After waking up from the hospital bed, Xiao Ma realized that what he had done was not a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. The real killer move was to play hard to get. While sleeping, Xiao Ma gradually calmed down, regained his heroic character, and thought about the whole thing.
After a thorough understanding, he now feels that the last thing he should do is doubt his own entrepreneurial team. Blue Ocean Capital contacted these people privately and deliberately avoided talking about the actual things, just to arouse his own suspicion and make Penguin internally disorganized.
Brother Ma was discharged from the hospital immediately and visited the founders one by one with his body that had not yet fully recovered. This time it was not a summons but a visit. He confessed his recent series of mistakes and pointed out that Blue Ocean Capital wanted to destroy the company.
The conspiracy of unity, and recalled the difficulties of starting a business with the founders, saying that such comrades along the way will not be alienated by outsiders' little tricks. It must be said that Xiao Ma relied on his
The sincerity and personal charm displayed once again united Penguin unprecedentedly. But internal unity alone is far from enough. Although the total shares of the founder team reached 37.5%, no one can guarantee the success of Blue Ocean Capital.
With continued acquisitions, will H Holdings be tempted to cash out and make a profit, or reach an agreement with Blue Ocean Capital? Penguin, which was originally monolithic, has actually been breached by Blue Ocean Capital. The key is that Penguin currently has no relationship with it.
The strength of frontal hard steel can only be defended passively, otherwise Xiao Ma's character will definitely compete with Blue Ocean Capital in the market.
When Penguin executives asked about Ma's next plans, Ma told everyone confidently that he already had a detailed plan and would announce it to the public when it matured. In the next few days
, Brother Ma moved to a beautiful place to concentrate on recuperating his body, and did not seem to care about the changes in the market... But whether Brother Ma was pretending to be calm, or he really had a back-up plan,
In Nangong Ming's hut in the capital of Shu, Bai Shuo took a sip of the tea carefully brewed by Nangong Ming and immediately said with praise: "Master, you have also brought out the old Ban Zhang of more than ten years. It's really awesome."
I’m willing to give it up.”
Nangong Ming laughed: "Tea is meant for people to drink. No matter how precious this tea is, if you don't taste it and just keep it, what's the point of shelving it in a shelf? But you come to me these days, what other skills do you have?
I haven’t learned anything, but I am good at tea tasting.”
Bai Shuo: "Where is that? I have learned a lot from you, master, during this period of time."
Nangong Ming: "Oh, what is Brother Ma doing now? Do you have any judgment?"
Bai Shuo: "Is it possible that he has been exhausted mentally and physically by us and is ready to go home and become a happy rich man? Or maybe he is convinced that we cannot get control, so he simply keeps the same in response to all changes."
Nangong Ming was speechless by Bai Shuo's words and shook his head.
At this time, Bai Shuo said with a smile: "Master, I'm joking with you. I think this little Ma must be secretly planning some big move, just like those martial arts masters who are preparing their ultimate moves and preparing for their special moves.
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Nangong Ming: "Hey, then you can tell me what big move he is planning to make?"
Bai Shuo: "I really don't understand this, but I know that as long as we continue to make acquisitions and force H Holdings Group to start reducing its holdings of Penguin stocks, Xiao Ma will not be able to sit still. No matter what tricks we use,
It has to be released, master, what do you think?"
Nangong Ming nodded and said with a smile: "It's okay, just try it your way first."
Nearly a week after Xiao Ma was recuperating, Penguin's stock had risen to 47 yuan per share. At this time, the South African H Holdings Group finally couldn't sit still and announced a plan to reduce its holdings of 100 million shares. At the same time, Xiao Ma ended
After recuperating and returning to the Penguin headquarters, a depressing atmosphere spread in the market for a while. Everyone knew that a new round of war was about to begin.
But the plan announced by Penguin immediately left everyone stunned. First, Penguin signed a supplementary agreement with several major creditors. The agreement stipulates the current debt and the bonds are based on trust in Penguin’s current leadership team. If the company is acquired, the actual control
If the people change, the creditors will have the right to demand immediate repayment of these debts. In this way, even if the acquirer takes control of the company, it will only get an empty shell with extremely short cash flow; secondly, Penguin Company implements a golden parachute plan and signs an agreement with all core members
, if the company is acquired, these people can voluntarily resign and receive high severance compensation. Thirdly, Penguin is preparing to issue a large-scale additional stock, which will dilute the acquirer's shares and greatly increase the difficulty of the acquisition. Everyone
I can see that Brother Xiao Ma is ready to fight to the death. Even if both sides suffer, he will fight to the end with Blue Ocean Capital.
