Schwarzman is known as "the new leader of Wall Street's new generation", and naturally he is not that simple.
Although the acquisition worth 4 billion US dollars was rejected, he did not show any disappointment on the surface. Instead, he put aside the failure and started chatting with Xiao Qi.
"Mr. Xiao, I know that you have acquired shares of some companies through some investment banks, but in my opinion, they are not as professional as Blackstone Group." Swartzman is a businessman after all, and he didn't say a few words.
, and started bragging for himself: "My teacher Mr. Peterson, who is also the chairman of our Blackstone Group, once served as the Secretary of Commerce of the United States. You should know what energy a person in this position has."
?If we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, I will never let you pay more, and you will not be taken as a scapegoat!"
Xiao Qi nodded, he believed this.
The most famous thing about Blackstone Group is their good credit. They never use hostile takeovers to do business, and they never let buyers and sellers suffer. Therefore, they are also a leader in the brokerage industry.
Xiao Qi also felt that it would be a good choice to always look for a few old acquaintances to buy things, as some people had their pulse figured out, and occasionally change clients to new ones.
But Xiao Qicai would not tell Swartzman that he actually wanted Blackstone Group's Freescale.
If we discuss with Swartzman now, then according to Swartzman's business skills, Freescale's price will definitely not be lower.
Of course, if based on the current market price of Freescale, Xiao Qi would not lose money - Schwarzman does business just as he said before. In terms of acquisitions, he pursues reasonable profits for everyone and will not look at it.
He killed Kaizi with a sharp knife.
But Xiao Qi also knew that Blackstone Group was inevitably abandoned by investors during the financial crisis, and the entire stock price dropped to one-third of its current level. If he buys Freescale at that time,
Not to mention one-third of the current price, but even half the price, you can save billions of dollars!
If these billions of US dollars are used to recruit strong men, purchase equipment, and continue to develop Fairy Laboratory domestically, they can be used for at least seven or eight years!
Why waste when you can save, right?
However, Xiao Qi really had something he wanted to buy, and it just so happened that he could entrust a new company to acquire it.
"Since Mr. Schwartzman said so, let's try to cooperate." After pondering, Xiao Qi raised his head and said.
Schwarzman was refreshed. He was just here to make good friends. He never thought that Xiao Qi would have business to do so soon.
Of course he would not think that Xiao Qi was just moved by his words. There should be only two reasons for Xiao Qi to say this: first, Xiao Qi has been preparing for this matter recently; second, Blackstone Group has a very good reputation in the industry.
, plus he happened to come over, so Xiao Qi decided to give it a try.
In any case, this is a big deal for Blackstone Group. And it is also more famous in terms of reputation - who doesn't want to be related to the world's richest man?
"Mr. Xiao, please tell me if there is anything our Blackstone Group can do to help. I will never say no to you," Swartzman said seriously.
"Has Mr. Schwartzman ever heard of Skype?" Xiao Qi asked.
"Skype? Is that the free Internet phone company?" Swartzman had a lot of information in his mind and quickly found out its information: "It was founded in Luxembourg in 2003 and was sold to eBay in 2005 for 26
It has been acquired for US$100 million and has developed rapidly in the past two years. It is expected to gain a larger share in the entire free Internet phone market."
"I want to buy it!" Xiao Qi said lightly: "What do you think?"
Schwartzman frowned and began to ponder.
It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that Swartzman slowly said: "If you want eBay to let go, it's not difficult, because eBay has been severely impacted by Amazon in the past two years, and its own profits have not been very high.
A big increase. If they can make money in these non-main businesses, then it is still possible."
Xiao Qi asked again: "So how much do you estimate it will cost?"
"If you are in a hurry, Mr. Xiao, we can get it within three months. Including our operating expenses, the price should be around US$3 billion." Schwartzman said: "If you are not in a hurry, I think you can wait.
.The recent subprime mortgage crisis shows no sign of dissipating. If we wait for a year, until eBay can no longer survive, then they may be able to agree to the original purchase price of US$2.6 billion."
Xiao Qi smiled.
In the previous life, in September next year, eBay just couldn't stand it anymore. They felt that Skype was too far away from their expectations, developed very slowly, and cost too much, so they sold 65% of their shares to a few people for US$2 billion.
