Wendy Goldberg originally thought that Li Mu would give her a chance to meet him, but unexpectedly, Li Mu directly asked the front desk to reply that she was not available.
Not having time is the most direct rejection.
Because if you simply don't want to see yourself, but don't want to break up, you can just say that he is not here, not that he is not available.
However, Wendy Goldberg felt that she really could not give up. Ever since the family invited Li Mu to attend the salon, the Goldberg family had been bent on getting closer to Li Mu. Not only did they treat him as a guest, they also catered to him. After giving him a Premier League club, even he was already ready to dedicate himself, but Li Mu never gave himself such an opportunity.
Now, Li Mu turns against her and kicks the Goldberg family out of the car. This is a situation that the whole family cannot accept, so she now carries the last hope of the whole family.
So she stubbornly said to the front desk: "Please tell Mr. Li Mu that I will always be here waiting for him."
The front desk had no choice but to report to Li Ziwei.
When Li Mu heard about Wendy Goldberg's statement, he immediately said: "Tell the front desk to let her go and leave her alone."
Later, Wendy Goldberg turned into nothing in the eyes of Makino Technology's front desk.
No one paid attention to her, but she couldn't get in even if she wanted to. Wendy Goldberg decided to spend her time here to see if Li Mu would see her.
While she was spending time in the lobby, Li Mu had already summoned the senior management of Makino Technology and announced to everyone his interest in listing in Hong Kong.
There was a big fuss on Wall Street, which had been heard in China for a long time, so everyone was very supportive of Li Mu's decision.
Whether to list in Hong Kong or the United States, from a normal business perspective, depends on the level of listing conditions, but now the situation has changed. American capitalists are basically a whole, not only venture capital, funds and securities firms, but also the media They are all in the hands of this group of people. Working with this group of people is, on the one hand, seeking the skin of a tiger, and on the other hand, it is also a fierce dragon crossing the river. If there is a fight, local snakes will attack them. That situation is also disgusting.
However, since you are interested in listing in Hong Kong, you must first cooperate with a securities firm with underwriting qualifications in Hong Kong.
Currently, the largest securities firm in Hong Kong is HSBC, followed by China National Bank Securities. The former is a multinational company controlled by the Goldberg family, and the latter is a state-owned enterprise established in Hong Kong by China National Bank.
After 1997, Huaguo Bank began to vigorously develop Hong Kong securities business. After more than ten years of hard work, it has already established a very deep foundation. In addition, it has the backing of state-owned assets. Even though the market share is not as large as HSBC, when it comes to the financial system, it has The volume and capital potential are not weaker than HSBC at all.
So Li Mu decided to have a good chat with Huaguo Bank Securities to see what kind of listing conditions can be obtained for Makino Technology. If appropriate, the Hong Kong IPO can be launched in the second half of the year.
Subsequently, Li Ziwei, on behalf of Makino Technology, formally initiated a meeting invitation to China Bank Securities. In the invitation, Li Ziwei clearly stated the purpose of the meeting, which was to communicate about matters related to Makino Technology's proposed IPO in Hong Kong.
When China Bank Securities received the business letter from Makino Technology, the first thought was that it was a prank. When it was confirmed that the business letter was indeed officially issued by Makino Technology, the senior management of China Bank Securities was in an uproar.
The whole world knows that Li Mu criticized Wall Street on Weibo and Twitter. Many people even believe that the credibility of Wall Street for a century has been destroyed because of Li Mu.
However, everyone does not know that Li Mu has given up the idea of going public in the United States.
After all, Li Mu’s trip to the United States this time was to attend Google’s bell-ringing ceremony. Everyone thinks that Google’s successful listing on NASDAQ is the bridgehead for Makino Technology to be listed on NASDAQ. In the second half of the year, Makino Technology should be listed on NASDAQ. Dak becomes the Internet company with the highest market value on Nasdaq.
No one expected that Li Mu would start considering listing in Hong Kong.
This also means that Li Mu has subjectively decided to abandon Nasdaq.
China Bank Securities immediately organized a high-level negotiation team from the Yanjing headquarters, and rushed to Makino Technology that afternoon to prepare for the first round of interviews with Li Mu.
Wendy Goldberg spent most of the day at the front desk of Makino Technology. She didn't eat anything except drinking a few glasses of purified water. After staying up for so long, she already felt a little hypoglycemic, but Li Mu was still unwilling. See yourself.
Just as Wendy Goldberg was hesitating whether to go back temporarily, seven or eight men in formal suits hurried into the first-floor lobby of Makino Technology.
Li Ziwei came out to greet him personally, shook hands with the middle-aged man headed by him, and said, "Mr. Chen, welcome. Mr. Li is already waiting in the conference room."
The middle-aged man known as Mr. Chen, whose full name is Chen Tao, is the person in charge of the securities business of Huaguo Bank. The securities business of Huaguo Bank in Hong Kong is also under his jurisdiction.
Chen Tao couldn't hide his excitement and said: "After receiving your business letter, we immediately set up a professional team and rushed over. The team members in Hong Kong are being selected. They will arrive in Yanjing tomorrow. They have been here Hong Kong, so I am more familiar with the business details in Hong Kong.”
Li Ziwei nodded and said, "Then let's go up now."
"good!"
