Half an hour later, Feng Yu had finished taking a shower, changed into clothes, and sat down in the study.
After clicking twice on the table, the screen opposite lit up and divided into two rows of small screens. The executives of the two holding groups were already online. Some people were drinking coffee and some were smoking, but no one was talking to each other.
Seeing Feng Yu appear, everyone sat up straight. Some people also quickly put on simultaneous interpretation headphones. Although the translation may not be as clear as professional translation, translators cannot observe this kind of meeting.
"I asked Ralph to inform everyone of the meeting. You already know what the content is about, right? Does anyone want to say anything about this matter?"
Lei Dajun was the first to speak impatiently: "They must not be allowed to succeed. If Microsoft takes control of the fruit company, it will have a great impact on our business. We should stop this at all costs."
Masao Kameda asked: "Ralph, how credible is it that your people found out about this matter? How did they get around the obstruction of those agencies?"
After Ralph explained, Kameda Masao continued: "My suggestion is that we join in. The assets of the Fruit Company are still very valuable. Microsoft can acquire them, so why can't we acquire them?"
Buying a fruit company? Feng Yu frowned. Isn't this necessary
There is no business in the fruit company that can surpass the subsidiaries such as Lianxiang Group. Although each business is doing well, it also means that there is no advantageous business and everything is average.
But since Kameda Masao said it, there must be his reason. Feng Yu and the others listened patiently.
Kameda Masao said in Chinese: "Fruit Company still has good sales channels and brand awareness in Europe and the United States. For example, in the future, Fruit Company's computers will only be used for office and business purposes, and will be separated from Lianxiang Group's products and merged into Owned by Lenovo Group.”
"Music-related businesses will be merged into AIWA. Electronic books will be merged into Amazon. Smartphones will be merged into Aihua Electronics or Fengyu Electronics. The R&D department will be separately listed to establish a R&D center to provide other services. The subsidiary provides technical support.”
"Sales channels are also integrated and merged with our sales channels, which can not only expand the sales network, but also save sales costs, and at the same time prevent Microsoft's intentions."
Zong Qingxian couldn't help but said at this time: "President Kameda, what you said requires us to fully acquire the fruit company. Even Microsoft can't do this, right?"
After all, the fruit company is still a profitable enterprise. During the economic crisis, although profits declined, it was still making money. Even if the stock price has fallen, it is still worth more than 50 billion US dollars at this time. Those shareholders have no reason to sell it all, right
Besides, Microsoft’s acquisition of Fruit Company may be blocked, so won’t our acquisition be blocked? Can those relevant institutions in the United States watch the fruit company be fully acquired by us
Kameda Masao’s method is to set up a joint venture between Fengyu Holdings and Taihua Holdings, and then split the entire business after acquiring the fruit company. This in itself will damage the brand value of the fruit company, not to mention that it may not be successful.
Zong Qingxian felt that the gains outweighed the losses, unless Kameda Masao could guarantee that he would be able to successfully acquire the fruit company entirely at a reasonable price.
Liu Chuanzhi thought for a while and said: "I think there is no need for us to fully acquire the fruit company. Their business itself overlaps with ours and will not bring much benefit to us. If it is just to prevent Microsoft's acquisition, All we need to do is become its shareholders, enter the fruit company’s board of directors, and stir up trouble in this matter.”
Liu Chuanzhi felt that even if Jobs agreed, but other shareholders did not agree, Microsoft could still be stopped. Jobs' equity stake in the fruit company was not high. He had learned that Jobs' equity stake was less than 1%.
Such a person is appointed as chairman and CEO by the board of directors. In addition to Jobs being the founder, there is also his strong personality.
In fact, there are more than a dozen major shareholders of the fruit company, including the Rothschild family, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and many other famous investors.
Jobs' main property is actually his equity in Disney. He is Disney's largest individual shareholder. The value of that part of the stock was once close to 10 billion US dollars. Even if it has fallen a lot now, it is still worth more than 5 billion US dollars. .
A famous 3D animation "Toy Story" owned by Disney was created by Jobs and has now been developed into a series.
So Jobs was nominally the head of the fruit company, but he could be ousted at any time.
It is ineffective to acquire Class B stocks with no voting rights or very low voting rights in the stock market. Class A stocks with voting rights must be acquired. The stocks of many companies now have a two-class structure. Class A has one share and one vote, and class B is likely to require one hundred shares to have one vote, or even two hundred shares to have one vote.
Many people also call this the founder’s super voting rights. This was the case with Facebook, ancient songs, etc. in previous lives. Feng Yu also gave them such a status in this life, but the combined voting rights of the founders are not as much as those of Fengyu Holdings, let alone other investment companies.
In Europe and the United States, the outstanding shares of many companies exceed 70% or even more. Many founders hold only 5% of the stock and are already the largest shareholders, and their ownership is extremely dispersed.
At this time, a person with great charisma and personal ability is needed to take control of the overall situation. If it falls into internal power struggles, the company will be in trouble.
Everyone spoke one after another to explain their opinions. Some people think that Masao Kameda’s method is very good. If the two companies join forces, they will definitely have enough funds to acquire the fruit company. At worst, they can convert some shares of Lianxiang Group and other subsidiaries to the shareholders of the fruit company. This way, there is a high possibility of success. .
Some people think that Liu Chuanzhi's method is good. As long as he becomes a shareholder, he does not need to be the largest shareholder, so it is not particularly difficult to control the fruit company. One is that the two holding groups have strong funds, and the other is because they have a trump card, which is necessary. When the time comes, we can suppress Bill Gates.
Feng Yu was a little helpless. They discussed what these people were discussing for a long time and thought that the best way was to buy some fruit company stocks now in Feng Yu's personal name.
In this way, if Bill Gates and others want to acquire the shares of the fruit company and compete for control, Feng Yu only needs to compete for the chairman and CEO.
With Feng Yu's reputation at this time, Bill Gates is definitely no match!
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