Chapter 332 Acquisition of Brother Gu

The reason why Zhao Dong wanted to help Jordan join a team was because he had his own ideas.

Jordan in this life has not reached the heights of the previous life, so his influence is not as good as that of the previous life. Now that he has retired, his influence is likely to decline.

Feilong Sports is a foreign brand in the United States. It needs a local brand to compete with it so that it will not be overly squeezed out by Americans.

In fact, Nike is retained for this reason, because Americans are actually very xenophobic.

Therefore, Zhao Dong wants to maintain Jordan's influence, and becoming the boss of a team is the best way.

Anyway, the MJ brand and Nike made money, and the majority fell into the hands of him and Lindsay. When he helped Jordan, he was helping himself.

"Can."

He said in anticipation of Jordan.

"real?"

Jordan was overjoyed, no, simply ecstatic. He had the opportunity to become the big boss of a team.

"Congratulations, Michael." David Falk said quickly.

"Congratulations, Michael," Mitch Arison smiled.

"Thank you, thank you!" Jordan said excitedly.

Zhao Dong added: "You can form an investment team yourself. If you don't have suitable professionals, Storm Fund can help you form the most professional investment team."

"That would be great!"

Jordan said excitedly.

By this time, the yacht had left the dock, and the sea breeze was getting stronger.

After half an hour, the land became a horizontal line, and the goddess on Liberty Island gradually disappeared from sight.

Although the time was a little rushed, Arison was still very prepared. He even had an orchestra of thirty people on board to perform music for everyone.

After fishing for a while, it was about three o'clock and it was tea time.

Arison has been looking for opportunities. He wants to get some precise information about the U.S. stock market outlook from Lindsay.

Rather than the mixed information circulating in the market.

He knows that the U.S. stock market is actually controlled by Wall Street giants and bosses. Although Wall Street has recently looked down on Storm and Mrs. Lindsay, Storm’s rate of return is right there, ranking first on Wall Street. No one denies this. Can't.

As the boss of a listed company, the U.S. stock market has surged fourfold in the past two years, and his net worth has also surged nearly threefold. Now he is very concerned about what will happen to the market outlook.

Storm is bearish on the market outlook. If this happens, he will definitely reduce his holdings of some stocks to cash out.

"Mrs. Lindsay, there has been a lot of news about the storm on Wall Street recently." Taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere of afternoon tea, he said tentatively.

When Jordan and David Falk heard this, they immediately pricked up their ears.

Lindsay put down the coffee cup in his hand and said with a smile: "Yes, the market is still good at the moment, and Nasdaq's 5,000 point is just around the corner, but the storm has cashed out some funds due to some investment philosophy issues, and Wall Street has some different views, which is nothing. .”

"Mrs. Lindsay, are you really bearish on the market outlook?" Arison asked cautiously.

Lindsay smiled and said, "As I said just now, the investment philosophy is just different. I don't think the current U.S. stock market is the best investment market."

"It can storm hundreds of billions of dollars, and no other financial market in the world can accommodate it except here."

Arison said doubtfully.

Lindsay smiled and said: “The world is big and there will be an investment market, and the storm only cashed out part of the funds.

And if all funds are concentrated in U.S. stocks, the only result will be that U.S. asset prices enter a stage of artificially high prices. Things that could be bought for one dollar in the past now cost several times the price, and inflation is prone to occur.

Once funds flow out of the United States, there will be a sharp decline in assets. Our storm is too big and we need to avoid risks in advance. "

Arison nodded thoughtfully and did not ask the question again.

At this time, Lindsay's personal assistant Miss Mei Lin came over, holding a satellite maritime mobile phone in her hand, and whispered in Lindsay's ear: "Madam, zl Investment Fund just informed me that Larry, the two founders of Google, Page and Sergey Brin want to sell Google, asking for $800,000."

"What?"

Lindsay was startled.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed the Google search engine in their college dormitory, and established a private company on August 7, with each holding half of the shares. It has been less than a year. time.

Zhao Dong and Lindsay sent people to contact them and made investment.

The two registered a ZL investment fund in the Cayman Islands through indirect shareholding, and then invested US$500,000 in the name of the fund to obtain 40% of the shares. Page and Brin each held 30% of the shares.

This price was very high, because Google at that time had nothing and was worthless. Zhao Dong and Lindsay looked like they were taken advantage of.

Of course, if it weren't for the high price, Page and Brin would not have sold 40% of their shares.

Zhao Dong was very cautious about this small investment. Not only did he register an investment fund overseas, no one even knew that this fund was related to him and Lindsay, and it had nothing to do with other companies such as Storm.

The ZL Fund does not know about the existence of him and Lindsay. The person the fund can contact is Miss Mei Lin, Lindsay's personal assistant. Therefore, except Mei Lin, no one else knows that he and Lindsay invested in the ZL Fund and indirectly invested in it. This is currently a completely inconspicuous Google.

The reason why Zhao Dong is so cautious is of course to prevent Google from being suppressed by the United States because of his Chinese identity when it develops in the future.

