After a difficult New Year holiday, it was suddenly disrupted by Shanda, and the New Wolf management team returned to China from all over the world.
Cao Guowei and Wang Yan acted separately. Wang Yan wandered among the directors. As soon as Cao Guowei arrived in Yanjing, he went to Yanjing non-stop to ask for a meeting with the leader of the Internet industry——
Mr. Lu.
"Sit down, Mr. Cao."
He set the meeting place in the banquet room in the quadrangle of Yonghe Temple, where Xu Xin, who represented the three bodies, was also seated.
"Mr. Xu, thank you. The message you delivered was so timely. A few days later, New Wolf would have been even more passive."
Cao Guowei bent down to express his thanks.
"So what does Mr. Cao plan to do?" Xu Xin asked with a smile.
"We held an urgent internal meeting, and most of them welcomed Shanda's investment, but refused to become an actual holding company."
Cao Guowei got straight to the point: "That's why I came here this time, hoping to get support from Mr. Lu and Mr. Xu for the management."
"What support do you want?"
Lu Fei sniffed the steaming tea soup.
"We came up with a preliminary plan."
Cao Guowei told the truth: "To expand New Wolf's share capital and dilute the shares acquired by Shanda, of course old shareholders like Mr. Lu and Mr. Xu can use half the stock price when the warrants are issued to exercise their rights and purchase new shares."
"Poison pill plan."
Lu Fei and Xu Xin looked at each other, not surprised at all.
"Yes, Shanda's current average acquisition cost is less than US$30, but as long as the cost can be raised, even if Shanda's management agrees, shareholders will not agree."
Cao Guowei looked as if he was ready to die.
"This is a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred losses to oneself."
Xu Xin said with a bad face, "Three-body's investment in New Wolf is a strategic investment. Otherwise, it would not have sold 5% during the Chinese New Year. Now, it has to use money to buy new shares..."
Cao Guowei felt a thump in his heart and hurriedly explained that this was a "nuclear deterrence" move, and what he wanted was for Chen Tianqiao to retreat when faced with difficulties.
Even if Shanda insists on going its own way and buys new shares at half the issue price, it will only cost about 12 US dollars. In any case, the old shareholders will not suffer losses.
"However, the merger between Shanda and New Wolf is a pretty good story for the capital market. Wall Street must be very optimistic about it. It is only a matter of time before the stock price rises."
The corners of Lu Fei's mouth raised slightly.
"but!"
Cao Guowei was stunned and reminded him overtly and covertly that although he had made money as a shareholder, his Internet empire had lost an important ally and a "dog leg" in the portal, which was equivalent to weakening himself and strengthening Chen Tianqiao.
Strength.
"Mr. Lu, you don't want Shanda to hold the new wolf either, right?"
"Mr. Cao, besides poison pills, do you have any other plans?"
Lu Fei touched his chin and pretended to think.
"Things have happened in a hurry. We have found two solutions for the time being in previous hostile takeover business cases."
Cao Guowei made no secret of his "white knight" tactics.
The so-called white knight refers to a target company like New Wolf that is being sniped. If it is not happy with a hostile acquirer like Shanda, it will recruit a friendly reinforcement and form an alliance to engage in a bidding war.
Of course, there are no fathers and sons in the shopping mall, so busy work cannot be in vain.
The white knight must be allowed to profit from it. Generally speaking, strong reinforcements will be allowed to sit on the board of directors, or even become the actual controlling shareholders of New Wolf.
"You want me to compete with Chen Tianqiao and snap up circulating shares in the secondary market. Is that what you mean?"
Lu Fei crossed his arms, pretending to be surprised.
"That's right, it's best to be with Penguin, one of Feigou." Cao Guowei said firmly: "Mr. Lu, do you want New Wolf? As long as you say a word, we will convince other shareholders to sell you the shares first.
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Then he turned his attention to Xu Xin: "Including Mr. Xu, Trisolaris is investing in New Wolf anyway. I wonder if there is any intention to transfer all of it to Mr. Lu?"
"ha?"
Xu Xin stared at Lu Fei intently, and he really guessed it!
What they were doing was Liu Bei's plan to take Yizhou. They were defending Zhang Lu (Chen Tianqiao) on behalf of Liu Zhang (New Wolf), but in fact they were cooperating with the local Yizhou faction (New Wolf management) internally and externally.
He couldn't help but feel a little excited, but unexpectedly, when the fat meat came to his mouth, he shook his head and refused.
"Mr. Lu, why?"
Cao Guowei was also shocked, holy shit, you don’t want the opportunity that comes to your doorstep? After the merger, in the portal, mailbox and other businesses, one company will dominate!
"You can't build a business just for the sake of reputation. The integration pressure after the merger is too great, especially for Penguin."
Lu Fei is just like Liu Bei, who has no intention of falling in love.
