American Fortune Life

Whether it's NBC TV or Universal Film, most people are optimistic that Andy Smith might become their new boss, except, of course, some executives.

Parent company General Electric is not very focused on the management of NBC Global, just treats it as a member of many subsidiaries, so it can have a lot of free xing for management.

Of course, NBC Global's management is also aware that General Electric has long faced investor calls to consider selling NBC Global, which were highest when NBC Global's profitability slipped.

The parent financial services company's loss exceeded expectations and had to raise funds, and the partial or full sale of its shares in NBC Worldwide would definitely help the company avoid raising more funds by issuing new shares.

The executives of NBC Worldwide know very well that the deal is almost likely to be made, and the young man Andy Smith, who has dealt with him, knows that while he is also a man willing to give up, it does not mean that he has low YU, but worse.

In sum, NBC Global's management knows that when that young man comes to power, there will be a power change, and the existing power structure will be rebuilt around Andy Smith, and competition will become more fierce.

You know, this young boss, who is very famous privately in the workplace for his ability to summon people, makes a profit with the CEO of an unresolved media group, almost whipping a bunch of professional managers.

Of course, the news of Andy's acquisition of NBC Worldwide came out, not without moths, such as the announcement in May of this year of the acquisition of Plaxo, an old-fashioned social networking site whose next acquisition was intended for social networking Facebook or media giant Viacom, by integrating all the latter's products and services to facilitate cable TV users' access to these services via set-top boxes and other devices.

When it became known from the news that NBC Worldwide intended to sell, Ralph Robert, co-founder of Concaster, called Jeff Imeldt to show his good intentions and exchange views, hoping to take an in-depth look at NBC Worldwide.

The appearance of a bidder is naturally the seller's favorite, however, Andy is not an idiot and prevents this from happening long ago, signing exclusive agreements, defaulting, not only paying $100 million in liquidated damages, but also facing a situation where Andy can be sued in court at any time after the termination of a transaction negotiated by General Electric, which simply cannot be lost.

Of course, this does not prevent Jeff Imert from leveraging the emerging bidder to increase the bargaining chips, but the idea is good, and the problem is Andy has to take it.

On the morning of October 4th, Andy saw this rumor of intent to be spread in the news of his merger and acquisition of NBC Worldwide from every media outlet, and couldn't help but laugh.

Shopping malls are like battlefields!

The pursuit of profit maximization was nothing short of nothing, he naturally knew what was going on with the sudden-out bidder, but he was not worried at all. Especially Concaster, the largest cable TV operator in the United States, could kill YU Xianyu with just one anti-monopoly.

Especially after the media reported that competitors, including Times Warner and News Group, had made it clear they would not meddle in Andy's merger and acquisition of NBC Worldwide, which undoubtedly increased Andy's chances of success.

Instead of fighting back with the media power in his hand, Andy updated a text by logging into his Facebook account.

“Do you want to unfairly block any power from entering the expanding online video market and give 17 million high-speed web users access only to web content under your control? Don't pretend to sleep. Wake up! This is America. There's antitrust laws! ”

“Pfft -”

“Giggle... You're really sharp. Looks like Concaster's in trouble.” Wearing a bathrobe, Ivana, who wrapped her wet hair in a bath towel, sat next to Andy and saw what had been updated on Facebook without smiling.

Andy leaned slightly down on his chin and smiled sarcastically at the corner of his mouth. “Some people are getting used to it. I don't mind waking him up now that I've sent his face for a cigarette! ”

Andy's Facebook followers are long overdue, and his updates spread throughout the network all morning. Almost everyone is watching about the fussy merger and acquisition of NBC Worldwide, and the rumors in the media have naturally been seen.

A quick and sharp response to Andy surprised a lot of people, but also felt a sharp slaughter.

You know, a series of recent events depressed Andy while holding his stomach in anger, watching a prehistoric monster unwillingly annexe the strongest and most delicious prey, and all he could do was watch, eat some bones behind him and drink some soup, which is undoubtedly quite unpleasant.

While there was nowhere to send xie, someone came to the door to find a cigarette. Andy couldn't possibly not cooperate and use it to show off his fangs. Don't pretend that he didn't exist and want to eat from him.

Budstone was notified of the orderly disposal of the $3 billion General Electric stock that had just arrived yesterday.

Immediately after receiving a call from Jeff, General Electric CEO, around 10: 30 a.m., Jeff pulled the subject into the Concaster consultation call he received last night, listening to Jeff's narrative, Andy couldn't help but laugh and say it directly to him.

“The nature of my mergers and acquisitions of NBC Worldwide and Concaster is different. Even if Concaster really wants to acquire NBC Worldwide and is willing to pay the terms that General Electric cannot refuse, or even destroy, the deal will fall under the US government's big anti-monopoly BANG!

Trust me, Jeff, it's gonna end this way!

Believing in the details of the negotiations over this period, you should also be very clear, and I am really sincere, and even in this economic environment, where NBC's global performance has declined, I am willing to talk about mergers and acquisitions at a valuation of $22 billion, Jeff, and I believe that General Electric's investors and the board will be very satisfied.

We can make things easier, can't we? ”

Andy came to the firm conclusion almost with a clearly threatening tone to make Jeff Imeldt look slightly different and naturally quite uncomfortable in his mind, but he also understood that if Andy's hypotheses were true and nobody messed up, by lobbying, Concaster might be able to successfully acquire NBC Worldwide.

But now there's an enemy like Andy, basically, Concaster's gone. Jeff still agrees very much with Andy's killing power. By then, not only will it be ineffective, but even their general electricity will be swollen, the last level of the deal, forced to stop, shudder, it will really be a super big joke.

“Huh.” There were two laughs from Jeff on the phone, and he said, "Andy, after all, this is a ten-billion-dollar deal, and negotiations are just beginning, and many details require us to sit down and discuss, and more importantly, the 20 percent stake in Vivandi's hands. ”

“Didn't Bernard Levy, CEO of Viwandi, say in a previous video conference that they held non-core NBC Global shares and also approved the $220 valuation of NBC Global, I only needed 55-60% of the shares, either for General Purchase alone, or 20% of Viwandi, and the rest could be purchased from General Purchase, what's the problem? ”

Andy knowingly asked that he was naturally very clear about Jeff Yimert's thoughts and that the negotiating team would report the details of the negotiations once a day and that Jeff Yimert had put forward a very shameless proposal for a white wolf the previous two days.

General Electric sold 55% of its shares to Andy, and they borrowed money from the bank to buy that 20% from Viwandi, so that Andy held 55% of its shares, General 45%, two formed a new company, and then held NBC Global, while the money they borrowed from the bank would become the debt of the new company.

When Andy heard the idea, he wasn't even interested in ridicule, just saying one thing: "What a beautiful thought! ”

When he heard Andy's words, Jeff Imert knew that his proposal, Andy didn't even want to make sense of it, so he stopped begging for a boring mention and hung up after a few more chills.

“Give me your face. Don't blame me for dropping the rock, huh?” Andy had a ridiculous smile on his face, and his eyes were cold. His perception of this Jeff Imert was diminishing. He didn't count for general electricity in the next slaughter feast, but now it seems that some people don't let them die painfully and don't know if it's light or bad.