For China National Bank Securities, Makino Technology is interested in approaching them for a Hong Kong IPO. This is simply a good thing like pie in the sky.
Before this, no one had doubted that the listing channel for a company like Makino Technology must be in the United States. After all, the United States is still the center of world capital at this stage.
But now, the United States has "fouled" and Li Mu has directly turned against the American capitalists. This big fruit has fallen on his head all at once. If China Bank Securities can seize this opportunity, then it is very likely that with the IPO of Makino Technology, Became the largest securities firm in Hong Kong.
…
When Wendy Goldberg saw Li Ziwei, she wanted to go up and say hello to her immediately, and say a few words of shame to see if she could make Li Mu feel sympathy.
However, before they arrived, they heard the conversation between Chen Tao and Li Ziwei.
Wendy Goldberg speaks Chinese very well, so she heard almost every word of the conversation between the two of them.
The content of the conversation between the two shocked Wendy Goldberg. Although IPO was not mentioned in the conversation, when Hong Kong was mentioned, she immediately thought of whether Li Mu had already started preparing for the Hong Kong IPO. Already
Realizing how important the matter was, she quickly took out her cell phone and called her father, Devinson Goldberg.
Devinson Gaobo was still waiting for news about his daughter. Since he had been closed off all contact channels by Li Mu, the only thing he could hope for was that his daughter studying abroad in Yanjing could meet Li Mu.
However, he waited for several hours, but Wendy Goldberg failed to meet Li Mu.
This also made him more and more worried and unsure.
Suddenly receiving a call from Wendy Goldberg, he immediately answered the call and asked: "Wendy, how is the situation now? Have you seen Li Mu?"
"No." Wendy Goldberg said in a somewhat urgent voice, "Li Mu has always been unwilling to see me."
After saying that, she added: "I called because there is an important matter. Makino Technology seems to have started working on the IPO in Hong Kong. If I guessed correctly, Hong Kong securities firms have already come to the door."
"So fast?!" Devinson Goldberg felt nervous and blurted out: "Do you know which brokerage it is?"
After saying that, he mocked himself and said: "It must be Huaguo Bank Securities. The one that has the ability to do a large-scale IPO of Makino Technology in Hong Kong. Apart from us, it is them. No other securities firm can do it at all."
Wendy Goldberg couldn't help but ask: "Dad, what should we do now? Li Mu is right. If you really decide to IPO in Hong Kong, it is basically impossible to change your mind."
Devinson Goldberg said angrily: "Li Mu will definitely not slap himself in the face. The listing in Hong Kong is a certainty. I have to go to China!"
Wendy Goldberg said: "Dad, Li Mu may not be willing to see you if you come. It will probably be a waste of time."
Dai Wensen said: "We can't care about this anymore. We still have the most glimmer of hope for Li Mu's IPO in Hong Kong. Even if we can underwrite it together with China National Bank Securities, it will be no problem. If we don't fight for it, we will really be excluded!"
At this moment, Davinson almost hates his colleagues on Wall Street.
If they hadn't asked me to mediate with Li Mu, how could I have offended Li Mu
If I had not called Li Mu at that time, if I had not spoken for those colleagues, even if Li Mu was disappointed with Wall Street and went public in Hong Kong, his relationship with me would not have been greatly affected. I would not have helped him IPO in Hong Kong by then. Same thing
It's okay now, damn, for those greedy guys on Wall Street, I suddenly lost what may be the biggest deal in my life!
…
Li Mu met the China Bank Securities team headed by Chen Tao in the conference room.
After the core team members of both parties shook hands one by one, Li Mu sat at the head of the conference room. On his left was Chen Tao's team, and on his right was his own team.
Li Mu got straight to the point and said: "Mr. Chen, the main purpose of sending a business letter to your company is to be interested in cooperating with your company to promote the IPO of Makino Technology in Hong Kong. Before we talk, I have several important questions that I need to ask you. You ask for advice.”
Chen Tao said: "Mr. Li is too polite, please tell me."
Li Mu nodded and said: "First of all, I want to start the road show in July and strive to achieve listing around October. Is there any problem with this time point?"
"This is no problem." Chen Tao said: "There is still half a year, which is enough for us to operate."
Li Mu asked again: "If my goal is to have a minimum valuation of no less than 450 billion US dollars, which is no less than 3.6 trillion Hong Kong dollars, do you think it can be achieved?"
Chen Tao said: "I have considered this issue before coming here. To be honest, Makino Technology is the leading domestic Internet company and the leading global Internet company. The market value of US$450 billion is not high. After all, during the Internet bubble period, many companies The company has reached a market capitalization of over US$500 billion."
Li Mu continued to ask: "I will give up to 10% of the shares for IPO, which means that I have to raise at least US$45 billion for Makino Technology. Do you think your company is qualified for an IPO of US$45 billion?"
Chen Tao said seriously: "Huayin Securities has not done such a large-scale IPO, but we are very optimistic about the prospects of Makino Technology, and the market is equally optimistic about the prospects of Makino Technology, so I believe that US$45 billion should not be a big problem. "
"Okay." Li Mu said with a smile, "Last question."
"If I ask that the US$45 billion cannot go into Wall Street's pockets, is there any way your company can do it?"
(End of chapter)