Rebirth: My dad is a coal boss

Negotiating Acquisition Matters

But now Google is still very valuable. Yahoo offered a price of 3 billion U.S. dollars. Google thinks it is worth 5 billion U.S. dollars. Although the final agreement was not reached, Lin Hao would have to spend at least 3 billion U.S. dollars to acquire Google, which is less. For this reason, Google might as well sell it to Yahoo. The price may be 4 billion or 5 billion. Moreover, Lin Hao’s company is unknown, making it even more difficult to acquire it.

But that’s what made him excited and excited. This is a big deal. If it succeeds, the benefits will be huge, first the service fee, then the entrustment fee, and the loan fee, and the acquisition will be led by Citigroup. There are so many, and these are all astronomical figures.

“Mr. Lin, we are happy to serve you. Citibank has rich experience in acquisitions. We can provide a full range of services and the most professional acquisition team. At the same time, loans are not a problem. You are our distinguished super VIP. We can provide you with a loan of 2 billion US dollars, and if you want more, we can also negotiate.” Lin Haoke has 2.1 billion US dollars in his company’s account. Although 1 billion has been transferred to the company’s account, the company The account was also opened with Citi.

Hearing David’s words, Lin Haolopat was very satisfied. He was originally worried about money, but now Citigroup is willing to provide a loan of US$2 billion, which is basically enough if he adds his own US$2 billion.

“I also believe in the strength of Citigroup. I only made an appointment with you today. Otherwise, I would have gone directly to Goldman Sachs. Robert has worked at Goldman Sachs for 10 years and has many connections at Goldman Sachs.” Robert next

to him smiled at David. Before Lin Hao came, it was David who was received by Robert, and the two chatted for a while.

After hearing Lin Hao’s words, although David knew that this was for him to let him know that Lin Hao had other choices, he still felt a little urgent in his heart. Goldman Sachs was still very powerful and was investing in acquisitions. Above, they are more professional than Citigroup. After all, Citigroup’s main business is finance.

Lin Hao also wanted to choose Goldman Sachs at that time, but Robert suggested that he talk to Citigroup first. After all, Lin Hao’s 2 billion US dollars was in Citigroup. For these 2 billion US dollars, Citigroup would do its best to help Lin Hao complete the acquisition.

“Leave this matter to us at Citibank. Mr. Lin, you can rest assured. We can give you an acquisition plan first. After you read it and are satisfied, we can then leave it to us. What do you think?”

After hearing David’s words, this was exactly what Lin Hao wanted. After all, he didn’t quite understand it. Although he had Robert’s help, he still had to read the acquisition plan before making a decision.

“Yes.”

Hearing Lin Hao’s words, David Williams was overjoyed. As long as he won this business, he would get a promotion and a salary increase. This promotion would be enough for him to live comfortably for a while.

Of course, such a large acquisition project cannot be handled by him alone. It must be reported to the company and a dedicated person will be responsible for it. However, this business was brought in by him, and the first step is indispensable.

Lin Hao and David Williams signed a draft on the spot. It was not a formal contract. The formal contract would only be finalized after the acquisition plan came out and Lin Hao was satisfied. Before that, Lin Hao had the right to terminate at any time.

Both parties are very satisfied. David Williams has achieved results. Even if he fails in the end, it is not his problem. He is the account manager and is responsible for customer relations and business. The specific plan needs to be specialized. The team came to contact him, but it was because they failed to satisfy the customer that he couldn’t be blamed.

Lin Hao has someone to contribute money and effort, so he should save a lot of worry. If he were to acquire Google by himself, there would be no hope at all, unless he offered a sky-high price that would make the two founders of Google extremely excited. .

After signing the contract, David Williams left. He was so excited now that he had to rush to the company to report.

“Robert, I hope you can pay close attention to this matter, connect well with Citigroup, and report the progress to me every day.”

In the office, Lin Hao said seriously to Robert. This matter can be said to be a top priority. The most important thing is that if it succeeds, if Larry Page and Sergey Brin are left behind, then I can sleep peacefully.

You must know that Google accepted financing at the beginning, and basically did not raise any more financing after that. Until the time of listing, a lot of shares were given out to major institutions in preparation for the listing, but the rest was enough. Even if it’s only a few percent, that’s still a huge number.

People must know how to share. Only by knowing how to share can the cake be made bigger. If you are too greedy, you will easily get nothing. Moreover, the equity can be designed as AB shares, and you only need to control the rights.

It is too early to say this now, and whether the acquisition can be successful remains to be seen.

“Boss, if our funds are used to acquire Google, then there will not be enough funds to buy Apple and Amazon shares.”

“Acquiring Google is not something that happens overnight. Apple and Amazon shares can be acquired slowly and bought at low prices.”

In my memory, there were no major fluctuations in the shares of Apple and Amazon in the years since 2002. It was not until Apple’s world-changing press conference that the stock price began to rise at a rocket speed, and Amazon’s was even later.

“Then boss, what are your other instructions?”

“Inform Mary and ask her to speed up the recruitment of people, especially investment and financial talents. Although we are cooperating with Citigroup and asking Citigroup to help us with acquisitions, we must also participate, and We need to be deeply involved. Once the acquisition starts, our people must follow it from beginning to end, and we cannot let Citi lead us by the nose.” ”

Okay, I will tell Mary that she has hired a lot of people recently. And they are all very powerful.” Robert replied.

Mary is the HR manager recruited by Lin Hao. She is a strong woman in the workplace and has very rich human resources. Lin Hao gave her a notice early on to recruit talents at all costs.

As long as they are talented people, the salary is easy to say. It is normal to double the salary. Some have doubled several times and were hired from other companies. Robert’s salary is very high. He worked at Goldman Sachs for 10 years and his salary is already very high. , after getting Haohan Capital, Lin Hao gave him a big increase.

Lin Hao doesn’t need to be outstanding, as long as he can execute Lin Hao’s tasks perfectly, and then give advice at critical moments, using his 10 years of investment experience to reduce the company’s losses. As for making money, Lin Hao is all that is needed, of course. This is just the early stage. Later, the company will gradually establish various mechanisms and introduce more talents. Making money cannot only rely on Lin Hao.

“Okay, you go out and do your work.” Lin Hao said to Robert.

After Robert went out, Lin Hao stayed alone in the office, looking at the busy scene in Los Angeles under the high-rise buildings. It was not enough to gain a foothold in this city.