"Miracle Mu" announces that it will waive point card charges, killing a stone and making a thousand waves.
Internet companies such as NetEase, which regard games as their second main business, are immediately unable to sit still, especially Shanda. You must know that "Legend" is the lifeblood that supports revenue and stock prices.
They were already at a disadvantage in the MMO Red Sea, but now they were defeated.
After all, there are so few free online games these days!
The student party has to tighten their belts and save money on food and clothing in order to save a point card. You can play without using a point card. It's so delicious.
Gradually, not only "Legend", but also players who were stuck at level 9 in "Fantasy Westward Journey" poured into "Miracle Mu" in waves.
In just 2 days, 70,000 to 80,000 new users were added.
"A Fei, this move of yours is quite cruel. It will drain the fire from under the cauldron."
Xu Xin opened her briefcase and placed a thick pile of information on the table, "Shada's stock price fell immediately yesterday."
"I'm kind enough. I originally planned to implement it last year, but because of Shanda's listing, it was postponed until now."
Lu Fei took out the top document from the pile of information, and while flipping through the proposals from the New Wolf Board of Directors, he said:
"The MMO genre is a game based on numerical values. "Miracle" has been operating for several years, and its numerical values have inflated, which has made the game environment very unfriendly. There was already a serious loss of players, and "Warcraft" is competing for users again. It is simply free and operates in a differentiated manner. .”
Xu Xin smiled and said: "You have posed a big problem for Chen Tianqiao. Do you want to follow or not?"
"Whether he follows or not, the result will be the same. "Legend" will die. It's just a matter of time. Instead, it will charge money and survive longer."
"Why?"
"It's very simple. Shanda doesn't take the game seriously at all. It only acts as an agent but does not maintain it. Cheats are rampant and bugs are everywhere. If the payment threshold is relaxed and studios come in, the entire game will easily become unbalanced."
"Hey, co-authoring "Legend" is over." Xu Xin took a breath: "No wonder Chen Tianqiao was so angry that he was hospitalized."
Lu Fei asked doubtfully: "Hospitalized?"
"No! You, you, cut off his financial resources and prevent him from taking over the new wolf, how can you not make people angry?"
Xu Xin said worriedly: "Zizi, now the relationship between you two is really big."
"I told him to stop earlier, but he refused to listen. Don't say that he didn't predict what he said." Lu Fei quickly flipped through the materials, "Sister Xin, go to the hospital to see him for me. I won't go there myself. I have to be busy with the show. graduation drama."
"That's fine."
Xu Xin nodded, just using this as an excuse to absent from the board of directors to avoid suspicion, this time there was going to be a big purge.
There are four forces within New Wolf, one is the management veterans, one is Sitong Duan Yongji, one is the Lu Fei faction, and one is the Wanwan North American faction headed by Jiang Fengnian.
Regarding Sitong, Lu Fei chose to release his military power over a glass of wine and took away 4.96% of his shares and two board seats.
Xu Xin shook her head and said that Duan Yongji rejected the offer of US$29 per share. The lion opened his mouth and the offer was the same as what Shanda asked for——
$50!
"Haha. He's ripping you off!" Lu Fei smiled coldly.
"The negotiation is deadlocked here, but there is still room for maneuver. Duan Yongji is waiting for you to give him a call."
Xu Xin flipped through her phone's address book and handed over the decision.
Lu Fei thought for a moment, then pressed the dial button and announced his home address.
"Haha, I knew you would contact me, Mr. Lu, so I won't say much more. If you want to buy all my New Wolf shares, you can, but you have to add money."
Duan Yongji was on the phone and got straight to the point.
"Mr. Duan, we are all understanding people."
Lu Fei said calmly: "If Shanda and I hadn't been shopping for goods in the secondary market, Sina would have easily fallen below 20 US dollars, and it would have been impossible to rise back in a short time. Once we all stopped, Shanda would not have made the merger and acquisition as expected. Xinlang, based on the financial report released by Xinlang, it will continue to fall, and it will not be worth $29 by then."
"If Mr. Lu refuses to add money, why don't we make a deal?"
Duan Yongji had already foreseen that the sky-high asking price was just retreat in order to advance.
"What conditions?" Lu Fei said.
Duan Yongji admitted that Sitong is currently facing a development bottleneck and plans to transform, but the acquisition of Melatonin alone is not enough. He wants to continue to find new and reliable business growth points in the IT field.
"I wonder if Sitong is willing to cooperate with Logic?"
"Oh, what cooperation?"
"Haha, then it depends on your sincerity, Mr. Duan."
Lu Fei instantly changed his focus and took control of the transaction.
Duan Yongji was generous and generous. Not only did he lower the offer price from US$29 to US$28.5, the acquisition cost plummeted by US$1.25 million, but he also promised to stand by them unconditionally in the next board meeting before New Wolf officially withdraws. .
