Chapter 59
第59章Whilebecause«Forbes»rich and powerful peoplelistcontroversial, aftertwomonthsstirred uprow of gambling, Christo the 2.4 billionUSDpricetakeLimitedCorporationfinallysmoothly, LimitedoriginalfirstshareholderLeslie Wexnerwas eliminated, on the same day of signaturecontract, Limitedannounced that mergedwithBrighton Fashion Company.
在因为《福布斯》富豪榜引起争议的同时,经过两个多月时间的激列博弈,克里斯以最终24亿美元的价格顺利拿下了ltd公司,ltd原第一股东莱斯利.卫克斯奈出局,在签署合约的当天,ltd宣布与布莱顿时装公司合并。Bya series ofcomplexfinancialoperationmethod, Chrisonlysurgedfrom beginning to enddid not arrive at the 1 billionUSDfund, besidessixhundred millionUSD of Fireflyinvestment, anotherfourhundred millionUSDthroughdebtfinancing that Brighton Fashion Companycarried on, after completing the purchaseas well as the followingmerge, the Limitedstock that the FireflyinvestmentsandBrighton Fashion Companytwohadachieved62%, has realized the thoroughcompleteholding.
凭借一系列复杂的金融操作手段,克里斯自始至终只涌动了不到十亿美元的资金,除了萤火虫投资的六亿美元之外,另外四亿美元则是通过布莱顿时装公司进行的债务融资,完成收购以及后续的合并之后,萤火虫投资和布莱顿时装公司两家持有的ltd股份达到62%,实现了彻底的完全控股。„Ifaccording to the Wall Streetrule, thenjuststartedactually,”intelephone, Chrisintroducedin detailafterEricentire process of thispurchase, has not given full expressionsaid: „So long asthencarries on the simplereorganizationto the company division, in a short timegreatlyenhances the company performance, pushes the highstock price, thenwecancarry on the resolutionsell the service of Limited, leveragesenoughfunddischarge, thiscompletelyrealizes an enterprisepurchasecirculation of investment company, what a pity......”
“如果按照华尔街规则的话,其实这才刚刚开始,”电话里,克里斯向艾瑞克详细介绍完这次收购的整个过程之后,意犹未尽地说道:“只要接下来对公司部门进行精简重组,在短期内大幅度提高公司业绩,推高股价,那么我们就能够将ltd旗下的业务进行拆分出售,套现出足够的资金清偿债务,这样才算完全实现一家投资公司的企业收购循环,可惜……”
The sigh of Chrishas not exported, in the telephonefaintlybroadcasts the Emilysound: „Chris, you is a pityanything, webuyLimited to manage, tonot turn into your greedyandevilWall Streetwon tonsitindividualtoy.”克里斯的叹息还没有出口,电话里就隐隐传来艾米丽的声音:“克里斯,你在可惜什么,我们买下ltd是为了经营,又不是为了把它变成你们这些贪婪而邪恶的华尔街抄手的个人玩具。”„Emily, mytwo monthsevery dayworksto surpass for 12hours, justhad takenLimitedforyou, do yousuchappraiseme?”
“艾米丽,我连续两个月每天工作超过12个小时,刚刚为你拿下了ltd,难道你就这么评价我吗?”Inchucklesound of onegroup of people, the Emilysoundresoundsonce more, andis getting bigger and bigger: „Butthisis the fact.”Afterward, the microphonewas possibly grabbedbyEmily, in the soundalsodisclosedexcitement that thisis hardto be depressing: „Hi, Eric.”
一群人的轻笑声中,艾米丽的声音再次响起,而且越来越大:“可这是事实啊。”随后,话筒可能是被艾米丽抢了过来,声音中还透露这难以压抑的兴奋:“嗨,艾瑞克。”AlthoughLos Angeleshas not been the rush hour, but the New Yorkestimate the dim light of nightarrived. Ericis taking the mobile phonefrom the Fireflycinema citylater the production centeracross the cementroad in campus, pushes the doorto enter the administrativebuilding, hitwith a cinema citymanagement of comingwith the lookundergreeted, was continue sayto the microphone: „Hi. Emily, are youopeningparty?”
