NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 334 Acquisition of Gu Ge
The reason why Zhao Dong wants to help Jordan enter a team has his own ideas.

Jordan in this life has not reached the height of the previous life, so he is not as influential as the previous life. Now that he has retired, his influence is likely to decline.

However, Feilong Sports is a foreign brand in the United States, and it needs a local brand to compete with it, so as not to be overly excluded by Americans.

In fact, it is also for this reason that Nike is kept, because Americans are actually very xenophobic.

So Zhao Dong wants to keep Jordan's influence, and becoming the big boss of a team is the best way.

Anyway, the MJ brand and Nike made money, and the big money fell into the hands of him and Lindsay. He helped Jordan to help himself.

"can."

In Jordan's anticipation, he said.

"Really?"

Jordan was overjoyed, no, it was ecstasy, he had the opportunity to become the big boss of a team.

"Congratulations, Michael." David Falk said quickly.

"Congratulations, Michael." Mitch Arison laughed.

"Thank you, thank you!" Jordan said excitedly.

Zhao Dong said again: "You can form an investment team yourself. If you don't have suitable professionals, Storm Fund can help you form the most professional investment team."

"That would be great!"

Jordan said excitedly.

At this time, the yacht had left the pier, and the sea wind picked up.

In half an hour, the land became a horizontal line, and the goddess on Liberty Island gradually disappeared from sight.

Although the time was a bit rushed, Alison still had a lot of preparations. He actually got an orchestra of up to 30 people on board to play music for everyone.

After fishing for a while, after three o'clock, it was afternoon tea time.

Arison has been looking for opportunities. He wants to get some accurate information about the outlook of the US stock market from Lindsay, instead of the mixed information circulating in the market.

He knows that the U.S. stock market is actually controlled by Wall Street giants and bigwigs. Although Wall Street has recently underestimated Storm and Mrs. Lindsay, Storm’s rate of return is there, ranking first on Wall Street. No one denies this no.

As the boss of a listed company, the U.S. stock market has soared four times in the past two years, and his net worth has also soared nearly three times. Now he is very concerned about the market outlook.

Storm is bearish about the market outlook. If this happens, he will definitely reduce some of his stocks to cash out.

"Mrs. Lindsay, there have been a lot of news about the storm on Wall Street recently." Taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere of afternoon tea, he tentatively said.

When Jordan and David Falk heard this, they immediately pricked up their ears.

Lindsay put down the coffee cup in his hand, smiled and said: "Yes, the current market is still good, and the Nasdaq's [-] point is just around the corner, but the storm has cashed out part of the funds due to some investment philosophy issues, and Wall Street has some different views, which is not a big deal .”

"Ms. Lindsay, are you really bearish on the market outlook?" Alison asked cautiously.

Lindsay smiled and said: "As I said just now, the investment philosophy is different. I don't think the current US stock market is the best investment market."

"It can storm hundreds of billions of dollars of funds, except here, there is no other financial market in the world that can accommodate it."

Alisson was puzzled.

Lindsay smiled and said: "The world is big, there will be an investment market, and the storm is only a part of the cash.

And if all the funds are concentrated in U.S. stocks, then the only result is that U.S. asset prices will enter a stage of inflated highs. Things that can be bought for a dollar before can only be bought at several times the price, and inflation is prone to occur.

And once the funds flow out of the United States, there will be a sharp drop in assets here. We are too stormy and need to avoid risks in advance. "

Allison nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask the question again.

At this time, Lindsay's personal assistant, Ms. Mei Lin, came over, holding a satellite maritime mobile phone in her hand, and whispered in Lindsay's ear: "Ma'am, ZL Investment Fund informed me just now that the two founders of Google, Larry Page and Cyborg want to sell Google for $80."

"what?"

Lindsay was taken aback.

In 98, Larry Page and Sai Jiblin developed the Google search engine in their university dormitory, and established a private company on August 8th. The two each hold 7% of the shares, and it is less than a year now time.

Zhao Dong and Lin Sai sent someone to contact them and made an investment.

The two registered a ZL investment fund in the Cayman Islands through indirect shareholding, and then invested US$50 in the name of the fund to obtain 40% of the shares, with Page and Brin each holding 30% of the shares.

This price is very high, because Google at that time had nothing and was worthless at all. Zhao Dong and Lindsay looked like they were taken advantage of.

Of course, Page and Brin would not have sold [-]% of their shares if they hadn't paid a lot of money.

Zhao Dong is very cautious about this small investment. Not only has he registered an investment fund overseas, but no one even knows that this fund is related to him and Lindsay, and it has nothing to do with other companies such as Storm.

The ZL Fund does not know about the existence of him and Lindsay. The person the Fund can contact is Lindsay's personal assistant, Ms. Mei Lin, so apart from Mei Lin, no one else knows that he and Lindsay invested in the ZL Fund, and indirectly invested in This is currently completely unremarkable Google.

The reason why Zhao Dong is so cautious is, of course, to prevent Google from being suppressed by the US because of his Chinese identity in the future when Google develops.

