Chu Jungui did not intend to continue chatting on this topic. Even for current experimental subjects, feelings are a difficult mystery to solve. Compared with emotional uncertainty, career and war are more suitable for me.
Perhaps Li Ruobai had a guilty conscience, so he wisely did not continue the topic, and instead began to discuss the acquisition of Comet Devre. Chu Jungui happened to receive a message at this time, from an old acquaintance, Henry from the Federal Excalibur Group. When Chu Jungui founded Light Years, 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 DeVry. 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 what I can control. As long as you are willing, they are all yours."
This is unexpected good news. For a company like Devere'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."
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. The price of sending and receiving a message in this way is almost as much as that of a direct airship 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 jumping 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 basically been decided 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 talk 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." Make an offer.”
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 liquidate 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 Acquired 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, could 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 not unreasonable. He weighed it and said: "Then try it at 10% first. 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 in the billions. Chu Jungui still felt a bit at 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 Jungui's arrival.
This time when he returned to his hometown, 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, the level is quite high. The art component's judgment in this regard is not wrong. Many people in the military band can be called performers. I don't know why they came here to play the welcome song.
Although Li Ruobai was used to seeing big scenes, he was refreshed at this moment and said with a smile: "You're 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 faces that he was expecting. From Old Jim to the board members to the company management, no one was present, only a woman who was responsible for reception came. Chu Jungui found out from the database that she was the director of the public relations department and 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 is like that of a grand theater. The chairman's seat is obviously much higher than other seats, and it has a special high platform and a gorgeous background wall.
Old Jim was sitting on a high seat, looking down at Chu Jungui with a carnivore 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 number of them were known to Chu Jungui, including those they had met or seen in the documents. Chu Jungui felt that at least 90% of the people he knew had nothing to do with today's negotiations. When it comes to the acquisition of an entire company, what do you involve a large group of department-level people in?
Chu Jungui remained calm and walked thinking about his seat. The seat was at the far end below, opposite Old Jim. Chu Jungui would not admit his mistake, 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 was a whole team of more than 300 people, with more people supporting them from the rear. 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."
(End of chapter)
