Chapter 343 The bell must be tied to the bell
Whitman looked at Song Yang. Since joining Double Click, his life has been much more exciting than Whitman's career in the previous ten years.
Taking an Internet company that was only 13 months old to go public, toughening the Trade Commission, the federal judiciary and other departments, and now having to deal with short-selling institutions on Wall Street, Whitman didn't know what else he would experience in his position as co-president of Double Click.
But Whitman feels that when she retires, she will write a memoir and reveal some secrets, which will definitely be on the New York Times bestseller list...
Song Yang looked at the buildings outside the glass window. Double Click's New York office was located opposite the Empire State Building. The surrounding office buildings were basically all Wall Street institutions, as well as offices of major companies from all over the world.
Seeing the signs and logos of each Wall Street institution, Song Yang couldn't help but smile and looked at Whitman, "To untie the bell, you must tie the bell!"
Whitman looked at Song Yang in shock, not knowing what he meant.
"People on Wall Street know Wall Street best," Song Yang stood up and looked out the window, "Most of the money that Creamer's hedge funds got came from Wall Street, right?"
"That double-click also "borrows" money from Wall Street!"
Creamer Hedge Fund and other short-selling institutions on Wall Street may raise part of the funds themselves, but the other large part of the funds must have been borrowed from Wall Street banks and large institutions. Otherwise, how could they have raised so much money?
The U.S. knife is short.
Treating others in their own way. Creamer can do it, but Double Click can't?
"Double-click the company, now contact KKR Group and Kravis, and also contact Deutsche Bank. I think Addison should be very interested in this matter!" Song Yang said with a smile.
kkr Group is America Telecom's current investment adviser. It helps America Telecom acquire other companies. It previously cheated AOL and Puserve and then sold them to AOL. The butcher's plate of America Telecom's tearful profit of 300 million US dollars is the kkr Group.
President Kravis runs the business for America Telecom.
This barbarian at the gate of Wall Street is still going strong. Double Click needs the support of Kravis and KKR Group this time.
But the main funds are estimated to need to be solved by Addison, the president of Deutsche Bank Investment Bank in America. This Wall Street madman is also decisive and ruthless. Whitman can imagine that once Kravis and Addison
If people join in, then this time, Double Click Company will definitely not make a small fuss, and may start a thing that shocks the entire Wall Street.
"Song, if we really take action against those short-selling hedge funds and institutions this time, then Double Click Company will probably always have rivals on Wall Street from now on!"
Whitman reminded Song Yang that if we start a war with those short-selling institutions this time and cause those institutions to bleed a lot, then the problem will be severed. It is okay for Double Click Company to remain strong, but if it encounters trouble, it will immediately
There will be people who jump out and add insult to injury.
"If Double Click doesn't take action, will Creamer, James Chanos and the others let Double Click go?!" Song Yang looked directly at Whitman.
Whitman was silent for a moment, knowing that he could not avoid it this time. Creamer's gang was aggressive, and Song Yang was not willing to give in. This encounter was probably going to be like a spark hitting the earth!
When Song Yang was ready to free up his hands to join forces with KKR Group and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank to deal with Creamer's gang, Creamer was not idle either and was also looking for "helpers".
Wearing a brand-name suit and a precious diamond watch, when he arrived at the office building on the 47th floor of the General Motors Building in Manhattan, Creamer never felt that he was short of money from entering Wall Street to starting his career and establishing his own hedge fund.
, once again felt that his worth was far from enough...
The office that Creamer came to was like a painting room of a British aristocrat. It was decorated with portraits of European aristocrats all over the walls, and also displayed many antiques from all over the world. One of them particularly caught Creamer's attention, that was
A masterpiece by French master Camille Corot.
If you were an artist, you would be yelling at me when you come here. The collectors here don't understand art at all. With so many things put together, there is no artistic style.
But when Creamer or people from Wall Street come here, they only have one feeling, that is, the person who owns this office is worth far more than everyone else. Without worth, how could he come up with so many famous paintings and antiques to decorate this office?
office!
While Creamer was admiring these famous paintings, a figure came over and said to Creamer, "Mr. Creamer, Director Carl Icahn, please come in!"
The person Creamer wants to meet today is none other than Carl Icahn, the "Wolf of Wall Street" who has been feared by many American companies since the 1980s.
Starting with Philips Petroleum ten years ago, over the years, companies that have been tormented by Carl Icahn, including TWA, Texaco and many other well-known companies, have all been dealt with by Carl Icahn.
