round the field, took the corner of his suit, opened his legs and switched to a sitting position of a big horse gold knife, and looked directly at the reporter in a reprimanding tone. Answering questions and starting to build momentum for the XBOX plan: "NEC's VOODOO3 chip foundry yield and cost have always been problematic. We 3DFX have endured it for a long time!"

The game console is familiar, and the fans who watch Blades and the game group also have a great overlap. After he personally confirmed this rumor, the scene could not help but a shock and commotion.

In the dark viewing hall, the faint light of the mobile phone screen gradually lit up, and some reporters began to call and send text messages, ran in and out to report news regardless of the etiquette of the movie.

Another identity of the male lead colleague of the crew is still an industry tycoon! Zach Schneider and Halle paid attention to Song Ya without understanding, silently watching him pretend.

"So will Microsoft's new console use your graphics chip and Inter's CPU?"

"I don't know about the CPU, nor can I disclose the specifications of XBOX, but 3DFX will definitely continue to cooperate with Microsoft." Song Ya replied.

This is good for 3DFX's stock price, why not do it? It's just that after this statement, Jim Clark and their anti-Microsoft alliance should thoroughly see their'true colors'. That's fine, since Microsoft has escaped the spin-off, Jim Clark and the others will have to take care of themselves again, no matter how they get themselves.

"Asshole! These **** Americans!" Shoichiro Riko broke a teacup in his Sega CEO office, then lay down on the boss chair, "Every time we use it, we discard us like a rag ..."

"SHXT!"

Jim Clark also got the news later, "The guy from APLUS decided to follow Microsoft." He smiled bitterly at the chairman and CEO of AOL, Steve Case.

"Finally... Has our enemy become Winter Alliance plus 3DFX?"

New York, Sony U.S. headquarters. Kazuo Hirai, who has been promoted to the president and chief operating officer of Sony Electronics Entertainment U.S., looked out the window and muttered, "Bill Gates plus APLUS's mobility... will it be as fierce as a fire? "

"Remember when you pleaded for Sega's forgiveness, sitting in a wheelchair and bowing and apologizing trying to save the 3DFX in distress APLUS?" A reporter who shrank in the corner cried out strangely: "Is it too much to do this now? Ruthless?"

"The times are different!"

Song Ya was furious and stared fiercely at the reporter in the shadow, "Which media do you do!?"

"Weekly Wenchun."

"week……"

"Mr. APLUS, are you participating in the short-selling of your old club Global?" Another voice came from the other side.

"It's good for Wenchun Weekly to report those gossip laces honestly, and stop talking about serious business activities!" Song Ya was interrupted severely reprimanded.

"Uh, I'm Nomura Securities." The reporter behind raised his hand to retort.

Song Ya couldn't help but feel embarrassed, "Anyway, give me a good reflection!"

Montreal, Canada, the old subordinates reported to the old Bronfman, "APLUS may really not participate in the Tiger Fund's short-selling plan. He is in Tokyo and Microsoft to launch a bridge-breaking raid on former partner Sega."

"But he pretended to be crazy and avoided our friend's question." The old Bronfman was still worried.

"Don't worry about little Edgar anymore, your body..." The old man looked at him worriedly, "And Messier will be more nervous than us, this is even more trouble for the French."

"I will circulate some cash in an emergency, it can only be so for the time being." Old Bronfman sighed tiredly.

"Humph..."

After watching the premiere of Blade Warrior 2 in Tokyo, which was disturbed by an emergency, Song Ya was not satisfied with the on-site reaction of the fans here, and returned to the hotel angrily.

"boss."

Song Zecheng, who arrived early, probed his brain outside.

"Mike." Song Ya immediately sent Harry away, and let Old Mike clear the entire floor.

"Hello Mr. APLUS."

Song Zecheng brought another Asian face into the room~www.readwn.com~Bill! "

Song Ya greeted him with enthusiasm. This was another Bill, Bill Huang, Xin Luo Yi, Tiger Fund owner Julian Robertson's favorite trader, and one of his proud disciples. He and Song Zecheng selected him to be responsible for the communication between the two sides and the trading of at least hundreds of millions of funds. This candidate is the safest. Old friend John Liu, who is also a Silla, also knows him and memorializes him, "It is very difficult to travel long distances. Hard work?"

"Yes, I will fly to France tomorrow morning." Bill Huang looked at him with curiosity and admiration, and replied neither overbearing nor overbearing.

"Ok."

Getting closer, getting closer and closer, Song Ya's eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light, "Then all please."

"Please rest assured." Bill Huang bowed, "Then there is still some preparatory work."

"Please come in, let's talk slowly tonight."

(End of this chapter)