After learning the news, Bai Shuo and others were very shocked. They immediately came to Nangong Ming's cabin and informed Nangong Ming of the matter. But Nangong Ming seemed to have expected it, and said with a smile: "Haha, as expected,
It's a 'poison pill plan', and he actually produced three poison pills at once. I'm really afraid that he won't be poisoned to death."
"Poison pill plan?" Cao An and others looked confused.
Faced with the doubts of Cao An and others, Tian Yu explained the meaning of the "poison pill plan" to everyone: The poison pill plan was invented by Martin Lipton, a famous American M&A lawyer, in 1982, and its official name is "equity dilution anti-takeover"
"Measures". When a company encounters a hostile takeover, especially when the acquirer's shareholding has reached 10% to 20%, the company will issue a large number of new shares at low prices in order to maintain its controlling stake. The purpose is to make the acquisition
The proportion of stocks in the hands of the party decreases, which dilutes the equity and also increases the acquisition cost. The purpose is to prevent the acquirer from achieving the goal of controlling the stock. Once the poison pill plan is adopted, it will have at least two effects: a pair of hostile takeovers
Secondly, there will be fewer acquirers interested in companies adopting this plan. Although the poison pill plan is more suitable for the American system, the essence of the poison pill plan is also applied in disguised forms in various parts of the world according to their own characteristics.
During the anti-takeover. In addition to the form of additional stock issuance, the poison pill plan also includes many types, and the one used by Xiao Ma this time is the debt poison pill: This plan refers to the target company's large amount of money under the threat of hostile takeover.
Increasing its own liabilities, the acquiring company will face huge cash expenditures immediately after the acquisition, reducing its interest in acquisitions. In addition, there are personnel poison pills, commonly known as golden parachutes: This plan refers to all or most of the senior managers of the target company signing an agreement.
When a target company is acquired at an unfair price, and one of these people will be demoted or fired after the acquisition, all managers will resign collectively. This strategy not only protects the interests of the target company's shareholders, but also makes the acquisition
Fang carefully considered the huge impact that the change of management after the acquisition would have on the company...
After Tian Yu's popular science, everyone had a certain understanding of the poison pill plan. Bai Shuo sighed: "This little Ma is really not simple. How much courage does he have to dare to implement such a plan?
You are preparing to break your arm to survive." Then he turned to Nangong Ming and asked: "Uncle Ming, did you expect this?"
Nangong Ming nodded: "I thought they would start this plan when we got the shares of AB Bank, but I didn't expect that this little brother Ma was really stable and could remain calm in such a chaotic situation.
He used the opportunity to recuperate, observe in secret, and seize the opportunity. It has to be said that the moment he chose was already the last chance to implement the poison pill plan. It shows that it is not a last resort, and they don't want to do it."
At this time, Cao An suddenly said: "Maybe this little brother Ma is not as stable as he thought. Maybe he was confused by us at the time and didn't expect this at all? What do you mean by courage? He is
If you are ill, you will seek medical treatment and drink poison to quench your thirst."
Bai Shuo rolled his eyes at Cao An and asked, "Uncle Ming, how should we deal with it now?"
Nangong Ming: "What else can we do? They have already shown their cards, and now it is our turn. It depends on what your ultimate goal is."
Bai Shuo suddenly woke up. Yes, he didn't want to acquire the penguin in the first place. He just wanted to get a share of the pie and let the other party accept cooperation. If it backfires and results in a sick or dead penguin, then what's the point?
Thinking of this, Bai Shuo immediately issued an instruction to Tian Yu: Send a formal greeting to Penguin, and I want to meet with Brother Xiao Ma.
...Just when Penguin was nervously preparing to move forward with the poison pill plan, Brother Ma unexpectedly received a letter of visit from Blue Ocean Capital, specifying an appointment with Brother Ma for a while, which left everyone confused for a while.
This time everyone had different opinions. Some advocated meeting, while others felt that it was full of unexplainable conspiracy and advocated avoiding the meeting.