He can even help clear out the Bayan North American faction on the board of directors, so that New Wolf can become Mr. Lu’s voice.
Lu Fei said unexpectedly: "Oh, Mr. Duan has some idea?"
"It didn't happen before, but now the opportunity has come. At least Jiang Fengnian resigns and steps down. There is absolutely no problem."
…………
"The vote will be held tomorrow, Feng Nian. What do you think of the two issues?"
Late at night, the director of Wanwan, who represented the interests of North American investors behind the scenes, met with his fellow countryman Jiang Fengnian to discuss over coffee.
There are two documents on the table. Whether it is the poison pill plan or the white knight plan, the information has been issued three days ago.
Jiang Fengnian said calmly: "One is in favor and the other is against. I think your answer will be the same as mine, right?"
"Of course, what do we oppose to Chen Tianqiao and Shanda? If we don't just want to keep the right to speak on the board of directors, how can we let Lu Fei control New Wolf." Director Wanwan smiled coldly, "Haha, the second one the management came up with Discussing eucalyptus, his heart can be killed."
"Cao Guowei has been trying to eliminate us and Duan Yongji for a day or two. Didn't he propose an MBO plan before?"
Jiang Fengnian said: "If nothing else happens, they should have turned to Lu Fei this time, otherwise they would not have raised the second proposal."
"If that's the case, Wang Yan has one vote, Three Body has one vote, plus himself, there are three votes."
Director Wanwan looked solemn, "We have two votes, and the real winner is Duan Yongji. He must win over us no matter what. If the second proposal is passed, with Lu Fei's equity and skills, it is very likely that We will be eliminated at the next shareholders’ meeting.”
"Duan Yongji is a smart man. I guess he has anticipated this possibility, so he wants to talk to me before the board of directors meeting tomorrow."
Jiang Fengnian put down the coffee cup and handed over a piece of information: "I plan to talk to him about this."
Director Wanwan took a closer look at the cover, which read "Proposal on Proposed Increase of Board of Directors Seats" and flipped through it:
"Hey, are you planning to give Shanda 2 seats?"
"Yes, Shanda is currently the largest shareholder of Sina."
Jiang Fengnian said this, but his calculations in his heart were shrewd.
Although the triangle is the most stable, it is also the most unstable. If, like Wei Tunshu, Lu Fei captures Duan Yongji, it will be useless even if he opposes the white knight, and he will still actually control the board of directors with 5 seats, so New variables must be introduced to become four corners again.
Chen Tianqiao, who is trying to control the new wolf, is naturally hostile to Lu Fei, and is naturally the best choice.
"High, really high!"
The directors of Wanwan looked happy. The two tigers were fighting, and they were bound to win over foreign aid. The North American faction of Wanwan just looked at the dishes and asked for benefits from both sides.
"This is also what President Tang Shengda means. The key now is Duan Yongji."
Jiang Fengnian raised his coffee and said, "Cheers."
"cheers!
"
Director Wanwan smiled, raised his neck, and drank it all in one gulp.
………………
There are still 10 minutes until 21:00, and also 10 minutes before the latest time the hospital allows visits.
In the ward, the wife and other family members who were visiting Chen Tianqiao left one after another, but Chen Da Nian was left behind.
"Did Jiang Fengnian and the others reply to Tang Jun?"
"have."
"How did you reply?"
"They said they welcome Shanda to New Wolf's board of directors, and the rest of the words are just polite words."
Chen Danian murmured: "Brother, I think it's better to just treat it as an investment. Mr. Lu has already made a move. We can't compete with him. Let's consolidate the game base first."
"Hmph, you surrendered before the war started. Can you be a little bloody?"
Chen Tianqiao covered his chest and bared his teeth: "Leave these things to you. I have a lot to do. I want to focus on the new wolf."
Chen Danian said helplessly: "But brother, the doctor said you need to rest."
"Recuperation also needs time. Is now the time when I can rest?!"
Chen Tianqiao was very anxious. This was a critical period for Shanda's transformation and diversification. Once he was ruthlessly suppressed by Mr. Lu, the capital backlog of 200 million US dollars was a trivial matter. The main reason was that he could not win the new wolf, so he could only retreat to the single main game business and stop it directly. The first step in an entertainment empire.
The elder brother cares about his career, and the younger brother cares about his elder brother. The two brothers who have different ideas suddenly quarrel.
Just when Chen Tianqiao was shouting in a rough voice that he wanted to go through the procedures for leaving the hospital, Lu Fei's call to express his condolences came very unexpectedly.
"I'm calling at this time. I wonder if it will disturb Mr. Chen's rest?"
"of course not."
