Chapter 803 The Lobbying Contract Comes into Effect!
Chapter 803 The lobbying contract officially comes into effect!
"Do you have any other plans today?" Heideshier asked suddenly.
Elinda's mind wandered and she said naturally, "There are no other arrangements."
"I rented a yacht, how about we go out to sea and relax together." After saying that, Haider Hill looked at Alinda with a hopeful expression. Elinda looked at Haider Hill and began to feel entangled in her heart.
After a while, Elinda nodded slowly, and Hyde Hill was ecstatic inside.
After chatting patiently with Elinda for a while, she stood up and went to pay the bill. Elinda raised her hand and rubbed her head.
After leaving the cafe, both of them drove over. Heideshier drove the car in front to lead the way, and Alinda followed behind. The two set off towards the pier.
A yacht of more than 30 meters has been rented by Haider Hill. Although the price is high, it is nothing for Haider Hill.
As the exclusive lawyer for the chairman of Xingling Group, Hyde Hill has long since entered the ranks of billionaires.
Renting a yacht is such a small expense, it’s just a piece of cake.
Not long after, the yacht went out to sea.
Time passed slowly, and the yacht returned to the dock the next afternoon. Alinda said that although it was normal, the changes in the skin on her face showed that she and Hyde Hill had a lot of fun on the yacht this time.
It was greatly nourished.
After getting off the yacht, we naturally took Hyde Hill's arm and walked to the parking lot together, kissed each other, got in the car and left.
A day later, Marcus, a vice president at Ernst & Young, arrived in Long Beach.
Today I came to meet a relatively important customer. This was a task personally assigned by the CEO. Before Marcus left, he specially said, "Marcus, don't worry about the order amount. You have to win this order no matter what."
"This is crucial for your future development."
Marcus is the successor that CEO Stein is optimistic about. This time the acquirer is the Prototype Group. Being able to establish a cooperative relationship with the Prototype Group is very beneficial to the company's development.
Although Marcus didn't know who the client was, he knew that Stein had given him a chance and arrived in Long Beach after repeated assurances.
In the suite on the top floor of the Marriott Hotel, Marcus met with Hyde Hill. Now he knew why Stein told him to be cautious. This time the order must be won.
Hydehill made two cups of coffee and began to discuss with Marcus the acquisition of shares from Activision Blizzard shareholders. At the same time, he also showed Marcus the investigation report.
"Do we need to attack Activision Blizzard from the stock market?" Marcus asked calmly.
Activision Blizzard is a listed company. To acquire this type of company, the only way to cooperate with the acquisition is to attack the stock market. Of course, the fees will be much higher.
"This matter should not be made public." Heideshier said this calmly, and Marcus understood what was going on.
"I need to review this information before I can take action. It will take about a week." Of course Marcus cannot rely on Hyde Hill's information as the main one.
Since I am in charge of this case, I must base my acquisition plan on the latest investigation results from my side and the latest news.
"Marcus, what you do is up to you. We only look at the results."
"The advance payment of 10 million US dollars will be deposited into your company's account tomorrow! After this case is over, you can just hand over the total bill to me."
Heideshier said this with a smile on his face, "We have spent money, so we must see the results."
For the Big Four accounting firms, this type of client is their favorite, and at the same time, this type of client is the most feared.
You must see results after spending money. If you cannot give a result that satisfies the customer, you need to compensate the customer for the loss of time, and a profitable business will turn into a losing business.
Big money with huge profits is not so easy to make.
Marcus curled his lips, stretched out his hand with a smile on his face and said "please cooperate".
Heideshier also extended his hand to shake Marcus's hand and said "please cooperate".
The two chatted for a while, then Marcus said goodbye and left. Hydehill sat alone in the cafe and drank coffee slowly.
Alinda also left and went to Washington to make preparations. Leaning back in her chair, her mind began to recall the happy scene with Alinda on the yacht.
I haven't had such relaxing fun in many years.
On the other side, Marcus left the cafe and drove back to the hotel. When he got to the hotel room, he started making phone calls and talking to his most elite team leader, Bess.
After assigning many tasks, Marcus was already in working mode. After finishing his work, he took his bag and went downstairs to check out.
Time passed day by day, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
New York, Ernst & Young Building.
In the small conference room, Marcus and the elite team began to meet and assign tasks.
Activision Blizzard currently has 19 shareholders who can participate in the board of directors, eight of whom have a bad relationship with CEO Bradford Dudley, and the remaining ones also have a bad relationship with Dudley.
This time, we will start with the eight people with bad relations, saying that they will acquire the shares in their hands. After completing the acquisition, they will get 14.7% of Activision Blizzard's shares.