After thinking over and over again, Xiao Ma said: "If we don't even dare to meet each other, wouldn't it make people laugh?" Then he quickly made arrangements and sighed to himself: "This Blue Ocean Capital CEO
It’s unexpected, I want to see what new tricks you will come up with this time.”
After receiving the reply from Penguin Company, Bai Shuo immediately took Tian Yu, Mark, Cao An, and Xiao Lin to Shenbu. Penguin Company's reply did not mention a specific meeting time, but only said that they are welcome at any time.
And after Bai Shuo and his party arrived in Shenzhen, relevant personnel would arrange all the itinerary. After the reception staff of Penguin Company received Bai Shuo and his party, they asked Bai Shuo if they had any special requirements for the next trip. Bai Shuo listened to the music
Well, he had already explained that he was here to meet with Brother Ma. What else could he ask for? Of course, he wanted to meet earlier. However, Bai Shuo was also keenly aware of something and immediately replied to the other party that he would follow Penguin's instructions.
arrange.
After that, the other party arranged many visits, entertainment projects, and three meals a day for Bai Shuo and his party. A senior executive from Penguin Company came to accompany him. Bai Shuo was not in a hurry and never asked when he could meet Xiao Ma.
, chatting and laughing with the accompanying staff, taking photos during the tour, and chatting over wine, which established a good personal impression. In addition, Bai Shuo seemed particularly enthusiastic when visiting Penguin's key projects, and chatted with the senior executives who came to accompany Penguin.
It has learned about the development trends of many industries and even put forward many unique insights on those projects.
Just walking around like this, eating and playing, Bai Shuo and his party stayed in Shenbu for three days. In fact, during these three days, it was not as peaceful as it seemed.
Brother is paying close attention to the developments of Bai Shuo and his party. However, what makes Brother Ma feel depressed is that the senior executives who accompanied Bai Shuo to dinner and visit seemed to mention Bai Shuo when they returned to the company to report the situation to him.
There was not much hostility, and he didn't seem to regard the other party as an enemy who was conducting a hostile takeover. Some people even expressed a little appreciation for Bai Shuo. Brother Xiao Ma couldn't sit still, and he wanted to leave the other party alone for two days.
Kill the opponent's fighting spirit, and secretly observe what kind of person this opponent is. Unexpectedly, the opponent is like a Tai Chi master, dissolving these tricks of Brother Ma invisibly, and in turn creates a suction force
He had attracted the hearts of the high-level officials he had sent out, and it would be fine if he continued like this. Brother Xiao Ma immediately called for his secretary and asked her to arrange for a meeting with Bai Shuo and his entourage tomorrow morning.
After Bai Shuo received the news that he was about to meet with Brother Xiao Ma, an unnoticed chuckle appeared at the corner of his mouth. In his mind, he recalled the scene of having dinner with Nangong Ming the night before leaving in the capital of Shu. Nangong Ming was in high spirits at that time.
It was great. I cooked the beef brisket myself while chatting with Bai Shuo about going to Shenbu. After Bai Shuo said a lot of his thoughts, Nangong Ming just nodded slightly in affirmation, and then talked to Bai Shuo.
He pointed to the beef brisket stewed in the pot and told Bai Shuo that the seasonings for the beef brisket must be precise first. Don't add too many spices that are too complicated. Just add a few seasonings to bring out the aroma of the beef.
, so that the taste has a sense of layering, instead of all kinds of flavors being mixed together to disturb the taste buds. In addition, the beef brisket must be simmered slowly over low heat. When the heat and time are enough, the beef brisket will become soft and delicious. But if you are impatient,
If you stew it vigorously over high heat or use a pressure cooker or something like that, then the beef brisket will be just like your impatience. It will either fill your teeth, or the flavor level is not rich enough. At best, it will be just a piece of meat that barely satisfies your hunger...
I was curious that Nangong Ming only focused on making delicious food and did not teach me the essence of the meeting with Xiao Ma. However, he seemed to understand something again. In the end, he cooked the beef brisket with good color and flavor in one go.
After eating three bowls of rice, Bai Shuo never discussed the issue of going to Shenzhen with Nangong Ming again until he left.
After thinking about this, Bai Shuo couldn't help but pick up the phone and called Nangong Ming: "Master, the beef brisket is stewed..."