Chapter 711: Snake Swallows Elephant
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After hanging up the phone, Bernard Ebes made several calls in a row, including several major shareholders of Worldcom, several major banks in América, Wall Street investment banks, etc.
Sichmore, who was standing by, was frightened. He had experienced the courage and madness of Bernard Ebes. Bernard Ebes wanted to issue a large amount of new stocks and borrowed heavily from Wall Street institutions. The US dollars raised may even exceed 30 billion US dollars. At all costs, he would also have to earn MCI!
Sichmore was shocked by Bernard Ebes' bold words. He didn't know whether Bernard Ebes was really sure. Whether this acquisition could make a big profit in WorldTong or go crazy. This was a feeling that he would not leave a way out for himself and WorldTong.
After several phone calls, Bernard Ebes looked up at Sichmore and spread his hands. Bernard Ebes spread his hands helplessly at Sichmore and sighed, "You see, I'm too busy here. If Worldcom could have more people, like you and Scott, I don't have to be busy..."
Although he had just recruited Sicmore, Bernard Ebes had no concealment. He treated Sicmore as a confidant like Scott in his words. Scott, who was in charge of Worldcom's finances, was the absolute confidant of Bernard Ebes and the second person in Worldcom.
"What's the matter?" Bernard Ebeth finally asked about the matter.
Sichmore was a little complicated. He could feel the importance Bernard Ebes attached to him, but he saw the internal problems of Worldcom, which made Sichmore feel a headache.
"President Ebes, the internal situation of Worldcom is somewhat beyond my expectations, including Worldcom, and the acquired high-speed communication telecommunications, Resurrection Telecom, IDB, MFS Telecom, etc. The lines of these telecommunications companies are completely separated and the technical standards are different. Worldcom has not integrated these telephone lines, and some lines have not been updated and maintained for several years..."
Sichmoore felt that the company within Worldcom was completely a mess, and the companies they acquired were fighting each other. The companies that Worldcom bought for hundreds of millions or billions of dollars did not make any profit for Worldcom at all.
Some lines have not been replaced for many years, and it is not a matter of complaints once or twice. Shitong has never heard of them, and it seems that they don’t care about user experience at all. As long as investors who bought Shitong’s stock have no objection, Shitong’s stock price will continue to rise.
"In addition, the latest broadband and mobile Internet business in the telecom industry are not available in Worldcom!"
Hearing Sicmore's words, Bernard Ebes seemed not surprised at all, and even laughed, "I have acquired MCI, and Worldcom have all these!"
Bernard Ebes had no worries about what Sichmoore threatened that Worldcom lags behind telecom companies such as Americas and Sprint in the fields of telecommunications.
As long as MCI Telecom is acquired, Shitong will be able to obtain broadband lines and mobile base stations laid by MCI, saving Shitong time and directly getting it in place.
Seeing Sichmore's worried look, Bernard Ebes comforted Sichmore and said, "Isn't this the reason why I made you live in the next life?!"
"Help me and Worldcom will handle these problems well. As long as Worldcom becomes the largest telecom group in America and has enough US dollars, these are not problems. Worldcom will have enough US dollars to solve these problems at that time."
Then, Bernard Ebes even said something that made Sicmore's heart pound.
Looking at Sichmore, Ebes said earnestly, "Workstone needs a qualified leader in the future. By the time I retire, Worldcom should be the largest telecommunications group in America. At that time, what Worldcom needed was not to acquire many more companies, but to stabilize and to take over by those who understand telecommunications technology. Scott is a financial expert, but technically..."
Bernard Ebes shook his head and did not continue to speak, but his attitude was expressed.
Now Ebes is conquering the world for Worldcom. When he retires, he needs to defend the world. This person must understand the telecom industry so that Worldcom will not go astray. Scott is obviously not within Bernard Ebes' consideration.
It was not stated explicitly, but Bernard Ebes' proposal was already quite tempting, that is, let Sichmore take over as his head!
The pie was too big, and it made Sichmore feel a little dizzy in his mind. It is hard to say whether Ebes really wanted him to be the head of Shitong, but what he said just now had already given him enough hints.