Investment Associates estimates that Skype is worth $2.75 billion, which is about the same as when they purchased it a few years ago.
But no one expected that just over a year later, Microsoft announced the largest acquisition in its history - acquiring Skype for US$8.5 billion in cash and stock!
If eBay can endure for more than a year, and because Skype makes money, it doesn’t even need to lose money, it can directly make a profit of 226%!
I don’t know how regretful this result is for eBay!
Of course, the price of 8.5 billion U.S. dollars is not normal, and Microsoft has no choice. At that time, Facebook and Google competed with them. In order to go further in the era of electronic intelligence, Microsoft could only make a desperate move.
Increase the purchase price.
Coincidentally, when eBay acquired Skype, it was also because of the competition between Google and News Corporation that they offered a higher price of US$2.6 billion than the market price!
Unexpectedly, a few years later, Skype's fate would once again usher in reincarnation.
Swartzman's suggestion was very sound. If Xiao Qi was not a reincarnated person, he would definitely have agreed to his second plan - that is, wait for about a year and start when eBay is at its weakest.
But now that he knows that Microsoft will start negotiations in 20010 and acquire Skype for a sky-high price of US$8.5 billion in May 2011, Xiao Qi will not waste time competing with others, otherwise Microsoft will directly snatch Skype from eBay. Xiao Qi
You won't be able to make much money.
"I hope to see the entire transaction process completed before March 2009, and the price I can accept is around US$3 billion." Xiao Qi said word for word: "If you are willing to accept the challenge, then I will offer US$2.8 billion.
.I don’t care how much your Blackstone Group spent to buy it or how much it earned, as long as you bring me the complete Skype in the end.”
Schwartzman thought for a moment and nodded: "I personally agree with your idea, Mr. Xiao, but I have to go back to discuss this matter. We will give you a reply within a week. Do you think that's okay?"
"No problem." Xiao Qi said with a smile: "Blackstone Group is a very powerful group. I believe you will not let me down. In the future, we will have more cooperation opportunities!"
"I hope so too!" Swartzman smiled slightly, "I wonder if you, Mr. Xiao, can tell me why you think Skype has such great investment value?"
"Why do you say that?"
"It's very simple. A company that allows you to do it yourself will definitely bring you a lot of profits." Swartzman said: "I think a profit of less than 500 million is not enough to impress you, but I never thought that Skype could
Earn more than 1 billion US dollars... If Skype has such great potential, how could eBay not discover it?"
"I have a special feeling for the Internet age, so I think Skype, which cannot shine only in eBay's hands, might be able to develop better in my hands." Xiao Qi replied half-truthfully.
Xiao Qi would not tell him that the fact is that eBay and Skype are not compatible at all, because eBay is an online C2C platform, while Skype is a representative of free online products. The user groups of the two are completely different and cannot produce chemical interactions.
But if Skype is combined with Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and OK, it will exert a good brand extension phenomenon, contribute actively to the expansion of several major companies, and expand more users to join their own brands.
.
Swartzman nodded and said: "According to my understanding, Skype is very similar to your girlfriend's WeChat. However, WeChat is more of a entertainment communication method, while Skype is more useful for communication. The two
If they are combined with each other, then I am also looking forward to the mutual promotion!"
When Xiao Qi smiled and nodded, he was also a little confused.
Schwartzman deserves to be the world's top investor. He even analyzed WeChat and Skype, and he was very accurate, which can be said to be a unique vision.
If WeChat and Skype are combined, there will indeed be such rapid development.
In fact, after Microsoft bought Skype in the previous life, they added many functions of WhatsApp, the originator of WeChat, into Skype, thus promoting the rapid development of Skype in their hands.
It is a pity that Xiao Qi's home field is in China. Skype, a completely unregulated Internet phone call, will encounter too many troubles - in the previous life, Skype failed to enter the Chinese market until the end of 2013. It was a
Very good proof.
And if you accept the supervision of the mainland government, how should you deal with the local government abroad?
Xiao Qi is not Zuckerberg, and he will not confront him head-on.
In order not to cause more trouble for himself, his choice was to sell Skype at a high price, make a profit and leave. (To be continued...)
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