Chen Tianqiao was doubly surprised. After exchanging pleasantries, he asked, "Mr. Lu, isn't this just for condolences?"
"Indeed, I'm here to reveal a piece of news."
Lu Fei calmly advised him to let go of his obsession and just support him down-to-earth as the talker of the new wolf. At the next shareholders' meeting, when Jiang Fengnian and others are purged from the board of directors, their two seats will be allocated to Shanda.
"Okay, Mr. Lu."
Chen Tianqiao agreed wholeheartedly, but put forward a transaction condition, which was to fully support his box plan in return, "The reason why I want to win over New Wolf is simply to incorporate New Wolf's news information, Shanda's online games and other content into digital entertainment Family strategy if..."
"Mr. Chen, stop it."
Lu Fei is not denying the set-top box project, but he is taking too big a step and is easily distracted.
However, Chen Tianqiao did not believe in evil and even mistakenly thought that Lu Fei was afraid that his box plan would succeed and threaten his status as the boss of the Chinese Internet world. He immediately said dissatisfied:
"Mr. Lu, you already have NetArt and Penguin in your portal. Let me give New Wolf to me. It will be just a hair in the ocean for you. As long as 'Shanda + New Wolf' succeeds, the stock price will definitely skyrocket. You are a shareholder of Shanda. We are shareholders of New Wolf, so we can just sit back and enjoy the gains, so why bother fighting with me?"
"Did Jiang Fengnian and the others look for you?"
Lu Fei sighed, do you really expect the Wanwan North America faction to support you as the person in charge?
Chen Tianqiao smiled coldly, he was skilled in this area, why didn't he help Wang Zhidong up?
"What happened to Wang Zhidong in the end? Wasn't he also driven out of the New Wolf by them?"
Lu Fei reminded that these people are corrupt and they are all in trouble. Don't let them harm you.
Chen Tianqiao thought to himself that the Sitong faction and the Wanwan North American faction were standing behind him. He was full of confidence and wanted to talk to both sides. You are the talker, and I am also the talker.
The spheres of influence such as portal websites and ringtone mailboxes are allocated to Mr. Lu, while advertising channels, online games, etc. are allocated to Shanda.
A double talker?
Lu Fei couldn't help but think of Big D and A Le.
In his eyes, New Wolf is an important puzzle piece to arm and improve his Internet empire. He can share interests with Chen Tianqiao, but he is absolutely not allowed to interfere with his power.
"We are both businessmen, and we are talking about harmony. If business fails, there will be no friendship. If you are discharged from the hospital another day, I will invite you to go fishing in the reservoir."
"Definitely, definitely, Mr. Lu."
Chen Tianqiao hung up the phone and couldn't help but wonder, fishing?
…………………………
The next day, the New Wolf board meeting was held as scheduled.
Jiang Fengnian arrived at the office building 15 minutes early and met in the banquet room agreed with Duan Yongji.
Just as he opened the door happily, he met Xu Xin drinking cappuccino, which was quite unexpected.
"Mr. Xu, why are you here?"
"Can't I be here?"
"Oh, no, I mean Mr. Xu is in the wrong conference room. The board meeting is on the ninth floor."
"No, I came right. I'm here just waiting for Director Jiang."
Xu Xin smiled broadly, "Mr. Duan entrusted me to send you a piece of private information, which must be handed over to you."
"Duan Yongji asked you to come?"
Jiang Fengnian suddenly realized something was wrong and snorted coldly: "Mr. Lu and Mr. Xu are very good at winning him over to your side in just a few days."
Xu Xin said: "There is a saying that those who understand current affairs are heroes. Now, Mr. Lu has asked me to forward this sentence to you, Director Jiang."
"Mr. Lu wants me to agree with the white knight and elect him as the chairman of New Wolf? Yes, but..."
Jiang Fengnian's face turned cold, and the implication was that there were no conditions and benefits?
Xu Xin smiled and said nothing, silently pushing an oil paper bag in front of him.
"What's this?"
The corners of Jiang Fengnian's mouth raised and his heart was pounding. If the price offered was not satisfactory, he would immediately form an alliance with Shanda.
But when he took out a few thin pages of paper from the paper bag, his eyes immediately widened. What caught his eyes was evidence that he was suspected of insider trading and illegal short selling of stocks during Shanda's acquisition of New Wolf (ps: real incident).
"What's going on! What's going on!"
"Director Jiang, this thing should look familiar to you, right?"
Xu Xin took over this thing for the first time and couldn't believe it was real.
"Mr. Xu, are you kidding? Where did you get these fake things?"
Jiang Fengnian refused to admit it, but he was panicking. Once confirmed, according to relevant rules, he would not only have to bear relevant financial penalties and get out of the way completely, but he would also be unable to serve as a senior executive of a listed company for five years. Tube.