虽然洛杉矶这边还没有到下班时间,但纽约估计已经夜色降临。艾瑞克拿着移动电话从萤火虫影城后期制作中心穿过园区的水泥甬道,推门走进行政楼,用眼神与迎面而来的一位影城高管打了下招呼,对着话筒继续道:“嗨。艾米丽,你们在开派对吗?”Emilyreplied: „Yes, Miss RobertshereOh, Emma, the kid is really also lovable. Heard that shedid callyouPapa?”艾米丽答道:“是啊,罗伯茨小姐也在这里哦,还有艾玛,小家伙真可爱。听说她叫你爸爸?”Listened to the Emilygossipaurafullexpression, Ericto take advantage of opportunityto satisfyhercuriosity, said: „Yes, Ithought that thisteachesXiaxia and Kevinsocietyactuallyahead of timeshouts the Papagoodmethod.”
听着艾米丽八卦气息十足的语气,艾瑞克顺势满足了她的好奇心,道:“是啊,我觉得这倒是一个提前教夏夏和凯文学会喊爸爸的不错方法。”EmilyseesEricactuallyslightlynot to denythat seems somewhat discouraged, butquickalsosaid: „Was right, has not congratulatedyou, world's richestmister.”艾米丽见艾瑞克竟然丝毫没有否认,似乎有些泄气,不过很快又说道:“对了,还没有恭喜你呢,世界首富先生。”„Thank you, but the accuratepointshouldbe the United Statesrichest familyis right.”
“谢谢你,不过准确一点应该是美国首富才对。”„The United Statesrichest familynaturallyis the world's richest,”in the Emilyexpressionis bringing the United Statespersonuniqueself-confidence. Said: „But, youinitiallyhad said after takingLimited, mustbe personally tailorfor the company the propagandaplan, whethernow to start?”
“美国首富当然就是世界首富啦,”艾米丽语气里带着美国人特有的自信。道:“不过,你当初说过拿下ltd之后,要亲自为公司量身打造宣传方案,现在是不是可以开始了?”„Youknowthatmyrecentwhole personmustexplodebusily, youare openingcelebrateparty, Iactuallymustgo to the teleconferencenow, has not known when canget off work.”
“你知道,我最近整个人都要忙爆了,你们在开庆祝派对,我现在却要去开电话会议,还不知道什么时候能下班呢。”Emilyslightlyhad not actually been movedby the Ericwords, pursuesasks: „Yousaidfirsthowyouplanto do, Igoodto maketo prepareahead of time.”艾米丽却丝毫没有被艾瑞克的话打动,追问道:“那你先说说你打算怎么做,我好提前做一下准备。”Ericpushes the doorto enter the conference room. Royal Courtwaited forMichael Lynnand the othershereto greet, sits downonownseat, speeds up the expressionto saytoEmily: „Youstartto relateprofessional model, do not limitto the United Stateshome. Latin America, Europeas well astopmodel of Asian countrieswants, Oh, was right, cannotbethatstaturethinfacial featuresstereotypicalfashionable clothingprofessional modelabsolutely, moreover must first have the measurements. flat-chestedis not absolutely good, Iplanned that isVictoria's SecretplansunderwearCatwalkpersonally.”艾瑞克推门走进会议室。朝已经等在这里的迈克尔.林恩等人打了声招呼,在自己位子上坐下,才加快语气对艾米丽道:“那你开始联系模特吧,不要局限于美国国内。拉美,欧洲以及亚洲各国的顶级名模都要,哦,对了,绝对不能是那种身材瘦削面容呆板的时装模特,而且首先要有三围。平胸的绝对不行,我打算亲自为维多利亚的秘密策划一场内丨衣走秀。”Emilyjust about tocontinuesto closely examine, Ericsaidhastily the soundsaid goodbyetied a string, has switched off the mobile phoneconveniently, did not have the means that ifdid not close down, thisconferencedo not wantto openpeacefully.艾米丽刚要继续追问,艾瑞克匆匆道了声再见就挂了线,随手关掉了移动电话,没办法,如果不关机的话,这场会议就别想安生地开下去了。Placed the one sideMotorola, Ericlooked atconference telephone on the table, asked that satinAlan: „Jeffreyonline?”
将摩托罗拉放在一旁,艾瑞克看了眼桌上的会议电话,问坐在身边的艾伦:“杰弗瑞在线了吗?”Alangains groundjust about torepliedthatin the conference telephonespeakerspread the Jeffreysound: „Eric, I.”艾伦抬起头刚要回答,会议电话扬声器里就传出了杰弗瑞的声音:“艾瑞克,我在。”„Good,”Ericroutinehas pattedclappinggently: „Starts, Jeffrey, youyoutoldmatter that again a nextthis afternoonhas.”