This time, Creamer wanted to invite the Wolf of Wall Street to help him win the war against Double Click.
What Carl Icahn likes to do most is to buy at the bottom, buy a company at a low price when it is at its lowest point, or even when it is bankrupt, then package it up and sell it at a high price. Blackstone Investment Group can be said to have learned the essence of this. Of course, sometimes, Carl
·Icahn will inevitably use special means to forcefully short a company, drive its stock price to a discount, and then move in to acquire it.
As for other hostile takeovers, let alone mentioning them, ordinary investors in America are willing to follow Carl Icahn and regard him as the leader, because they can eat meat by following him. Carl Icahn invests
America's stock price can rise significantly in the short term.
Sometimes Carl Icahn will ask to join the board of directors, and then start "selling, selling, selling", selling all the assets of a company, showing off the performance, paying out large dividends, and then raising the stock price, selling all the stocks.
Carl Icahn doesn't care if he sells and walks away leaving a mess behind. He has taken advantage of it anyway.
Creamer had not originally thought about finding Carl Icahn, a hungry wolf, but Double Click's first day of trial gave Double Click a vague feeling of getting out of the quagmire. This made Creamer a little worried, but he was unwilling to let it go.
He stopped and left, so he approached Carl Icahn for help. Creamer wanted to double-click short selling and make it his battle to become famous!
Perhaps, Internet Company Killer is also a good name, Creamer thought.
Sitting in an office filled with art and luxury goods was an ordinary old man in his sixties. When Creamer entered, the old man was talking on the phone.
"I'm telling you, Sandor, you've messed up!"
Carl Icahn raised his head, and his gaze was like a knife, sharply scratching Creamer's body, causing Creamer to unconsciously lower his head and show his kindness to Carl Icahn.
"You're in charge of a great company, but now you've made a mess of it. I told you my terms, and now it's time to think about it, Sandor!"
Listening to the name Sandel, Creamer filtered through his mind and suddenly remembered a name, President of Motorola.
And now this giant CEO who covers the sky with one hand in America is being scolded by Carl Icahn. During the Cremerton time, his sense of the Wolf of Wall Street has improved a lot.
After putting down the phone, Carl Icahn rubbed his brow. Now Carl Icahn is eyeing a new "toy", one of the "living fossils" of the American technology industry, Motorola Group.
Relying on the popularity of the mobile phone industry, as one of the two giants in the mobile phone industry, Motorola's revenue has continued to skyrocket in recent years. Motorola has also reached its peak, with revenue of US$29.7 billion, but its stock price is somewhat sluggish.
The key is that in the competition with Nokia, Motorola has gradually gone from being the leader to being surpassed. Although it is making a lot of money selling mobile phones, Motorola has to choose the cdma standard in order to maintain its position in the American mobile phone market.
, and Asia and Europe have begun to implement the GSM standard, which has directly overtaken Nokia in sales in Europe and Asia.
The sales volume was surpassed by Nokia, so even if Motorola made crazy profits, it was still despised by Wall Street. It only loved the Internet and regarded Motorola as a cow lady.
However, Motorola is disliked not only because of the dispute between cdma and gsm, but also for another important reason. Motorola is the overlord in the analog signal era. Its technology and standards are all based on analog signals, so it is very resistant to mobile communications.
The era is coming, and as the saying goes, the butt determines the head. Motorola can't dig its own grave. It should give up the analog signals it earned while lying down and take risks in digital mobile communications, although the latter is obviously a new trend.
All of this has made Motorola, which seems to be in the ascendant, somewhat disliked, its stock price is sluggish, and it has also been targeted by Carl Icahn, a hungry wolf. He is constantly acquiring Motorola shares, and even asked to join the Motorola board of directors, obviously preparing to do something.
A big vote.
"Cremer?!"
Carl Icahn looked at Creamer in front of him, "What's the matter?"
Creamer tidied up his clothes and took a deep breath. At that moment, various thoughts flashed through Creamer's mind. His eyes looking at Carl Icahn were a little fiery. He didn't know when,
Being able to be like Carl Icahn, who treats the American giants as if they are nothing and can reprimand them at will!
"I want to work with Director Carl Icahn on something!" Creamer said loudly to Carl Icahn.
Carl Icahn couldn't help but smile. He didn't know how long it had been since no one came to him and asked to cooperate with him. It was always him who came to him to "cooperate". As for the one who was cooperated by Carl Icahn
Chapter completed!