Penguin may plan to go public this year. After all, it will take advantage of the huge benefits of "World of Warcraft", which can account for more than 90% of Ninetowns' overall revenue at its peak.
Even in the years when NetEase grabbed "World of Warcraft", its annual revenue increased by more than 45%, and its profits soared by 15%.
Therefore, even if Blizzard's family income only accounts for single digits, about 3%, of NetArt's, the two companies still maintain cooperation, but some idiots do stupid things!
Sure enough, the one who can destroy Warcraft has to be Blizzard!
rnm, refund your money!
"What about Feigou? Mr. Lu, the e-commerce channel that Feigou cooperates with New Wolf has the highest traffic among the three major portals."
Cao Guowei was anxious, Mr. Lu, you have to stand up and fight with Chen Tianqiao! We are all counting on you!
Isn’t this just like Ahri and Xinlang’s Weibo?
Lu Fei was almost stretched, with a reluctant expression on his face. He was both a shareholder of New Wolf and Shanda Shanda, and his palms and backs were full of flesh.
"Mr. Lu, this is different. In Shanda, you are at most a director, but in New Wolf, you will be the actual controlling shareholder."
Cao Guowei vowed to serve Mr. Lu as the master!
Xu Xin rolled her eyes calmly, pretending, and pretending!
"Okay, I can intervene."
Lu Fei looked embarrassed and agreed.
"But Mr. Lu, we have two more unkind invitations."
Cao Guowei said directly, first, please ask Mr. Lu not to attend this board meeting and delegate the voting power to him.
Second, Mr. Lu took over, keeping the existing management unchanged, and reuniting the scattered new wolves into one force.
"It's exactly what I want. In front of Mr. Cao, I also promised that the daily management of New Wolf in the future will be handed over to the management decision-making team headed by you."
As soon as Lu Fei finished speaking, Cao Guowei felt an unprecedented trust, his body trembled violently, and he said excitedly:
"Lu, Mr. Lu?"
"Trust is a kind of combat effectiveness, and talent is also a kind of combat effectiveness. The combat effectiveness of trusting talents will be '1+1' greater than 2."
Lu Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Cao, I can trust you."
"Thank you Mr. Lu!
"
Cao Guoweimen put his hands on his knees and bent down again. Suddenly he had the urge to die for his confidant——
For half of his life, Cao Piaoling only regrets that he has never met his master. If he does not give up, he is willing to worship him as his master!
Xu Xin blinked, good guy, he turned into Zhang Song!
…………
Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shanda.
Tang Jun quickly walked into Chen Tianqiao's office. Before he could speak first, Chen Tianqiao said first:
"How many we have now!"
"14.6%."
Tang Jun said with a gloomy face, "Duan Yongji sat on the ground and raised the price. He refused to accept our offer. He wanted a share with the highest share price in New Wolf's history and sold out all 4.9% of his stock."
"How many?"
"About $50."
"Fuck, are you kidding me? Where's the three-body problem?"
"No reply yet."
"If you don't reply, the chances are that you won't sell it."
Chen Tianqiao was pacing back and forth when suddenly his landline phone rang.
The call came from Wang Yan, who excitedly launched an attack to investigate:
"Mr. Chen, is Shanda buying shares in New Wolf?"
Chen Tianqiao was shocked. Nasdaq stock market regulations stipulate that if you hold more than 5% of a company, you must disclose it within 10 days.
However, it is only the third day!
"Haha, yes, Mr. Wang, I originally wanted to tell you about this, but unfortunately you are on vacation in France. I'm sorry to disturb you. How did you get the news?"
"Haha, Mr. Chen, I also know that you not only want to be the largest shareholder, but also want to join the board of directors and control New Wolf."
Wang Yan smiled and said: "I made this call for no other reason than on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I want to invite you to come to Beijing for a meeting."
"no problem!"
After Chen Tianqiao made the appointment, the blind tone of the landline echoed in the office, and his face immediately became solemn.
"Strange. How did Wang Yan know?"
Tang Jun's face was so gloomy that water could drip from his face, he was shocked and suspicious.
"Could it be Duan Yongji? He wants to stand on both sides."
"No reason!"
"What the hell, which bastard is he?"
Chen Tianqiao gritted his teeth. The management of New Wolf had received the news in advance and lost the initiative. It seemed that there was no way to fight a blitz and they could only fight a positional war, fortress against fortress.
Tang Jundao: "Mr. Chen, what should we do next? Wang Yan's attitude is ambiguous. He neither welcomes Shanda nor opposes it."
"Ignore him and continue!"
Chen Tianqiao made a decision and ordered: "The war has already started, there is no reason to stop it. Mr. Tang, you must rush to acquire at least 19.5% before the disclosure period.
As for me, I will go to Yanjing to meet him for a while."
