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As the black sedan drove through the busy soundstage area of Firefly Studios, Ron Perelman stared absently at the crowd outside the window, wondering what might happen next. The car stopped under the office building in the studio administrative area. The driver opened the door. As soon as Ron Perelman got out of the car, he saw three people standing not far away, surrounded by men and women in suits and professional suits The youth in the white shirt in the center is particularly conspicuous.
"We finally meet, Mr. Perelman." Eric smiled and shook hands with Ron Perelman who came over, and then introduced: "This is Mr. Frank Wells, President of Firefly Group , this lady is my personal assistant, Miss Kelly Hines."
Ron Perelman recognized almost immediately a familiar 'good cop and bad cop' tropes from Eric's well-placed demeanor, played no doubt by Jeffrey Katzenberg That 'bad policeman', even though he was aware of this little trick, it made Ron Perelman feel a lot better compared with the contrast he had encountered in the previous week.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Williams," Ron Perelman shook hands with Eric, Frank and Kelly one by one with some enthusiasm in his tone.
After introducing each other, Eric said: "I don't think you have time to have lunch, there just happens to be a small restaurant here."
Of course, Ron Perelman did not refuse, and brought his... ■long... ■ wind... ■ Wen... ♂ his assistant and Eric came to the restaurant where Eric often dined in the studio.
After all, the two parties had just experienced a conflict, and the simple lunch only eliminated some of the embarrassment between them, and it was impossible to really warm up after all.
After ordering the waiter to remove the cutlery and put on coffee, Eric finally got down to business and said, "Ron, since you want to talk to me in person, then, regarding Marvel, I think you must have your own solution, right?"
A bit of bitterness appeared in his heart again, Ron Perelman nodded: "Yes, Eric," after saying this, Ron Perelman still hesitated for a moment unwillingly, but after all Somewhat dejectedly continued: "I basically agree with Firefly Group's debt-to-equity swap strategy, but there is one item, regarding the compensation to the shareholders of Marvel's tradable shares, which needs to be borne by Firefly Group alone. Take out Wei shares."
Eric has none of Katzenberg's quick temper. Still calmly said: "But it is too unfair to Firefly. We are creditors who are weaker than Marvel shareholders. If Firefly bears this loss, our loss will expand again."
Although there is nothing logically wrong with Eric's words, Ron Perelman still feels that linking the two words "firefly" and "weakness" is a bit absurd anyway: "Eri Ke, I know you absolutely value Marvel. Its value will be far beyond everyone's expectations. Since I have completely lost this time, I don't plan to continue to insist on anything now. The condition just now is my final bottom line .”
Eric pondered for a while, and looked at Kelly beside him: "How much will it cost to redeem all the outstanding shares of Marvel in the market?"
Kelly almost wanted to throw a blank stare at the pretending Eric, but she simply replied: "Recently, the stock price of Marvel has fluctuated a lot, but according to the average value of the stock price in the last seven days, I want to recover all the comics in the market." Vee shares outstanding. Needs around $72 million.”
"72 million dollars, that's not a lot of money," Eric turned to look at Ron Perelman, ignoring the secret joy flashing in the other's eyes, and changed the subject. Said: "According to Marvel's current situation, if there is no firefly to intervene, Marvel will have to take the initiative to file for bankruptcy protection in the federal court if there is no firefly to intervene. I guess that at that time, Andrews Holdings wanted to solve this trouble. , it’s definitely not something that can be done with $72 million.”
From Eric's tone just now, Ron Perelman thought he was going to bear the expense, and he was a little lucky. Hearing Eric's next words, he was disappointed and tried to cheat: "Eric, my company has no funds, I think you definitely don't want to drag this matter on, don't you?"
Eric shook his head and said: "No, you have funds in your hand, and everyone knows that you bought 400 million dollars of Firefly bonds. I guess the long-term holding strategy does not conform to your investment creed, so Firefly can advance You can withdraw all or part of the bonds in your hands, of course, Firefly will never lower the price like Wall Street investors, and we can redeem them at face value at equal value."
Ron Perelman didn't expect that Eric even knew about the fact that his peers took the opportunity to lower the price. Although there was no change on the surface, he still cursed a few times in his heart. Eric was right. He had no idea of holding Firefly bonds for a long time. He originally planned to keep only part of the bonds to maintain his creditor status after he got the seat of Firefly's board of directors, and sell all the others.
With the popularity of Firefly Group's long-term bonds, even if they are only held for a few months, they can earn a difference of several million dollars between resales. $22 million in interest dividends.
Eric's seemingly very generous original price redemption plan will still cost him at least several million dollars.
Noticing Ron Perelman's tangled look, Eric didn't rush, and seemed to remember something, and whispered to Frank Wells beside him.
Ron Perelman was really torn in his heart at this moment. He suddenly realized that after going around in circles, he still had to accept the first solution proposed by Katzenberg more than a week ago. The only difference may be that Eric's attitude towards solving this matter is very gentle, without Katzenberg's aggressiveness at all.
But what is this, if he can earn a lot of dollars, Ron Perelman himself will not mind smiling at the most hated person in his heart.
Sensing what Eric had finished talking with Frank Wells, and looking at himself again, Ron Perelman knew he had no other options, so he said, "Eric, only $72 million, If Marvel stock goes up next, I won't pay another penny."
Eric nodded, and didn't care about these small details any more. He believed that Ron Perelman would not be so stupid as to continue to toss, and said, "No problem."
Ron Perelman thought for a while, and immediately added: "Also, I hope Firefly can change someone to take charge of this matter."
"That's what I mean by bringing Frank here," Eric smiled and pointed to Frank Wells beside him: "Frank will take full responsibility for this matter, then, the two of you can talk about it first." , I still have work to do, excuse me."
After bidding farewell to Frank Wells and Ron Perelman, Eric, who took Kelly to the Victoria's Secret studio, noticed the eyes of the female assistant looking at him frequently, and said with a smile: "Just say what you want to say." gone?"
"No, I just feel that your way of handling this matter is completely like a middle-aged man in his 40s or 50s, which is not right..." Kelly shook her head and said, "You seem to be like this all the time, it's so strange, I rarely see your youthful side."
Eric looked around, moved closer to the female assistant, and whispered: "Why don't you work the night shift tonight, so you can see my 'young and vigorous' side."
Kelly pushed Eric away with a blushing face, and said, "I promised Nina to have dinner together, you go and provoke those little models in the studio, they will definitely be very willing."
Eric shook his head and said, "Usually, I don't know what to do with my heroine." Seeing Kelly's contemptuous look, Eric explained awkwardly: "At least not during filming. ,This is real."
"Unexpectedly, you are quite professional," Kelly joked with a smile.
"This has nothing to do with majors," Eric shook his head: "You know, I'm generally a very considerate person, if the heroine sleeps next to me last night, if she behaves on the set the next day If it is not good, it will be difficult for me to swear without scruples, and this feeling of wanting to attack but not being able to is actually very uncomfortable."
Kelly gave Eric a charming look, and her tone was a bit coquettish: "Well, I take back what I just said, you are a violent little bastard."
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*(To be continued.)