On the blackboard, photos of the eight targets are pasted. What are the properties of these people, what industries they belong to, and what difficulties they are currently facing.
How to force the other party to agree if they refuse.
The plans were rehearsed. The meeting started at ten in the morning and lasted until three in the afternoon. Lunch was all eaten in the conference room.
When everything is ready, I immediately go back from get off work to prepare, take the evening flight to the target city, and don’t waste a moment.
Ernst & Young’s bloody mouth is officially open to Activision Blizzard!
On the afternoon of the next day, Marcus, who was at the headquarters, received notices one after another that he had signed contracts with target customers to complete the acquisition of their shares.
At the same time, a confidentiality contract was signed with the other party.
Within two months, the other party is not allowed to disclose the sale of its shares. If it breaches the contract, it will have to pay huge compensation.
The first step of the plan was completed smoothly. After notifying the personnel to come back, Marcus began to implement the second plan.
This was a secret move that no one but Marcus knew about.
Place orders through the dark web, start to create chaos in the game, kill accounts, sabotage your missions, or let hackers hack your account, etc., and a series of dirty actions begin.
In order to combat those shareholders who still have hope for Activision Blizzard, it doesn’t take much more than half a month for the media to report some negative news, and these people won’t be able to hold on anymore.
When their hearts begin to waver, that's when Marcus' wolves launch an attack!
As time goes by, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, StarCraft, Diablo and other game accounts have been hacked and traded on the market.
Killing of small accounts occurs frequently in the game, and even teaming up to kill large accounts also occurs.
What's more, hacking techniques have begun to attack the server, making the game server unstable and affecting the player experience.
Various means were used.
In the proud display of Activision Blizzard customers, players complained, and after a little investigation, their accounts were banned.
Various player appeals began to occur, making the customer service department and data department completely busy. However, the backlog of complaints was increasing.
Two weeks passed unknowingly, and the fifth-ranked guild in World of Warcraft in the United States announced that it would disband the guild and completely withdraw from World of Warcraft.
It is said that World of Warcraft cannot bring us a better experience, and some are just sad.
Then he began to denounce World of Warcraft for its inaction, and all kinds of evidence came out.
This statement immediately appeared on the official websites of electronic newspapers and gaming newspapers, followed immediately by an endless stream of player comments.
They all criticized Activision Blizzard for its inaction, even though many of them announced that they would clear their accounts and abandon World of Warcraft.
Two days later, Activision Blizzard's stock price began to fluctuate. According to surveys, many retail investors were selling Activision Blizzard's stock.
No involvement of financial institutions has been found so far.
However, this phenomenon is even more terrifying. When all the leeks are gone, who will the financial institution’s sickle go to cut?
Activision Blizzard immediately convened an emergency board of directors, and those shareholders who had sold their shares immediately began to mess around, blaming all the problems on CEO Bradford Dudley.
It was Dudley's inaction that led to today's situation.
The chaotic board meeting ended after more than an hour without any resolution, and several shareholders even made public speeches expressing their disapproval of Activision Blizzard.
The stock price of Activision Blizzard immediately changed, and the stock price fell further. Although it did not fall much every day, it was also falling very steadily.
CEO Dudley did not make any announcement, but began to communicate with the major directors to suspend dividends this year and pool funds to launch a big plan.
This will drive up the company's stock price.
However, the effect was not very good. Dudley had mentioned this before, and the big directors also supported Dudley. As a result, the so-called big plan died halfway.
The initial investment was wasted.
Playing this trick now makes it difficult for many big directors to get interested.
Moreover, in the opinion of many major directors, Dudley should at least issue a statement at this moment to prevent the stock price from falling further.
Not issuing a statement to fool us into approving the big plan is a complete reversal of priorities.
The stock price fell, game players lost, and under the double blow, CEO Dudley made many mistakes, causing more people to become less optimistic about Activision Blizzard.
On this day, a small fund liquidated its shares in Activision Blizzard, causing Activision Blizzard's stock price to drop by $6.4.
At this point, Marcus started a meeting. Just like last time, it lasted from morning to afternoon, conducting a detailed analysis of every Activision Blizzard shareholder.
Multiple plans have been formulated.
The wolves once again set out overnight, and it was time to deal a fatal blow to Activision Blizzard.
In the evening, Marcus called Heidhill and told him about the all-out attack. Heidhill had no objection and just said that he would fully cooperate if necessary.
After the communication was completed, Hyde Hill started talking to Elinda on the phone, and the lobbying contract officially came into effect!