After a hard-fought New Year's holiday, it was abruptly disrupted by Shanda, and New Wolf's management 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——
Master Lu.
"Sit down, Mr. Cao."
He set the meeting place in the banquet room of the courtyard 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 be 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 urgently held an internal small meeting, and most of them welcomed Shanda's investment, but refused to become an actual holding company."
Cao Guowei got straight to the point: "So when I come here this time, I hope to get the support of the management from Mr. Lu and Mr. Xu."
"What support do you want?"
Lu Fei sniffed the steaming tea soup.
"We came up with a tentative plan."
Cao Guowei told the truth: "Expand New Wolf's share capital and dilute the shares acquired by Shanda. Of course, old shareholders like Mr. Lu and Mr. Xu can exercise their rights and purchase new shares at half the stock price when the warrants are issued."
"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 sang 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 US$12. 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 rose 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 Holdings' 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 is no father or son in the shopping mall, so the 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 one of Penguin and 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. .”
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 defended Zhang Lu (Chen Tianqiao) on behalf of Liu Zhang (New Wolf), but in fact they cooperated internally and externally with the Yizhou local faction (New Wolf management).
He couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, but unexpectedly, when the fat meat came to his mouth, he shook his head and refused.
"Mr. Lu, why?"
Cao Guowei was also shocked. Damn it, you don’t even want the opportunity that comes your way? After the merger, one company will dominate in portal, mailbox and other businesses!
"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 super benefits of "World of Warcraft". You know, at its peak, it can account for more than 90% of Ninetowns' overall revenue.
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 revenue only accounts for single digits of NetArt's, about 3%, it still maintains cooperation between the two companies, 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're 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 Xinlang 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 step in."
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.
The second is that 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 will be handed over to the management decision-making 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 changed into Zhang Song!
…………
Shanghai stock market, grand.
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 stock with the highest stock price in New Wolf's history and sold out all 4.9% of his stock."
"How many?"
"About $50."
"Fuck, are you kidding! Where's the three-body problem?"
"No reply yet."
"If you don't reply, the chances are that it won't be sold."
Chen Tianqiao was pacing back and forth when his landline suddenly 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. 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 agreement, the blind tone of the landline echoed in the office, and his face turned solemn immediately.
"Strange. How did Wang Yan know?"
Tang Jun's face was so gloomy that it dripped water, he was shocked and suspicious.
"Could it be Duan Yongji? He wants to stand on both ends."
"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, so they lost the first move. It seemed that there was no way to fight a blitzkrieg, 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. "
