Chu Jungui did not intend to continue chatting on this topic. Even for the current experimental subjects, feelings are a difficult mystery. Compared with the uncertainty of feelings, career and war are more suitable for him.
Li Ruobai may have felt guilty, so he wisely did not continue this topic, and instead began to discuss the acquisition of Devry's Comet. Chu Jungui happened to receive a message at this time, from an old acquaintance, Henry of the Federal Excalibur Group. At that time, Chu Jungui
Back when Light Years was founded, the two parties had a lot of cooperation and fought side by side to defeat Jane and her behind-the-scenes funds.
Henry still adhered to his straightforward style and said: "Old friend, I haven't contacted you for a long time. Our cooperation in the past was very pleasant, which also further improved my status within the group. I have been thinking about how to repay you, and then I recently discovered that
Opportunity. I heard that you are secretly acquiring shares of Comet Devere. Don’t ask me how I know. The confidentiality agreement of a financial institution is as reliable as a bitch’s virginity. What I want to say is that in this matter
I can help. We happen to have a few clients who hold a lot of DeVry's Comet shares, which add up to more than 2%. Some funds also have DeVry's Comet shares. I can convince those funds to replace them.
Sell all the shares to me, and this part also has 1%. This is something I can control. As long as you are willing, they are all yours."
This is unexpected good news. For a company like Devry's Comet, whose shares are quite dispersed, 3% of the shares is quite important.
Chu Jungui did not agree on the spot. He pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you want?"
Within a moment, Henry's message came over: "If possible, I would like some shares in your new company."
Although they were separated by several star fields and hundreds of light years, the news arrived in the blink of an eye. It can be seen that Henry used the most expensive wormhole communication. To send and receive a message in this way, the price was almost as much as a direct spaceship ticket.
"I will consider it," Chu Jungui replied.
"They're yours." Henry said simply.
At this time, Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai sat down in the leisure area of the spacecraft. The spacecraft took off with a slight vibration, flew out of the planet, and headed for the jump point outside the galaxy.
"What do you think of their board of directors?" Chu Jungui asked.
Li Ruobai had done his homework in advance and said: "The old chairman has been working for decades, and his nickname is Good Guy Jim. He himself holds 1% of the company's shares, and all other directors combined only have 0.1%. So this is a
For many years, the purely management-oriented board of directors has been basically dominated by old Jim. Such a board of directors actually has no value to the company's operations. As long as we offer a slightly higher premium than the market price, they should have no reason to refuse. After all, the value of this company is very limited.
, the growth potential is almost zero.”
Chu Jungui said: "Let's see how far we can negotiate with old Jim tomorrow. It's time for him to retire."
Li Ruobai said: "I think a 15% premium is enough, and there is no need for a higher price. After all, after acquiring the company, you will need to spend a lot of money to reorganize the business. No rational person will refuse such an offer.
Quotation."
Chu Jungui hesitated for a moment and said: "I think the 15% premium is a bit too high. If we don't acquire it, the share price of Comet Devre will drop by 10% in the next year. We can provide shareholders with
The greatest value is liquidity, which allows them to cash out their shares. Without us, if shareholders want to sell their shares, it will take 3 months and the stock price will fall by 30%. So rationally, we can
Purchase at a price 5% lower than the market price.”
Li Ruobai shook his head: "The vast majority of people are irrational. If they believed what you said, would they still hold it until now? I bet that many people firmly believe that the price will rise in the future, and our acquisition will
Boost their confidence."
Chu Jungui frowned. What Li Ruobai said was reasonable. He weighed it and said, "Then try it at 10%. If you can win it successfully, it will save some time."
"That's okay." Li Ruobai had no objection.
According to the market value of Comet de Frey, a 5% difference would be worth several billions. Chu Jungui still felt that it was a bit of a loss, but compared to other opportunities, this was the easiest to win.
After the spacecraft jumped, it successfully arrived at the galaxy where Comet Devre's headquarters is located. Lin Xuansheng had already greeted him in advance, so Old Jim specially canceled today's vacation and made a special trip to wait for Chu Jun's return.
Returning to his hometown this time, Old Jim specially prepared a rather grand welcome ceremony for Chu Jungui. When Chu Jungui stepped off the spacecraft, he was faced with a sea of colorful flags, flowers and people.
There is a military band on the left and right sides of the tarmac, playing the welcome song hard, and the level is quite high. The judgment of the artistic component in this aspect is not wrong. Many people in the military band can be called performers.
I don’t know why I came here to play the welcome song.
Although Li Ruobai was used to seeing big scenes, he was in high spirits at this moment and said with a smile: "You are very attentive. It seems that there is a good chance that the negotiation will be successful this time."
Chu Jungui glanced over, but didn't see any of the faces he was expecting. From Old Jim to the board members to the company management, no one came, only a woman who was responsible for reception. Chu Jungui came from the database
I found out that she is the director of the public relations department, or a deputy.
Chu Jungui remained calm, exchanged a few words with the woman, then boarded the prepared flying car and headed to the headquarters of Comet Devre.
After a while, Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai were brought into a large conference room. The layout of the conference room was like a grand theater. The chairman's seat was obviously much higher than the other seats, and it had a special high platform and a gorgeous background wall.
Old Jim was sitting on a high seat, looking down at Chu Jungui with a predatory smile on his face.
There were not only Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai in the conference room, but also nearly a hundred people sitting in it. Only a small part of them were known to Chu Jungui, including those they had met and those they had seen in the information. They were just acquaintances.
Chu Jungui felt that at least 90% of today's negotiations had nothing to do with it. It was related to the acquisition of the entire company. Why would you let a large group of department-level people participate?
Chu Jungui remained calm, thinking about his seat and walked towards it. The seat was at the far end below, far away from Old Jim. Chu Jungui would not admit it, after all, there was a name tag on the seat.
Li Ruobai pulled Chu Jungui and said, "How about calling all our people in?"
Of course, such a big thing as the acquisition of a starship company cannot be done by Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai. Following them is a whole team of more than 300 people, and there are more people working behind the scenes.
Support. There are twenty or thirty people who can bring it to the table.
But Chu Jungui shook his head and said, "No, let's listen to what he wants to say first."