“那好,”艾瑞克习惯性的轻轻拍了拍手:“开始吧,杰弗瑞,你再向大家介绍一下今天下午发生的事情吧。”Katzenberghas stoppedmomentin the telephone, as ifin the reorganizationtrain of thought that quickintroduced the newestsituation in afternoonnegotiation processhaving.卡森伯格在电话里停顿了片刻,似乎在整理思绪,很快就介绍起了下午谈判过程中发生的最新情况。Inafternoonnegotiation process, the representative in ABCTV Networkaspectno longeradopted the crosscut sawtacticlike the pastsuddenly the negotiationsway, mannerinnegotiation processsuddenlystrong, andfirsttimeclearlyproposedtransactionplan that the ABCaspectcanaccept.
下午的谈判过程中,abc电视网方面的代表非常突然地不再像以往那样采取拉锯战术的谈判方式,在谈判过程中态度突然强硬了起来,并且第一次非常明确地提出了abc方面能够接受的交易方案。„ABCmanagementstarted outeachcirculationstockonly to exchangenot to have the preference shares of voting rights. Proposed after thiscondition, the representative in ABCaspect expressed that untilwegivereplyfinally, before then, theywill not start the negotiationsagain. Ithoughtthat the ABCmanagementdefinitelyagainreceived the shareholderlevelpressure, wantsto completethisacquisition transactionas soon as possible, thisaspectshouldbe relatedwith the recentmediasituation, cansay, the mediapublic relationsstrategy that weinitiallydecidedplayed the effect.”
“abc管理层开出了每股流通股只能兑换成没有投票权的优先股。提出这个条件之后,abc方面的代表表示直到我们给出最终回复,在此之前,他们不会再启动谈判。我个人觉得,abc管理层肯定是再一次受到了股东层面的压力,想要尽快完成这次并购交易,这种局面应该与最近的媒体形势有关,可以说,我们当初定下来的媒体公关策略起到效果了。”
The Katzenbergvoicefalls, sits, inEricAlanhas written all over the calculationnumerical resultscratch paperto handin front ofEricone.卡森伯格话音落下,坐在艾瑞克身旁的艾伦已经将一张写满了演算数据结果的草稿纸递到了艾瑞克面前。ABCTV Networktotalcapital stockprobably200 million10,000, according toeachprice that ABCproposed, finally the transactionwas1.5 billionUSD. USDis equaltoeachprice3%, in other wordsABCwantsto trade the Firefly Picturessame level3%stocksat3%stocks, meanwhilewants the 100 millionUSDcash.abc电视网的总股本大概2亿10000股,按照abc提出的每股价格,最终交易金额为15亿美元,.美元相当于每股价格的3%,也就是说abc想要以3%的股份换去萤火虫影业同等的3%股份,同时还要1亿美元的现金。Beforesending outpublicpurchase, Fireflyhas attained the ABCTV Network3.9%stocks. ”
在发出公开收购之前,萤火虫已经拿到了abc电视网3.9%的股份。”In the conference roomanotherthreepeoplehearKatzenbergthese words, lookstoEric, in the expressionis bringingexcitedly.
会议室里另外三人听到卡森伯格这句话,都看向艾瑞克,表情中带着兴奋。Veryobviously, althoughin the recent several daysaboutsomeEriccredibility many argumenthas not stood stillas before, butcreated the fact of Firefly Picturesthismiraclenobody to denyin the shortsixyearsregardingEric. As the excavation of mediatoFirefly Picturesrelevant informationis getting more and more thorough, facing the Firefly Picturesstrength and scalefast growingaspect, ABCTV Networkothershareholderscould not calm down. To jointo the Firefly Picturescampas soon as possible. Theinvitation of richUniversalfundChairman, is an obvioussuggestion. The peoplecanimagine, words that Katzenberggoesto feast, waited for that hisabsolutelywill not be a richUniversalfundChairmanperson, perhapswill have ABCTV Networkothershareholders.