After a year of development, Google's search engine has occupied some markets, but the development is not very good. Facing the suppression of Yahoo, the competition pressure is very high, and it seems that there is no chance of survival.

"Husband?" Lindsay called.

Google is a company that her husband Zhao Dong is very optimistic about, so she attaches great importance to it. Now that there is an opportunity to acquire Google, of course she will not let it go.

"how?"

Zhao Dong, who was chatting with Jordan, came over and asked.

"Brother Gu is going to sell."

Lindsay whispered.

Zhao Dong was startled, and immediately nodded.

He also remembered that the founder of Guge did sell the company more than once, but the price was not negotiated.

The most famous thing is that this year, because of Google's operating difficulties and lack of funds to invest in technology research and development, it negotiated with Yahoo and asked for $100 million to sell 100% of its shares, but Yahoo did not agree.

Then Google persisted, and in 2002, Yahoo offered to acquire Google at a price of US$30 billion, which was 3000 times higher than the first acquisition three years ago. Google countered with an offer of US$50 billion, and the second acquisition was unsuccessful.

Then, there is no more, Google has grown up completely, and Yahoo has no chance of acquisition.

As far as he knows, Yahoo has done a lot of stupid things in terms of acquisitions.

For example, in 06, Yahoo proposed to buy Facebook with US$10 billion in cash, plus some Yahoo stock. It was only a matter of signing a contract, but Facebook’s internal situation was not good, and some problems occurred. $1.5 million in cash, and then Zuckerberg felt humiliated and tore up the signing documents in public on the board of directors.

In 08, Microsoft planned to acquire Yahoo for US$400 billion in cash, but was rejected by Yahoo, and then in 16, Yahoo was sold for US$46 billion.

For such well-known Internet companies, there have been incidents where the founders want to sell the company, such as several domestic portal websites.

It is very easy to acquire Google now. He and Lindsay’s ZL investment fund registered in the Cayman Islands is the only shareholder other than the two founders. If Page and Brin want to sell the company, they have the right of first refusal. This is the original agreement.

Money is nothing, he used $200 million to treat Ditavantes to a champagne bath, and spending $100 million to buy Google couldn't be more cost-effective.

But he has to consider a question, will the development of Google be affected if the two creators of Google are lost?
If Google falls into the hands of him and Lindsay, the money is nothing, what if the future Android can't come out?
He and Lindsay came to the side and said: "In order not to affect the development of Google, Larry Page and Brin need to stay in the company, and their shares cannot be fully acquired.

My idea is to leave 5% of the shares for each of them, then hire them with high salaries, and promise them a large dividend if the company develops. "

Of course, Lindsay didn't know about Google's future development, but she believed in Zhao Dong's vision, not to mention that it didn't cost much, and she could buy Google with the money she leaked from her fingers every day. The reason why she was cautious about Google was all because The reason why Zhao Dong attaches great importance to it.

Nodding, she said, "We didn't interfere with Google's development before, what about in the future?"

"The direction of development is determined by them, we do not interfere, and the board of directors is only responsible for supervision." Zhao Dong said.

Lin Saidao: "Then notify Los Angeles."

"How much are they asking for?" Zhao Dong asked curiously.

"80 US dollars, which is about the same as when we invested last year. It is said that this small company can't survive now, and it is no longer worth the price." Lindsay laughed.

"80? Hehe, make up a round number and give them 100 million, and give them 5% of the shares each." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Okay." Lindsay smiled.

At this time, in Los Angeles, in a small company office, Page and Brin sat behind their desks in frustration.

If it wasn't for the fact that the company couldn't survive, they really didn't want to sell Google.

They discussed that if the major shareholder ZL Investment Fund does not want to buy their shares, they will go to Yahoo. Now they are waiting for ZL Fund's reply.

After 10 minutes, they waited for the person they were waiting for, Luo Chek, the financial director of ZL Investment Fund stationed in Google.

Rochek had nothing to do with the storm, he didn't even know about Mei Lin, he was just a staff member hired by ZL Investment Fund in Los Angeles.

"Mr. Cheek, have you decided?" Page asked a little nervously.

Brin was also a little apprehensive, because he and Page asked for a high price. In fact, Google is worthless now because it is about to go bankrupt.

But if they don't sell it at this price, they are not reconciled. This is the company they have devoted all their efforts to.

"You are very lucky, the boss of our fund decided to buy your shares." When he said this, Rochek looked like you had picked up the benefits.

"Really? That's great!"

Although they didn't want to sell, Page and Brin were still very happy when they heard the good news. At least they didn't do it in vain.

"But there are conditions." Rochek finished the second half of the sentence.

"What conditions?" Page and Brin asked nervously.

"It's a good thing, it's a great thing for you, you have met a good boss." Rochek looked envious, and then said: "Our boss decided to give you 100 million dollars..."

"what?"

Page and Brin were a little dumbfounded. They have a total of 60% of the shares, and the asking price of 80 US dollars is very high. Unexpectedly, ZL Fund raised the price on its own initiative. Is there such a stupid person in this world?
"Also, our boss only needs 50% of your shares, and each of you can keep 5% of the shares." Rochek said again.

