Chapter 306 Entering the Qualcomm Board of Directors
A crazy night.
Perhaps it was because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, but Taylor's enthusiasm almost made Lin Chen melt.
The originally planned meeting with Kerkorian in the evening was delayed because of this.
Little Kerkorian knew what was going on and did not come to disturb him. Instead, he entertained Yu Chendong and the others for Lin Chen.
Then it wasn't until the morning that he finally couldn't hold it back and called Lin Chen.
"I know, I'll be right over."
After answering the phone, Lin Chen made an appointment with young Kerkorian to meet at the hotel restaurant, then got up and climbed out of bed.
His movements were a bit large, and he suddenly woke up Taylor who was sleeping next to him.
"Sorry." Lin Chen apologized.
Taylor rubbed his sleepy eyes: "Honey, you want to go out?"
"That's right. I have something serious to discuss with Kerkorian. We originally made an appointment last night. You are so charming that I forgot about him."
"You mean this?"
Taylor turned over and sat up, revealing her charming body under the quilt.
Lin Chen swallowed: "Do you want to go with me?"
Taylor smiled at Lin Chen and fell asleep: "No, I have to take a nap to catch up, otherwise I will really die. My dear, you are simply a superman. How do you usually exercise?"
Lin Chen chuckled and did not explain. Instead, he kissed her gently on the lips: "Have a good rest. I don't think I will be back until noon."
"I'll give you a day off, but you have to attend a party with me tonight."
"OK."
Lin Chen didn't ask what kind of party it was. Anyway, it was just a social occasion. He rarely came to the other side of the ocean, and going out with Taylor was just a good way to maintain a relationship.
After saying goodbye to Taylor, Lin Chen got dressed and went out to the hotel restaurant.
At a table by the window in the restaurant, little Kerkorian was reading a newspaper.
Seeing Lin Chen arrive, he put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "Dear Lin, the fighting seemed very intense last night."
"It was a fierce battle."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Then, Lin Chen ordered a steak for himself, and then asked: "Korkorian, what you want to tell me should be good news."
Little Kerkorian smiled and said: "Lin Chen, you seem to be able to see through people's hearts..."
"Yes, it's good news. Your opportunity to enter Qualcomm has come..."
Ever since Kerkorian Jr. followed Lin Chen's instructions to buy a large amount of Qualcomm shares and successfully joined Qualcomm's board of directors, he has been helping Lin Chen pay attention to opportunities to enter Qualcomm.
Qualcomm, as a high-tech company that enjoys a high reputation around the world, it is not easy to enter its board of directors.
Although Lin Chen can acquire Qualcomm shares through the public stock market, firstly, Qualcomm’s share price is already at a sky-high price. Secondly, entering Qualcomm from the stock market will inevitably reveal his identity, and at the same time draw attention to the Huawei behind Lin Chen.
Cell phone, so Lin Chen did not choose this path.
Lin Chen's idea was to hope that Kerkorian Jr. could find an opportunity for him to directly acquire Qualcomm's shares from those major shareholders.
But Qualcomm has a bright future, and it is absolutely impossible for a normal person to give up its shares.
At the beginning, Kerkorian Jr. relied on the reputation of the MGM family and reached secret deals with major investment banks to obtain some Qualcomm shares from them and successfully entered Qualcomm's board of directors.
Lin Chen didn't have the connections of the Kerkorian family, so it was naturally difficult for him to copy the young Kerkorian's methods.
Fortunately, this time, little Kerkorian found an opportunity for Lin Chen.
"Dear Lin, Qualcomm has also sent people to attend that consumer goods exhibition of yours these days. The leader is Mr. Horton, one of the directors of the company. This is the opportunity for you to acquire Qualcomm shares."
Qualcomm's shareholding is extremely dispersed. Except for two large institutional investors holding more than 5% of the shares, no single institution or individual holds more than 5% of the shares.
Mr. Horton currently owns 2.2% of Qualcomm shares, worth approximately US$1.4 billion.
What’s interesting is that when he first obtained this equity, Holden already had a son. Considering the issue of future inheritance rights, he directly transferred all the equity to his son’s name, but he had the control rights and served as the
Company Director.
As a director of the company and a high-level decision-maker, Holden would never be able to hand over his shares to others under normal circumstances.
However, this time, when he came to Las Vegas, Kerkorian found an opportunity.
"Lin, this Holden came to Las Vegas this time and brought his son with him. His son is now a middle-level manager of Qualcomm. I used some tricks and asked him to give up all his shares at the gambling table.
Lost."
"How did you do it?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.
Compared with Chinese people, people on the other side of the ocean are actually somewhat restrained in gambling, especially the children of billionaires like Holden. They may gamble and lose tens of millions, but they don’t
It’s very possible to lose hundreds of millions in one go, right?
Moreover, general casinos also have betting limits. Even if you lose every hand, you are unlikely to lose that much, right?
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you for the inspiration you gave me." Little Kerkorian said with a smile.
"I?"
"It was the bet you had with that young master of the Li family last time. I arranged a similar one. The young master was jealous of competing with others for a little star. Under the stimulation of alcohol, he got angry after a few words from my man.
, coupled with the little star’s encouragement, he was so impulsive that he didn’t care about anything.” Little Kerkorian said easily.
Lin Chen understood immediately.
Sure enough, alcohol and women are the things that are most likely to cause people to get into trouble.
Although Kerkorian made it clear, Lin Chen could imagine that Holden's son was probably being manipulated by Kerkorian.
This kind of game is actually similar to what is shown in gambling movies.
Although there are betting restrictions on gaming tables in casinos, there are no such restrictions at gaming tables where casino VIPs compete against each other.
Just like the billion-dollar bet he had with Li Tiancheng, there was no problem as long as it was at the VIP table of the casino.
“Does Holden know about his son?”
"No, I'm letting Hao Hao drink watch his son now, so Holden doesn't know yet. I originally planned to wait for you to come before notifying him."
"I understand, you must be taking a big risk by doing this, right?"
Lin Chen said gratefully.
He didn't need to know much about it, but he could also guess that Kerkorian's actions must be on the edge of the law, and he was trying to trick others. This kind of thing would not necessarily be protected by law on the other side of the ocean.
But little Kerkorian looked relaxed: "Dear Lin, you underestimate me. Have you forgotten what our Kerkorian family originally did?"
Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, then relieved, yes, the Kerkorian family, this family from Italy, isn't their main business the Mafia?
They are experts in working on the edge of the law.