At this moment, a head of the Human Resources Department hurried in, handed Bernard Ebes a document, whispered a few words into Bernard Ebes' ear, and looked at Sichmore several times.
Seeing this, Sichmore was very tactful and prepared to leave, but Bernard Ebes stopped him and threw the document in his hand on the table.
"You should know this," Bernard Ebes sneered coldly and said to Sichmore, "Crow's traitor ran away. He was a coward. I gave him a chance to become a winner, but he would go through failure again.
He just hides in Telecom, and Worldcom will defeat him again and tell him who is the winner!"
When I heard that Crow ran to Telecom, Sichmore had no strange place, so I took Ebes' attitude towards Crod. If the latter didn't run, that would be strange. As for Telecom, Sichmore felt that if Worldcom entered the broadband market, his biggest opponent would probably be Telecom!
Bernard Ebes didn't care too much about James Crow's joining Telecom America. There was not much report on the whereabouts of James Crow. At this time, the people who were paying attention to Worldcom were really going to acquire MCI.
Standing at the acquisition of MFS Telecom, Worldcom is already one of the giants of America Telecom. If MCI is swallowed up, it will be able to join the ranks of global telecom giants, and even compete with Telecom Group to see who is the leader in the telecom industry!
Compared to this, it can change the situation of America Telecom industry and even the global telecom market. Crow, the president of MFS Telecom, does not attract much attention wherever he goes.
"Ten years ago, Worldcom was just a mouse next to the elephant of the Telecom Group. Standing, this mouse was almost tripping the elephant in the telecommunications industry!"
Daniel Axon, the MCI president who received Bernard Ebes, said to the directors in the conference room to the executives in an amazement.
The merger between MCI and British Telecom was only a short shot, but someone stopped him. Standing in front of MCI, should we continue to talk with British Telecom, or let WorldTong enter and accept WorldTong's offer.
"British Telecom's revenue is five times that of Worldcom. The offer this time is $19 billion. How much can Worldcom take out?"
An MCI director spoke for British Telecom that British Telecom could offer MCI, so he naturally did some public relations, attracted a group of MCI directors and executives to build momentum for Britain.
"Why not wait for Shitong?"
MCI Senior Vice President Shamro knocked on the table and said, "Simport has quoted $12.5 billion for MFS Telecom, and MFS is less than a fraction of MCI. How much will Worldcom offer us?"
After hearing this, the director couldn't help but curl his lips, "Shitong just acquired MFS Telecom, how much more US dollars can it take?"
Shamro looked at the director and then said to Daniel Axon and other executives of MCI Telecom, "I have a message channel. Worldcom is preparing to issue 820 million new shares to raise funds!"
Suddenly, the entire conference room was silent, and it was obviously scared by this news. Worldcom's current stock price has reached more than 30 US dollars. If 820 million new stocks can be issued, Worldcom will receive more than 20 billion US dollars in cash at one time. As long as Worldcom's stock price does not fall, this will be equivalent to more than 20 billion US dollars in hard currency.
Daniel Axon and MCI executives had only one thought in their minds at this time. I don’t know if they were too conservative or the world was crazy. Worldcom issued so many new stocks, would those leeks agree?!
Daniel Axon felt that this was a bit unreliable, but he couldn't help but be moved. If Worldcom could be issued, wouldn't it be that it would take out $200 billion to acquire MCI?
Sometimes things in this world are so magical, and even MCI feels unreliable. The leeks who bought Shitong's stocks strongly supported the fact that Shitong had a serious illness and issued new shares to acquire MCI. The major banks and institutions of America also strongly supported them. They were all betting that acquiring MCI would make Shitong's stock price continue to soar. Then their gamble would be successful!
The telecommunications industry is like a pot of cooked hot oil. If there is a slight turbulence, it will catch a fire.
Song Yang did not stay in New York for a long time. After attending the premiere of "The Matrix", ICQ started to go public on the roadshow, and after taking down Bell Labs, Song Yang began to return to San Jose.
It is true that New York is a world of flowers, but the next thing is definitely a place of right and wrong. Song Yang doesn't want to be so eye-catching and is targeted. What you have to do next is to make a fortune in silence, and there is no need to attract hatred everywhere.
Chapter completed!