After a year of development, Google's search engine has occupied some markets, but its development is not very good. Facing the suppression of Yahoo, the competitive pressure is very high, and it seems that there is no chance of survival.

"Husband?" Lindsay shouted.

Google is a company that her husband Zhao Dong is very optimistic about, so she attaches great importance to it. Now that there is an opportunity to acquire Google, she will certainly not let it go.

"how?"

Zhao Dong, who was chatting with Jordan, came over and asked.

"Brother Gu is selling it."

Lindsay whispered.

Zhao Dong was startled and nodded immediately.

He also remembered that the founder of Gu Ge did sell the company more than once, but the price could not be negotiated.

The most famous thing is that this year, due to operating difficulties and lack of funds to invest in technology research and development, Google negotiated with Yahoo and asked for $1 million to sell 100% of its shares, but Yahoo did not agree.

Then Google persisted, and in 2002, Yahoo took the initiative to acquire Google, offering a price of US$3 billion, 3,000 times higher than the first acquisition three years ago. Google counter-offered US$5 billion, and the second acquisition was unsuccessful.

Then, there was no more. Google had grown completely, and Yahoo had no chance to acquire it anymore.

According to his understanding, Yahoo has done a lot of stupid things in terms of acquisitions.

For example, in 2006, Yahoo proposed to acquire Facebook with US$1 billion in cash and some Yahoo shares. It was just a sign of the deal. However, the internal situation at Facebook was not good and some problems arose. Yahoo took the opportunity to lower the price and reduced the number of shares. 150 million US dollars in cash, and then Zuckerberg felt humiliated and tore up the signing document in front of the board of directors.

In 2008, Microsoft planned to acquire Yahoo for US$40 billion in cash, but Yahoo rejected it. Then in 2016, Yahoo was sold for US$4.6 billion.

For well-known internet companies like this, founders have wanted to sell their companies, as have several domestic portals.

It is very easy to acquire Google now. He and Lindsay’s zl investment fund registered in the Cayman Islands is the only shareholder other than the two founders. If Page and Brin want to sell the company, they have the right of first refusal. This was the original agreement.

Money is nothing. He spent two million dollars to treat Tita Vantis to a champagne bath, and spending one million to acquire Google couldn't be more cost-effective.

But he has to consider a question: will Google's development be affected by the loss of Google's two founders?

If Google falls into his and Lindsay's hands, money is nothing, what if Android cannot be released in the future?

He and Lindsay came to the side and said: "In order not to affect Google's development, Larry Page and Brin need to stay in the company, and their shares cannot be acquired in full.

My idea is to give them each 5% of the shares, hire them with high salaries, and promise them large dividends if the company develops. "

Of course, Lindsay didn't know the future development of Google, but she believed in Zhao Dong's vision, not to mention that it didn't cost much. The money she leaked from her fingers every day could buy Google. The reason why she treated Google cautiously was all because The reason why Zhao Dong attaches great importance to it.

Nodding, she said: "We didn't interfere with Google's development before, but what about in the future?"

"The direction of development is determined by them. We will not interfere. The board of directors is only responsible for supervision." Zhao Dongdao.

Lin Dao: "Then we'll notify Los Angeles."

"How much do they want?" Zhao Dong asked curiously.

"Eight hundred thousand US dollars is about the same as when we invested last year. It is said that this small company cannot survive now, and it is no longer worth the price." Lindsay smiled.

"Eight hundred thousand? Haha, round up and give them one million, and then give them each 5% of the shares." Zhao Dong smiled.

"Okay." Lindsay smiled.

At this time, in Los Angeles, in a small company office, Page and Brin sat behind the desk in frustration.

If the company really couldn't survive, they really didn't want to sell Google.

They have discussed that if the major shareholder zl investment fund does not want to buy their shares, they will go to Yahoo. Now they are waiting for a reply from zl fund.

Twenty minutes later, they waited for the person they were waiting for, Luo Chek, the financial director of ZL Investment Fund stationed at Google.

Rochek has nothing to do with the storm. He is not even known to Mei Lin. He is just a staff member hired by ZL Investment Fund in Los Angeles.

"Mr. Chek, have you decided?" Page asked with some anxiety.

Brin was also a little worried because the price he and Page asked for was very high. In fact, Google was not worth anything at all now because it was about to go bankrupt.

But they are not willing to sell it at this price. This is a company for which they have devoted all their efforts.

"You are lucky. The boss of our fund has decided to acquire your shares." When he said this, Rochek looked like you had reaped the benefits.

"Really? That's great!"

Although they didn't want to sell, Page and Brin were very happy to hear the good news. At least their work was not in vain.

"But there are conditions." Rochek finished the second half of the sentence.

"What conditions?" Page and Brin asked nervously.

"Good thing, it's a great thing for you. You have met a good boss." Rochek looked envious, and then said: "Our boss decided to give you one million dollars..."

"What?"

Page and Brin were a little dumbfounded. They held 60% of the shares in total, and the asking price of US$800,000 was considered high. Unexpectedly, zl Fund took the initiative to raise the price. Are there any such stupid people in the world?