很显然,虽然最近几天关于艾瑞克个人资产到底有多少的争论依旧没有停歇,但对于艾瑞克在短短六年时间就创造了萤火虫影业这个奇迹的事实已经没人能够否认。随着媒体对萤火虫影业相关信息的挖掘越来越深入,面对萤火虫影业实力和规模都快速增长的局面,abc电视网的其他股东已经沉不住气。想要尽快加入到萤火虫影业阵营当中来。道富环球基金总裁的这次邀请,就是再明显不过的一次暗示。众人都能够想象,卡森伯格前去赴宴的话,等待他的绝对不会是道富环球基金总裁一个人,或许还有abc电视网的其他股东。Jeffreylooks at the silentponderEric, waited fora while, finallycannot bearsay: „Eric, ifwecanavoidWarren BuffettandTom Murphy, attains the stocks in othershareholderhands, evenwins the holdingpower. Thenwehadenoughstrengthto promoteABCandFireflyalonecooperate.”杰弗里看着沉默思考的艾瑞克,等待了一会儿,终于忍不住道:“艾瑞克,如果我们能够避开沃伦.巴菲特和汤姆.墨菲,拿到其他股东手中的股份,甚至获得控股权。那么我们就有足够实力单独推动abc与萤火虫合作了。”Ericshook the head, said: „Goes roundBuffettdefinitelyisincorrect, ifrealizedonewere betrayedbyABCothershareholders, thatmatterdefinitelywill becomeworse. Don't forget, Tom Murphy is not only the ABCTV Networkmajor stockholder, is the ABCTV Networkpresenthelmsman, hehasenoughstrengthto screw up the ABCTV Networkaspectthoroughly. Moreover, the stocks in theirhandapproach4%after all, ifwill formto refuse to compromisein the future. ABCTV Networkdefinitelymeetsourbattlefields. WhatIwantisformidablenationwideTV Network, butis notonepiece‚ruins’.”艾瑞克摇了摇头,道:“绕开巴菲特肯定是不行的,如果意识到自己被abc的其他股东背叛,那事情肯定会变得更糟。别忘了,汤姆.墨菲不但是abc电视网的大股东,还是abc电视网现在的掌舵人,他有足够的实力把abc电视网的局面彻底搞砸。而且,他们手中的股份毕竟接近4%,如果将来形成僵持的话。abc电视网肯定会我们双方的战场。我想要的是一个强大的全国性电视网,而不是一片‘废墟’。”Frank Wellssaid: „Howwethenshoulddo, said, Ialsowantto completethismattersas soon as possible, thengoingvacation.”弗兰克.威尔斯道:“那我们接下来该怎么做,说真的,我还想尽快完成这摊事情,然后去度个假呢。”Erichas gawked, heard the Frank Wellsmouthto say‚taking vacation’thisword, in the mindhas emittedsomeinformation, gained groundto saysuddenly: „Frank, youplanned that whichtakes vacation?”艾瑞克愣了下,听到弗兰克.威尔斯嘴里说出‘度假’这个词,脑海里冒出了一些信息,猛然抬头道:“弗兰克,你打算去哪儿度假?”In the memory, Frank Wellsiswhen1994annual leave, because the helicopteraccidenttragically died.
记忆里,弗兰克.威尔斯就是在1994年度假的时候,因为直升飞机失事不幸遇难的。„Alps,”Frank Wellsrepliedwith a smile, butquickhas made upone: „Naturally, ifherejob requirement, Icannext yeargoagain.”
“阿尔卑斯山,”弗兰克.威尔斯笑着回答道,不过很快又补了一句:“当然,如果这边的工作需要的话,我可以明年再去。”„Thenonnext year,”Ericalsorealizedonerespondedexcessively, disguisedto say with a smilecalmly: „Next yearyoucan the restsome time, butis not perhaps goodthis year, even ifhas completed the purchase, the followingmatteralsobigpiles, youare the Jeffreyassistant, at this timecannot certainlyget out of the way.”
“那就明年吧,”艾瑞克也意识到自己反应过度,假装若无其事地笑道:“明年你可以多休息一段时间,但今年恐怕不行了,哪怕完成了收购,后续的事情还有一大堆,你是杰弗瑞的副手,这个时候当然不能走开的。”Frank Wellsgreatlycame under the influence of butterfly effect, even ifputshimto exitto take vacationthis year, it is estimated thatwill not come across the accidentskillfullyagain, Ericretardsoneyear the matter, if can also bump intothismisfortune, that can only be the divine intervention.弗兰克.威尔斯本来就已经大大地受到了蝴蝶效应的影响,即使今年放他出去度假,估计也不会那么巧地再遇到意外,艾瑞克将事情推后一年,如果还能够碰上这种不幸,那就只能算是天意了。„Hehe, does not have the issue,”Frank Wellscomplieswith a smile, said: „Eric, wediscussedproper business.”