Xu Xinle said: "Oh, forgery? How about I hand these over to Nasdaq and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and ask them to verify them."
Jiang Fengnian said incoherently: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, Mr. Xu, there must be a conspiracy, this is slander, this is frame-up."
"That means Mr. Duan and I are joining forces to slander and frame you, Director Jiang?"
Xu Xin stood up excitedly: "Okay, let's leave it to the judge to clear Director Jiang's name."
Jiang Fengnian's face turned pale and he couldn't argue in front of the evidence. He stopped in front of her at a loss: "Mr. Xu, what do you want?"
"Director Jiang is a smart man, what do you think?"
"I understand, I understand, and I am on your side for the next issue."
Hearing the word "you", Xu Xin showed a contemptuous smile, and then saw Jiang Fengnian nodding and bowing: "Before the next shareholders' meeting, Mr. Lu hopes to see your two resignations."
"What, resign!
"
Jiang Fengnian was stunned in place as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue.
"Mr. Lu said that Director Jiang is a decent person."
Before Xu Xin left, she said lightly, "He also said that if you want to be embarrassed, I can help you be embarrassed."
The muscles on Jiang Fengnian's face twitched wildly, and his smile was uglier than crying. When he was the only one left, he tore the documents into pieces, threw them into the trash can, and walked out of the banquet room angrily. .
Damn Xu Xin!
Damn it, Mr. Lu!
However, less than a minute after leaving, he came back in a hurry and realized the hidden danger of the evidence fragments. He took away the entire garbage bag, sneakily moved it to the bathroom, and poured all the fragments into the squat toilet.
"Wow~"
Along with the sound of water flushing, Jiang Fengnian came to the conference room with a worried look on his face.
At this time, all the directors and their representatives were present. Big bosses like Lu Fei and Duan Yongji would not come to such an occasion in person. They would delegate authorization to agents like Cao Guowei. Sitting on the rostrum of the round table was Wang This familiar face.
"Ahem, gentlemen and ladies, we are facing a formidable enemy, so I will not waste any time and start voting now."
He cleared his throat and said, "The first item is, in response to Shanda's hostile takeover, do you approve the shareholder stock option plan (poison pill plan) formulated by the management? If you agree, please raise your hands."
Jiang Fengnian glanced around and saw Cao Guowei and Xu Xin raising their hands one after another, followed by the Sitong faction representing Duan Yongji also raised their hands.
"In a good year, it's our turn."
Director Wanwan and him looked at each other, nodded, and then raised their hands in agreement.
"Okay! I announce the first proposal, with 7 votes in favor and 0 votes against, unanimously passed!"
Wang Yan was full of anger and continued: "The next step is the second proposal, regarding the election of director Lu Fei as the chairman of the company's fourth board of directors. If you agree, please raise your hands."
"Fengnian, how was your discussion with Duan Yongji? Is it ok?"
Director Wanwan noticed that Jiang Fengnian was sweating, and large beads of sweat flowed down his cheeks.
Seeing him not saying a word, forcing a smile, but not smiling, an ominous premonition suddenly emerged: "Did the talks collapse?"
"Ahem, if you have any secrets, we'll talk about it later. We're voting now!"
As soon as Wang Yan finished speaking, Duan Yongji's two agents were one step ahead of Xu Xin and others. They raised their hands first and learned to answer quickly!
Jiang Fengnian felt the eyes from all directions, especially Xu Xin's playful eyes, and suddenly became excited:
"I often tell people that Mr. Lu is my idol. Only by letting Mr. Lu become the chairman can New Wolf have a truly bright future!"
When the director of Wanwan saw Jiang Fengnian, who had vowed to advance and retreat together, he suddenly betrayed the Communist Party, and his whole face was full of confusion.
Except for himself, everyone in sight raised their hands in unison, and a pressure from the majority against the minority immediately swept over them.
He hesitated again and again, restless, either touching his nose or adjusting his glasses. He didn't want to but had to lift his arms.
"I announce that the second resolution was passed unanimously with 7 votes in favor and 0 votes against!"
As soon as Wang Yan said this, Cao Guowei was surprised and asked in a low voice what method Mr. Lu used to make the Wanwan North American faction obedient.
"Mr. Lu gave them an offer they couldn't refuse."
Xu Xin raised her lips and quietly sent a text message, the content of which was extremely brief - "Satisfactory end of work".
A reply came quickly. Lu Fei actually wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife and asked Cao Guowei to expose Jiang Fengnian's suspicion of insider trading.
"Did you say that if he wants to be dignified, give him dignity? Isn't it enough to resign and step down?"
"I did say that Cao Guowei never made a promise. Besides, not reporting the information would be a cover-up. We are legal citizens."
"You want to kill someone but also kill your heart?"
