While AOL was still considering it, Li Zetian had already launched a takeover action against Carl Zeiss in East Germany in the Soviet-occupied zone.
The Soviet Union and the United States are in a cold war, and the acquisition of Carl Zeiss is a bit sensitive.
However, East Germany does not belong to the Soviet Union after all, but a democratic Germany. In business, the Carl Zeiss company in East Germany suffered a serious loss. Since someone wants to buy a company, it can also be considered.
Soon, the people sent by Li Zetian began to approach the people from Carl Zeiss and officially entered the negotiation process.
Not long after, news came out that Li Zetian had launched an acquisition of Trumpf.
At this time, the German government and German citizens were very surprised.
"Chronos·Li's investment is going to Germany?"
Many Germans are delighted.
Germany is a defeated country and needs external investment.
Li Zetian is the richest man in the world, and his investment trends have always attracted attention. His acquisition of German companies means that he is optimistic about Germany's development. The German government certainly supports it. With the example of Li Zetian, international capital must not enter Germany one after another to promote Germany's economic development
Therefore, during the acquisition process, Li Zetian did not encounter any obstruction from the German government. Money is not an issue as long as the government does not interfere.
In fact, Germany is the largest economy in Europe, and its industry is very developed. Li Zetian is very optimistic about its development.
Although Li Zetian now has American nationality, his company is an international enterprise, and the US government can interfere with US companies at most.
As the saying goes, "the cunning rabbit has three caves", Li Zetian will naturally not put all his industries in the United States.
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Three days passed quickly. The person who knew the current affairs was Junjie. Steve Case was a smart man. Finally, he negotiated with Jim Kinsey and agreed to Li Zetian's request.
Li Zetian sent Dongfang Yuqin to AOL again and formally signed a contract with them. At the same time, it brought cooperation contracts between Mango Computer, Apple and Sprint, allowing AOL to install online service systems on computers, and Sprint to provide network services.
After Dongfang Yuqin left, Steve Case said with emotion: "Chronos Li has too many resources, and AOL has provided so much help as soon as he got it. Why can't the company develop!!"
Jim Kinsey nodded: "Yes! Okay, this is just the beginning, we still need to get more orders, all computer malls and telecommunications companies are our targets!"
"Um!"
Li Zetian allowed AOL to develop without intervening or even making suggestions.
In fact, because the Internet has not yet emerged, good products have been made, but other companies have imitated them. Plus, Steve Case and his management team are young after all and need to hone in on them.
His focus now is on Sprint, where the telecommunications network is the key to the Internet.
Now that AOL has been acquired, it is also time to speed up the development of Sprint. Li Zetian intends to acquire a telecommunications company for rapid expansion. The target has been found, GTE, the largest independent local telephone company in the United States.
Right now, with the dollar depreciating so much, there are more than $3 billion in Umbrella's accounts. At the end of the year, the company will distribute dividends again. If the money is not spent, Li Zetian is not happy and always feels that he is losing money. If the money is not enough, Wells Fargo, under Li Zetian's name, can still borrow.
So, on the third day of the acquisition of America Online, Li Zetian launched a takeover offer to GTE in the name of Sprint.
As soon as the news came out, the US telecommunications industry was shocked.
The Wall Street Journal couldn't help but report: "Sprint has the support of Chronos·Li and is extremely strong, and will surely become the overlord of US telecommunications in the near future!!"
The hearts of AT&T are fluctuating, and there is no way to suppress the strong rise of Sprint.
The establishment of a nationwide digital fiber-optic network immediately made Sprint a strong contender for AT&T's long-distance business. In addition, the construction of the submarine optical cable between the United States and Asia is about to be completed. At that time, for the international long-distance business in Asia, Sprint will hang up AT&T, unless AT&T also builds a submarine optical cable immediately.
In addition, AT&T is also facing competition from MCI, which can be described as embattled, which is really frustrating.
AOL's Steve Case and Jim Kinsey were ecstatic when they learned that Sprint was buying GTE. If GTE is acquired by Li Zetian, AOL can get absolute support from GTE, and the company will develop as fast as a rocket in the future.
"Chronos Li is worthy of being the richest man in the world, a billionaire. He is rich and domineering! If we didn't agree with Chronos Li's acquisition of AOL, we would definitely have a headache now!" Steve Case laughed.
"Hehe, that's true!" Jim Kinsey laughed. "In my opinion, this is just the beginning. Chronos Li will definitely not be satisfied after acquiring GTE. Seven Bells may be his next goal!"
"The combination of capital strength and discernment is simply invincible!"
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Li Zetian's big moves are frequent, and the latest news is all related to him.
The acquisition of either a German company or an American telecommunications company seems to have exposed the fangs of a capitalist, making people realize that this is the real capital predator! ! !
In the evening, Dongfang Yuqin walked into Li Zetian's study and said, "Mr. Li, M. Davis, chairman of the 20th Century Fox Film Company, called just now and cordially invited you to his party."
"You politely declined for me, you know, I don't like to attend this kind of party very much." Li Zetian didn't lift his head and continued to read the document.
Dongfang Yuqin reminded: "Mr. Li, this is not an easy party!"
"Oh?!" Li Zetian raised his head at this time, looked at her and asked, "Why isn't it simple?"
"News Corporation wants to buy 20th Century Fox Film Company, but there is no agreement on the price. At this critical moment, M. Davis suddenly held a party and invited many people with deep pockets, which is worth investigating. Mr. Li, if If you're interested in 20th Century Fox, you might as well go to this party!
In the 1960s, the 20th Century Fox Film Company produced Cleopatra, the most expensive film in the history of American cinema, but it failed miserably. Since then, 20th Century Fox, which was short of funds, began to decline, and by the 1970s, the company had made very few films. In 1981, the big oil merchant M. Davis bought the company, but it did not bring him huge profits, so now he wants to change hands. "
Li Zetian heard the words and secretly rejoiced. Although he didn't know much about 20th Century Fox Film Company, he also knew that the company's current situation was not very good. Now it belongs to Disney.
"Let's go then!" Li Zetian thought about it and said with a smile, "Haha, it seems to be very interesting to master the two Hollywood movie giants! In addition, the "Sun" under the name of News Corporation once satirized me, although the matter has passed. It's been a long time, but it left scars on my fragile heart..."
Speaking of the latter, Li Zetian couldn't help but joke. However, he does have a bit of a contradiction with News Corp. He can block News Corp. and strengthen himself at the same time. Why not do it