"Why?" Page and Brin were even more confused now.

"Because our boss said that this company is too small and he is not interested in running it, so he will continue to let you run it. And he said that he believes in your ability and hopes that you will make this company a success." Luo Cheek said.

"But..." Glancing at Brin, Paige was a little embarrassed.

"Our boss said that the annual salary of each of you is tentatively set at 30 US dollars, and the annual salary in the future will be determined according to the company's development. If the company develops well, there will be a large dividend, maybe hundreds of millions a year."

When Rochek said this, his face was full of weirdness.

Because he thinks that this broken and small Internet company is not worth 100 million at all, and now the boss is actually offering such a high annual salary to two people, so he thinks the boss is out of his mind.

You must know that his monthly salary in the ZL Fund is only 30 US dollars. Why do these two guys get [-] US dollars in annual salary?

"..."

Page and Brin are speechless, and there are such foolish investors?

But the annual salary of 30 yuan has already attracted them, which is the same as the money they sold the company. After the company develops well, there will be dividends, and there are still 5% of the shares in hand. Where can I find such a good job?
"Then, can what you said be written into the contract?" Page tentatively asked.

"Of course." Rochek said.

"I would like to stay. How about you, Brin?" Page said.

"Me too." Brin laughed.

An hour later, on the Rawls, which was returning to New York, Mei Lin received the news that the ZL Fund had successfully acquired 50% of Google's shares, and now owns 90% of the shares, and Page and Brin both stayed.

At Alisson's private pier, Alisson saw off Zhao Dong and his party and returned to the Rolls. He planned to stay on board tonight and think about the problem.

He didn't get any definite news from Lindsay, which was within his expectation, and what he had to decide now was whether to follow the storm or follow the rising trend of US stocks, that is, keep up with the mainstream of Wall Street.

Storm controls a market capitalization of hundreds of billions of dollars, but the mainstream of Wall Street controls the entire world. How to choose, in fact, he doesn't need to choose at all.

But Storm's performance is there. It took less than two years to go from being unknown to the industry's first, and all investment behaviors are extremely correct. This is definitely not luck.

So he finally decided to wait a little longer. There is still time. The storm has only redeemed tens of billions. This is just the beginning. If there is a large-scale redemption in the storm, it means that the storm will collapse, and he has no need to choose at all.

What he didn't know was that Zhao Dong and Lindsay's plan was to disband all the storm funds under them, focus on China, focus on investment and industry, and start from scratch, without the need for existing funds at all.

In this country that has established financial hegemony, Zhao Dong's Chinese identity is destined to be targeted by Wall Street sooner or later, and Lindsay's identity can only be concealed for a while.

In particular, the storm is bearish on the market outlook this time and runs counter to Wall Street, which will accelerate this process.

The next day, at 21 a.m. on the 10st, Jordan and David Falk arrived at the headquarters of the Wall Street Storm Fund. Zhao Dong asked him to come, and the investment team formed for him was ready.

It was the first time for the two of Jordan to come to this kind of place, and they were very curious.

"Is this the place to control hundreds of billions of dollars? It's so exciting! I feel like a redneck..."

While looking around, Jordan whispered to Falk.

"I have a similar feeling." Falk smiled wryly.

At this time, Zhao Dong pushed open the door of an office and walked in with the two of them.

There are already six or seven people waiting for them. This is the investment team prepared by Storm for Jordan. Zhao Dong introduced them for both parties.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhao Dong got straight to the point and asked, "Michael, Cavaliers, Celtics, Nuggets, Mavericks, which of these four teams do you want the most?"

Jordan said excitedly: "I've thought about it, the Cavaliers' football market is too small, and the Cardinal's prestige in the Celtics is too high. They only believe in Celtics and will not welcome foreign funds to take over the Celtics." Special people, I am afraid that I will not be welcome..."

"Mavericks and Nuggets?" Zhao Dong said.

"Yes, just these two." Jordan said excitedly.

"A team with a good market." Zhao Dong nodded.

Then he let it go, and left it to Jordan and his team to solve the problem.

At this time, the postman Malone was discussing matters with his agent on his farm.

Philier does not recommend that the postman go to the Lakers because the contract is too small.

"Carl, you have played for 13 seasons, and your total salary is only 3700 million U.S. dollars. This is only Jordan's money for a year. After paying taxes, how much do you have left?" Philier said.

The postman's face was a little ugly and he said: "Except for what I spent, most of my money was invested in this farm. I really..."

He didn't have the nerve to say it, his expenses were huge, and he didn't have any money at hand. He really needed money and a big contract.

Before he was drafted at the age of 18, he asked the 13-year-old Bell to give him an illegitimate child.

Before that, in 81, his first girlfriend, Ford, had given birth to him a pair of twin daughters, and he only met the 17-year-old twin daughters last year.

After getting married, he and his wife had four more children.

The point is, after getting married, he made several illegitimate children outside.

The support fees for these children and the child's mother alone emptied his modest pockets.

(End of this chapter)