"Also, our boss only wants 50% of your shares, and each of you can keep 5% of the shares." Rochek added.

"Why?" Page and Brin were even more confused now.

"Because our boss said that this company is too small and he is not interested in running it, so he will continue to leave it to you to run it. And he said that he believes in your ability and hopes that you will do a good job in this company." Luo Check said.

"But..." Glancing at Brin, Page felt a little embarrassed.

"Our boss has said that the annual salary for each of you is tentatively set at three hundred thousand US dollars. The future annual salary will be determined according to the development of the company. If the company develops well, there will be large dividends, which may reach hundreds of millions a year."

When Rochek said this, his face was full of weirdness.

Because he believed that this shabby and small Internet company was not worth even one million, and now the boss actually offered such a high annual salary to two people, so he thought that the boss was out of his mind.

You must know that his monthly salary at ZL Fund is only 4,000 US dollars. Why do these two guys get an annual salary of 300,000 US dollars?

"..."

Page and Brin are speechless. Are there such fool investors?

But the annual salary of 300,000 yuan has attracted them, which is the same as the money they paid to sell the company. After the company develops, there will be dividends, and they still have 5% of the shares. Where can they find such a good job?

"Then, can what you mentioned be written into the contract?" Page asked tentatively.

"Of course." Rochek said.

"I'm willing to stay. What about you, Brin?" Page said.

"Me too." Brin smiled.

An hour later, on the Rolls returning to New York, Merlin received the news that ZL Fund successfully acquired 50% of Google's shares and now owns 90% of the shares, and both Page and Brin have stayed.

At Alison's private dock, Alison saw off Zhao Dong and his party and returned to the Rolls. He planned to stay on the ship tonight to think about the problem.

He didn't get any definite news from Lindsay, which he expected. Now he had to decide whether to follow the storm or follow the rising trend of U.S. stocks, that is, keep up with the mainstream of Wall Street.

The storm controls a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, but the mainstream of Wall Street controls the entire world. How to choose, in fact, he does not need to choose at all.

But the performance of Storm is there. It only took less than two years to go from being unknown to being the best in the industry. All the investment behaviors were extremely correct. This is definitely not luck.

So he finally decided to wait a little longer. There was still time, and the storm had only redeemed tens of billions. This was just the beginning. If there was a large-scale redemption by the storm, it would mean that the storm collapsed, and he would have no choice at all.

What he didn't know was that what Zhao Dong and Lindsay planned was to disband all their Storm Funds, focus on China, and invest in industry as the main body, and start over, without any need for existing funds.

In this country that has established financial hegemony, Zhao Dong's Chinese identity is destined that Storm Fund will be targeted by Wall Street sooner or later, and Lindsay's identity can only be concealed for a while.

In particular, the storm is bearish on the market outlook this time and runs counter to Wall Street, which will accelerate this process.

The next day, at 10 a.m. on the 21st, Jordan and David Falk came to the Wall Street Storm Fund headquarters. Zhao Dong invited him to come, and the investment team he had formed for him was ready.

It was the first time for the two Jordans to come to such a place, and they were very curious.

"Is this the place where hundreds of billions of dollars are controlled? It's so exciting! I feel like a country bumpkin..."

While looking around, Jordan whispered to Falk.

"I have a similar feeling." Falk said with a wry smile.

At this time, Zhao Dong opened the door of an office and led the two of them in.

There were already six or seven people waiting for them inside. This was the investment team prepared by Storm for Jordan. Zhao Dong introduced both parties.

After some pleasantries, Zhao Dong went straight to the point and asked: "Michael, Cavaliers, Celtics, Nuggets, Mavericks, which of these four teams do you want the most?"

Jordan said excitedly: "I have thought about it. The Cavaliers' market is too small, and the Cardinal's prestige among the Celtics is too high. They only believe in people from the Celtics and will not welcome foreign funds to join Kyle." My dear, I'm afraid I won't be welcome if I go..."

"Mavericks and Nuggets?" Zhao Dong said.

"Yes, just these two." Jordan said excitedly.

"It's a good team in the market." Zhao Dong nodded.

Then he left it alone and left it to Jordan and his team to solve the problem.

At this time, Postman Malone was discussing matters with his agent on his farm.

Phillier did not recommend that Postman go to the Lakers because the contract is too small.

"Karl, you have played for 13 seasons and your total salary is only 37 million U.S. dollars. This is only Jordan's salary for one year. After paying taxes, how much do you have left in your hands now?" Phillier said.

The postman looked a little ugly and said: "Except for what I spent, most of my money has been invested in this farm. I do..."

He was embarrassed to say it. His expenses were huge and he had no money at all. He really needed money and a big contract.

Before he was drafted at the age of 18, he asked 13-year-old Bell to give him an illegitimate child.

Before that, in 1981, his first girlfriend Ford had given birth to twin girls for him. He only met the 17-year-old twin girls last year.

After getting married, he and his wife had four more children.

At the critical moment, after getting married, he had several more illegitimate children outside.

The child support and the child's mother's support alone emptied his not-so-thick pocket.

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