“呵呵,没问题,”弗兰克.威尔斯笑着答应,道:“艾瑞克,我们还是谈正事吧。”„Un,”Ericnods, said: „I thought that sinceABCsomeshareholdersfavoredus, andhas brought the pressureon the ABCmanagementonce more, us can also add onsomechipsagain, making the ABCpressurebigger, even, iffinallycanhold the shareholders'meetingto vote, abandoned the managementto completethistransactionit would be the best.”
“嗯,”艾瑞克点点头,道:“我觉得,既然abc的一些股东已经倾向于我们这边,并且向abc管理层再次施加了压力,我们这边也可以再加上一些筹码,让abc的压力更大一些,甚至,最后如果能够召开股东大会投票,抛开管理层完成这笔交易就最好不过了。”„Thismethodis feasible,”inconference telephoneKatzenbergsaid: „Ifwewill spread the news that ABC and Fireflyboth sidesacquisitionbreaks off conversationnext year, then the initiativedefinitelywill return tous . Moreover, will wait formeto go toDavid Westthereto feast, but can also invitethemto publicizetofacilitatethistransactionvoiceson the media.”
“这个方法可行,”会议电话里卡森伯格说道:“如果明年我们放出abc与萤火虫双方收购交易谈崩的消息,那么主动权肯定会回到我们这边,另外,等下我会去大卫.韦斯特那里赴宴,还可以邀请他们公开为促成这次交易在媒体上发声。”Michael Lynnalsoadds: „Inourhandshas1.47 millionABCstocks, ifwill undersellin the next few daysonebatchsuppress the ABCstock price, believes that thisplaywill be more splendid.”迈克尔.林恩也补充道:“我们手中拥有1470000股abc股票,如果未来几天抛售其中一批打压一下abc的股价,相信这场戏会更加精彩。”Severalpeoplediscussed the specificplanquickly, becauseKatzenberg must feast, Erichas not madethisconferencecontinueto be too long, after waiting for the finalscheme defination, Ericsaid: „Sincethismatterreached the final stage, thenwe must be ready, beforethisOscarpresentation ceremony, Ihopes that both sidescaneventuallyreach the transaction, therefore, cansay that thismotion is not acting in a play. Becauseourtimeare notthatabundant, after completing the transaction, but must carry ona series oflayoutstoABC, theserequire the time. Ifcannotcomplete the purchasebefore then, wewant the decisivebranch target, couple days agoGeneral ElectricJack Welchalsosent the emailto giveme, has the NBCabsoluteholdingpowergeneral, thereforenegotiatedherebe more relaxed, so long ascanhandlegeneral, thenwecantake. Naturally, thisis onlyfinalchoice, wetositthese manywork, did not arrive at the finalmoment, Fireflywill bewill not give upabsolutely.”
几个人你一言我一语地很快商讨出了具体的方案,因为卡森伯格还要去赴宴,艾瑞克并没有让这场会议持续太久,等最终方案确定下来之后,艾瑞克道:“既然这件事已经到了最后阶段,那么我们也要做好准备,在这一届奥斯卡颁奖典礼之前,我希望双方能够最终达成交易协议,因此,可以说这次行动并不是在做戏。因为我们的时间并不是那么充裕,完成交易以后,还要对abc进行一系列布局,这些都需要时间。如果在此之前不能完成收购的话,我们就要果断转移目标,前几天通用电气的杰克.韦尔奇还发送了电子邮件给我,通用拥有nbc的绝对控股权,因此谈判起来要比这边轻松很多,只要能够搞定通用,那么我们就能拿下。当然,这只是最终的选择,我们已经为坐了这么多的工作,不到最后关头,萤火虫是绝对不会放弃的。”BecauseTV Stationdid not have《Friends》 in originalspace and time, in additionmanagementrecentcontinuouslyand( to be continued.)电视台因为没有了原时空中的《老友记》,再加上最近几年的管理层一直与(未完待续。)
To display comments and comment, click at the button